After breakfast, Xu Lin took out a Go board and gave it to Dr. Dai.
"Take this and play with Xiang Qing to pass the time."
"It's quite remarkable that there's still Gomoku (Five in a Row) at this time!" Dr. Dai said happily.
Xu Lin actually has many tablets and many single-player games, but it's not practical to take them out. They can only be left to gather dust in the storage space, or she can play them occasionally when she feels like it.
After everyone dispersed, Xu Lin looked at Zhou Pin.
"Where are we going? What's around here?"
"You don't even know what's going on, yet you say you want to go out for a walk?"
"I was feeling a bit empty because I hadn't stocked up on anything in a while, so I thought I'd take a walk around the neighborhood."
"Now we have good news and bad news..."
"Stop! Why are you doing this now? I hate multiple-choice questions. Just tell me everything at once!"
"The good news is that Bin City has coal mines, but the bad news is that the large coal mines are all under control by the authorities and should be sealed off now."
As Zhou Pin finished speaking, Xu Lin's expression changed from sunny to cloudy.
“However, the large ones are blocked off, but we can go and explore the smaller ones,” Zhou Pin said.
"This has really been a rollercoaster of emotions for me!" Xu Lin's mood was like a rollercoaster.
"But there's more bad news: we don't know where the small coal mines are."
"I know!"
How did you know?
"You know the steel tycoon of the port city, right? He has a lot of mineral maps, which I've collected. Let me find them."
Xu Lin's consciousness entered the space and began searching.
"Found it! Look!"
Zhou Pin looked at the map, while Xu Lin casually took out a box of strawberries to eat.
Ten minutes later, Zhou Pin pointed to a very small dot on the map and said, "This is it. Let's go, I'll drive."
Zhou Pin was driving, and Xu Lin ate another bunch of grapes. She had no choice; she'd been a bit constipated lately and needed to eat more fruits and vegetables.
After a 20-minute drive, we arrived at a remote place. The ground was black, and the air was hazy. Combined with the sweltering heat, it was particularly unpleasant.
"This should be it."
"I only knew from textbooks that mining is very polluting, but the real experience is much more direct than what the textbooks say. There's not a single blade of grass growing around here!"
"Let Shuke and Beta out to keep watch, and the two of us will go in and take a look."
Before setting off from Jinxiu Community, Xu Lin and Zhou Pin told everyone that it was inconvenient to bring their dogs on the road. When they saw a patrol team while collecting supplies, they gave them the two dogs. Everyone felt a little sorry for them, since dogs that can catch mice are very rare.
Xu Lin let the two little ones out. They can no longer be called "little ones" now; they've grown into imposing figures. As soon as they came out, they affectionately rubbed against Zhou Pin and Xu Lin. Then, realizing how hot it was outside, they quickly stuck out their big tongues.
Zhou Pin gave them instructions, and the dogs went off to patrol with abandon.
"Let's go."
Zhou Pin led Xu Lin by the hand and walked down the road. There were countless greenhouses, filled with piles of excavated coal. Xu Lin put them all into her spatial storage. She continued to collect coal as they walked, and also put any machines she encountered into her spatial storage, knowing they would definitely be useful in the future.
"Let's take the coal mining equipment too, so we can mine coal ourselves next time we come across one," Xu Lin said excitedly.
"Come with me."
The two practically emptied the entire coal mine, taking everything from explosion-proof devices, detectors, wireless communicators, conveyors, coal mining machines, excavators, dump trucks, and more. They also found four decomposing corpses in the dormitory, likely belonging to the mine's caretakers. Xu Lin and Zhou Pin cremated and buried them near the mine.
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