1235 Showing Off One’s Abilities (1/2)

Zhang Zian had not expressed his position for now. He had been thinking about a solution that gave the best of both worlds. If he could find a way that guaranteed everyone's safety and also maintained everyone's strength, that would be the best way out.

But he couldn't think of a better solution.

The way to safely climb the sand ridge had been proposed by Professor Wei Kang last night. When Peter Lee's team set up the satellite internet access, while others were chatting or writing emails, Zhang Zian searched the internet for the method proposed by Wei Kang. After all, since it was about safety, he could not possibly blindly follow.

As a result, he found that the method Wei Kang had proposed was not an original idea, but a tried routine used by oil exploration workers in the desert.

This was troublesome. Very troublesome.

The methods used by oil exploration workers must have been the result of experience and wisdom accumulated over the years.

The wisdom of countless workers was infinite. On his own, and with this being the first time he entered the Great Desert, how could he possibly come up with a better solution?

Oil exploration workers could adopt this method because of their superior physical strength, will, and hard work. The expedition team was incomparable with them. Peter Lee's team wasn't even much better either. Therefore, this method would not necessarily work with this expedition team, or at least the 100% copied method wouldn't.

Zhang Zian's eyes turned to the suitcase with his drone. Perhaps the drone could be used to improve a certain number of their attempts?

If he used the drone to survey the land to find a gentle slope first, could he then relieve everyone of the effort of climbing all the sand dunes? He thought about it and felt that this approach seemed to be feasible.

The drone couldn't completely replace the human eye, because the human eye created a three-dimensional visual. With the human eye, the smoothness of the sand dune was visible with just one glance. The drone, on the other hand, needed to find a suitable shooting angle and height while flying along the sand ridge.

Also, using the drone's visuals to judge the steepness of the slope was not necessarily accurate. However, in any case, it could save everyone from running around. A classic move of using the brain and not the brawn.

”Wait. Stop fighting. I have a proposal.”

Having thought through the details, he shared his idea via the walkie-talkie public channel.

Amongst the entire team, except Nabari and Salem, were highly educated people, and they understood what he meant almost immediately.

”You brought a drone?” Peter Lee was surprised.

”Yes!” Wei Kang's tone was full of excitement. ”This method is very good! I think it's all right. Although the drone may not find the most gradual route, as long as the path is relatively flat, we will be fine.”

Peter Lee sighed. ”We also brought drones, but they were detained by customs. They said they were dangerous goods and could not be brought into the country.”

The grim anti-terrorism situation in Egypt had made the customs control of drones very strict. A toy drone would not be much of a problem. However, if it was a high-performance drone, the authorities were worried that it would be used to carry out terrorist operations.

The expedition team could smoothly bring the drones in because they had official documents stamped by the University of Binhai and an official invitation from Cairo University. Peter Lee and his team had not gone through these procedures, and it wasn't surprising that their drones had been detained.

Everyone thought that this method was feasible. The atmosphere of the common channel instantly got better. Several people also jokingly asked Zhang Zian why he had not thought of this before they climbed a sand dune.

Whether the drone could survive long hours under a high temperature and direct sunlight was another matter. Zhang Zian did not have an answer and was worried that the drone might be damaged.