Chapter 311 Caroline Sees Further
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Chapter 311 Caroline Sees Further
They were working faster than Lisa’s team, way faster.
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But by the time they’d almost finished scanning their entire section, Caroline and Tyler couldn’t help feeling a little deflated.
This side really had been stripped clean by the army.
They’d barely found any coal.
The few chunks they did uncover were probably just pieces dropped during transport.
Tyler didn’t seem too fazed. “No big deal. We can always head up the mountain later and grab some firewood. Or I’ve still got some gasoline in my storage space, we can burn that to stay warm.”
Just as he reached forward to absorb another layer of snow, both he and Caroline froze.
There was a wooden door buried beneath the snow.
Faded characters were stenciled across the surface–Zone 2 Mining Area.
Caroline and Tyler locked eyes, and both could see the same spark in the other’s gaze.
Jackpot.
Tyler stepped forward and kicked the door open with both feet.
It hadn’t even been locked, after all, who’d bother locking up a mine in the middle of a snow- covered wasteland?
Beyond the door was a steep downward tunnel.
They both clipped on their headlamps and stepped inside.
After a short descent, what they saw stopped them in their tracks. Coal. Piles and piles of it.
Still untouched, still packed high against the tunnel walls. Iron carts lined the sides, overflowing with coal, layered in heaps, some neatly stacked, others scattered as if abandoned
mid–shift.
Under the glow of their headlamps, the black coal shimmered like polished obsidian, each chunk catching the light like a gemstone.
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Even Caroline–who’d seen more than her share of supplies–couldn’t hide the grin stretching across her face.
“It’s beautiful,” Tyler said, almost reverently.
You could hear the awe in his voice. He was just as excited as she was.
Clearly, this mine had been mid–operation before the apocalypse hit. A massive batch of coal had just been unearthed, but before it could be transported out, the world fell apart.
Now? It all belonged to them.
They agreed on the spot that they’d split everything 50/50.
Though at the start, there was one little hiccup.
Tyler pointed to Raven. “Hey, he helped dig us in. He deserves a share too.”
Even with her usual thick skin, Caroline felt a little awkward arguing over the dog’s cut.
After all, Tyler was the one hauling the coal with his storage space, he was taking on more risk.
Caroline waved her hand dismissively. “Don’t worry about it. Let’s just split it between the two of us. Your storage space did the heavy lifting, my Raven helped us get in, call it even.”
Besides, she knew the deep freeze would be over soon. While coal would still be useful after that, she already had a solid stockpile of coal, fuel, and firewood.
And just like that, they settled on a clean 50/50 split.
But what Caroline hadn’t expected was just how much coal this mine actually held.
…
At first, it was mostly the coal already mined and stacked near the entrance, some neatly piled into small carts, already broken down into chunks.
But the farther they went, the more they found massive, untouched heaps, raw coal that hadn’t even been processed yet. It was everywhere.
As they walked deeper, collecting as they went, both of them grew visibly more excited.
There was just so much of it.
Out there, Dyson and Lisa had no idea—they thought they were winning. But in truth? Caroline and Tyler had hit the real jackpot.
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No one knew how big Tyler’s storage space actually was, but judging from how much he’d already collected, Caroline figured he’d hauled at least dozens of tons by now.
And they’d only walked, what, 300 feet in?
This mine likely extended much further.
With this kind of haul, they wouldn’t just have enough to heat their own homes, they could survive multiple deep freeze hits.
By the time they’d reached around 600 feet, everything–the coal, the carts, the stacks–had all been absorbed into Tyler’s storage.
Watching him scoop up the carts, too, Caroline gave him a silent thumbs up. Now that’s what I call true scavenger spirit. Leave no scraps behind.
But then, they reached a fork in the tunnel.
Two separate paths stretched ahead, both pitch black, neither offering any hint of what might be waiting inside.
Tyler glanced at Caroline. “This should be enough.”
His message was clear–there was no need to keep pushing forward. Not worth the risk.
And Caroline agreed.
A place like this, abandoned for who knows how long? No telling what kind of mutant creatures might’ve taken up residence inside.
That said… something tugged at her. Lately, after drinking spring water, bathing in it, even soaking for hours, she’d started to notice subtle changes–sharper vision, better hearing, a strange sensitivity to her surroundings.
Now, staring down the left tunnel, she saw something.
Faintly glowing. A soft violet shimmer, gentle on the eyes, casting a small circle of light.
It was far, about 90 feet down, and too distant to make out clearly.
But Caroline suddenly had a feeling. An idea.
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.

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