Reeves asked, "Do you have a better idea?"

Walker pointed at the map, "I always felt that the phenomenon of the sun and moon shining together should hide other clues. We previously guessed it was time...

could the real clue be the location."

Walker's words reminded Luke.

Luke took the map and pulled out a pencil to connect the sun and moon with a straight line, and the midpoint of this line fell right on a hill.

Walker laughed, "As expected of the best detective in Los Angeles, should have kept you in the car to study the map."

Reeves also showed a relaxed smile, "It's not too late now." She took out the map of Bear Lake to compare and said, pointing forward to the right, "The hill should be in that location, we'd better hurry over before it gets dark.

I feel like the treasure is beckoning us."

Afterward, the three of them headed towards the direction of the hill.

The spot marked by Luke was just an approximate location, after all, there is a margin of error between the map and reality, and this error could be significant.

After finding a hill similar to the one on the map, they searched around it within a radius of one hundred meters, taking the hill as the center.

The three searched carefully, afraid of accidentally missing the treasure, but even after scouring the hill thoroughly, they still did not find the brown wooden box that might contain the treasure.

At this point, Luke couldn't help but doubt whether he had misunderstood.

Reeves also seemed disappointed, sitting down on the grass to rest.

Walker thought for a moment, "Hey, I just saw some sunflowers."

Reeves retorted, "I saw them too; there are these wild sunflowers in many places. It's not unusual."

"You are right, but the sunflower is Kansas's state flower, and Forrest Finn who hid the treasure is from Kansas.

Isn't that too much of a coincidence?" Walker said, his expression excited,

"Could these sunflowers be the mark left by Forrest Finn, and the treasure might be hidden underneath the flowers."

Luke waved the folding shovel, "Then what are we waiting for, let's dig and find out."

The three of them got to work and found the sunflowers under Walker's guidance. They took turns digging and made a pit one meter deep underneath the sunflowers.

However, they did not find the brown box, nor the treasure.

Walker sighed, turning to Reeves, "You were right, there are many such flowers. It's not unusual."

Reeves looked around, "It's gotten dark. We can't continue searching for the treasure today.

Plus, I haven't had lunch, I'm starving."

Luke said, "Let's drive back to the camp. My RV has food in it.

But I'm too tired to cook today, so we can only eat some ready-made stuff."

Reeves swallowed hard, "As long as it fills the stomach, I'm already quite satisfied."

"What are we waiting for then? Let's go," Luke waved his hand. Although they did not find the treasure, the day had been fulfilling.

On the whole, it was not bad.

…

After returning to the campsite.

Dinner was simple: Borodinsky bread, canned beef, pork sausages, pickled cucumbers, apples, oranges, milk.

"Wow, this is a feast!

I haven't had such a lavish dinner in a long time," Reeves couldn't help but salivate looking at the food on the table.

"Then dig in.

Don't be shy, it's all ready-made," Luke said nonchalantly.

Reeves ate a piece of Borodinsky bread with a sausage and glanced at Luke's RV, "You really know how to live well for a Treasure Hunter. It's my first time seeing this."

Luke smiled, "You're right, I'm still a rookie in the treasure-hunting industry. I'd rather enjoy the pleasure of adventuring in the great outdoors."

Reeves said, "That only proves you're a rich man."

All three were hungry and quickly polished off the food on the table like a whirlwind.

Reeves volunteered to wash the dishes while Luke cleaned the table. Walker was already too tired to move much.

He was sixty years old, no longer young.

After cleaning up, Luke opened a bottle of whiskey, prepared some snacks, and the three of them discussed the treasure while drinking.

Reeves sighed, "We already searched the area indicated on the map without finding the treasure.

Could there be something wrong with our treasure-hunting method?"

Walker sipped a bit, "Luke, what do you think?"

Luke stared at the treasure map on the table, he was already very familiar with its contents. There was no doubt it was Bear Lake, the only question on the entire map was the sun and moon shining together.

It was based on this phenomenon that they came up with two possible methods to find the treasure.

The first method assumed the sun and moon shining together represented time, around dusk. Luke had originally guessed that this specific time period was when the treasure could be found, and they had searched then, but to no avail.

The second method suggested the sun and moon shining together indicated a location. Luke had connected the sun and moon with a line, the midpoint of which intersected with a hill. Luke thought the treasure might be on the hill, but he was wrong again.

What exactly did the sun and moon signify then?

Or was it not the sun and moon at all?

Luke suddenly recalled his swimming experience in Bear Lake that morning. Reflections?

One was the real sun, the other a reflection in the water. Could the map actually be implying 'the treasure is hidden in the lake'?

Luke voiced his guess.

Reeves picked up a photo to look, "Two suns, one light, one dark, one high, one low. Is it hinting the treasure is at the bottom of the lake?"

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