Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

After the battle ended, some soldiers checked the identities of the laborers one by one, while others quickly began cleaning up the battlefield.

The so-called "battlefield cleanup" actually meant burying the body parts in a concentrated manner, while all the weapons and equipment, whether good or bad, were also collected as spoils of war or as evidence of loot for later use.

What's puzzling is that during the cleanup of the battlefield, no one found any gold or gold dust.

If you find no gold next to a gold mine, the first thought that will come to anyone's mind will be "absolutely impossible"!

But in fact, it happened in such a strange way!
If the bombardment of the shells were to cause damage to the container holding the gold, then even if the container were to be damaged, it would be impossible for there to be no gold or gold dust left behind.

The main point is that gold, no matter how it exists, even if gold dust is blasted and mixed in with the soil, can still be found. You can collect it along with the soil and then wash it out normally later.

That's why everyone bombarded the area with such reckless abandon.

Even now, with so many people working together to clean up the battlefield, they still haven't found any gold, not even a few scattered gold dust.

After receiving reports from each squad leader, Wu Dong, with a grim expression, instructed Assistant Xu:
"Xiao Xu, go and have someone ask those laborers if they know what's going on. Then have everyone expand the search area and dig up any places that seem suspicious."

"Damn it, I refuse to believe that gold can grow legs and run away!"

Although the bandit suppression and labor rescue were a great success, the fact that no gold was seized during the bandit suppression in the gold mine is somewhat unreasonable.

The main problem is that if this gets out, people will laugh at him. The key point is that people will only laugh at Wu Dong, the leader, for his incompetence and poor leadership.

So how could Wu Dong accept this?

Assistant Xu agreed and turned to walk towards the soldiers who were checking the workers' identities.

While everyone was busy searching for gold, they noticed that on the hillside not far away, next to a very large, wind-fallen tree, a section of the trunk with a very irregular shape had been abruptly moved a small distance away.

If you look closely, you'll notice that after this section of the trunk was moved, a small, irregularly shaped hole was revealed on the large, wind-fallen tree.

And inside this small hole, there was an eye, darting around and watching everything outside.

Below and beside this fallen tree, there are quite a few tree trunks with irregular shapes like this, all scattered randomly in various places.

It is precisely because of the irregular shape of these tree trunks that they give the impression that they were thrown here by the people in the gold mine who were responsible for cooking and tending the fire.

As anyone who frequently cooks over a fire in the countryside knows, it's quite difficult to cut open a tree trunk like this, which is irregularly shaped and rather thick, for firewood without a chainsaw.

Of course, even if you manage to saw it open with great effort, splitting it for firewood won't be easy, because the knots and lumps on the trunk will make you question your existence while chopping wood.

Therefore, most people would simply ignore these tree trunks at first glance, subconsciously assuming they were discarded and abandoned. The people who exploit this common human tendency to leave their trees lying around are precisely taking advantage of this.

The eye in the fallen tree observed for several minutes before disappearing into the fallen tree.

Just a few minutes after the eye disappeared, a person in a disheveled state crawled out of what looked like a low cave behind the hillside where the fallen tree was located.

When the man's thigh appeared outside the cave, a rope was tied to his thigh, and a backpack was attached to the other end of the rope. A Type 56 semi-automatic rifle was also attached to the backpack.

The man untied the rope from his backpack, quickly slung it over his shoulder, and sat outside the cave entrance, gun in hand, vigilantly observing his surroundings.

Judging from the shape of the backpack as it hangs down, and how taut it is, squeezing the clothes on the person's shoulders, it's clear that the backpack is quite heavy.

After observing for a long time, the person probably felt safe, so he stuck his head into the hole and started imitating a magpie's call.

And you know what? He imitated it quite well, the "scratching scratching scratching" sound was almost exactly the same as the call of a magpie.

After the man imitated the call of a magpie a few times, a while later, another person crawled out of the cave. This person also had a backpack and a Type 56 semi-automatic pistol tied to their leg with a rope.

Immediately afterwards, the head of the third person also popped out of the cave. After the third person had completely crawled out, he still had a backpack and a Type 56 semi-automatic pistol on his leg.

The first person helped the second person put their backpack on their shoulder, and then helped the third person put their backpack on their shoulder as well. Then, without exchanging any words, the three of them walked down the mountain together.

While traveling, the three people kept looking around, clearly afraid that someone would discover them.

However, all three of them were wearing dirty hunting outfits and handmade round-toed sandals.

Overall, the three people looked exactly like local mountain herders or herders, so even if someone did see them, they probably wouldn't think much of it.

However, as the old saying goes, "a guilty conscience needs no accuser." Although these three were not thieves but bandits, the scene that Wu Dong created was truly frightening.

Although the three of them were carrying heavy backpacks, they walked at a very fast pace, and their agile strides clearly showed that they had received very professional training.

What these three never expected was that the path they were walking on was the path leading to the gate of the fence, and also the path that would bring Wu Dong more merit.

Just a few hundred meters ahead on the right side of the hillside, two people were chatting idly, while observing the area below.

These two people were none other than the two brothers, Wang An and Huang Zhong, who had been forgotten by everyone.

It must be admitted that there's an old saying that's truly accurate: "Everything is predestined, and nothing is up to us!" (End of Chapter)