Otherworld Bone Dragon Operation Guide

Chapter 82 Engineering Student Guide to the Experimental Center
The security measures at the test center are far less stringent than those at the naval base. Apart from the outer perimeter wall, access control system, and basic sentry posts, there are very few military personnel inside; most are civilian staff engaged in research work.

But Su Ming dared not let his guard down for a moment. The painful lesson from the Everett Naval Base was still fresh in his mind; the little troublemaker's escape last time was at least half due to luck.

Although the defense level here is much lower, it is still a country known for its martial spirit. Even if they are not soldiers, ordinary people carrying firearms could still put Su Ming in a hopeless situation by repeatedly hitting the troublemaker's vitals.

"Once this is done, I need to leave this dangerous place as soon as possible," Su Ming thought to himself. Especially with the hollowing out of American manufacturing, the timeliness of acquiring equipment is extremely low. Equipment readily available back home needs to be custom-made here; equipment that can arrive in a few days takes months in the US. And equipment with monthly delivery times is calculated in years here.

Through Miao Xin's perspective, Su Ming carefully surveyed the entire testing center. Surveillance cameras were scattered everywhere, and various devices, both well-known and unfamiliar, were ubiquitous.

This time, he didn't dare to force his way in. He really wasn't skilled at this kind of thing; the fact that he had so much knowledge about weapons was already a result of how often he clicked the mouse.

After much thought, Su Ming decided to steer the situation in a direction he was familiar with. For example, cutting off the power!

Without power, all the modern equipment in the testing center would be rendered useless. In complete darkness, the efficiency of personnel's emergency response would also be greatly reduced.

Following this line of thought, Su Ming began his on-site investigation. Although the testing center covered a vast area, he only needed to focus on the key areas. He quickly located the power distribution room in the target area, which contained two sets of high-voltage incoming lines and two transformers.

In addition, the power supply system is also connected to an emergency generator, which is set to automatically restart upon power failure. The generator room is not far from the outer wall of the test center.

But the problem didn't end there; completely cutting off the power to such a well-equipped, modern facility was a difficult task. The testing center clearly had emergency circuits as well. Su Ming checked them and found that they were connected to emergency lighting, fire-fighting equipment, alarms, communication and monitoring facilities, which were always given priority power and could continue to operate using their own batteries after an external power outage.

That's really annoying.

Su Ming thought for a while and slowly came up with a strategy.

Miao Xin had hitched a ride here, and her psionic energy reserves were still decent. Moreover, tonight was a rare heavy rain, making her movements much more concealed. Su Ming made a quick decision and decided to start causing trouble right away.

He first came to a grassy area on the outskirts of the test center, below which was the cable trench through which the high-voltage cable entered the test center.

For safety reasons, the concrete in the cable trenches was quite thick, and it was covered with a thick layer of soil. However, thanks to her psionic vision and Miao Xin's ghostly teleportation ability, these underground facilities were completely visible, as if they were not buried at all.

Su Ming easily found the hidden access door, dug it open, cut off the lock on it, and manipulated the little spiked head to climb inside.

The cable trenches were crisscrossed with wires, their specific functions unknown to Su Ming. He assembled a bone blade and indiscriminately severed them all.

Bones are poor conductors of electricity, so Su Ming wasn't worried at all about the little rascal being harmed by a mere few thousand volts.

As the 6.6kV high-voltage line was severed, a high-voltage spark exploded, accompanied by a loud bang, flames, and smoke. The circuit breaker upstream quickly tripped, leaving only residual sparks and smoke in the cable trench.

Su Ming climbed out of the cable trench, pulled a banner used by environmentalists for protests from the little troublemaker, and threw it outside the maintenance gate. It bore slogans such as "How dare you plunder the Earth" and "Your greed = climate chaos."

This was something Miao Xin picked up on her way here, meant to slightly mislead the investigators—it wouldn't hurt anyway. Su Ming continued running towards the next cable trench. The testing center was designed with redundant dual-circuit power supply, but unfortunately for a vandal like Su Ming, it was simply a matter of repeating the cable-cutting game once again.

After the second high-voltage cable was also cut, most of the test center was plunged into darkness, with only a few scattered lights remaining. Fifteen seconds later, the backup generator in the computer room started up, power was restored to the core circuits of the test center, and the equipment restarted one by one and began working.

The sound of the explosion in the cable trench attracted the attention of some people, and several patrol cars left the base one after another to go to the site of the explosion.

Su Ming withdrew from control, handing the reins to Miao Xin. She transformed into her hound form, ran towards the base, and leaped over the wall.

[Let's go straight into the room on the left with the ventilation window!]

【Um! 】

Miao Xin rushed over and quickly leaped into the generator room.

In mid-air, Miao Xin threw out her bone blade and accurately destroyed the surveillance camera. When she landed, she had already switched to combat mode and then stylishly recalled her bone blade. The whole set of actions was completed in one go, showing that she was already very skilled.

[Power distribution cabinet.] Su Ming said.

Inside the generator room, two large, five-meter-tall diesel generators were roaring to life. They automatically restarted after a power outage, and the electrical switchgear switched automatically, requiring no personnel to be on duty throughout the entire process. At this moment, the maintenance personnel at the testing center were all busy troubleshooting the main circuit fault, making the generator room a blind spot in their attention.

Following Su Ming's instructions, Miao Xin opened the generator's output cabinet and first disconnected the two main switches.

The two power generators are not the same; one is a 480V three-phase generator, and the other is a 120V/240V single-phase three-wire generator. The former supplies large and industrial-grade equipment at the base, while the latter supplies light equipment and ordinary electrical appliances. Delicate emergency lighting, communication, monitoring, and alarm equipment all use 120V/240V single-phase voltage.

Miao Xin cut the 480V three-phase power cable, grabbed the end of the wire and pushed it into the 120V/240V low-voltage single-phase power supply circuit, then tied it with the cut copper wire and tightened it.

Then the circuit breaker was re-energized.

A 480V current rapidly surged through the low-voltage circuit, sparking throughout the test center. Most emergency lighting and monitoring equipment emitted black smoke and became completely unusable, while the internal communication system was reduced to a cacophony of electrical activity.

Feeling that it was about time, Su Ming instructed Miao Xin to shut down the diesel generator set. Then, he short-circuited the positive and negative terminals of the lead-acid battery pack that was used to start the diesel engine. Amidst violent sparks, both battery packs quickly melted.

Miao Xin jumped out of the engine room through the ventilation window, and behind her, with a loud bang, sulfuric acid electrolyte exploded everywhere. The generator was now ruined and wouldn't be able to be repaired for several days.

Su Ming used his psionic vision to observe. Miao Xin was very quick, and only now did someone hear the commotion and rush over to check.

"Let's go to the first target!" Su Ming commanded.

(End of this chapter)