Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!-Chapter 665 - 402: Disaster Begins (First Update)_2

And in the gorge, gigantic Spider Mechas, modified from the Spider Main Battle Mechas into engineering machines, were deeply drilling and anchoring themselves into the rocky terrain with their long spider legs. They were excavating the earth, and when encountering massive rocks, they would strike continuously with their spider legs and shatter them with the installed heavy-duty drills and hammers.

In the middle part of the Spider Mecha, where machine guns used to be mounted, hydraulic mechanical arms had been installed instead.

Two huge buckets scooped up large swathes of soil and rocks into the massive bin on their backs, and then these materials were conveyed to the surface via a gigantic conveyor belt.

To handle the tremendous volume of transport, even the conveyor belt had been modified so that tons of soil and rocks could be easily transported from the gorge to the ground dozens of meters above, to be then carried away by various excavators and trucks.

"Using Spider Mechas for civil engineering works? That's quite ostentatious,"

Wang Lin felt as if his eyes had been opened. The Spider Main Battle Mechas were hailed as the new kings of ground combat, a single one could easily overturn dozens of armored vehicles. The fact that they were repurposed for digging and dredging was something Wang Lin had not even dared to imagine.

Ba Peng shrugged and said, "But it's efficient, isn't it!"

"Too efficient. Such a lengthy and deep gorge has been excavated in such a short time, it's truly breathtaking."

Wang Lin marveled, feeling that he had gained some valuable insights today.

Ba Peng remained silent at the side. In fact, the gorge had not been dug by the Spider Mechas, but by Jieke Group's secret tunnelling machines, and they were only there to do the final blasting to collapse the already hollowed-out interior of the gorge.

Ba Peng was very curious about the mysterious tunnelling machine and the principle behind its high-efficiency digging capabilities, which far exceeded the efficiency of ordinary shield machines, but, unfortunately, this was not something within his authorization to know.

"Initially, according to Siam's plans, the construction of the Kra Isthmus Canal was expected to take 8 to 10 years, but our Jieke Group doesn't need that long. According to our plans, we could complete the Canal in just a year and a half."

As Ba Peng said this, he couldn't help but feel very proud. The design for the Kra Isthmus Canal by Siam in the past was only 400 meters wide and 25 meters deep.

However, Jieke Group's plan was even bolder, with the canal's width reaching 700 meters and a depth of 55 meters. Without the mysterious underground tunnelling machine, such a huge volume of work would be staggering.

"Mr. Ba Peng, I admire your company's strength and look forward to our pleasant cooperation,"

Wang Lin had been somewhat worried that the Canal project might fail, but now, seeing the strength of Jieke Group, he finally felt at ease and was full of expectations for the future cooperation.

Once the Canal was operational, it would be a highly lucrative investment for the Wanda Group.

"Pleasure to cooperate."

Ba Peng replied with a smile, when suddenly a loud bang came from the coast, startling everyone present.

"What's going on?"

Ba Peng's brow furrowed, and his aide took a call and whispered something into Ba Peng's ear.

As he listened, Ba Peng's expression turned unsightly, and he eventually became furious: "Bullshit, to mistake the dock, do they think I'm an idiot? This is clearly done on purpose."

"Mr. Ba Peng, what's happened?"

Wang Lin had a bad feeling.

"A Temasek cargo ship collided with our temporary dock. They claim the ship is severely damaged, taking on water, and needs emergency repairs, refusing to move."

Ba Peng's face showed his displeasure. In order to build the Kra Isthmus Canal, the Jieke Group had found a suitable location on the coast and constructed a dock where ships could dock to transport various materials such as cement, steel, gasoline, diesel, parts, food, and more, conveniently delivered directly to the Canal worksite via rail.

Now, this dock was being blocked by a Temasek cargo ship, undoubtedly disrupting the transfer operations.

"Temasek is getting desperate."

Upon hearing this, Wang Lin also understood the situation. The Temasek-controlled Malacca Strait was threatened; once the Kra Isthmus Canal was completed, the number of ships passing through the Malacca Strait would be reduced by more than half.

The cargo ship's collision with the temporary dock was an evident attempt by Temasek to hinder Jieke Group's construction work on the Kra Isthmus Canal.

"These bastards, daring to cause trouble for us, report the situation to headquarters immediately and have the military come with me,"

Ba Peng gritted his teeth, furious.

As a considerable military force assembled, the Spider Main Battle Mechas that had been working in the underground tunnel changed out their standard mechanical arms for various weapon systems and aggressively headed towards the dock.

By the time Ba Peng and his team arrived at the dock area, they saw a huge cargo ship with its bow collided against the dock. The ship was damaged, but nowhere close to sinking, yet the other party remained still, blocking the normal docking of other ships.

On the deck's railing, a group of Temasek sailors could be seen arguing with Jieke Group workers below.

"Mr. Ba Peng, these Temasek sailors refuse to disembark,"

The person in charge of the dock hurried over to report the situation.

"Refuse to disembark? We call the shots here. Take everyone into custody. If anyone resists, shoot them,"

Ba Peng, red with anger, picked up the walkie-talkie to communicate with the military officers of the Jieke Group.

Soon after, the sound of helicopters whirring overhead could be heard, and as a helicopter hovered above the cargo ship, several Genetic Warriors leapt down and stormed into the vessel.