Chapter 311

"Huh?" The cameraman was bewildered: "Brother, your eyes must be playing tricks on you. With weather this nice, where would thunder come from?"

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Fang Yang frowned. He was certain that just a moment ago, he had seen a large expanse of blue light appear in the sky.

But thinking about it carefully, this shouldn't be thunder; what kind of thunder is blue?

Could it have been cast by a high-intensity floodlight?

Fang Yang looked at the sky in confusion. After waiting for a few seconds, the blue light from before never appeared again.

In the end, he could only give up helplessly: "Let's go, let's go have a big meal!"

The cameraman grinned: "Today I'm going to chug two bottles of 'fatty happy water'! I'm roasting to death!"

In the evening, after the two finished their meal, they returned to the hotel to rest.

Here at Flaming Mountain, it was hot as hell even at night, and the high temperatures during the day caused the mud below to evaporate.

Calling the entire basin a furnace would not be an exaggeration at all.

Every firefighter had sweated off several pounds, and several had even fainted from heatstroke.

It was thanks to the 120 emergency services on-site and the large number of volunteers constantly transporting supplies to help them cool down that they were able to persist until now.

It was precisely because these people came to help spontaneously that the firefighters were even more moved.

Their sense of mission doubled; even if they didn't sleep tonight, they had to extinguish this fire.

By around 8:00 PM, under the glare of powerful lights, the last trace of thick smoke was also extinguished.

Not a single wisp of smoke could be seen anywhere in the entire valley, and every fissure was filled to the brim with mud.

Everyone jumped up in excitement to celebrate, completely forgetting how exhausted their bodies were.

According to incomplete statistics, at least 300 mud trucks were used just for this fire extinguishing effort.

What a concept that is!

You have to know that one truck can hold about 18 cubic meters of mud.

In total, 300 trucks amounted to over 5,400 cubic meters.

In other words, the mud used was enough to fill a large swimming pool.

And this was only because they extinguished the fire as soon as it was discovered; if they had arrived a day late, or even a month late...

The self-igniting coal seam would have extended downwards, and the amount of mud required then would be an astronomical figure.

Although the fire had currently been extinguished and everything seemed to be over.

The fire brigade did not leave entirely, but instead left some people behind to stand guard at night.

Because they couldn't see the self-igniting layer below, there was no guarantee it wasn't still burning.

Moreover, the geological survey team was nearby drilling holes to explore the depth of the coal seam; as soon as the drilling was finished, they would have to go up and fill them immediately.

The main force on-site gradually left, and in less than half an hour, only a few dozen people remained at the once-bustling Flaming Mountain.

But the departure of the personnel did not take away its high temperature.

What is certain is that from today on, once coal mining begins, the temperature here will only get higher and higher.

Sun Chongguang had been surveying the area for several hours.

As one borehole after another was drilled down, he was shocked!

Ordinary coal seams are usually dozens of meters underground; if one wants to mine them, one has to dig mine shafts, which undoubtedly increases risk and cost.

An open-pit coal mine like this is inherently very easy to mine.

But he never expected that the coal seam here was only two meters underground.

The most outrageous thing was that the thickness of the coal seam here exceeded his imagination; even as the Minister of the Department of Land and Resources, he had never seen such thickness.

Judging by the dozen or so boreholes drilled previously, the thickness of each one exceeded ten meters!

Others might not know what this meant, but he knew very clearly.

You should know that normal coal seam thickness is divided into five levels: extremely thin, thin, medium-thick, thick, and extra-thick.

Generally speaking, extremely thin coal seams are 0.8m, thin coal seams ≤1.3m, medium-thick coal seams 1.3m to 3.5m, thick coal seams 3.5m, and extra-thick coal seams 6m.

But the coal seam here actually exceeded ten meters!

How could this not shock him!

A coal mine that is both easy to mine and has an outrageous thickness—what a massive wealth of resources this is!

It is imaginable that many years ago, this place was lush with trees all year round, and the ecological environment was very good.

That is why so much coal had accumulated.

Compared to the current desolation and heat, it is simply a contrast between two extremes.

Coupled with geological activity, the coal was pushed to the upper layers bit by bit.

The thickness had been determined; the next most important thing was to determine its area.

As of now, the holes they had tried to drill hadn't even touched the edge of the coal mine.

In the end, they could only use other methods to measure it.

That night, the Huaxia General Administration of Land and Resources issued an announcement that shocked the entire internet.

【Today, a super-large open-pit coal mine was discovered in Xihai City, Jiangning Province, our country. Ore can be dug just two meters underground. According to exploration, the coal thickness exceeds ten meters. The area has not yet been accurately calculated, but based on currently known conditions, the total output of this coal mine will definitely not be less than 2 billion tons, with an annual mining volume exceeding 100 million tons. This is the largest mineable open-pit coal mine discovered in our country, and even globally at present. This will mark our country becoming the world's number one coal power!!】

Once this announcement was released, the entire internet exploded.

Many people were still venting their anger online in the early morning hours because of the coal issue, finally letting out a deep breath of frustration.

But in fact, so many countries joining forces to suppress Huaxia's coal imports would certainly bring about many economic losses.

However, this announcement was like a shot of adrenaline, making everyone concerned about this matter feel stirred up!

——【Oh ho! Oh ho! Sitting and waiting for those who deliberately raised coal prices to get slapped in the face. Today is the most satisfying day I've had in so many years. Don't you like raising prices? Don't you like breaking contracts? Now I'm not buying anymore, hey, I have it at home myself, you guys go do whatever you want!】

——【Haha, satisfying! I'm wondering if this news reaches the ears of those countries, will they regret it so much their guts turn green? Will they come crawling back to beg us to buy coal? Sorry! You didn't provide help in the snow, and who are you to add flowers to the brocade? I just want to know who discovered this coal mine; he must be credited with a great achievement, a hero!】

——【Who else could it be, Fang Yang! How did this guy become a national hero without anyone noticing? Seriously, this is so satisfying! This morning I saw the news and was still thinking, even if we ban buying coal from their countries, we still have to search the whole world for coal, and it's easy to be led by the nose. Our vast Huaxia doesn't want to bow its head and look at others' faces, but now we don't have to, comfortable!】

——【Look, this is what you call professional! When the country needs him, he can stand up; he is a hero. If he had dug up this coal mine in ordinary times, it would at most be amazing, but it definitely wouldn't rise to such a high level. Seeing this announcement, I'm trembling all over with excitement, happy, I'm going out for barbecue tonight to celebrate!】

As the saying goes, some are happy while others are sad.

The news of Huaxia digging up a super-large coal mine soon swept across the globe.

When the Kangaroo Country and other countries that followed the United States in stirring up trouble saw it, their faces turned green.

Especially Outer Mongolia, whose guts were about to turn green with regret.

Previously, relying on the conflict between Huaxia and the Kangaroo Country, Huaxia had purchased a large amount of coal from them, which brought enough economic development to their country.

But they got full, thought they were something, and actually dared to ask for exorbitant prices and even hold some kind of auction.

They originally thought that if it really didn't work, they would lower the price a little, and Huaxia would definitely still buy.

Tossing and turning a bit would always earn a little more money.

Now it's all good; the relevant leaders in the country found out and panicked! One by one, they were dumbfounded.

They held meetings overnight and then shamelessly called Huaxia to discuss coal imports.

But what made them suffer was that the calls wouldn't go through, no one answered!

To ensure their coal exports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs even released news overnight requesting dialogue with Huaxia, face-to-face negotiations, and harmonious progress to solve the problem.

And the Kangaroo Country and other countries were no better off at this time.

As a major country that Huaxia had imported coal from for years, much of their economy depended on it.

They originally thought that by hugging the United States' thigh and being a lackey, they could get some benefits.

Now it's all good, they're all panicking.

They originally thought that as long as Huaxia didn't have enough coal, they would eventually have to bow their heads and look for them.

But now they know they were wrong, wrong to an outrageous degree.

For a time, many countries lowered their faces and requested dialogue with Huaxia, striving to restore previous coal trade.

Originally they only thought about sanctions, but the result was that Huaxia directly banned imports from them.

They never expected that Huaxia, which had always sought peace, would suddenly be so tough.

It can be said that they were caught off guard.

Looking at this matter again, they finally understood that Huaxia had very likely discovered this coal mine long ago, which is why they were so fearless.

But they were the ones who were going to be unlucky; without Huaxia, they couldn't sell this coal at all.

Not many countries have the same scale as Huaxia to be able to consume so much cargo.

Once coal piles up too much and the economy cannot circulate well, many chain reactions will occur. ===== CHAPTER 312 =====