The curtain fell

Everyone’s expressions involuntarily tightened as they followed the direction pointed by the Photographer.

Not looking was fine, but a single glance made them gasp in cold air.

They saw a huge rock constantly shedding dirt and small stones.

The stone slowly peeled away from the mountain at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Then, with a bang, it fell to the ground.

Under everyone’s terrified gazes, it slowly rolled down the slope towards the base of the mountain.

Flipping over and over, its speed increased, and whether it was bushes or trees in its path, nothing could stop it even slightly; they were instantly crushed.

It was about to rush towards the foot of the mountain.

Director Yang screamed in terror, “Run!”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Just as everyone had stopped and barely caught their breath, they once again embarked on a frantic escape, running for their lives as far as they could.

No one dared to look back!

Because they could constantly hear the sound of trees breaking and the rolling sound from the ground beside their ears.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

It was unclear how much time had passed.

Bang!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

A splash of water erupted.

At the same time, the rolling sound completely ceased.

Only then did everyone stop and look back at the place where they had just been.

Where was the shadow of the giant rock?

It seemed as if the scene just now was merely their hallucination.

But the path on the hillside, which had been cleared by the destruction, told them that this was not a hallucination!

At this moment, in the Big Lake next to the villa, waves surged wildly, creating ripples.

Clearly, the large rock had plunged into the water.

This also made Lin Yuan let out a heavy sigh of relief.

It was already hard enough to finalize the deal; if it were to be hit by such a rock, that would be too unlucky.

However, just as he had relaxed and was about to find a place to sit down and rest.

Boom!

Another dull thud came.

Immediately after!

Like a mountain torrent!

Several explosions instantly rang out in succession.

Each sound was more exaggerated than the last.

Lin Yuan immediately guessed what was happening, and his pupils suddenly constricted.

He quickly exclaimed to Director Yang, “The explosion just now likely caused the chemicals carried by the gold thieves to volatilize, leading to a secondary explosion! Run! Run as far as you can!”

Hearing this, everyone wanted to cry.

They had never run so fast in their lives.

Do they not get to rest?

But complaints aside, they knew this was not the time to hesitate.

Without Director Yang needing to speak, they took off running.

As for the rest, leave it to adrenaline.

Sure enough!

Just a few seconds after they started running, continuous explosions came from underground again.

And this time, it was no longer a dull thud, but one that could be clearly felt exploding near their ears.

They could even hear the sound of dirt and stones falling into the water.

They thought they had run far enough, but who would have thought that the most dangerous one occurred twenty meters behind them, an explosion sound erupted.

Immediately, the ground shook, and a large number of stones flew, nearly hitting the fleeing crowd.

Everyone was so scared that their souls almost left their bodies, and they continued to run with their heads down.

But fortunately, the explosion only lasted for less than a minute before ending.

Everyone finally had a chance to breathe, all exhausted, sprawling on the ground and gasping for air.

Looking at the moon in the sky and the trees on the mountain, it was as if a layer of white frost had been laid down, very beautiful.

But at this moment, they had no leisure to appreciate such beauty.

All they felt was the lingering fear of having survived a disaster.

The netizens in the live stream witnessed the entire process; although they couldn’t see the explosion, just hearing the sounds terrified them.

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—“My God, Lin Yuan is poisonous, isn’t he? Seriously, I advise you not to sell houses at night anymore. Others sell houses, but you go to sell your life! If you don’t run fast enough or fall, you might just die here. Selling a house, is it worth it?”

—“He doesn’t want to either. This isn’t something he can control. It can only be said that wherever he goes, there’s no peace, but you can’t find fault with him, because as long as he’s there, the outcome is good. At least no one was blown up.”

—“I feel a bit sorry for Director Yang. Since they met Lin Yuan, they probably haven’t had a good night’s sleep. They almost got poisoned on a police call, and after narrowly escaping that, they almost got blown up. If it’s like this every day, who knows when their lives will be lost.”

—“Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I’m telling you, as a Police Officer, the most feared thing is just drifting along. If there’s a chance for promotion, ask them, and I believe most people would choose to give it their all. You know, not everyone gets such opportunities.”

Ten minutes later, everyone had rested enough and recovered from the shock.

Director Yang looked at Lin Yuan with a wry smile, “I’m wondering what would happen if I threw you onto a battlefield.”

Lin Yuan’s face stiffened, and he gave an awkward laugh, “No! I still want to live a few more years.”

Hearing this, Director Yang’s face twitched involuntarily.

So, you’re the only one who wants to live a few more years, huh?

Then he looked in the direction of the villa, vaguely seeing a cave blown open in the mountain, and asked doubtfully, “Lin Yuan, is it safe to go back now? Will we get poisoned?”

Lin Yuan frowned, pondered for a moment, and replied, “The weak points of the mine tunnel were clearly blown open, which means there are many more ventilation openings. And the place where the explosion could occur must be at the bottom, so a lot of toxic gas might have dispersed in that short time just now.”

“Secondly, the combustion from the explosion also consumed a large amount of toxic gas. Theoretically speaking, after ten minutes, most of the toxic gas has dissipated. We can try to proceed while detecting.”

“Hmm, alright!” Director Yang nodded and looked at the Experts, “I’ll trouble you all!”

The four Experts didn’t waste words; they all pulled out their instruments and walked while detecting, but they dared not go too fast.

Because during their escape just now, they had already discarded their gas masks for convenience.

Fortunately, when they passed the nearest explosion opening, the toxic gas level inside was already very low; as long as it wasn’t inhaled in large quantities, it posed no significant harm to the human body.

Director Yang did not rush to send people in to check but continued to move forward.

If they were to enter the cave, they had to wear protective suits. Better safe than sorry.

As the main group slowly advanced, the detection ended when they reached the foot of the villa’s mountain.

Just as Lin Yuan had predicted, the toxic gas level was already very low and would completely dissipate soon.

Under Director Yang’s leadership, the biochemical Experts and a dozen Police Officers put on protective suits and masks and entered the blown-out mine tunnel together to investigate.

To prevent the mine tunnel from collapsing again, they only intended to quickly find the gold thieves and continue the investigation the next day.

The mine tunnel was intricate, with multiple bottoms.

But fortunately, they were lucky and found their target shortly after entering.

However, the scene at that moment was already too gruesome to behold.

Out of a total of 5 people, only two remained in their complete form.

Although they all wore gas masks and protective suits, their vital signs were completely gone.

Clearly, they had already been poisoned before the explosion!

However, what shocked Director Yang was this.

On the ground not far from where the gold thieves were found, a large amount of gold was discovered.

A preliminary estimate put it at over ten pounds; according to current market prices, the gold here alone was worth nearly 3 million!

It was unbelievable that an abandoned gold mine could yield so much gold in such a short time.

It was too exaggerated.

But thinking about it carefully, these people also paid the price for their greed.

Cyanide leaching itself is an illegal activity that requires highly specialized knowledge.

To pursue so-called efficiency, they actually allowed the hydrogen cyanide concentration in the cave to reach explosive levels.

How much did they leach?

No wonder they could leach out so much gold.