Chapter Ten: The Heavenly Path Forged from Explosives!

“Alright!” Upon hearing Tan Ping’s words, the homeowner immediately called the excavator operator back.

The excavator operator, displeased, said, “We agreed beforehand—when the time’s up, payment is due!”

The villagers repairing the house gritted their teeth and said, “Fine!”

Seeing that the excavator operator had been calmed down, Tan Ping quickly called the transportation bureau chief. “Hello, Director Xu. This is Tan Ping. I’m currently in Qinghe Village. I’m sending you a location. Can you urgently dispatch a team of professional bomb disposal experts here?”

“Bomb disposal experts? Tan Ping, are you saying you found a bomb in Qinghe Village?” Director Xu suddenly stood up from his chair.

“Yes,” Tan Ping nodded.

“Tan Ping, how powerful is this bomb?” Director Xu asked.

“It’s extremely powerful—enough to level the entire Qinghe Village,” Tan Ping reported truthfully.

“What?” Director Xu thought he must have misheard.

“A bomb in Qinghe Village powerful enough to flatten the entire village?”

He found it utterly unbelievable.

Generally, homemade bombs found among civilians have limited explosive power.

This was the first time Director Xu had heard of a bomb capable of destroying an entire village.

Still, given the gravity of the situation, Director Xu did not dare to take it lightly.

He promptly filed an emergency request with the local authorities.

The news quickly sent shockwaves through the local police departments.

“A bomb found in Qinghe Village?”

Within ten minutes, a squad of bomb disposal experts clad in protective suits rushed out, carrying explosive detectors and speeding toward the scene.

Alongside Director Xu, who Tan Ping had just called, was Police Chief Zhang.

Seeing row upon row of police vehicles parked at the village entrance, the villagers of Qinghe were startled by the imposing sight.

Meanwhile, viewers watching the live stream were equally astonished.

“What on earth is happening?”

“Two deputy police commissioners personally on site—this is a major incident!”

“No way! Even bomb disposal experts have been deployed?”

Upon arriving, Chief Zhang immediately ordered the site to be sealed off.

After all, the discovery of a bomb was a serious matter—if detonated, it could cause a catastrophic safety incident.

Director Xu then approached Tan Ping to learn more. “Tan Ping, is this bomb situation genuine?”

“It’s true,” Tan Ping replied firmly.

Director Xu nodded. It wasn’t the first time a bomb had been found in a village.

There had been a previous incident where a farmer unearthed a bomb while digging, and tragically, his entire family perished in the explosion.

Tan Ping approached the bomb disposal experts and glanced at the countdown timers worn on their helmets.

The shortest remaining timer showed 281; the longest, 3,871.

Clearly, bomb disposal was a perilous profession.

Fortunately, none of these experts would perish during today’s operation.

“Begin the operation!” Chief Zhang ordered once preparations were complete.

Soon, the bomb experts, clad in protective suits and wielding explosive detectors, advanced into the village.

“This is a bomb defusing operation?” viewers watching the live stream began to understand.

Tan Ping’s colleagues also realized that there indeed were bombs hidden in the village.

Soon, the lead bomb expert’s detector began to beep.

“Found something?” Directors Zhang and Xu were immediately alert.

The live stream cameras zoomed in on the bomb experts.

They were standing on a stone-paved road constructed within the village.

“Beep! Beep!”

Another expert’s device also started to sound alarms.

“More than one?” The police officers on site were shocked.

Director Xu looked toward Tan Ping.

Obviously, the detection results validated what Tan Ping had said moments ago.

The first bomb disposal expert carefully began prying up the stone slabs covering the ground.

His pupils constricted when he saw beneath the stone slab a bomb roughly 100 millimeters long.

The bomb’s surface was rusted, clearly having been buried for some time.

“How could there be a bomb under our village road?” The villagers watching from outside the cordon gasped in disbelief.

The bomb appeared highly powerful; if it detonated, anyone nearby would be killed.

The bomb expert cautiously lifted the bomb from its pit.

Upon inspection, the fuse was intact—this was an active bomb.

“Quick! Carefully remove this bomb immediately!” Chief Zhang commanded.

Professional handlers stepped forward to take possession of the bomb.

The villagers quickly retreated.

Director Xu turned to the villagers, “Do you know how these bombs got here?”

“No!” the villagers shook their heads.

Had they known about the bombs buried beneath their roads, they would have fled the village in terror long ago.

At that moment, all the villagers looked at Tan Ping with heartfelt gratitude.

“Thank you, Officer Tan!”

Their thanks were sincere.

If the excavator had continued digging, it would have triggered an explosion, and none of the villagers would have survived.

The homeowner repairing the house also broke out in a cold sweat upon seeing the bomb beneath the stone slabs.

If not for the traffic police officer’s timely intervention to halt the construction, they would likely have been killed by now.

Viewers watching the live stream were wide-eyed with disbelief.

“What kind of road is this, to have so many bombs buried underneath?”

The bomb disposal team carefully began their work.

The bombs ranged from 30 millimeters to 100 millimeters in caliber.

Some no longer contained explosives, but most were still intact.

The bomb experts’ hearts pounded with fear as they proceeded.

The entire disposal operation continued until evening.

Only when the explosive detectors fell silent did they stop.

“Quick, count how many bombs there are in total!” Chief Zhang ordered.

The bomb experts immediately began tallying.

Chief Zhang’s scalp tingled at the thought.

With so many bombs, if they detonated, the entire Qinghe Village would be reduced to ashes.

The villagers present gasped, feeling as if they had narrowly escaped death’s door.

For years, they had been walking every day on roads hiding bombs beneath their feet.

No one would believe such a story if told.

It was utterly unbelievable.

Viewers in the live chat marveled, “This truly is a road from heaven!”

“If one careless move had been made, the whole village would have been blasted into the sky, shoulder to shoulder with the sun!”

“I’m curious—who on earth built such a road?”

“The whole village must have crossed someone powerful!”

Given the severity of the case, Chief Zhang immediately questioned the villagers.

“Friends, do you know who led the construction of this road?”