The threat of mutated termites is now looming large.

The entire middle management already knew about the termites, but under Long Yue's strong pressure, all the small organizations investigating the termites disappeared overnight.

However, the situation in the urban area is far from optimistic. The water level is still rising, and the crisis it brings is not just the destruction of homes, but a host of other crises.

For example, buildings may disintegrate after prolonged soaking. Once they collapse, it will cause a series of chain reactions, a fact that no one can accept.

Although Long Yue is anxious, she is more worried about the revelation of the stupid things she did in the past than about the crisis in the urban area.

Although countless pieces of information have been leaked, all of them have been covered up with false "proof" by Long Yue's assistant team in their all-out efforts to suppress them.

Lu Yuan has been with the rescue team for a week now, and his daily work consists of handling various miscellaneous tasks.

He still hasn't found a way to enter the upper level area, which is exposed above the termite nests in the rock layer.

To get into the upper level area, Lu Yuan had to deal with the termites first, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get up there at all.

However, the problem now is that the termite nest is too big. If such a huge termite nest cannot be eliminated in one go, it may put the entire underground fortress in danger.

Lu Yuan made many hypotheses about how to solve these termite problems, but none of them could eliminate the termites all at once.

The expert team is now working day and night to analyze these termite nests, striving to find a way to kill the termites as quickly as possible.

However, a week has passed, and these so-called experts have still made no progress.

Zhao Honghai sat in the conference room, looking at everyone below with a gloomy expression. Everyone lowered their heads and dared not meet his gaze.

"Aren't you supposed to be experts in the industry? How come you haven't found a suitable method after all this time?"

Everyone remained silent until Zhao Honghai suddenly slammed his hand on the table.

"What are you guys even doing! There's still no progress! What am I supposed to say if the higher-ups ask? The company has invested so many resources in you, are you just going to slack off like this?"

Zhao Honghai was somewhat hysterical.

Lu Yuan sat to the side, watching everything unfold as if nothing had happened.

In fact, Lu Yuan already had an answer in his mind: to get rid of the threat of these termites, he needed to have everyone in the urban area move to the middle level to avoid them. Of course, Lu Yuan knew that the people above would definitely not agree to this method.

In their minds, the people in the urban area are the so-called lowly people, and their lives and deaths are not really their concern.

They were more worried about their own safety, since the urban area and the middle level were connected. If the urban area collapsed, their high-level area would certainly not fare well either.

At this point, some of the people below finally couldn't take it anymore.

A man with graying hair stood up.

"Commander Zhao, there are actually ways to deal with these termite nests!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present looked at the other person nervously.

"Tell me!"

Zhao Honghai's voice carried a hint of anger. He had been venting his anger for so long, and not a single person had stood up. Now, finally, someone had the courage to step forward.

Of course, Zhao Honghai didn't have high hopes either, since if there really was a way, they might have stepped forward long ago.

The man stood up and said softly, "The best way to get rid of these termites is to inject a high concentration of fuel gas inside, ignite it, and use the extremely high temperature to kill all the termites inside."

However, as soon as these words were spoken, those below immediately began to express their opposition.

"I disagree with Qian Jin's opinion! If this method were feasible, we would have done it long ago! We wouldn't have waited until now! Injecting a high concentration of fuel gas and igniting it in such a confined space would cause an explosion! The entire rock layer would break apart!"

However, Qian Jin waved his hand slightly and said, "Of course I knew this would be the outcome! But I demonstrated it through a computer simulation system. As long as we control the concentration of these fuels, we can prevent an explosion!"

After saying that, Qian Jin looked at Zhao Honghai and asked, "Can I use the computer?"

Zhao Honghai nodded slightly: "Okay! Connect your computer!"

After Qian Jin nodded, his assistant quickly connected the computer to the projector.

Qian Jin walked to the podium, pointed at the projected image with a laser pointer, and said, "First, we need to inject some hypnotic gas into the cavity to slow down the termites' movements!"

Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Honghai, stroking his chin, asked, "These mutated termites aren't very affected by these hypnotic gases! We've already tried this method!"

However, Qian Jin said confidently, "Of course! I know! But don't forget, they are only not deeply affected, but that doesn't mean they are unaffected!"

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