Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 156: Concept of Water Base
Hearing Lu Yuning's suggestion, Wu Xiao showed hesitation. Finally, he asked with some doubt, "Since we are going to escape by boat, then we are working on weapon upgrades, protective measures, etc. Isn't it redundant? Why not just focus on building a boat?"

Lu Yuning seemed to have anticipated this question. He smiled and said, "Good question. Actually, my original idea was to build a large-scale base operating on water."

Everyone looked at each other, and then gradually realized what was happening. The conference room suddenly became noisy with constant discussions.

Lu Yuning clapped his hands for everyone to be quiet, then continued, "However, this idea is quite difficult to implement, so everything we do on land now can be used as infrastructure in the future. When the time comes, we can replicate it all on this ship."

"So are we leaving here?" asked Zou Yunxin.

"Of course. Do you want to stay here forever? After all, you still have relatives. We still have to find a way to find them."

Everyone was silent, obviously a little touched.

"However, we can't proceed with this plan right now. Building such advanced vessels is still a bit difficult for us. We haven't even developed basic water transportation tools yet, so it's a bit early to talk about it. However, with the Lingang area, we can conduct some water vehicle experiments here in the future. Once we have enough productivity and experience, we can officially start construction. This is actually my original intention for developing a fishing port. So before we build a water base, we still need to continue to do a good job of protecting the current shelter."

Lu Yuning finished speaking his thoughts in one breath.

Zhang Xinyue looked excited. She murmured, "Can we go home now?"

"My home is more than 500 kilometers away from here, so it might be difficult."

"My home is inland, so there's probably no hope."

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Everyone is quite enthusiastic about the idea of finding their family members. Although they don’t know whether their family members are still there, it is still good to have the hope of going to see them.

However, it is obvious that many people's homes are far away, and it is not realistic to rely solely on this small water transportation tool.

Moreover, everyone lives in different places, so it is a bit unrealistic to want to find them one by one.

Lu Yuning quickly added, "Don't be discouraged, everyone. This idea is just a preliminary plan. First, it's for the sake of being able to stay away from this troubled place in the future. Second, it's a way to explore the outside world. It's a natural progression and the first step. We have to do things step by step. We're only in the first month of the apocalypse, and it's already very fast to have developed to this point. There will always be other ways to send everyone home in the future, but until then, survival is the priority."

Everyone fell silent after Lu Yuning's words, but their eyes showed longing.

Since the end of the world, Lu Yuning has always been thinking about what he can do. At the beginning, when food was scarce and the living environment was harsh, he naturally couldn't care less about so many things. He just wanted to survive.

When survival is no longer the main issue, it is natural to consider doing something else.

Leading humans back to the top of the food chain seemed a bit too much, so the only thing he could think of was to bring everyone home, or to find their relatives.

This goal is neither small nor big.

After all, this goal is a bit too ordinary for human development.

However, Lu Yuning never thought about becoming a great man who saves the world, he just wanted to do something to help his friends.

However, finding a few people less than two centimeters tall on this planet, which is extremely large compared to them, is a difficult task that may not be accomplished in a lifetime.

But he has always been optimistic. The world has become so wonderful now that nothing will be strange. There will always be ways to solve problems.

Finally, amidst the eager discussions, the sky gradually darkened. Zhang Qian prepared food for everyone, and at everyone's enthusiastic invitation, Xu Qi and Xu Ting also stayed for dinner.

Lu Yuning was still a little excited, after all, it was the first time he had eaten fish after the apocalypse.

It is said that it took a lot of effort to catch this fish. Although a fishing cage was made, the fish did not bite.

Finally, as a last resort, everyone decided to use the earthworm as bait.

Lu Yuning had originally planned to use this thing to catch fireflies, but he never had the time to do it.

Mainly, this is not a critical item. At that time, I just wanted to catch one to use as a night light.

However, this thing does not glow at any time, so Lu Yuning only prioritizes this as an entertainment item.

After putting the bait, a fish indeed entered the trap.

This is how we have today's fish feast.

However, the firefly incident reminded Lu Yuning of something.

Now that they could make a fire, it seemed they could figure out how to make a lighting device.

He quickly told Zhang Xinyue and Liu Rui about this idea.

"Hehe, to be honest, we have also thought of this and are currently developing it. It just so happens that you woke up, so the rest of the work will be much easier if we leave it to you." Zhang Xinyue said happily.

"Oh?"

"We're going to make a lantern."

"Have you selected all the materials?"

Zhang Xinyue nodded. "Yes, candles can be made from pine resin from the forest. We asked Xu Qi to get us a lot of this, but pine resin alone isn't enough. We need to boil down the pine oil. We've already completed that step, and now we have enough pine oil to make oil lamps."

"Yeah, that's what I was thinking, but we have to be careful when lighting a fire in a shelter."

"Yes, so we originally planned to use glass to make a partition that is both heat-insulating and light-permeable. However, Xu Ting is still not able to handle glass, so we finally planned to use plastic. However, we need to put enough water in the middle to prevent the water from evaporating and igniting the plastic. In short, it is still a bit dangerous."

Lu Yuning pinched his chin and said, "Indeed, using plastic as a heat shield is not very suitable. Have you chosen the material for the fuse? As for oil lamps, they are usually made of cotton or hemp rope, right?"

"I couldn't find a good alternative material, so I ended up using some cotton from my clothes. Luckily, I didn't need much."

"Have you tried to light it?"

"Yes, it's actually quite simple to ignite. Just heat up a small piece of aluminum and place it on the fuse of the oil lamp to ignite it. The main thing is that the temperature of the aluminum reaches the flash point of pine oil. However, the main problem is how to extinguish the fire. I didn't consider this at the beginning and almost caused a fire."

(End of this chapter)