Shanghai, Pu Qing District.
Bus Terminal North Park.
Thousands of armed police officers had sealed off the park, not allowing any unauthorized people to enter.
In the park, hundreds of engineers and government personnel were running around, busy with their own work.
"It should be here."
In the basketball court, the middle-aged man in a hard hat drew on the cardboard. From time to time, he referred to the data provided by his colleagues and finally confirmed the location. "It's here.
There's a deviation of more than a hundred meters from the plan. Draw the red circle inside and the white circle outside. "
When the young students heard this, they immediately picked up a bucket of paint and drew circles on the basketball court.
"How much longer?
They should have cleared the area, right?
Don't let any accidents happen, "an old man beside him said solemnly.
The middle-aged man took the tablet and looked at the livestream on the screen. "We're almost there. We'll clear the place once we're done."
In less than four minutes, the students finished drawing the warning circle and followed the crowd out of the park.
The police officers outside the park received the order and began to disperse the crowd.
Although the virtual map provided by Chen Yu had confirmed the arrival point to be within the park's range, it was impossible for Chen Yu to reach his destination.
However, to be on the safe side, the official team still decided to keep the pedestrians a kilometer away.
The surrounding roads were also completely sealed off, the doors and windows of the nearby buildings were all closed, and water, electricity, and gas were cut off.
Most of the spectators didn't know what had happened, and they whispered to each other and discussed spiritedly.
A small number of insiders were holding onto their phones, watching the live broadcast while waiting for the next spectacular scene.
"Too slow. I can't wait any longer."
"There's only a few minutes left. Otherwise, the police won't chase them away."
"Hey, I'm borrowing a colleague's canon!
I'm going to bid for it and keep it as my family heirloom. "
A few office workers from the same company were gathered on a high platform with an excellent viewing position. They were looking at the park and whispering to each other.
At this time, a white-collared youth in the same outfit squeezed through the crowd and hurriedly ran over. He said to his colleagues, "Do you have money?
Lend me some. "
"Money?
Why? "
"No!
Don't block my camera. "
The white-collared youth's forehead was covered in sweat. "If you really need money urgently, lend me some if you have money on hand. I will repay you in double in ten days!"
"I'll lend it to you after the show is over."
A slightly plump white-collar middle-aged man adjusted the binoculars in his hands and looked in the direction of the park. "Maybe we can even see the female assistant with our own eyes."
"It'll be too late after the show!"
"What's the rush?
His girlfriend was pregnant?
Even if mother-in-law is pregnant, there's no need to be so anxious. "The middle-aged man said slowly," The maglev train will be here soon. You can only see it once in a lifetime. "
"I don't have time to look. I'll be leaving first."
Seeing that all his colleagues were absent-minded, the white-collared young man turned around and left.
"Hmm?"
The white-collared middle-aged man put down his binoculars and stared blankly at the young man's back as he left. After pondering for a long time, he vaguely realized something and his expression suddenly changed. "F * ck!
The surrounding housing prices! "
After cursing, he threw away the binoculars and anxiously squeezed out of the crowd. He ran to the nearest real estate agent.
The entrance of the agency was already crowded with people.
"Damn it!
This bunch of bastards! "The middle-aged man slapped his thigh, took out his bank card from his pocket, and ran over." Don't fight with me!
I was here first!
Keep one set! "
…
"Rumble …"
Three minutes later, the ground near the park trembled slightly, and the crowd of onlookers gradually became restless.
Ten seconds later, the tremors increased in intensity. Those who did not know what was going on thought that it was an earthquake and began to disperse in panic.
One second later …
"Boom!
Boom! "
Accompanied by a deafening thunderclap!
The ground abruptly cracked, and a shadow that blotted out the sky emerged. It was as if the shadow wanted to soar into the clouds and break through the blue dome of heaven!
Boom!!!
Dragged by gravity, the shadow smashed heavily into the ground.
The sound waves swept up the dust and instantly enveloped the entire park.
The world fell silent.
Whether it was those in the know or those who did not, the police officers, engineers, or government personnel … Everyone had their mouths wide open at this moment. They stared blankly at the area shrouded in smoke and dust, unable to make a single sound.
Only after the smoke and dust dissipated did the crowd burst into an uproar.
"What happened in the park?"
"Did something come out?"
"It's too far away. I can't see it clearly because of the trees."
"It can't be aliens, right?"
"Did it explode?"
Meanwhile, the livestream audiences standing on high ground cheered loudly.
"It came out!"
"UP is awesome!"
"Crap!
It's so big. "
"It's too scary …"
"The drill bit is red."
"I'm at the scene!
I'm at the scene! "
Groups of police officers and staff hurriedly ran forward and surrounded the basketball court. They then looked at the 22nd-century maglev train with shocked and surprised gazes.
Inside the train's driver's seat, Chen Yu tossed away the route planning blueprint and stood up. He then walked up to the window and used the loudspeaker to shout, "Don't delay. Have the supplies arrived?"
Outside the train, four engineers raised a white cloth with lines of eye-catching red text written on it, indicating the amount of various metals and rare earth elements they had prepared.
"I'll open the material compartment at the front of the train. Put the materials I need into the compartment according to the garbage classification method you're best at."
Hiss — Bang!
Accompanied by the sharp sound of air being ejected, the metal plate in the middle of the train slid upward under the push of hydraulic rods, revealing the material compartment inside.
Inside the compartment were neatly arranged cylinders, and each cylinder was labeled with its respective elemental symbol.
According to the required amount, from most to least, from left to right: fe, g, ti, au, ag, ta, w... all the way up to ra.
The person in charge stepped forward and took out a pen and paper to record all of these elements. He then picked up his communicator and contacted the nearby convoy.
Rumble, rumble …
Then, the mighty fleet of vehicles arrived. They were all fully enclosed trucks with four at the front and eight at the back. They rolled over the grass and vegetation and stopped near the basketball court.
Among these trucks, there were even a few cylinders labeled with radiation symbols.
There was no need for Chen Yu to personally take command. When the convoy arrived, the several people in charge immediately dispatched the drivers and workers to load and unload the containers.
"First, the iron. Seal the other openings!"
After using wooden planks to block the other openings, leaving only the cylinders labeled with the FE symbol open, over a hundred workers simultaneously jumped onto the five trucks and moved the pieces of pure iron to the small trailers before dumping them into the material compartment.
There were a total of three teams of workers, each with 12 trailers working in shifts. The efficiency was extremely high.
Twenty minutes later, the iron was loaded.
Four minutes later, the copper was loaded.
One minute later, the gold, silver, titanium, and zinc elements were loaded.
One minute later, the manganese, ruthenium, and radium elements were loaded.
One minute later, the lanthanum, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, and erbium elements were loaded.
After the loading and unloading process lasted for half an hour, the convoy retreated in an orderly manner.
The government had overestimated the loading capacity of this engineering vehicle. As a result, nearly half of the metals and rare earth elements were still unused...
"Thank you very much. Everyone, please step back. The further, the better."
After receiving a notification that the materials were full, Chen Yu motioned for everyone to step back and make way.
Immediately, everyone dispersed and set up security nets to prevent staff members or onlookers from sneaking in.
Hiss — Thump!
The material compartment closed, and the engineering vehicle restarted.
The front of the engineering vehicle transformed into the rear of the engineering vehicle, and the rear of the engineering vehicle transformed into the front of the engineering vehicle. The drilling bit then retracted, and the front bezel expanded once more, ultimately transforming into an "umbrella" structure.
Rumble, rumble, rumble …
At the same time, a large amount of liquid metal mixed with rare earth elements coated the surface of the pipeline. After being squeezed by the umbrella-shaped bezel, the liquid metal turned into an extremely sturdy special alloy.
Meanwhile, the two electromagnetic tracks beneath the engineering vehicle also extended infinitely as the engineering vehicle moved further and further away.
The vacuum maglev pipeline was about to be completed...