[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-they-asked-you-to-operate-an-excavator-you-dug-u":3,"chapter-they-asked-you-to-operate-an-excavator-you-dug-u-they-asked-you-to-operate-an-excavator-you-dug-u-chapter-3":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","They Asked You to Operate an Excavator, You Dug Up a Nuclear Bomb",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2004397,2970,"Chapter 3","they-asked-you-to-operate-an-excavator-you-dug-u-chapter-3",3,"\u003Cp>[Popularity] +1+1+1+1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Popularity] +1+1+1+1....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— [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.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— [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.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— [Kidnapped to the mountains, seeing a national defense cable, digging it to beg for help—how is that counted?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— [The one above, if this really happened, the trafficker would be the eyewitness. Once he gets out, you'd probably still be inside!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— [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?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— [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?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— [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.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Yang rubbed his temples; his head was about to burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is too unlucky. I was careful everywhere, yet I dug up something like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a fool knows the consequences of cutting a national defense cable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for running? Could you even get away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go ask Master Zhang how to handle this first!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cameraman nodded, and the two walked over together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From afar, they saw someone lying on a large rock, asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After approaching, Fang Yang pushed the person on the rock: \"Master Zhang, wake up, something's wrong!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Zhang was roused from a drowsy sleep and asked groggily: \"Huh?.. Hmm!.. What's wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You'd better come take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the two's uneasy expressions, Master Zhang felt a vague sense of doom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until he saw the cable on the ground and the white pillar beside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression was as if he'd seen a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His steps involuntarily retreated; losing his balance, he slid straight to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Yang hurried over to help him up: \"Master Zhang, are you okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"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.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he turned and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let go! Let go! If you don't let go, I'll bite! Ah-woo~~~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah~~ Ouch, ouch, ouch~~~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cameraman quickly let go, watching despairingly as Master Zhang sprinted away at a hundred-meter-sprint speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bro, he ran. Should we run too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Fang Yang shook his head: \"Don't panic. I'll call the boss again to ask what to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the call was answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello? What's wrong now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss... I think I've broken a cable again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, an impatient voice came from the other end of the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's the big deal? If it's cut, just have an electrician fix it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Yang, tense, stammered back: \"This time, it seems to be... a national defense cable!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a pause of a few seconds on the other end of the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did you just say in the previous sentence?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time, it seems to be... a national defense cable!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, what did you say in the previous sentence!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop! From now on, I'm not your boss; you are the boss; your whole family are bosses!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beep~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The call was hung up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Popularity] +1+1+1+1....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Popularity] +1+1+1+1....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— [The boss fled overnight by plane!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— [Just accidentally cut a cable. Fortunately, all three major operators said it wasn't theirs, so I'm relieved.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— [What's that? A guy at the European Space Agency tightened a screw and sent a satellite meant for launch crashing to the ground.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— [Boss, guess what I dug up. Boss: Guess which country I'm in!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— [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.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Yang looked at his phone, then at the severed cable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression gradually turned to self-mockery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who the hell could be as unlucky as me? Just after transmigrating, I cut a national defense cable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(New book isn't easy; please give flowers and evaluation votes!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4. Helicopters arrive; the production team panics!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the boss, having hung up the call, sat pale-faced in his office chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The accountant nodded hurriedly and asked, \"Boss, should I book your international flight tickets?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? Book flight tickets for what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren't you planning to run away?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood, I'll handle it right away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Yang and the cameraman stood on the ground, neither saying a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All they could do now was wait tightly for the storm to arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cameraman sighed. \"Brother, I guess we'll be parting ways tomorrow. Sigh... what bad luck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Yang did not reply. He muttered to himself, \"No, I have to go down and take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he jumped directly into the optical cable pit to inspect it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Optical cables differ from power cables; they carry no electricity, so Fang Yang felt no fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply picked up the broken connector to examine it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon close inspection, he noticed something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With so many optical cables, why were only these few damaged?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on his previous experience digging up power cables, one shovel strike should have severed them all, or at least the majority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, only a few were broken, and most importantly, he noticed the break points were uneven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, a single shovel strike should have caused a break at the same position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was puzzled, he suddenly noticed a few ants poking their heads out of a hole in the ground nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking closely, they were actually termites!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were just ordinary ants, it wouldn't matter much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if they were termites, that opened up another possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly!\u003C\u002Fp>",1173,"2026-06-15T16:08:54.281Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","0a73adb9541d63f514611175e15428c8c896ddf88918585f2ff886e7c21bb530","they-asked-you-to-operate-an-excavator-you-dug-u-chapter-4","they-asked-you-to-operate-an-excavator-you-dug-u-chapter-2",4,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthey-asked-you-to-operate-an-excavator-you-dug-u-cover.gif"]