Let you raise pigs?But kicked me out of the classmate group?

"Excuse me, I need to take this call."

After saying goodbye to Sofia, Qin Hao left the room.

You can ignore anyone else's call for a while, but not this woman's.

Watching Qin Hao's retreating figure, Sofia didn't say anything, but instead downed the glass of red wine in one gulp.

Even if Qin Hao didn't say anything, she knew who was calling the other party.

And so, she thought of what had happened that night.

What a pity, what a pity.

Sofia sighed deeply in her heart.

He gently closed the door; Qin Hao had just answered the phone.

Arya's voice came through the microphone, with a distinctly urgent tone.

"There's been a new discovery at the underground base. You'd better come back as soon as possible."

"What did you find?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Hao's tone instantly became serious.

He valued this underground base highly, feeling that it held many secrets that they simply hadn't yet uncovered.

If Sophia hadn't been in such a hurry, he wouldn't have come halfway through.

"The camp layout and log records here are consistent with your previous speculation."

"Now we can be 100% certain of one thing: they are definitely after the gold mine."

Ailiya paused, glanced at Engineer Wang directing the site, walked to the side, and lowered her voice.

"To be honest, what we still find strange is that their retreat was too suspicious, as if they suddenly disappeared."

"I understand. Be careful, I'll be right back."

Qin Hao hung up the phone and sent Charlie a message: "Send more people to keep a close eye on Sophia. I'm going to the mine."

He then glanced at the door, hesitated for a long time, and finally chose to leave without saying goodbye.

With Charlie here, he doesn't need to worry.

When Qin Hao drove back to the mining area, the temporary lighting in the underground base had already been set up.

The light continued to illuminate the exploration equipment scattered throughout the underground base.

Arya was squatting next to a pile of rusty tin boxes, holding a few yellowed pieces of paper in her hand.

When she saw Qin Hao return, she quickly walked over to him.

"Look, this is the attendance sheet we found in the corner of the camp."

She handed over the paper and said in a deep voice, "The last record was three months ago. All the names are marked as 'on duty,' and there are no records of anyone leaving their post."

Wang added from the side, "We checked the generator and communication equipment, and they were both in a normal shutdown state, so it doesn't seem like an emergency."

Qin Hao's gaze swept over the several sets of yellowed and worn work jackets hanging on the rock wall.

At this moment, the airflow in the ventilation ducts swayed gently, as if telling Qin Hao and the others that the owner of these clothes might return at any time.

Or... never to return.

"Anything else discovered?"

As he spoke, Qin Hao walked to the center of the camp.

There was an iron rack in this place, and next to it, on top of it, was a half-eaten can of food.

However, the pull tab had already been pulled open, and rust was spreading along the mouth of the can, as if someone had suddenly missed eating. All these signs indicated that something was very strange about this place.

The rope that had been holding Qin Hao in his heart was completely pulled up.

He was eager to know what happened next, what else was in the base.

"By the way, regarding the abnormal vibration you mentioned in the logs, is there any specific record of it?"

"Yes, it exists, but the last few pages were torn out."

Aria shrugged; even a young lady can be helpless.

Wang Gong opened a page of the hardcover notebook and looked at Qin Hao.

"Mr. Qin, only this half-sentence remains: 'Readings deep within the ore vein exceed the safety threshold, requesting...'"

What follows the request? Nobody knows.

It seems that something happened while the writing was in progress.

But what could be so important that it leaves one with no time to even write?

Qin Hao walked into the darkness where the railway tracks stretched out.

The miner's lamp was dim, and he squinted, able to see the metallic reflection at the fork in the road at the end of the track.

He turned back and said, "I think the reason they disappeared must be hidden deeper inside."

Arya nodded in agreement.

This is the most likely outcome at the moment.

Qin Hao signaled to his team members to prepare the explosives, as there might be danger ahead.

Ailiya stayed close to Qin Hao, as if she were protecting his safety.

"Keep digging along the railway tracks and pay attention to the changes in the rock strata. You never know what you might find."

As soon as he finished speaking, his cell phone on his waist suddenly vibrated, and a line of small text popped up on the screen.

"The gold price fluctuations were orchestrated by Pierre in conjunction with Swiss capital, and the transaction records have been documented."

The sender is Hoffman.

Upon seeing these three words, Qin Hao's eyes narrowed.

As Wang was adjusting the pneumatic drill, he noticed Qin Hao staring intently at the screen and couldn't help but ask, "Do you need to go back?"

"We can go in later."

Qin Hao turned off the screen and casually stuffed his phone back into his pocket.

"No need, let Charlie handle it."

He patted the switch on the jackhammer and continued, "Let's dig this place open first."

"Yes!"

Clang, clang, clang... The dull sound of chiseling echoed underground.

at the same time.

On the screens in the City of London, the gold price curve is developing in an incomprehensible trend.

"This is unbelievable! Why is the price of gold so strange this year?"

"Who can argue with that! I bought a few gold-priced stocks, thinking I could make a fortune, but suddenly they plummeted."

"Damn it! My entire fortune!"

"..."

The chatter never stopped.

Meanwhile, the headlines in the local financial news are all about speculation that China Capital is manipulating the market.

After all, Qin Hao is Chinese.

Although this term seems extremely unfamiliar in this context.

It's as absurd as seeing someone eat dumplings with sugar instead of vinegar or chili oil.

Pierre sat in his office at the Gold Price Bureau, watching the ever-increasing amount in a string of digital accounts, a cold smile playing on his lips.

"I refuse to believe that you can control this market all by yourself!"

Meanwhile, in the hallway outside, Hoffman paced back and forth, clutching his phone, his messages to Qin Hao going unanswered.

Unbeknownst to him, Qin Hao was staring at the metal pipes exposed after the explosion.

The corrosion marks on the pipe walls indicate that high-temperature liquids once flowed through this area.

"It seems there's more to it than just a gold mine."

Qin Hao shone his miner's lamp into the depths of the pipe and ordered, "Keep going down."

My phone vibrated again; this time it was Charlie calling.

"Boss, the gold price bureau is about to lose control. Hoffman said Pierre is preparing to short all his positions!" "Let him sell."

Qin Hao's voice, mixed with the sound of falling gravel, was nonchalant as he said, "Transfer the records Hoffman sent to the investigation department, and you don't need to worry about the rest."

For such a trivial matter, Qin Hao didn't even need to get involved personally. The presence of the investigation team would be enough to give the other party a hard time.

After hanging up the phone, he looked at the dark pipes in front of him and said to his team, "Keep up the good work, the stuff here is worth more than gold."

Suddenly! The metal detector emitted a sharp buzzing sound.

Immediately afterwards, the pointer started jumping wildly, and the red warning light flashed frantically.

"This is……"

Wang stared at the waveform on the screen, a waveform he was all too familiar with, and gasped in shock.

"The intensity of this fluctuation... if I'm not mistaken, there must be at least tens of tons of metal hidden below, and the density is extremely high."

"We've struck it rich! We've really struck it rich!"

Gold ore plus metals—this is practically a money tree, no, a money vein.

Qin Hao, however, did not appear that excited.

He signaled to his team members to set up the hydraulic rock drill.

"Dig along the signal source."

"Yes, yes, I lost my composure. I can't be sure yet." Engineer Wang also came to his senses.

The main reason was that he noticed Qin Hao wasn't as excited as he seemed, and that's when he realized what was going on.

The dull thud of steel drills striking the rock wall echoed throughout the base.

Gravel fell in a soft rustling sound.

Just as they were chiseling a half-meter-deep gap, the temporary overhead lights suddenly went out without warning.

Darkness instantly engulfed everything, and cries of alarm rose and fell.

"What happened?"

"Why did the power suddenly go out?"

"..."

"Don't panic!"

Qin Hao's voice rang out, calming the panicked crowd.

"Stay put, nobody move."

He pulled out a spare flashlight, and the beam of light drew everyone's attention.

"Team Leader Zhang, take two people to check the main circuit switch, the rest of you stay and guard the equipment."

"Okay, Mr. Qin."

The footsteps faded into the darkness, and everyone held their breath in anticipation.

A moment later, the beam of a flashlight came from the end of the passage, and Captain Zhang's voice was relaxed.

"Mr. Qin, it was a short circuit caused by aging of the main cable, but it has been repaired!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the lights suddenly turned on, making people squint.

Engineer Wang wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the chiseled opening, which revealed a silvery-gray metallic luster.

Qin Hao stepped forward and tapped the edge with a geological hammer.

"This place is more complicated than we thought."

As the lights in the underground base came back on, everyone resumed their work.

Charlie's call happened to vibrate Qin Hao's phone.

Qin Hao walked to a corner to answer the call, and after listening for a few words, he raised an eyebrow slightly.

Charlie cut to the chase: "Boss, Mr. Douglas from Wall Street wants to invite you to dinner. He says he really admires your trading strategies during gold price fluctuations."

Qin Hao looked at Engineer Wang, who was using a geological hammer to strike the newly exposed metal surface without even looking up, and asked in surprise, "Douglas?"

"That old guy who made his fortune by shorting mining stocks?"

"it's him."

Charlie nodded. "His assistant said the time and place are up to you, but the next couple of days would be best."

"Yes, you can see me."

Qin Hao put down the hammer, took the towel that Ailiya handed him, and wiped his hands, looking completely natural.

"But I have to arrange the time. I'll wait until I've finished dealing with things here."

His current focus remains on this underground base.

"?"

Charlie hesitated for a moment, but still replied, "I'll go reply right away."

For such a big shot to invite Qin Hao to dinner is an immense honor.

Qin Hao didn't react at all and even wanted to arrange the time himself. He really didn't take the other party seriously.

However, he was just one of Qin Hao's subordinates; to put it nicely, he was an assistant; to put it bluntly, he was a messenger.

Soon, when Douglas's assistant relayed the message...

The financial tycoon, who had dominated Wall Street for thirty years, was holding a cigar when he heard this and suddenly looked up, wondering if he had misheard.

"What did you say? He said he can decide the time?"

The assistant nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Charlie said that Mr. Qin is currently dealing with matters at the mine, and we'll have to wait for his notification regarding the specific time."

Douglas closed the laptop screen, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Having been in the finance industry for so long, no one has ever dared to speak to him in such a tone.

He pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled.

"Interesting, let's wait for his news."

He can accept that capable people have some quirks.

The excavation of the underground base continued for almost a whole night.

The sound of steel rods striking metal never stopped.

The gap that was chiseled open was large enough for two people to walk side by side, and the exposed metal structure became increasingly clear.

The thick alloy plates are tightly joined together, and the welds are neat, clearly the work of a professional team.

"This outer layer of protection alone will cost hundreds of millions of yuan."

Touching the cold metal wall, Engineer Wang exclaimed in amazement, "How could such a huge project have kept completely secret?"

Qin Hao remained silent.

This is also what he wants to know.

What exactly happened back then that caused such a costly underground base to disappear?

And it's definitely not a small matter.

Aria put down the phone, her face grave.

"The intelligence team searched all night, but there was no record of this base. It's as if it appeared out of thin air."

She paused, then added, "Even the elders in the nearby tribes don't have any related legends."

Qin Hao stared at the still dark passage before him, and his heart began to pound.

"A huge investment made so quietly, it must be either top secret, or..."

He then changed the subject, saying, "The traces were deliberately erased."

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