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Before he even arrived at the company, he received a call from Boss Li.

"There's water seepage in the Dajiang No. 9 subway tunnel. Can your company repair the leaking cracks?" Mr. Li asked directly without wasting any words.

"Has the tunnel collapsed?" Chen Ling asked.

"No, but there's a risk of collapse at any time," Mr. Li replied.

"As long as the tunnel doesn't collapse, there's no problem," Chen Ling replied directly.

Although he didn't know how Boss Li knew he had this ability, he wouldn't refuse at this moment.

In fact, Mr. Li was also helpless. He contacted many companies, including X Railway and X Construction, but after they learned about the situation, they had no emergency remedy.

If they had the equipment, they might be able to salvage the situation, but time is too short and their equipment can't get there in time.

Helpless, Mr. Li was grasping at straws and called Chen Ling.

Unexpectedly, Chen Ling had a solution.

Soon, Chen Ling arrived at Grandi Avenue, which is the factory entrance to the river-crossing tunnel of Metro Line 9.

Holy crap... this is huge.

At this moment, dozens of engineering vehicles and water pumps were parked at the tunnel entrance, and dozens of pipes were constantly pumping water out, but the people in the crowd were very anxious.

"Mr. Li, what's the situation now?"

After Chen Ling arrived at the scene, he found Boss Li and asked him a question.

"Zhang, come and tell him about the situation inside the tunnel. He has a way to fix it," Boss Li said, leading Chen Ling to a man.

"Do you have a solution? There's an eight-meter-long crack in the tunnel ceiling, 15 centimeters at its widest point and 3 centimeters at its shortest. Water from the Yangtze River is constantly seeping downwards. Repairing the crack is simple, but the riverbed is geologically fractured. If we don't find a solution to this problem, even if we repair the crack, it won't help. The tunnel is in danger of collapsing at any time. How do you plan to repair it?" Engineer Zhang asked seriously.

"Is this the only question?" Chen Ling didn't answer him and continued to ask.

"Isn't this one question enough?" Engineer Zhang asked, clearly annoyed.

"Okay, I see."

After Chen Ling finished speaking, he turned and left. He wanted to bring the engineering robot in, but they were blocked by the perimeter security personnel.

"Xiao Chen, are you really capable of fixing it?" Boss Li asked seriously.

This is no small matter after all. If Chen Ling doesn't intervene, it will be fine. Even if the tunnel collapses in the end, it won't be his problem.

But if Chen Ling takes over and problems arise, then it will be Chen Ling's responsibility.

"Don't worry, Mr. Li, this is nothing at all." Chen Ling said, indicating that it was no big deal.

Soon, Chen Ling led two teams of engineering robots into the tunnel in kayaks.

There was no one inside the tunnel at that time, and the power supply had stopped, so it was pitch black, which felt very scary.

Chen Ling dared to follow them in mainly because the system had already scanned the tunnel and determined that it would not collapse in the short term.

Soon, they reached the leaking crack. Chen Ling activated the system and started it up.

Repairing the crack was simple; the system finished in less than ten seconds.

But at that moment, there was another tremor.

Holy crap...

Another earthquake.

Chapter Twenty-Five: I Had Seen Through Everything All Along

Chen Ling felt a chill run down his spine when he sensed another earthquake.

He's in the tunnel right now; if anything happens to him, he's doomed.

"System, reinforce the tunnel."

Chen Ling immediately thought of the system and asked it to build the tunnel.

Instantly, the repaired tunnel was covered by the system's capabilities, and areas that might have previously fractured became completely impenetrable.

"I am so surprised."

Chen Ling breathed a sigh of relief.

Half an hour later, Chen Ling left the tunnel.

Seeing Chen Ling emerge, Boss Li breathed a sigh of relief. He was genuinely afraid that the earthquake had caused the tunnel to collapse, which would have escalated the situation significantly.

"I have successfully completed the repairs and restoration." Chen Ling said with a smile.

"I'm glad you're alright."

Compared to the tunnel, he was more afraid that something would happen to Chen Ling, which would ruin his new city plan.

After receiving the news, Engineer Zhang immediately led a group of people into the tunnel to conduct an inspection.

Half an hour later, Engineer Zhang led his team out, excitedly clenching his fists and saying, "The tunnel danger has been averted; there is no risk of collapse, and construction can continue."

Then, Zhang Gong found Chen Ling, excitedly grasped Chen Ling's hand, and shook it vigorously.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Chen. Thank you so much this time. Otherwise, this tunnel would have been ruined," Engineer Zhang said gratefully.

"It's nothing, after all, I'm part of the company too," Chen Ling said with a smile.

The construction company that built the river-crossing tunnel is Huajian General Company, and it is a subsidiary of Huajian, so there is absolutely no problem with saying that.

After thanking him for a while, Mr. Zhang went on to do other things.

The general manager in charge of the tunnel construction project gave Chen Ling a check for 500 million yuan, saying it was for project payment.

This 500 million yuan project fee can be considered a reward for repairing the tunnel.

However, Chen Ling was not happy; he had suffered a huge loss this time.

If there hadn't been a second aftershock, this 500 million would have been pure profit.

However, due to the second aftershock, he spent 1000 million to reinforce the tunnel in order to save his life, so he lost 500 million this time in repairing the tunnel.

The most frustrating thing is that I can't say I lost money. He can't possibly charge 1000 million just to repair a crack, that would be outrageous.

This depressed mood persisted until noon, until I received a call from Boss Li.

Mr. Li called to ask if he could work on the river-crossing tunnel project.

After the accident, the tunnel boring machine was damaged, and the project could no longer continue.

In addition, given the unfathomable engineering skills Chen Ling demonstrated that morning while repairing the tunnel cracks, Boss Li secured an opportunity for Chen Ling.

However, if Chen Ling wants to take on projects, he must have a tunnel boring machine.

Without a tunnel boring machine, you can't just use people to dig tunnels.

"No problem, I have a tunnel boring machine."

Chen Ling said that this was no big deal. It was just a tunnel boring machine, which was sold in the system for 500 million yuan a unit. It was nothing to him.

A tunnel project can cost over a billion yuan – that's a recipe for huge profits!

The next morning, Chen Ling went to the city to sign the contract.

At noon, Chen Ling had the engineering robot drive the tunnel boring machine to dig the tunnel.

"Boss, where did our company's tunnel boring machine come from?" Chen Mengyao asked, completely bewildered.

She had always been by Chen Ling's side and had never known that the company had a tunnel boring machine. Now that they were going to build a tunnel, it suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

“It’s imported; I bought it a long time ago.”

Chen Ling made up an excuse.

Anyway, the system has all the legal certificates for this tunnel boring machine, so it's not afraid of being investigated.

Of course, Chen Ling had never carefully looked at the certificates processed by the system, otherwise he wouldn't have been so confident.

"Boss, how does a tunnel boring machine work? Can I go and take a look?" Chen Mengyao asked with a curious expression.

"Let's go, I've never seen it before either, let's go take a look together." Chen Ling was also very curious.

He knew about tunnel boring machines, but he had never seen one in operation.

Actually, the work of a tunnel boring machine is not very interesting. It just uses a rotating cutter head to cut sand and soil, simply put, it makes holes.

After watching for a while, Chen Ling got bored and left with Chen Mengyao.

With robots involved in the construction, there's no fear of problems, so Chen Ling doesn't need to supervise the project at all.

That evening, after finishing her get off work, Chen Mengyao returned to the investigators' headquarters.

"Boss, this is the instruction manual for the tunnel boring machine. The manufacturer listed is a company in a coastal country. As for the entry and exit procedures and customs review, I haven't checked yet," Chen Mengyao reported to her boss.

The leader opened the results explanation and looked at it. When he saw the manufacturer's address, he was speechless.

"No need to check anymore, you won't find anything."

The leader put down the letter, a faint sadness on his face.

"Why?" Chen Mengyao asked curiously.

"Because the manufacturer's address is Dafan," the leader said helplessly.

"Boss, is there a problem with the big meal?" Chen Mengyao asked, puzzled.

"The day before yesterday, a 9.2 magnitude earthquake struck Dafan. I don't know about the other losses, but this factory that produces tunnel boring machines is definitely buried underground, and the boss and workers are all dead." The leader said with an expression of 'I have seen through everything'.

“Then we can check with customs. We can find out who handled the customs certificates and the people who reviewed them,” Chen Mengyao said defiantly.

"Hehe... You're still too young. Even if you investigate, you'll only find dead people or people in a vegetative state. You can try it if you don't believe me."

"Let's give it a try," Chen Mengyao said, taking the next day off to investigate the information.

That afternoon, after receiving the compiled data, Chen Mengyao was devastated.

Because everything the leader said was correct.

Chen Ling was unaware that Chen Mengyao had investigated the tunnel boring machine issue. He had been very happy these past few days, even smiling in his sleep.

The underwater tunnel is 8 kilometers long, of which 3 kilometers had already been built.

At the system's speed of 1 kilometer per day, the tunnel can be completed in less than 5 days.