Chapter 34: Pingkou Mining Area

The slope was about ten meters high, and they bent over to reach the top and looked down.

From here, the entire mining area could be seen at a glance, forming a huge “concave” shape.

Apart from the direction of the gate, the remaining three sides were surrounded by mountains. The mountain body partially exposed the traces of excavation, which was about three to four square kilometers, larger than they had imagined.

The ground of the mining area was all yellow mud after mining, full of pits and bumps, and some man-made holes, which were filled with muddy and dirty water due to the heavy rain a while ago.

The entrance area was relatively low, with several excavators parked, and behind was a whole higher platform.

Various large vehicles left deep ruts, and the usual operation route of the vehicle could be clearly seen.

On the left side of the entrance, there was a row of single-story simple houses, which were the living area for the workers. The doors were all open at this time, and zombies were dragging their broken and rotten bodies, shuttling through them, and there could not be any living people.

On the right is a driveway, leaning against the mountain body, a big bend can lead to the higher platform behind, the wheel ruts go up the platform and extend to the distance.

From their position, they couldn’t see the situation on the platform specifically, they could only see several large trucks gathered on the platform from a distance.

Fu Jingmo pointed to the wheel ruts extending to the distance and said in a deep voice, “The direction of the mine should be over there.”

“There are a lot of trucks over there, will the refueling point be there?” Lin Mu thoughtfully, quickly judged the surrounding environment.

“It should be in that area, but for now, we have to think of a way to get to the platform first.”

Fu Jingmo glanced at the low area at the entrance.

He Ze opened his mouth and said, “Brother Fu, there are too many zombies!!”

Below were densely packed zombies, most of these zombies were wearing miner’s clothes, some of them still had safety helmets on their heads, shaking and walking below, there were at least hundreds of them, his little water droplet couldn’t kill one.

Lin Mu observed for a moment, looked at the platform above, his eyes were sharp, and felt it was a bit strange.

“The big iron gate at the entrance was locked, and the road going up was blocked. These zombies seemed to be kept in the low-lying area below. This should not be a coincidence. Maybe someone used these zombies as a barrier to block outsiders from entering the mining area above.”

“Maybe, we can think of another way to get in, the person who came before us did not disturb the zombies below…”

Fu Jingmo had already started observing the surroundings to see if there were other routes to the platform area behind.

The mining area was surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the people inside occupied the rugged mountain roads, and the terrain was high. Zombies couldn’t climb up, they just simply fenced with wire mesh.

If they could find a way up the mountain, they could naturally bypass the zombie pit in front and go to the back.

The foot of the mountain was full of wild grass about the same height as a person. Fu Jingmo looked around, his calm eyes were deep black, and he pointed to the distance, “Go up from there.”

Lin Mu looked in the direction of his finger. It was the mountain body on the right side of the gate. The grass there was slightly tilted towards the top of the mountain, which was a trace of people passing by.

If their vision hadn’t been enhanced, it would be difficult to find this subtle difference.

The three of them immediately went down the slope, bypassed the gate, and walked towards that side. Halfway through, Fu Jingmo found a heavy motorcycle hidden by the roadside…

“Wow, this car is so cool, can we ride it away if no one wants it!!?” He Ze took a look and couldn’t move, he went up and fumbled around.

This car is indeed cool, with a pure black body, smooth lines, and even a high exhaust pipe, full of aggression.

It was hidden in the grass by someone, covering the traces. If it weren’t for Fu Jingmo, Lin Mu and the others would definitely not find it.

But obviously, apart from He Ze, the other two did not have the interest to appreciate it.

“Hurry up and go, maybe the handsome guy driving the car is waiting for you inside.”

Lin Mu came forward and pulled He Ze who was squatting in front of the car.

“Hey hey hey, Mumu, be gentle… I only like cool cars, not handsome guys, can they be more handsome than me.”

He Ze grinned and protected his ears, reluctantly, weakly resisting.

Fu Jingmo had already walked far ahead, and Lin Mu pulled He Ze to catch up quickly.

Soon, they came to the place they had just seen on the opposite slope, and it was indeed a small road, hidden in the dense wild grass…

The wind blew, and the wild grass swayed slightly under the sun. The edges of these grasses were very sharp. People passing through them, if they didn’t lower their heads and shrink their bodies, small bloodstains would soon be drawn on their skin.

Fu Jingmo observed for a while, took the first step and walked in. He walked sideways and carefully, these grasses couldn’t scratch him at all.

Lin Mu followed him, he was still wearing Fu Jingmo’s camouflage jacket, which was very thick, except for his face, there was nothing wrong.

The most miserable was He Ze, who was a physical education teacher after all, with a height of 186, strong muscles, and loved to bounce when walking. There were his faint gasps behind him.

These grasses just picked his face, he was annoyed, “Hey hey hey, you guys walk slower, I’m going to be disfigured!! I will definitely be disfigured!!”

After walking for more than half an hour, they finally crawled out of the wild grass, the terrain was high, and there were pine trees above.

He Ze finally breathed a sigh of relief. Lin Mu looked back and saw that his face had been scratched with a few shallow red marks. Fortunately, his skin was thick and he didn’t bleed, which was amusing.

They quickened their pace, and after more than half an hour, they finally reached the top of the mountain. The small road in front of them slowly extended downwards, and they could easily see that the platform they had seen from the opposite side was indeed below.

There were about seven or eight large trucks parked on the platform, as well as several excavators and loaders.

Surprisingly, there was a conspicuous bus among them. They hadn’t noticed it before because it was blocked by other vehicles on the opposite side.

At the concave part of the mountain body, they finally saw what they needed.

That was a simple refueling point composed of two large oil tank boxes, just like the oil tanks on the oil tank truck, but much larger, placed horizontally in the concave part of the mountain, with a refueling pipe at the top.

Behind the refueling point, they saw a half-excavated mountain with an arched entrance about ten meters long and wide.

The entrance was cast with cement all around, and the pillars on both sides were painted with red paint, which read “Safety First, Prevention is Priority”.

Above was the four big characters “Pingkou Mining Area”.