Chapter 254 Taking the Mine into the Space
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Tiger Head Mountain.
Yun Zhaoxue, fully equipped with mountaineering gear, huffed and puffed as she climbed the mountain, leaning on two crutches.
I took a flashlight on the mountain, circled around a few times, and pushed aside waist-high bushes. Suddenly, a dense patch of brambles appeared before my eyes, their rusty roots gripping the barren red soil.
She crouched down and picked up a handful of soil—it was heavy, dark red, and had a metallic feel.
A slight smile played on her lips: "Finally found it."
Further ahead lies a large expanse of bulrushes, rock pines, lichens, and mosses.
The book says that areas with a high concentration of these plants are likely to have mines.
After circling around the area several times without finding an entrance, I stopped, leaned against a tree, and drank a couple of sips of mineral water to replenish my energy.
For a moment, the chirping of insects ceased, broken only by the rustling of the evening breeze through the treetops. Everything was quiet until suddenly the sound of a hammer striking metal rang out, "Clang! Clang! Clang!..."
Good heavens, they've already started digging; isn't this a perfect opportunity for her?
Following the sound, they found a faint light emanating from a hole in the distance.
There were four or five people guarding the entrance.
Yun Zhaoxue took out night vision goggles from her spatial storage and put them on, allowing her to see the situation at the cave entrance.
There were four or five people guarding the door, and they were all yawning late at night.
Someone came out of the cave, and the gatekeeper nudged him.
"What are you doing out here? Get back inside!"
"Brother, I need to use the restroom."
"A grown man can just take off his pants and that's it. Why go outside and go back to do it?"
"They thought my poop smelled bad and wouldn't let me poop in there."
"So it was you, kid. Your arrival is like a bombshell."
"Brother, I can't hold it in any longer. Let me go out. I'll be right back. I have chains on my feet, so I can't escape."
"Alright."
Yun Zhaoxue felt that the man looked familiar. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was Yan Wanshan. Wasn't he one of the Second Prince's men?
How did we end up at the Third Prince's iron mine?
Is her memory wrong? Could this iron mine belong to the Second Prince, not the Third Prince?
However, there is another possibility: he came as an undercover agent.
That would be wonderful. She'll take the iron ore in a bit and make her two enemies weep bitterly.
One of the guards tore off a piece of cloth from the corner of his clothes to cover his nose, and led Yan Wanshan to a spot a few dozen meters from the cave entrance. Pointing to the bushes not far away, he said, "Go over there and pull your load. Hurry up. Don't think about slacking off or trying to escape. Even if you escape down the mountain, you won't escape Jiangling City. Jiangling is our territory, understand?"
Yan Wanshan was able to do things for the Second Prince, so he wasn't a fool or an uncultured country bumpkin.
The person behind this could capture hundreds of people and bring them into the mountains without alerting the authorities. He guessed that it must be a big shot in Jiangling. Who else could be a big shot in Jiangling besides the Marquis of Jiangling?
Marquis Jiangling is a man of the Third Prince, so this iron mine belongs to the Third Prince.
If he could tell the Second Prince this secret, he could kill the Third Prince, achieve great merit, become a favorite of the Second Prince, and have a smooth career from then on.
He pulled a wire from his hair, inserted it into the keyhole, and twisted it a few times to unlock the shackles.
"Are you done yet? Hurry up and take a dump, you're so slow! If you're slacking off, I'll beat you to death!"
"They're here, they're here." Yan Wanshan walked out.
The other person didn't want to smell the stench of feces, so when he saw him come out, he turned around and left, saying impatiently, "Hurry up and follow me."
Yan Wanshan walked behind him and, taking advantage of his inattention, tightened the iron chain around his neck, pulling him backward with force.
"Uh! Someone help me...!"
Yan Wanshan covered his mouth, "Don't make a sound or I'll strangle you!"
He pulled the person into the shadows and slowly slid down the hillside.
After confirming that no one could hear him from the cave entrance, he grabbed the man's neck and twisted it forcefully with a soft 'crack' sound, then slowly placed the body on the ground.
"You yell at me and want to hit me? I'm the one who gets to hit you!"
He kicked the corpse a few more times to vent his anger, "Bang!"
As he fled for his life, he looked down the mountain and saw only darkness. He couldn't see the road and didn't know which way to go. Damn it, he should have spared his life first and killed him when they reached the foot of the mountain.
He was beaten and knocked unconscious by the two men in the alley. They probably thought he was dead and dumped him on the mountain to be eaten by wolves. They didn't expect him to wake up early.
Just as he was about to flee, someone blocked his way. Before he could resist, the other person picked up a whip and beat him severely.
They even scolded him for being reckless and daring to run away, and forced him to mine in the mountains for a day.
snort!
Offending Lord Yan is practically courting death.
He must pass the message on to the Second Prince.
He rummaged through the corpse and found a money bag and some food, stuffing them into his clothes. The corpse's clothes were covered in whip marks, which were too conspicuous. He then stripped the corpse's clothes and wrapped them around himself before stumbling and fleeing down the mountain for his life.
He fell countless times and almost rolled into a big pit. He desperately grabbed onto the bushes next to the pit. He hadn't eaten all day and was too weak. His hands slipped and he slid down. His strong will to survive made him bite a small branch with his teeth.
He desperately climbed up the protruding stones with both hands and feet, crawled out of the pit, and continued running downhill.
To avoid alerting the enemy, Yun Zhaoxue ignored him.
If she remembered correctly, this was the Third Prince's iron mine. As for why Yan Wanshan was here, it was probably by chance, or he was here as an undercover agent.
She was just worried about not having anyone to take the blame.
The second prince is the best candidate.
"Why haven't they come back yet after so long? Did something happen to them?"
"What could possibly be wrong? You haven't eaten all day and you're in shackles. Don't worry about it."
After a while, when no one returned, they realized something was wrong and sent someone to check.
That person didn't return either, so they sent two more people to check, but they still didn't come back.
There was only one person left at the door. The person muttered to himself, "He hasn't come back for so long. Could it be a ghost? Bah, don't scare yourself. The military officer once said that there are no ghosts in the world, only people who pretend to be ghosts."
Although I told myself there were no ghosts, I felt a chill run down my spine and got goosebumps.
He entered the cave and soon came out with four men. He ordered two men to guard the cave while he and two others took torches and went to investigate.
"Dog Egg, Zhang Shan, Li Si, Wang Mazi, where have you been? Did you all fall into the latrine?"
"Squeak out if you're not dead."
"Squeak squeak..." Suddenly, several mice darted out of the grass and scurried over their feet.
"ah!--"
The three men jumped in fright and instinctively lowered all the torches to burn the rats to death. The moment the torches were lowered, a person appeared behind them.
He struck them on the back of the neck with a palm strike.
As she turned around, before she could even scream, a flash of cold light appeared, and a thin mark appeared on her neck.
He covered his wound with his hand and stared intently at the person in front of him, who was wearing a black cloak and a mask. More and more blood gushed from his mouth as he slowly collapsed, his eyes wide open and filled with fear.
Yun Zhaoxue squatted down, raised her hand to his eyes, and asked him to close them.
He lifted his foot and walked towards the door.
The two men leaned against the rock wall at the cave entrance, yawning incessantly. "Sigh! So many mines, but so few people. How long will it take to dig them all out? We can't go down the mountain even if we make a lot of money. Without a woman to share the joy, there's no hope for the future."
"Yes, we can't go down the mountain, but we can bring a few women here. They can mine during the day and serve us at night."
Upon hearing this, the man opposite revealed a lewd smile, "Hehe~ You're quite clever, kid. Next time, we'll have the adults bring a few women up here. As long as we have women to enjoy ourselves with, I can stay on the mountain for decades."
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Yun Zhaoxue was approaching the two of them.
A 'snap!' sound came from the other side of the cave entrance.
She quickly hid in the space.
"Damn it, there are so many mosquitoes! I'm so sleepy. Why haven't they come back yet? I want to go back to sleep."
"Could they be planning to sneak down the mountain to find women for fun, and then lie to us saying there's something going on, so we can take their place on guard duty?"
The two were tired and wanted to go back to sleep.
Tiger Head Mountain is infested with large, ferocious beasts that eat people; no one is unafraid of death, and no one dares to go up there.
The two turned around at the same time, and a cloud of smoke drifted over, causing them to fall unconscious to the ground.
Yun Zhaoxue entered the cave.
The cave was dark. Through night vision goggles, I could see a row of people lying in one corner of the cave, their feet shackled. They had been captured and brought here to mine.
Those who weren't wearing shackles were probably there voluntarily to mine or to guard the mines.
Yun Zhaoxue gave them double the dose of sleeping pills and also added muscle relaxant powder. The dosage of sleeping pills was so high that even a cow would be knocked out.
Those with poor health couldn't make it through; it's just their bad luck, they can't blame her.
The cave was filled with a heavy, damp smell with a rusty odor. Every breath felt like a layer of cool metallic shavings settling in your lungs; it was unpleasant and made you want to vomit.
I took out a flashlight and illuminated the iron ore on the wall. The two sides were dark rock walls with large patches of dark red spots, like blood scabs that had dried up for millions of years, spreading down from the cave ceiling.
It's breathtaking and spectacular.
This is a rich ore deposit with an iron content as high as 50%. The ore body is thick and large with few impurities. The ore is mostly dense reddish-brown and magnetic black, with a color close to that of ironware, and can be put directly into the furnace.
She reached out and touched the iron ore, trying to put it into her spatial storage with her mind, but the iron ore didn't budge. She tried several times but still couldn't get it to move.
Perhaps because the iron ore mine is connected to the mountain.
If we want to take the iron ore in, we'd have to take the whole mountain in, but the space doesn't have that much capacity, and there's no place to put it. If the space is bursting, all the good stuff we've already collected will have nowhere to go, which would be a huge loss.
Using his mind, he entered the space and found the explosives specifically designed for blasting mountains in the armory.
After confirming that everyone had fainted, he put those people on the ground into his spatial storage.
They stuffed explosives into the cracks in the mine.
She walked several hundred meters away and entered the space before pressing the switch.
"Bang bang bang!!!"
Several deafening roars followed, then the rumble of a landslide, "Boom! Boom boom boom!!!"
Fifteen minutes later, he emerged from the space, saw the collapsed mountain, threw those people out of the space, and then put all the smashed iron ore and rocks into the space.
We'll use it to make weapons later, and then separate the iron ore from the stone.
After finishing these tasks, we quickly descended the mountain and returned to the inn.
She jumped out of the window again this time, with her bodyguard following her. She summoned the bodyguard and asked him to let her go.
She said she would go back soon, but the guards wouldn't listen and insisted on following her.
She drugged the guard and made a deal with him that if Xiao Xuance didn't notice she was missing, he shouldn't report it to him.
She wasn't afraid of Xiao Xuance finding out, but the secret guards were in trouble. They were coerced and lured into agreeing by her.
Yun Zhaoxue gave him the antidote, and he could move again after a quarter of an hour. He wouldn't be in mortal danger, but he still wouldn't be able to catch up with her.
She guessed that Xiao Xuance must not have noticed.
She pressed the switch on the silver bracelet, and a rope-like steel wire, almost invisible to the naked eye, shot out from the bracelet. With the whirring of a miniature motor, she used the momentum to leap into the air, lightly touched the wall with her toes, and her figure flipped into the second floor like the night wind.
She landed lightly, when suddenly a dark figure lunged at her. Instinctively, she drew her gun, aimed it at the figure, and pulled the trigger.
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