A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 434 Going deeper
Avoiding the gate, Lyon walked around the fence and finally found a remote and easy-to-climb location near the cliff.

There is an old oak tree around the fence, which can be used as a ladder for Lyon to easily climb up to a higher place and cross the nearly three-meter-high iron railing in front of him.

He climbed up to the treetop swiftly, and just then a tree trunk extended over the iron railing. With the help of this branch, Leon grabbed the branch with both hands and hung himself on the trunk. With the advantage of height, he shortened the height difference from the ground to a little over one meter. He let go and landed on the ground without any pressure and entered the inside of the fence.

The overgrown weeds all around proved that this was an uninhabited area. Fortunately, the weeds were not very tall, and Leon could see the surroundings as long as he stood up straight.

What you see inside the fence is completely different from what you see outside. This is related to the angle. At the door, you can only see rows of miners' dormitories, but in this position, without the obstruction of the miners' dormitories, Lyon can easily see the main situation of the mine.

A mine that is about ten meters wide and more than five meters high is located at the foot of the mountain in the park. Four rails are laid at the entrance of the mine. On one of the rails, a hand-cranked mine car is unloading goods near the mine. The cargo box is full of metallic ore with a metallic luster, including copper and iron.

Occasionally, you can see some glittering gold ore mixed in with these ores.

In addition, Leon also noticed a very special thing, that is, the miners responsible for loading and driving the hand-cranked mine carts all wore safety helmets with the JOJA logo on their heads, which means that they are the persons in charge of the mines in the eastern mountains and are affiliated with the JOJA Group.

"It's really everywhere, the Joja family."

After Leon couldn't help but complain, he bent down, leaned against the nearby weeds, and went around to a position closer to the entrance of the mine, hiding temporarily.

There was no way. There were too many people at the entrance. Two loaders, a smoking truck driver, an on-site supervisor, and some miners who had just walked out of the mine were all gathered near the entrance. It was extremely difficult to sneak in without being discovered under the noses of these people.

Now all Lyon can do is wait, wait for a moment when there is no one at the entrance, or there are few people, and then rush in quickly.

It’s a pity that this time he came to rescue people, not to punish evil and promote good, otherwise Leon would have found many ways to attract these people’s attention to achieve this goal, such as setting a fire in the dormitory area not far away.

But everyone here is innocent, and if Leon really does this, he will feel guilty.

Fortunately, this is the Joja family's business. As for the habit of exploiting employees, the Joja family seems to have a unique corporate culture. They cannot stand employees slacking off. After the ore from the hand-cranked mine cart at the entrance was unloaded, the person in charge of supervision, who was dressed neatly and wearing a safety helmet, shouted at everyone else to do their job.

Regardless of the sweat on his forehead, the porter immediately followed the truck to the southern furnace area. The driver of the hand-cranked mine car shouted to the miners who had just rested for a while to get on the car, and then turned the handle on the mine car and took them back to the mine.

As for the guy who seemed to be in charge, he walked around the mine to make sure there were no missed ores on the ground or no lazy employees nearby. Then he walked contentedly towards a separate office next to the mine entrance.

The once bustling mine entrance was suddenly deserted. Seeing this, Leon immediately stood up and began to approach the mine entrance. It wasn't far, only about two hundred meters away. But even though the people were gone, there were still a number of surveillance cameras installed near the mine. Leon was very familiar with these 90-degree cameras; they were also used in the Joja family office.

Therefore, you just need to avoid the 90-degree field of view of the direction in which these cameras are pointing, and you will be absolutely safe.

The Joja family was obviously aware of the limitations of their own cameras. In order to make up for some blind spots in the surveillance view, they used a large number of cameras. However, there were still some areas that were beyond the cameras. Although it was a bit troublesome, Leon still took ten minutes to successfully enter the mine by sticking to the mountain wall.

Just like an abandoned mine, once you enter the mine, your vision suddenly switches from day to night, and it’s still the gloomy night mode without moonlight.

Lyon, who was sticking to the rock wall, was not in a hurry. He waited until his eyes adapted to the dim environment and he could see the area within ten meters with the help of the not-so-bright light above his head, and then he started to move.

Since it was his first time entering the mine, Lyon was not very familiar with the situation here, but he still knew how to follow the map. He just needed to follow the track in the mine, and he should be able to reach the deepest part of the mine. Even if not, he could still determine the general direction.

After walking for only a short while, Leon began to feel a bit stuffy. This mine was completely different from the abandoned mines. The air circulation was extremely limited. The deeper he went into the mine, the harder it became to get fresh air. At the same time, the smell of dampness, mold, and a hint of rust permeated his nose.

"I was careless and not well prepared."

Leon muttered in frustration. He had overestimated the environment of the mine and underestimated the protection that the Joja family would provide to the miners in the working area, which led to this terrible experience.

Fortunately, Lyon was not a delicate nobleman. Although the air quality was not good, it was still tolerable. However, to be on the safe side, Lyon took off his sleeves, soaked them with the water in his backpack, covered his mouth and nose with them, and continued to go deeper into the mine.

The further in you go, the narrower the space becomes. At a fork in the road, Leon noticed that the track came to an abrupt end again. There were hand-cranked mine carts parked at the end of each of the four tracks. Behind these mine carts were six passages leading in different directions.

Lyon didn't know where these branching passages led to, so he didn't rashly choose to enter one of them, but instead hid in the corner again.

After waiting for half an hour, Lyon saw miners carrying backpacks coming out of two of the passages. These miners walked in pairs, and the mining lamps on their heads were extremely eye-catching in this dim environment.

When they came over, there was no communication. They numbly dumped the ore in the backpack into the mine cart, walked back along the passage they came from, and continued their heavy mining work.

It wasn't until the third group of miners came out from the far right that Lyon noticed the turning point.

(End of this chapter)