Chapter 350

207. The Hidden Mountain, Wind Turbines! (Second Update)

After hearing the driver's words, Fang Yang could only smile awkwardly and took off his sunglasses and hat.

The next second, the driver's eyes went wide: "Damn! Fang Yang! If you'd said it was you earlier, I would have driven you there right away!"

The cameraman, looking utterly confused, asked, "So, do I still need to take this off?"

"No need, no need! Fang Yang's face is enough. Sit tight."

Fang Yang couldn't help but cover his head, wanting to laugh but feeling it wasn't appropriate.

On the way, the driver chatted nonstop like a chatterbox, almost inviting them home for a meal before dropping them off.

"By the way, Master, you mentioned that place used to be a small town that suddenly disappeared. Didn't the police investigate?"

"They did, but it was dropped shortly after with no results."

Fang Yang, as if hearing a novel story, became very curious: "No way? An entire town's people vanished without an explanation?"

The driver frowned: "Hiss~ Let me think. At the time, there were rumors that the area was unsafe, so the whole town moved away. I don't know where exactly. Now, you can't even find that area on satellite maps, which is strange."

"Later, rumors spread that it was haunted. More and more stories appeared, so no one dared go there anymore. Besides, the place is full of huge mountains and very desolate. Are you going there to work today?"

"Yes!" Fang Yang nodded.

"Then I get it. They've been building wind turbines there for a while. Just yesterday, the mayor said to accelerate construction. I guess you're going there to dig the foundation!"

"Ah... Well, to be honest, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do... But if it's really as you say, that's probably the case."

Through their conversation, Fang Yang roughly understood the situation there.

However, he was also curious whether his task was indeed to dig a foundation.

If so, in his memory, those massive wind turbines were always built on mountain peaks.

Could it be that his excavator had already been transported to the mountain top?

The taxi drove continuously for an hour before arriving in a desolate mountain range with no people.

Indeed, as the driver had said, not a single car was visible on the road, let alone anyone living there.

The only thing that struck him as strange was that although the place was sparsely populated, a very wide road led straight into the mountains.

But he didn't think much of it; perhaps the government built it to better transport the wind turbines.

The car continued along the main road deeper into the mountains.

Directly ahead stood a very majestic mountain, with a huge chimney over two hundred meters tall on its mid-slope.

The cameraman immediately asked curiously, "Eh~~ This place is supposed to be uninhabited, so where did that big chimney come from?"

The driver shook his head: "I don't know. It was there long ago, appearing suddenly after the town vanished. No one knows what's inside. It never emits smoke, so everyone thought there were ghosts inside, and no one dared approach it."

Hearing this, Fang Yang clicked his tongue in amazement. Having traveled through time, he had to believe some things.

This mysterious big chimney gave him an urge to climb up and take a look.

Shortly after, the car arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Fang Yang and the cameraman got out. The driver firmly refused payment and sped away.

Looking at the lush, majestic mountain and the chimney standing like a pillar supporting the sky, the two stood frozen, staring for a long time.

When they came to their senses, they saw a dirt road winding upward to the peak of the adjacent mountain.

On the distant peak, all the trees had been cut down; the entire summit had been flattened, and an excavator was parked there.

Beside it stood several huge cylinders, looking like the pillars of wind turbines.

Just then, a voice reached the two of them.

"Fang Yang, welcome! We've all been waiting for you. We can't start work without you."

A middle-aged, dark-skinned man wearing a construction helmet walked over with a smile.

Fang Yang smiled politely: "Sorry for being late. What am I supposed to do today?"

"My surname is Deng. Just call me Old Deng."

Then he pointed to the distant peak, where a row of massive wind turbines on the continuous mountain range was slowly rotating.

"As you can see, they're building turbines here. Yesterday, the government said to speed up. I'm short on hands, so I asked you to help dig a foundation."

Fang Yang nodded: "Sure, no problem. Shall we head up the mountain now?"

"Good!"

Old Deng led the two up the mountain path.

The mountain was high, the path winding. It wasn't steep, but it was very long.

The ground was simply paved with some gravel.

It took twenty minutes to reach the summit, leaving everyone panting.

However, when Fang Yang saw the huge turbine pillars, he was still shocked.

He had only seen them from afar before. Although he knew they were big, he didn't realize they were this big.

If stood upright and capped, people could live inside one.

Looking at the planned foundation, Fang Yang climbed onto the excavator and started digging without a word.

The foundation was a huge circle, about ten meters in diameter.

The space on the peak wasn't very large to begin with, and digging such a large circular foundation tested Fang Yang's operating skills.

But to him, this was just a warm-up; he didn't take it seriously.

Dirt was scooped away shovel by shovel, and the pit in front quickly reached over a meter deep.

According to the plan, the depth needed to be at least three meters.

Moreover, the bottom wasn't supposed to be flat; pipes needed to be laid after digging to connect to the turbine.

This meant he also had to dig some trenches according to the specified plan.

Time ticked by minute by minute.

The foundation pit before him grew deeper with every shovel.

On the other side, the director of the Atomic Energy Office received a report from a subordinate.

"Report! The wind turbines on the city government's side have been erected up to the nearby mountains. Should we contact the government to ask them to reroute?"

The director pondered for a moment and replied slowly, "No need. They are only building on the mountaintops; they pose no threat to us. There is no need to expose our information over such a trivial matter."

"Understood!"

In the office, Expert Wang sat opposite him, "Director, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

The director waved his hand, "Nothing major. By the way, tell me more about that Fang Yang. I'm quite interested in him. I heard all the major commotion in Xihai City these past few days is related to him?"

Expert Wang chuckled and nodded, "Indeed. He was the one who spread the news about the earthquake earlier. It scared me half to death back then. If an earthquake struck here, it would be no joke. Fortunately, we dismantled the nuclear warheads in advance, avoiding an explosion."

"And the very next day, he caused a massive explosion. At the time, the noise was so loud I thought another country had lost a nuclear bomb and it came here. I was so frightened I immediately checked the headquarters' information for any launch orders. After all that, it turned out to be a false alarm."

Hearing this, the director was stunned, "Oh? I saw that explosion too. It was indeed terrifying. If I hadn't specialized in studying this stuff, I would have suspected it was a nuclear detonation."

"Exactly! Now guess what? It turned out to be an explosion at a fireworks factory. It was triggered by the spontaneous combustion of hydrogen cyanide gas, which caused the fireworks to catch fire, eventually leading to an ammonium nitrate explosion. Isn't that miraculous? Most importantly, Fang Yang had already analyzed it before the explosion even happened!"

The director could no longer stay calm; his face was filled with shock, "He really analyzed it in advance? That requires an extremely high level of professional expertise. Even if I were on the scene, I might not have been able to analyze it before the explosion."

Expert Wang nodded in agreement, "That is why I feel so amazed. Before, I only admired him, thinking he should understand nuclear reactions and such. But now I realize I underestimated him far too much. I'm thinking we need to find a way to lure him in. We cannot afford to lose talent like this."

"You are right to remind me. Here is the plan: go out this afternoon, see if you can meet him, have a good talk, and convey my intentions. Perhaps in the future, he could be the next director of this institute!"

"Alright. I'll go right after lunch. I'll go prepare now and think about how to persuade him later."

On Fang Yang's side, he had been digging for over half an hour straight.

During this half hour, everything went smoothly and normally, just like the clear, cloudless sky above.

The large circular pit on the ground was now nearly half dug.

The netizens in the live stream were a bit confused; usually, by this time, he would have already unearthed something.

Today, he still hadn't unearthed anything.

As they waited anxiously, time ticked by second by second.

However, fate was destined to disappoint them.

Just now, with the final shovel smoothing the edge of the foundation, the excavator's work for the day was officially finished.

Even Fang Yang himself was greatly surprised; it was so smooth, and he hadn't dug up anything at all.

He could even clock off and leave right now!

【Popularity】 +1+1+1+1...

—— 【What the heck! Has the curse disappeared? This is the first time I've seen Fang Yang dig up nothing. Or did heaven finally get tired of it? He digs every day, and the people of Xihai City just can't take it anymore? But now that he hasn't dug anything up, I suddenly feel empty inside, like something is missing. So frustrating!】

—— 【I give up. Refund my money, I'm not watching anymore. If he can't dig anything up, what's the point? Unsubscribed, unsubscribed. Brothers, let's protest collectively. Keep digging! If you don't dig anything up, we won't watch anymore. Let's see what you do then.】