Chapter 3

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—— [First dig, you don't understand the cable's meaning; second dig, you're already a prisoner! The excavator outside the prison still stands, but the cable-digger of old is gone.]

—— [If you cut a fiber optic cable, definitely don't run. But if you cut a national defense cable, you'd better be able to run for real.]

—— [Kidnapped to the mountains, seeing a national defense cable, digging it to beg for help—how is that counted?]

—— [The one above, if this really happened, the trafficker would be the eyewitness. Once he gets out, you'd probably still be inside!]

—— [Let me educate everyone: national defense cables have grades. Those in cities are usually third-level trunk lines; someone cut one before and paid 1.65 million, averaging 78 yuan per second. If you cut one in the wild, congratulations, it's likely a first-level trunk line; there have been cases before, with compensation nearing 500 yuan per second! Seems the streamer is in the wild, right?]

—— [Who said earlier they'd cut a national defense cable? Is your mouth blessed? Now you've gone too far. Where's the production team? Why haven't they stepped in?]

—— [Actually, the cable isn't expensive; what's costly is the military's information and communications. If this were cut during wartime, you'd probably be taken out immediately.]

Fang Yang rubbed his temples; his head was about to burst.

This is too unlucky. I was careful everywhere, yet I dug up something like this.

Even a fool knows the consequences of cutting a national defense cable.

As for running? Could you even get away!

"Let's go ask Master Zhang how to handle this first!"

The cameraman nodded, and the two walked over together.

From afar, they saw someone lying on a large rock, asleep.

After approaching, Fang Yang pushed the person on the rock: "Master Zhang, wake up, something's wrong!"

Master Zhang was roused from a drowsy sleep and asked groggily: "Huh?.. Hmm!.. What's wrong?"

"You'd better come take a look."

Seeing the two's uneasy expressions, Master Zhang felt a vague sense of doom.

Until he saw the cable on the ground and the white pillar beside it.

His expression was as if he'd seen a ghost.

His steps involuntarily retreated; losing his balance, he slid straight to the ground.

Fang Yang hurried over to help him up: "Master Zhang, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, I'm fine. By the way, who are you? I don't think I know you. Besides, this excavator is yours; it has nothing to do with me. I must not be awake yet. I'll go back and sleep some more."

After speaking, he turned and left.

The cameraman, quick-eyed and quick-handed, rushed over, grabbed him, and wouldn't let him go: "Master Zhang, don't! If you run, what about the two of us!"

"Let go! Let go! If you don't let go, I'll bite! Ah-woo~~~"

"Ah~~ Ouch, ouch, ouch~~~"

The cameraman quickly let go, watching despairingly as Master Zhang sprinted away at a hundred-meter-sprint speed.

"Bro, he ran. Should we run too?"

Hearing this, Fang Yang shook his head: "Don't panic. I'll call the boss again to ask what to do."

Soon, the call was answered.

"Hello? What's wrong now?"

"Boss... I think I've broken a cable again."

Immediately, an impatient voice came from the other end of the line.

"What's the big deal? If it's cut, just have an electrician fix it."

Fang Yang, tense, stammered back: "This time, it seems to be... a national defense cable!"

There was a pause of a few seconds on the other end of the line.

"What did you just say in the previous sentence?"

"This time, it seems to be... a national defense cable!"

"No, what did you say in the previous sentence!"

"Boss..."

"Stop! From now on, I'm not your boss; you are the boss; your whole family are bosses!"

Click~~~

Beep~~~

The call was hung up.

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—— [The boss fled overnight by plane!]

—— [Just accidentally cut a cable. Fortunately, all three major operators said it wasn't theirs, so I'm relieved.]

—— [What's that? A guy at the European Space Agency tightened a screw and sent a satellite meant for launch crashing to the ground.]

—— [Boss, guess what I dug up. Boss: Guess which country I'm in!]

—— [I worked in external lines for the telecom company for 13 years, responsible for patrolling first-level trunk lines. I've seen countless cable-cutting accidents. The funniest was when road construction cut a fiber optic cable. Within five minutes, a squad of fully armed soldiers rushed over. The excavator driver was so scared he wet himself. Afterwards, a cordon was set up, with dedicated guards on duty. It was a military restricted zone.]

Fang Yang looked at his phone, then at the severed cable.

His expression gradually turned to self-mockery.

Who the hell could be as unlucky as me? Just after transmigrating, I cut a national defense cable.

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4. Helicopters arrive; the production team panics!

At this moment, the boss, having hung up the call, sat pale-faced in his office chair.

After a moment of calm, he turned to the accountant beside him and said, "How much money is left in the company account? Withdraw it all immediately."

The accountant nodded hurriedly and asked, "Boss, should I book your international flight tickets?"

"Huh? Book flight tickets for what?"

"Aren't you planning to run away?"

The boss smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Run? Where would I run? Hurry and withdraw the money from the account. I need to go to the construction site. This production team has really screwed me over."

"Understood, I'll handle it right away."

Fang Yang and the cameraman stood on the ground, neither saying a word.

All they could do now was wait tightly for the storm to arrive.

The cameraman sighed. "Brother, I guess we'll be parting ways tomorrow. Sigh... what bad luck."

Fang Yang did not reply. He muttered to himself, "No, I have to go down and take a look."

With that, he jumped directly into the optical cable pit to inspect it.

Optical cables differ from power cables; they carry no electricity, so Fang Yang felt no fear.

He simply picked up the broken connector to examine it.

Upon close inspection, he noticed something was off.

With so many optical cables, why were only these few damaged?

Based on his previous experience digging up power cables, one shovel strike should have severed them all, or at least the majority.

Now, only a few were broken, and most importantly, he noticed the break points were uneven.

Logically, a single shovel strike should have caused a break at the same position.

Just as he was puzzled, he suddenly noticed a few ants poking their heads out of a hole in the ground nearby.

Looking closely, they were actually termites!

If they were just ordinary ants, it wouldn't matter much.

But if they were termites, that opened up another possibility.

Suddenly!