Chapter 41: Too Brutal
In the middle of the night, the explosions sounded one after another, like thunder in summer, and could be heard from far away.
The violent explosion even drowned out the roar of the steam engine. Even though he was far away, Adam could still see the flames rising into the air.
The flames rising into the sky even lit up half the sky red.
explode!
The explosion was from...
“This explosion…”
A bead of sweat broke out on Adam's face.
As a crew member on the ship, he received silver pesos from Mr. Steven to drive the steamboat, but this seemed different from the original agreement.
Didn’t they say they were here to transport the black slaves away?
How could there be an explosion?
Are they a group of robbers?
Staring at the flames rising into the sky in the distance, Adam looked at it dully. If the location was right, that would be their destination.
Such a violent explosion must have used at least several hundred pounds of gunpowder!
These Chinese people...are crazy!
"Mr. Adam, all right, we'll be there in a minute. We haven't finished what you asked us to do."
Li Fugui looked at Adam with a smile. If they didn't leave, he didn't mind killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. Brother Zhu kept him on the boat just for this matter.
“Oh, oh, oh…”
Adam, Jason and the others swallowed nervously and could only continue to steer the steamboat absentmindedly towards the direction where the explosion came from.
"Crazy! What a bunch of lunatics!"
Adam pondered in his mind.
Whatever they were up to, these people were crazy to use so much gunpowder! Weren't they afraid of blowing up the Earth?
At this moment, suddenly, several explosions were heard again in the distance. The continuous explosions made Adam break out in sweat on his back.
How much gunpowder did these guys bring? Also, if I refuse to cooperate now, will they blow me up along with my boat?
Suddenly, Adam became a little uneasy.
But he soon calmed down. Compared with the risks, he rationally chose silver pesos... As long as he got the money, he didn't care what they came for.
…
Finally, after installing the explosives, Zhu Xianhai was busy connecting the wires.
"As long as those offices are ready, this thing will be almost done!"
Compared to the wooden house here, the office building is undoubtedly more solid. It is a brick and stone building.
In fact, it’s just a matter of using a little more explosives. What’s the difficulty?
As for those people in the house, in his opinion, they were not human at all. These bastards in the mine were all evildoers. They abused the laborers and slaves in the mine. Killing them was to eliminate harm to the people and to save them from dire straits!
Killing dozens of people can save nearly two thousand compatriots!
This is a good deal!
It was also because of this that his mood was particularly calm, without a single ripple, as he just quietly twisted the wires and connected the detonator.
…
Fox was lying on the chair, seemingly asleep as usual, but he was still alert. As Mr. Thomas's highly paid bodyguard, he had never failed in his duties.
Especially now, in the safe behind him, there are the gold mine's harvests from the past six months. In two days, Mr. Thomas will take the gold away to Rio de Janeiro. Shareholders in Rio and London are waiting for the gold.
His mission is to protect this gold!
Of course, in return, if everything goes well, once the gold is deposited in a bank in Rio, he will receive a bounty of 200 pounds.
This huge sum of money was enough for his family to live a wealthy life in the UK that most people would envy.
Suddenly, the legs that were crossed on the table were put down, and Fox sat up suddenly.
He stood up cautiously.
"Fernando, damn you idiots..."
While cursing, he walked to the window and looked out. In the moonlight, he could vaguely see someone doing something in the dormitory.
Could it be... a robber!
Pulling out his pistol and pulling the trigger, Fox aimed at the figure in the moonlight. That guy was definitely not an employee of the gold mine!
After taking aim, he pulled the trigger.
“Beep!”
The sudden gunshot stunned Zhu Xianhai?
Was the shooting taking place there?
Before Zhu Xianhai could react, there was a loud shout from the office building.
"Hurry, Leon, you idiot, get up quickly... there are robbers!"
robber?
The gunshots rang out again, coming from the office building.
The sound of gunfire interrupted his thoughts. The gunshots in the middle of the night were so loud that even people who were asleep would be woken up. Listening to the noise coming from the dormitory, Zhu Xianhai still shouted even though it was not yet the agreed time.
"Quick, retreat, hide, hide..."
When Xiaowu, Dashan and others had just retreated and saw the guards in the dormitory about to rush out of the room, Zhu Xianhai suddenly turned the wrench of the detonator with his right hand.
"boom!"
There were continuous explosions, and in an instant the sky and the earth turned orange-red, accompanied by a violent shock wave. The fiery red flames rose into the air. The guards who had just rushed out of the door were torn into pieces by the shock wave in an instant like dolls. The broken limbs and arms, as well as the broken wooden boards and beams, were blown directly into the sky.
When Fox stood up again amid the earthquake, he didn't even know how he survived.
Turning his head, he saw that the two rows of dormitories in front of the office building were completely razed to the ground. Even the office building had changed its appearance. The glass windows were all broken. The broken glass flew into the house like a sharp dagger. An unlucky half-blood had his neck cut by the glass fragments. Blood was sprayed everywhere. Fox's situation was not much better. He was also injured.
Covered in blood, he stared at the burning dormitory in horror, with only astonishment in his eyes.
"Oh my God! What happened?"
If he hadn't noticed the noise outside, he would have thought it was the gunpowder depot that exploded. But the fact was, the gunpowder depot was over there in the mine!
But the explosion here?
Don't the robbers want the gold anymore?
Looking at the dormitory that was razed to the ground, Fox seemed to understand... they used explosives to raze the dormitory to the ground just for the gold.
Ruined!
Fox, who had lived half his life, had never thought that he would encounter such a cruel master - for the sake of gold, they actually chose to blow everyone to death!
These people are too cruel.
If I hadn't interrupted them, I would have been blown into the sky. As for the gold... there was nothing to worry about since it was in the safe. It would definitely not be blown away.
"Quick, quick, pick up the gun, these bandits will kill us all, Fernando, hurry up..."
In terror, Fox shouted and pulled the guards around him who were stunned by the explosion, dragged them to the window, raised his revolver and started shooting.
