Chapter 208 Life on the Airship
It was two days later in the morning that several people boarded the high-altitude airship and left the fort.
Xing Min had mentioned this matter to Zhou Zhitong's father Zhou Yuan early in the morning. The father had a duty and could not leave with him, but because of his duty, his personal safety and various resources were guaranteed.
After the high-altitude airship takes off, it will temporarily stay in the air near the fort. In addition, there are various communication equipment on the airship, and many protective and offensive equipment are installed, so Zhou Yuan is relatively relieved about this.
On the day of departure, he sent people to deliver a lot of food, water, and maintenance supplies, which are based on the maximum load-bearing capacity of the airship, and can maintain the survival needs of the people on the airship for one month.
Jian Shou and Yan Shang rejected You Xi's invitation to board the airship. Jian Shou had passed several military assessments, and there was only one test left. As long as he passed this time, he would be a member of the army in the future. Naturally, he could not board the airship with her.
As for Yan Shang, his refusal was within You Xi's expectations.
However, he did a good job in the fortress, and had previously applied for a staff dormitory in the planting area. The application had been approved, and he could move in with his colleagues. There were no outsiders allowed in there, and it was safer than the ordinary accommodation area.
As for Yin Yin's family of three, she also sent an invitation. The airship could accommodate twelve people, and there were seven rooms. In addition, her Xingwu warehouse had sufficient supplies, which could fully afford their food.
Yinyin's parents were surprised and delighted. They didn't expect Youxi to still think about them and be willing to take them with them at this critical moment.
But they knew their own limitations and felt that they had neither the ability in terms of force nor the ability in terms of resources. They were a complete burden to Youxi and his friends, so they wanted to decline after expressing their gratitude.
However, just as they expressed their gratitude, Yinyin, who was standing aside, spoke first: "Okay, I want to go on the airship with my sister."
Their daughter seemed to have more ideas and independence recently than before. Basically, even the two of them couldn't change what she had decided.
But going on the airship with Youxi was still a bit too much.
They were both healthy and able to move around. Because of Youxi, they even changed their rooms and jobs. With such good living conditions, how could they be supported by others like a useless person? Others can take care of them for a while, but can they do so forever?
What if one day they are no longer willing to take care of them? Won't they still have to work and live on their own?
It would be better to do a good job of building the fortress, apply for a dormitory as soon as possible, and move into the employee dormitory with a higher safety factor.
Youxi saw the other party's plan and concerns, so she bent down and persuaded Yinyin: "You don't have to think that the airship is such a good place. I just don't like trouble and want to stay in a quieter environment. Now in Huaguo, the fortress is the safest place. Before I leave, I will give you a contact. In case of any emergency, the contact can contact me at the first time under any circumstances."
Youxi was talking about the transparent mobile phone in the acid rain world. Within a radius of ten kilometers, no matter how strong the interference is, it can be ignored and keep in touch.
The planned take-off and suspension altitude of this high-altitude airship is between 2,000 and 3,500 meters, below the troposphere, which is also within the contact range of the transparent mobile phone.
But Yinyin looked at her and still shook her head: "No, I want to go to the airship with my sister. Leave the contactor to my parents. If they have any problems, they can contact us."
Youxi:? ?
In the end, after discussion, Youxi would take Yinyin to the airship to play for a few days. After a few days, when she was tired of the novelty and wanted to go home, Youxi would land the airship and send her down.
So, in the early morning of that day, Yinyin carried her backpack and said goodbye to her parents in the fort temporarily.
Of the nine people who had eaten the New Year's Eve dinner together before, four stayed and five boarded the airship. But neither side was left alone, and if anything happened, they could always find someone to help.
In the large parking room on the fifty-second floor of Area G, all personnel who were not wearing protective equipment retreated to a safe room with glass windows. The curved door facing outwards of the parking room slowly opened, and the base of the high-altitude airship was slowly pushed outward along the track, and finally pushed out of the fortress.
At Xing Min's signal, You Xi released the ground hook and activated the launch button. The airship soared into the sky with the help of fuel and the anti-gravity of its own driftwood.
**
In the morning, You Xi woke up in the bluish-white light outside the window of the boat.
This is the third day of life on the high-altitude airship. She lives in the only suite on the airship. The airship has limited space. Although the interior decoration is luxurious and fashionable, the suite is only a few square meters larger than other five or six square meters of single rooms and has a separate bathroom.
In addition, because the suite is located at the rear of the entire airship, it has a curved glass observation deck with an excellent view.
Of course, for safety reasons, all the glass on the airship is three-layer explosion-proof and resistant to high and low temperatures. In addition, a metal movable plate made of a new material that can be closed is installed on the outside.
If an emergency really occurs, the metal plate outside the glass of the entire airship can be closed with one click, making the airship a real steel frame and further improving the safety factor.
In addition, to avoid special circumstances, there is also a simple driving control area in this suite, which is usually hidden in the closet. In special circumstances, you can enter a password to open it and seize the control and driving rights of the cockpit to prevent the passive situation of being occupied by someone else.
Youxi stretched his arms, lifted the thin blanket, walked barefoot across the floor, and walked to the glass observation deck.
The airship is now suspended at an altitude of about 1,500 meters, which is lower than expected, because it wants to keep a certain distance from the troposphere filled with volcanic ash above - the troposphere in this area is at an altitude of about 7,000 meters, and this altitude occasionally floats up and down.
It was still cloudy outside, and the outer layer of the window glass was covered with water droplets, which were sticky and hung on the outside of the glass and slowly slid down.
Youxi knew that this was acid rain.
The erupting volcanic ash contained a large amount of sulfide. With volcanic eruptions all over the planet, acid rain was simply unavoidable.
Youxi went to the bathroom first to check the water tank capacity scale. The two 500L water tanks had about 400L of remaining capacity. Five people only used 200L of water in three days. It seemed that everyone was very frugal.
She quickly washed up, changed into a loose long-sleeved, knee-length T-shirt, and left the room in slippers.
The suite was right behind the airship. As soon as you came out, you would see a corridor leading to the living room. There were three rooms on each side of the corridor.
After exiting the corridor, you will find the living room, which has low panoramic glass windows on both sides. There are many sofa booths on both sides, and some entertainment facilities, such as a pull-out screen, a small bicycle machine, and a somatosensory game machine, are also in this area.
The table tops of the booths are retractable, which can be pulled out when dining and retracted when not eating.
The central kitchen is right next to the living room. It is much smaller than a normal kitchen, but it has everything you need, including a coffee machine, dishwasher, oven, microwave, refrigerator, cabinets, etc.
To save space, the kitchen is hollow, meaning that the counter with a sink and induction cooktop is around the kitchen, with people standing in the middle. There are fixed seats outside the counter, so you can dine directly at the counter when there are fewer people.
In front of the kitchen is the sky salon area, where the floor is all glass, with a great view.
The cockpit is in the front.
In addition, some materials that are not needed for the time being are placed in the lower space of the airship. The generator, filter, water tank, and garbage disposal are also there. You can go down directly from a secret door next to the kitchen.
As soon as Youxi stepped into the corridor, she smelled the aroma of fried beef cakes. Hei Mu was indeed up and doing what he is best at.
Xiyuan was doing daily cleaning of the living room with Yinyin. However, for some reason, there is always a tense atmosphere when these two are together. It feels like there is nothing serious, they just don’t like each other.
When Yinyin made up her mind to get on the airship with her, Xingmin and her both noticed something, but neither of them sensed malice or hostility from the other.
Xing Min felt that the other party did not look like a missioner. If he was a missioner, he would have more opportunities to attack in the fortress where there were many people and eyes. As for You Xi, not only did he not feel any malice, he even always felt... attachment from the other party.
The two analyzed this matter. The person who came might be an old acquaintance, but they didn't know who it was, and they didn't know why the other party remained silent.
They wanted to figure out this matter, so they finally decided to take people on the boat.
Hei Mu was the first to see her. He put the beef pie in the pan on the white porcelain plate with fried eggs and bread on it, took out the bottled milk from the refrigerator and poured it for her, then placed it on the bar, and gestured to her: "Master, your breakfast."
Yin Yin heard the voice and immediately turned around and smiled at her: "Good morning, sister!"
"What good morning? It's almost ten o'clock..." Xi Yuan nodded her head.
"Just talk, don't move your hands and feet!" Yin Yin turned around and glanced at him dissatisfiedly.
"Where did I move my hands and feet?" Xi Yuan looked at the little carrot head in front of him and was annoyed by the other party's arrogant glance.
"Dare to do it but not to take responsibility?"
"..."
The originally quiet airship suddenly became lively, and there was a bit of chaos.
Youxi smiled and shook his head, walked past the two people, and went to the bar to eat breakfast: "Are you all done? Where's Xingmin?"
Hei Mu pointed to the cockpit while packing up: "Doing a self-inspection, and adjusting the position and altitude of the airship at the same time. Master, is there anything special you want to eat at noon?"
"You can make whatever you want, and come to me if you need ingredients that are not in the refrigerator."
"Yes, master."
**
Life on the airship is much more peaceful and leisurely than Youxi imagined, because it is far away from the scarred earth below and the "Red Lotus Disease" patients wandering in it.
If they hadn't turned on the news channel on the stretch screen every day and continued to receive news from the outside world from inside the fortress, they would have almost forgotten the many disasters on this planet.
The high-altitude airship in Youxi is not the first airship to be suspended in the airspace near the fort. Before this, there were also airships that were originally rich and powerful and dissatisfied with the current environment of the fort.
Those airships have also been fully modified and have basic defense facilities. The only shortcoming is that they need to descend to the vicinity of the fort to replenish water and fuel supplies every once in a while.
The authorities allow them to suspend in the nearby airspace, but it is impossible to send people to actively deliver supplies, so airships with conditions use drones for transportation, but drones have limited load-bearing capacity. It is more convenient for the airship to go there in person after it descends to replenish all at once. The
physical launch experiment of the fort failed four times and succeeded three times. On this day, after a high-level meeting, it was decided to carry out the launch and suspension experiment in the smallest area Z.
Although it is the smallest, this cylinder is twice the size of the entire building of Youxi Apartment Building. Compared with the high-altitude airship, it is simply a huge thing.
But time waits for no one. With the frequent earthquakes, the authorities seem to have sensed the approach of the next disaster.
If the plates of the entire planet were to shake violently at the same time, this giant fortress would probably not be able to hold on. After all, it is the land under their feet that supports all buildings. Once the ground itself becomes a disaster, everything will be overturned.
In order to avoid the failure of the experiment, after the cylinder in Zone Z was launched, hundreds of aircraft worked together to pull and move it to other airspaces far away from the fortress.
In the following forty-eight hours, both the people inside the fortress and the people in the airship kept their eyes on the Z zone on the screen.
Forty-eight hours is a watershed. If the cylindrical building can maintain its current suspended position within this time, then the experiment will be more than half successful, and the remaining problems will be easier to solve.
The five people in Youxi have also been paying close attention to the huge cylinder suspended in the air in the distance. This experiment concerns the life and death of mankind, and they all silently hope that it can succeed.
Probably because of the many failures before, after comprehensive summary and correction, this formal launch and suspension experiment was finally successful!
After that, the entire fortress base was bustling with activity. Finally, within half a month, two-thirds of the cylindrical buildings were suspended in the air.
Now, in the airspace around the fortress, there are giant cylinders of various sizes, suspended at planned heights and positions, ranging from 800 meters to about 1,000 meters. The scene is spectacular from a distance.
This is the result of mankind's unremitting efforts under the pressure of disasters, which is moving.
In addition to these cylinders, there are many suspended high-altitude airships.
Of course, there were also some more conservative high-altitude airships that did not descend to the building for the time being. They were afraid that if an accident happened, the cylinder would tip over and fall, and the small airships moored around it would be directly carried to the ground.
After the Youxi airship successfully took off and hovered in Area G, it returned once because it received a call from the other party's parents and wanted to send Yinyin back, but in the end Yinyin convinced her parents and followed her back to the airship again.
It was also on this night that the earth began to shake violently, radiating from one area to another.
Time was running out, so all the remaining cylindrical buildings that had not yet been launched were launched, but the internal work of one cylinder had not been completed. In the end, countless aircraft, including airships and low-altitude vehicles, were dispatched, consuming a large amount of fuel to stabilize the launched building.
At the same time, engineers and skilled workers, risking their lives at any time, worked frantically inside the building and finally successfully completed the final project.
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