Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 888

Chapter 888: Chapter 287: Power Surges, Dawn Breaks! (End of Volume)

The data on the control panel screen swiftly fluctuated, the water flow rate soaring rapidly.

When the water impacted the turbine wheel, the massive wheel began to slowly rotate with the main shaft, the needle on the tachometer steadily rising, and the screen simultaneously popped up a series of green indicators such as “Turbine synchronously rotating normally,” “Guide vane angle adapted,” “Flow channel unobstructed,” etc.

Engineer Li and Engineer Qian immediately bent over, quickly recording various real-time data, laying the foundation for precise adjustments later.

About twenty minutes later, the unit’s operation in no-load mode was stable, the main shaft speed fixed at the rated value, and key indicators such as bearing temperature and equipment vibration amplitude were all controlled within the standard range, without any anomalies.

“Next, let’s conduct a load adjustment.” Engineer Li took a deep breath, his eyes focused as he operated the control panel, pressing several buttons for different functions consecutively.

The power generation began to rise, from 50kW, 100kW to full load at 300kW, pausing for 5 minutes at each step to monitor whether the output voltage, current, and frequency remained stable.

Uncertain whether luck was truly on their side or the quality of components produced in the industrial zone far exceeded expectations, the entire load adjustment process went exceedingly smooth without any parameter fluctuations or equipment malfunctions, a smoothness that was quite unexpected.

When the power eventually stabilized at full load 300kW, Engineer Li exhaled a long breath, turning to Cheng Ye and saying:

“Inspector Cheng, now the electrical power has been delivered to the distribution room in Dapo Town. Please go back to the town and turn on the main switch; we will stay here to continuously monitor the data. If there is load equipment within the town, you can gradually start it, and we will verify various data in sync and upload it to the Inner City supercomputer for a 24-hour stability calculation.”

“Okay!” Cheng Ye nodded in agreement and quickly walked out of the machine room.

Cheng Ye nodded and walked out of the machine room.

At this moment, he could hardly suppress the urge to charge the Collector, though the hydroelectric station had yet to operate smoothly, needing to wait a little longer.

He got in the car and rushed back to the town, heading straight to the warehouse containment room: “Yu Yong, Yu Yong!”

The door opened quickly; after being possessed by the Ghost Shadow Spider, Yu Yong’s physiological structure had changed, requiring hardly any normal sleep, recovering energy by just napping for a couple of hours each day.

Seeing Cheng Ye’s barely contained excitement, Yu Yong seemed slightly surprised: “What’s wrong?”

“The hydroelectric station is repaired; accompany me to the distribution room to turn on the main switch.”

“Let’s go.” Yu Yong didn’t ask further, following Cheng Ye out of the warehouse, heading towards the eastern entrance of the town.

Here stood two lone temporary buildings, seemingly simple, but inside were fully equipped facilities when the door was pushed open.

Various monitoring instruments, transmission equipment, and main switch controls were neatly arranged; the control and dispatch of all circuits in Dapo Town could be completed within these two distribution rooms.

Within the main control room, there were two core main switches, high-voltage input and low-voltage output, both currently in a disconnected state.

Yu Yong deftly opened the protection cover of the main switch, grabbing the nearby insulating stick, and forcefully pushing it towards the “close switch” direction.

Only a crisp sound of “click” was heard, as the red warning light next to the switch handle instantly went off, with the green operation light lighting up afterward, the control panel emitting a “beep” sound, and the screen simultaneously switched to the power transmission monitoring interface.

The transmission equipment began to hum softly, smoothly directing the high-voltage electricity transmitted from the hydroelectric station into the distribution modules indoors.

“In the future, don’t let anyone tamper with this main switch.”

Yu Yong casually advised, and after the high-voltage connection stabilized for a minute, he pointed at a group of small switch handles nearby, “These are the output switches divided by regions: industrial, residential, administrative, and public.”

Currently, only the public area’s lines were fully connected, Yu Yong gradually closed the corresponding output switch handles, staring at the connection status on the screen for a moment, lightly saying, “Alright, the electrical power is now stable. Would you like to press the button to turn on the lights?”

“Can I?” Cheng Ye was somewhat surprised.

“Of course you can, it’s merely pressing a button.” Watching Cheng Ye’s cautious demeanor, Yu Yong couldn’t help but shake his head, finding it somewhat amusing internally.

Clearly, facing terrifying Infected Bodies without changing color, yet being so cautious about transmitting electrical power.

The two walked into the adjacent distribution room, where various distribution buttons were orderly arranged on the wall, each marked with its corresponding line usage.

Cheng Ye placed his hand on the “street lighting” button, feeling inexplicably hesitant.

He exhaled.

After a few seconds, he let out a long breath and gently pressed it.

As if a faint electrical sound grazed past his ears, the moment the button was pressed, the dusty streetlight outside the distribution room window trembled first, with the filament gradually shifting from dark red to warm yellow, like a newly lit candle flame, casting a small gentle glow in the deep night.

Soon afterward, the second, third lights awakened sequentially along the street’s path.

The warm yellow light spread like sleeping stars being awakened one after another, along the main road, through intersections, reflecting off the waterproof walls, and further illuminating various independent residential areas.

Within less than half a minute, the entire Dapo Town was engulfed in a crossroad network of light, the glow from streetlights overlapping and interweaving on the ground, weaving into a warm light net that thoroughly dispelled the darkness of the night.

“What’s happening? Is it daybreak?”

The still-sleeping residents were awakened by the light shining through the windows, scrambling out of their beds.

This night seemed much shorter than usual, with everyone dressing up and stepping outside in slight panic.

Once they stood in the courtyard, they were all dumbstruck.

It wasn’t daybreak; every streetlight in Dapo Town had been turned on!

Every fifteen meters stood a light, the warm yellow glow dispelling the fear of the deep night, bringing comforting brightness.

The light seemed not only to illuminate the darkness within the town, dispelling all shadows from everyone’s hearts but also felt like it was pouring warmth into their hearts.

Standing before the distribution room door, Cheng Ye’s gaze was captivated, and he was somewhat dazed.

Even when Yu Yong came up behind him, he hadn’t snapped out of it, his eyes filled with fascination and excitement.

“It’s merely power transmission, is it necessary to be so excited?” Yu Yong curiously asked.

“No, it’s not just power transmission.”

Cheng Ye slowly came to his senses, gently shaking his head, with an unconstrained surge in his tone.

“It’s… the dawn is breaking!”

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