Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 37 Tier 1 Light Armor

At seven o'clock sharp, Xiao Ba arrived at the dining car.

He had a good work-rest schedule. Regardless of whether he had a night shift or not, he would come to the dining car at seven o'clock in the morning to wait for Su Huan to assign him tasks.

Around 7:30, everyone gradually arrived.

When Su Huan saw Yu Jing, his eyes lit up slightly, not because she had changed into a new outfit, but because of the energy fluctuations emanating from her.

Perhaps due to its recent evolution, the unconscious rhythm of the omnipotent energy squeezed into his perception range.

"Evolved?"

“LV1 [Universal Energy Erosion]” Yu Jing said, placing a palm-sized piece of metal on the table.

Su Huan picked up the metal and weighed it in his hand. It felt surprisingly light, about half the weight of normal steel. It felt similar to the tanks of some large companies in his previous life, but there were some subtle differences in the feel. With a hint of curiosity in his eyes, he asked, "You changed its weight?"

Yu Jing pinched her earlobe, her demeanor exuding the clear and rational air characteristic of a researcher. "I incorporated the Night Demon's claws into this piece of steel. Now, this steel plate is not only 52% lighter, but its strength and toughness have also been greatly improved. However, without measuring instruments, I cannot give you accurate data."

A high temperature rose in Su Huan's hand, and the steel plate quickly turned red like a branding iron.

"Don't worry, I've done the high-temperature test. It's slightly higher than the melting point of steel, and there's no calcification," Yu Jing said calmly.

"Moreover, I feel this is not the limit, it's just that there's not much time left, so I brought it here for you to verify in advance."

Su Huan didn't speak, and continued to fiddle with the steel plate in his hands. The red-hot iron block rapidly cooled down, making a sizzling sound, and soon returned to its original appearance, a bit grayer than ordinary steel, but otherwise no different.

His eyes were filled with joy.

Although the color and feel are slightly different, the steel plate that Yu Jing researched is close to the first-tier "light armor" level in terms of data.

In his previous life, Su Huan was a lone wolf and had no need for such things, but those big companies invested a lot of resources in these new materials.

By leveraging the characteristics of the creators and combining them with post-apocalyptic materials, they have developed many new things.

"Light armor" is one of them.

Its strength is comparable to that of excellent carbon steel, but its toughness far exceeds that of steel. It is not prone to fatigue and its weight is only 40% of that of steel.

If the steel plates of the armored train were replaced with this lightweight armor material, the armor could easily be stacked to a thickness of 30mm+ even without increasing power.

This is of great significance.

"How long would it take you to synthesize such a piece of metal?" Su Huan asked, raising his eyebrows.

Yu Jing pinched her smooth chin and pondered, "This material hasn't reached its best effect yet. If we can determine its limit in the end, the speed can be faster. Considering my energy limitations, it should take most of a day to process 1 square meter of board."

Su Huan frowned.

This speed is still too slow, far too slow.

No wonder only powerful forces can handle this; individuals or small teams don't have that much time to waste on these basic materials.

If Yu Jing doesn't evolve, she couldn't finish pasting the entire train even if she worked for a year without eating or drinking.

It seems we still need to find a way to motivate passengers.

This current method of herding ducks is definitely not going to work.

It should be like a construction team, where a separate group of people is set aside to form a research or production team, with ample resources and 24-hour overtime production.

A manufacturer can produce two pieces a day, and if they sleep less, it's not impossible to produce three pieces a day.

They're all evolved beings now, with good physiques, so staying up all night is no problem for them.

Those ten manufacturers would only make thirty yuan a day.

Looking at it this way, there is a good chance. Thinking of this, Su Huan's furrowed brows slowly relaxed. Suddenly, he remembered something and quickly looked at Liang Kuan and said, "Turn on the air conditioning in the back of the carriage as well. The weather will get hotter and hotter in the future, so we won't need to turn it off."

I almost forgot about that. It's been raining these past two days, so the weather is humid and hot.

But it can be deadly.

If you really exhaust everyone to death, then there will be no one to help him with the work in the future.

Liang Kuan agreed and got up to get busy, but his steps were a little heavier today.

Su Huan looked at his broad back thoughtfully. Now, Liang Kuan was the only one in the train team who hadn't evolved.

'Perhaps the method is wrong.'

Like Gao Zhe, who had never been exposed to the Pan-Energy Crystal, nor had he been in contact with zombies or evolved beasts for a long time, he still evolved.

It must be because of the Defender trait.

lv1 "Combat Factor"

He had never really paid attention to the reasons for the Defenders' evolution before, only knowing that these types of evolved beings were more likely to break through in battle.

Unlike the other four types, which require accumulating energy crystals slowly, they only evolve under specific conditions.

Su Huan guessed that his fighting style was too conservative.

This is not conducive to Lao Liang's evolution.

But there's no need to rush. We're entering the city today, and there will be plenty of tough times ahead. We'll make sure to give Lao Liang a good show then.

With that thought in mind, Su Huan continued speaking.

"You don't need to mass-produce it for now. You just need to make a prototype and then continue to research other things. I hope you will explore two directions next."

Yu Jing raised her head with great interest, her phoenix eyes slightly upturned, exuding a spirited energy.

Which two directions?

Su Huan pointed to the train window, "Although there are steel plates blocking it, many of the train windows are broken and the airtightness is very poor. I hope you can continue to work on the materials and develop some high-strength transparent materials to replace the ordinary tempered glass."

"Secondly, I need you to find a way to solve the transportation problem."

"In the future, we will often need to go deep into some special terrains to transport supplies and equipment. With our current level of technology, we simply cannot lift those big things."

It took a lot of effort just to get a water purifier.

If the terrain is too narrow for a forklift to fit, the only option is to carry it by hand.

But this is a perilous apocalypse. While working on one side, you also have to guard against zombie attacks on the other. If you succeed two or three times out of ten, you're lucky.

Although Su Huan didn't know if this was Yu Jing's specialty, she was the closest person on the bus, so he could only entrust it to her.

Yu Jing frowned slightly. "If you want to improve your personal carrying ability, the best way is a simple exoskeleton, but that requires a lot of calculations and practice. There are only a few laptops on the vehicle, and they're all offline, so we can't even download the relevant software..."

Su Huan's fingers moved rhythmically as he subconsciously scanned the area, but Wan Xing and the others always listened silently in matters like these.

Only Yu Jing could discuss this with him.

He sighed silently to himself, realizing that there was still a lack of talented people.

"Don't rush the computer stuff. We're going into the city today, so let's try to get some more electronic equipment. I've been planning to set up a full vehicle monitoring system anyway, so let's take care of that together."

(End of this chapter)