The soundproof bedroom is dark and quiet.
Yu Zhiming sat on the edge of the bed like a sculpture, but all he heard were the sounds of cracking, big or small, the sound of stones falling and colliding, the sound of water dripping, and the sounds of unknown small insects chirping, flying, and biting.
These sounds were played continuously from the small high-fidelity speakers on the bedside table.
They rise and fall one after another, mixed together in some denser and some sparser arrangements, making it very lively.
Wei Hao told Yu Zhiming that the sound was collected from 437 meters underground in the accident mine.
What Yu Zhiming had to do was to hear the regular knocking sounds from these chaotic sounds.
Ideally, the general location of the knocking sound could be determined.
Wei Hao also told Yu Zhiming that in this kind of mining accident, if the trapped people are still alive...
They will regularly knock on metal objects such as tracks, snorkels, support columns, etc. to transmit sound or vibration.
The purpose of doing this is to let the rescuers know that they are still alive and their location is known, so they should not give up on rescuing them.
However, Yu Zhiming had listened to this 26 minutes and 38 seconds of sound twice with full concentration, but he did not hear any regular knocking sounds.
Could it be that all the trapped people were killed?
Yu Zhiming let out a light breath and moved his body a little to restore his strength and energy.
Concentrating on listening and analyzing extremely subtle sounds for a long time is also very tiring and draining on both the body and mind.
After thirty or forty seconds, Yu Zhiming felt that he had almost recovered and began to adjust his state, preparing to listen for the third time.
That is the last time.
This time, Yu Zhiming's focus was no longer on the regular knocking sounds, but on other noises that might have been caused by humans...
The sudden sound of rocks breaking so close to me made me feel inexplicably nervous.
There was also the dull sound of rocks falling in the tunnel from afar, as if an ancient giant beast was hiding there...
Yu Zhiming felt as if he was deep underground where no one could answer him, and an inexplicable sense of fear enveloped his whole body.
While resisting the claustrophobic feeling of impending disaster at any moment, he analyzed the chaotic noise that was pouring in, looking for possible companions.
An unknown amount of time had passed before Yu Zhiming felt he could no longer hold onto this immersive state, when he suddenly heard some unusual sounds.
That seemed to be... the sound of splashing water.
After confirming again, it was the sound of splashing water.
Yu Zhiming seemed to see a person holding something like a ladle, scraping up half a ladle of water from the ground, and then pouring the water out.
This is definitely a man-made sound.
Location……
I looked diagonally downwards from the Ming Dynasty, and about seven or eight meters away...
After making this discovery, Yu Zhiming turned on the bedroom light, sat at the desk, and turned on the screen of his mobile phone.
There is a simple picture on the phone screen.
It marks the locations where sounds were collected, as well as three-dimensional perspective diagrams of several mine tunnels.
Yu Zhiming unexpectedly discovered that the place where he heard the unusual sound did not have a mine tunnel marked on it.
Convinced that he wasn't mistaken, he hand-drew a simple diagram showing the relative locations of the abnormal sound, took a photo, and sent it to Wei Hao at the Municipal Bureau...
He communicated with Officer Wei on the phone for a while. The moment the call ended, Yu Zhiming suddenly felt his legs go weak and his heart startled.
Yu Zhiming was all too familiar with this feeling.
This is a sign of being too hungry.
Damn it, I had only eaten half of my dinner, and I used up all of it after working hard for an hour and a half.
I have to eat a big meal...
Eat, wash, and sleep.
When Yu Zhiming opened his eyes again, it was already six o'clock the next morning.
He picked up his phone and checked it. Luckily, he didn't receive any bad news from the hospital.
Yu Zhiming got up and walked out of the bedroom lazily. Then he saw Qingning jump over to him, grab his hand and pull him out.
"What happened?" Yu Zhiming couldn't help asking as he was pulled out of the bedroom.
Just as he finished asking, he noticed someone standing up in the small reception area on the second floor.
It’s Wei Hao from the Municipal Bureau.
"Doctor Yu, I'm here to report the good news to you."
Wei Hao said excitedly, "We found those people. Seventeen of them, not one missing, and they're all alive."
"It's right where you indicated."
Yu Zhiming asked with concern: "Has the person been rescued?"
Wei Hao shook his head and said, "Not yet. We just managed to drill a rescue hole with a diameter of five or six centimeters, which can be used to transmit messages and deliver supplies."
"It will probably take a few days to successfully rescue them."
Wei Hao further explained, "I thought it would be best to let you know about this, Dr. Yu, as soon as possible. So, as soon as I got the exact news, I rushed over."
"Doctor Yu, I also learned some inside information. It's quite interesting..."
The three of them sat down in the small reception area on the second floor, and Wei Hao recounted what had happened last night as if he had experienced it himself.
After the mine accident command center received the schematic diagram of the location drawn by Yu Zhiming, they found that it was far different from the possible trapped locations analyzed by several experts.
Moreover, there was no mine tunnel at the location marked by Yu Zhiming, so no one believed it and it was simply thrown aside.
Unfortunately, after a while, an old miner who had been retired for many years and was invited by them to explain the situation saw Yu Zhiming's marking point and suddenly remembered that there was a mine tunnel at that location, but it had been abandoned many years ago.
The command center also found several elderly miners and mapped the route of the abandoned mine tunnel based on their memories.
After analysis by several experts, they found that there was still a possibility that the trapped people had entered there.
Because it is relatively easy to dig a rescue hole there, the command center decided to give priority to drilling a hole there.
"Doctor Yu, I understand that the rescue tunnel was drilled through around 4 a.m., and contact was made with the trapped people."
Wei Hao said excitedly, "Seventeen people, not one less, but many were injured, and one had to cut off his arm to survive."
"There was some standing water where they were staying."
"In order to extract clean groundwater for drinking, they used safety helmets to pour the accumulated water in one of the pits to another place."
"Doctor Yu, the sound you captured at that time was the sound of them splashing water."
Wei Hao said proudly, "They were finally able to be successfully rescued from the well. Doctor Yu, you deserve the greatest credit."
Yu Zhiming smiled modestly and said, "I'm glad I contributed, but I don't deserve the biggest credit."
"The rescue workers on the front lines are risking their lives to save the trapped miners."
Wei Hao said in a deep voice, "Without you accurately pointing out the location, everything they have done would be in vain."
"The greatest credit goes to you..."
After breakfast, Yu Zhiming and Zhou Mo drove to the hospital again to go to work.
Not long after driving out of the residential complex, Zhou Mo asked, "Doctor Yu, I remember you received a gift before the New Year. It was a top-notch stethoscope?"
Yu Zhiming hummed and asked, "Why are you suddenly asking about that stethoscope? What are you planning?"
Zhou Mo chuckled and said, "You don't need the stethoscope yourself, so why not cash it in?"
"As far as I know, Dr. Duan Yi and Dr. Sui Chi both want to buy the best stethoscope."
Yu Zhiming nodded and said, "To do one's job well, one must first sharpen their tools. They really need to upgrade their stethoscope equipment."
"A good stethoscope isn't a rare commodity that's hard to come by. They can just buy it themselves."
"I'm planning to give it to someone else. I don't need to cash it in."
Zhou Mo uttered an "oh" and then chuckled, "Doctor Yu, it would only take a word for you to find a major medical brand to sponsor the medical supplies your team needs, right?"
Yu Zhiming replied, "There's no need to take advantage of someone. It won't cost much."
Zhou Mo curled his lips slightly and said, "For you, it's naturally a very small amount of money."
"It's not necessarily the same for others. I know that Dr. Duan is planning to borrow money from Dr. Ding to buy a stethoscope."
this……
Yu Zhiming began to reflect on whether he was out of touch with the masses. Why not just eat meat porridge?
A stethoscope that can hear sound quite well costs several thousand yuan; the best ones cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan.
If it is customized, the price may be hundreds of thousands.
Zhou Luo and Shen Qi come from wealthy families, while Sui Chi and Duan Yi come from ordinary families.
Especially since Duan Yi had just arrived in Binhai not long ago, it would be stressful for her to spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy the best stethoscope in one go.
Yu Zhiming glanced at Zhou Mo and asked, "You've only been working with them for a few days, and you're already so devoted to them and thinking about them?"
Zhou Mo chuckled and said, "They and I are naturally comrades in the same trench. You are the boss of all of us."
Yu Zhiming snorted softly and said, "To you, I'm just your boss. To them, I'm just your teacher."
"It's good enough that I don't charge them tuition."
Zhou Mo grinned and didn't dare say anything else.
After a moment of silence, Zhou Mo turned and said, "Doctor Yu, Doctor Feng said he wants to have tea with you to discuss cooperation. What kind of cooperation will it be?"
"Collaborate on tumor surgery? Collaborate on drug research and development? Or collaborate on business?"
Yu Zhiming said slowly, "We met and talked at noon today, so we know everything. Why keep guessing?"
Faced with the invitation from Dr. Feng Haiqing, the highest-earning doctor in the hospital, Yu Zhiming was curious about his purpose and agreed.
However, instead of going to a teahouse for a formal meeting, they arranged to have tea in Yu Zhiming's office after lunch at 12:30 this afternoon...
Today is Friday, and it’s checkup day.
When Yu Zhiming arrived at the third underground floor of the Zhizhen Building of the hospital, he saw seven or eight people already waiting in the corridor.
He saw again the executive director of the Homeland Protection Fund who had come yesterday evening.
This time, she had an acquaintance beside her, Peng Pei, the host of Binhai TV...
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