"Don't you know why the explosion happened?" Besonova asked.
"I told you that this safety experiment was designed by Chief Engineer Fuming. I was only responsible for submitting the test program to the Hydroelectric Engineering Research Institute and the Nuclear Energy Safety Committee," Briuhanov said. He glanced at Zhang Heng, looking very nervous. He was afraid that Zhang Heng would not be satisfied with his answer and cut off another of his fingers.
"What did the Hydroelectric Engineering Research Institute and the Nuclear Energy Safety Committee reply to you?"
"I didn't receive a reply from them."
Seeing that Besonova was about to get angry again, Briuhanov quickly added, "You can't blame me for this. They are very busy, and I don't know how long it will take for them to reply to me. And the reactor needs to be shut down for maintenance. If we miss this opportunity, we will have to wait until the next cycle to carry out the experiment. We have done this several times before, and we didn't encounter any problems."
After Bryhanov finished speaking, he saw Zhang Heng, Kratos, and Coconut whispering something to each other. They even glanced at him from time to time, giving him goosebumps. So, he took the initiative to beg, "I know I made a mistake. I will go back to Moscow with you. I just hope that you can let me say goodbye to my family."
"Who wants to take you to Moscow?" Besonova was amused by Briuhanov's words.
But then, her expression changed, and she said to Briuhanov with a straight face, "The cause of the accident has not been identified. We will not go back. Don't tell anyone else that we are here to see you. Understand?"
"I understand." Briuhanov nodded repeatedly.
"When I say others, I also include the expert panel and committee members."
"Of course." Briuhanov almost patted his chest.
"Your secretary?"
"I will deal with it. I promise she will keep her mouth shut."
"Your finger?"
"I was so worried about the accident at the nuclear power plant that I cut my own finger while peeling the apple." Briuhanov understood what she meant, but his excuse was a little too far-fetched. Besonova was speechless.
After that, Zhang Heng asked Kratos to look after Briuhanov while he took Besonova and Coconut to look for Fuming next door.
Unlike the slick and sophisticated Factory Manager Bryuhanov, Fumin had a square face with sharp edges and deep eyes. His voice was also very pleasant to the ear, just like a baritone singer. It could be seen that he usually did things swiftly and decisively.
But now, he was the first person in the entire nuclear power plant to break down. Before they entered the door, Zhang Heng and the others could hear him shouting, "Where else can I find water?! Where can I find water?! "
Apparently, the chief engineer was having a headache over how to carry out the orders from the upper management to continue supplying water to the reactor, even though there was no longer a need for water.
Zhang Heng and the other two did not greet him in advance. They pushed the door open and walked in. After that, Fuming received the same treatment as Brihanov, and Zhang Heng pressed him down on the table.
So far, the players had talked to the four people on the list, but they still hadn't received any system prompts. So, Fu Ming was the only one left in the queue.
According to Dyatlov and Bryhanov, the safety experiment that triggered the reactor explosion was designed by Fu Ming, so he obviously had a lot of responsibility. Fu Ming must have realized this as well, which was why he was under so much mental pressure now.
Like Briukhanov, he insisted on blowing up the water tank instead of the reactor, because that was the only way he could survive the current crisis.
Therefore, he spent the entire morning thinking about how to inject water into the reactor. After the water in the backup water tank ran out, he even contacted the fire department and asked them to use a fire truck to transport water over.
The four of them returned to the nuclear power plant. Although Vorobyov was leading the team, they still received some radiation along the way. Normally, it wouldn't be so serious, but because they were at the scene of the explosion, and now they had absorbed some of the radiation up close, Coconut's condition didn't look too good. After entering Fuming's office, she hugged the trash can and threw up for a while.
But when she raised her head and looked at Fu Ming, her eyes were full of hope. Fu Ming was scared by her stare. He didn't understand why this strange woman in front of him was looking at him as if he was her savior.
There was nothing the chief engineer could do about the current tricky situation, and his mental pressure had reached a critical point. All Zhang Heng needed to do was put some pressure on him, and he wouldn't even need to do anything to get him to confess everything to him.
However, after a round of questioning, Fu Ming repeatedly said that he didn't understand why the explosion happened. He insisted that there was nothing wrong with his experimental design. Even when Zhang Heng stabbed a knife into his thigh, and Fu Ming howled in pain, he still couldn't tell what went wrong with the safety experiment. All he could do was push everything to Diatlov and Akimov, who were on duty last night.
In the end, Zhang Heng saw that he couldn't get any more information from Fu Ming, so he let go of him. By then, Fu Ming was completely paralyzed on the table, unable to stand up. Snot and tears were all over his body.
On the other side, Coconut looked exhausted. She sat on the sofa in the office, covering her face with her hands. No one knew what she was thinking.
The office fell into a strange silence.
It took Coconut six or seven minutes to suppress the disappointment in her heart. She then spoke again, "Didn't we just ask everyone here, and we still can't complete the main mission? What should we do next? Who else should we look for? The nuclear power plant's designer? What if he doesn't work? Have we been going in the wrong direction from the beginning? "
Coconut's tone was full of frustration and lack of confidence. As the names on the list were eliminated one by one, the ones left were either difficult to find, or they seemed to have less responsibility. Coconut's mood became more and more irritable. She was the player who suffered the most radiation, and if she wasn't mistaken, she had the least "game time" left. She could even feel an invisible hand strangling her neck.
"I can comfort you that our mission is almost complete, but you are also a player. You should know very well that we are still in the investigation stage. We can't rule out other possibilities. We can only choose the most likely path and continue to explore it," Zhang Heng said. "We can't get any more clues from the nuclear power plant. Let's go meet with the others first, tell them about the situation here, and discuss what to do next."
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