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Chapter 124: Building a Sky Road During an Earthquake?
Traveling through the mountains, Yang Xuan and Lina admired the beautiful scenery and experienced the changing seasons like a corridor of time and space, while being careful of falling rocks, landslides, collapses, and various difficult muddy roads.

After two days, they finally arrived at the secret land of lotus, Medog!

They admire the wonders of nature and stand in awe of its supreme power.

Deeply appreciate the ruggedness and magnificence of nature!
However, what Lina doesn’t understand is that the infrastructure capabilities of Rabbit Country are obvious to all, but why is there such a difficult mountain road? Why not build this mountain road as flat and smooth as other sections of the road?

There were several times on the way here where they might not have been able to reach the Medog Highway if it weren't for Yang Xuan's superb driving skills, calm mentality and quick reactions!

Even Lina was scared to death at that time.

However, Yang Xuan said that this is normal and is a basic operation.

And he mentioned a term that Lina had never heard of before: Hengduan Mountains.

"Yang, what is the Hengduan Mountains?"

Lina asked in confusion.

"Remember what I said before, that altitude sickness comes from a huge collision 6500 million years ago?"

“The Hengduan Mountains are also related to this.”

"Under the power of the wild, the earth rises and the surface wrinkles. An unprecedented three-dimensional movement begins!"

“And it hasn’t stopped yet!”

"For the past three million years, this area has been rising at an average rate of 3 mm per year."

"That is to say, the land beneath our feet appears to be still, but in fact it is always moving!"

Lina's eyes widened in surprise, and her slightly stunned expression revealed a look of disbelief.

She had never expected that the peaceful land beneath her feet was actually alive!

Foreign audiences were also shocked.

Immediately afterwards, a terrifying word popped up uncontrollably in their minds: earthquake!
Earthquakes are one of the concrete manifestations of the earth's crust being alive!

"That's right. Earthquakes and geological tectonic activities are frequent here. The frequent earthquakes have caused the rocks to break into pieces. Coupled with the abundant rainfall, disasters such as mudslides and landslides have become commonplace. This is one of the most complex terrain areas in the world!"

"Just like on the way here, we will encounter various rockfalls and the like!"

“And we are still lucky.”

"The mountains are high and the valleys are deep, and the climate is changeable. If there is heavy rain, there is a high probability of mudslides and landslides."

“If it’s winter, there’s a risk of avalanches!”

"The road we traveled before and the Medog Highway we are traveling on now were built under such circumstances!"

"Although my country's infrastructure technology is already very advanced, when faced with natural barriers such as the Hengduan Mountains, we still need to carefully consider the balance between environmental protection and project implementation to ensure that the impact on the natural environment is minimized during construction."

"Especially the Medog Highway we are traveling on now. It is one of the most difficult roads to build in the world. Medog is also the last county in Rabbit Country to be connected by road!"

"In 1965, the road construction team tried to build a road from Pailong Township in the north to Medog along the Yarlung Zangbo River, but in the end, after spending yuan, sacrificing eight people, and building eight miles of road, they were forced to stop the work!"

"Ten years later, people tried again to build a road from Zamu Town, BM County, which is further east, to Medog. It took five years, but the 141-kilometer road had to stop at 106K, or 106 kilometers."

"It was not until 1993 that the first car finally drove into Medog. Local people came to see this strange four-wheeled beast like it was a festival!"

"It ends the situation where there was no road in Medog before this."

"The following year, the highway was opened to traffic, but the rainy season that followed almost destroyed it again!"

"It was not until 2013 that a 3.3-kilometer-long tunnel was built through the Gangrigabu Mountains between Medog and Bomi, avoiding the dangerous snowy section in winter. The last county in the Rabbit Country without a road became history!"

“It’s been rebuilt and destroyed many times, but people never give up.”

"The cement bridge replaced the original rattan bridge and zip line. The porters unloaded the rattan baskets loaded with goods. The children were finally able to walk out of the barren mountains, and the patients no longer had to endure the pain of long transportation." "A road connects the two worlds inside and outside the mountains."

"Medog has finally caught up with the pace of the new century after stumbling around!"

"In fact, the Degong Highway we first took has two routes, the old and new. The new one is very smooth and not as dangerous as the one we encountered on the road, but the scenery is slightly worse and the experience is not as strong. It is not much different from other roads."

"The reason why I decided to take the old Degong Highway is not only to see better scenery, but also to look back at the vivid history."

"At the same time, it is also a reminder that people must have awe in their pursuit of development."

The predecessors paved the way, and the later generations enjoy the shade. As later generations, while enjoying the fruits of their labor, we should also shoulder the responsibility of inheritance and protection, so that this road connecting the past and the future can continue to tell the legendary story of the coexistence of man and nature.

Tell those who come after us about their spirit of not fearing difficulties and moving forward courageously, so that it can become a force that inspires the new generation to keep moving forward.

This is our responsibility as later generations, and it is also the best tribute to the efforts of our predecessors.

"Building a road to heaven during an earthquake?"

Lina gazed at the road winding between the mountains, her heart filled with respect.

Those foreign audiences who complained about the dilapidated roads and said that the infrastructure of the Rabbit Country was just so-so were all shocked at this moment.

How could they have imagined that this ordinary road before their eyes was actually built directly on an earthquake!
What is the concept of an earthquake?
People couldn’t stand steadily and tall buildings collapsed in an instant.

This highway has to deal with not only earthquakes, but also extreme geological disasters such as mudslides, falling rocks, and avalanches.

In their opinion, no one should survive in such a place, let alone build roads.

If they could post comments, they would definitely ask, is it necessary to repair this road?

Instead of wasting so much manpower and resources, couldn't they just move the people away?
Why do we have to fight to the death with nature?
"Yang, I admire the people who built this road, but I still want to ask, can't this road not be built?"

"I see there are mountains all around here and not many people live here, why not move them away!"

Like foreign audiences, Lina felt very confused about the Rabbit Country's behavior.

There is no doubt that relocating people is the most convenient and economical way.

But the Rabbit people don't seem to like this method.

"If it weren't for the war, would you be willing to leave where you grew up?"

Yang Xuan smiled slightly, and Lina instantly understood the meaning of his words.

No matter how backward the place where you grew up is, or how difficult it is to get around, it is still the place where you grew up.

The sense of security and warmth woven together by familiar people, things and objects cannot be replaced anywhere.

Before she escaped from Ermao Country, she didn't feel this way very deeply.

Now that she is a stranger in a foreign country, she has a very deep understanding of the deep affection for her homeland.

“Although there are few people here, there are many people who care about this mountain.”

"For example, the country of Asan over the mountain."

"In 1936, a new boundary line appeared out of thin air on the official map of British Afghanistan."

"It meanders along the Himalayan ridge, pushing the traditional customary line between Rabbit Country and Asan Country more than 100 kilometers northward!"

"This means that tens of thousands of square kilometers of territory in southern Tibet are being stolen, including nearly two-thirds of the land in Medog!"

"In 1962, in order to implement this new boundary, India attacked the border guards of the Rabbit Kingdom, and the Rabbit Kingdom was forced to launch a self-defense counterattack."

“Thus, the Battle of New Delhi that shocked the world took place!”

(End of this chapter)