Next.
Under Shi Yong’s guidance,
we managed to visit four places in just one morning.
Such high efficiency had Xia Yuxing grinning from ear to ear, yet there was an inexplicable reluctance in his heart, which he later realized stemd from the fear of finishing the work too quickly and leaving this place a day earlier.
This was a feeling he had never experienced since arriving in Africa.
In the Dormitory,
there was no need to worry about soone barging in to steal or rob.
There were Security Guards when going out.
The office environnt was superior.
If all of Africa were like this, he would be very happy to work here.
Only,
it still seed impossible.
Huawei is a private technology company and just couldn’t create a ’Security Zone’ on such a Large-scale as Tang Qing has here. In Huawei’s eyes, Africa is a market, not a manufacturing base.
Xia Yuxing even considered asking if there were any need for a communication engineer here.
Jumping ship to a company under Tang Qing’s banner
would be a nice option, but at least he had to finish his current work first.
Noon.
Back at the mining zone.
Xia Yuxing invited, "Brother Shi, let’s have lunch together."
"Thanks, but the Company has regulations. During missions, there’s a dedicated Cafeteria." Shi Yong declined, explaining that during a Task, to prevent stomach issues, they all ate simple Food.
Spicy dishes like hot pot, buffet, and ice cream,
could only be indulged in if there were no tasks within the next eight hours. Initially, it wasn’t mandatory but a precautionary self-disciplined behavior, which gradually beca a part of the Rules and Regulations.
During missions,
they had a designated Security Cafeteria.
"Well, okay then, how about tonight?" Xia Yuxing had no choice but to give up.
"Tonight works," Shi Yong agreed.
Xia Yuxing laughed, "Then we’ll head back first and set off in two hours."
"Alright."
Shi Yong drove away.
Xia Yuxing first went back and changed into clean clothes before heading to the Cafeteria. The sign at the entrance from yesterday had recomnded changing into clean clothes before eating—of course, it was just a recomndation, not mandatory.
But everyone he saw was honestly following it.
They didn’t feel good violating it.
When he was eating hot pot, he casually asked Lu Chang why there was such a rule, even controlling what people wore to eat, saying that after a hard day’s work, it was too much to expect people to change clothing as well.
Lu Chang’s response genuinely surprised him.
"It reflects a kind of self-discipline. A set of clean clothes can restrain one’s movents and sitting posture while eating, preventing a ss of splattered soup. Over ti, it becos a mannerism, which can also be considered an Interest."
Although certainly not sothing Lu Chang would co up with on his own,
it made a lot of sense.
Xia Yuxing thought about it carefully and it was indeed true.
If you were wearing a clean, crisp, and expensive Suit, you would definitely be careful with your movents to avoid soiling or wrinkling your clothes. Over ti, a person naturally becos more attentive to details.
This is an attitude.
...
Afternoon.
Shi Yong arrived at the courtyard as scheduled.
Xia Yuxing had already prepared the equipnt he needed.
Shi Yong said, "Give the coordinates, and I’ll check the location."
Morning.
Starting from the second location,
Xia Yuxing had been giving Shi Yong the coordinates, and Shi Yong found his own way. It was then that Xia Yuxing learned that the Security Departnt had satellite and road Maps of this area for dozens of kiloters around, very accurate.
Shi Yong entered the coordinates.
"These are a bit far. Get in the car, and according to the pace we had in the morning, we’ll be finished quickly in the afternoon."
The Convoy first filled up with gas.
Then they hit the road again.
Two hours later,
they had completed two and were on their way to the third Base station, which was the farthest south, almost fifty kiloters, and already beyond the coverage of the cent road.
The road turned into a rocky mud path.
A few days ago it had rained,
and in so places the water was very deep.
Xia Yuxing’s Pickup truck quickly got stuck in one.
"I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble you."
"No big deal," Shi Yong, experienced as he was, quickly took out the tow strap.
Hooking them together,
the military-grade Pickup effortlessly pulled out the stuck Pickup, a testant to the performance of these all-terrain military off-road vehicles, which Shi Yong and his team had tested – with supercharged engines that could even make trucks run.
This was just a small incident along the way.
Passing a Village,
they quickly arrived at the third Base station that needed upgrading.
Only.
The base station seed to have been vandalized, with the machine room door opened.
"Be careful," Shi Yong’s companion reminded.
"I know."
Shi Yong held his gun.
Entering the machine room, he found it almost empty, with only so cables left—batteries and equipnt were gone. Xia Yuxing wasn’t surprised; there were always oddballs who would use these things as stools.
In their operations in Africa, communication facilities were frequently vandalized; it was a common occurrence.
Xia Yuxing took a careful look.
There was a possibility of repair.
But the electric wires had been severed.
Standing at the mountaintop.
They could see a village in the distance.
"What should we do?" Sha Li asked.
Xia Yuxing couldn’t make a decision either, "I think I’ll ask for instructions from their operator."
He took out the satellite phone.
In a mont.
Xia Yuxing hung up the phone.
"The operator said the equipnt here went offline a year ago, during a conflict between two tribes, when one tribe caused the damage, and the equipnt disappeared. They asked us to fix it."
"There’s no power, the operator never cares about our actual situation," Sha Li complained.
"Just reconnect it, it’s just a bit of trouble," Xia Yuxing said helplessly. Huawei was a service company; what else could they say when the operator requested? Fortunately, the optical cable was intact.
Otherwise, they would have had to turn back today.
Next.
Those who needed to draw electric wires did so.
Those who needed to set up equipnt did so.
The cables inside the machine room were also reconnected and examined—this place was so far, they didn’t want to co back a second ti. After staying busy for over an hour, the equipnt finally started operating normally, the transmission was stable, and all indicators were good.
They also reinstalled the machine room door and changed the locks.
Took a few photos.
They were ready to leave.
"Da da da... Bang..." In the distance, bursts of gunfire sounded. Xia Yuxing and his company were startled and hurried back to their vehicle; Shi Yong also returned behind the thick bulletproof vehicle door, assuming a protective stance.
"Don’t make any rash moves."
Xia Yuxing didn’t dare to move a muscle.
Good lord, we were just installing so equipnt, and now you start fighting? Are you planning to steal the equipnt?
Shi Yong didn’t hesitate.
He picked up the wireless radio walkie-talkie from the vehicle.
"Report to the command center, there is dense gunfire from the tribe to the east of my position, with unknown cause and scale, but it’s in our necessary path of retreat. Please advise," Shi Yong said.
Once there were security issues.
They needed to report to the Security Departnt command center.
A steady voice ca through the walkie-talkie, "Understood, stay where you are, ensure your safety, and we will conduct a threat assessnt imdiately."
"Yes."
...
Elsewhere.
Within the mining area.
The command center in the Security Building.
This was a hall.
More than fifty people were working here, and the large screen in the center showed surveillance footage from various parts of the compound. The person in charge here wasn’t Chu Sheng but an experienced retired military officer.
Of course.
That’s what the docunts said—as such an important departnt, it was certainly held by fighters. Most of the people in this center were fighters, responsible for the security and defense of the most critical areas.
Zheng Hong.
The na of the fighter.
And also the manager of the Security Departnt of the mining area.
"Prepare UAV number seven for launch to conduct threat assessnt; the helicopter on standby, and the ergency team at the ready," the fighter ordered.
"Yes."
The UAV team lead entered the launch commands into the computer before them.
After ten seconds.
"UAV number seven is ready for launch, starting the five-second countdown, five, four, three..."
As the countdown reached one.
A UAV flew out from the top of the Security Building, and its cara feed transmitted to the large screen in the center—its high-definition image quality was sothing everyone here was used to by now.
This wasn’t any black tech.
It was just relatively advanced—the most surprising aspect was the combat system running in the background. That was what truly amazed them. On the screen, collecting all-terrain data was elentary.
Personnel tagging.
Intelligent threat assessnt.
Friend-or-foe recognition.
Value target capture.
A series of functionalities left first-tirs in awe.
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