Jiang Ning left the city center and ran over thirty kilometers at full speed, arriving near the power distribution box by the village he had passed on his way to Qiao State last time.
With Jiang Ning's current speed, it only took about ten minutes.
He came here to see if the sabotage he had carried out last night had calmed down the factory area.
As Jiang Ning approached the distribution box, his Divine Sense suddenly picked up a fluctuation.
He stopped in his tracks and scanned the surroundings, surprisingly finding two men, one crouching under the river dam and the other behind a tree on top of the dam.
From their positions, they had a clear view of both the distribution box and the small river. Should anyone approach, they could immediately notice.
However, Jiang Ning had the Concealing Qi Technique, so naturally, they could not detect him.
Jiang Ning directed his Divine Sense towards the distribution box cover and was surprised to find that the wires he had cut the day before had been reconnected and the current was flowing normally.
He walked to the drainage pipe by the river, and with a sweep of his Divine Sense, he discovered that the pipeline had not only been cleared but also replaced with a brand-new section.
This made Jiang Ning startled, he had to admit, the efficiency of the people handling this was quite impressive. The damage he had done last night had been completely fixed by today.
You know, fixing the electricity required notifying the power supply bureau and arranging workers through a process.
The water pipe had to be checked, and the problem identified, particularly since Jiang Ning had cast a spell on the mud clogging the pipe, making it extremely solid.
The other party was able to quickly determine the cause and decide to replace the pipe.
All these tasks were completed in just one day.
Jiang Ning was astounded; this was surely a capable person with impressive execution and a significant network in Yuzhou, otherwise, these issues couldn't have been managed so swiftly.
Now they had even placed two men for surveillance.
Good grief, really thorough thinking. What a person — capable of so many other things but chose to engage in these sneaky polluting activities?
If it were an ordinary situation, the other party would have resumed operations smoothly, but Jiang Ning was no ordinary man.
He did not rush to cultivate; instead, he ran over a thousand meters, found a place rich in Spiritual Energy, and sat down.
He deactivated the Concealing Qi Technique, operated the Star Transformation Technique, and absorbed Spiritual Energy.
To deal with Song Sheng earlier, he had deployed Spiritual Tracking and also activated Divine Step. Consequently, his internal Spiritual Power was nearly exhausted.
Half an hour passed, and Jiang Ning barely replenished his Spiritual Power.
He activated the Concealing Qi Technique again to conceal his figure and walked to the distribution box.
The two men surveilling were busy fighting mosquitoes, completely unaware of his presence.
Ignoring the two men, Jiang Ning sat down and began to temper his body.
He chose the same wire again, using a hand formed from the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique to grab it. He immediately siphoned off a massive amount of electricity, channeling it into his body to temper his muscles and bones.
...
Yan Bo sat at the factory gate, his face showing fatigue.
He had spent the entire day pleading for help to get the electricity back on before nightfall.
Just as the machines started to run, a worker came running to him, reporting that the drainage pipe was clogged, and the wastewater couldn't be discharged.
He quickly led a team to inspect it, and after much effort, they managed to fix it.
Yan Bo felt incredibly unlucky, encountering both issues simultaneously indicated someone was definitely causing trouble!
Otherwise, why would the electricity and drainage suddenly fail?
Because of this, he specifically arranged two strong men for surveillance, swearing that as soon as he caught the troublemaker, he would beat him thoroughly.
That would somewhat alleviate the anger in his heart!
Listening to the roaring machines inside the factory, Yan Bo felt somewhat relieved and took a satisfying drag of his cigarette.
As the smoke danced gently in his lungs, Yan Bo's mood lifted; life was beautiful!
However, before he could exhale the smoke, the machines, as though they had conspired, suddenly groaned to a stop, like the vibrant chirping of cicadas in summer suddenly falling silent.
In the quiet factory, even the lights dimmed significantly.
A quick-thinking worker immediately shouted, "Boss, the voltage dropped again!"
"The machinery won't move!"
Yan Bo was dumbfounded, a familiar dull pain rose in his heart, and he was struggling to breathe.
"Cough, cough, cough!" The smoke trapped in his lungs caused Yan Bo to cough violently.
The change had come too suddenly, his happiness had solidified along with the machinery.
He hurriedly checked the situation, only to see that indeed the voltage had dropped.
Here we go again, just like that day...
Yan Bo's expression turned gloomy as he grabbed his phone and called the two people tailing for him.
"What's going on? Did you catch anyone?"
"No, boss, besides mosquitos, there's not even a ghost here."
Yan Bo was completely baffled, everything had been normal, so why had the voltage suddenly dropped?
The factory's wiring was reinforced and had always been reliable; this kind of issue had never occurred before.
He had no choice but to call the electrician who'd come the last time.
Stopping work for one night resulted in a loss of thousands!
The electrician received the call and rushed over, climbing out of bed in the middle of the night. Yan Bo was generous with payment, so the electrician didn't delay and arrived quickly.
Yan Bo and the electrician walked to the river dam transformer box, searching for the reason behind the voltage drop.
The electrician glanced at it, spread his hands to show he was at a loss; the problem was in the transformer box, and he couldn't fix it.
However, he still received a nice tip from Yan Bo, thus he comforted him:
"Boss, it's much better than last time, at least the power's still on, maybe it will return to normal soon."
Hearing the electrician's words, Yan Bo's gloomy face did not lighten.
Jiang Ning sat cross-legged near the transformer box, watching the group of people.
'That young man must be the leader,' Jiang Ning thought.
Seeing that the electrician couldn't solve the problem, Yan Bo felt utterly helpless. He couldn't rely on the power supply bureau since they worked on government salaries; he did have some connections, but he couldn't get anyone from the power supply bureau to come out in the middle of the night. He would only be able to get someone to fix it tomorrow.
He thought, 'It's high summer now, there's high demand for power from residents, maybe after midnight, it will recover by itself!'
Comforting himself with this thought, Yan Bo felt slightly better.
"Let's all go back!" Yan Bo shouted.
The two people tailing asked, "Boss, should we go back too?"
"Yes, let's go."
The voltage dropped, the factory stopped; what's the point in keeping watch!
Jiang Ning watched the group leave, his figure slowly emerging from the night, having met his cultivation goals for the day.
He stopped absorbing the electrical current and descended from the dam, silently arriving near the small river's drainage pipe.
With a virtual hand gesture, he first drew the soil to block the end of the drainage pipe and then patted it down with a powerful swipe of spiritual power.
Then, he walked to the middle of the drainage pipe, unleashed a sword qi to cut the pipe in half, repeating the earlier action of blocking the pipe with mud.
After finishing his work, Jiang Ning looked at his accomplishment, nodded in satisfaction; he had blocked the sewage pipe in two places, making it much more difficult to repair.
Before leaving, as he passed the dam, Jiang Ning swung his hand backwards, releasing a green sword qi that flew into the transformer box, severing the mischievous wire.
Just as he cut the wire, Yan Bo's phone rang before he even reached the factory.
"Boss, it's bad, the lights went out!"
Yan Bo: …
His blood rose to his head in a rush of anger, his fingers trembled uncontrollably as he barely suppressed the urge to smash his phone.
At that moment, Yan Bo felt like the whole world was against him.
"Check, check for me!" Yan Bo shouted furiously.
"Damn it! Bullying an honest person!"