bookrebus Chapter 1126
Chapter 1126
Mu Mu refused.
Zhou Shuwan then tried to persuade her mother: "Mom, let Mumu do it. He's been on the ship for the past few years, his range of movement is limited, and he's been dealing with wards and medicines all day. He should get out and exercise. Besides, we don't know how long this apocalypse will last. It won't hurt for him to suffer a little more."
Qi Mingyu nodded in agreement, looking at Zhou Mumu, who was carrying steel with others not far away, with a hint of approval in his eyes: "Let him interact with everyone more and integrate into the group. It's much better than keeping him cooped up in the cabin. Look at him now, he smiles more than before."
Zhong Tiyun followed his gaze.
Zhou Mumu was chatting and laughing with several young people around her, her forehead covered in sweat, but her smile was exceptionally bright.
It was a feeling of relief, a sense of having shed a heavy burden.
She paused for a moment, then sighed and didn't try to stop her again.
These days, Zhou Mumu is exhausted and sweating profusely every day. When she returns to her dormitory on the mothership at night, she doesn't want to do anything. She first eats big bites of steamed buns and rice, enjoying the food immensely, and then falls asleep without any dreams.
It was obvious to everyone that his long-standing depression had improved considerably without him even realizing it.
Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu both saw it, but neither of them said anything.
The two giant machines that Zhou Shuwan had previously provided for the mothership were now proving invaluable.
Heavy-duty cranes precisely lift the heavy steel frame to the designated position.
The excavators efficiently excavated the foundation and leveled the land, greatly accelerating the construction progress and making it possible for the project, which was originally expected to take several months, to be completed ahead of schedule.
On the other side, Captain Chen stood on the bridge, looking at the bustling construction scene below and then at the distant blue sea, a new plan forming in his mind.
He summoned the technician in charge of breeding hydrothermal vent fish and said in a deep voice, "The seawater temperature is getting higher and higher, and ordinary sea fish may not be able to survive. We need to plan for the long term. How is the breeding of the hydrothermal vent fish that we brought back from the seabed going?"
The technician quickly replied, "Captain, for the past two years we have been cultivating the species by mimicking the high-temperature and high-pressure environment of hydrothermal vents. Although we have suffered some losses along the way, we have successfully bred a large number of them, and the population is stable enough. Moreover, knowing that the sea boiling disaster is coming, we have recently increased our breeding efforts."
“Good!” Captain Chen nodded: “Then the next step is to consider the issue of hydrothermal vent fish farming. If we can replicate the hydrothermal vent fish’s living environment in the nearby waters, then our food source will be solved.”
The adjutant, who had been listening attentively, widened his eyes and then became excited.
That's true. If they can maintain the current pace, this mid-air fortress can be built quickly. They also have no shortage of water resources, and they can raise hot spring fish. With plenty of food and drink, and a stable place to live, life is getting better and better.
Of course, he wasn't the only one on the fleet who thought this way.
The others were also very enthusiastic.
However, despite the good intentions, the current seawater temperature is still too low for hydrothermal vent fish to reproduce and grow in large numbers.
The technicians can only rely on later observations to see if they can modify the marine environment.
In addition, there is another point that is also worrying.
That is, as the seawater temperature rises, the air temperature also gradually increases.
The daytime and the perpetual night are essentially the same; as long as the sun remains suspended in the sky, the temperature will naturally increase.
However, the temperature rises slowly during the day because the cold air from the night never ends, resulting in alternating periods of cold and heat, which causes the phenomenon of icicle rain.
However, the icicle rain has not appeared for a long time now, which means that the cold air has completely ended.
Therefore, the temperature naturally rises steadily.
One worrying point is whether people's lives will change drastically when temperatures rise to a certain level.
They all experienced high-temperature natural disasters, and people had to stay underground for more than a year before they could come to the surface.
But now that the ground and seawater are both extremely hot, can people really withstand such high temperatures living in a semi-empty fortress built with boiling point alloys?
Captain Chen was also worried about this.
Researchers have clearly stated that boiling point alloys are the most perfect alloy materials that human technology can currently produce. Their heat insulation properties are incredible, as they can both insulate against external heat and lock in internal coolness, enabling humans to survive in extreme high-temperature environments.
However, whether this theoretical guarantee can truly withstand the ever-increasing heatwave crisis in reality is something no one can say with absolute certainty.
Zhou Shuwan also had no answer.
Her only consolation was that, during the extreme cold, she and Qi Mingyu managed to store the thick layer of ice on the island into their spatial storage.
If the temperature reaches its limit in the future, the family can use ice to alleviate it.
Another question arose as Qi Mingyu and Zhou Shuwan stood together on the exposed hillside, gazing at the distant fleet.
"If temperatures rise, what will happen to these fleets while humans take refuge in safe aerial fortresses?"
The boat is their only guarantee of survival in the ocean world.
Zhou Shuwan shook his head.
Although she can store some of the ships in her space, she needs to take them out when she needs them.
That would be too conspicuous.
Exposing their space was their last resort when they had no other choice.
“Especially the mothership, it cannot be damaged!” Qi Mingyu turned to Zhou Shuwan: “Wanwan, do you think you can store the mothership in your spatial storage?”
The mothership is a steel behemoth forged from steel, and it is an invincible presence in the ocean.
Other ships can be discarded, but the mothership must be properly arranged.
Zhou Shuwan nodded, then shook her head: "There is enough space in the space to accommodate the mothership, but we cannot expose the space unless absolutely necessary."
Qi Mingyu nodded in agreement: "That's right, this is just the last resort. I heard Captain Chen and the others discussing how to arrange this batch of ships."
They had already lost a number of ships when they went to find new islands.
Originally there were more than a hundred ships, but now only about eighty remain.
But with so many people and so many supplies, every single ship is incredibly precious.
Giving up any ship is something to be reluctant to do.
"Let's see what solutions Captain Chen and his team come up with."
Zhou Shuwan nodded.
Sure enough, the mothership was also discussing how to solve the ship problem.
Now they have enough boiling-point alloy to build a safe, semi-aerial fortress above Island 4 and transfer all the survivors there.
However, a building made of boiling-point alloy would certainly not be able to support a behemoth as heavy as a mothership.