Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 822

A few days later, after the unremitting efforts of Sandrijon and his team, the improved underwater mining unit was finally ready again.

Perfect also went to the seaside again with Sandrion to conduct a second test of the underwater mining unit.

This time, Sandrillon carried out a comprehensive upgrade of the core components of the mining unit: the reamer and the casing.

The reamer is made of the latest developed high-strength alloy material, which is not only more wear-resistant, but also can maintain extremely high cutting efficiency under high pressure and low temperature environment.

The outer shell has added a multi-layer pressure-resistant structure, which can withstand the water pressure in deeper waters and ensure the safety of the mining unit in complex seabed environments.

In addition to hardware upgrades, Sandrion also designed an innovative quick-change blade system.

This system enables the mining unit to quickly replace worn blades through the floating city's robotic arms after surfacing, greatly reducing downtime and improving mining efficiency.

Sandrion stood in the control room of the floating city, staring at the data constantly jumping on the screen, feeling both anticipation and a little nervousness in his heart.

"It should be okay this time." She whispered to herself with a hint of confidence in her tone.

Perfect stood beside her, holding a copy of the latest seabed geological survey report in his hand. His eyes moved between the charts and data analysis in the report, and his brows knitted slightly.

"The seabed geology is more complicated than we expected." Perfect pointed to the chart in the report and said solemnly, "The rock structure in this area is very unstable, with cracks and faults everywhere, and there are even some unknown signs of geological activities.

We need to avoid these high-risk areas and choose more stable veins for mining.”

Sandrion nodded and quickly adjusted the mining unit's detection system.

The new detection system can monitor seabed geological changes in real time. Once an abnormality is detected, the mining unit will automatically adjust the route to avoid dangerous areas.

"Very good." Perfect nodded with satisfaction. "Let's get started."

With a low hum, the improved underwater mining unit slowly sank into the sea.

This time, the mining unit operated more smoothly and the cutting efficiency of the reamer was greatly improved.

The data on the screen showed that the iron ore collection speed was much faster than before, and the pressure and temperature of the steam boiler were always kept within a safe range.

"The reamer temperature is normal and the cooling system is working well." Sandrion stared at the data with a hint of relief in his tone, "It seems that the improvement this time is effective."

Perfect smiled slightly, with a hint of approval in his eyes: "It seems that your design is very successful."

However, just when the two thought everything was going well, something suddenly went wrong on the screen. A huge underwater cave appeared in front of the mining unit, with a strange blue light flashing in the cave, as if something was swimming in it.

"What is that?" Sandrion frowned and quickly adjusted the angle of the camera, trying to see the situation in the cave clearly.

Perfect's eyes also became serious: "It doesn't look like a naturally formed structure... It looks more like the nest of some giant creature."

At this moment, the blue light in the cave suddenly became stronger, and a huge black shadow slowly rose from the cave. It was a huge deep-sea creature, similar in appearance to a whale, but with thick scales covering its body surface and a cold light flashing in its eyes. "Is that... a giant sea creature?" Sandrion said with a hint of shock.

"Yes, it seems that this sea area is not as calm as we thought." Perfect analyzed calmly, "This kind of creature usually lives in the deep sea and rarely appears in shallow sea areas. It may be that our mining activities have alarmed it."

The giant sea creature let out a deep roar and quickly swam towards the mining unit. Its body surface was flickering with a faint light, which was obviously a unique feature of some deep-sea creature.

"Activate the defense system immediately!" Perfect gave the order decisively, "Don't let that thing get close to the mining unit!"

Sandriyon quickly operated the control console, and several small steam crossbows popped out from the outer shell of the mining unit, aiming at the giant sea creature. With the sound of a burst of steam jets, the crossbow arrows whizzed out and hit the body of the giant sea creature. However, the crossbow arrows only left a few shallow scratches on its scales and did not cause any substantial damage.

"Its scales are too tough!" Sandrion said anxiously, "The steam crossbow is ineffective against it!"

"Then use the reamer!" Perfector commanded calmly, "Adjust the angle of the mining unit and use the reamer to directly attack its weak point!"

Sandriyon quickly executed the order, and the front auger of the mining unit suddenly accelerated and cut towards the abdomen of the giant sea creature. The giant sea creature seemed to sense the danger and quickly twisted its body to try to avoid it, but the auger still cut into its flank fiercely. A sharp friction sound was heard, and a huge crack was torn in the body of the giant sea creature by the auger, and blood and internal organs gushed out instantly.

The giant underwater creature let out a painful roar, its body began to twitch violently, and finally slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

"The target has been eliminated." Sandrion breathed a sigh of relief, but her brows were still furrowed. "It seems that this sea area is not safe. The next mining mission may be more dangerous."

Perficot nodded, his eyes grim. “Yes, we must speed up the process and collect as many resources as possible before the gods’ army arrives.”

"I will continue to improve the defense system of the mining unit." Sandrion said firmly, "Next time, we will not let these giant creatures interfere with our mission."

Perfect smiled: "I believe you."

The two of them once again plunged into their intense work.

On the sea, the floating transport barges transport the collected iron ore to the warehouse, ready for use in the construction of new floating city modules.

These ores will be further refined, and after being refined into metals, they will be processed into the materials needed for the construction of floating city modules.

These materials need to undergo secondary processing and be processed into corresponding metal parts before they can be used in the construction of floating cities.

But no matter what, the emergence of a new batch of ores undoubtedly played an important role in the construction progress of the floating city.

At least, with this batch of ore, the construction period of the floating city was shortened by about one-fifth, which is already a very considerable number.

With the active underwater mining units, the construction of the floating city is also on track.

A steady stream of ore is mined from the seabed and transported to the refinery on this floating city to build new floating city modules.

(End of this chapter)