Jiang Hui immediately grimaced, looking at Xu Kuisheng with a mix of annoyance and blame, to which Xu Kuisheng responded with an air of innocence, muttering quietly, "You're the one who told me to say it."
As the group waited, the time had reached four in the afternoon.
The experiment began on schedule.
The control room was set up underground, monitoring the experiment through cameras.
Zhao Yi was in command in the control room. As the time approached four o'clock, he took a deep breath and announced, "Are we ready?"
"Area A, ready!"
"Area B, ready!"
"Area C..."
Several control personnel reported in succession. After all the reports were in, Zhao Yi gave the decisive command, "Then, let's start the countdown!"
A staff member in charge of the countdown began, looking at the clock, "10, 9, 8, 7..."
"3, 2, 1!"
"Begin!"
The control personnel from the various areas pressed the start button without hesitation.