It's just a mobility scooter; it'll be fine for these few dozen kilometers.
As long as you don't go on high-intensity off-road sections, it won't completely break down.
Shift into Drive and press the accelerator.
The silver pickup truck slowly started moving, drove away from the blue metal factory building, and turned onto the main road.
In the passenger seat, Cotton Candy felt very uncomfortable with the old car that smelled of gasoline and engine oil.
It circled back and forth inside the box, its claws constantly scratching at the wire mesh door.
"Quiet."
Su Wei uttered two words.
Cotton Candy immediately stopped what she was doing, lay down on the wool blanket, pressed her nose against the wire mesh, and remained motionless.
The car drove past the edge of Kodiak Town.
Several grocery stores have opened, and snow has piled up in front of them.
The town's residents, bundled in heavy winter clothes, hurried along in the cold wind with their heads down.
Snowplows were operating on another street, making a rumbling noise.
A range expansion project with an investment of over one million US dollars.
There are also plans for subsequent villa construction, garages, and studios, among other estate blueprints.
The gold-bearing quartz vein at the bottom of the pit contains eight grams of gold per ton.
Apex Polar Power ' free extensive modification plan and business cooperation fee.
The sponsorship of the Polaris brand has been upgraded.
A steady stream of business orders.
There's also the prospect of working as a senior hunting guide.
In addition to the more than two million US dollars remaining in the bank account.
These resources are rapidly accumulating in the hands of the Su Wei.
One hundred acres of land is no longer just a simple place to survive.
It is evolving into a top-tier private armed estate.
With robust defenses, top-tier equipment, and a steady flow of funds, he will be able to establish a foothold on this brutally ruthless polar island.
Once the final report from the Anchorage Mineral Testing Laboratory is released, the value of the entire territory will skyrocket.
The next challenge is figuring out how to legalize and monetize this gold.
All actions must be conducted in complete silence until the report is released.
Any high-profile action will attract unnecessary scrutiny.
Once someone discovers a high-grade gold mine buried beneath this land, all contracts and legal principles may be torn apart by violence and scheming.
We cannot compromise, nor can we cross the line.
The wind on the county road was getting stronger.
Chevrolet's body is relatively light, and the chassis suspension is on the softer side, making it feel somewhat unstable in crosswinds.
Su Wei gripped the steering wheel with both hands, constantly making minor adjustments to maintain his lane.
The time was 11:40 a. m.
It's a ten-minute drive from Emerald Lake Territory.
In the distance, the outline of Pillar Mountain has become clear.
The snow on the mountaintop was dazzlingly white under the sunlight.
The phone, which was resting in the dashboard recess, began to vibrate violently, accompanied by a series of beeping sounds.
The screen lights up, and a new message pops up on the lock screen.
From: Matt.
Su Wei held the steering wheel with one hand, picked up his phone with his right hand, and unlocked the screen with his thumb.
This message was quite long, a departure from Matt's usual concise and efficient style.
It wasn't a regular progress report; it was more like an emergency memo.
The text box was filled with a long string of letters.
Su Wei's gaze swept across the screen, and he made out the first line of text.
" Su Wei, there's been a problem."
Chapter 227 So-called expertise is about solving the most difficult problems with the simplest methods.
Su Wei tapped his fingers on the screen.
"I'll be there in twenty minutes."
After sending the message, he tossed his phone back into the passenger seat.
Step on the accelerator with your right foot.
The Suoluode's engine emitted a sluggish roar, and the car shook violently in the crosswind.
The silver pickup truck sped up on the snow-covered county road, heading towards the construction site at the foot of Pillar Mountain.
Twenty-five minutes later.
Suoluode drove into the firing range expansion area of Emerald Lake territory.
The roar of heavy machinery filled the open space, and the huge windbreak netting rattled loudly in the cold wind.
At the edge of a construction tunnel that is two meters deep.
Matt was standing there.
His flannel overalls vest was covered in dark yellow mud and half-melted ice.
Beneath the thick brim of his safety helmet, his rough face was red from the cold.
Su Wei pushed open the deformed car door and jumped out.
The boots made a sticky sound as they stepped into the slushy, oil-mixed snow.
Matt turned around and strode over.
In his broad palm, he clutched a piece of A4 paper with curled edges and mud stains.
He handed the paper directly to Su Wei.
This is a handwritten work hour schedule, densely filled with the workers' hours.
At the bottom, two names were circled in red, and next to them, heavily marked in black marker: Frostbite.
"The three-meter zone you're trying to protect is consuming my budget and manpower."
Matt tapped his finger on the paper with great force, making a rustling sound.
"Four hours, six workers, and they advanced less than half a meter. The permafrost layer is incredibly tough."
Matt spoke very quickly, and his husky voice was clearly audible in the wind.
"If we insist on using manual labor for these three meters, the construction period will be delayed by at least half a month. My men are carrying iron pickaxes, not the ramming pins of an icebreaker."
Su Wei glanced at the data on the paper, pinched the paper between his fingertips, and pushed it back against Matt's chest.
"I'll go take a look."
Su Wei walked past Matt and reached the edge of the infrastructure tunnel.
He leaped into the two-meter-deep pit.
His boots slid onto the hard granite surface as he walked straight toward the restricted area marked by red warning posts.
The dark gray granite walls were exposed to the air, their surface covered with a thin layer of frost.
Beneath the intricate textures, the internal structural changes are completely invisible.
Su Wei raised his right hand, his ungloved palm pressed directly against the cold rock wall.
[ Crafting Module Branch Skill: Substrate Analysis LV1 Activated.]
Invisible scanning ripples seeped into the rock mass along the palm of my hand.
The underground microstructures within a 30-meter radius instantly become visible in the field of vision.
The outline of a dark red, gold-bearing quartz vein appeared at the bottom of his field of vision.
Information is constantly being bombarded.
Ahead, at a distance of 1.2 meters from the outermost edge of the gold-bearing quartz vein, the density of the rock strata undergoes a precipitous change.
The mineralized zones, which were covered with reticulated quartz veins, have completely disappeared.
The structure has completely transformed into dense, ordinary granite, with no associated minerals extending outwards.
The palm retracted.