diff --git a/maidroid_core/cores/_aux.lua b/maidroid_core/cores/_aux.lua
index 2a4083c..e013eea 100644
--- a/maidroid_core/cores/_aux.lua
+++ b/maidroid_core/cores/_aux.lua
@@ -6,12 +6,45 @@
 maidroid_core._aux = {}
 
 function maidroid_core._aux.search_surrounding(pos, pred, searching_range)
-	for x = -searching_range.x, searching_range.x do
-		for y = -searching_range.y, searching_range.y do
-			for z = -searching_range.z, searching_range.z do
-				local p = vector.add(pos, {x = x, y = y, z = z})
-				if pred(p) then
-					return p
+	pos = vector.round(pos)
+	local max_xz = math.max(searching_range.x, searching_range.z)
+
+	for j = -searching_range.y, searching_range.y do
+		local p = vector.add({x = 0, y = j, z = 0}, pos)
+		if pred(p) then
+			return p
+		end
+	end
+
+	for i = 0, max_xz do
+		for j = -searching_range.y, searching_range.y do
+			for k = -i, i do
+				if searching_range.x >= k and searching_range.z >= i then
+					local p = vector.add({x = k, y = j, z = i}, pos)
+					if pred(p) then
+						return p
+					end
+
+					p = vector.add({x = k, y = j, z = -i}, pos)
+					if pred(p) then
+						return p
+					end
+				end
+
+				if searching_range.z >= i and searching_range.z >= k then
+					if i ~= k then
+						local p = vector.add({x = i, y = j, z = k}, pos)
+						if pred(p) then
+							return p
+						end
+					end
+
+					if -i ~= k then
+						local p = vector.add({x = -i, y = j, z = k}, pos)
+						if pred(p) then
+							return p
+						end
+					end
 				end
 			end
 		end