Chapter 1493: Chapter 860
The grand convoy passed through the Satellite City of Gan City.
On the roadside, Guo Peng, Noble Consort, and others stopped and watched Luo, Old Luo, and the others on the vehicles.
A huge giant loader rumbled, shaking the ground.
The massive vehicle made the onlookers from the Satellite City gape in awe.
It wasn’t their first time seeing this giant loader, but each time they saw such a massive vehicle, they felt incredibly shocked.
The young Xiao Ye widened his eyes and asked Old Huang beside him, "Old Huang, where are they going? Do you know?"
Old Huang glanced at him and said speechlessly, "I’m not an immortal, how would I know? I guess they’re going out on another mission. Seeing so many empty heavy trucks, maybe they’re off to transport some cargo. It looks like good news."
"This vehicle is so big!" Xiao Ye pointed excitedly at the giant loader.
"This is called a loader, usually used in large mines for digging, not very common," Old Huang informed Xiao Ye.
Among the surrounding voices of discussion, almost all were about these two topics: Where are Old Luo and the others going? And being amazed by the loader’s large size.
Seeing Guo Peng stopped by the roadside, Old Luo thought for a moment and decided to have the convoy stop for two minutes.
They were all people from the Outer City, passing by and chatting for a bit wouldn’t harm.
After stopping, Old Luo did not get off the vehicle.
Looking at Guo Peng outside the vehicle, he shouted, "Old Guo, you’ve built this place quite nicely. Achieved all this in such a short time."
Guo Peng smirked and asked, "Did you get a new task? Director Li and the others just came by yesterday, are you going to find them?"
Yesterday, when Li Yu and the others went to the Shaosh City military base, they also briefly stopped here.
Guo Peng didn’t ask them specifically what they were up to.
Old Luo smiled and said, "Pretty much, okay I won’t talk much, I have to hit the road, the road ahead isn’t easy."
"Alright, be careful, we’ll be here waiting for you," Guo Peng didn’t continue to keep Old Luo for more chat.
The task comes first, any delay would be undesirable.
The vehicles roared.
The giant loader led the way at the forefront.
From Gan City to the Big Camphor Tree Base, this section of the road was cleared, making the journey smoother.
However, the roads ahead would not be as easy.
The loader rumbled ahead.
The convoy maintained a speed of forty kilometers per hour, traveling for less than twenty minutes.
Once they left the area of Gan City, the road conditions worsened, and their speed dropped significantly.
From Gan City to Big Camphor Tree Base, it was ninety kilometers.
Old Luo and the others spent less than two hours coming over.
It’s now nine o’clock in the morning.
From Gan City to Shao City, it’s another one hundred eighty kilometers.
To reach Shao City before sunset, they should arrive by six in the evening.
That gives them only nine hours to maintain an average speed of thirty kilometers per hour to make it.
This posed some uncertainties for them.
After all, they didn’t know the congestion situation ahead.
At this moment, after leaving Gan City, they encountered the first roadblock; the highway guardrail in front had slid straight over, blocking the road’s center.
Besides the guardrail, there were some mud and decayed wood on the road.
The south has many hills, and you can see mountains with a glance upward.
Highways, national roads, and trains need to traverse the mountains.
Rumble—
The giant loader maintained a speed of twenty kilometers per hour, using its massive iron spike at the front to push aside the debris while moving forward.
The loader paved a broad path, allowing the vehicles behind to proceed normally.
However, the speed was rather slow.
"Dapao, if we keep going at this speed, we might not make it to Shaosh City today," Li Tie said to Dapao, sitting in the passenger seat of the loader.
The loader was quite tall, with the driving position over two meters high, giving them a bird’s-eye view of the road ahead.
The road ahead was filled with debris, like what they had just passed.
Dapao frowned and said, "Ugh, can’t help it, check the map. As long as we avoid the mountain roads, the way should get easier, and if there’s flat terrain ahead, we can speed up to forty kilometers per hour."
Li Tie took out his iPad and, after checking for a while, slowly said, "Things will improve once we get to Xiong City, let’s speed up, I really don’t want to still be on the road tomorrow."
Dapao gripped the shaking steering wheel and sighed, "I want speed too, but with so much debris ahead, we can’t go faster."
Li Tie didn’t have more to say either, adjusting his seat to recline a bit, making it more comfortable.
By noon, they reached Xiong City.
This area had a flatter terrain with fewer forests.
There were fewer rocks and mud on the roads, so their speed suddenly increased to forty-five kilometers per hour.
This delighted Old Luo and the others following behind; driving behind at a snail’s pace was too dull.
Now that the speed doubled, driving became much more invigorating.
But the good times didn’t last long. After just over an hour, their speed began to drop again.
Two o’clock in the afternoon.
