Mexico is one of the most famous drug dealers gathering countries in the world. The lack of government strength has led to political accidents, drug dealers are in power, frequent homicides, etc. Even assassinations of senior government officials rare in other countries in the world occur frequently. The environment of this country may be only stronger than the African continent, which is still trapped in the whirlpool of genocide...it is limited.

This North American country has rich natural resources, but it cannot be developed on a large scale due to its unique political environment. The modern industrial chain of the entire country is biased towards manufacturing. The most famous specialty of this country is oil and drugs. The drug giant owl has well-equipped and well-trained private armed forces, which can even be compared with the scale of local government troops.

Such a weak neighbor is absolutely not a threat to the United States of America. In fact, conspiracy theorists generally believe that Mexico's years of turmoil is also driven by foreign intelligence personnel. The only trouble that may be brought to their powerful neighbors is the continuous illegal entry of refugees and the large amount of drugs flowing into the country... A little insignificant side effect, compared with the black profits that can be taken from it, this side effect is just a headache for grassroots management departments.

Seventy kilometers east of Lapas, the capital of Baja California, Baja California, an old sports car from the last century gallops on a pothole road. In fact, this road is more suitable for horse riding, at least it won't make the passengers above want to vomit.

"How long will it take to arrive? I'm almost smelling my vomit."

A dark-skinned man held a cigarette in his mouth and tried to hold the steering wheel. Another man with a square face was holding two old-fashioned hunting rifles in the back compartment, holding a plastic bag in his hand.

"This map is from twenty years ago. I only knew that there was no scrap left in the copper mine factory. The boss probably thought too much about this kind of place where birds do not lay eggs. Even the fucking groundhog can't stay."

These two men are members of a small and medium-sized drug production and drug trafficking organization. This organization is a new gang, with a total of about thirty or forty people. They have placed their underground workshops in remote mountainous areas. In recent days, some people have heard that someone in the mountainous area has reopened a long-abandoned copper mine, which is only a dozen kilometers away from their underground workshop. Although it doesn't look very far, considering the terrain of the mountainous area, it is already a day to walk by foot.

If the new owner of this mine wants to make the scale of the industry bigger, then a new small village will be added to the local area. For this cautious gang, it is a news that cannot be determined by good or bad. So the two members were sent by the boss to find out the news.

"It's the road ahead, turn in on the left."

In this underdeveloped province, the government has no extra economic budget to build roads, especially in such remote areas. Horses are more reliable than cars. The two tried to turn the car in, but within two minutes the road conditions had to be used to walk. The two cursed each other while carrying their hunting rifles on their backs. The history of these two guns is likely to date back to the time of the Mohicans, but fortunately they can still be used.

After walking along the mountain road for more than ten minutes, the two saw a dirty street sign. The original name of the mine was already very blurred, but someone nailed a new sign and wrote in Spanish, English, and a text that they did not recognize, "Tongfeng Mine, metal refining factory and Anxin Nano-medical device assembly workshop, private territory. Welcome to visit."

"What a mess..." The driver scratched his head, "Is this Japanese? Anshin? It reads like Japanese..."

"I think it's Chinese..."

"Have you learned Chinese?"

"without."

The mountain road conditions after the road signs still did not improve, but the two found shallow footprints here. After turning over a foot of a mountain, the ultra-modern industrial facilities on the belly of the mountain stunned the two spies for two minutes.

It seems to be fully automated. Because there is no figure in the place that is within reach. A factory with a sense of design near the future... No, it doesn't look like a factory, but a private villa. But I guess I can't find a second rich man in the world who is interested in building his mansion in such a place. The two looked at each other and thought about whether they had mistakenly entered the private resort of a big drug lord.

"Welcome to you...I haven't seen a living human for several days."

A slightly stiff Spanish voice sounded from behind the two. The two were startled and quickly pulled out the pistol from their waists and turned around and aimed.

Behind them was a man who seemed to have come out of the old Western story. His eyebrows were probably Asian, but his long hair was tied into traditional Indian braids, with a strong and slender upper body, his lower body was barefoot in a pair of leather pants, and a few sharp flying knives and hand axes hung from his belt. He hung a string of hares tied with straw ropes on his shoulders, standing in front of the two of them indifferently as if they were traveling through time and space.

"I will introduce myself. I am the owner of this mine. Are you a government prosecutor or a hunter..." The strange man glanced at the hunting rifle behind the two and the pistol in his hands. "Well... I have spent my spare time learning hunting skills these days. Judging from your outfit, I am afraid you are not a professional hunter. In addition, you have a very light smell on your body..."

The weird Indian dressed man leaned close to take a breath.

"Methamphetamine." The man spelled out the word accurately and raised his finger happily, "I guess the two should be casual drug police officers. Check the hygiene of the mine? The government approval is on the head of my bedroom. If you want to start the inspection from that, please wait for a minute."

"Uh... I'm disturbing...we're still..."

"Let's visit our factory area first." The weirdo suddenly smiled. "This company has the world's leading mineral mining technology and is the first to adopt fully automatic management. It only requires a little early investment in the von Neumann machine. They will drill deep along the mine veins within a few weeks. The cost is low, the return is rich, the cycle is short, the risk is low, and it is safe and environmentally friendly... It can be said to be a risk-free investment project."

The two of them couldn't help but follow the weird man toward the entrance of the mine. It was a wide entrance on the mountain wall. The reinforcement measures of the mine tunnel decades ago have now become unfamiliar.

"Please wear a hard hat before entering." The weirdo put down the hare and groundhogs on his shoulders, took off a few brand new hard hats from the wall at the entrance, put them on his head, and handed them to the two of them.

The mine was dark and could not see anything, and there was no trace of human activity at all. There was only a strange rustling sound. As the monster snapped his fingers, thousands of lights suddenly appeared on the cave wall. The lights were still moving slowly. When the two of them looked closer, they were countless silver spiders emitting light from their abdomen, each of which was only as big as a fingernail.

"These are mining nanomechanicals, geothermal spiders. They don't take much thought to name them. The source of the name is that they can draw energy from geothermal energy, automatically detect the distribution of surrounding ore veins, collect ore with their nano-scale mouthparts, and directly refine them in the digestive organs to form high-purity ore ingots."

Let a guy like an Indian explain this...that technology that is completely beyond the scope of the two of them's understanding has a subtle sense of fantasy. In fact, the two have completely forgotten their original purpose, just follow the monster dullly and continue to walk deep into the mine.

"The most exquisite design lies in their biological nature. To be precise, it is the biological nature simulated by intelligent programs. Did you notice the refining device in their belly? There, when enough ore ingots accumulated, about 40 grams, they will start to construct a young geothermal spider, and I designed this self-propagation system. To put it bluntly, this is just a clumsy imitation of nature, but it is enough for mining."

The man pondered for a while.

"Although it will be affected by the misfortune such as the mining veins, as well as the excavation of lava and groundwater - this is a common area of ​​volcanoes nearby - the number of these small things still grows exponentially at a high rate. At the beginning, I only brought about two bracelets, which is about 400 grams of mechanical model. But I haven't arrived for a week and I've almost dug through the mountain... Speaking of which, did we design the growth limit at that time? According to the simplest mathematical calculation, wouldn't we eat up the crust in a few months... Forget it, don't you care about such small things."

Seeing the terrifying expressions on the two of them, the weirdo smiled and said:

"Just kidding, in fact, these spiders mainly eat metal minerals such as iron, copper, gold, silver, and tin. The rocks on the earth are mainly silicon compounds, and my spiders are not interested in gnawing. This is why I have to find a rich mining area to mine... So, what do you think of visiting?"

The three of them had already walked into the depths of the mine cave. It was obvious here that there were large and deep cracks on the wall of the mine tunnel. Thousands of spiders drilled into the cracks and advanced towards the depths of the mine veins. The rock layer full of holes was like sucked dry cheese, which made people frightened to see, fearing that it would collapse in the next second. The feet were covered with black particles like sand. According to the monster, this was the rock residue left after refining.

“…uh, indeed…it has great investment potential.”

"It's easier to make money than doing drugs..." The person who said this was quickly stepped on by his companions.

"Um..." The weird guy didn't seem to notice their words, "Since you are destined to come here, I'd like to ask you to try out our company's new health care products. They have not been officially launched yet, but they can definitely improve your quality of life..."

“What…health care products?”

"Don't resist." said the Indian dressed man with a smile.

"Spider!" The driver pointed to the shoulder of the square face in horror, "The spider is crawling into your ears!"

"It's safe." The weirdo reiterated with a smile.

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Half an hour later, the two embarked on the way back.
Chapter completed!