Chapter 18 Weather
Now that he has sufficient equipment, Zhou Cheng no longer needs to cross mountains and rivers to transport supplies as before.
Several helicopters roared down, with people sitting in the cabins, and materials and machinery that needed to be transported were hoisted under the belly of the helicopters, and then they roared up and took off again.
Standing at an altitude of thousands of meters, overlooking the rolling mountains below, Zhou Cheng saw many sections of discontinuous roads between the mountains.
There is even a bridge that spans a hundred-meter valley and is hundreds of meters above the valley bottom.
Half of the bridge still stands, but the other half has collapsed.
If the infrastructure left over from the heyday were still intact, we could drive directly to the vicinity of the ruins, and there would be no need to go through so much trouble now.
After crossing the mountain, the small plain next to the river appeared in Zhou Cheng's sight.
The cave and the traces of his own excavation on the plain were clearly visible.
Coming back after several days, Zhou Cheng's heart was filled with emotion, and the little monkey in his arms squeaked with excitement.
"Yangjiagou, I'm back..."
In one batch of transportation, dozens of people and more than ten tons of supplies arrived in advance.
After dropping off the personnel and supplies, the helicopter took off again, beginning its next transport mission. The personnel who had arrived earlier immediately began their exploration and site selection mission on the small plain.
It didn't take long for people to decide where to build the camp, and then the many wooden houses were gradually assembled.
It took almost ten days to prepare everything.
A total of 1,000 construction workers and 200 logistics personnel are in place. Another 400 material transfer and logistics personnel are stationed in the Guangxi County settlement.
Zhou Cheng took a helicopter and once again arrived at the courtyard several kilometers away.
Looking down from a high altitude, Zhou Cheng saw the old people in the courtyard looking at the helicopter in the sky with some surprise. He also saw that the original seven sheds in the courtyard had now become six.
He felt a little heavier in his heart.
When we landed outside the courtyard, the old people came out to greet us.
"Uncle Zhou, Uncle Wang, Uncle Sun, I'm here."
Glancing at the old people, Zhou Cheng said, "Uncle Wu..."
"Old Wu? He left last month."
Uncle Zhou replied with a somewhat sad tone, and asked, "Xiao Zhou, what are you doing..."
"We've found some clues and discoveries in Yangjiagou, and the World Government has decided to increase manpower and intensify the excavation efforts. I came here this time to invite a few uncles to go to Yangjiagou as well."
Uncle Zhou hesitated a bit: "We old guys can't carry anything, so what else can we do if we go there except cause trouble?"
"Uncle Zhou, please don't say that. We humans have been away from this mountain for too long. We don't know anything about the conditions inside, the wildlife, the plants, the climate, and we don't have the ability to figure it out again. Your uncles have lived in the mountains for so many years and have a wealth of experience. They can be of great help to us."
"Xiao Zhou, what did you find in Yangjiagou?"
Zhou Cheng recounted his discovery, and then he saw that the eyes of the elderly people who were originally hesitant gradually began to light up.
"So there's still hope...Okay, let's go, we must go."
After entering the courtyard, the old people went to pack up their things, while Zhou Cheng came to the newly built grave mound.
After bowing deeply, Zhou Cheng turned and left.
The helicopter roared and took off again, carrying Zhou Cheng and the elderly people to the construction site.
Everything is ready and we can finally start the excavation.
With the input of numerous machines and manpower, the trees on the small plain were uprooted and the uneven ground was flattened. Excavators then came into play and dug trenches on the ground. A group of archaeologists, armed with various tools, led a team of both young and old people to carefully search for traces left by the ancient ancestors.
This land, which humans have long since withdrawn from and returned to nature, is now bustling with activity again.
Zhou Cheng also knew some archaeology, so in addition to daily overall management, he also joined in the on-site construction.
"Master Sun, are you tired? Take a break."
Under the scorching sun, even the young man Zhou Cheng felt tired and had to take a rest after pushing a cart of soil.
Sun Tian, who is already in his sixties, is still climbing up and down tirelessly, digging out shovelfuls of soil from the tunnel.
Hearing Zhou Cheng's words, Sun Tian chuckled and said, "Not tired, not tired. I'm used to it."
Several workers nearby laughed and said, "Old Sun has his children to support him. He can work all night without getting tired."
Sun Tian frowned and said, "You're blaming me, aren't you? Which bastard got up at five in the morning and yelled about going to work?"
A burst of cheerful laughter broke out on the construction site.
Looking at the construction site full of vigorous atmosphere, Zhou Cheng couldn't help but smile.
After Liu Yu cleaned and numbered some of the excavated pottery, he dragged his somewhat stiff body and sat down next to Zhou Cheng.
Liu Yu, who had a minor in medical care in college, took on the role of doctor at the construction site. However, since there was no immediate need for medical care, she joined the construction work.
Now her hair, face and clothes are covered with dirt, and it is almost impossible to tell what she originally looked like.
"It's been a long time since I've seen such a scene..."
She spoke with some emotion: "I've seen some construction sites before. The people there were like robots, lifeless."
Zhou Cheng murmured, "As long as there is hope, everything will be different."
"It's just this weather..."
Liu Yu looked at the cloudy sky with some worry and said, "I checked the weather data from decades ago. It should be the dry season here at this time of year. But it has been cloudy here for a long time.
I asked Uncle Zhou and the others, and they also said that the weather was a bit abnormal and it might rain soon, but they couldn't be sure how heavy it would rain or when it would rain.
Unfortunately, we don't have 30 years of weather data, nor do we have real-time meteorological observation capabilities, so we can't make weather forecasts."
With the technological strength of human civilization in this twilight age, it is good enough to be able to make weather forecasts for some larger and more populated settlements, but it is powerless for most other places.
"It's okay. We've made a weather plan. We'll just follow it when the time comes."
"I hope it goes well."
Liu Yu sighed.
At this moment, a rough voice sounded: "Dinner is ready!"
People cheered and rushed towards the mobile kitchen.
Zhou Cheng saw that in the big iron pot, the pork, cabbage and vermicelli stew was still boiling, and a rich aroma was wafting into the air.
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