Bai Shuang returned to the hall, where everyone was already ready to depart.

Since it was still extremely hot, the base issued each person a set of thermostatic clothing, which was probably newly made after the disaster. Due to limited resources, it was not as good quality as the clothing worn by Bai Shuang and the others.

Everyone put their clothes away without changing them. Of course, Bai Shuang was wearing the most advanced clothes from before the disaster, so she wouldn't change them either.

In addition, there were some first aid tools for wilderness survival, one walkie-talkie for each person, and one first aid kit for each person.

Bai Shuang glanced inside and saw several multigrain steamed buns, dried steamed fish, a few bottles of water, and a few small packets of compressed biscuits.

This was also the food for the day.

She specifically asked Bai Jiu to bring a large box to cover her tracks, but the box was actually empty.

The group walked along the upward spiral walkway, feeling the strictness of the place all the way, with soldiers standing guard with guns every so often.

To prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation and looting during this special period, the base just issued an order this morning:

During special times, theft, robbery, and disturbances are strictly prohibited. Anyone who violates these rules will be executed on the spot.

Meanwhile, starting today, the filtered water supply in the base will be limited, with a limit of 5 jin per person per day.

The seawater around the ellipsoid disappears, while the amount of filtered water remaining is limited.

When they left Shangkou, there were many soldiers, including many engineering and technical personnel.

Everyone was dealing with the dangers at the edge of the ellipsoid, near the crevice in the ground, building an upward ladder, and installing pulleys to move goods...

When they saw Bai Shuang and her group, the soldiers saluted Lu Yu.

"General Lu."

An officer walked over, saluted, and said, "Come with me."

Since the ladder to heaven had not yet been built, Bai Shuang and the others could only stay in a frame and be lifted up by a crane.

The officer opened the door of the frame and let the group in, and the two geologists went inside.

For some reason, Bai Shuang suddenly felt her heart sink.

"Wait!"

Bai Shuang hurriedly called out.

Everyone looked at Bai Shuang with confusion, but Lu Yu immediately understood what she meant.

He looked at his two bodyguards and said, "Go and check the frame and the crane."

The guards immediately went to carry out the task, and Bai Jiu and the other two also went up to help.

Ling Liyuan and Ling Qingyang also went over to examine it closely, as they were more familiar with the machinery.

About fifteen minutes later, Ling Qingyang discovered that one of the screws on the bearing connecting the crane hook was loose, while Bai Jiu and the other two found that several screws on one side of the bottom of the manned frame were also loose.

The officer was deathly pale. He was in charge of the crane today, and if something really happened, he would die several times over.

He quickly summoned relevant personnel to investigate the cause.

Lu Yu took out his phone and called his grandfather himself.

There were ten of them, and the tools they carried weighed over a thousand kilograms.

If the upper bearing tilts under load, it is very likely to fall off. If it falls onto the ellipse, people on the frame will be injured. Even more frightening is if the frame falls into the gap.

The nearby gaps are small and should be able to hold them in place, but the screws at the bottom of the frame are also loose. In the instant they fall, the weight of the people inside the frame will definitely cause it to break open, and Bai Shuang and the others will fall into the crack in the ground.

At this moment, the two geologists who had gone up first also looked horrified.

"The metaphysicians are truly amazing; otherwise, we don't know what would have happened to us."

Bai Shuang: "This has nothing to do with metaphysics, it's just intuition."

The fact that there are problems in two places at the same time is definitely not an oversight.

Cranes undergo rigorous inspections before use, so tampering with them must have happened soon.

Bai Shuang looked at Bai Chang and said, "Go back and bring the snow leopard back."

Bai Shuang had originally planned to take the snow leopard out today, but remembering the incident of the pharmaceutical factory door being pried open, and considering that no one was home, she decided to leave it behind to guard the house.

The houses here cannot have security doors installed, as this would affect the closure of the outer shell, and each house's outer shell can only be closed when it is detached from the whole.

Before long, the people responsible for testing and final contact were all called up, and law enforcement officers also arrived.

Grandpa Lu arrived with his personal guards.

He not only had to take care of the girl's feelings, but also the fact that this was a group of scientists, the future pillars of China. With such a big incident, he had to personally oversee things.

Upon seeing Elder Lu, the staff members involved in the incident realized the seriousness of the situation and all showed expressions of fear.

Old Master Lu looked at Lu Yu and Bai Shuang, "What happened?"

Bai Shuang: "It was clearly premeditated murder; what a vicious intention."

With such an incident occurring and the problem remaining unresolved, no one is in the mood to go out and explore the terrain.

You went out to work hard, originally for the benefit of everyone, but in times of crisis, some petty people couldn't stand your success and wanted to kill you.

Then, Lu Yu's personal guards pointed out the two problematic areas to Old Master Lu.

A subordinate brought a chair for Old Master Lu, and he sat down to personally supervise the trial.

The law enforcement officers began questioning them one by one. The officer who had brought Bai Shuang and the others over said that an important mission would be carried out with a crane today, and that he had brought the technicians to inspect it.

It has been inspected many times by different people, including every single screw, so there is absolutely no possibility that it is loose.

At this moment, Bai Chang arrived with a tall and mighty snow leopard.

As soon as it arrived, it wagged its tail at Bai Shuang, and someone nearby said it was Xiaotian Dog.

Bai Shuang used her peripheral vision to observe everyone's expressions, then led the snow leopard to sniff the two loose screws, and then led him towards a person.

At this moment, sweat was streaming down the man's face, but Bai Shuang and Xue Bao did not stop in front of him. Instead, they walked towards another person.

At this moment, the person who had just acted strangely finally couldn't hold back any longer.

He said, trembling, "Yes, it was him, it was him who made me leave."

"What's wrong with me telling you to leave? I just asked you to get a pair of pliers."

There's no need to interrogate anyone else now; the murderer is one of these two.

According to the first person, after the crane inspection is completed, it must be supervised by someone before it can be used for any task. The two of them were assigned by their superior to supervise it.

Midway through, another person tried to unscrew the bottle cap to get a drink, but for some reason, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't open it.

Another person tried to twist it, but couldn't open it. So, he said he wanted to try using pliers and asked the other person to help him remove it.

I even said at the time that I should try not to use pliers, because if I opened the bottle, the opening might break and I wouldn't be able to put water in it anymore, since supplies are very scarce in the apocalypse.

He said the water was more precious, as it was snowmelt.

Then I went to get the pliers myself.

Law enforcement officer: "How long have you been gone in total?"

"Less than 5 minutes."

Law enforcement officer: "Did you finally open that bottle of water with pliers?"

"He didn't use pliers; he had already unscrewed it when I brought them over."

Another person said to him, "I'm sorry to have made you come all this way for nothing, I've already turned it on."

Upon hearing this, another person said, "I told you to get the pliers, but that doesn't prove that I was the one who made the screw loose."

Moreover, five minutes is simply not enough to loosen two screws, and to move the screws on the hook, one would need to climb up.

Law enforcement officer: "But after the crane inspection was completed, you were the only one who stayed alone next to the crane."