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With no other option, Xia Lin could only set aside a new area on the farm to build a dwelling for Skadi, and also prepare a room for the white rabbit in the future.

The latter involved adjusting the partitions and moving furniture in the current living area. The two of them made a complete mess of things. Either Xia Lin accidentally stepped on the white rabbit's clothes, or the latter knocked over appliances. It took them quite a while to successfully partition off a room in the dining and living room area.

Yelena was very happy to move into her own room. After all, she was a child, and having her own room was a novel and exciting experience. She enthusiastically decorated the small room, which was less than 7 square meters.

First, there was her desk and comfortable chair, then the bed, and the pillows and plush toys that Xia Lin had bought for her in town, which filled one side of the bed.

The bookshelf against the wall had been carefully organized, but it didn't contain many girly items; it was full of technical books, ranging from basic Star Alliance textbooks to difficult theoretical textbooks.

In addition, on one side of the bookcase are two hunting rifles, a small crossbow, and at the bottom are several knives of different lengths, and even a fiberglass axe.

Hanging on the wall is a deer head decorated with colorful lights, made from Yelena's first prey. Apart from some small toys she made herself for practice, it's hard to tell that this is a young girl's boudoir. Apart from the bed that exudes a girlish atmosphere, it looks more like a hunter's room.

After Yelena's room was set up, it was Skadi's turn. Due to Skadi's personal request to be as close to water as possible and to keep things simple, her room was designed as a standard Covenant temporary living pod.

The system consists of a composite ceramic frame and shell, a carbon fiber lining, and a large amount of heat-insulating aerogel filling the space between the two layers of the buffer frame. It is equipped with independent ventilation fans with heating functions and a central air purification and circulation system. The flooring is made of anti-static polymer flooring.

Apart from a bed, a table, a weapon rack, and a storage cabinet, there was nothing else in the room.

At Skadi's request, the area was slightly expanded to give her more space to exercise.

As for other furnishings, the other party said that as a hunter, one does not need too much material enjoyment, as it would diminish one's determination to fight.

It has to be said that this is in stark contrast to a certain Grétia who would complain about not having a flush toilet, a holographic TV, or a multi-functional smart home system. Xia Lin then pointed to the broken super-membrane antenna above her head and said, "You fix it for me, and I'll have all of these."

Captain Swordfish remained silent. She had tried to analyze and study that communication system since day one, and the conclusion she reached was astonishing and interesting: she couldn't understand it at all.

After settling Skadi in, Xia Lin and Yelena resumed their daily routines. In the morning, they would go to the greenhouse to check on the corn and millet that were being re-bred. At noon, when the weather was warmest, they would drive a tractor to turn the soil in the fields. In the late afternoon, they would patrol the hillsides and fields and check on the situation in the infected settlement.

As darkness fell, we would go to the greenhouse to check on the condition of the precious cash crops. They ate, studied, and slept, living a very regular life, though it was somewhat monotonous.

The only form of entertainment was listening to the news on the radio, which was rather boring as I had no idea about the local politics and power dynamics, and I couldn't understand what the other person was saying at all.

In this situation, Skadi quickly realized that she had become a complete freeloader, completely incapable of farming.

Furthermore, the infected people were not very willing to let her take care of things in the fields. Partly because she was a novice and would basically be a hindrance if she went to the fields, and partly because she didn't have many changes of clothes, and none of them looked like they were suitable for working in the fields.

Secondly, her hunting trip was also rejected because of the Yeti Squad. The Yeti Squad, influenced by Yelena, didn't like her much, mainly because her hunting efficiency was too high. This made the Yeti Squad and Yelena seem like freeloaders.

Yelena doesn't speak sarcastically to people, but she can maintain her usual indifference in front of outsiders, ignoring her as if she didn't see her at all.

After staying there for a while without receiving any contact from Gladys and having nothing else to do, Skadi finally found Xia Lin.

"I……"

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Xia Lin was calibrating the electronic components in his hands. Whether it was the maintenance of the greenhouse or the electromagnetic accelerator that needed to be manufactured, he had to do everything by hand. Also, the factory buildings for the infected had been built, and the installation and calibration of the machines would take a lot of time.

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Not at the moment." Xia Lin thought for a moment and shook her head.

Farming and sowing can wait until spring. Yelena is overseeing the greenhouse and the fence, and the livestock hay is well-stocked. The cows haven't started producing milk yet, and it would be a bit insulting to ask this liaison officer to shovel horse manure. After thinking it over, it really seems there's nothing she can do.

“But…” Skadi didn’t know what to say, and being with Xia Lin made her restless little hands always want to move, so she had to press one hand tightly against the other and place it on her waist, not daring to move.

"So, what can you do?" Xia Lin put down the calibrated magnetic coil in her hand and looked at Skadi. "This is just a farm. There are very few jobs you can do."

“I…” Skadi also fell silent. She knew what she could do: fight, she could shred the sea creature at supersonic speed, and she had all sorts of combat-related skills, but other than that, she knew nothing.

She knew nothing about cooking because, as a member of the Deep Sea Hunters, she ate in the mess hall.

She knew nothing about textiles or clothing repair, and was only issued uniforms; farming, fishing, and animal husbandry were all foreign to her.

“Look—” Xia Lin shook his head, placed the calibrated coil in his hand on the side of the machine tool, reached out and took two long parts with sharp edges, pulled over the welding robotic arm and started working.

“I, I will use this…” Skadi pointed to the robotic arm that was automatically welding along the weld seam.

"Hmm? You know how to do this?"

"It is needed for the maintenance and repair of weapons, as well as auxiliary combat machines."

Although the Deep Sea Hunters use melee weapons, these weapons are not low in technology. In addition, in actual combat, in order to avoid preventing the use of high-tech weapons, it has never been said that they cannot use high-tech assistance.

"Come on, why don't you give it a try..."

Xia Lin is currently welding the track guard plate for the electromagnetic transmitter. It consists of two trapezoidal U-shaped structures that fit together at the top and bottom, with the edges welded. The skill requirements are not high; in fact, it doesn't matter as long as the welding isn't crooked and prevents it from fitting in the end.

The purpose of this protective plate is simply to prevent the acceleration track from being damaged by external splashes. The real troublesome deflector was made by Xia Lin himself. It needs to withstand the shock wave impact caused by the launch of hypersonic munitions, so the welding strength requirements are extremely high.

In addition, there are internal circuit spot welding, superconducting interface reinforcement and docking, one-time thermoforming polymer parts, etc. If Skadi can operate these tasks skillfully, she can be of great help.

For example, the repair shop needs such "talent". Whether it's the transport trucks needed later, or the heavy artillery turrets that Xia Lin needs to add, or the maintenance and repair of the Bull and Hercules vehicles, he can do it all by himself. If Skadi can do it, it will be a great help.

“But this is different from the one I’ve used before. I need to familiarize myself with it.” Skadi was a little embarrassed. She couldn’t read the words on the machine, let alone know how to operate it.

"Oh, I forgot about that. Come with me." Xia Lin gestured for her to follow.

The newly built garage is located on an open space on the west side of the farm. It is a large steel-structured factory building. Various equipment has not yet been installed or assembled. The robotic arms and lifting equipment removed from the crane are bundled into mummy-like shapes with thick cold-proof and moisture-proof covers and stacked in the garage.

Several pulley systems used for the previous beam-raising were left lying to one side, not yet tidied up. There weren't even cables, lighting, or distribution boxes installed here. A bunch of messy cables and machine parts were tangled together, making it look like a complete mess.

"The ice storm came so suddenly, I wasn't prepared at all. Here, do you know how to use this?"

"I've used that before, that kind of ion cutting?" Skadi looked at the gun-like object in her hand, with a bright and stable ion cutting blade at the muzzle.

"Well, if you've used an oxy-acetylene torch before, this shouldn't be a problem. Try cutting and dismantling these scraps."

These are scraps that scavengers brought back from the wilderness. Some are parts of damaged mobile platforms, and some are from the wreckage of the advance base abandoned by Ursus on the other side of the ice desert.

Xia Lin needed to modify and reinforce the Hercules vehicle, which had its engineering components removed, to turn it into a modified combat vehicle.

Although the bull has a larger horsepower, to be honest, it is a real agricultural implement and is not suitable for conversion into a combat unit.

However, the Lishi is different. Its difference from medium-sized combat armored drones is that its chassis and structural materials are not as solid, making it unable to withstand the bombardment of modern weapons, and it lacks corresponding fire control equipment and precise electronic measurement systems.

The difference is similar to the difference between a military Hummer and a civilian Hummer.

This means reinforcing and thickening the car's frame, sacrificing sportiness and precision in exchange for some off-road capability, then welding steel plates on it, and mounting the lightweight electromagnetic accelerator that Xia Lin is working on onto the roof—this is the military Hummer—the kind that carries a lightweight electromagnetic cannon.

The biggest drawback compared to a true combat drone is that it requires at least three crew members: one to drive the vehicle, one to observe and operate the external radio and other electronic equipment, and one to operate the weapon station. There is no fire control, no unified fire control command, defense relies on the metal enclosure, aiming relies on the naked eye, and the hit rate depends on the gunner's feel or luck.

"Cut these standard metal plates into the shapes required by the drawings. This is a drilling machine, this is a grinding machine, and this is a polishing machine," Xia Lin introduced and explained the machine tools to Skadi while testing her repair skills.

They are all assembled using parts manufactured on the Covenant standard machine tool in the workshop, which is also the standard process for industrial expansion and upgrading.

When it is not possible to directly purchase high-precision machine tools, one can consider using low-precision machine tools for experimental production, selecting the highest precision set from tens of millions of parts to assemble a higher precision set, and proceeding step by step.

Currently, it has a different application. When high precision is not required but there is an urgent need to expand production and machine tools cannot be purchased, one can consider using automated high-precision equipment to mass-produce a large number of ordinary mechanical equipment parts with simpler operation for assembly, which also reserves the possibility of future upgrades.

These are the tools Xia Lin created for future machining and agricultural machinery workshops, not including advanced hand tools such as ion cutting and high-temperature arc welding. According to the plan, if there is no interference from the ice storm, this workshop will be ready to start operating.

It has a full range of cutting, welding, grinding, and drilling equipment, as well as large metal processing equipment such as cold heading and cold forging, which can perform a series of parts processing work such as rolling, stretching, and wire drawing.

Unfortunately, not only is half of the equipment installed, but even the basic infrastructure inside the factory has not been completed. The entire production schedule has been affected by the ice storm.

After getting familiar with the tools a little, Skadi's repair skills were indeed quite good, and her basic skills were very solid. Unfortunately, her processing skills in other areas were relatively average. In Xia Lin's opinion, she was fine as an apprentice to help out or to weld a sturdy shell onto a vehicle. Once she became proficient, she could basically handle all the work of a car mechanic.

"Can I use the parts here? I'm planning to maintain and upgrade my weapon..." Skadi looked at the complete equipment and was slightly tempted. Her greatsword had hardly had any opportunity to be maintained or repaired along the way, let alone upgraded.

Do you have any upgrade ideas?

"Yes," Skadi nodded, drawing her greatsword and placing it on the workbench. It was a weapon that looked somewhat strange, with a lot of mechanical structures.

"A jet-assisted sword?" "Yes." It has an internal jet structure that allows it to draw in seawater and quickly eject it during underwater combat, increasing the speed and power of its strikes.

"Replace this area with those metal plates, reinforce this area, and adjust the center of gravity..."

"This modification and upgrade is very basic..." Xia Lin stroked his chin. It simply involved using a portion of the interstellar light alloy that had been dismantled from the previous Li Shi to replace ordinary alloy materials, reducing some weight without sacrificing strength, adjusting the center of gravity, and reinforcing the internal structure to prevent a decrease in strength and toughness.

It's roughly like upgrading a gun by replacing the wooden stock with an engineering plastic one and adding a foregrip in front.

Well, considering the soldiers' knowledge of weapons and their level of craftsmanship, this is about the normal level.

The only slightly interesting thing is that she plans to replace the jet structure that is useless on land with the compressed ion tank here in Xia Lin's place, turning the water spray into a spray of high-pressure, high-speed ion gas, which can not only increase the slashing power, but also thoroughly burn the enemy.

It's roughly equivalent to converting a semi-automatic weapon to a fully automatic one in gun modification. This can barely be called modification, but it's not an upgrade at all!

“I have a better idea… Would you mind if I touched your sword?”

"It's okay." The hunter's weapon is specially made, but not unique. Whatever the logistics department issues is what you use. It's just that in another timeline, Skadi doesn't have a logistics department to help with maintenance.

Furthermore, Rhodes Island is unable to maintain her weapons, or even understand the technology behind them, causing many of Skadi's weapons to malfunction due to a lack of parts and maintenance. Also, the materials used in her weapons are not particularly special.

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[PS2]

Skadi Spark;

Health 1442 (4029), Attack 455 (1046), Defense 116 (290), Spell Resistance 0, Cost: 20, Block: 1, Attack Speed: Normal;

characteristic:

Engine Acceleration: Attack speed gradually increases with deployment time, up to a maximum increase of 20%;

talent:

Deep Sea Hunter: No difference from the original talent;

Weapon Modification: Adjacent Operators gain 50 Attack and 25 Defense.

Engine Boost: Increases attack power by 45% for 3 seconds after deployment;

Fine two:

Weapon Modification: Adjacent Operators gain 75 Attack and 35 Defense.

Skill 1:

火花打击：对面前所有敌人造成150%（185%/200%）伤害，并造成3秒灼烧，每秒造成30%（45%/50%）攻击力的法术伤害。

Skill 2:

Engine Overload: Within 12 (15) seconds after activation, each attack deals 50% of attack power as damage and inflicts a 3-second burn. Enemies killed by the burn will explode, dealing 25% (75%/100%) of attack power as damage to surrounding enemies and inflicting a burn effect. After the explosion ends, the enemy will be in an overheat state for 3 seconds, unable to attack, and will have -1 block.

Skill 3:

Tidal Poem: Automatically released, charges 3, deals true damage equal to 15% (25%/35%) of the enemy's current HP. Only applies once to the same enemy (current HP, so it cannot kill anyone). Operators who attack affected enemies will gain an additional 0.5 (0.75/1) SP. Attacks all blocking enemies.

Chapter Sixty-One: The Little Orca's Flying Sword

Chapter 61

"Sizzle—" The welding torch moved slowly across the metal surface, connecting the hollow metal tubes together. After observing the weld, the silver-haired girl nodded in satisfaction and put down the welding torch.

"Bang!" The crate full of metal parts was placed on the table with a loud thud. "Your stuff." Yelena stretched her slightly sore wrists. "Fresh out of the oven, while it's hot."