Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

Wu Yongjie was also panicked. At this point in the construction of the West Tianshan Tunnel, Li Jianguo and Yan Zhuoyu's report said that there seemed to be an underground glacier ahead.

Wu Yongjie had done many projects before, but he had never encountered the so-called underground glacier situation. He felt that this matter might be difficult to handle and he might not be able to pass this hurdle. He had been worried about it these days because according to Yan Zhuoyu and Li Jianguo, the underground glacier was not far away. If they were unlucky, they would face this problem in two or three months.

The results of this survey were not easy to come by. After several previous accidents, Li Jianguo and Yan Zhuoyu were still frightened and felt that relying solely on the side guide tunnel would not be enough.

So they braved the heavy snow, rode camels, and, accompanied and led by Nurlan, went deep into the mountains ahead to conduct a survey, which took three days.

In the end, due to limited equipment and food, they returned, but if they wanted to further confirm the situation, they still needed to conduct more accurate surveys.

So Li Jianguo and Yan Zhuoyu have planned a week-long survey plan.

This matter has been reported to Wu Yongjie, but Wu Yongjie has not agreed yet. It is too dangerous to be in this white mountain a week away from the camp.

However, the possibility of glaciers appearing during the construction process still makes Wu Yongjie extremely anxious.

He also followed the workers who were pulling the tarpaulin back to the equipment area and then returned to Suidong, because Li Jianguo and Yan Zhuoyu had not stopped their task and were still working in the tunnel.

After finding them, Wu Yongjie asked, "There's a snowstorm. Will it affect the glaciers?"

Yan Zhuoyu thought for a moment and said, "The climate of the Western Tianshan Mountains will definitely affect the natural environment and geological conditions here. The underground glaciers will also change due to the influence of surface temperature. Blizzards will definitely have an impact on the glaciers, but this impact is currently benign. If we can deal with the glacier problem before the weather turns warm next spring, it will be safer."

"Can we make it?" Wu Yongjie asked.

"From the current progress, it's quite difficult. The key is that we are still stuck in an active fault zone. Although there is no further danger, the geological activity in the active fault zone is too frequent. Our daily construction here may even cause regional earthquakes. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the progress at all. Instead, we can only patiently and carefully handle the current construction stage."

"Is this just a matter of fate?"

"Of course not. We have already planned a week of surveying."

"No, it's too dangerous."

Li Jianguo and Yan Zhuoyu were also well aware of the dangers of the mountain. The journey was truly fraught with dangers, but if some situations could be determined in advance, and if the tunnel construction trajectory was corrected in a timely manner, it would be possible to avoid the glacier.

Li Jianguo said, "Captain Wu, I'm afraid we have to go."

Wu Yongjie rubbed his temples and said, "Let me think about it."

Wu Yongjie sometimes thought it was a good idea to listen to Ling Fengxi and stop the project to clear the snow and roads for the herders. This would slow down the progress of the project, giving Li Jianguo and Yan Zhuoyu more time to proceed slowly. And with good reason, they wouldn't have to calculate or bear the responsibility for the extra time and materials wasted in the Western Tianshan Mountains.

Wu Yongjie pretended to be ignorant, but how could Ling Fengxi not understand? Ling Fengxi's silence didn't mean he didn't know. He had heard the reports about Li Jianguo and Yan Zhuoyu at the time.

He was outside Wu Yongjie's office at the time.

Before it got dark in the afternoon, the wind really picked up, reaching a force of about level six. The wind picked up the icy cold snow foam around and blew it on people's faces, bodies, and the road, as if it had started to snow heavily. More than a hundred workers were busy on the road, but they could not suppress the desolateness brought by the wind.

Make humans very small and very weak, like ants.

While helping the workers spread the tarpaulin on the cleared road, Ling Fengxi was thinking about the glacier. He felt that the wind made his mind clearer and clearer.

While the loss of a large force in Western Tianshan was both costly and insignificant, it would be wrong to ignore other factors in the rush to advance the project. What if the tunnel's trajectory truly needed to be altered? If a site completely unsuitable for tunnel construction needed to be avoided, the sooner we learned of this, the better.

The tunnel will produce smaller route changes and curvatures.

After everyone covered the road with tarpaulins, the real snowstorm had already approached. The workers saw that the cleared road was about to be buried, and they were all silent and helpless.

Ling Fengxi waved his hand, "Let's go, hurry back to the camp! We can't stay here, it's dangerous! Everyone, go back!"

Everyone then lined up and walked slowly towards the camp along the snow path they came from.

In fact, in the snow, people really can't help but queue up, with the people behind stepping on the footprints of the people in front, forming a long path. If you don't want to walk like this, you will definitely fill your feet with snow up to your neck.

Ling Fengxi was walking at the back. As he walked, he suddenly felt a dull pain in his heart and his breathing became rapid. He sat down and lay on the snow.

No one in front of him noticed until someone walked up to him. He jumped off his horse, squatted beside Ling Fengxi, and brushed off the thin layer of snow on his face with his hands. He burst into laughter and said, "Secretary Ling, what are you doing lying here? The snow is getting heavier. If you don't leave now, it will bury you soon."

Ling Fengxi was just resting. He was not cold. He just knew that when his heart was not feeling well, he should lie down. Now he felt much better.

Looking at Hanati's outstretched hand in a daze, Hanati smiled and said, "Secretary Ling, you city people are too weak. Why don't you ride on my horse?"

Ling Fengxi actually did not refuse. He knew that sometimes, face, emotions, and other messy things are not important. Health is the most important.

At this time, Hanati also noticed that Ling Fengxi's expression was not right. He said, "Secretary Ling, I think the mountain god has taken a fancy to you. You might be taken away. There are also herders like you who were taken away by the mountain god not long after. I feel a little sympathetic to you, but I can't stop the mountain god.

None of us men from Western Tianshan are afraid of death."

When Ling Fengxi got on the horse, Hanati kindly helped him.

Afterwards, Hanati led the horse and Ling Fengxi rode the horse.

Hanati didn't think anything was wrong and said loudly, "I'm here to look for that rotten bitch Ayala. She hasn't come home yet. Although I'm very unhappy with her, I'm still afraid that she'll die outside, so I came to pick her up."

Ling Fengxi nodded.