Others try to survive on an island, I try to survive on a raft?

Chapter 146 Conditions for Breaking the Ice

Upon hearing this, Sun Daqing, who had originally intended to say a few words, immediately shut his mouth.

He had originally intended to say that as long as he had eaten his fill, he could be buried somewhere, and even if it was a bit cold, he shouldn't freeze to death.

If you bury it in the soil, the temperature won't drop too low, and it's very easy to keep alive.

But judging from Su Jin's words, he clearly wanted to cause trouble during the cold wave, so he definitely wouldn't be able to get any sleep.

Lin Xuan was taken aback upon hearing this and asked, "Why? Isn't this the safest option?"

Su Jin glanced at her and said calmly, "It's safe, but it also means being passive."

Su Jin stood up and patted the sand off his backside: "The cold wave is not only a disaster, but also a reshuffling of the deck."

"Will the terrain change? Will the ocean currents bring new things? Will rare resources that are not usually seen be exposed due to the extreme cold?"

"Or perhaps an even more powerful sea monster has emerged? That would be the worst-case scenario!"

"If we freeze the ship on the sea and can't move, we won't be able to escape when a crisis comes, and we won't be able to seize opportunities when they come. We'll be like zombies nailed to a coffin, only able to stare helplessly."

He looked at the large ship anchored in the darkness and said with great certainty, "Therefore, icebreaking capability is the next key focus of the modification. No matter how cold it is, we must be able to move. Only a fortress that can move can be called an ark; one that cannot move is called a tomb."

These words deeply moved Lin Xuan and also made the others feel a sense of crisis.

Shen Qiaoqiao recalled scenes from disaster movies and couldn't help but shrink her neck, saying, "I support it. If some super-large sea monster, like a whale, were to emerge from the deep sea and jump into the water, it would be enough to give us a hard time."

"When the ice water soaks us and the cold wind blows, we might actually be frozen into ice sculptures."

Shen Ruying didn't speak, but simply pursed her lips and closed her eyes.

She was consulting her encyclopedia, but unfortunately, it was in vain, because she could only know about marine creatures below the third tier; the fourth tier had not yet been unlocked.

The whale-like sea creatures her daughter mentioned were probably already at the fifth, sixth, or even seventh tier.

According to Su Jin's previous calculations, if their Ark is considered Tier 3 and Rank 1, then their ship is only Tier 2, and at most, with the addition of cannons, it is comparable to Tier 3.

If you were to encounter such a terrifying sea monster, coupled with such extreme weather conditions, you could easily suffer a severe blow if you were even slightly affected.

Thinking about it this way, her previous optimism vanished instantly.

Li Yuanyuan, standing next to her, didn't think as much as Su Jin did. As soon as Su Jin spoke, she immediately focused her limited computing power on how to make the ship travel on the icy sea.

"Well, normally, our Ark should be developed into an icebreaker like the Antarctic expedition ship, right? It can't become a spaceship and fly in the sky, can it?"

Lin Xuan nodded, agreeing, "I also think this direction is correct."

Then a look of worry appeared in her eyes: "But the icebreaker will make a lot of noise. Won't it attract sea monsters?"

Su Jin waved his hand and said, "That's a matter for later. The icebreaker is an indisputable fact, and for now, that's the only direction we can take."

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"Icebreakers break ice not by ramming, but by pressing down, you know?"

Apart from Lin Xuan nodding, everyone else shook their heads.

Clearly, this is extracurricular knowledge; the teacher didn't teach this when we were in school.

Shen Qiaoqiao was particularly interested in extracurricular knowledge, and she listened intently with wide eyes and pricked up her ears.

"What we call sea surface freezing is not actually the entire sea freezing, but rather the surface of the seawater freezing, as you should know."

Everyone nodded, and then Su Jin continued, "So when the sea freezes, it's just a thin layer, at least compared to the entire ocean, it's quite thin, but of course, it's at least a meter or more."

"If you try to break the ice from the side, you'll be facing such a large expanse of ice, making it almost impossible to break. That's why the idea of ​​using pressure came about."

"Using the weight and the special icebreaking structure at the bow, the ice will break on its own when pressed down, becoming an open ice floe that floats on the water and is then broken apart like fragments."

"Now you understand, right?"

Shen Qiaoqiao nodded in sudden realization: "Oh, I see. That's quite simple. We can just put more stones in the cabin and modify the bow—Uncle, why did you flick my forehead!"

Su Jin withdrew his finger, laughing angrily, and said, "You're just being too naive. Think about it, if we kept pressing and ramming it, do you think our ship would fall apart, and you'd be vomiting and having diarrhea?"

Upon hearing this, the little girl conjured up images of the future in her mind and couldn't help but shudder.

"No way! Does that mean we could be thrown off the bed while we're sleeping?"

"Will we have to tie us to the bed with ropes so we can sleep more soundly?"

Li Yuanyuan whispered from the side, "In that case, Qiaoqiao, you'll probably bump your head on the headboard at least three times an hour."

"Three times is too few," Su Jin chuckled. "When she wakes up the next morning, the bumps on her head will be as big as a skyscraper."

"Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, our ark needs a sturdy keel so that our ship will not fall apart."

keel----

None of the people were architectural experts, and they were all completely unfamiliar with this thing, having no concept of it at all.

Only Lin Xuan was slightly more knowledgeable. After all, the Chemistry Department is also a science major, and she had learned some drawing skills and had some understanding of keel.

The so-called keel is something like a human skeleton, the upper body.

It's like a main frame with several ribs branching off on both sides, providing support at the bottom of the boat.

It's actually quite simple; all you need is some sturdy wood, like steelwood, to get a strong and stable keel.

But just as she thought that, Su Jin gave her bad news: "Unfortunately, even with the materials, I can't directly create the dragon bones like I would with an upgrade. In that case, I'll have to trouble Qiaoqiao again."

"Huh? It's me again?" Shen Qiaoqiao's eyes widened as she pointed at herself, her eyes filled with confusion and shock.

She probably knows a little about dragon bones.

But knowing that the ship was so big and had so many materials, it would take her so much effort to inlay it.

Su Jin patted the little girl's head and said with a smile, "Don't worry, there's no rush for the dragon bone. After all, we still need steel and wood to forge the dragon bone, and we haven't even collected enough materials to upgrade the mast yet."

But that's what he said; this thing will be needed sooner or later.

He already had a plan in mind. He realized that he didn't need steel and wood; he could use molten iron and shrubs, which would achieve a similar effect.

So tomorrow is the day of the Great Steelmaking Campaign, and the day after tomorrow will be the day to collect debts.

Give those people one more day; hopefully, I won't disappoint them.