The two of them didn't say anything all the way.

Wang Mian just looked at Xiaowen from the side, today's Xiaowen, Wang Mian felt that he didn't know him.

Xiaowen drove the car attentively, and didn't seem to notice the eyes of Wang Mian, looking at the navigation for a while, and looking at the route for a while, to make sure there was no problem.

After more than two hours, the car was about to arrive at the mining area, Wang Mian couldn't help it, and asked Xiaowen.

"How can you have a connection with the military?" The words are very hazy and very technical.

Xiaowen continued to look into the distance and said casually: "My father's company has always been in contact with the military, and we supply a lot of goods to the military, usually at cost price. ”

Wang Mian was obviously not very satisfied with this reply, but he couldn't find a flaw in it, so he just nodded silently.

The car soon arrived at the mining area, and I don't know when it was at the entrance of the mining area, but a red banner was already raised, which read: "Welcome to Mr. Wang to inspect the work." ”

Wang Mian felt very strange, he had just taken over for a few hours, and the movement here was so fast, the banners were all pulled up, and he came here by himself, almost a temporary decision, and there was no one he knew here, how did these people know about themselves?

Looking at the entire mining area, Wang Mian felt that he had been fooled, what kind of mining area was here, it was completely a temporary earthquake resettlement site.

The entire site was less than a hundred hectares, and a row of improvised houses occupied about a few hectares in the middle, and near the doorway, there were a dozen brand-new mine carts, as well as a few heavy mechanical vehicles.

This brand-new minecart is just covered with dust, in Wang Mian's opinion, these cars, have not been used once, the paint on them is brand new, Wang Mian's memory, all minecarts or heavy machinery, if you work a few times, at least will be rubbed off by ore and sand A layer of paint, these machinery, actually did not lose paint.

In addition, in the entire mine, there was only one old man who guarded the door, and the rest did not see a single person come out.

Wang Mian got out of the car, walked over and asked the old man who was guarding the door: "Uncle, what about the other people in the mine?" ”

The old man shook his head, pointed to his ear, and motioned to the crown that he could not hear.

Wang Mian didn't continue to ask, and walked towards the simple house in the middle, there were many houses, including the mine manager's office, the safety officer's office, the temporary rest room for employees, dormitories, canteens, and bathrooms.

Wang Mian entered the mine manager's office, and there were a large number of drawings on the desk, some of which were even spread out and didn't have time to clean up, feeling that he was in a hurry.

Wang Mian entered the staff dormitory again, the rows of shelves in the staff dormitory were smooth on the surface, Wang Mian reached out and touched it, the dust on it was already very thick, obviously, these beds have not been lived in for a long time, judging from the waste cardboard boxes and old newspapers on the bed, these beds have been lived in, but I don't know why, now they have fallen dust.

Wang Mian turned around a few more houses, and indeed did not see a person, Wang Mian finally returned to the mine manager's office, lying on the spread out drawings and looking, it doesn't matter if you don't look at it, when you look at it, Wang Mian is immediately attracted by this drawing.

This drawing is of a deep shaft, apparently this is the mine drilled for the first time, and the bottom of the mine is marked with a red pen with a few large question marks, without any textual identification, and Wang Mian flipped through several more drawings, some of which are drawings of this simple house, with the mark "completed" written on them.

Finally, the crown flipped through a drawer to a notebook, which opened the title page with the words "A Metal Detection Record." ”

Wang Mian felt weird, didn't he say that this was a gold mine? How did it become a certain metal?

Wang Mian continued to open the notebook, and on the first page it reads:

June 9, fine

Today, the mine has finally been drilled to a predetermined depth, the material that can be brought up, after testing, is not the gold content previously said, but other metals, from the current laboratory equipment testing, this metal does not seem to be a common metal, it is a rare metal, the testing conditions are limited, has been Li Gongzi to find someone to take the test, we have now put the drill bit out, the next step, ready to mine a part of the sample through the mine first.

On 10 June, it turned sunny to torrential rain

An old worker who has been mining for more than 30 years is going to take some samples and do further testing in the mine.

As soon as the old workers went down to the bottom of the mine, there were dark clouds outside, and it rained heavily, and the heavy rain carried a hurricane, blowing the derrick to the bottom, and the old miners were also trapped at the bottom of the mine.

The rain continued for more than six hours, and the water kept pouring into the mine, and the mud wall we had built around the mine was quickly washed down, and it rained for six hours, and everyone kept draining, and without the derrick, everyone did not dare to approach the side of the mine, because the soil was too loose there, and if you were not careful, you would fall.

In the evening, the rain finally stopped, the quick-frozen cement was transferred from above, we built a foundation on the side of the well, erected a derrick, and hoisted the hopper to save people again, the miners were already suffocated, in their eyes, the nose was full of black liquid all the time coming out, everyone was busy for so long, and they didn't hear the old miner's cry for help, looking at the extent of the corpse, it felt like it had been dead for several days, and it actually smelled.

……

Seeing this, Wang Mian's heart was already very heavy, this is not a gold mine, it has been determined, but what is this black thing?

Wang Mian was thinking about it, Xiaowen walked in, saw the stunned Wang Mian and asked, "I walked around just now, but there is only one deaf old man, and there is no one else." ”

Wang Mian turned around and said, "I know, but who hung the banner at the door?" This old man can't do it, right? ”

Xiaowen also looked at the banner outside the door and shook her head, "It won't be this old man, I just took a look at the door, before us, there was a car coming, the car marks are still very fresh, it is estimated that someone came in advance." ”

Wang Mian suddenly asked, "What do you know?" ”

Xiaowen was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm just like you, I just came here." ”

"Where have you been, and why did you notice the car marks?" Who are you? Wang Mian said.

Indeed, Xiaowen at this moment looks very old-fashioned, before, Xiaowen saw this kind of muddy place, she was definitely sitting in the car far away, and she would not get down, for fear of soiling her leather shoes, but today Xiaowen's changes are very strange, not only took the initiative to get out of the car, but also carefully surveyed the car marks, and also analyzed the banner at the door.

Xiaowen froze for a moment and said: "Actually, before you called, someone had already asked me to check the situation here, but this person, I can't tell you, but you have to believe me, I have no malicious intent." ”

Of course, Wang Mian knew that Xiaowen had no malicious intentions, but Xiaowen at this moment was obviously not the Xiaowen he knew.