Chapter 27 Hundred-meter Bridge
At this moment, a total of 100,000 people are busy on the land of Guangxi County, making this abandoned county that has become a no-man's land busy again.
The project progressed at a rapid pace. However, as the project progressed rapidly, some bad news gradually appeared before Zhou Cheng.
During the heyday of mankind, when certain projects were being carried out, even if only one person died in an accident, the work would often be stopped for rectification, and the person responsible would be punished.
But here yesterday alone, many people died and many were injured and hospitalized.
There are many reasons.
Apart from sudden illnesses of the individual, most of the others were due to construction accidents.
“This is actually quite normal.”
Facing the corpses in the morgue, the medical director said to Zhou Cheng, "We are all old guys. Our brains aren't as sharp, our hands aren't as nimble, and our reactions aren't as quick. Operational errors and poor coordination are common. You don't have to worry about it.
Besides...everyone who signs up to participate in this project is already prepared to leave their lives here."
"Perhaps, we can think of some ways to reduce the casualty rate."
"There's no way."
The medical director looked at Zhou Cheng intently and repeated, "There's no way. As long as the majority of the construction workers are elderly, this problem cannot be avoided."
This question has no answer at this moment.
In today's human society, all people under the age of 60 who have grown up from frozen embryos are collectively referred to as "young people."
But in fact, many young people are already in their fifties.
A considerable number of young people are still in school and have not yet reached adulthood, and some are still learning to speak.
The total number of young people who could be called "strong laborers" was no more than 10,000. Among these 10,000, a large number took on various key positions in the operation of the cradle and could not be withdrawn.
There are probably less than a thousand young people left who can be freely transferred.
Even if all these 1,000 young people were transferred here, it wouldn't make any difference to the overall situation. Furthermore, a considerable number of young people were already involved in the project.
Shaking his head, Zhou Cheng left the morgue.
In stark contrast to the coldness of the morgue is the heat outside.
The old people seemed to have a second spring in their lives, and were busy with various tasks with great enthusiasm. It seemed that the death of their companions had no impact on them, nor did they feel any fear.
Taking a helicopter along the route selected by the preliminary exploration, Zhou Cheng saw dozens of construction sites.
In these places, some roads were buried by landslides, some had roadbed collapses, some were damaged by earthquakes, and some had tunnel collapses. There are many different situations.
Without human maintenance, the concrete road that looked like it could last forever has only been supported by the power of nature for a few decades and has become derelict like this.
The small town of Guangxi County had become a gathering place for people. Supplies from all over the world were transported here, processed and transported, and then delivered to each construction site.
There are dozens of construction sites, and each site has hundreds to thousands of construction workers.
Helicopters constantly shuttled between different construction sites, delivering personnel, supplies and building materials to each construction site.
After an inspection, the helicopter Zhou Cheng was riding in finally landed at the edge of a canyon.
There used to be a steel bridge across the canyon, connecting the two sides, but now, with the passage of time, the bridge has completely collapsed.
Its remains now lay at the bottom of the canyon, covered with moss and weeds, and if one looked closely enough, one could still see them with the naked eye.
Compared to the other breakpoints on the road, this one was particularly important. Zhou Cheng had already seen that while the other breakpoints might require more work, they were not technically difficult.
It just takes a lot of manpower and materials, and a little more time, but it can be repaired.
This bridge is different.
Its technical requirements are too high.
But building this bridge is something people have to do.
To connect Guangxi County and the Yangjiagou Ruins, they had to cross this canyon. Without this bridge, the entire road would be like a giant python strangled by its seven-inch jaws, unable to move or exert any power.
In order to repair the bridge, the world government issued a call to the world, summoning all the remaining bridge technicians, engineers, etc. to participate in this project.
Yes, the World Government does not have any bridge construction forces under its control. If a bridge needs to be built at this moment, it needs to temporarily recruit forces from all over the world.
The reason for this is very simple: there is no such demand.
The human world in its twilight years focuses on repairing and maintaining the engineering facilities left over from the human world in its heyday, and basically does not start construction of new projects, and this is of course also true for bridges.
As a result, all the original bridge-related talents changed their careers to do other work. Now, after decades, the talent pool has dwindled.
Even the skilled workers and engineers that were finally recruited from all over the world are all very old and have not had any practical experience for decades.
But there is no way, at this stage the human world is the only one who can be mobilized.
When the helicopter landed and arrived at the engineering command center, Zhou Cheng saw more than twenty white-haired old men gathered in front of a huge construction drawing, discussing something with frowns on their faces.
Some of the elderly people can only sit in wheelchairs and can't even speak clearly, but they are still trying their best to express their opinions through gestures, body movements, and assistance from assistants.
"Engineer Liang, what's the situation now?"
Liang Chengdong, the project manager for the Nantushan Bridge, whose back is already a little hunched but whose spirits are still strong, said solemnly, "The situation is not good. There are many technical details and difficulties that have not yet been clarified.
But please rest assured, Director Zhou, we old guys will repair this bridge even if it costs us our lives, and we will never hinder the overall project."
Zhou Cheng wanted to say something, but in the end he could only sigh and said, "If you have any logistical needs or manpower needs, please contact me immediately and I will coordinate and resolve them."
"good."
As the helicopter took off, Zhou Cheng's mind was filled with complicated thoughts.
“At its peak, not to mention a 100-meter bridge, even a cross-sea bridge could be built easily.
Now, a project that carries the hopes of all civilization and has attracted the attention of a billion people is stuck on this tiny 100-meter bridge. It's really... "
That's how it is in old age, there's no other way.
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