One afternoon, they chipped away a layer of the rock wall.
The stones inside still contained a small amount of iron.
Ma Lin wasn't sure if they would find an iron mine if they kept digging.
He felt there was an eighty percent chance there was no iron mine inside and that continuing to dig might be futile.
He voiced this thought.
'Big Tree' said, "Let's keep digging, we're not short on food or drink. Everyone takes turns digging. What if there's a lot of iron inside? We've searched for so many days and put in so much effort. This seems the closest to being a mine."
They were particularly unlucky; they could hardly find iron-rich or iron-poor ores, let alone iron-bearing stones.
This location requires a mile walk out of the mountains.
In any case, it's a place where iron can be found.
It's meaningless to Ma Lin, but to the Earth-Eating Tribe, they are precious resources.
