Chapter 2087 - The Empty Ore Vein (1/2)
Chapter 2087: The Empty Ore Vein
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
When Sima You Yue and the others entered the city, they saw a group of people speeding out of the city. Old Man Li pulled Sima You Yue and they hid in the crowd, then he whispered: “That’s Commander Hua.”
Sima You Yue looked up and saw the person in front of the crowd.
Hua Wu Xiang was handsome, but the evil-foreboding air around him greatly reduced his image. The people behind him stepped back automatically because of the low pressure that surrounded him.
“Commander Hua seems to be in a bad mood. Could something have happened?” Old Man Li murmured. “Could it be because of what’s happened at the Ore vein?”
“Who knows? Since he is the Commander, naturally there are many things that he has to do. He could be worried about something else.” Although this was what Sima You Yue had said, she was certain in her heart that he was worried about the Ore vein. She wasn’t able to see his expression when he saw the Ore vein, but it was not bad that she was able to see him like that now.
When Xiao He and Xu Yu attacked the Soul Region, they had the support of many Financial Counselors. Therefore, she was very happy at having caused them to be in a bad mood.
“That makes sense.”
“Let’s go into the city to look for your friend.”
“Alright.”
Hua Wu Xiang had brought men to the Ore vein and went directly to the place that Envoy Zuo had mentioned. When Envoy Zuo saw Hua Wu Xiang approaching, he stepped forward and said: “Commander.”
“What’s the situation? You said the Ore vein is empty, what do you mean by that?” Hua Wu Xiang asked as he strode inside.
“This… Commander, you should see for yourself.” Envoy Zuo really didn’t know how to describe what he had seen.
Hua Wu Xiang understood his subordinates well, when he saw him in this way, he knew that there was something strange with the situation. His heart sank and his footsteps sped up. When he entered the Ore vein and saw the situation inside, he couldn’t help but froze.
There was nothing at all in the whole Ore vein!
The people behind him were also shocked. They stared at the empty Ore vein, speechless.
“This is what it looked like when we came in.” Envoy Zuo said, “At first we thought that it was just an empty mountain. But over the past two days, we have discovered some clues. There are traces of new excavation everywhere. Judging from the excavations, they can’t have been more than half a month old. And…”
“And what?”
Envoy Zuo pursed his lips and told him about the discovery that he was still in disbelief about: “All the chisel marks in the whole Ore vein are the same.”
“You’re saying that in half a month, someone broke through all layers of our defenses and excavated the whole Ore vein?” Hua Wu Xiang looked at him faintly.
Envoy Zuo’s scalp felt numb from Hua Wu Xiang’s stare, he knew that Hua Wu Xiang didn’t believe him. Even when he had first come to this conclusion based on all the facts and discoveries, he hadn’t believed it either.
However, the facts were the facts, they don’t change just because they didn’t believe them.
He didn’t dare to say this to Hua Wu Xiang and had to find a more tactful way of speaking: “Subordinate also finds this conclusion unbelievable, that’s why I am waiting for Commander to confirm my findings.”
Upon hearing this, Hua Wu Xiang knew that this was probably true.
“Let’s go and have a look.” He let Envoy Zuo lead the way from the beginning to the end. Because of Envoy Zuo’s reminder, as everyone walked along, they took note of the chisel marks. The more they saw, the more alarmed they were, they were exactly the same!
All the chisel marks, whether they were old or new, were exactly the same!
In other words, the entire Ore vein had been dug up at the same time!
“How, how is this possible?”
Even if a large number of people had come to dig up such a large Ore vein, it would have been impossible to be done in such a short period of time. The chisel marks were bound to be different.