Soon, the car drove into the construction site of the Eco Science City.
The sight of hundreds of buildings being built at the same time was spectacular. Africa had never seen such a spectacle before. This spectacle even gave birth to a new group of local professions.
These new professions were made up of local idle residents. Their task was to kill time by watching the buildings grow taller and taller every day. They were nicknamed by Chen Chen as "Observers".
At first, Qian Wenhuan tried to drive this group of people away, but after several attempts to drive them away to no avail, he just let them be.
The only troublesome thing was that because of this group of people, all kinds of tools would often go missing on the construction site. Although the loss was not great, it was disgusting when it happened too many times.
As the car drove to the top of the hill, Chen Chen immediately saw huge trucks coming and going at the foot of the hill. These trucks were loaded with sand and construction materials. From a distance, they looked like a colony of diligent ants and these roads were the caves for the ants to enter and exit...
This was a grand occasion that Namibia had never seen before.
At the foot of the hill, several large drilling rigs were constantly working, causing violent tremors. Although most of the seaside was saltwater, as long as the aquifer was penetrated, there was still a lot of freshwater resources.
For the convenience of fetching water, these construction teams directly drilled wells. Although Africa was dry, as long as they could find the right location, there was no shortage of underground water resources.
It was just that in Africa, the local residents were more willing to run ten kilometers every day to transport water from other places instead of drawing water from wells in front of their own homes.
This was a difference caused by habit and environment.
While people in the outside world were curious as to why they would rather run ten kilometers every day to fetch water than dig wells, they were even more curious. "Why dig underground water? Is there not enough water in the river to drink? "
Soon, along a road that had been repaired, the car drove in front of a huge wall.
This was a ten-meter-high wall, towering and majestic. There were barbed wire and surveillance cameras on top of the wall. Chen Chen had only seen this kind of wall in prison.
At the entrance of the residential area where Chen Chen was located, there was an electronic gate. All trucks transporting goods had to be registered before they could enter and exit. Behind the gate was a huge storage area where all the goods would be unloaded at the same time.
Only after the goods were unloaded and the trucks left would the workers in the construction site be allowed to move the construction materials, directly cutting off all contact between the workers in the community and the outside world.
At this time, seven or eight buildings in the area had been built. They were built in the same style as those in Mainland China. There was also an underground garage that connected the entire area. Following Qian Wenhuan's directions, Cheng Cao drove directly to the entrance of the underground garage.
There were also many small transport vehicles in the underground garage. These transport vehicles went in and out, constantly transporting all kinds of materials into the entrance of the underground garage. It was like the mouth of an abyss that could never be filled.
Obviously, the entrance to the underground base was here.
Beyond the entrance of the underground garage was the final checkpoint. After passing through the final checkpoint, Chen Chen finally saw a huge cavern in the center of the underground garage.
As it was still under construction, this seemingly bottomless pit was exposed in the middle of the underground garage. As soon as Chen Chen got out of the car, he could immediately feel a cold breeze blowing in.
On the four sides of the cavern, a large number of steel frames were erected haphazardly. These steel frames extended all the way down the hole, fixing the outer wall of the cavern in place to prevent it from collapsing.
There was also a huge elevator fixed at the top of the cavern, powered by dozens of diesel generators. These generators were placed haphazardly nearby, constantly emitting deafening noises.
"Hey, who's that!"
Qian Wenhuan was originally leading the way, but when he saw a man dressed as a foreman in front of the cavern reprimanding the other workers, he immediately shouted, "Come over here for a moment."
"CEO Qian, what's up?"
The man dressed as a foreman bowed and ran over. "Yo, who are these two beside you?"
"This is the boss of our company, Mr. Chen. Now, we're going to tour the construction site. You're familiar with this place, find us a guide." Qian Wenhuan could not be bothered to exchange pleasantries with the man and directly instructed.
"Oh, it's Boss Chen!" The man dressed as a foreman's eyes lit up. He did not feel the slightest bit awkward. Instead, he took the initiative to step forward and extend his hand. "Nice to meet you!"
Chen Chen did not hesitate either. He shook hands with the man with a natural expression.
Since the man had shown his attitude, whether or not he had a favor to ask, there was no need for Chen Chen to put on a high and mighty attitude. After all, no one owed anyone anything.
This scene made Qian Wenhuan smile awkwardly, quickly correcting his recent erratic attitude.
Seeing that Chen Chen did not look down on him, the man smiled even more happily. "Don't look for a guide. If you don't mind, I'll just be your guide." With that said, he looked at Chen Chen expectantly.
"Of course." Chen Chen nodded. "May I know your name?"
"My name is Hai Sanchuan. Hai as in Hai Dafu, San as in One, Two, Three, and Chuan as in Shan Chuan..."
The man took out a cigarette and handed it to the three of them. Chen Chen took it naturally, but when the man was about to light a cigarette for him, he waved his hand, indicating that he did not smoke now.
"Hai Sanchuan, it's Three no matter what..." Qian Wenhuan subconsciously teased but immediately shut up when Chen Chen shot him a look.
"Sigh, I don't know why my dad gave me that name."
Hai Sanchuan smiled nonchalantly. He led the three of them to the big hole and pointed at it. "This big hole is about five meters wide. Back then, it took a large drilling platform a month to dig it out. This is a big project.
"Don't be fooled by how ugly it looks now. When it's finished, the outer wall of the big hole will be fixed with steel plates. It'll be beautiful by then."
Following Hai Sanchuan's explanation, the elevator in the middle of the big hole suddenly turned with a whirring sound. Several steel cables as thick as an arm began to rapidly retract as if trying to pull something out of the ground.
"It takes about five minutes to rise from the ground to here."
As if afraid that Chen Chen would not be able to wait, Hai Sanchuan added, "It may seem slow, but it's very fast for a freight elevator. Based on the average speed, it rises and falls more than two meters per second."
Following Hai Sanchuan's explanation, a freight elevator platform rose. The workers were taken aback when they saw Chen Chen and the others but did not say anything. Without a word, they began to move the materials that were piled up like a mountain on the side.
"You guys can stop here for a while and rest for ten minutes."
Hai Sanchuan handed three safety helmets with headlights to Chen Chen and the others. While giving orders to the workers, he led Chen Chen and the others up.
To put it simply, this lift platform was like a simple elevator, except that its length, width, and height were somewhat exaggerated. For example, the length and width of this lift platform were both four meters and its height was more than five meters. There were rollers around it and the outer wall of the cave outside was fixed with a guide rail.
Hai Sanchuan walked to the control panel on the side and pressed a button. Immediately, the door of the lift closed and it began to descend slowly.
As the transport platform began to descend, Chen Chen looked through the grid fence to the outside world. Under the illumination of the miner's lamp, the outside world was red soil at first. As they continued to descend, the soil outside turned into grayish-brown rocks. This was the rock layer.
The freight elevator platform was very stable without the slightest jolt. Finally, after five minutes, it reached the bottom. Immediately, a large cave came into view.
The countless stalactite pillars had been completely destroyed and replaced by hundreds of square cement pillars. These cement pillars replaced the former stalactite pillars and effectively supported the cave.
The entire cave was brightly lit. At a glance, Chen Chen could see the end of the cave hundreds of meters away. This space was indeed as described, a perfect hemispherical space.
In the center of the cave, there was a pyramid-shaped building. However, unlike the Egyptian pyramids, this building was closer to the shape of the Mayan pyramids.
What was even more amazing was that the entire building was made of steel. It was like a steel pyramid that stood in the center of the cave, even directly attached to the top of the cave.
This was the top-level laboratory that Chen Chen dreamed of. Unlike the level-4 biosafety laboratories on the surface, here, Chen Chen would build a laboratory that could imprison aliens and research Tyrannosaurus. The highest level of biosafety protection laboratory that was never seen before in the world was a level-5 biosafety protection laboratory.
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