Early the next morning, Russell got up and prepared breakfast. There was juice and milk in the refrigerator, as well as ready-made ingredients. He fried eggs and ham and completed a good-looking sandwich.
Gladys looked like she had seen a ghost. She even thought she was still dreaming. In her impression, Russell was reticent and never got up early to cook.
"I am chasing a girl recently, and the magic of love has changed me!"
Gladys reluctantly accepted Russell's statement and drove to the mine after breakfast. Russell followed him because he loved this town and was willing to contribute to the search for new mineral sources.
Gladys was very pleased. Russell used to be very repulsive to mines, but today's change shows that he has matured.
The sign of a man's maturity is not to sleep with a girl and get rid of the virgin label, but to know how to take on the responsibilities of the family and take the initiative to pay for it.
Gladys was extremely happy and offered to increase her pocket money for Russell, but Russell rejected her directly, claiming that he was an adult and could support himself through labor.
This time, Gladys was even more satisfied. When she came to the mine office, she called the miner leader Leon and asked him to take Russell to familiarize himself with the environment in the mine.
Leon has worked in McCormack Mining for 20 years and is the oldest miner. He knows every mine tunnel well, and even the mine map is not as accurate as him.
"Russell, going down the mine is not a game. Don't take off your helmet at any time. When you go to the lower level, be sure to bring goggles and a wet towel..." Leon repeated tirelessly: "If I'm not with you, but
You're lost again, don't panic, you can get out by following the wires above your head."
“What should I do if there are no wires in some mines?”
"Mines without wires are prohibited areas. There is either the possibility of landslides or high concentrations of gas. Don't go in if you want to survive." Leon said, putting the helmet on Russell's head and lifting a piece of water from the bucket.
Get out the wet cloth.
Russell decisively refused. Not to mention how many foot-picking men this wet cloth had used, the key was that it was not safe enough.
The wet cloth mainly targets some toxic gases that are soluble in water 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 own life, he put on a respirator.
It's better to be heavier than to die!
Leon smiled and said nothing. With him as a master, Russell's worries were completely unnecessary, but he would not stop him. It is a good thing to have safety awareness.
"You don't have a lighter on you, do you?"
"Of course, I'm still young and don't want to go see God so early!"
"Haha, boy, God will not accept suicides."
The two of them quickly entered the mine. The mine tunnels extend in all directions, and there are more than a dozen abandoned entrances and exits. It is pitch dark inside and is illuminated only by the light bulbs overhead. Without anyone to guide them, it is like walking through an ant nest.
No clue.
After decades of mining, the ore veins have been almost exhausted, and workers have left one after another without work. Leon, the leader, has few people to manage.
The reason why McCormack Mining can continue to operate is because the previous inventory has not been sold out. According to Gladys' calculations, if new mineral sources cannot be found, the company will close in three months.
The purpose of Russell's coming here was to explore the place. Under his guidance, Leon took him to the location of an iron door.
"Outside the iron door is the basement of the shopping mall. That idiot mayor must have shit in his head. I really don't understand why he wants to build a shopping mall here." Speaking of Mayor White, Leon is like a
Faced with indignation: "When the mayor was elected, I actually believed his lies and voted for him."
McCormack Mining is on the verge of bankruptcy, and Prosperity Town is also declining day by day. Mayor White does not want to tide over the difficulties with the whole town. Instead, he contacts a chemical company named Violo and spends his days trying to persuade everyone to sell their land and move. Because of the shopping mall
, he can get a very considerable resettlement fee, but everyone knows that in addition to the resettlement fee, he can also get an additional income.
White doesn't care where the town residents will move, or how they will live in the future. He just wants to take advantage of the opportunity to make money and drain the last bit of value out of the town. This guy is a scumbag!
One morning passed, and Leon took Russell back and forth on the upper floor. According to Leon, they only visited a small part, not even a tenth.
During this period, Russell learned that McCormack Mining mainly mines pyrite and copper ore, and no associated gold deposits have been found.
After lunch, Leon took a few miners deep into the lower layer. He wanted to find a new mine source in the shortest possible time. Russell said hello to Gladys and left, citing physical discomfort.
After walking back home, Russell opened his diary and drew circles on the marked caves and shopping malls. He did not see the barrel of chemical raw materials that caused the spider to mutate, indicating that the plot had not yet begun.
Russell could wait for the plot to be triggered, but he was not deeply impressed by the original plot and there was little point in waiting, so according to the original plan, he still had to start with the male and female protagonists.
The male protagonist 'Chris McCormack', the first heir to the mining industry and Russell's cheap brother, is currently wandering in Phoenix and is temporarily out of contact. The heroine, the small town police chief 'Samantha Parker' is nearby
In front of me, it is the current first choice.
Russell picked up the phone and dialed Parker's house. After a beeping sound, the call came through and it was a little boy's voice.
Mike Parker!
The youngest son of the female police chief, the younger brother of the busty girl Ashley, the little ghost in the original novel who is very knowledgeable about spiders, and has been a close friend of the spider owner for many years.
"This is Russell, is Ashley home?"
"Are you Russell?" Mike's voice sounded rather gloating on the phone.
"Yes, what's the problem?"
"Ashley said that if someone named Russell calls, just say she's not home."
After saying that, the phone was hung up.
Russell smiled and shook his head, and dialed Parker's phone number again. Ashley was angry, but it didn't matter, after five calls at most, the other party would listen to his explanation.
Sure enough, the third time, the person who answered the phone was Ashley. Her tone was very angry, as if she didn't want to talk to Russell anymore, but Russell didn't panic at all... Why did he answer the phone if he didn't want to talk?
"Ashley, please listen to my explanation. After I got home last night, I called many times but couldn't find the correct number. Because the line was always busy, Aunt Gladys gave me a scolding and punished me for being responsible for this month's phone bill.
He took me to the mine and dug rocks all morning." Russell didn't give Ashley a chance to speak more. He spoke quickly, indicating that he valued her and was full of apologies.
"You...didn't lie to me?"
"Of course not. In order to contact you as soon as possible, I spent the whole morning completing the full-day task, and then I was let go by Aunt Gladys. When I got home, I immediately started calling and finally found you." Russell said.
Looking in the mirror, he said affectionately: "Ashley, you must not know what I have been through. I made a wrong call last night. The other party said that I was disturbing the residents and claimed that they would call the police to arrest me. I explained for a long time."
"I'm sorry, I didn't expect it would cause you such misery... I shouldn't have pranked you." On the phone, Ashley's tough tone quickly softened, and she blamed herself.
"It's not your fault, I was too stupid. Ashley, can you forgive me?"
"Of course, I never blamed you!" Ashley replied almost instantly.
Russell was 'overjoyed', and with a little hesitation, he stammered: "Then... can I go find you now... I still have one afternoon, and I want to... ask you to watch a movie in a nearby city."
There was a sudden uproar on the other side of the phone, and Russell vaguely heard the quarrel, which ended with Mike screaming.
"Ashley, what happened over there?"
"It's nothing, my silly brother fell down while walking..." Ashley's sweet voice came: "There is no problem with watching the movie, but you have to come back in half an hour, I need some time."
"Okay, it's settled!"
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