The exploration process was very slow, and Lu Yuan had been on it for more than five hours.
Finally, the entire area in the vicinity has been explored.
So Lu Yuan slid down the rope and looked up at the spot where he had made a mark.
"If you connect the dots, this whole area would be an anthill!"
Both Qiao Ke and Lu Yuan were shocked to see that an area larger than a football field had already been marked.
"Damn it! This huge area has turned into an anthill!"
Jock shook his head: "We can't be sure they're all ant nests. There could also be natural cavities. After all, when rock layers are compressed, they deform, and this kind of deformation happens all the time! Don't be careless!"
"Yes! That's the only way to judge it!"
Then Jock looked at Lu Yuan and asked, "What do we do next?"
Lu Yuan thought for a moment: "Let's go back first! Let's discuss it with Zhao Honghai!"
So the two of them packed their things and went back.
By this time, all the groups had basically finished reporting their work, and Zhao Honghai had a large pile of documents on his desk.
Upon seeing Lu Yuan and Qiao Ke return, Zhao Honghai's face immediately lit up with joy.
"Thanks to your reminder, Lin Peng has now agreed to cooperate with us! I don't have to worry about the rear anymore!"
Lu Yuan nodded: "That's good! But the families of the Long Group's senior executives should still be careful! They won't be affected by these people!"
"Yes! I know! By the way! How did things go with your business today?"
So Lu Yuan recounted everything that had happened that day.
"You haven't notified the other groups to prepare for the use of fire yet, have you?"
"No, not yet! Do you have any good ideas?"
"Hmm! Why don't you make arrangements for everyone else to mark all the termite nests in the area using my method? Then we'll see how much fuel we need and try to burn all the termites in one go!"
Zhao Honghai thought for a moment and said, "Okay! Your method is more reliable! But what if there are still undiscovered exits? If these termites get out, we'll be in trouble! The steel frame area might not be able to be saved!"
Lu Yuan shook his head: "Don't worry about that! We'll just light fires on all the steel frames! Once they're ablaze, the termites won't be able to get rid of them!"
"That's a good idea! But won't it cause a fire?"
Lu Yuan sat down on the sofa and said, "Is fire more terrifying or flood? As long as these termites are not eliminated, our fortress will not have peace. Moreover, the water seepage is very serious now. If it is not resolved, the rock layer will become even more unstable, and we will not be able to carry out the next step of our work!"
"Yes! That's right! Let's do it your way! Even if a fire really breaks out, with these leaky areas protecting it, it won't catch fire at all!"
"That's right! Then we'll head back first!"
Lu Yuan sat for a while before leaving the other party's office.
As Zhao Honghai watched Lu Yuan's departing figure, he had a feeling that the other party was hiding some mysterious identity from him.
At noon, in the monitoring room, he saw Lu Yuan take down more than a dozen people by himself; such an ability was clearly not something an ordinary person could possess.
The thought of this filled Zhao Honghai with excitement.
"If this person could be of use to me, it would be a huge help! But why do I have this feeling that this person has a very powerful background?"
The more Zhao Honghai thought about it, the more curious he became. So he took out his computer and typed in the name "Tian Zhiguang". He found that the records in the file were all very ordinary and there was nothing particularly outstanding about them.
This kind of person wouldn't even cause a stir if thrown into a crowd; they'd be just another random passerby.
That evening, Zhao Honghai convened an emergency meeting to announce a solution for dealing with the termites. This time, he didn't ask the experts for their opinions but directly gave them the answer. Everyone felt relieved to learn that they no longer needed to take the risk.
After all, videos of biologists being eaten away by termites, leaving only their bones, are still circulating, and everyone is very worried that this will attract termite attacks.
Over the next few days, everyone was busy searching for places to detect the termites, and more and more places were marked as potentially containing termite nests.
For the past few days, Lu Yuan has been holed up in his office searching for the information he needs. Dealing with the termites is just a temporary task. In fact, Lu Yuan didn't want to get involved in this matter, but unfortunately, the people here didn't have the ability, so he had to do it himself.
If the termites are dealt with as soon as possible, then Lu Yuan will be getting closer and closer to entering the high-rise area.
On the fifth day, Lu Yuan received a notification from Zhao Honghai that the rocks in the entire steel frame area of the metropolitan area had been completely surveyed, and the maps had been marked.
Lu Yuan glanced at the marked areas on the blueprint and was immediately startled.
"Are all these places detected as hollow areas?"
Zhao Honghai nodded: "That's right, that's how it is!"
Lu Yuan felt as if his heart was filled with shock.
"This place is so huge, judging from the layout, it seems to have been connected to the industrial zone!"
"Yes! We've analyzed the situation in the industrial zone. If these termites want to get into the commercial zone from the industrial zone, they can only do so through the rock layer! There was some crustal movement here, and the rock layer was compressed, creating hollow areas. That's why these termites can get through so easily!"
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