The next morning, Russell got up and prepared breakfast, the fridge had juice and milk, and ready-made ingredients, and he fried eggs and ham to finish a good-looking sandwich.

Gladys looked like she had seen a ghost, she even thought she was still dreaming, Russell was a little talker and never got up early to cook.

"I've been chasing a girl lately, and the magic of love has changed me!"

Gladys reluctantly accepted Russell's suggestion, and after breakfast, drove to the mine, and Russell followed, citing his love for the town and his willingness to contribute to the search for a new source.

Gladys was very relieved that Russell had been very reluctant to the mines, and today's change shows that he has matured.

The sign of a man's maturity is not to get rid of the virgin label when he sleeps with a girl, but to know how to take on the responsibilities of the family and take the initiative to sweat for it.

Gladys was overjoyed and offered to give Russell more pocket money, but Russell rejected her outright, claiming that he was an adult and could support himself through labor.

At this time, Gladys was even more satisfied, and when she came to the mine office, she called the miner's leader, Leon, and asked him to take Russell to familiarize himself with the environment in the mine.

Leon is the oldest miner in the 20 years he has worked at McCormack Mines, and knows every mine road inside and out, even the mine maps are not as accurate as he is.

"Russell, going down the mine is not a game, don't take off your helmet at any time. When you get to the lower level, be sure to bring your goggles and a wet towel......" Leon repeated without hesitation: "If I'm not with you and you're lost, don't panic, follow the wires above your head and get out." ”

"What should I do if there are no wires in some of the mines?"

"Mines without wires are no-go areas, and either there is a possibility of landslides or high concentrations of gas, so don't go into them if you want to survive." Leon said, staking his helmet to Russell's head and bringing a damp cloth out of the bucket.

Russell decisively refused, not to mention how many people have used this wet cloth, the key is that the safety is not enough.

The wet cloth mainly targets some water-soluble toxic gases in the mine, such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide, but it has no effect on methane and carbon monoxide, so for the sake of his life, he put on a respirator.

It's better to be heavier than dead!

Leon smiled and didn't speak, with him as a master, Russell's worries were purely superfluous, but he wouldn't stop it, it's a good thing to have a sense of security.

"You don't have a lighter on you, do you?"

"Of course, I'm too young to go to God so early!"

"Oh, boy, God doesn't take on suicides."

The two soon entered the mine, and the mine roads extended in all directions, and there were more than a dozen abandoned entrances and exits alone. It's pitch black inside, lit by overhead light bulbs, and with no one leading the way, it's like walking in an ant's nest.

After decades of mining, the veins have been almost excavated, the workers have left one after another, and there are few people in charge of Leon.

McCormack Mining is able to continue operating because its previous inventory has not been sold out, and Gladys calculates that the company will close its doors in three months if no new sources are found.

Russell came here to explore the point, and under his guidance, Leon led him to the location of a tin door.

"Outside the tin door is the basement of the shopping mall, the mayor is that idiot, his head must be full of shit, I really don't understand why he built a shopping mall here." Speaking of Mayor White, Leon was indignant: "When I was elected as mayor, I actually believed his nonsense and voted for him. ”

McCormack Mining is on the verge of closure and the town is in decline, and instead of trying to get through the difficult situation with the whole town, Mayor White contacts a chemical company called Violo and spends his days trying to trick everyone into selling their land and relocating. Because of the shopping mall, he gets a very substantial settling-in fee, but everyone knows that he can get an extra income in addition to the settling-in fee.

White doesn't care where the residents of the town will move to, and no matter what the residents' lives will be in the future, he just wants to take the opportunity to make money and squeeze out the last bit of value of the town, this goods is personal scum!

As the morning passed, Leon took Russell around the upper floors, and according to Leon, they only walked around a small part, not even a tenth.

During this time, Russell learned that McCormack Mining mainly mined pyrite and copper, and that there were no associated gold deposits.

After lunch, Leon led a few miners deep into the lower level, he wanted to find a new source of mine in the shortest possible time, Russell said hello to Gladys and left, citing his ill health.

Walking back home, Russell opened his diary and drew circles around the marked caves and shopping malls, and did not see the barrel of chemical raw materials that caused the spider to mutate, indicating that the plot had not yet begun.

Russell can wait for the plot to trigger, but he is not impressed by the original plot, and there is little point in waiting, so according to the original plan, he still has to start with the hero and heroine.

The male protagonist 'Chris McCormack', the first heir to the mining industry and Russell's cheap brother, is currently in Phoenix and cannot be reached for the time being. The heroine, 'Samantha Parker', the small town sheriff, is close at hand and is currently the first choice.

Russell picked up the telephone and dialed Parker's house, and after a beep of waiting, the phone was connected, and it was a little boy's voice.

Mike Parker!

The youngest son of the female sheriff, the younger brother of the big-breasted sister Ashley, the little ghost who is very interested in spiders in the original book, and the spider keeper is a friend of the year.

"This is Russell, is Ashley at home?"

"You're Russell?" On the phone, Mike's voice was rather gloating.

"Yes, what's the problem?"

"Ashley said that if someone named Russell called, she was not home."

With that, the phone was hung up.

Russell smiled and shook his head, and dialed Parker's house again, Ashley was angry, but it didn't matter, at most five calls, the other party would listen to him.

Sure enough, the third time, the person who answered the phone was replaced by Ashley. The tone was very annoyed, as if he didn't want to talk to Russell more, but Russell didn't panic at all...... If you don't want to talk, what are you doing answering the phone?

"Ashley, listen to me, I called many times after I got home last night and didn't find the right number. Aunt Gladys gave me a beating, punished me for being responsible for the month's phone bills, and took me to the mine to dig for the morning. Russell didn't give Ashley a chance to speak, and he came up with a fast voice, showing his attention to her, and full of apologies.

"You...... Didn't lie to me? ”

"Of course not, in order to contact you as soon as possible, it took me a morning to complete the day's tasks before I was let go by Aunt Gladys. When I got home, I immediately started calling and finally found you. Russell looked in the mirror and said affectionately: "Ashley, you must not know what I went through, I made a wrong phone call last night, the other party said that I was disturbing the people, and claimed to call the police to arrest me, I explained for a long time." ”

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to hurt you so badly...... I shouldn't have been a prank. On the phone, Ashley's tough tone quickly softened, and she blamed herself.

"It's not your fault, it's that I'm stupid. Ashley, can you forgive me? ”

"Of course, I never blamed you!" Ashley was almost instantaneous.

Russell 'rejoiced', with a little hesitation, stammered, "That... Can I go to you now...... There's still an afternoon to go, and I think... Ask you to go to a nearby city to watch a movie. ”

On the other end of the phone, Russell faintly hears an argument, which ends with Mike's screaming.

"Ashley, what's going on over there?"

"It's nothing, my stupid brother fell while walking......" Ashley's sweet voice came, "There's nothing wrong with watching the movie, but you have to come back in half an hour, I need some time." ”

"Okay, that's it!"

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【Street Diary】

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