Alaska Gold Rush Diary

Chapter 108 Base

Chapter 109 Base

Zhou Xin's mind raced as he considered how to respond.

He initially wanted to speak to them in English, but quickly abandoned the idea.

These drug dealers were clearly very wary. If they saw a native who could speak English, they might mistake him for a disguised policeman and shoot him dead.

However, if he went back with them like this, and they discovered the gold on his body, he didn't think they would leave it to him.

These drug dealers are clearly greedy and inhumane; don't expect them to have any sense of morality.

Even if they didn't intend to search them, were they really going to help them smuggle drugs out of the country?

Or, should we fight them, shoot them dead, and then escape quickly?

However, these drug dealers were all heavily armed and too close together. Even if he could catch them off guard and shoot, there was no guarantee that they wouldn't fire back before they died.

With innocent and kind Leo and Hughes by his side, he really didn't dare to take the risk.

Moreover, they clearly have a drug-producing base here, and it's unknown how many accomplices are still there.

If the gunfire attracts their companions, they will also find it difficult to escape.

After careful consideration and weighing the pros and cons, Zhou Xin decided to hold back for now and observe how things develop before taking any further action.

This was the most dangerous situation he had ever encountered. A slight misstep could mean certain death, so he had to be extremely cautious.

Although he loves money, he would naturally give up all that gold if his life were truly in danger.

Gold can be found again, but if you lose your life, you lose everything.

He also realized that the indigenous people were harmless to drug dealers and posed no threat to them.

Therefore, as long as we don't provoke them or arouse their suspicion, they shouldn't harm us casually.

If all else fails, pretend to help them transport drugs, then take the opportunity to slip away.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that even if they discover the gold on his body, they will not doubt his indigenous identity.

In any case, the road ahead is definitely fraught with danger and peril.

Leo didn't seem very afraid of them, after all, he didn't know what drug dealers were or how vicious they were.

He gestured to the names of the drug dealers while speaking to them, presumably asking them to let them go.

"What are these savages saying? I can't understand a word they're saying!"

"Whatever he says, let's take him back first."

"Let's go! Let's go!"

After they finished speaking, they pointed their guns at the three men and headed in one direction.

Although Leo didn't recognize the AK47, he knew that the weapons they had were extremely dangerous, so he didn't dare to resist them and could only let them push him forward.

Along the way, Zhou Xin kept an eye on his surroundings and noticed that some trees were equipped with cameras.

It seems they saw us through the surveillance cameras, which is why they rushed over to check.

They were escorted by several drug dealers through a maze of twists and turns in the jungle, eventually arriving at a valley.

Looking at the scene before him, Zhou Xin gasped in shock.

The entire sunny slope of the valley has been cleared into fields and planted with poppies.

Poppies are alluring and beautiful, yet they send chills down one's spine.

Three Black men were harvesting ripe poppy pods in a poppy field with knives.

There are several sentry posts on the high ground around the valley, each with a soldier holding a gun on guard.

At the bottom of the valley, there are four wooden houses. Three of them are probably inhabited, while thick smoke is billowing from the house on the far right, which is obviously a drug manufacturing workshop.

It appears to be a medium-sized drug cultivation base.

The four drug dealers escorted the three men to the bottom of the valley and into the largest wooden house.

This should be considered an office, with a long table inside and seven or eight chairs around it.

At the head of the table sat a middle-aged man in his forties with a fierce face; he appeared to be the leader of this base.

"Sang Kun, are you bored? Why did you bring these savages back?" The man looked at Zhou Xin and the other two with disgust on his face.

Sangkun chuckled and said, "Boss Newman, I heard that Baker and his men used these savages to transport goods and it worked very well. I was wondering if we could give it a try too."

"Hmph, that idiot Baker thinks he's so smart, but the border guards know it all too well, they're just too lazy to bother him."

"So, boss, you mean to let them go?"

Newman waved his hand impatiently: "We're still a dozen pounds short of the company's target for this month. If you keep wasting time on this nonsense, we can expect to be taken over by that Baker guy!"

"Yes, boss!"

After Sang Kun finished speaking, he gestured to the people around him, and the group prepared to escort Zhou Xin and the others away.

Zhou Xin breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed the matter could be resolved without serious incident.

But just as they were about to walk out the door, Newman's voice suddenly came from behind them.

"etc!"

Zhou Xin's heart skipped a beat, and he cursed his bad luck.

"Using these savages to transport goods isn't a good idea, but we can get them to help with the work in the fields. The company is pressing us, so we have to speed things up!"

"The boss is so smart! I'll take them to work in the fields right now!"

After Sangkun finished speaking, he ordered his men to escort the three men toward the poppy field.

Zhou Xin felt like a million curses were running through his mind; he had actually been used as a laborer by these drug dealers.

The only saving grace is that these guys haven't questioned their identities yet, and they don't seem to have any intention of searching them.

This is not surprising at all. For these drug dealers, there is really no way that these savage-like natives could have anything on them that would interest them.

Now that things have come to this, we can only take it one step at a time, first submit to them, and then look for an opportunity to escape.

Zhou Xin was not a reckless man; he knew that this group of people were inhuman and well-equipped.

Even though he has now achieved some success in American-style Iaijutsu, there is absolutely no way he could destroy this drug den on his own without fully understanding the details of the situation here.

His only advantage now is his indigenous identity, which can effectively lull these drug dealers into a false sense of security and make them lower their guard.

As the drug dealers led the three men toward the poppy field, Leo tried to struggle, trying to reason with them, but in the end, he only got a gun pointed at his head.

Upon entering the poppy field, the drug dealers summoned a Black woman who was busy in the field and asked her to teach the three men how to harvest raw materials for the drug.

The task was quite simple, and the three of them quickly mastered it.

At the highest point of the poppy field was a watchtower with an armed sentry who could see every corner of the poppy field.

Trying to escape from here will definitely result in being hit by a burst of bullets from the sentry.

Zhou Xin had no choice but to obediently comply and harvest poppies in the field.