Endless route

Chapter 7 7. Abandoned Mine Building

A mining area lies across the northeast, like a circular pit, glowing yellow and white under the thin night cover, and when the wind blows, there are streams of white sand.

The headlights of the two cars shined straight ahead, and the beams of light extended into the vast night sky. The seemingly nonexistent white sand and will-o'-the-wisps were swaying and swirling in the air.

This mining area is extremely large, estimated to be more than ten kilometers in diameter. It extends downwards one ring after another. The deeper it gets, the darker it becomes. It is unclear how deep it is.

This mine is really big. It's really not my own place. I don't feel bad for digging it like this. Liu Ming was amazed. Even those who follow nature can't stand this scene.

There is a road ahead.

Hu Ruihua's voice sounded on the intercom. Zheng Yun didn't understand what it meant at first. After following the car in front for a while, he realized that there was a road ahead.

It's still a cement-hardened road.

This should be the road in the mining area, heading northwest, leading straight to another valley, and Demona's positioning showed that it was in that valley.

After walking a thousand roads on dirt roads, this last section turned out to be a hardened road. Liu Ming sighed.

Take out the things. Zheng Yun looked forward. The mountain was completely dark, and there was no sign of anyone moving. Something seemed wrong.

Liu Ming nodded, reached out and took out a short one from his back. His family had money, and he had gone to the shooting range early to come into contact with these things, and he could play with them twice.

The two cars went down the mountain along the hardened road in tandem. The further they went, the more people there were. There were aging iron fences on the left and right, with English warning signs hanging on them.

No traffic ahead.

Is this area governed by the government?

Liu Ming read a few words, then looked at the large number of camping tents and domestic garbage inside the fence, and his mind was a little confused: What is going on?

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Ruihua's car in front of him suddenly stopped suddenly, its red taillights dazzling. Zheng Yun quickly slowed down to prevent the general from rear-ending him.

There's a car ahead.

There's no one in the car, you can take a look.

Hu Zi's voice sounded on the intercom. He got out of the front passenger car, put his hands on his lower back, walked forward slowly, and soon got into the darkness.

After a while, Hu Ruihua got out of the driver's seat. Zheng Yun also got out of the car and took a look. He saw an off-road vehicle lying on the side of the road. Judging from the traces of the vehicle, it must have been parked recently. There was no dust on the vehicle.

There is nothing around, there is only this car, should we push it aside? Huzi came back from the darkness on the roadside and discussed with everyone.

There is too much movement. We are not far from the target. Can we get out of the car and walk over? Hu Ruihua looked at Zheng Yun.

Zheng Yun nodded, and the group of people took action immediately, picked up the things they should take, and walked deeper with a flashlight, while Hu Ruihua showed the way with a mobile phone.

The sky was almost completely dark, with only some green aurora hanging at the end of the horizon. The five people were extremely vigilant and walked for more than ten minutes until they were completely in the valley.

It's right here at your feet.

Hu Ruihua suddenly stopped. The position sent by the positioning device on Demona's body was right under their feet, but they were still on this hardened road.

Several people quickly looked around.

Zheng Yun looked around with a flashlight. There were fences and rainforests on both sides of the road. There was a two-story building deep in the valley, and there was no light inside.

Nothing at all.

Huzi glanced around and shook his head. There was no one around here, not even a ghost.

The positioning device was thrown away? Liu Ming asked. This seemed to be the only explanation now.

Probably not. This type of device can determine the status of the wearer. If it is lost or the person dies, it will transmit other information. Hu Ruihua shook his head.

You mean she is still wearing this device, is alive, and is nearby? Liu Ming shuddered, this was too scary.

Maybe it's under our feet. Zheng Yun suddenly interrupted and stepped on the ground with his feet.

Buried alive? Liu Ming was shocked.

In the mine, you should go down from the building in front. Look at the door of that building. Zheng Yun raised his flashlight, and the door of the small building deep inside was open.

It's very possible. Hu Ruihua nodded.

You mean we want to enter that building?

Liu Ming took a closer look and saw that the small building clung to the dark mountain, with more than half of it embedded in the mountain. There were overgrown weeds around it, and green vines covered the building.

Several flashlights shined at it at the same time.

The doors and windows upstairs were old and rusty, and were tightly sealed vertically and horizontally by some steel plates, but the door on the first floor was pried open, revealing a deep, dark hole.

Judging from the architectural style, this building was probably built in the last century, and it must have been abandoned for decades.

There should be clues. Zheng Yun nodded. This kind of building should be the building for entering the mine. He had seen it online before.

Do you really want to go in?

Liu Ming's expression was unnatural.

He was actually a little afraid of this.

An abandoned factory deep in the rainforest is eerie and strange, with people missing. This is the style that Western horror movies love to make. Once you enter, you won't be able to survive.

Come in, there should be traces inside.

Hu Ruihua immediately walked forward, but Huzi took two steps forward and walked in front of everyone, keeping alert and staring at the black hole in the door.

But there was no obstacle along the way. Five people got into the hole, which was an empty hall.

Zheng Yun looked around and saw a large pile of miners' equipment piled in the corner. It looked like it was aged forty or fifty years.

Right in front of the hall, there is a mine tunnel that goes into the mountain. It is level and there are two ropeways hanging on it. It is probably unusable.

When I flashed my flashlight, I saw a row of muddy footprints. They were a mess, some new and some old. The most recent one was about half a month old, and there were four or five people there.

That should be it.

Hu Ruihua squatted on the ground and looked at one of the footprints. It was about size 37, and it was a brand-name cross-country boot. It was exactly the same as the target's data.

These footprints are important clues.

It can prove that someone went in half a month ago, and these people have not come out until now, at least not from this mine entrance.

Has this Demona entered the mine? With three or four adult men? Liu Ming asked, looking at the footprints.

Maybe we're digging for gold? Is there a gold mine down there? Huzi scratched the back of his head and couldn't figure out the situation.

Looking at the situation, there should be only a few of us in this building. We and the four or five people who entered the mine should be nearby. There is a high probability that there is no danger.

Hu Ruihua glanced at Hu Zi, who walked directly towards the stairs, walked around upstairs before coming down, then shook his head and said nothing.

Let's go in and have a look.

Zheng Yun was the first to speak out.

The others didn't say much, they walked back and forth into the mine tunnel, kept quiet, and walked forward along the traces of their feet.

The mine tunnel is not too narrow and even off-road vehicles can drive in. There are very hard rock formations above, below and left and right, but the surface is smooth and the standard of detail is very high.

This doesn't seem like a gold mine.

Liu Ming muttered and reached out to touch the rock wall. It was yellow in color and shimmering with tiny light spots. If you look closely, you can see water flowing on the surface.

It's not a gold mine? Then what kind of mine is this? asked the thin junior member of the search and rescue team.

I don't know. It's strange. This kind of rock formation is definitely not a common mine. There is no such thing in common cases. Liu Ming frowned and shook his head. He couldn't remember.

This is getting more and more wrong. Since it's not a gold mine, what are they doing there? The only reason is gone. The thin young man couldn't understand.