Chapter 102: Hell Mine

"Who is this guy wearing a red hood like a clown?" The old man called the general said slowly.　Fastest chapter update
"It is not yet clear his true identity and name. But what is certain is that this person is of Chinese descent, codenamed Red Baron, and is the third person in the secret society." Michelle slowly said. "Members of the secret society have participated in civil wars and clan conflicts in African countries many times. The Angola civil war, the Mozambique conflict, and the Zaire civil war before the melee of Somali warlords. They also made a lot of money from the war."
"Then why did he launch an attack against us?" Joe glanced at Michelle, "We have no intersection with this so-called secret society, and there is no conflict of interest."
"The reason is very simple. Someone has touched their interests." Michele said blankly. "Among us here, some have had a lot of disgraceful transactions with armed and extremist organizations in many places in recent years. , Including blood diamond trading in war-torn regions in Africa."
As soon as he finished speaking, the twelve directors present were all in an uproar.
The term "blood diamond" has long existed, and it has even been put on the screen by Hollywood. It generally refers to the illegal diamond trade in war-torn areas in Africa. According to the definition of the United Nations, "blood diamonds" are also known as "conflict diamonds", specifically referring to smuggled diamonds that are mined and sold by rebel organizations in war zones for "special purposes" such as buying weapons against legitimate governments and indiscriminately killing innocents.
There is a saying in the African continent: "If you want to live long, don't touch diamonds." Former South African President Mandela once said: "The diamond industry is the lifeblood of the economy in southern Africa." Sixty-five of the diamonds are produced in African countries. However, behind the radiant octahedron, there are hidden secrets and crimes. It can be said that the shiny stones worn by many people may be stained with African blood.
Joe immediately got up and shouted, "Silver Wolf, you must have a basis for your words."
"You know I have a basis, not only a basis, but also evidence. I just can’t get it out. Because once the evidence is seen, it will not only be you, but the company’s interests, including the interests of everyone here. . I just want to tell you that next time you do this, you can handle it cleaner." Michelle said coldly.
"Okay, you two sit down for me first." The general shouted in a deep voice, "No matter what the cause of this incident is, this secret society has really brought us threats and losses. If it is not handled properly, our influence in Africa will be greatly reduced, which will affect our series of businesses. Silver Wolf, please check it with me. I want all the information about the secret society. When necessary, we can use all means. "
Michelle nodded and said, "I'm already doing it."
"Joe! Silver Wolf is right. If you really want to do something with the company behind your back, it is your freedom. However, it is better to wipe your clean!" The old man suddenly shouted, "If the group's interests are affected again, If this happens, I won’t be so polite! You all know the rules."
Joe's face turned pale, and he did not dare to say another word. This old and old general, when he was angry, still had a power that could not be underestimated, just like the pressure of a beast. No matter how old a tiger is, its low roar can still make ordinary beasts shiver. Chief like a tiger!
But the general did not seem to want to pursue the matter too much, instead turning to Silver Wolf Road, "It is said that during this operation, the team you brought out performed well? By the way, the one who rescued everyone What is the young man's name?"
"His name is Lin Rui. He is a newcomer who has recently joined." Yinlang nodded, but he paused and sighed, "Unfortunately, he didn't withdraw."
The general nodded and said nothing. For this old man, he had already looked down upon life and death, let alone such a small role. Without even frowning, he waved his hand and said, "Try to find the corpse and leave some money for his family."
It is obviously impossible to find Lin Rui's body, because he is still alive. I am walking alone along the road leading to the mining area. He walked very carefully, bumping into rebels several times along the way, but he avoided it very carefully, and didn't sneak into the mine until nightfall.
This is a small village that has developed along with the diamond mine. It is not large in scale and, like most villages and towns in Africa, it is withered and cold. The streets are full of dark and thin miners and armed men with guns, and the streets of the old city are also shabby with no dignity. Most people here, whether adults or children, give the impression that they are cold and at a loss, like a block of self-defeating.
In a highly developed modern society, the employment of child labor seems to be gradually becoming history. But in Africa, not only has the proportion of child labor not declined in recent years, but on the contrary, it is on the rise. In order not to starve to death, these underage children are doing the same jobs as adults in many dangerous places.
In the quarry in this mining area, in addition to diamonds, there is a large amount of ordinary stone waste. In order to transport the solid big stones away, the children in Africa have to directly use the hammer in their hands to knock the big stones. Into pieces. In order to break these stones relatively easily, they first set the waste plastic and even old rubber shoes of useless tires to a large pit and bake them with the stones. At night, most of the plastic fuel emits suffocating toxic smoke, and the entire mining farm is like Dante’s purgatory.
Lin Rui pressed a worn hat on his head, and found a dirty tarp to put on him. This makes him look more like a wandering local miner. His body was tightly covered and he was wearing gloves. As long as he didn't raise his head, no one would find him a yellow race.
It is slums even more than slums here. Most people live in simple houses with an area not much larger than normal toilets. Mud walls, wooden doors, asbestos roofs, no electricity, flares of fire from the asbestos roof, and the gaps between the wooden doors, giving some light to the black alley. There is no toilet, and the smell of human feces wafts from the trees outside the house. The sharp contrast between the wealth symbolized by diamonds and the poverty of these miners is like a joke full of malicious irony.
Lin Rui realized that he might have made a mistake. Most of these miners are just children, they lack clothing and wear, and they are engaged in the most primitive mining work with extremely crude production equipment. And Lin Rui's earliest plan was to get some supplies here and charge the communicator to prepare for the next escape. But now everything is in vain, there is no food, no electricity supply. This is the most primitive quarry. Only the humblest miners and the most brutal warlords rule.
Lin Rui was extremely hungry, and the whole day of vigorous exercise had exhausted him. But even so, he still thinks that he has not fallen to the point of grabbing food from these miners. And he also saw what these people were eating. Potatoes and a foul-smelling dried fish meal were boiled into a sticky thing on an old oil drum in the open. And these scrawny black people don't care much about hygiene.
For them, not being starved to death is good. I have never heard of such words as food hygiene. There was another reason why Lin Rui made up his mind not to touch their food. Because he knew that because of the staggering HIV infection rate in Africa, thousands of orphans had to go out to work in order to survive and pay the debts of their dead parents. In other words, most of these child laborers in Africa may come from AIDS families.
Lin Rui sighed secretly, and had to turn his gaze to the other people in this mining area, the fully armed guards. Maybe you can get food from them, preferably canned food. Lin Rui really didn't want to think about the mashed potatoes that might be infected with HIV. When he thought of this, he would rather be hungry for a while.
Lin Rui wore that dirty tarp and walked around the mining area, and found that several buildings near the mine were where the rebel guards concentrated. They drove batches of miners to work in the pit. When most of the miners come out of the mine, these guards will check them to see if they have any rough diamonds from the mine.
But now the sky is obviously dark, and it seems that the work in the mining area is over. The guard keeper transported the rough diamonds mined in one day in a vehicle. The rest returned to their residences. Lin Rui touched it carefully, and he found that these rebel guards were gathering to eat and drink. However, Lin Rui didn't alarm them, but sneaked up near a truck. He must solve the battery problem first.
He originally placed his hopes on the mining area, because he thought that as long as it was a mining area, he would definitely use miner’s lamps. If there is a miner’s lamp, there is a battery. Maybe he can use the battery of the miner’s lamp to charge his battery. But now it seems that these miners can't even afford miner's lamps, and most rely on oil lamp torches. Besides, even with the miner’s lamp, they have no place to charge it, because there is no electricity supply in this place.
So the only way Lin Rui could think of was to use the truck's battery to charge his own battery before he could use the communication system to ask for help from the African branch. Even if he can't get in touch, he must at least ensure the power of the GPS positioning device, otherwise he can't even distinguish the direction and position, even if he wants to escape, he doesn't know which way to go.
Lin Rui quickly and concealedly opened the door, sneaked into the transport truck, and pulled out the power cord from the vehicle, carefully connecting it to the battery he was wearing. In order to facilitate charging, his battery is designed to be connected to the vehicle power supply. So Lin Rui is no stranger to all of this. After completing everything quickly, he drew his pistol and crouched on the back seat of the car, breathing for a while.
...