Looking at the huge pit, Li Du inhaled. This is different from what I imagined.
He had imagined, or rather concluded from what Musa had vaguely told him, that there
should be a deserted mountain near the river. The river would wash large amounts of
Kimberlite rock as it flowed down the mountain. There would be raw, unrefined
diamonds in the river and on its banks.
However, what lay before his eyes was a deserted diamond crater, one that had already
been reclaimed!
It was a reclaimed mine with a river surrounding it. The area had been dug and pitted.
The earth was piled up beside the pits, forming little mounds. Those were the marks of
mechanical work.
Also, not long after they arrived at the abandoned crater, someone crawled out from the
crater pit.
Obviously, there were many others besides Musa who knew that there were diamonds
in the area.
