Chapter 298

Looking at the bright sun outside the window, Fang Yang stretched, lifted the quilt, and got out of bed.

The change in weather also made his whole mood inexplicably cheerful.

He walked over to the cameraman and yanked his quilt off: "Wake up!"

After washing up, he called Boss Yang, learned where he would be working today, went out to eat breakfast, and then hailed a taxi.

As soon as he got in the car, the driver recognized Fang Yang and greeted him enthusiastically.

But when he learned where Fang Yang was going, his face was full of question marks: "Are you sure that's where you're going?"

Fang Yang paused: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with that?"

"Not at all, it's just that the place is a wasteland—truly a wasteland where even birds refuse to fly over because it's too hot. Locally, we gave it a name: Flaming Mountain. Just imagine how hot that is!"

"Look at the weather today; the air temperature there is probably at least 40 degrees, and the ground temperature is at least over 60. You're going there to work? I wouldn't go even if you paid me! That's not going to work, that's going to your death!"

Fang Yang was dumbfounded upon hearing this.

That damn Boss Yang hadn't told him it was this hot!

Air temperature 40 degrees—this doesn't feel like going to work, it feels like going to be barbecued!

Boss, how do you want your person cooked?

But for now, he couldn't worry about that; he had to go and see for himself first.

Fang Yang waved his hand helplessly: "Master, please take us there anyway. I've already promised, and it's not good to stand them up. Besides, I have air conditioning in my excavator, I'm not afraid!"

The driver grinned: "Alright then!"

Cameraman: "Um... you have air conditioning! What about me? What about me!!!!"

"Brother! Can we not go? I'm afraid of the heat..."

"Look at you, so young and can't take any hardship. How will you achieve great things in the future? It's not like I'm asking you to work; just find a shady spot when you get there, won't that work?"

"I!.."

"I what I? Once your brother wins the championship, you'll achieve financial freedom. Compared to suffering a little bit, don't you think it's worth it?"

The cameraman was speechless and could only respond with a bitter smile: "I'll go! I'll go, okay!"

"A child who can be taught!"

Half an hour later, the car arrived at a desolate road.

Everywhere on the road were mountains hundreds of meters high, and they were barren—not a single green plant could be seen.

The color of the mountains was also different from ordinary mountains; the rocks here were almost all orange-red.

There were gullies and ravines crisscrossing the mountains.

This was all formed by nature's wind erosion and rain, along with its special geological landscape.

Looking at the endless road, combined with the desolation on both sides and the special colors and stripes, it really gave one a refreshing feeling.

If you were speeding on a road like this, it would be quite cool!

After a while, the car stopped, and Fang Yang saw a huge stone sculpture by the side of the road, the color of which was exactly the same as the mountains.

On it were written three large characters: Flaming Mountain.

Clearly, they had arrived at their destination. Fang Yang prepared to pay the taxi fare, but was forcibly refused by the driver.

In the end, he even kicked them out of the car, stepped on the gas, and disappeared in a flash.

Watching this scene, the cameraman felt both proud and envious.

Just then, a sightseeing car drove toward them.

It was a very ordinary four-seater electric vehicle.

A man with dark skin got out of the car. Seeing Fang Yang, he immediately smiled and spoke: "Fang Yang, you finally arrived. I've been asking Boss Yang for many days, and he finally decided to arrange you to come here! My surname is Cheng, you can call me Old Cheng!"

Fang Yang also responded politely: "What are you doing? What's the plan, and why do you have a sightseeing car? By the way, where am I digging? Why don't I see my excavator?"

Old Cheng smiled and explained: "Why don't you get in the car first? The excavator is already parked, not here. I'll take you there and explain on the way!"

"Okay!"

After getting on the sightseeing car, Fang Yang briefly observed the surrounding environment. There were quite a few houses built here, all of the rather makeshift kind.

Old Cheng smiled and explained: "It's like this: the government plans to turn this place into a tourist scenic spot. You see, on one hand, this place is all flat land surrounded by mountains, and the colors and shapes are very beautiful. Plus, the heat is also a feature. We can bake eggs in the sand here, allowing tourists to have a better experience!"

The cameraman said slowly: "Since you know my brother, you still dare to let him come and dig? Aren't you afraid?"

Fang Yang gave him a sideways glance.

Who would have thought Old Cheng would wave his hand with a smile instead.

"Today, the main thing is to build a measuring platform in the hottest central area! To put it bluntly, it's just building a platform and sticking a large thermometer on it to measure the underground temperature. This can also be considered one of the features!"

"The area Fang Yang needs to dig doesn't exceed ten square meters in total. I've watched many live streams, and almost every half hour is relatively safe. Besides, in the future, if we tell people this was dug by Fang Yang for our scenic spot, it can also be a selling point, right?"

Looking at Old Cheng's sunny smile, although he looked like an African, he was very sincere.

Fang Yang gave him a thumbs up: "Great minds think alike! Looks like I can get off work early today!"

Only the cameraman's eyes were rolling around, not knowing what he was thinking.

The car drove for a while into the mountains, and suddenly the view in front felt much more open.

This place was like a circular plaza, very, very large, surrounded by mountains on all four sides, like a boiler.

As soon as Fang Yang entered, he immediately felt the temperature rise sharply.

At the same time, he saw the excavator parked at the foot of the mountain in the distance.

What made him strange was that he actually saw an old lady riding an electric scooter rushing toward them.

Even Old Cheng couldn't help but be surprised: "Eh!! Although this place is still open and not closed off, not many people come here all year round. Even birds refuse to fly over, so how could someone be here!"

Dozens of seconds later, they even brushed past each other, but Fang Yang could see at a glance that her face was covered in sweat, her clothes were already soaked, and what made him most strange was that her expression was very panicked!

However, he didn't think too much about it. Being this hot and leaving in such a panic, she was probably suffering from heatstroke!

The cameraman had been sweating non-stop since they entered, and even his breathing had become rapid.

"Why is this place so hot!"

Fang Yang looked at the surrounding environment and smiled: "I can probably guess the reason, just don't know if I'm right!"

Old Cheng became interested immediately upon hearing this: "Oh? You can find the reason so quickly? Tell me about it!"

As the administrator here, he naturally knew the reason, but now he was more curious about whether Fang Yang could guess it correctly.

"Um... this place isn't particularly far from Xihe City. To say it's closer to the sun is nonsense, so I guess the heat here has to do with the terrain."

"On the way here, I noticed that there are high mountains everywhere, one ring after another, each higher than the last, especially the outer rings which are even higher!"

"Under this kind of terrain, incoming cold air currents are blocked by the mountains and can't get in at all. Even if some get in, they are blocked bit by bit by other mountain ranges, and by the time they reach the center, they've long since been exhausted."

"That's the first reason. The second reason has to do with the internal environment. The rocks here seem to be mainly brown-red sandstone and mudstone, with no plants, which makes it particularly heat-absorbent."

"Plus, this place is a huge basin. Once the temperature gets in, it's hard to dissipate. That's why I noticed on the way here that the closer you get to this side, the drier the road surface is. Even though there was a heavy rain yesterday, today this place is already bone-dry!"

Old Cheng clapped his hands repeatedly after hearing Fang Yang's explanation.

Clap clap~~

"Too awesome! I only saw you analyze things in videos before; hearing it in person today feels really great. Admirable, admirable! To be able to see the reason just after arriving, it's really magical!"

Fang Yang smiled: "I was just guessing! Didn't expect to actually get it right!"

The cameraman looked disdainful, thinking to himself, every time it's a guess, I don't believe you!

Before long, the car arrived next to the excavator. After getting out, Fang Yang climbed into the driver's cab.

The moment he got in, he felt like he had entered a furnace.

Even the seat in the cab was baked hot enough to burn his butt.

Fang Yang quickly opened the cab door to let the heat out and immediately turned on the air conditioning. Staying in there for even a second longer would make it easy to suffocate.

This was only in the morning, and it was already this hot; he didn't even dare to imagine noon.

After a while, once the temperature dropped, he looked at Old Cheng: "Where do I dig? Do I dig right here?"

"No, no, follow me this way!"

"Okay!"

Old Cheng rode the sightseeing car with the cameraman, and Fang Yang followed behind.

They drove for about another hundred meters before stopping.

"Just here, dig about ten square meters. You decide how to dig, it's not that particular!"

After saying that, he got out of the car, pulled a sun umbrella from under the seat, and immediately set it up nearby.

The cameraman was quick and immediately joined in to help. This damn place was too hot, he couldn't take it for a second, and seeing the sun umbrella was like seeing a life-saving straw.

Fang Yang looked at the soil in front of him and felt a bit strange.

Because the soil in front of him looked like it had been turned over by someone. He turned his head to look at Old Cheng and found that the two of them were indeed busy setting up the sun umbrella, sweating profusely.

After thinking about it, he decided to let them set up the umbrella first to avoid heatstroke.