This young college student in his early twenties, who had suffered countless scorn and oppression in the research institute, knelt before the white clay like a child, his eyes brimming with tears of emotion, sobbing uncontrollably.
Chen Xue's eyes also reddened with excitement. She patted Lin Fan's shoulder hard, sharing this hard-won joy. They really did it. They really found it!
Seeing the two overjoyed people, Su Tang also showed a relieved smile.
But her attention was soon drawn to an unusual reading that was flashing continuously on the Geiger counter in her hand.
This is not the reaction that kaolin should have.
She ordered, "Lin Fan, Chen Xue, you two collect enough samples here first. I'll go and check the surrounding environment for safety to make sure there are no other dangers."
"Okay, Comrade Su!" The two were so overjoyed that they agreed without a second thought.
Su Tang nodded and turned to walk deeper into the cave. However, just as she passed the ecstatic Lin Fan, her steps suddenly stopped.
Her gaze fell on a shadowy spot in the corner.
There were a few cigarette butts there.
The cigarette holder has a gold ring around it, and the filter is completely different from the common "Daqianmen" cigarettes in China.
More importantly, these cigarette butts looked new, not like they had been abandoned for six years.
Next to the cigarette butt, there were several blurry but clearly recent footprints, the patterns of which were not found on military boots.
Su Tang's eyes instantly turned sharp.
She immediately turned around and gestured for the two people who were still excitedly collecting samples to be quiet.
Lin Fan and Chen Xue were taken aback and immediately stopped what they were doing, looking at her in confusion.
Su Tang pointed to her ear, then to the depths of the cave, her expression frighteningly serious.
Su Tang held her breath and silently ventured deeper into the cave.
The cave was deeper than she had imagined. Rounding a corner, her pupils suddenly contracted.
On the rock wall at the deepest part of the cave, there is a passage disguised by hay and stones. It is not naturally formed, but clearly a man-made mining tunnel!
At the mine entrance, several dented cans lay scattered about, their labels bearing foreign languages. Su Tang picked up one of the cans and discovered it was in Russian.
Beside it, there were several picks and shovels, all of which were very professional mining tools.
There must be other people here besides them!
Moreover, it seems these people have been secretly mining here for quite some time now...
Su Tang's heart sank.
She immediately became alert and gestured for Lin Fan and Chen Xue to quietly step back behind her.
Just then, from the depths of the dark mine tunnel, a faint sound of metal striking rock could be heard...
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