Chapter 178 Transportation (II)
After arriving at the destination.
It was already three o'clock in the afternoon.
That section of low mountains cannot be seen from the main river channel, and you need to pass through a valley.
However, everyone has already disembarked in the main river channel, because technical tests can be carried out in this valley, and the project itself also needs to start excavation from this valley.
From the terrain scan taken by the drone, the valley has a V-shaped outline, with a small river flowing down from the mountains in the middle.
The engineering team set up camp next to a relatively open and flat valley entrance.
Then start processing the forests on both sides.
I saw dozens of construction workers wearing work-type exoskeletons. They were all new humans, so there was no problem of leakage.
The iron bamboo pipes unloaded from the transport ship were pulled into the forest and then assembled. The pipes were laid on the ground, similar to the scaffolding in construction.
The racks are then connected together, and a small drilling rig is then used to drive the pipes deep into the ground.
A total of 100 underground pillars were built in this area of nearly 10,000 square meters.
It was already the afternoon of the third day when we finished all this work .
At this time, a ground pillar is installed on top of each underground pillar, which just exceeds the tree crown. On the top of the ground pillar, there is a green sphere slightly larger than a washbasin.
Mangshan, the team leader, carefully checked the lines of the 100 ground pillars and found no problems. He then instructed the technicians:
“It can be unfolded now.”
"clear."
As the switch was pressed, the sphere at the top of the ground pillar quickly unfolded, and the green organic skeleton spread out in all directions, turning into hemispherical skeletons.
Due to some differences in the height and position of the pillars, these green skeletons look like trees without leaves.
Lines connected to nutrient storage containers deliver nutrient solution to these skeletons.
The special genetically modified plants implanted in the green skeleton began to grow and develop.
In less than three days, the skeletons were covered with green leaves, looking like towering trees, and just covering the natural trees underneath.
This is a vine-type genetically modified plant that uses air plants and creepers as the mother base. It does not require soil, but only sunlight and water, plus a certain amount of nutrient solution, to maintain vitality for a long time.
Sapiens calls this combination of genetically modified plants and artificial skeletons the "Green Umbrella System."
This thing is much cheaper than steel structure and has very low maintenance cost. It is used in tropical rainforests and disguised as a natural forest. It is definitely more concealed than steel structure.
Even geological remote sensing satellites cannot detect the abnormalities.
Unless someone can enter the scene for reconnaissance, it is basically impossible to discover the problem by long-distance radar and photography alone.
In order to prevent this place from being discovered, Siam will soon establish the area as a nature reserve, relocate all surrounding villages, and set up a patrol team for the reserve.
When the Green Umbrella System is deployed.
The construction team began to cut down trees. The huge logs were transported downstream by water, while weeds , branches, leaves, etc. were thrown into the fermentation tanks on the fermentation boats to produce methane.
This methane can be supplied to the engineering team for its own use, reducing external fuel input.
After clearing the trees and weeds, the ground was exposed to soil and sand.
This is where the second new technique comes in.
In the area that needs to be excavated, the drilling rig is used to drill to the specified depth.
For example, here, the drilling depth is 20 meters, and then several special genetically modified bacteria are injected into the well. Under the action of hormones and nutrient solution, these bacteria will parasitize on the rock formation, destroy the structure of the rock formation, and turn the rock formation into fine gravel.
The specific type of bacteria to be used can be determined based on the composition of the underground rock formation.
This biological erosion takes about a week to destroy the rock layers within 25 to 30 meters underground.
Similarly, the remaining tree roots can also be decomposed using specific genetically modified fungi, and it will take about a week for these tree roots to become rotten.
After destroying the rock layers and tree roots, only small particles of mud and humus remain in the stratum, and we can proceed to the next step.
Water and air are injected into the well to cause the surrounding formation to form a fluid boiling state similar to a boiling bed.
Due to the height difference of the terrain and the fact that they are located next to the river channel, these silts will be poured into the river channel under the influence of the terrain and the earth's gravity, just like a mudslide.
After the sediment enters the river channel, the air nozzles installed at the bottom of the river will continuously spray air, making it difficult for the sediment to settle and forcing it to flow downstream.
Near the construction site of the Dangweng River Dam downstream, the engineering team deployed a large number of sand-draining ships to continuously pump sand from the riverbed and artificially increase the depth of the river.
As the downstream river channel becomes deeper, it can accommodate more silt accumulation.
These river sands can be used as raw materials for building dams and cities.
Kill two birds with one stone.
The sediment content of the river will increase dramatically in a short period of time, which will accelerate the speed of land reclamation in the Salween River estuary delta.
Especially during the rainy season every year when the river floods.
The transportation effect of formation fluid boiling technology will be better.
On the other hand, considering that the entire valley will be flooded in the low-lying areas after the dam is built in the future, the Sapiens company will also carry out another task, which is to pump sand to fill the valley.
The low-lying areas along the river are artificially raised using silt from the river.
The current project at this location is just an initial test. Once it is launched on a large scale, it will not be tens of thousands of square meters, but several square kilometers.
Even if the mountains are relatively high, they can be peeled off layer by layer and finally turned into flat valleys, allowing the river water to flow directly from both sides and merge.
According to the project plan, the Central Canal Hub Project in the Tha Nin Thaung Mountains will be 21 kilometers long, 500 meters wide and 30 meters deep.
In order to ensure that the water level is stable, several large reservoirs will be built in the surrounding area.
But when Wu Nan and Liu Zhifan came here to inspect, the engineering team had expanded from 150 people to 632 people.
The coverage area of the green umbrella system reaches 1.3 square kilometers.
Wu Nan and Liu Zhifan took a small boat and entered the green umbrella that blocked out the sky and the sun. They saw that the area where the mud and sand layer had been washed away had almost formed a small lake.
"I hardly noticed this green dome from the outside. I didn't expect it to be hollowed out inside."
Liu Zhifan smiled and said: "The leaves on it are real, and satellites can't detect the engineering inside."
"It seems necessary to strengthen the management of the surrounding area. How about transferring a division to be stationed nearby?" Wu Nan suggested.
But Liu Zhifan shook his head: "Too much is as bad as too little. Just use a patrol team composed of new humans. The army is too conspicuous."
Wu Nan immediately responded: "That's true."
After listening carefully to the technicians' introduction, Wu Nan initially understood the role of these new technologies. He said with emotion: "At this rate, it will probably be completed in a few years."
“If everything goes well, it can be completed in about 15 months, which is faster than the Dangweng River Dam.”
When Wu Nan heard the time, he looked somewhat helpless: "It seems that after I return, I have to supervise the progress of the Chao Phraya River renovation to avoid being dragged down."
"Although we need to speed up the progress, we still have to do a good job of keeping confidentiality," Liu Zhifan reminded.
Wu Nan also knew the seriousness of the matter and nodded seriously: "I will pay attention to it."
