Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 135 Planning and Expansion

Everyone had another concentrated discussion about the three mechanical devices of the second phase plan.

It mainly focuses on implementation methods and application imagination.

For example, adding a temperature control system in the greenhouse, or building a park in the air, etc.

Of course, most people care more about the application. As for the implementation principle, because Lu Yuning and Zhang Xinyue are there, everyone basically leaves it to them to worry about.

However, Lu Yuning was a little concerned about this matter. With the development of the shelter, he and Zhang Xinyue could barely handle some basic mechanical devices.

However, as the difficulty gradually increases, the coverage of knowledge becomes a very serious problem. After all, we cannot expect a few freshmen to climb the human technology tree again. This is not very realistic.

Therefore, the next step in recruiting talent into the shelter should be to lean more towards high-end talents.

But for now, their knowledge level far exceeds their productivity, so there is no need to worry for the time being.

In short, even before the end of the world, such talents were hard to come by. Now that they have been reduced in size, they are undoubtedly even rarer, so we can only let nature take its course.

The discussion gradually died down.

"I have an idea"

Everyone looked at Wu Xiao.

"How about making it a means of transportation?" Wu Xiao suggested.

"I agree" Zou Yunxin was the first to express his agreement.

This problem has actually been bothering everyone for some time. Without transportation, the speed of exploration is really slow.

Especially after experiencing the movement speed of Xu Qi's chipmunk.

Lu Yuning nodded: "I've actually thought about this, but there's a technological lock that we can't break through right now."

"Technology lock?"

Everyone is puzzled.

Disciplinary Committee member Zhang Xinyue patted the table, signaling for silence, and then said, "Let me explain this. The main reason is that the heat we generate now doesn't meet the minimum requirements of the Stirling engine."

Wu Xiao and the others still had some impression of the term Stirling engine. They seemed to have heard Zhang Xinyue mention it when they were making the steam water pump.

Liu Rui and his companions looked confused.

Zhang Xinyue subconsciously wanted to draw a sketch, but when she thought about the fact that they were indoors, she had to give up.

Lu Yu was stunned for a moment and kept this little thing in mind.

Now that we have a formal meeting scene, it seems necessary to get a sketchpad out. Some problems may be easier to solve by drawing.

Zhang Xinyue said, "A Stirling engine is actually a steam engine. With our current size, if we want to make a convenient means of transportation, the only power source can be a steam engine. A steam engine is not suitable. However, a steam engine has some requirements for the piston and heat source. Now that Yu Ning has unlocked the ability to control metals, we can try to use aluminum for the piston. However, the heat source problem cannot be solved. This is a problem that our current capabilities cannot solve."

Everyone was confused, but they understood the last sentence about the temperature and roughly understood it.

"I understand. It's Brother Zou's problem." Wu Xiao nodded seriously, with an expression of "I see."

"Screw you!" Zou Yunxin suddenly became annoyed.

"Actually, you can say that," Zhang Xinyue added mercilessly.

"Ah!" Zou Yunxin's face suddenly fell, a little disappointed. Lu Yuning was a little amused. Seeing Zou Yunxin looking a little depressed, she had to add, "Xinyue means that you are the key to unlocking technology. All of our current equipment, if we want to automate it, is closely related to your special ability."

"I understand now. Hehe, I'll have to use my powers more often and try to unlock the next stage as soon as possible."

Wu Xiao patted him on the shoulder and gave him an expression that said, "Keep working hard."

In the end, the plan for transportation had to be put on hold temporarily. As for other mechanical devices, no one had thought of them yet, so the discussion on this topic ended here for the time being.

Lu Yuning had almost finished what he wanted to say. After determining the next construction plan, the next step was to prioritize the tasks.

There is no choice. The expansion and reconstruction of the shelter must be the first step. Only on this basis can the subsequent construction of the temperature control system be carried out.

Finally, the meeting ended with everyone's applause.

The population of the shelter increased, productivity improved, and everything was moving in a good direction, so everyone was naturally happy.

In this way, the construction work of the second phase officially began.

Liu Rui and Xia Fei's jungle work is about to begin.

Regarding the search work, there is actually a side quest, but it is a bit dangerous.

Nature is the beehive of the forest area.

Lu Yuning had already told Liu Rui about some of the explored resources in the forest area.

When it comes to honey, Lu Yuning is still quite cautious.

However, he was still relatively relieved about Liu Rui, and was not worried that they would just rush into the beehive to get the honey.

Although it seems that their ability can avoid the detection of mutant bees, it is better to be safe than sorry.

Any mistake would almost lead to certain death.
In short, this can only be left to Liu Rui to judge for himself.

The main task of exploration is to find usable plants.

The main thing is to find edible plants that can become staple foods, such as wheat, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc.

If they can find a plant that can replace walnuts, it will definitely be recorded in the history of Weiguang's development. Of course, this is also their ultimate dream. But they still have to dream from time to time, which helps to fill the spiritual state with fullness.

In addition, Lu Yuning also gave them another side task, which was to see if there was a place in the forest area suitable for building a shelter. He also roughly told them the specific conditions, which was considered a favor to Xu Qi.

Since the two of them mainly moved by stealth, and Lu Yuning had previously made them a set of soft armor made of mutated spider silk, he did not make them armor for the time being.

Spider silk is quite sticky, but Lu Yuning added some other materials on the surface to effectively remove the stickiness of the spider silk.

This spider silk soft armor is more effective against human attacks, such as the red-haired dagger attack or the mosquito attack. This kind of attack that relies on sharpness to hurt people is more effective.

However, it is actually ineffective against attacks from some powerful insects. For example, the fangs of ants may directly break the human body if they are clamped on it, so it is meaningless even if the soft armor is very tough.

Therefore, for insects, the better protective equipment is actually hard armor, and it is meaningful to provide full-body protection.

However, Lu Yuning did have some ideas about the new armor.

The main problem with making full-body armor before was that we couldn't handle the flexibility of the joints.

But now that we have the spider silk we collected earlier, we might consider combining the two to make a full-body hard armor.

(End of this chapter)