noffsinger Chapter 453 Severe Convective Weather, Storms and Rain
Chapter 453 Severe Convective Weather, Storms and Rain
Dean Wang didn't want to pay any more attention to Xiaonai, so he picked up his briefcase and walked out.
Xiao Nai rolled her eyes. "It's fine if you don't want to listen. The Academy of Sciences isn't mine anyway. What does it have to do with me if something goes wrong? I won't be so kind next time."
Xiaonai left the dean's office quickly, making a louder noise than Dean Wang.
"It's totally unreasonable and affects my mood."
Dean Wang cursed, thinking that he shouldn't bother with a little girl, and quickly put the matter behind him.
He gathered his thoughts and went home to arrange his daughter's birthday activities.
In fact, it was not without reason that Xiaonai came all the way to remind Dean Wang. In addition to researching and producing the Blue Star series of robots, Ye Lingfeng independently produced a weather sensor.
He also wanted to practice, so he didn't complete it with Mu Hao and Xiao Nai. He just made a kite-like sensor, which was launched into the air in the early hours of Friday morning.
The sensor sent back data based on wind speed and humidity in the high altitude in the afternoon and made an accurate forecast that there will be severe convective weather tonight.
Ye Lingfeng felt the seriousness of the matter, so he consulted Xiao Nai and Mu Hao. They then compared the weather forecast with that from the Meteorological Bureau, and the Bureau only said that there would be heavy rain tonight.
But the three of them thought that the situation was more complicated than that, and out of kindness they still wanted to notify the Academy of Sciences. After all, they were temporarily staying at the Academy of Sciences.
But Xiaonai is best at dealing with people, so she went to inform Dean Wang.
As a result, Xiaonai came back angrily.
Ye Lingfeng was also very angry when he found out.
"Forget it. Even gods can't stop a ghost who wants to die. The buildings of the Academy of Sciences are a bit old. No matter how powerful the drainage equipment is, it can't stop the water. But we still respect the decision of old man Dean Wang."
The three of them were not worried about any problems arising from the factory where they were stationed, as the barrier Xiao Xi had created was quite powerful.
Blue Star No. 123 also cleaned up and prepared for drainage around the factory building. Besides, the terrain here is relatively high, so even if there is a flood, it will not reach them.
After all preparations were ready, Ye Lingfeng still informed Xiao Xi that the severe convective weather tonight might cause losses.
Xiao Xi also reminded the three of them to be careful and said that she would not come over in the evening.
The foundation of the building next to Guang Street has been laid. Xiao Xi wants to stay on Guang Street so that if there is any emergency, she can protect Guang Street and the building construction site.
Dean Wang’s daughter Wang Yueyue celebrated her birthday this evening.
The three of them were a very happy family, and Director Wang had long forgotten the unpleasantness that occurred after get off work in the afternoon.
By the time he went to bed, the weather was only a little muggy, but not a drop of rain fell.
“These three guys are just exaggerating. Let’s wait for them to continue being arrogant for a while, then find a fault with them and let them go.
Anyway, I have repaid the favor. If they were to commit suicide later, then you can’t blame me.”
So Dean Wang fell asleep peacefully.
In the middle of the night, the quiet night was broken by thunder, and severe convective weather struck without warning, bringing a violent storm.
Lightning flashed across the night sky, followed by deafening thunder, like the roar of nature.
The wind was like a ferocious beast, roaring through the streets and alleys of the city.
Its force was so strong that trees were uprooted and billboards and windows flew off in the wind.
People were awakened and looked out the windows in horror, feeling the ravages of the storm.
The rain poured down, and dense raindrops hit the ground and buildings, forming a white rain curtain. The streets were quickly flooded with water, splashing everywhere.
The staff on duty at the Academy of Sciences' Security Department immediately became busy.
They rushed into the heavy rain wearing raincoats. The security team leader knew that there would be a heavy rain today, so he had pulled sandbags from the warehouse long ago. He used the sandbags to block the water outside the main corridor lobby to prevent the backflow of water.
But the water was flowing fast and there were not enough people.
The Intelligence Research Group laboratory is located in the basement.
Because the basement is spacious, the research team can conduct experiments while also maintaining strict security. Only relevant personnel can enter the basement.
In the past two days, all departments of the Academy of Sciences thought that the research group had developed a robot because the robot making breakfast incident caused a sensation. However, the denial of the intelligent research group made people in the academy think that they were hiding it and did not want to disclose it.
Only the top leaders knew that they had not developed such an awesome robot, but the rumors made the professors, senior engineers and technical researchers in the intelligent research group feel very angry.
Besides, they are very dedicated. There are no Sundays or holidays for them. Even tonight, which is the weekend, they are still working overtime.
They didn't know yet that danger had already struck.
Due to the invasion of heavy rain, the underground intelligent research group laboratory was flooded and fell into chaos.
The rain poured down like a waterfall, quickly submerging the laboratory floor, submerging equipment and instruments, short-circuiting wires, and causing the water level to continue to rise.
Documents and small experimental samples floated on the water, drifting around with the current.
The clumsy intelligent robot had been submerged and eroded by rain.
Professors, senior engineers and researchers were in a panic. They tried to protect important equipment and data, but the water was too rough and everything became out of control.
To make matters worse, the water gradually submerged the work surface, and some smaller equipment was swept away and rolled along with the current.
The emergency alarm sounded and they could only hurriedly look for an escape route.
The resistance of water made their movements difficult and every step required extra caution. In this chaotic scene, time became extremely tight and everyone realized that they had to evacuate as quickly as possible to ensure their own safety.
However, when they started trying to rescue the equipment, the best time for escape had already passed. They could not escape, not a single one of them, and several people were injured.
More than a dozen people found the highest point of the basement, with the ceiling above their heads, feeling extremely desperate.
Professor Lu, in particular, burst into tears.
This Professor Lu was the one who had soy milk splashed on him by the cafeteria auntie a few days ago in the morning. His right leg was just broken by the equipment.
He endured the pain, watching helplessly as all his years of hard work were destroyed in the flood. He knew at this moment that not only he but also his colleagues would die here.
In the factory on the other side, Ye Lingfeng, Xiaonai and Mu Hao did not go to bed peacefully because they knew that there would be bad weather tonight.
Instead, we keep an eye on weather trends at all times.
The detector that Ye Lingfeng put into the sky issued a shrill alarm. He hurriedly tried to retrieve the detector and found that two of the three steel ropes had broken and one of them was about to break.
The factory building creaked in the strong wind, and the surrounding trees had long been blown down.
Although the strong wind could not blow in, the heavy rain poured down onto the outside of the barrier, like a glass wall. The pouring water blurred the view outside.
In addition to the flood control measures taken by Blue Star No. 123 outside, the water level rose sharply outside the flood control measures and boats could be paddled outside.