Chapter 212 (1/2)
Chapter 212
Yu Hanjiang and his teammates dug at the ground behind the warehouse . After digging all morning, they finally dug a hole that connected with the city’s underground pipeline system . The underground pipelines were intricate and complicated so Yu Hanjiang was going to investigate them himself .
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Xiao Lou looked at the dark tunnel in front of him and was worried . “The ground is damp and cold . It is an environment that the bugs love . Will there be bugs inside? If there are bugs, won’t they rush from all sides to surround us? It will be harder for us to escape if we are surrounded by the bugs in a narrow pa.s.sage . ”
Xiao Lou’s words made sense . The underground pa.s.ses were crisscrossed and it would be really hard if they were surrounded by the bugs . Yu Hanjiang nodded at him . “Your worry is right . That’s why I want to make some arrangements in advance before the bugs come to the east district . ”
Old Mo was curious . “Group Leader Yu, how do you plan to arrange it?”
Yu Hanjiang took out a pen and paper and drew a few lines on it . “We dug a hole in the ground that can be used to escape the warehouse . Then find a manhole within five kilometers as an exit . After finding the shortest path, block all the surrounding forked paths . ”
He drew an X over multiple lines, leaving only one path from beginning to end .
Xiao Lou understood immediately and his eyes lit up . “The roads are blocked so even if there are bugs, they can’t surround us . ” He looked over at Old Mo . “Old Mo, your S-grade card can be used here . ”
Old Mo responded, “Yes, marble! I can use it to block the road . ”
He took out Marble Brick, the last S-grade card he had drawn from his card pack .
The advantage of this card was that he could arbitrarily combine and change the shape of the marble . The marble would be built directly into a wall . The wall made of marble was indestructible and even the bugs wouldn’t be able to pa.s.s through .
Old Mo just had to use the marble to seal off all the forks in the underground pa.s.sage . Then only one pa.s.sageway would be left from the warehouse entrance to the exit found by Group Leader Yu . This way, there wouldn’t be any bugs interfering with them .
The entrance near the warehouse would be closely guarded so that no bugs were allowed inside . In this way, their underground evacuation route was equivalent to a closed secret pa.s.sage that wasn’t affected by the surroundings .
Ye Qi and the others heard this and sighed . “Once Group Leader Yu takes the lead, we are the most unreasonable underground construction team . Other construction teams open roads while we are responsible for blocking roads . ”
Long Sen smiled . “Block all the forks in the road and the bugs can’t come . We will be able to evacuate at the fastest speed . This is a good idea!”
Yu Hanjiang spoke lightly . “Let’s go . Everyone should move as quickly as possible . ”
Under Yu Hanjiang’s leaders.h.i.+p, the team entered the tunnel .
Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou walked in front . Xiao Lou held the night pearl and his teammates followed .
The city’s drainage pipeline system was very well built . After going down from the location dug by Yu Hanjiang and walking through a few bends, they met a crossroad . Ye Qi saw the long and narrow pa.s.sages leading in all directions and grabbed his temple in pain . “I can’t distinguish between east, west, north or south . It is like an underground labyrinth!”
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Yu Hanjiang firmly pointed to two directions . “This side is the west and this side is the north . ”
Ye Qi gave a thumbs up in admiration . “Group Leader Yu, you can still tell the direction despite going in several circles?”
Yu Hanjiang showed the drawing in his hand to everyone . “I’ve been remembering the way . ”
Long Sen joked, “A construction team naturally must have a construction route map . Xiao Ye, you are too unprofessional . ”
Ye Qi was convinced . “Group Leader Yu is too professional, okay!”
Xiao Lou took a look at Group Leader Yu’s ‘construction route map . ’ Group Leader Yu’s sense of direction was indeed very strong . Xiao Lou had made a few circles underground and couldn’t distinguish southeast from the northwest . Meanwhile, Yu Hanjiang had always been marking the direction on the map so that everyone wouldn’t get lost .
At the fork in the road, Yu Hanjiang took out the card Four-way Arrow and left an arrow as a mark .
The sound of water flowing was heard from time to time in the narrow underground pa.s.sage . There were sounds from drains and sewers and leaking pipes in certain places . The smell was naturally not very good .
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He flew up with the light footwork card and lifted the manhole cover . The first exit he found led to a large road . There were many low-rise buildings beside the road and a three storey building with the words ‘Home Expo’ written on them . Obviously, this place was a furniture and buildings material market .
Yu Hanjiang frowned, lowered the manhole cover and returned underground .
Xiao Lou wondered, “No?”
“It isn’t the best choice . Look again . ”
Everyone started walking again . This time, Yu Hanjiang found an exit close to a primary school and didn’t hesitate to give it up . The third time Yu Hanjiang lifted the manhole cover, he finally stopped .
Yu Hanjiang threw the manhole cover aside, jumped up and looked around . Then he told his teammates underground . “It’s okay here . ” He dropped the white silk down the entrance . “Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao, come up to look . ”
Xiao Lou grabbed the white silk and Yu Hanjiang pulled him up with a slight effort .
Liu Qiao had a light footwork card herself and directly flew up next to Xiao Lou .
They looked closely and saw dozens of acres of wasteland surrounded by a blue fence . The blue fence had the words ‘18th construction unit of Bingzhou City’ on it .
This type of land was often found in urban development zones . Developers bought land and fenced it off . It wasn’t suitable for construction in winter so construction wouldn’t start until summer where it became warmer .
Yu Hanjiang’s eyes swept over the place . “We are still in the east district . This neighbourhood is very desolate and this land should be land that the government has just sold . It hasn’t started official development yet . The foundation hasn’t even been laid . There are no residences for the construction team . ”
Liu Qiao commented, “It is indeed really empty . ”
Xiao Lou looked around and found there were no buildings on this land . The view was clear . He glanced at Yu Hanjiang and said, “This place is deserted and the bugs shouldn’t run here . Shall we use it as the exit point?”
Yu Hanjiang nodded . “It is here . This is the most suitable place out of the other exits nearby . ”
The other team members listening underground to the conversation of the three people were relieved .
Ye Qi asked, “Group Leader Yu, what is the situation outside? There are no bugs?”
“Relax, the bugs haven’t had time to run here . ” Yu Hanjiang walked to the hole and looked down at his teammates . “Come up and see . We need to make some arrangements at the exit . ”
Long Sen and Qu Wanyue’s legs became longer and they directly jumped up . Ye Qi’s teleportation card was only able to move him horizontally, not vertically . Yu Hanjiang quickly pulled him up and everyone stood on the white open s.p.a.ce . They all felt that this place was like a vast snowfield . There were no blind spots and no places for bugs to hide . There were also few buildings nearby . It was indeed a good place to escape to .
Yu Hanjiang glanced at Xiao Lou and lowered his voice . “What is the furthest monitoring range of the drone that Mr Tang gave you?”
Xiao Lou took out the card . “It can monitor and take photos for 5 kilometres in a straight line . ”
Ye Qi heard the conversation and scratched his head doubtfully . “Who is Mr Tang?”
Xiao Lou looked back and smiled . “For this matter, wait until we go back and I will explain it to you in detail . ”