wavenovel Chapter 61 This is it? You think you can hide it?
Chapter 61 This is it? You think you can hide it?
Lin Chen stared at the pH test strip with the color fixed in the center, his brows furrowing slightly.
It's too standard, so standard that it doesn't look like a natural water body.
Ma Boyang was still smugly saying, "Senior Engineer Lin, are you relieved now? I already told you, the water quality at our Wushan Water Station is nationally certified."
Liang Xiaoyu also came over to take a look and laughed, "7.0, perfect! Station Master Ma, it seems your water quality is really good. It seems you've put in a lot of effort in maintenance. Director Tan will definitely praise you highly when he sees the report."
Ma Boyang chuckled: "It's nothing, it's just part of my job."
Ignoring the two people's babbling, Lin Chen squatted down and began to review the situation. His gaze swept across the water, especially the nearby shore, where he noticed a very faint white, flocculent substance.
Lin Chen touched some with his hand, brought it close to his nose and smelled it; it was lime.
So that's how it is. Ma Boyang was stalling for time because he must have had someone tamper with the water. Only a human could create water with a pH of 7.0.
Unfortunately, these people aren't very bright; they did too well and ended up giving themselves away.
"Station Chief Ma," Lin Chen suddenly spoke, his voice chillingly calm, "is this the only sampling point at your water station?"
Ma Boyang paused for a moment, then quickly nodded: "Yes, just this one. This is the water outlet, and the water it takes is the most representative."
"Hehe, that's certainly representative, showcasing your superb level of forgery."
"Senior Engineer Lin, what are you talking about? What do you mean by forgery? I don't understand."
Lin Chen knew he couldn't wake someone who was pretending to be asleep, so he said coldly, "This time, our monitoring requires water samples from three locations for testing."
Lin Chen stood up and pointed to a bend in the river not far away where the current was slightly faster: "Take us to that inlet; I need to do water quality monitoring there."
Ma Boyang's expression immediately changed, and he retorted, "That won't do, absolutely not. Not to mention the danger of the dam collapsing here, the water flow there is so rapid, it's extremely dangerous. I must be responsible for your safety."
What a high-sounding reason!
"Danger? How do you usually maintain this? Does the word 'danger' mean we can stop working? Go get your life jackets and turn off the sluice gate for a bit. I need to take a sample; it won't take much time." Lin Chen pressed on relentlessly.
Ma Boyang grew impatient and turned to Liang Xiaoyu: "Director Liang, look, isn't Senior Engineer Lin's request a bit excessive? Safety is paramount; he's completely disregarding it."
Liang Xiaoyu frowned and pulled Lin Chen over: "Lin Chen, why don't we just forget about it? There's no need. When Director Tan came out, didn't he tell us to make the data look better? I think the current data is very good, absolutely perfect. It's a win-win situation for everyone, so why make trouble for ourselves?"
Lin Chen found it amusing. What kind of people are these? You don't know why the leaders of Xinhai Group are all such scoundrels, yet the company is still thriving.
This is outrageous!
Lin Chen, usually rather laid-back and lacking in ambition, suddenly became ruthless, staring intently at Liang Xiaoyu: "Director Liang, I don't care about the data, whether it looks good or bad has nothing to do with me. I just need to know the truth, to figure out the pH of this water. This is drinking water, something that millions of people in Sui County drink every day. Your family might be drinking this water too. If you don't find out the truth, how can you live with yourself? How can you face these people?"
When Liang Xiaoyu heard Lin Chen say that, her face turned a little red. None of them were bad people; they were just forced to distort themselves in this abnormal company.
"Whatever, I don't care anymore."
Ma Boyang really didn't expect that Lin Chen wouldn't even give Liang Xiaoyu face, and he started to panic: "Senior Engineer Lin, the 7.0 data is not good. You can change it. You can change it to 6.8 or 6.7, I have no objection. I can sign it for you, okay?"
"I don't need your data, I just need real data. It's no use who comes today. If you dare to obstruct me again, don't blame me for being impolite."
After finishing his sentence, Lin Chen didn't waste any more words. He kicked open the fence in front of him and walked directly towards the reservoir. Actually, the reservoir here has steps and fences to facilitate their daily water quality maintenance.
Lin Chen can swim, so be careful; the risk is very low.
Ma Boyang panicked and reached out to stop him, but Lin Chen shoved him away. Seeing this, Liang Xiaoyu quickly followed, yelling, "Hey, I'm fucking impressed."
Lin Chen walked along the edge of the reservoir for several dozen meters, and when he felt it was about right, he tested it with pH paper.
As expected, 6.7.
Ma Boyang saw this but still insisted, "Engineer Lin, the pH value varies quite a bit depending on the temperature. It's higher when the temperature is high and lower when the temperature is low. This is normal fluctuation."
Normal fluctuations, haha.
That's good, this person's mouth is full of excrement.
Lin Chen ignored him and walked another ten meters to take the test again.
Nima.
6.4.
Ma Boyang's expression began to stiffen: "6.4 is nothing, normal water is around that level, it's perfectly normal."
That's fucking ridiculous.
Lin Chen walked 50 meters inside this time.
hiss!
6.0.
This time, Ma Boyang remained silent, his expression turned serious, and his breathing became rapid.
Going a step further.
incredible.
5.8.
Move forward another 10 meters.
Holy shit.
5.5.
That's a bit scary.
Liang Xiaoyu, who had been watching from afar, noticed that Ma Boyang was acting strangely. She came closer for a look and almost dropped her cigarette: "5.5? How is that possible?"
Not finished yet.
Lin Chen was completely shocked. He had thought that 6 was about right.
I really didn't expect that he would continue to test further inside.
5.4!
Hehehe!!!
5.3!
incredible!!
5.3!
Is it stable now?
Oh My God.
5.2!
5.2!
shocking.
Ma Boyang's face turned deathly pale, and his legs went weak, almost causing him to kneel down: "No, it's impossible! How could this be..."
Liang Xiaoyu was dumbfounded.
It's finally stabilized, and the final pH value is 5.2!
It's a very nice number, but it looks quite frightening.
What does a pH value of 5.2 mean?
Most people probably don't know this.
It's no exaggeration to say that if you drink this kind of water for a long time, even the water pipes will corrode, let alone the human body.
Water with high acidity can cause excessive stomach acid, which over time can lead to loss of appetite, general weakness, and various other diseases.
In this situation, a typical examination will not reveal the root cause.
Some might say that the human body and digestive system have a strong acid-base balance function and can neutralize some of the acidity, but long-term consumption of this water source will definitely lead to many disasters and an early death.
"Station Chief Ma!" Lin Chen practically roared, his eyes blazing with anger. "Can you explain to me what this pH value is all about? This is the benchmark you mentioned, this is what you said was absolutely no problem?"
Lin Chen really wanted to slap him across the face.
Oh shit.
With water quality like this, how dare they hide it?
They don't even deserve to hide it!!