A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Forward! Forward! Forward!

Our ranks march towards the sun, our feet firmly planted on the land of our motherland.

Bearing the hopes of the nation on our shoulders, we are an invincible force.

The loudspeaker at the steel rolling mill blared a song once again.

"Huh, the song changed?"

Jiang Xia stretched and opened the window, watching his coworkers arrive one after another, shouting and running towards the material storage yard. "Oh, to see whales, huh? I wonder if we'll get to eat fish today."

"Who can truly call the factory their home? Only Jiangxia Chugong!"

Yes, that's right. You have to advance another level to get rid of the internal title of "beginner". Although Jiang Xiazhi is not here, it sounds much better, doesn't it?

Squint and take a deep breath of fresh air.

"vomit!"

"Is the factory's latrine clogged?"

With a bang, the door behind them was pushed open, and Old Wang, his eyes gleaming, darted in. He was covered in blood and carrying a dark, gooey lump in his hand.

An indescribable smell was emanating from the dumplings.

"Calm down! Although I offended you yesterday, you don't have to torture me like this. Poop and pee stuff isn't suitable for our highbrow book!"

Having found the source of the stench, Jiang Xia casually grabbed the "red-tasseled spear" from the drawing and started gesturing at Old Wang.

"Huh? What book? Isn't this the ambergris you wanted?"

"Nonsense, I've never seen it before. Doesn't the book say it should be white?"

Jiang Xia recalled the pictures of ambergris he had seen online in his later life and absolutely did not believe that this dark, gooey lump was what he wanted. Besides, that was supposed to be "fragrant"!

Think of the descriptions online: a delicate and elegant animalic scent, reminiscent of musk with a hint of earthiness. But this blob before him—Jiang Xia would never admit it's ambergris!

Hearing Jiang Xia's words, Old Wang also shook the lump in his hand with a puzzled look.

Although he was an "old fisherman," he had only heard of ambergris but had never actually seen it. Anyway, when they were rescuing people last night, they also thoroughly examined the whale's intestines. Apart from a bunch of undigested "squid" and cuttlefish, this was the only thing that looked somewhat legitimate.

Incidentally, the two people from last night were completely covered in the whale's intestines and entrails. The worst part was that the intestines and fluids were incredibly slippery, making the rescue extremely difficult.

After finally managing to pull them out, both of them had swollen bellies. A group of people carried the two men upside down and ran them around the field more than ten times before they could finally catch their breath.

Even so, Xu Damao, still half-asleep, was still trying to find his "treasure"...

Yang Youning thought his "treasure" had been broken, so he immediately took off his clothes.

"Holy crap, is it really gone?"

After careful examination, well, okay. No wonder he was so obsessed...

Amidst the pitying gazes of the crowd, these two "famous" individuals were ushered into the factory's infirmary.

……

"New ambergris is white, while older ambergris is purple, and even older ambergris turns black. The white ambergris is like a decoction of a hundred herbs, while the black ambergris is of inferior quality, resembling the five spirits grease. Its odor is close to that of a pungent substance. When burned with other incense, it produces emerald smoke that does not dissipate."

Secretary Liu, carrying a lunchbox, stood at the door, covering his nose, and quickly recited a passage of classical Chinese.

"So you're saying this is an old product? Then why does it smell so bad!"

Jiang Xia stuffed two wads of toilet paper into his nostrils, resisting the urge to get too close to the object, and began to examine it.

"Uh, I've never seen it either. But didn't the ancients say that we should burn incense with it? Let's burn it and see if it's real or not!"

good idea!

I took the lunchbox; it was filled with a large piece of fish.

It's because I was too close to that dark, gooey thing that I couldn't smell the aroma of the fish.

I went to the window, took a bite, and wow!

That explains why the little notebook continued to hunt these giant sea monsters even in later generations; their meat tasted almost like beef.

Really fragrant!

While Jiang Xia was having breakfast, Lao Wang cut off a small piece from the dark, gooey lump and threw it into the heater in Jiang Xia's office.

The three of them then gathered around the stove to carefully observe what exactly caused the "emerald smoke to float in the air and not dissipate."

Secretary Liu even opened the door wide, saying that everyone should enjoy the wonderful aroma. Hearing this, Old Wang simply cut off a large piece and threw it up.

"Ugh~~"

"Holy crap~~ What the hell does this smell?!"

A complex stench wafted from the stove as the charcoal grilled.

The three of them felt a burning sensation in their eyes, and tears instantly streamed down their faces.

Jiang Xia felt as if he had been beaten up by several iron soldiers and then thrown into a latrine, but luckily he was far away.

Look at Secretary Liu, he's already leaning against the stove, foaming at the mouth.

Who told him to be so greedy, putting his nose right up to it?

That old Wang, with a quick shove, hoisted Jiang Xia onto his shoulder and, while also dragging Secretary Liu by the collar, ran downstairs.

The open space below the podium building.

Old Wang used his "Five Finger Mountain" technique to hit Secretary Liu several times. Secretary Liu slowly woke up, pushed Old Wang away, and started vomiting as soon as she opened her mouth.

"Hahaha, so this is what you mean by 'it gets black over time'? Damn it, if you threw it into a trench, it'd be as thick as mustard gas!"

Old Wang teased his friend, then turned to check on Jiang Xia, only to find him staring blankly out of his office window.

"What's wrong?"

"Uh, Old Wang, look, this should be considered 'floating in mid-air without dispersing,' right?"

Following Jiang Xia's finger, Old Wang looked over and, sure enough, the rising smoke was a bit strange. Unlike other black smoke that rises, this smoke was more like the "pagoda incense" of later generations, falling downwards.

It slid down, and surprisingly, it enveloped the lower two floors of the building directly through Jiangxia's window.

"Hey, you know what, it looks pretty good. If the smoke were white, it would be like a fairyland..."

Jiang Xia's lips twitched. What a load of rubbish! This is more like the Black Mountain Demon coming down from the mountain to hunt!

As dark clouds descended, the podium building began to stir. People peeked out from every office to find the source of the strange smell, and heavy footsteps echoed in the stairwell.

Is it because the comrades couldn't stand the smell and were driven away by it?

"Who's burning shit?!" many people cursed.

Jiang Xia stroked the stubble on his chin. "Old Wang, didn't I invite two younger sisters to go ice skating today? If we're late, I'm afraid that silly Jiang Dong will fall into the ice again..."

"Yes, that's true. Jiang Qiu and Xiao Qin are quite delicate, and there are many 'tough guys' over there. Don't let them get bullied!"

The two tried to slip away, but Secretary Liu struggled to sit up: "Take me with you..."

"Bata~"

Old Wang threw a gas mask in front of Secretary Liu: "Culprit, go and fish those two things out."

Gan!

Secretary Liu now wishes she could dig a hole and bury herself.

Why are you all so talkative! Those two idiots should have just taken that thing and figured it out themselves. Waaah! Blindly believing everything in books is worse than having no books at all! Ancestors, you've all been lying!