Chapter 205: Opening the First Tunnel
After returning, everyone rested for a few minutes.
It was now past four in the afternoon. As it was winter and there was a snowstorm, it was already very dark outside.
However, the weather had not been very good before, so it was too early to rest now. After discussing it, everyone decided to continue working.
Since the dam was safe, the next step was planned. If
the river was to be opened, it could not be opened all at once. A tunnel needed to be drilled first to try.
According to Gu Zhucheng, the ice near the mountain on the north side should be melted first, and the water should flow into the water diversion tunnel to drive the turbine below to rotate and see if it could generate electricity. This would make it easier to inspect one by one.
After the teams were assigned again, Yun Shuhuai and Xi Ling took an engineer to the top, while the rest of the people waited below and communicated with each other through the walkie-talkie.
The three of them arrived at the dam, and after the engineer calculated the direction, Yun Shuhuai first broke the ice blocking the entrance of the water diversion tunnel to expose the entrance, and also cleaned up the zombies or debris blocking it. No matter what it was, Yun Shuhuai froze them all and then broke them, so that it would be convenient for water to flush them down.
After cleaning, Xi Ling repaired this part of the trash rack, and reinforced it with some metal brought out from the dam, and then used the metal power to strengthen the properties of the metal, making it harder and more resilient, and it would not be easily damaged again.
After all the preparatory tasks were completed, Yun Shuhuai turned on the intercom and said, "Dr. Gu, we are ready here, can we start?"
"Please start, be careful."
"Okay."
After hanging up the intercom, Yun Shuhuai stood above the tunnel, stretched out his hand, and threw a walnut-sized fireball.
Although the fireball was small, the energy contained in it was huge. The path of the fireball directly melted the surrounding ice to form a smooth ice cave.
The ice near the dam had been reinforced and thickened in advance to prevent other tunnels from being broken by the water flow. The fireball was hit parallel to the bottom, just opening a complete ice tunnel.
After a while, a torrent of water gushed out of the tunnel, along the tunnel opened by the fireball, and into the water diversion tunnel.
The water flow was very fast, gushing out like a high-pressure water gun. The water originally flowed down from upstream continuously, but the floodgates and water diversion tunnels of the dam were blocked, and the amount that could be discharged was too little. If the water upstream became more, the dam would be in danger of being washed out.
According to the engineers nearby, the current water level was already very dangerous.
The water suppressed under the ice layer rushed out as soon as it was released, hitting the trash rack and splashing more than ten meters high.
Xi Ling stepped forward and spread an ice shield to block the water, so that they were not drenched by the water.
After a while, the sound of water came from behind. The three looked and saw that the water had flowed through the tunnel to the downstream.
Since most of the water upstream was blocked, the water level downstream had dropped a lot, and the water outlet of the tunnel was exposed. Fortunately, it was not completely blocked by ice. The turbulent water could be seen gushing out of the hole, even bringing out some ice.
"This flow rate... Is the turbine below okay?" Yun Shuhuai looked at the turbulent water below through the transparent water escape.
"As long as there are no hard impurities mixed in, generally speaking, there will be no problem. The tunnel was built with such a high drop in height in order to obtain sufficient power."
Yun Shuhuai nodded, then said into the walkie-talkie: "Dr. Gu, the water has flowed down, what's the situation down there?"
After waiting for a while, no one answered. Yun Shuhuai guessed if there was any problem down there again. When he was about to go down to take a look, Gu Zhucheng's voice came late, but his voice was very excited, and the cheers of other people could be heard around him, "Miss Yun, we succeeded! There is no problem with the turbine and the generator! There is a call from down there!"
"Really? That's great."
The three of them were very happy to hear the call from down there. Finally, they didn't have to endure the darkness down there anymore.
Xi Ling said, "Since there is no problem, let's go back."
"Okay."
Before leaving, Yun Shuhuai also added a thick ice cover on the temporary water flow, because it was too cold outside, and this would prevent the water flow from freezing again.
The three of them returned to the dam, and as soon as they entered, they saw that the corridor was already illuminated by lights, but some of the lights still had traces of zombies on them, which made it a little dim, but it was not a big problem, at least they didn't have to turn on the flashlight.
But on the way back, they also saw that the lights on some sections of the road were not on. The engineer next to them explained that there should be some problems with the circuits, which might have been damaged by zombies.
Back in the factory, the lights were on, and everyone was standing around a generator, and they could hear the sound of the generator turning.
Gu Zhucheng saw them and greeted them happily, "You are back, you did a good job, this generator is not broken, as long as Chief Xi checks and repairs the turbine below, it will be almost done."
Xi Ling nodded, walked over and squatted, covering his hand on the generator embedded in the ground, and then the energy went down along the metal of the generator until he felt the turbine.
Yun Shuhuai also walked over and put her hand on it, because she was still a metal-type mutant in the eyes of others. Although she could not skillfully manipulate metal deformation, she could still feel the outline of the metal.
Xi Ling felt a strange energy in the metal coming from the other side. It must be Yun Shuhuai's. But for some reason, although they were two energies from different people, they miraculously merged together. This surprised him because the energy of each psychic is unique. Even when psychics cooperate with each other, they only use their powers in sync. At most, they intertwine and do not merge with each other.
Could it be because he and Yun Shuhuai are very compatible?
When Xi Ling thought of this, his ears turned red.
But the truth is that Yun Shuhuai's power is special. Her energy can be called original energy, which can be transformed into any attribute. Since she can strengthen her power, it is naturally compatible with everyone's energy.
But Xi Ling only felt that Yun Shuhuai's energy was only on the cover of the generator at the top, and it did not go down any further.
Strange, what was going on? Was
she just slacking off?
Although he had doubts, he still dutifully transferred the energy to the turbine at the bottom, felt it, and found that the turbine blades were a little damaged and rusty.
After telling Gu Zhucheng the conclusion, he repaired it and reinforced it after some guidance.
As for Yun Shuhuai, she really wasn't slacking off, because her ability wasn't really a gold ability, and what Xi Ling felt in the metal cover of the generator was only because she used energy sensing, which required the energy to penetrate the metal plate, and then it could be transmitted through the gap to the bottom, so as to feel the situation of the turbine and the generator.
She also carefully read the turbine design drawings that Gu Zhucheng showed them, and the abandoned turbine that was pushed out by the zombies in the factory had been repaired by Xi Ling under the guidance of three engineers, saying that it was to let Xi Ling get familiar with the structure of the turbine earlier, so as to better handle and repair other equipment.
Yun Shuhuai did this just because she was curious about how he would repair it. She was very confident that Xi Ling would do it, so it didn't matter if she was considered a slacker.
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