I've been in this abandoned industrial area for half a month now.
Excavation work is still underway at the collapsed entrance leading to the upper floors.
However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to dig open this cave now, because the location is in a crack in the rock layer, and the rocks in the crack are piled up very high.
Even if the outer rocks are pulled down, the rocks above will fall down as well, which causes great trouble for everyone's work, as if the work is never-ending.
On this day, Lu Yuan went to the excavation area and looked around. It was still the same untouched entrance, and he immediately frowned.
"What's going on? It feels like the work here hasn't been done at all."
A bald foreman standing to the side helplessly spread his hands.
“Mr. Lu, it’s not that we’re being negligent in our work. We’ve discovered through our exploration that this place is a rock fissure with a large amount of rock piled up on top. We’ve just dug some openings here, and the rocks above will fall down and then pile up again.”
Then the other party briefly explained the problems they had encountered at work to Lu Yuan, and Lu Yuan frowned after listening.
"Damn it, if this is the case, when will we be able to dig through this layer of rock?"
"Well... it depends on how much rock is left up there. If we don't clear away these broken rocks, we'll never be able to get in."
Lu Yuan waved his hand: "No, that's definitely not how it works. There must be other ways. We must have used the wrong method. Let's think again and see if there are any other better ways."
After Lu Yuan finished speaking, he left, while the bald man just scratched his smooth scalp, unable to think of any other way to solve the problem.
They don't have much engineering equipment. Although they have a large population, most of them are workers who move rocks. There's a big problem with the rock layer right now. If they want to dig open the cave here, it will require a huge amount of manpower and resources.
Lu Yuan arrived at the place where they had piled up rocks. He saw two small mountain-like rock layers piled up to about thirty or forty meters high. The sight of so many rocks made Lu Yuan feel a little choked up.
"With so much rubble, it seems this problem needs to be solved as soon as possible, otherwise it will take forever to dig this place out!"
Just then, Lu Yuan suddenly felt a vibration in his pocket. He picked up his phone and saw that it was a call from Song Qiang.
After the call was connected, Song Qiang's voice came through.
"Mr. Lu, this is Song Qiang. We have now completed the bridge for the first section of the road!"
"Okay, now that the first bridge is built, there's another one to go. By the way, have all the personnel been brought along?"
"Everything has been brought, and we are now working on the second section!"
Lu Yuan nodded slightly and continued, "I didn't expect you guys to be so fast!"
"Haha, it's not bad. The main reason is that we have a senior engineer here who has in-depth knowledge of geological structures!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan was immediately delighted: "You have such senior engineers over there?"
"Yes, he's very famous in the entire geological academic community! He's published in many journals!"
"Hmm, that's good. By the way, is he here now? I have something I want to ask him!"
"Okay, I'll go find him for you right now, wait for me!"
Lu Yuan felt a surge of excitement as he held his phone. He turned to look at the collapsed entrance, thinking that if this senior engineer could help them solve the problem here, their subsequent excavation work would become exceptionally easy.
So Lu Yuan held his phone and waited quietly for more than ten minutes before a slightly aged and hoarse voice came from the other end of the line.
"Hello, Mr. Lu, I am Jiang Tu!"
"Hello, Jiang Tu, I heard you're a geology expert?"
After a moment's hesitation, the other party said softly, "Well, that was a long time ago, Mr. Lu, please don't bring it up again! I'm just an ordinary sanitation worker in the central district now!"
Upon hearing these words, Lu Yuan felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.
Now, with the world in such a state of chaos, capitalists with vast amounts of capital are the rulers of this fortress.
They can enjoy a better life; they don't need to use their brains. Meanwhile, the academic experts with real talent are hidden in this metropolitan area, doing the lowest-paying jobs.
Lu Yuan sighed softly: "Yes, I understand. But from now on, you are an engineer. By the way, I know about all those academic things from before. Are you still able to make a difference?"
Upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, Jiang Tu was momentarily stunned, then a fiery glint flashed in his eyes. Holding the microphone, he eagerly said, "Yes, yes, Mr. Lu, what do you need me to do?"
"Here's the thing, we found an entrance here, but it has been blown up, and the area where the entrance is located is right in the crack between two rock layers."
The upper rock layer contains a lot of rubble, and we have to go through it to open the entrance. However, there's just too much rubble above; every time we clear a section, the rocks above fall down, making our workload enormous. Do you have any better ideas?
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