After leaving the Underground City, Qin Siyang followed Shan En back up the mountainside, winding along the mountain paths until they finally reached the vicinity of the Yu Family Mine.
Along the way, Qin Siyang also received a text from Yu Yongyou, telling him that he was already at the mine, awaiting his arrival.
They rounded a jutting mountain ridge, and the view ahead suddenly opened up. Shan En stopped and pointed. "There, Xiao Qin. That's the entrance to the Yu Family Mine."
Qin Siyang looked in the direction he indicated, but his brows drew together slightly.
A pitch-black tunnel had been carved by hand into the nearby mountainside, barely wide enough for three or four people to walk abreast.
The entrance was rough and primitive, with nothing imposing about it. A few dim yellow mining lamps hung overhead, their weak light making the place look rather shabby.
"This is the Yu Family Mine?" Qin Siyang could barely hide his disappointment. "Didn't Yu Yongyou say the Yu Family had several major mines in Sigma District? Second only to the Huan Family? Why does the entrance look like a rat hole?"
"Don't underestimate this rat hole. Yu Family Mining really is enormous. The mining area extends deep into the mountain, with tunnels branching in every direction. Its scale is among the largest in Sigma District. But this tunnel here is the only way in or out. That was an ironclad rule laid down by the previous head of the Yu Family, Yu Bianwei. No matter how vast the mining operation is inside, every person and every shipment has to pass through this chokepoint. There's no second exit."
"Why?" Qin Siyang was even more confused. "Isn't that just asking for trouble? If someone blocks the entrance, they won't even have anywhere to