Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

Wu Yongjie only knew that Ling Fengxi had been discharged from the hospital and was not staying in the hospital. He should be living in the house he rented for him at the time. In any case, he did not return to the mountain.

In fact, according to Ling Fengxi's duties, he did not need to live in the construction camp of the West Tianshan Tunnel Project. He only needed to come here occasionally to inspect the work. It was because he was not confident in the progress and quality of the project, so he insisted on staying here for a long time, which resulted in some serious health problems.

Facing Ayala's question, Wu Yongjie did not give a direct answer. Instead, he smiled and said, "You seem to be particularly concerned about our Secretary Ling. Do you know each other?"

This sentence made Ayala lower his head quickly, "No, no, I don't know him. You misunderstood. Last time, Secretary Ling brought our family some income by selling ten sheep, so our family is grateful to him."

"Oh." Wu Yongjie didn't know if he had received the letter or not, but he responded anyway, and finally added, "He should be fine. I haven't been able to contact him for several days."

Ling Fengxi was actually at the Public Security Bureau right now. He was very dissatisfied with the way the police were handling the case. He couldn't understand why they couldn't find someone. Could it be that the person had really gone deeper into the mountains? He had to find them anyway.

However, the Public Security Bureau said with embarrassment, "We've been searching, and we're searching harder than you can imagine, but the mountain is too vast. We can be sure that Su Binghe really hasn't left the mountain. If he shows any signs of living down there, we'll be able to catch him."

"So what does this mean? Is he still in the mountains? Can he still cause harm? Or is he dead?"

In fact, judging from the current situation, Su Binghe may have frozen to death. The Western Tianshan Mountains are extremely cold in winter, and there has been heavy snow during this period.

Maybe it has already been buried under some snow.

If we insist on going into the mountains to search now, not only will it waste a lot of manpower and resources, but it will probably be a futile effort.

In the end, Ling Fengxi had no choice but to leave the Public Security Bureau.

He really wanted to go back to Xitianshan, but he was very hesitant. For some reason, he suddenly found it difficult to face the eyes and mouths of Xitianshan, difficult to face Gulinar, and did not want to see Wu Yongjie. He did have opinions on how Wu Yongjie handled Su Binghe's affairs, but he also did not expect such a bad incident to occur in the camp.

So after leaving the Public Security Bureau, he returned to the house that Wu Yongjie rented for him, which was very close to the hospital. He sat alone in front of the window for a while and turned on the computer.

He was more concerned about the issues raised recently by Li Jianguo and Yan Zhuoyu, because with the smooth implementation of the side-level pilot tunnel technology, the actual technical team could detect the geological conditions of the part that was about to be excavated in advance.

In their recent report they wrote, "The tunnel may pass through an active fault zone."

This means that the stability of the tunnel will be seriously affected by the active fault zone, and dangerous situations such as surrounding rock deformation and collapse may occur during the construction process, increasing the difficulty and risk of construction.

The most obvious manifestation is that when excavating near a fault zone, the unstable geological structure may make it difficult for the tunnel support structure to function effectively, and support measures need to be constantly adjusted.

Ling Fengxi carefully studied the words "tunnel passing through an active fault zone". According to the information he obtained, this active fault zone may refer to geomorphic features such as fault cliffs and fault triangles.

It is located in an active area of ​​geological plate movement, with a high degree and probability of rock fragmentation, poor rock integrity, and constantly changing crustal stress, which can cause continuous deformation of the rock.

Construction under such circumstances may even cause geological activities such as earthquakes due to small-scale rock movement, posing a huge safety risk to tunnel construction.

Ling Fengxi had no choice but to finally call Wu Yongjie.

Wu Yongjie looked at Ling Fengxi's phone call and almost didn't have the courage to answer it, but he finally answered it and heard Ling Fengxi say on the phone, "Have you read the reports of Yan Zhuoyu and Li Jianguo?"

Wu Yongjie was stunned for a moment, then said, "I've seen it."

"According to the report, our construction team is actually approaching the fault zone. Do you have any solution at the moment?" Ling Fengxi's tone was still official.

"Ah?! Fault zone?!"

From his exclamation, Ling Fengxi realized that he hadn't even read the report. After pausing for two seconds, he said seriously, "Wu Yongjie, I hope you can take your work seriously under any circumstances."

Wu Yongjie was finally scolded, but his inherent rebelliousness was brought out. He said nonchalantly, "I was busy and didn't have time to read the report. Did you find an excuse to scold me? Go ahead, I've been waiting for you to scold me."

But on the other end, Ling Fengxi hung up the phone silently.

Wu Yongjie hurriedly turned on the phone and found that Yan Zhuoyu and Li Jianguo had indeed sent him several reports in a row, but he had not opened any of them.

He didn't have time to read the report. He rushed into the tunnel and found the two people working in the side guide tunnel. He pulled them to a quieter place and said, "What's wrong with you? If you have something, just tell me directly. Why do you need to send a report? I almost missed it."

Yan Zhuoyu said indifferently, "Captain Wu, you've been acting like a nagging woman these past few days, hiding away and complaining about yourself. We'd like to tell you directly that we need to find you."

Li Jianguo, having been with Wu Yongjie longer and being a more reserved person, simply said, "Captain Wu, don't worry. We still have time. We're still about a hundred meters from the fault zone. We're still very worried about you."

"Ah, ugh! What's wrong with me? I'm fine. I was just tired from working a while ago. Can't I just take a few days off? You guys are just ignorant. Is it useful to report this thing on the computer? You have to report it in person, understand? In person?"

As the project leader, Wu Yongjie certainly knows what an active fault zone means.

After confirming that Yan Zhuoyu and Li Jianguo's report did indeed describe the fault zone situation in detail, he groaned and squatted on the ground, wishing he could smash a hole in the ground.

"Can't Xitian Mountain give us less trouble?"

Wu Yongjie suddenly thought of the mountain god and asked Li Jianguo and Yan Zhuoyu, "Do you think we should find that kid Azati and ask him to tell the mountain god to let us go?"

Li Jianguo finally couldn't help but sigh deeply. Yan Zhuoyu rolled his eyes and said, "Captain Wu, can you please be more serious? The fault zone is very dangerous. We can't rely on mountain gods or the emperor right now. We need to do some basic preventive work first."

Wu Yongjie was also impatient. "Do it, do it, do it immediately. Come up with a plan quickly. I want your approval!"

After saying that, Wu Yongjie walked straight out of the tunnel.

Honestly, ever since arriving at the West Tianshan Tunnel, Wu Yongjie had felt like a complete failure. A truly profound failure. The West Tianshan Mountains were like a powerful monster, intent on beating him until he was powerless to fight back. Filled with frustration, he sat on a large rock. The wind was so strong it nearly turned him into a popsicle, but he was oblivious.