Chapter 371 Lin Wan'er Goes Mad and Wants to Kill Su Yue!

Yu Ming glanced at it and shrank back: "That's Hongyan Mining. It used to be an abandoned mercury mine, but it was contracted out two years ago, supposedly to develop some new building materials. But that place is weird; it never hires locals, only migrant workers from other places."

"Moreover..." Yu Ming lowered his voice, "that boss has connections. It's said he's a relative of some returned overseas Chinese, and he also has foreigners backing him up. The gate is usually tightly closed, and there are guard dogs on duty. Nobody is allowed in."

"A foreigner?" Gu Beichen was inspecting the firearms when he heard this. He paused for a moment, then pushed the magazine in with a click.

"New building materials need mercury ore?" Su Yue sneered. "I think they're refining some shady stuff."

Such high concentrations of thallium and arsenic are only produced during the refining of certain rare metals or during illegal chemical experiments.

This highly toxic wastewater was directly discharged into the river, poisoning more than a hundred people downstream.

"Get in the car."

Gu Beichen slung his gun over his shoulder, jumped into the driver's seat of the jeep, and said, "Let's go see what kind of magician this Hongyan Mining is."

...

The gate of Hongyan Mining is very grand.

The two heavy iron gates were tightly closed, covered with barbed wire. Fortified guard posts stood on either side of the entrance, and figures could be vaguely seen moving inside.

The jeep, kicking up clouds of yellow sand, drove straight to the gate and came to a sudden stop.

"Who goes there! Are you looking for death?!"

Two burly men in camouflage emerged from the guard post, carrying double-barreled shotguns. Their faces were menacing; they were clearly the kind of hardened criminals who had seen blood.

"Military restricted area, get out of here!" One of the burly men raised his gun, the dark muzzle pointing at the jeep.

Gu Beichen pushed open the car door and jumped out.

He wasn't wearing a military uniform, just a black training vest that revealed his muscular arms.

"I am Gu Beichen, the commander of the Special Operations Regiment of the Qiongzhou Military Region."

He took out his ID from his pocket, but didn't hand it over. He just waved it in front of the man and said, "We received a report that this place is suspected of seriously polluting the water source and endangering public safety. Open the door, we need to go in and inspect."

"What a load of bullshit commander!"

The burly man spat on the ground, his face full of disdain. "Don't you even know whose territory this is! This is Mr. Barrera's property! It's under foreign protection! Don't even mention you, a regimental commander, even your commander would have to wait at the gate!"

"I'll give you three seconds to get lost! Otherwise, the weapon in my hand won't discriminate!"

The burly man pulled the bolt, his finger on the trigger.

Su Yue sat in the car, gripping the handle of the sampling box tightly in her hand.

This is what Gu Beichen meant by "chaos".

In places far from the reach of the central government, sometimes a bullet is more effective than laws and regulations.

“Three,” Gu Beichen said.

"two."

The burly man was still cursing: "Hey, you're asking for it, aren't you? Believe me or not, I'll..."

"one."

Bang!

A gunshot rang out, silencing all the shouts.

The double-barreled shotgun flew from the burly man's hand, his palm splattered with blood. Before he could react, Gu Beichen had already charged forward like a cheetah.

With a sweeping leg kick, the burly man's 200-pound body slammed heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Gu Beichen knelt on one knee on his back, the still-smoking Browning rifle pressed against the back of his head.

"Foreign affairs protection?"

Gu Beichen's voice was as cold as the wind in an ice cellar, "There is no place in China that I cannot enter."

Another burly man tried to run away, but was knocked unconscious by the butts of two rifles from the two soldiers who followed him, and dragged to the side like a dead dog.

"Break it open."

Gu Beichen stood up, dusted off his hands, and gestured towards the jeep.

The driver floored the accelerator.

The modified military jeep, like a steel monster, roared as it crashed into the seemingly sturdy iron gate.

Clang!

The iron gate let out a scream, twisted and deformed, and crashed to the ground.

The wheels rolled over the collapsed iron gate and drove straight in.

The scene inside the mine made Su Yue gasp in shock.

This is no mine; it's hell on earth.

Black sewage flowed everywhere, and a pungent, sour stench filled the air. Several huge reactors were bubbling and emitting yellow smoke.

Beneath those machines emitting toxic fumes were a group of ragged people.

Some of them were shirtless, some wore tattered rags, and some didn't even have shoes on their feet, wading through black mud.

Everyone was as thin as a skeleton, their skin a strange, ashen gray, and their bodies covered with sores of all sizes.

They mechanically moved the stones and fed them into the crusher.

Even when they saw someone break in, their eyes showed no emotion, only numbness and deathly stillness.

"parking!"

Su Yue pushed open the car door and rushed out.

She grabbed an old man who was pushing a cart.

The old man's hands were so rotten that his finger bones were exposed, yet he was still gripping the handlebars tightly.

"Grandpa, stop! This stuff is poisonous!"

Su Yue tried to pull the old man away.

The old man flinched in fear, as if afraid of being beaten, muttering incoherently, "Work...no work, no food...you'll be beaten to death..."

"brute!"

Su Yue gritted her teeth, her eyes reddening.

This is not recruitment, this is slavery!

Gu Beichen and his soldiers quickly brought the scene under control. Several overseers who tried to resist were subdued on the spot.

"Everyone, stop working! Assemble!"

Gu Beichen stood on high ground, his voice piercing through the noisy machinery.

The workers hesitated, then slowly stopped what they were doing and gathered around.

Su Yue weaved through the crowd, trying to check on the injuries.

Suddenly, her gaze fixed on a corner.

There was a man kneeling on the ground, trying to hide behind the pile of stones.

It was a woman.

My hair has all fallen out, and my scalp is covered with sores that look like scabies.

Half of his face was ulcerated, his nose was sunken, a piece of his lip was missing, revealing his black and yellow teeth.

She was wearing a men's work uniform so dirty that its original color was unrecognizable; because she was so thin, the uniform hung loosely on her body.

But Su Yue recognized those eyes.

Those eyes, though filled with fear and despair, still harbored a venomous malice.

Su Yue walked over step by step.

The woman desperately tried to shrink back until she had nowhere left to retreat, her back pressed against the cold reactor.

"Lin Wan'er".

Su Yue stopped three steps in front of her, her voice eerily calm.

The woman shuddered and abruptly raised her head.

Looking at Su Yue, who was glamorous, wearing a white coat, and seemed like a savior, she made a "hehe" sound in her throat, like a broken bellows.

The expression on that terrifying face was twisted to the extreme.

It was jealousy, it was hatred, and it was fear that ran deep in our bones.

"ah--!"

Lin Wan'er suddenly screamed, grabbed a stone from the ground, and pounced on Su Yue like a madwoman.

"I'm going to kill you! It's all your fault! You're the one who ruined me!"