The wall in the basement hiding the bomb is cylindrical, with the exposed part being elliptical, encased within segmented walls.

Japanese architecture is quite distinctive, due to frequent earthquakes, the materials for high-rise buildings are very 'light.' The term 'light' refers to comparing with ordinary building materials. For example, screws; Japan once developed special resin screws, which perform similarly to steel screws but are twenty times lighter.

The only heavy part is the 'load-bearing section.'

Take Sunshine City as an example. At the initial design phase, it adopted a single pile foundation for load-bearing, coupled with the "shell vibration control structure" technology, which not only achieved top-notch earthquake resistance but also ensured the flexibility and spaciousness of an internal column-free space.

If one had to describe it, Japanese architecture is like a pillar plunged into the soil, with cardboard attached around it.

It effectively withstands earthquakes and typhoons, but once the load-bearing column has a problem, it has to be blasted and removed; there is no way to repair it. Therefore, the load-bearing columns of high-rise buildings are typically constructed as semi-permanent projects.

Kujo Yua rushed to the front-line site, called several engineers, and even dragged over the business management head of the real estate development company, telling them to open this load-bearing column by twelve o'clock no matter what.

The engineers looked at the blueprints and said just one thing:

"Impossible, drilling will cause the wall to crack, and before long, it will collapse. If you're unlucky, it might collapse immediately."

Kujo Yua bowed her head to light a cigarette and asked back, "Then how did the terrorists get the bomb inside?"

"This..." The engineer knew but couldn't openly say: "Perhaps they drilled a small hole, without damaging the main body..."

The terrorists aren't afraid of the building collapsing, so they would drill however they please.

However, the management of Sunshine City was lax enough that without proper tools, it's impossible for ordinary people to drill open a load-bearing section. You'd need an entire construction team with heavy equipment to do that.

Kujo Yua waved her hand, signaling the standby construction team to start working: "Drill it open, I'll take responsibility if it collapses."

"No way!" The business manager loudly opposed: "This is the company's property, it requires at least a permit— even if we have to drill, a lever system must be used!"

The so-called lever system is mostly used for high-rise demolition. Before starting construction, a three-story-high outer framework is built and sealed. Next, jacks support the roof, and cranes in the ceiling are used to disassemble the floor slabs section by section and remove the walls.

The idea is to temporarily hold things up with other supports to avoid irreversible damage to the load-bearing structure.

"If you open it up now, there's still a chance for repairs; if you don't, once it's past twelve, Sunshine City will become a ruin."

Kujo Yua glanced sideways: "You choose for yourself."

The business manager fell silent, despondently sitting to the side, completely ignoring the expensive tailored suit he wore which was now covered in dust.

The construction team used a hydraulic breaker to drill the walls, with chunks of concrete falling off, and the pounding noises deafening. Normally, there'd be complaints for noise disturbance, but at this moment, they couldn't care less, racing against the clock to dismantle.

"Stop!"

Kujo Yua suddenly ordered.

The construction team members were stunned, ceasing the machinery. The others turned around in surprise, looking at Kujo Yua. They saw her holding a cigarette in her mouth, tilting her head slightly, seemingly listening to something.

"Inside… it seems there's a dog barking."

Kujo Yua frowned, circling the load-bearing wall, pressing her ear against the wall and listening intently for a while: "Here, start drilling from here."

The others exchanged puzzled looks. The business manager turned to the engineer, quietly asking: "Did you hear anything?"

The engineer quietly shook his head, but he dared not defy Kujo Yua's orders, only leading the construction team to adjust their direction and resume drilling.

The rumbling pounding noises resumed, causing a tremor in the guts of surrounding onlookers.

Cement crumbled down, and this time others also heard it. In the gaps between mechanical knocks on the walls, the faint whimpering of a small dog came from within the walls.

There's a dog?

How could there be a dog inside here?

Everyone was baffled until the outer cement wall was broken open, revealing that there was a small section of a hollow layer outside the load-bearing wall, separated with rebar and insulating materials.

"Why is this spot hollow?" Kujo Yua asked, turning her head.

The business manager didn't understand either, having to turn his head to the engineer.

But the engineer wasn't one of the original construction personnel, so he also didn't know why reality differed from the blueprints.

He could only rely on past experience, leaning close to Kujo Yua's ear, whispering: "Maybe it's due to shoddy work and inferior materials..."

"They dare cut corners in this kind of place?" Kujo Yua did not blame him; her tone was light, her voice soft, she was only curious to ask.

The engineer was part of the industry; he actually understood that this type of thing was not uncommon. Even load-bearing columns could be replaced with cheaper consumables.

The appearance of such a hollow layer likely involved some 'new technology' or 'new material' used during construction.

"Uh, I am not really sure either." The engineer dared not make a definitive statement.

Kujo Yua tapped on the special material behind the wall, eliciting an echo, with the whimpering of the small dog even louder. She commanded the construction team to continue, the machinery brutally hammering the wall, with a ghastly crack spreading upwards.

Before long, the hollow layer was chiseled open.

The construction team turned on searchlights and peered inside. The hollow layer wasn't large, resembling the sections of bamboo—small segments, hollows in between, connected to one another.

In one section of the hollow layer, they saw a Border Collie, as well as C4 affixed to the wall.

Seeing the light, the Border Collie barked wildly, fearfully cowering in the corner.

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