Chapter 258: Island First Week Settlement |
However, wanting to move such a large ship back was no easy task.
After thinking for a moment, Qin Ziwen came up with a method.
Looking at the seabed before him, he opened the node.
"Hum—"
In the next second, an oval-shaped node portal appeared before his eyes.
Without his permission, the seawater was blocked on the other side of the portal.
Qin Ziwen returned to Home through the node.
The others followed him back.
Stepping onto Home with wet feet, some people looked at the other side separated by the portal, where the deep blue seawater was firmly held back by the transparent portal.
They had guessed the Guild Leader's intention was probably to haul that ship over.
"Guild Leader, judging by the marks on that ship, it's estimated to have been sunk here for at least several decades, maybe even over a hundred years. The wood might have already rotted," Zhang Liang said hesitantly. As someone who did prop design, he naturally knew that for a ship that had been soaking in water for who knows how long, the "durability" of the hull had long since reached a critical value.
Qin Ziwen said, "It's fine. We can repair it after bringing it back. The main thing is to figure out how to bring it back first. For such a large ship, with the premise of trying not to damage it, or minimizing damage as much as possible, do you have any good ideas for getting it back?"
Zhang Liang pondered, "Guild Leader, wanting to bring it back completely undamaged is basically impossible. At least with our current technical level, it's very difficult to achieve. The best method is also to dismantle it into several large, intact sections, then transport them back through the portal."
As he said this, Zhang Liang gestured, "Guild Leader, this node door is a bit small. Can it be enlarged?"
"It can," Qin Ziwen nodded. With a thought, the node door instantly increased in height tenfold.
This was also the current limit.
However, it was definitely enough for transporting this ship.
Subsequently, everyone began preparing tools. Within the Qin Alliance, there were people who had been math teachers, physics teachers, and engineers, plus several craftsmen from Li Yue's Special Machinery Section. Everyone gathered together.
They even consumed the fruits and passed through the portal to the other side of the sea to conduct on-site investigations.
After intense discussion, they finally came up with a relatively reasonable lashing plan.
Li Yue stood to the side, carefully weighing his words as he cautiously said, "Guild Leader, after all, we're not professionals. We don't have experience salvaging shipwrecks. This method is something we discussed based on inference. It's possible that some accidents might occur when actually applying it."
He had been elected by the group. Everyone was worried that accidents might happen during the towing of the shipwreck, and they might be blamed by the Guild Leader in the end.
Qin Ziwen said lightly, "It's fine. Just do your best."
According to the capabilities of the ghost shipyard, damaged ships could also be repaired. Although it wasn't specified exactly how much damage was acceptable, presumably something broken into pieces like building blocks wouldn't count.
So they needed to ensure the hull's integrity as much as possible.
Of course, if an accident really happened in the end, rendering the shipwreck beyond repair, he could understand.
After all, it was such a large shipwreck, sunk for who knows how many years.
If everyone did their best, he couldn't be too harsh.
"Understood, Guild Leader," Li Yue breathed a sigh of relief, the weight in his heart lifting.
With these words, everyone dared to try with their hands and feet unbound.
With the plan set, the entire Qin Alliance began operating like a precise machine.
Qin Ziwen felt somewhat emotional. Originally, when he first explored the seabed, on one hand, he wanted to search for suitable resource points underwater, and on the other hand, he wanted to look for an Altar.
In the end, although they found an Altar, there were no cards on it.
Fortunately, it wasn't a complete loss. They found a huge shipwreck on the seabed. He didn't know if it was left by a native civilization of this world or by an existence similar to their residential complex identity a long time ago.
But regardless, if this forty-meter-class large ship could be brought back to the ghost shipyard, repaired, and then modified using Ghost Gold, they would have a qualified maritime vehicle on this map.
He could still distinguish what was more important.
After returning to Home, except for some people who stayed behind, the rest were free to move. They could continue going into the water or choose to preserve the remaining Deep Sea Oxygen fruits.
Most people chose to preserve them. These fruits were very precious. Being able to breathe underwater was, in their view, as rare as cards.
On the other side, everyone first cut down the steel wire ropes from the elevator shaft, then ran to the neighboring building to cut the steel wire ropes from that elevator shaft.
This was excellent rope material, capable of saving a lot of forging time.
Subsequently, the Armory Department went all out, cutting and weaving these steel wire ropes.
They planned to forge four thick, giant flat-belt cables.
They also needed to create a complex multi-group pulley series system and manufacture a huge winch drum.
The work progressed in an orderly manner.
Midnight, twelve o'clock.
The Armory Department was brightly lit, everyone working with great enthusiasm.
To speed up progress, Qin Ziwen temporarily changed the guild's shared building to the Armory Department.
[Level 4 Yanwu Military Arsenal: 4+1 Level Military Industry Zeal, 3+1 Level Military Equipment Standardization, 5+1 Level Exclusive Research & Development, 3+1 Level Efficiency Boost] (Special Effects: Omitted) (Embedded: Level 2 Rare Treasure Sharp Blade Stone)
Qin Ziwen truly witnessed the Armory Department operating at full capacity. With sufficient manpower and the amplification from the building's characteristics, the work progress was almost visibly frantic.
"Estimated to be finished by tomorrow. That's so fast," Qin Ziwen mused, then quietly left.
Because tonight, the first-week settlement for the Island map was about to begin.
The last few days of the previous map, plus the few days since crossing to the Island map, made exactly one week again.
[You have successfully survived one week in the Gobi Desert and Island maps. Currently the fifth day on the Island map. The Mongolian Horse advanced to Superhuman this week. Obtained a large number of cards. Successfully completed a decapitation strike. The Armory Department manufactured a large amount of military equipment. Completed a Level 1 Hunting Ladder task once... Comprehensive Score: 2074]
[Rewards Obtained: [Advanced Enhancement Card] One-Star Enhancement Card1, [Duplication Card] Advanced Building Duplication Card1, [Expansion Card] Snowfield Expansion Card (Large)1, [Function Card] Level 1 Retrospection1, [Enhancement Card] Human Constitution Enhancement Card (One-Star)*1]
Qin Ziwen scanned through this round's rewards at a glance.
Compared to the previous two weeks, this round's rewards were somewhat simpler.
However, this week they didn't complete any higher-difficulty hunts; it was basically a transitional period, which was understandable.
First was the Advanced Enhancement Card. He already had two now.
He was originally still considering whether to use it on himself or on the Crowned Eagle.
Now he didn't need to struggle with the decision.
Give them to the Crowned Eagle and Chitu first.
Both could serve as mounts.
Further enhance the Crowned Eagle's flight and passenger-carrying ability. As for Chitu, it could run on the sea. Make it even faster, so that even a Mosasaur might not be able to catch up to him.
As long as he ran fast enough, the Mosasaur could only eat Chitu's exhaust fumes from behind.