Chapter 380 Tanker
Mu Xi ran out. The car was parked behind the right side of the gas station and was mostly hidden by newly grown branches and leaves, which was why he only noticed it now.
I took two steps to the front of the car. The door was closed but not locked. It opened with a pull.
The car was clean and free of dirt, and it still maintained its original appearance, except for the area behind the seats and the glove box in front of the seat which were a little messy due to being turned over.
Mu Xi didn't find the keys in the car. When he got out, he saw that half an hour had passed. He quickly picked up the intercom and told Zhao Yeqing about the situation here.
"I guess the people in this gas station are trapped and died here. There are cracks on both sides of the ground, and there are cliffs all around, which has trapped this gas station like an isolated island. The food has been consumed, and there is no way to escape."
Zhao Yeqing's telescope couldn't see Mu Xi's situation until he walked to the main road. "Are there no dangerous animals or anything like that?"
Mu Xi: "No, the animals on the mountain can't come down. Even if there were animals below, they were probably eaten by these people. We only see some insects and birds."
This is good news. The biggest problem now is how to get the oil out.
Mu Xi brought two small and medium-sized oil bottles, each capable of holding 30L. The refueling machine was powered by electricity, but it definitely couldn't be connected to the electricity now, so it would take some effort to pump the oil.
The two men were not so stubborn as to go straight to the underground oil tank at the beginning. Instead, they wanted to try to power up the gas pump first to see if they could find the employee's fuel card and get fuel directly.
Mu Xi took out the fuel card from his pocket, which he had just found in the drawer of the house: "I found the fuel card, but I also saw a tanker truck next to it."
Hearing these three words, Zhao Yeqing's heart skipped a beat, "Could it be that this car is full?"
Mu Xi: "I don't know. I was just trying to find the key."
When they reached the edge of the cliff, the clothes on the skeleton were already tattered, but they could still be clearly distinguished as gas station work clothes and ordinary clothes.
When the ground fissure occurred, it was still relatively cool around here and everyone was still wearing coats.
Mu Xi took out a rusty truck key from a blue work jacket.
The tanker truck was very tall, and I had to take two steps to get in. After getting in, I confirmed that the key was indeed the key of the car, and the dashboard could still light up normally.
Mu Xi pulled out the key and got out of the car, then opened a cover located under the middle section of the fuel tank. After the cover was opened, there were two round holes inside, one was the fuel inlet and the other was the fuel outlet, and there were many pipes and buttons next to it.
There was another operating box next to this operating box. Mu Xi opened it as well, revealing an independent refueling machine inside.
In addition to delivering gasoline to gas stations, this tanker truck is also equipped with a gas pump and a fuel gun that can directly refuel cars or deliver gasoline to small oil barrels.
There was a capacity dashboard next to it. Mu Xi took out a flashlight and shone the numbers on the dial in the dim operating box. After seeing them clearly, he couldn't help but laugh.
Picking up the intercom, he said, "Good news. There are still 20,000 liters of oil in there that have not been pumped into the underground tank."
"Ah?" Zhao Yeqing on the other end of the intercom couldn't believe it: "Really?... What's the difference between this and winning the lottery?"
She seemed to see the fairy-tale days of lying at home in the summer, eating watermelon and enjoying the air conditioning.
"Pull out! Pull out all the oil!"
Mu Xi looked at the oil gauge and saw that there was more than one. He had just discovered that the capacity of the tanker truck's pipe should not be just 20,000 liters. There was also a diesel dashboard next to it that showed a diesel reserve of 5,000 liters.
Generally, large tank trucks will have separate tanks inside. After all, even if they only carry gasoline, there are 90, 92, 93, 95, 97...
The operating procedures for refueling a tanker truck are very complicated. Mu Xi had to study it for a while, and it was not until it was time to go home that he finally figured out the tricks.
There is a gas valve switch and a seabed valve combination switch on it. You have to get on the car and step on the clutch to check the pressure value...
Zhao Yeqing looked at the sky and estimated that the time was about right. "How is it going? It's been several hours. Have you figured it out?"
Mu Xi tried to start the gas pump again. If any of the previous operations were missing or the order was wrong, the gas pump would not be able to release oil.
He has failed countless times.
After confirming his operating sequence, he pressed the green button on the gas pump. A beeping sound like the sound of nature rang out. Mu Xi hurriedly inserted the gas gun into the oil can. After pressing the gun, he heard the sound of gasoline flowing into the can.
Finally he heaved a sigh of relief, took out the intercom and said to Zhao Yeqing: "It's done, I'll be back after filling up two barrels."
One liter of gasoline weighs about one and a half kilograms. If Mu Xi carried two barrels of gasoline back to the cliff, it would be like carrying an extra 90-kilogram person.
Mu Xi reached the foot of the cliff, put on his equipment again, put on his ascender, tied two barrels of oil to his body, and tried to climb up. Although it was difficult, it was not impossible to climb up.
Zhao Yeqing held the intercom and said, "Will it be too heavy to bring two barrels of oil up together? If not, let's go back first and find another way to transport the oil back."
"Let me try first."
The ascender is buckled on the rope. This small thing can play many roles. There are barbs where the rope is stuck, which makes climbing up smooth. If the body slides down, the barbs on it will hook the rope and fix the body on the rope.
This can save a lot of effort on long-distance climbing.
There was an ascender on his hand and another on his chest. Mu Xi moved his wrists and began to climb up.
Weighted rock climbing requires extremely high strength. Mu Xi was very cautious. When he became exhausted halfway through, he immediately buckled the safety rope to the hanging plate he had attached when he went down the mountain.
Zhao Yeqing looked down and saw Mu Xi hanging in the air several times, and he felt frightened when he saw his body lying in the air.
By the time he finally climbed up, an hour had passed. His entire body was soaked in sweat. If he took off his clothes, he would probably be able to wring out half a basin of water.
After Mu Xi came up, he sat down on the ground with his hands shaking. Zhao Yeqing hurriedly took off the oil bottle from his body and massaged his arm muscles.
After high-load muscle exercise, the muscles will still tremble slightly even when they are relaxed.
Her tone was filled with worry: "You, don't be so stubborn next time. It's been a long time since you had systematic training in this area. How can you start with such a high intensity?"
Mu Xi also knew that he was a little too aggressive this time, so he didn't try to defend himself and admitted his mistake honestly: "I won't do it next time. Let's go back and make a transport device and then come back to continue."
In fact, Zhao Yeqing had been thinking about this matter during the time he was waiting on the cliff, and the initial drawings were already in the small notebook used to record the route.
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