Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 841

Chapter 841: Chapter 276: Operation Commences, Repairing White Water Dam! (2)

Only when the hydroelectric station is fully repaired and accepted on-site by the designated personnel from the industrial area will the related supporting materials be delivered as per the process.

Based on the current scale of power generation estimates, at least a 1,000-degree capacity battery is necessary to fully store the daily surplus electricity and avoid waste.

Currently, the official purchase price of batteries in Happiness City is 15,000 Contribution Points per 100 degrees. Calculating this way, purchasing batteries alone requires an expenditure of 150,000 Contribution Points.

Even though Dapo Town has received multiple supports, this is still an astronomical figure that is shockingly exorbitant.

“We must negotiate the support policy. Selling batteries this expensively is nothing but a fear of core resources flowing out. I’m using them for the construction of Dapo Town, essentially expanding Happiness City’s sphere of influence. Charging such a high price is simply unreasonable!”

Once decided, Cheng Ye no longer dwelled on the battery issue and shifted his focus back to the hydroelectric station.

He decided to use Action Points to handle the most troublesome part of all the engineering—water cutoff and diversion.

Subsequent tasks like mortar plastering and steel reinforcement could entirely involve residents from Dapo Town to help. As for equipment installation, he planned to ask Lin Bao for several engineers and construction machinery.

Inspector Cheng isn’t a beast of burden; he can’t just transform into a Shrinking Earth Giant Louse, struggling to move the equipment up.

Moreover, the subsequent debugging work requires professional personnel; his field is civil engineering, not related to electrical facilities.

“Action, Water Cutoff and Diversion!”

Cheng Ye silently chanted in his heart, and the moment his thoughts concluded, the long-unused action function activated in response.

The next second, a miraculous scene suddenly unfolded!

The rushing water abruptly halted in the middle of the river, and the splashing droplets solidified into crystalline particles, suspending mid-air, while the distant winds of the Wilderness seemed to have been paused.

The Time Stop space expanded once more.

The second his body control vanished, Cheng Ye’s perspective sharply elevated, as if lifted by Tan Ming’s power, transforming into an overhead third-person view, revealing the full view of White Water Dam and the entire river course.

In the field of vision, a figure identical to his physique, like being set on fast-forward, accelerated over a hundred times speed, grabbed the pre-prepared heavy hydraulic pick, and in two strides arrived at the river course upstream, at a preset location a hundred meters from the dam structure.

The roar of the hydraulic pick was filtered by the Time Stop space, leaving only sharp action afterimages, first quickly excavating along the marked arcs. The hard surface of the concrete river course peeled away layer by layer under the pick’s head, with gravel and mud splattering yet motionless in mid-air.

Next, the figure switched to a sapper shovel, broadening and deepening the excavated groove, then dragged a roll of thick canvas and dozens of foldable sandbags from a pile of materials, filling and stacking them with astonishing efficiency, constructing temporary barriers on both sides of the groove, forming a sloped diversion ramp.

“Damn, I actually work so smoothly?”

Even though he had seen the efficiency of the action function before, Cheng Ye was still startled.

In the Time Stop space, he maintained the highest physical fitness without relaxing, and every swing of the tool seemed precisely calculated, not using a bit more force, each stroke was perfectly measured.

In the blink of an eye, the originally straight concrete river course leading to White Water Dam was forcibly carved out a half-meter-wide notch. The figure then lifted the prefabricated alloy diversion chute, precisely embedded it into the notch’s inner side, fixed it to the riverbed with expansion bolts, and spread canvas into the chute, compacting the edges with gravel.

This was to reduce water scouring and prevent the diversion channel from collapsing.

With the last sandbag firmly in place, the Time Stop effect lifted, the previously static water seemed to break free from confinement, cascading down the diversion chute and surging towards the pre-set low-lying areas of the Wilderness.

Moreover, the notch, under the initial impact of the water, quickly widened beyond a meter with the help of the rushing flow, ensuring the main waterway’s flow could be smoothly diverted without residual water affecting the dam’s operations.

[Action Complete!]

…

The perspective was instantly pulled back.

The whole process was so fast it was dizzying, as if only one or two seconds had passed and the original river course was turned upside down.

Cheng Ye was startled for a moment. Compared to search skills, items, or intelligence, this tangible environmental transformation ability was even more awe-inspiring, leaving him unable to calm down for a long time.

Strong!

Truly strong and powerful!

The work which originally required a large number of workers and machinery, he easily completed single-handedly. This single step alone shortened the hydroelectric station’s repair schedule by about five days.

He walked to the notch, bent down, and confirmed that the water was smoothly being diverted through the notch, confident that dry construction conditions could be created within half a day, which made his heart palpitate with excitement.

With such efficiency and speed from the action function, as long as there was sufficient energy, he could single-handedly build a massive base.

This ability is definitely more monstrous than the two beliefs granted by Tan Ming, and without any cost!

“The transformation of the underground cave… As long as the technology and materials are in place, with the energy support from the hydroelectric station, I can complete it alone!”

Cheng Ye stood silently for a moment, confirming there were no issues with the diversion before turning and driving back to the town.

Managing work for three thousand people was indeed troublesome, but fortunately, there were plenty of capable individuals who could assist under him.

At this moment, Dapo Town appeared as if a swarm of locusts had passed through, with the originally decayed ruins being chipped away bit by bit, transformed into neat piles of construction waste.

As the old, dilapidated buildings disappeared, the town’s terrain advantages were fully revealed.