The place where Lin Yan and his companions were hiding was only about a hundred meters away from the company. Under the relentless "urging" of bullets, the three men wearing heavy cowboy boots ran the entire distance in just over ten seconds.

Running to the company entrance meant they were temporarily safe.

The overall appearance of Jameson Mining and Coal Company is somewhat similar to a pedestrian overpass, and it is a structure that integrates the company and the factory. One of its entrances is located at the northernmost end of Annesburg Central Street, and the other entrance is located halfway up the mountain next to the mine. Three railway lines pass under the company. The company is designed like this purely for the convenience of transportation and cost saving. The ore dug by the company's miners is transported to the factory via a simple railway on the mine. The factory workers sort the ore by type and size. After the selection is completed, they only need to open the trap door under the factory to load the ore onto the waiting train below. From excavation to loading, there is basically no extra transportation link in the middle, which not only saves money but also is more efficient.

The company's entrance was on the second floor. There were several corpses lying in a disorderly manner on the road and stairs leading to the entrance. They were all guards arranged by the manager named Dizibori.

The company's door was open, and the roar of the machines inside completely drowned out other sounds, so Lin Yan couldn't tell whether Micah had succeeded or not by the sound of the gunshot.

"Micah must be in here." Dutch held onto the handrail of the stairs, panting and saying loudly, "Let's go in too. This side is connected to the entrance halfway up the mountain."

Arthur carefully stuck his head in and took a look. After confirming that it was safe, he walked in with confidence. Standing inside the door, Arthur also shouted at the top of his voice: "It's almost the same here as outside. I don't see any living people."

After saying that, he went ahead to explore the way. The terrain inside the factory was complicated, so in order to prevent a surprise attack, it would be safer for the three of them to spread out.

After entering the door, there is the passage leading to the mine. The first thing that caught Lin Yan's eye was a huge machine. The machine was not working, so Lin Yan had no idea what it was for. The machine was placed in the middle of the passage and occupied most of the space of the passage. Only two one-meter-wide aisles were left on both sides of the passage for people to pass through.

There were also several bodies lying in the aisle on the right side of the passage. These people were wearing the same clothes as the people outside and were obviously guards.

According to the sign on the wall of the passage, Lin Yan and his friends learned that the company's office was right in front of this passage. If we were to ask where Micah was most likely to be now, this office would undoubtedly be the focus of everyone's suspicion.

Lin Yan walked behind Arthur, listening to Arthur's mumbling as he walked: "First, it was the people from Cornwall, then the police from Annesburg, and then it was the Pinkerton detectives. We have provoked three groups of people at once this time. If this situation had happened before, I would not have dared to think about it..."

Arthur sounded like he was talking to himself. Due to the noise, Lin Yan, who was walking behind him, could only hear vaguely. As for Dutch who was further behind, Lin Yan thought that he probably didn't hear anything, otherwise he wouldn't have said nothing.

Passing the corpses in the corridor, behind the nameless machine in the middle, there appeared a spiral staircase. Before reaching the bottom of the staircase, Lin Yan confirmed that there was no need for them to continue searching upwards. The person they were looking for, or the person Micah was looking for, Cornwall's assistant, was lying in front of the spiral staircase, with one hand stretched forward, his palm pressed on the first step, pretending to climb up, but in fact the person had already died.

Arthur, who was the first to discover the body, stepped forward and straightened the man's body. He searched his body for a while, then stood up and said to Dutch who was walking over, "There's nothing on him. I guess Micah has already got the documents and is waiting for us in front."

Dutch didn't look at the assistant. He had been paying attention to the movements outside. He waved his hand and said, "Then let's keep going forward. Hurry up, the enemy is catching up."

Knowing Micah's approximate location and hearing that pursuers were approaching from behind, Arthur changed from walking to jogging and continued forward along the passage.

There were no more corpses on the ground in the second half of the journey. A huge conveyor belt was placed in the middle of the passage, transporting some finely crushed slag. The slag was crushed by the crusher at the end of the conveyor belt. The crusher and the conveyor belt were both running, and the huge noise that could be heard from outside came from the crusher.

Along the way, Lin Yan did not see any bodies of workers. He guessed that these people had realized the danger here long before Micah came in, so they evacuated early.

After climbing two flights of stairs, Lin Yan and the other two walked out of the factory without any hindrance and stood in front of another entrance and exit of the factory located halfway up the mine.

Seeing his teammates appear, Micah put his hands in his pockets and walked out from behind a mine cart, saying in a dissatisfied tone: "What's wrong with you guys? Why are you so late? I was expecting you to come and support me."

Arthur didn't stay there for a moment. After he came out, he went straight to the place where everyone tied their horses. As he walked, he said to Micah in the same tone: "Huh, support you? We still want you to support us."

"What? You can't even deal with Cornwall's men?"

"It's Pinkerton." Lin Yan reminded.

"It's Pinkerton." Micah repeated in a weird tone imitating Lin Yan's. He then laughed twice and scolded Lin Yan, "I know there are Pinkertons on the ship without you reminding me, but I don't think the two of them can hold you back for so long."

"But the reinforcements they brought can." Dutch answered Micah's doubts, then looked at Micah with empty hands and asked, "Did you get those documents?"

"Don't worry, everything is here." Micah patted his chest, and there was a dull popping sound.

Dutch nodded in satisfaction: "Yeah, very good. Well, no more idle chatter, let's get out of this damn place as soon as possible."

Several people ran to their horses, untied the reins, and mounted the horses, completing the entire set of actions in one go.

Before leaving, Dutch, who was riding on his horse, looked back at Milton who had arrived late with his men, smiled and waved goodbye to him, saying, "See you later, Mr. Milton."

After saying that, Dachi squeezed the horse's belly hard and rode away with Lin Yan and the others.

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