Chapter 38: Mining Area: Fu Jingmo’s Possessiveness

He Ze pushed Lin Mu through the door, touched his own arm, and complained, “This Kang guy makes me feel a bit disgusted!!”

With a “bang”, Fu Jingmo slammed the door shut. He looked around quickly with a cold face, and there was nothing unusual. He measured that the other party would not dare to eavesdrop blatantly.

The few of them walked into the inner room. The mine tunnel was simply furnished. There were two single beds in the inner room, and they sat down by the bed.

“Damn, Brother Fu, why are they keeping us here, could it be that they want to… kill me,” he made a throat-slitting gesture, “murder and destroy the evidence!!”

Fu Jingmo sneered, “Hmm, you’ll be the first one I’ll operate on.”

He Ze gasped, begging for mercy.

Lin Mu patted him on the forehead and told him to roll aside, “Don’t make trouble, Kang Tianming seems to want us to stay.”

“In the end times, mutants are a symbol of power. He wants us to work for him, but he doesn’t even weigh himself first.”

Fu Jingmo was indifferent, took out a black box from his bag. Behind the coordinates was a small green dot, indicating that someone had been dispatched.

There was no information, he threw the black box back into the bag.

With his strength as a third-level mutant, those natural first-level mutants really don’t need to be taken seriously, just like He Ze, whose abilities are sometimes effective and sometimes not, all depending on luck.

“I wonder what their abilities are?” Lin Mu pondered.

“Let’s go to the tent later and take a look.”

Lin Mu nodded. He remembered those miners who were hunched over and numbly chiseling the wall, and the weak woman who left obediently.

“This place makes people very uncomfortable. Kang Tianming keeps saying that they are taking care of these miners, but who knows what they are using to enslave them.”

“He must be relying on himself as a mutant, and regards himself as the boss.”

He Ze showed an indignant look, “By the way, his cousin is not a mutant, right? He has a fat head and a face of kidney deficiency. It looks like he is going to be hollowed out!”

Kang Chengdong is not a mutant, his steps are floating, and he is obsessed with lust. But he and Kang Tianming, knowing that they are mutants, still don’t care much.

Could it be that besides mutants, they have other reliance? 

Lin Mu and Fu Jingmo obviously thought of this. This was the other party’s territory. They were in the light, and the enemy was in the dark. They could only be extra careful.

“They must have a backup plan, we should be careful.”

After sending Lin Mu, Kang Tianming returned to the second mine tunnel. He glanced at Kang Chengdong who was still smoking behind the table. His eyes showed a trace of disgust. And thought that Kang Chengdong was a waste.

If it weren’t for the fact that he was still useful, he would have killed him long ago.

He sat down on the chair and casually said, “Cousin, next time you should be more careful, don’t let outsiders see your unsatisfied look.”

“Huh, the outside world is in such a state, and it’s not timely to have fun.”

Kang Chengdong didn’t care, glanced at him, took a hard puff of his cigarette, and showed a satisfied expression.

Then, he chuckled, showing a wretched look, and his small eyes squinted, looking at Kang Tianming.

“Don’t think I didn’t see it, you are interested in that little white face, huh, I really don’t understand you guys, you don’t like soft and fragrant women, but you like hard men.”

Kang Tianming didn’t answer, the image of Lin Mu’s clean and cold face appeared in his mind, and he couldn’t help but lick his back teeth.

However before Lin Mu and the others had left, Kang Tianming came uninvited again. He knocked on the door politely and called Lin Mu.

Fu Jingmo stepped to the door and blocked Kang Tianming. He was half a head taller than Kang Tianming, and his whole body exudes an aura of keeping people away. The words he spit out were like ice.

“What’s the matter?”

Kang Tianming was an evaluator in peacetime, and there were always people flattering him. He always looked superior, let alone now he is a mutant, and controlling this mining area, which makes him even more proud.

Feeling Fu Jingmo’s hostility towards him, his slender eyes showed a proud smile, and he leaned close to Fu Jingmo’s ear in a deadly manner.

“Mr. Fu, why are you watching Lin Mu so tightly, don’t be too possessive, I just want to invite him to dinner.”

This sentence is tantamount to provocation, Fu Jingmo sneered, and the black mist has already covered his palm…

He Ze looked at this imminent atmosphere and shouted, “Come on, Mr. Kang, how can you only invite Mumu to eat, we are all hungry too.”

“In that case, let’s all go together.”

Kang Tianming said everyone on his mouth, but his eyes were staring straight at Lin Mu behind Fu Jingmo.

Even if Lin Mu was slow to react, he could sense Kang Tianming’s ill intentions at this time.

Fu Jingmo stepped out of the door without politeness, and said coldly, “Let’s go.”

The place to eat was in the fourth mine tunnel. There was electricity and everything was convenient. There was a simple kitchen here, and a fairly large table was placed in the middle.

When Lin Mu and the others came in, the food had already been prepared on the table, five dishes and one soup, which was already very good in the end times.

The few of them sat down, and were not polite. Kang Tianming pushed a plate of scrambled eggs to Lin Mu and said, “These are bird eggs they dug from the mountain behind, they are delicious, eat more.”

“Is it the miners who went to find it?” Lin Mu frowned, “Where do the miners outside eat, and what do they eat?”

“Miners have to go find food every day, otherwise how can the people here survive? I protect them, and they naturally have to know how to give back, right?”

Kang Tianming showed a matter-of-fact look, and even seemed complacent.

Lin Mu was silent, it was useless to say more. Kang Tianming had already put himself into the role of the leader of the mining area, but his demand for miners was not a simple return, but more like unscrupulous slavery.

The few people quickly finished their meal, said they wanted to walk around to digest, and Kang Tianming said nonchalantly it was up to them..

This made the three of them even more convinced that they didn’t care at all if anyone knew about the deformity of this mining area, or they were sure that even if outsiders knew they were enslaving these miners, they couldn’t do anything.

But they still need more accurate verification and understanding of the situation here. The three of them crossed the track and walked towards the tent.

The two big lights before had been turned off, and the outside became dim again. Only a few yellow lights were showing at the tent.

There was a stench in the tent area, different from the stench of zombies, but the smell produced by these people living crowded in this small area.

One by one, they lived in places surrounded by cardboard, wooden boards, and rags.

No, it can’t even be said to be a residence, just a small compartment, there is no room for people to turn around inside, because there is no need to shelter from wind and rain in the mine, so the top is empty.

As the few people approached, it was easy to see the miners curled up in the compartments.

Lin Mu frowned, where did they still look like people, dirty, rotten, hiding in the dark with a numb expression.

There were a few women inside, and even two children, perhaps the family members of the miners.

These people had expressionless faces, their black eyes staring at Lin Mu and the others, as if they had lost their sense of the outside world or the strength to resist. 

Stepping on the uneven ground, they walked past these compartments. A few meters away in the corner, a small whimpering sound came, like a sound made with a blocked mouth.

The three of them looked solemn and quickened their pace, heading towards the direction of the sound.