Chapter 616: Insufficient Energy, Seawater Frozen

Lu Xingchen quickly went back and took a hot shower, then drank the ginger soup her grandmother had made. By the time she finished getting ready, it was already six or seven in the evening.

The sea was bright.

Grandma was very worried: "It's really frozen!"

Lu Xingchen sighed. "The Ice Age, of course it has to freeze over, right?"

Perhaps she was too tired today, so Lu Xingchen went to Taoyuan to check in and received an ordinary stroke of luck. She went to rest early. The next day, she woke up very early. Before six o'clock, she heard an alarm: "The constant temperature system's constant temperature crystal and thermal energy crystal are low on energy. Please replace the crystals!"

What? This also requires wafers?

Lu Xingchen thought about it for a moment and understood. Of course, anything that is fully automated needs crystals!

Luckily, she still had some!

Lu Xingchen picked up the temperature control system, pried open the back cover, and found that it contained two temperature control crystals and two thermal energy crystals.

This is actually similar to a battery; the constant temperature system consumes a lot of energy, so it requires a lot of wafers.

Lu Xingchen installed the crystal and put it back.

At the same time, she was a little worried. With the outside temperature so low, the temperature control system would need to consume more energy to maintain a constant temperature of 24 degrees Celsius. It seemed that she didn't have enough crystals!

The temperature control system suddenly flashed red: [Beep, the external temperature is too low, and the temperature control system is consuming too much energy. You can reduce the range of the temperature control system. Please select:]

1. Under the existing temperature, reduce the constant temperature range to half of the original. If this option is selected, the wafer can be used for 7 days;

2. Under the current temperature, reduce the isothermal range to one-quarter of its original size. Selecting this option will allow the wafer to be used for 14 days.

Can the scope be narrowed down further?

It's quite intelligent, actually.

However, the energy consumption is too high now.

Lu Xingchen pondered for a moment, looked at the dark sky outside, and sighed inwardly.

The temperature is too low, it must be -10 degrees Celsius, right?

No wonder it consumes so much energy.

Lu Xingchen looked at her raft. Previously, thanks to the full coverage of the constant temperature system, she had planted many plants on her raft and kept various small animals.

Now, if the temperature range is reduced too much, those small animals will suffer.

Okay, let's reduce the constant temperature range to one-quarter of the original. That way, we can move things around a bit and still have enough.

This also conveniently moved the warehouse out of the constant temperature range.

Lu Xingchen chose the first option, reducing the constant temperature range to one-quarter of its original size.

[Setup successful. The constant temperature range has been reduced. If the external temperature remains unchanged, the wafer will be depleted in 14 days. Please replace it in time!]

Lu Xingchen took a look.

Under the condition that the external temperature does not drop any more, the constant temperature system can support 14 days. That is to say, if the external temperature drops again, the chip will definitely not be used for 14 days and may need to be replaced in seven or eight days.

Trouble!

She only has 3 constant temperature crystals and 3 thermal energy crystals!

Duobao's shop only sells electrical energy crystals and thermal energy crystals, which are very expensive, many times more expensive than the purchase price. Moreover, there is a purchase limit; even though she is the island owner, she can only buy five of each.

She doesn’t have constant temperature crystals for sale. Even if she has thermal energy crystals, they are useless because she doesn’t have constant temperature crystals!

Lu Xingchen felt a strong sense of crisis.

She was worried, wondering how long the cold would last.

After worrying for a while, she went to the Peach Blossom Land: [The Peach Blossom Land's luck is blessed today - nothing special!]

Lu Xingchen went downstairs and saw more than a dozen boxes piled up near the Sea Demon Vine.

Hey, she hasn’t opened the box for several days, why is there only this much?

She went to ask the Sea Demon Vine.

Sea Demon Vine: "Master, it's getting colder and colder. The seawater is freezing, the raft is moving slowly, and we're encountering far fewer boxes. Look, the raft is almost unable to move now!"

Indeed, the sea was covered with large swathes of floating ice, which looked very thick, making the raft move very, very slowly.

There was a layer of hoarfrost in front of the raft, which had formed last night.