The Beautiful CEO’s Dragon Blood Bodyguard
Chapter 987 - 0987: Earth Demon Tribe

Chapter 987: Chapter 0987: Earth Demon Tribe

The cable car kept descending into the sloping mine, with Lao Geng nervously turning on the miner’s lamp.

The mine had been abandoned for half a year, and the lighting equipment inside had failed.

Lin Yingying looked around with keen interest, hardly believing that anyone could work so deep underground.

Long Fei consoled Lao Geng by patting his shoulder, "Don’t be afraid, with us here, you won’t have anything to worry about."

Lao Geng complained, "Master, you really shouldn’t have come. There truly is something in this mine, especially this one, the earliest found and the most ominous. I’m not going to keep it from you, we’ve had more than a dozen brothers die down there without ever coming back up!"

"They died?"

Long Fei’s brows tightened as he asked, "Given such a serious incident, how can the mine still be running as usual?"

Lao Geng said, "President Zhang has already taken care of it, greasing palms above and below. The families of the deceased miners each received a compensation of a hundred thousand yuan, so nobody speaks out anymore."

Lin Yingying said, "I definitely saw it coming, this Zhang Guifa seems down-to-earth on the surface, but he’s really underhanded!"

Long Fei asked Lao Geng, "How is your boss Zhang usually, as a person?"

Lao Geng complained, "Speaking bluntly, he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing! The coal mine originally belonged to the village collective, yet he used various connections to forcefully take it for himself. Any of the villagers who showed disapproval would get beaten into submission by his thugs. Over the years, his reckless mining has ruined this place. The river’s polluted, the ground has collapsed, and most of the villagers’ houses have become dilapidated. Those who could leave have left, leaving behind only us old folks."

Lin Yingying curiously asked, "Isn’t it said that coal mine workers’ wages are very high?"

Lao Geng sighed, "It’s a life-risking job, suitable only when you’re young. Once you age, your body’s full of ailments. The hard-earned money you make goes straight to the hospital. Our private mine is no match for state-owned enterprises, we don’t even have the basic social insurance and housing fund!"

"What?"

Lin Yingying exclaimed in surprise, "Zhang Guifa is so stingy? Then why don’t you find a different job?"

Lao Geng said, "Exactly, the locals call him ’Zhang Flayer’. In other mines, a single life is worth five hundred thousand or a million, but in our mine, it’s only one hundred thousand. If it weren’t for having no choice, the people in this mine would have run off long ago. What else can I do but mine coal in my life? With kids needing schooling and a wife with no job, mining coal is suffering, but not mining is lethal!"

Lin Yingying listened and swore under her breath, "You hear this, what kind of people are these! Honey, you’re really helping the wrong side this time. These heartless people don’t deserve our attention."

Without saying much, Long Fei patted her head.

He had come here not so much to help Zhang Guifa, but to see for himself what was really going on underground.

The cable car finally came to a halt at the end of the line.

Lao Geng opened the door, cautiously getting off.

Pointing ahead, he said, "Master, about a hundred meters ahead is the end of the coal mine. Those creatures were found inside. We’ve seen what we need to see, maybe we should head back now?"

Long Fei and Lin Yingying got off and instructed Lao Geng, "Is there only one path in this mine?"

Lao Geng shook his head, "Originally there was only one, but it seems a new one has been opened up ahead that nobody has thoroughly explored."

After understanding the situation, Long Fei told Lao Geng to take the cable car back up first.

A distinct smell was emanating from ahead, making Long Fei worry that there might be something in there. If a fight broke out, he wouldn’t be able to look after Lao Geng.

Lao Geng couldn’t wait to leave, quickly reporting the situation outside and passing on a message for Long Fei.

Only with Long Fei’s word did the people outside agree to let Lao Geng head back up.

According to Zhang Guifa’s intentions, Lao Geng’s life was worth fifty thousand yuan.

Even if Lao Geng died in there, it would be considered his bad luck, and Zhang wouldn’t worry in the slightest.

Long Fei brought out a Light Gathering Stone, illuminating the hundred meters ahead in bright light.

In such deep places, the rock layer contained quite a bit of groundwater.

The drainage equipment below probably hadn’t been used in a long time, and the ground was mostly muddy water.

The railcars used to haul coal were piled up in front, already thoroughly rusted.

Even with Lin Yingying’s cultivation level, she couldn’t help but sneak behind Long Fei.

She stared ahead, nervously saying, "Do you think it could really be the Zhao Army that was trapped and killed by the Qin Army?"

Long Fei shook his head, "I used to think so, but this place isn’t an open-pit coal mine. Even after more than two thousand years, no matter how much soil erosion there’s been, it couldn’t possibly be buried this deep."

Hiding behind him, Lin Yingying said, "Could it be some kind of underground world? Jurassic dinosaurs? Monsters?"

Long Fei, amused by her, said, "I told you to go back to Binhai City, but you insisted on coming here. Now you’re here, and you’re scared. Why don’t you go up first, and I’ll go over alone?"

"I won’t."

Lin Yingying pouted. Such a gloomy and terrifying place was a rare find.

If she went back out of fear, it would be too much of a pity.

It was like watching a horror movie, she was clearly scared, but she still wanted to see what terrifying scenes would appear.

The two stepped on the water’s surface, moving across without getting wet.

Suddenly, there was a clatter from the machinery inside as if a rock had abruptly hit it.

Long Fei and Lin Yingying’s gazes were sharp as they immediately swept over.

They faced off from a distance of about ten meters. Long Fei could feel that there was something there.

But what it specifically was, he couldn’t say.

At that moment, a dark shadow suddenly leapt onto the top of a mining cart.

With a bang, Lin Yingying was so frightened that she screamed, "There’s something there!"

Long Fei had seen it without her having to say anything.

A creature short and stout, only half a person tall, hairless, with skin like charred meat, completely black, and with long, slender ears.

It resembled a human form but was half-crouched with its legs, and its eyes glinted fiercely, its big mouth filled with sharp fangs as it roared at the two of them.

Bang, bang, a sequence of thuds.

There was a commotion behind Long Fei and Lin Yingying, as two more such creatures appeared,

"Members of the Demon Race?"

Seeing their appearance, Long Fei recalled the Demon Race he had seen in the sea and the mountains.

These creatures had different heights, but their appearances were roughly similar.

The ones from the sea had something like fish scales, while those from the mountains had thicker fur.

Their skin was extremely tough, much like leather armor.

With legs coiled like springs, their movement was a bound and a leap, as if they could unleash tremendous power.

The three members of the Demon Race exchanged looks and simultaneously kicked off from the ground, revealing their sharp claws, and lunged directly at Long Fei and Lin Yingying, aiming to stab them.

Their physical strength was astounding as they furiously swung their fists, the force of their punches causing the water on the ground to splash upwards.

The Azure Dragon Dharma Laksana appeared around Long Fei, circling him and Lin Yingying, protecting them within.

The fists of the Demon Race pounded onto the Azure Dragon Dharma Laksana with a series of thuds.

The force of the punches was so great that the real Azure Dragon Dharma Laksana trembled.

Both they and Long Fei were surprised by the strength of the other, but before one of the Demon Monsters could turn around, the Azure Dragon Dharma Laksana opened its mouth and bit, clamping the thing entirely inside its jaws.