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Chapter 132: Letting the Rescue Workers Retreat First? (Subscription requested)

As this steel behemoth, laden with various construction machines, slowly approached from the sea, a fervent cheer erupted from the crowd near the breached seawall.

This injection of a powerful stimulant instantly added a glimmer of hope for closing the breach to everyone's previously despairing hearts!

"Excellent!"

"As expected of Block Technology, the company that created the Magic Cube Factory! West Bay Scenic Area is saved!" Wang Delong clenched his fist, secretly cheering himself on.

The construction workers who were using excavators to dump earth and rocks into the breach also saw the unknown equipment on the deck of the massive ship, their eyes wide with astonishment: "This ship is huge! What kind of equipment is that on it?"

"I don't know! But that crane boom looks so thick!"

"The crane boom seems to have claws, just like our excavators for digging earth and rocks?"

"If it were used for digging, one ship could probably replace a hundred excavators!"

The walkie-talkies in the rescue team buzzed with discussion.

The atmosphere of united effort momentarily overshadowed the roaring wind of the escalating typhoon.

Just as everyone was anticipating the arrival of this offshore construction vessel to join the breach-closing rescue efforts,

a Trumpchi minivan sped from the highway outside the scenic area to the command site.

Chen Jue, clad in a raincoat, stepped out of the car, greeted the leaders present, and strode towards Wang, the deputy county head and on-site commander.

Wang Delong was about to shake hands with Chen Jue, thanking him for dispatching such a large construction vessel overnight to help with the rescue.

Unexpectedly, he heard Chen Jue loudly reminding him: "County Head Wang! Please immediately notify all vehicles and rescue personnel near the seawall to evacuate the breach as quickly as possible!"

"What did you say? Evacuate?"

"Why evacuate?"

"The seawater hasn't even started to submerge the breach yet..." Wang Delong's eyes widened in confusion as he asked several questions.

He knew that he had spent a great deal of effort to mobilize this batch of rescue teams, requisitioning them from Rui County's typhoon response headquarters.

Chen Jue hadn't accomplished anything yet, and just by sending a ship, he wanted everyone on site to retreat.

Wasn't this dampening the enthusiasm of the rescue team members?

Seeing the leaders staring at him with skeptical eyes, Chen Jue quickly explained: "County Head Wang! We must evacuate! As you can see, my ship is a super construction vessel with a total weight of 20,000 tons and a deep draft. Once it accelerates to dock, it will generate a wave that will crash onto the seawall first! At that time, both people and vehicles near the breach will be swept into the sea!"

These words caused an uproar among the leaders on site.

"Ah?"

"Isn't this just creating more trouble?"

"I thought it was some amazing construction vessel, but it's already so troublesome before it even starts!"

Wang Delong frowned upon hearing this: "General Manager Chen, you've seen the situation on site. Once the personnel are withdrawn, it will delay the closing of the breach when they go back up. Can your super...super construction vessel actually be effective?"

Seeing a hint of doubt on the faces of these leaders, Chen Jue had no choice but to pat his chest and make a solemn pledge: "Don't worry, County Head Wang! Our Block Technology's super construction vessel incorporates a large number of advanced engineering technologies. As long as it can enter the site, it can close the breach within half an hour, and it doesn't require the cooperation of other rescue personnel!"

"If you don't believe me, I can promise that if any property losses are incurred by the villagers of West Bay due to seawater intrusion, Block Technology will cover everything!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of all the leaders present became complicated.

Block Technology's overnight dispatch of a construction vessel to help with the rescue was already a great help, fulfilling the responsibilities and obligations of a private enterprise.

If they were still held responsible for any mistakes or losses encountered during the rescue process, wouldn't that dampen the enthusiasm of the enterprise?

After pondering for a moment and looking at the vaguely impressive steel behemoth on the sea, Wang Delong immediately made a decisive decision: "General Manager Chen! Just go ahead and do it! I, the deputy county head, will take responsibility for any problems that arise!"

Of course, Wang Delong was also considering the slow progress of the on-site rescue and intended to try anything to save the situation.

Because he knew that relying on traditional rescue methods, it would take at least several hours, until dawn, to have any hope of closing the 20-meter-wide breach in the seawall.

If they really dragged it out until then, the tide would recede on its own.

What would be the point of rushing to rescue anything?

Instead of missing the opportunity, it was better to take the initiative and gamble with Chen Jue, this confident young man.

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As Wang Delong, the highest-ranking leader on site, issued the order to temporarily evacuate, the rescue team members who were working hard near the breach of the seawall were all dumbfounded!

"Huh?"

"We're supposed to evacuate now? Aren't we going to close the breach?"

"What did you say? Make room for that big ship?"

"Why should we! We've been working in the wind and rain for so long, why should we give up the credit?"

"The order was issued by the deputy county head?"

"No, no! Isn't this just blind command on site? I'm going to contact headquarters to complain!"

The rescue team members who had rushed from various places were in an uproar.

Some were yelling into the walkie-talkies, and some were calling the command center to protest.

In short, it was a complete mess.

Even in the typhoon response headquarters in Wen City, the leaders of Wen City and Rui County, who had been staying up all night staring at the big screen, were taken aback by the sudden commotion on the front lines in the West Bay Scenic Area.

An emergency call was made to Wang Delong to inquire about the situation, and a portion of the live broadcast feeds from the typhoon response front lines in various places on the big screen were specially adjusted to focus on the breach site in the West Bay Scenic Area.

"Comrade Delong, are you sure you want to withdraw all the personnel and vehicles?"

"The command center has already received more than a dozen different complaints in the past few minutes!" The mayor of Wen City, who was the commander-in-chief of this typhoon rescue mission, asked.

"Mayor, I'm sure!"

"I believe Block Technology has this capability!"

"They were able to build that Magic Cube Factory, which is twice the size of the Water Cube, in 10 days. They must have the technical capability!" Wang Delong said anxiously on the phone.

"The Magic Cube Factory? Is that the super factory that was trending on the local hot search before?"

The mayor of Wen City was slightly stunned upon hearing this, and when he looked at the steel behemoth on the sea in the live broadcast feed, he immediately realized that someone was advising Wang Delong on the front lines.

You know, for these high-level leaders who are remotely commanding, it is very clear that changing generals at the last minute is a big taboo!

What's more, the typhoon is less than 1 hour away from actually making landfall in the Wen City area. If they don't seize the time to close the breach, it won't be good for anyone to delay any further.

Therefore, the mayor of Wen City overruled all objections and suppressed all the protest calls from the front lines.

Soon, the rescue team members who were stubbornly showing their temper on the seawall were reluctantly withdrawn from the breach under the command of their respective captains.

Seeing that the time was right, Chen Jue, who was standing at the front-line command post, immediately picked up the satellite phone and sent an action order to the iron-headed guys on the construction vessel.

Accompanied by a long blast of the whistle, "Woo woo woo ~"

The rescue team members who had retreated to a safe area all craned their necks, staring intently at the strangely shaped steel behemoth as it accelerated from the distant sea, charting a very bizarre course.

"What...what is it going to do?"

"Is this ship planning to dock sideways?"

"Is it courting death?"

"With such a thin concrete structure of the seawall, can it withstand the hard landing of such a ten-thousand-ton behemoth?"

Everyone on site held their breath.

Including the leaders in the command center, they all stared intently at the steel behemoth in the live broadcast feed, watching it move straight forward, charting a course of inertial drift and moving sideways towards the breach of the seawall.

The ship body, which was more than ten meters high, including the heavy equipment piled on the deck like dwarf mountains, was like a steel Great Wall at this moment, sweeping out a visible wave on the sea.

The turbulent, muddy waves crashed onto the breach, and some of the seawater even swept over the top of the seawall, causing the evacuated rescue personnel to feel a burst of fear.

"Quick...it's about to crash!"

"Isn't it going to do any buffering preparations?"

"I don't even see any tires on the side of the ship! What will happen if it crashes?"

"It's over! It's over!"

Just as everyone thought that the big ship would completely collapse the entire seawall,

an amazing scene happened!

Suddenly, a buzzing sound of motor operation came from the silent deck of the giant ship.

Two 7-shaped mechanical arms, tens of meters long, stretched out from the deck like the big hands of a Transformer, and finally, with a "boom!"

In full view of the public, they plunged into the sea from top to bottom.

Immediately afterward, an ear-piercing sound, like fingernails scratching a blackboard, came from the seabed.

And the super construction vessel, which was approaching sideways, gradually slowed down from a speed of 4 or 5 knots to a standstill in these short seconds.

The scene of the old driver relying on drifting sideways to park in a garage left everyone dumbfounded!

In particular, the large, eye-catching Magic Cube logo painted on the side of the hull made everyone present remember the technical strength of this Block Technology company.

"This...it stopped?"

"What kind of ship-stopping technology did it use?"

"Wait, that strange noise just now sounded like… I get it! Look at the degree to which those two mechanical arms are bent! They braced themselves against the concrete foundation under the breakwater wall in one go, directly fixing the ship in place, ten thousand times more effective than dropping anchor!"

First update for today~