Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 370 - 147: Water Series Shift, Calamities Unstoppable! (Part 3)
Cheng Ye responded, "Are you thinking that one day you can rebuild the ruins and then use the advantage of Wenlu County to develop again?"
"Cheng, you’re quite sharp, aren’t you."
Lin Bao nodded slightly, "The underground pipeline network of the logistics center hasn’t been completed yet. As long as we start construction, we can quickly bring this place back to life and then step by step rebuild the city’s ruins. Moreover, this area of the logistics center is spacious, suitable for fencing off for construction, and safety can be ensured."
He then shifted the topic to Dapo Town: "As for the Dapo Town you chose, its only advantage is the foundation laid when the port was built years ago. The river was widened, dividing into two, the Yellow Water and White Water Rivers. Dikes were built on both sides, and even a dock was prepared to draw water from White Water River to Lin River. Unfortunately, so many years have passed, it’s probably been ruined beyond recognition."
Building a port?
This was something Cheng Ye had never thought of. His sole intention in occupying Dapo Town was to fish and repair the hydroelectric station, addressing the most basic survival and energy needs first.
As for trading with other provinces by ship along Lin River, that difficulty is almost beyond imagination.
The dangers on water far outweigh those on land, and the trading point requires a port to be built first before cargo ships can dock.
Given the rampant sources of infection, the manpower and material resources needed are simply not something that can be afforded at this stage.
However, what Lin Bao mentioned about the port foundation caught his attention.
Maybe there’s no need to turn it into a big port accommodating ten-thousand-ton ships, but cleaning out a dock for small fishing boats to dock would be useful.
"Besides, the information you have is ancient."
Lin Bao smacked his lips, his tone sinking a bit, "Over the years, the water conditions of Lin River have changed greatly. No, it should be said that after the rampage of the Extraordinary, the entire planet’s hydrological environment has been drastically altered. They used mighty power to forcibly modify the Water Series. Initially, it did significantly reduce the probability of flooding. They even solved many problems by relying on the Water Series."
"Such as bridging the uneven distribution of water resources, breaking through shipping bottlenecks, eliminating the shoals and reefs in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to enhance the passage capacity of ten-thousand-ton fleets, smoothing the rapids and dangerous shoals of the southwest great rivers, and even our Stone Province gained a route to the sea, reducing the cost of foreign trade logistics by more than half."
He paused, as if reminiscing about those legendary years: "At that time, East China, North China, and Middle China were even planning high-speed trains on water, which could reduce logistics costs, ease land transportation pressure, and balance the north-south Water Series. Back then, people thought the Extraordinary could turn the world into a paradise."
"But after the Extraordinary died, their mighty power began to fail." Lin Bao’s voice revealed some wistfulness, "Those forcibly altered Water Series began to break free from human constraints, reverting to natural order, even becoming worse than before. The widened riverbeds silting, the straightened river courses reverting to their old ways, and more critically, some of the forcibly blocked tributaries breaching their dikes, and the mountains smoothed for optimization then can’t stop it..."
Another blockbuster news!
The speaker had no intention, but the listener was interested. Others might just take it as an amusing anecdote from an old era.
But to Cheng Ye’s ears, it was like a thunderclap.
The Extraordinary could use mighty power to completely transform the country’s major Water Series?
This... this is too exaggerated, isn’t it?
He was suddenly startled, finding it a bit unbelievable, but the scene of those two Extraordinary fighting flashed in his mind, casually creating a volcano, and he fell silent.
"So the flooding of Lin River now is related to this?"
"Directly related." Lin Bao touched his pocket as if looking for cigarettes, gave up after finding it empty, "The river of Lin River was widened back then, and now that mighty power has failed, the dikes on both sides are weakening, the riverbed is silting continuously, making it easy to breach during the rainy season."
"But don’t worry, if we really want to build a Satellite City, the higher-ups will definitely allocate funds to repair the dikes."
As he was speaking, the car slowly came to a stop.
They had reached the entrance to Wenlu County.
Jiang Chuan was about to drive in, but Lin Bao opened the door and jumped out directly, moving decisively.
"I’m here for reconnaissance, not a banquet. Walking in slowly is just right."
He patted Cheng Ye’s car window, "Hurry up, it’s already ten o’clock, it gets dark early on rainy days, come back early in the evening."
As his words fell, his figure was already striding briskly into the depths of the ruins, stepping on the gravel.
The corner of his raincoat flapped in the wind, exuding a sense of free-spiritedness.
Cheng Ye watched that back, suddenly feeling a bit sentimental and somewhat envious.
If he could be as composed as Lin Bao when wandering the wilderness in the future, it would be worth coming all this way.
"Inspector Lin used to be your father’s direct competitor. The two of them could be considered... tit for tat."
The car continued forward, and Jiang Chuan, who had been silent all the way, spoke up, "Besides, it’s not just Inspector Lin, all Fifth-Phase Inspectors in the station chose Wenlu County."
"Yeah." Cheng Ye nodded, retracting his gaze.
That surprised Jiang Chuan: "You don’t find it strange, Chief Cheng?"
"What’s strange about it." Cheng Ye forced a smile, "The advantages of Wenlu County are so great, competition is naturally fierce."
"Let’s go, no matter how good it is here, it’s not as good as the Dapo Town I picked."
With a self-deprecating remark, the car’s heaviness was lightened, and the two laughed as the car quickly reached the intersection leading to Dapo Town.
According to the assessment requirements, he had to get out of the car and start walking from here.
Cheng Ye pushed open the car door, looked down at his feet, which were submerged in ankle-deep mud mixed with withered yellow grass fragments. The seven-kilometer road seemed daunting at first glance.
But he still lifted his foot and stepped forward, the mud instantly climbing over his bootlegs, the icy touch creeping up through the water-resistant layer.
But how does that saying go, read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles.
Perhaps only by measuring this land with his own legs can he truly grasp its temperament and find those answers hidden beyond maps and data.
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