Endless route

Chapter 6 6. La Maine Town

Only then did Zheng Yun raise his head and look forward.

This town of La Maine is a very typical Western gold mining town, with a main street running through it, and both sides of it are the taverns, casinos, and brothels that are the favorites of gold diggers.

The gold rush has long passed, and most of the places along the street have been abandoned. The houses are old and black, and most of the signs outlined by old neon tubes are rotten.

Looking towards the end of the depths, many wooden buildings have been swallowed up by the tropical rainforest, only a group of pointed roofs are exposed, and the rest are covered by climbing vines and green plants.

It was getting late, and there was some mist in the town. If there was any mist on the street, several bonfires were raised in front of the pubs on the main street, and many people drank around the bonfires.

It doesn't look like there's anything wrong with it.

There are rumors about this place that there is a gold mine nearby, and the name of the town directly refers to the place where there is a mine. Looking at it, you can vaguely see gold prospectors swarming in and then scattering, and you can get a rough idea of ​​hundreds of years of history.

There should be a hundred residents in the town.

There are also many off-road vehicles and station wagons parked in the open space at the entrance of the town. They have license plates everywhere, and they should all belong to tourists or gold diggers.

"Do you suspect human trafficking?"

Liu Ming interjected and asked. When he saw that there was a brothel in the town, and combined with the beautiful girls who often disappeared, he had some bad associations.

That's such an old tradition.

There is no gold rush town in the West that does not engage in human trafficking. Girls are caught and brought into the town to be prostitutes. Thousands of people in the town all acquiesce. It is like hell.

Occasionally, I met a kind-hearted gold digger who said he would take the girl to escape, but as soon as he got out, there was a group of gold diggers with no money, and they even wanted lives after the incident.

There are tens of thousands of people in larger towns, and there is a police station in the town, but no one cares about this matter at all. It is the default rule like black slaves, and they can't escape for the rest of their lives.

"I just suspect that this girl is as possessed by a demon. There must be a reason for her insistence on running here."

Hu Ruihua didn't say much, turned to look at the trunk of one of the cars, and said in a low voice: "So I brought something with me this time to protect myself from the owner."

"Damn it, this kind of thing still happens now, damn it." Liu Ming cursed in a low voice.

"Be more open-minded." Huzi patted him.

This kind of thing is inevitable. Many gold mining towns are located deep in the mountains and forests, thousands of kilometers away. No one can control them, or even want to control them.

Not to mention the deep mountains and old forests, these places abroad, even the ports of large coastal cities are overrun with guns, and the officials can't afford to draw their guns at the slightest disagreement.

Zheng Yun was also deeply moved.

The history of gold mining in the East and the West is completely different. In ancient times, the East was basically an official fate. There were thousands of people at every turn. Some were surveying and surveying, some were looking for immortals, and some were trying to find gold.

Those were high-ranking officials from the DPRK who were ordered to lead the navy, accompanied by eunuchs and eunuchs from the inner palace. There were also a lot of spies from the DPRK and many factory guards in the team.

Once some things are involved with immortals and gods, there will be more rules and regulations for words and deeds.

On the other hand, most people in the West who go out to hunt for gold are individuals. Many of them are impoverished and go out to try their luck. There are even fugitives. There are basically no rules.

These people are even more unscrupulous when they enter the land of disorder. At best, they are releasing wild animals to prey on the weak. At worst, they are turning into beasts and abandoning civilization.

In the entire history of gold mining in the West, basically not many personnel matters were done, ranging from individuals to groups.

There are two completely different styles of the East and the West, one is divine and the other is full of evil. In fact, neither of them can be said to be very good, but when Zheng Yun chose it, he still felt that the East was more sophisticated in doing things, at least better than the barbarians.

My adoptive father had mentioned before that during the years when the confrontation between East and West was at its strongest, there were also people from abroad who were concerned about Chinese cultural relics and came to fight against each other. Lao Jiang's family met one by one overseas, and the two sides fought in the wilderness more fiercely than in war.

"We have no ability to take care of this matter. After dinner, we will go around this town and find the person first. The target has a positioning device and is about eight kilometers ahead."

Hu Ruihua took out a map, and there was a circle drawn on it. It was in the northwest of the town, separated by two or three hills. It was neither far nor close.

"This is very strange. If she was coerced, why did she go into the mountain? Is there anything in the mountain? Or was the positioning device thrown into the mountain?"

Liu Ming asked again.

This is what Zheng Yun is confused about, but his current 'identity' is complicated and he cannot show his cowardice, so he cannot ask, so he can only let Liu Ming act as his mouthpiece.

"I don't know. I asked the girl's parents if it was kidnapping or coercion, and if there was a bounty asked for. Her parents said they never did, but this matter is a family scandal after all, so I can't be sure if there is."

Hu Ruihua shook his head, then winked at Hu Zi, then looked at Zheng Yun and asked: "No matter what, we have to be careful, are you short of guys?"

Before Zheng Yun answered, Huzi took out a black travel bag from the trunk, placed it heavily on the ground, and asked Liu Ming to open the door and put it in the car.

Liu Ming looked at Zheng Yun with a serious expression. Zheng Yun thought for a while and threw the keys of the off-road vehicle to him.

As soon as this action came out, Liu Ming understood, opened the back door of the off-road vehicle, and moved the travel bag to the back seat of the vehicle with Hu Zi so that it could be taken at any time.

After discussing for a while, several people decided on the candidates to enter the mountain and divided up all kinds of equipment.

In addition to renting a car, Liu Ming also bought a lot of things this time. In addition to the clothes he needed to enter the rainforest, he also had a batch of protective equipment and professional equipment, which were one level higher than those of the search and rescue team. He didn't care about this small amount of money, so he divided it up as he wished. .

Everyone had a meal together, changed their equipment and drove off. Zheng Yun and Liu Ming were in the same car. Hu Ruihua was there with Hu Zi and a thin young man.

The remaining people also have to go into the mountain, but only half of it. They communicate through walkie-talkies, which is safer and has an extra way out if something happens.

Zheng Yunjin drove the car and followed Hu Ruihua. As soon as he started the car, Liu Ming turned around, opened the black travel bag, took a look, and sighed:

"The stall is bigger this time. It's hard to make money and hard to eat. If there is really kidnapping and trafficking, and the two sides get angry, we brothers won't stay here, right?"

Zheng Yun also adjusted the rearview mirror and took a look. There were everything that should be in the black travel bag, and everything that shouldn't be there. He felt oppressive looking at it.

Liu Ming was quite indignant just now, but now that he saw the real thing, he was instantly frightened.

Zheng Yun also felt weak, but he was too short of money. Thinking that Jiang Meng was still in the hospital, he was not afraid. No matter what the situation was, he had to take a look first.

"Let's take it one step at a time. It shouldn't be the case. That's just the worst-case scenario. I just took a look and it didn't look like it. There should be other reasons for this."

Zheng Yun turned his head and looked down. They had gone up the mountain and could overlook half of the town of La Maine. They could even see tourists and locals at the entrance of the tavern.

Those people were standing or sitting around the campfire. None of them had guns. All they had in their hands were beers.

The three vehicles going up the mountain together were very conspicuous and attracted each other's attention. Many people turned their heads or stood up to look this way, waving and shouting at the convoy.

They were far away and couldn't hear what they were shouting, but judging from their body movements, these people were in a relaxed mood. They must have drunk too much and were whistling and making noises.

Eight kilometers is short.

Twenty minutes later, the first two cars climbed up a hill, but the sight before them was unexpected.