Book 2: Chapter 4

Book 2: Chapter 4

The girl was squatting on the ground and crying, while the big Nanjing guy sat on the ground with an expressionless face. The ground was covered in beer foam and broken glass, but he didn't seem to notice it. Both of them were badly battered.

The whole room had been rifled through and almost no corner was left untouched. Black Glasses sat on the edge of the table, opened a bottle of beer, and started drinking. "Don't cry," he said. "Its already happened. We have to face reality."

"All of our materials and equipment have been taken away. Weve been shooting here for three months, but now everything is gone." The big Nanjing guy looked at the door, still expressionless.

Black Glasses pointed to his neck, "Look on the bright side, weve still got our heads.

"We got approval from the Myanmar government to shoot here. They have no right to take away my materials," the big Nanjing guy said.

"Can't you see that theyll shoot you? Theyre not just trying to scare you," Black Glasses said. "If youre thrown into the minefield, youll be killed."Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

"I know its a possibility." The big Nanjing guy turned his head and looked at Black Glasses. "You didnt have to help them beat us." He started sobbing as soon as he spoke.

Black Glasses looked at the mute girl, who was staring at him with eyes full of extreme hatred. Black Glasses laughed, "Your sister's quite the character. How was she raised, to go up and grab someone's AK47 like that?"

"So you mean to say we have to thank you? What about our project? My sisters been waiting for the money to treat her throat."

Black Glasses looked at the door and saw that all of the armed villagers had left. He turned and moved to leave, but the girl suddenly got up and grabbed his hair from behind. Black Glasses reached behind, grabbed the girl's hand, and threw her over his shoulder. She flew through the door and landed on her stomach.

The big Nanjing guy immediately got up and rushed over, "Sister!" Black Glasses smoothly followed the guy's movements and threw him out as well. The two people landed on top of each other, unable to get up because of the hard fall.

Black Glasses squatted by the door and looked at them, "I am not a good person. But were all fellow citizens here, so I saved your lives. You shouldnt be so ungrateful." The big Nanjing guy protected his sister as they both huddled there in despair. Black Glasses stepped over them.

The big Nanjing guy sat on the ground and told Black Glasses a lot of things. During that time, his sister got up and went upstairs. The stairs creaked as she stomped her way up, but he didnt know what she was protesting.

Mute Village was surrounded by minefields, with only one dirt road leading in or out. Luckily, the road had already been demined. The villagers made a living by hunting and fishing, and hardly left here because they were mute. Since their sign language was so unique, they couldnt communicate with the outside world, and it was extremely difficult to marry outside of the village.

However, some villagers could understand Chinese, because Mute Village was very close to the Chinese border. But the Chinese they could understand was a native language unique to the border region.

The surrounding area was all primitive jungle, so it made sense that they relied on hunting. But fishing was very strange. Black Glasses remembered that when he first entered the village, he really did see a lot of fish drying outside. The big Nanjing guy told him that the fish here came from an underground river.

The people here had the ability to fish in underground rivers. It was said that there was a huge cave under Mute Village that had a big river full of fish running through it. All of the fish were caught in this underground river. Moreover, it was said that this underground river flowed from China and was very long. But the cave entrance to this underground river was a secret hidden deep in the village, and outsiders werent allowed to know about it.

After listening, Black Glasses fell deep in thought. According to the data Wu Erbai had sent, the South Sea country he was looking for was in an underground river. But the underground river here was too far away from Wu Xie's location. Were the underground river systems all over China connected?

After that, Black Glasses really gave the two siblings a hundred thousand yuan. When Xiao Hua got to this part, he fell silent again and glanced at me.

This look was enough to make my back tingle. I looked at Fatty, who said, "Master Hua, you didn't lend this hundred thousand yuan to him, did you? Youre a living bodhisattva, a real blessing to this world. Were all your children."

Xiao Hua ignored him and continued, "Wu Xie, do you still remember the map your Uncle Three mentioned in that listening-to-thunder incident?"

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TN Notes:

(1) Dysphonia is any impairment in the ability to speak normally, like from a spasm or strain of the vocal cords.