ebookland Chapter 1130
Chapter 1130
Thousands of survivors toiled under the scorching sun at construction sites on the main island and the second auxiliary island.
To speed up the process, Captain Chen divided the survivors into three shifts, working around the clock, and everyone persevered through gritted teeth.
Three months felt like an eternity of torment.
The seawater temperature rose another 6°C during this period, reaching 52°C. The civilian ships, which were originally expected to be scrapped in half a month, barely survived because the construction team took simple cooling measures in advance.
Finally, thanks to everyone's efforts, the main structure of the mid-air fortress was basically completed.
This steel fortress, standing between the main island and the second sub-island, is seven or eight meters high above the ground. It is supported by dozens of thick boiling point alloy pillars, each firmly rooted in the rock foundation, as stable as Mount Tai.
The walls and roof of the fortress were also constructed entirely of boiling-point alloy. This special alloy is not only extremely strong, but also has excellent heat insulation and cooling properties, making it the most suitable material they found for building dwellings in the apocalypse.
The layout inside the fortress is very orderly, with rows of container-like houses neatly arranged. Each house is not large, about the same size as the dormitories on the mothership, about ten square meters.
Four people can live in the dormitory, but the fortress is large enough to accommodate 10,000 people, so two people can also live there.
The container house is small, but it is fully equipped. Each bed is equipped with a vent, and the cooling pipes embedded in the walls are connected to a central refrigeration system, which can keep the indoor temperature stable at around 35°C.
With the outside temperature already exceeding 50°C, this place undoubtedly became a cool haven.
Zhou Shuwan moved into the new house with her family, and finally breathed a sigh of relief as she felt the cool breeze blowing in her face.
She walked to the window, looking at the busy crowd below the fortress, her heart filled with emotion.
Three months of hard work paid off, and they finally had a relatively stable place to live.
Just as Captain Ma had predicted, the sea level had dropped by more than four meters due to continuous high-temperature evaporation.
The shallows and reefs that were originally submerged by seawater have been largely exposed, and the area of the several secondary islands around the main island has also expanded considerably. The third secondary island has even revealed a wide and flat area, which is just right as a docking area for ships.
Captain Chen immediately ordered a construction team to build a ramp on the third auxiliary island.
Hundreds of survivors worked together to build a 500-meter-long ramp using alloy steel from the island, extending from the exposed shallows to the flat areas of the island.
The surface of the slope is covered with thick anti-slip steel plates, and the bottom is reinforced with sturdy steel bars, which is enough to support the weight of the mothership.
With everything prepared, the transfer of the ships officially began.
The mothership was the first to depart, and with the help of tugboats, the massive ship slowly sailed toward the third auxiliary island.
As the mothership slowly ascended the slope, everyone held their breath until the ship came to a steady stop on the flat area of the island, at which point cheers erupted in the command center.
The mothership has basically occupied the area of the third auxiliary island.
Therefore, more than twenty military and civilian ships in relatively good condition also sailed onto the No. 4 and No. 5 sub-islands one after another.
The construction team immediately set up a simple sunshade around the ship, using alloy steel as the frame and covering it with thick canvas and dried seaweed to cool it down.
However, not all ships can go ashore.
After the three secondary islands housed the mother ship and more than twenty other ships, the remaining space was used to accommodate other vessels.
Therefore, the remaining sixty-odd ships were abandoned.
Due to severe aging of their hulls and prolonged exposure to high temperatures, they all have some problems to varying degrees.
The twenty-odd ships selected are the best quality and most valuable for preservation among them.
When the news came that the order to abandon these ships was being given, many crew members had tears in their eyes.
Those ships had accompanied them through long years of drifting at sea, and now they had to watch helplessly as they were corroded and swallowed by the scalding seawater, which inevitably saddened them.
Upon hearing this news, Zhou Shuwan's heart stirred.
She knew that many of these abandoned ships were of good quality and had advanced equipment, and it would be a real shame to destroy them.
That night, while everyone was asleep, Zhou Shuwan quietly left the fortress and went to the beach.
She skillfully manipulated the space collection function, taking more than twenty cruise ships and cargo ships in relatively good condition into her space one by one.
These ships are a vital force for future exploration of new islands and the search for resources, and should not be easily abandoned.
She stopped when the space was completely full, looked at the remaining ships, shook her head helplessly, and quietly climbed onto the fortress.
The next day, while patrolling the sea, the patrol team was shocked to find that only about 40 of the more than 60 ships that were originally moored nearby remained. They immediately reported this to Captain Chen.
Captain Chen was slightly taken aback when he received the report, but he quickly calmed down.
He recalled the various unusual events that had occurred before and had already made some guesses about Zhou Shuwan's special abilities.
He pondered for a moment, then said to the patrol captain, "Don't make this public. Just tell everyone that those ships have been corroded and sunk by the sea."
Although the captain was puzzled, he still respectfully agreed.
At this point, all the survivors had already moved onto the airborne fortress and would not easily come down.
As long as the patrol team keeps it a secret, no one else will notice that more than twenty ships are missing.
In the future, when the remaining ships are completely corroded and swallowed by the scalding seawater, no one will care anymore.
The Zhou family requested three container houses.
Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu shared a room, Zhou Jianghai and Zhong Tiyun shared a room, and Mu Mu shared a room.
This makes the space more spacious.
They can store more supplies in the remaining space.
Mu Mu lives alone, and his room has the most supplies stored inside.
Zhang Jia, Tao Zheng, and Zhi Peng also live nearby.