Chapter 67: Mine

Yuan Tao Coal Mine Company is located ten kilometers north of Yuan Xin Base. The company went bankrupt due to poor management a few years ago.

Why did Gu Ming choose that place as the new base? First, it is surrounded by mountains and there is only one road in and out. This road was built by the original coal mining company for cargo transportation. Second, there are mines several hundred meters deep there, which has great advantages for building a hidden base. Third, it is not far from Yuan Xin Base, which is easier to transfer base personnel. There are already hundreds of people in the base, and there are many old, weak and young people. The impact on them should be considered during the transfer.

The chariot was driving in the mountains. The kilometer was a two-lane road, but the mountain road was not easy to drive, and there were many detours, but it was no problem for the chariot driven by artificial intelligence.

It was snowing heavily outside, and the trees on the mountain were as lush as a tropical rain forest. Gu Ming was no longer surprised by this unscientific situation. Many things were not worth investigating in the doomsday era.

Not long after, the chariot arrived in front of a valley. There was a large flat land in the valley. There were some abandoned ores in the corner of the flat land. There was a six-story building in front of it, which should be the office building of the former coal mining company. There was also an eight-story building next to it, which should be the workers' dormitory.

Gu Ming took Gu Xiao out of the chariot. Both of them were fully armed. The coal mining company had been closed for several years. No one was here, which meant that there would be no zombies, unless they came in from outside. The various machines of the former coal mining company were not seen, and they should have been dismantled long ago.

The two came to the office building. The outer wall of the office building was covered with plants, and cracks were seen everywhere on the wall. It looked like a dangerous building. Gu Ming and the others did not go up to check, but they knew what the situation was inside without looking.

They came to a big cave on one side of the valley. It was a mine cave. Gu Ming walked to the entrance of the mine cave and looked inside to see a long tunnel with no bottom. He had heard from workers who had worked here before that the mine cave here was several hundred meters deep and there was a large space below, which was formed by coal mining. After all, in the golden age of Xia, coal mining was still very profitable. This Yuantao Coal Mine Company could be regarded as a medium-sized coal mining company in the past, with an annual output of hundreds of thousands of tons. However, due to the adjustment of national policies later, many mining companies went bankrupt quickly without transformation.

All the equipment going down to this mine was dismantled. Gu Ming could only go back to the chariot and take out the prepared rope. He asked Pangu to drive the chariot to the entrance of the cave, tied the rope to the baffle of the chariot, and then the two slid down along the rope. As for the problem of no safety above, Pangu in the chariot would monitor, and there were invisible drones in the sky for reconnaissance. If there was an unexpected situation, Pangu would notify him through Gu Ming's bracelet, so Gu Ming was relieved to take Gu Xiao down.

The mine was originally very dark, and no sunlight could shine down, but Gu Xiao was emitting white fluorescence. Gu Ming didn't understand the principle, but it was just a small function of Gu Xiao, and there was no need to take any other lighting tools.

It took more than ten minutes to get to the bottom of the mine. Gu Ming saw two passages. The air below was very bad. He put on a gas mask first, and Gu Xiao, the robot, was not needed. If there was any danger, he would remind him.

Gu Ming picked one at random. Anyway, he would check the other one later, so it wouldn't be a big problem to check either one first.

Walking in the quiet passage, only footsteps could be heard. If he came alone, Gu Ming might be a little afraid. This is the fear of darkness and loneliness of human beings. Fortunately, Gu Xiao followed him. Although he was a robot, he didn't feel lonely.

After walking for more than ten minutes, there were two forks in the road ahead. Gu Ming made a mark and could only choose one passage. After walking for more than ten minutes, the front suddenly opened up. It was a space the size of two football fields, four or five meters high. The top floor and the surrounding areas were reinforced with cement and steel plates. It should have been reinforced during mining, otherwise it would easily collapse.

"Leader, there is something ahead."

Gu Xiao flashed and blocked Gu Ming in front of him, and then said.

Gu Ming knew that his eyesight was far inferior to Gu Xiao, who was a robot, but he didn't know what was ahead. It shouldn't be a zombie, it could only be a mutant creature, he asked in a low voice.

"Is it a mouse?"

"No, it's a big earthworm."

The light on Gu Xiao's body was magnified, and the entire underground space was illuminated. Gu Ming could see a lump of something coiled up at the far end.

This was a white, enlarged version of an earthworm with a diameter of about two meters and an estimated length of thirty meters. It was chubby all over and looked too disgusting.

Maybe it was because of Gu Xiao's light that the big earthworm woke up. It raised its head high, opened its mouth wide, and its upper and lower sawtooth teeth looked extremely sharp.

"Roar——"

The roar of the big earthworm echoed in the underground space. Gu Ming could see its big mouth and scarlet eyes. He just couldn't imagine how there could be such a big earthworm underground. What did it eat to grow up? It was almost the same as the big snake that was killed by tank artillery in Zi County, Zhang Ting's hometown.

"Gu Xiao, go kill it."

"Got it."

Gu Xiao immediately executed Gu Ming's order. He immediately moved forward at a high speed, as if he was really flying on the ground.

The big earthworm was very angry that the small animal dared to challenge it. It slid forward with its mouth wide open, and took a bite at Gu Xiao who was moving forward, trying to swallow him up and eat him directly. This was its best way to hunt.

Gu Xiao's movements were very fast, but it did not affect his turning. He dodged the mouth of the earthworm, and his palm emitted a two-meter-long laser knife, which was inserted into its side. With a strong stroke, a long wound was pulled out.

"Roar——"

The earthworm rolled in pain. Gu Xiao dodged its impact and cut its body with the laser knife. The white liquid might be its blood flowing all over the ground. It looked sticky and disgusting. Gu Ming felt nauseous when he saw it. You know, he was most afraid of earthworms since he was a child.

Before the end of the world, earthworms are very tenacious. Even if they are cut in half, they can survive for a long time. They kept rolling around because they could not bite Gu Xiao with their mouths. They could only see if they could wrap their bodies around him. However, Gu Xiao's movements were very fast, and they were completely useless.

"Gu Xiao, attack its beast core."

Gu Ming knew that such an attack would not be fatal to the earthworm, so he could only find its beast core. Zombies have brain cores, mutant beasts also have beast cores, and mutant beasts have more energy points in their beast cores.

"Got it."

Gu Xiao's eyes turned red, and he immediately saw a glowing red dot on its head, which should be the location of its beast core.

He jumped up with all his strength, and before the big earthworm could react, Gu Xiao stabbed it in the back of its head with a laser knife, rotated it in a circle and dug it hard, and the beast core was dug out by him. The big earthworm that was rolling just now stopped immediately and there was no movement.

Gu Ming knew that it had died, and it was fortunate that he brought Gu Xiao with him, otherwise if it was him, he would have to run away.

After killing the big earthworm, the two checked the remaining tunnels again, and found no problems. Gu Ming was ready to exchange for a new base in the system store.