Simulation Game: Crisis Management-Chapter 364 - 178: "Man-Made" Natural Disaster (Part 4)

The two arrived at the office tent of the Geological Monitoring Bureau. Many officials and technicians inside were the ones they had rescued that night with a boat during the water search and rescue operation, so everyone was extremely enthusiastic.

Gu Ji got straight to the point.

"We’re looking for the surveyors responsible for the dams in the Brahmaputra River Basin, especially the ones in the earlier sections."

"The dams in the earlier sections are very old, most of them were personally surveyed by Director Prem back then, but he still hasn’t been found."

Answering him was an Indian scholar with silver hair, wearing a white coat, the same Mr. Nandeao who once informed Gu Ji about the quarrel between the Minister of Water Resources and the Chief Minister in the meeting room.

"Another disappearance?"

Fatima couldn’t help but ask, "Professor, does anyone else know anything about the Himalayas?"

"What exactly do you want to ask?"

"We want to ask about nuclear radiation. The villagers in Kokrajhar are contaminated with nuclear radiation, and many are suffering from radiation sickness. Are there radioactive minerals in the Himalayas?"

So-called radioactive minerals are mineral resources formed by the localized concentration of natural radioactive elements like uranium and thorium. They are strategic national resources, and their development and production involve national nuclear policy, nuclear capability, and nuclear reserves, which are highly confidential and generally under the protection and management of military chemical defense units.

Based on the current clues, Gu Ji believes it’s likely the military’s drilling for radioactive minerals that triggered the glacier rupture.

Mr. Nandeao’s Adam’s apple bobbed twice as he turned his head aside.

Gu Ji looked around and took him to a secluded spot.

"Professor, you must know something. The entire village is suffering from radiation sickness, and if we don’t uncover the truth, all the residents along the Brahmaputra River, even in all of Assam, will suffer from cancer due to radiation."

"Yes, professor, please tell us everything you know!"

"I..."

Mr. Nandeao hesitated again, but seeing Gu Ji, who was his lifesaver, he decided to share everything he knew, "Prem and I have been old friends for many years. After drinking once, I heard him mentioning that there are experimental nuclear device installations buried in multiple locations on the Himalayas, a collaboration between the US and Indian military!"

What!?

Fatima almost exclaimed in shock.

Even Gu Ji hadn’t expected that the truth would be even more terrifying than a radioactive mine!

But soon, a report flashed through his mind.

It was a piece of secret news once reported by the BBC British Broadcasting Corporation, stemming from a catastrophic flood that struck Ren Village in Uttarakhand, India, in 2021. Experts believed this flood, which had already caused more than 50 deaths, was due to glacier rupture, but many villagers in Ren Village didn’t believe this explanation as the incident occurred in February, during winter, making it unlikely for glaciers to melt and rupture.

Through investigative interviews, journalists discovered that generations of villagers believed nuclear devices were buried beneath the snow and rocks on the Himalayan Mountains, and it was these devices "exploding" that caused the glacier rupture, leading to the flood.

BBC further explained, saying all of this actually originated in the 1960s when the United States and India collaborated to place nuclear-powered monitoring devices in many locations in the Himalayas to spy on Xia Kingdom’s nuclear tests and missile launches.

Although this matter was never conclusively proved, and BBC’s "fake news" is not a new phenomenon.

But the villagers at the foot of the Himalayas have always believed in this secret.

And Mr. Nandeao’s story was similar to this version, just replacing espionage monitoring with laboratory research. It seemed that the two militaries were secretly manufacturing something, but due to an avalanche accident eight years ago, the laboratory was destroyed, and many devices were lost, stuck in glaciers. No one knows the locations of those nuclear devices, nor what might happen.

But what is certain is that this device will always be radioactive, possibly leaking into the snow of the Himalayas and seeping into India’s river systems. The military subsequently also sent people to search for them, and even now, the southern slopes of the Himalayas remain under the blockade of the military mountain division.

Fatima was so surprised her mouth almost wouldn’t close.

"Vi, Vidi, these missing people, those involved in the geological survey, water conservancy, and engineering infrastructure, were they all forced to participate in this military rescue operation?"

"Rescue? I think it’s a cover-up, caused by the reaction of nuclear devices left behind by the US-Indian Military Cooperation Laboratory, leading to glacier rupture. Coupled with shoddy work and corruption in water conservancy infrastructure, it failed to provide the necessary blockade, triggering this flood tragedy. One could say, this was a ’man-made’ natural disaster!"

Gu Ji had just finished speaking.

[Hidden Target: Discover the truth of the Assam flash flood completed!]

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