Chapter 179
Robot No. 1, its robotic arm gripping a manganese crystal wrench, exerted force in the ankle-deep murky water, and with a "click," unscrewed the last carbon steel bolt from the villa's load-bearing beam.
The beam lost its anchor and tilted slightly. Robot No. 2 immediately stepped forward and used its mecha arm to brace it up. Pale blue energy flowed along the patterns on the arm armor, firmly supporting the 3-meter-long beam.
The water on the first floor of the villa had reached the robot's calves. The doors, windows, and floors that had been dismantled earlier had already been put back into the space. At this moment, only the main load-bearing structure remained, which had to be dismantled within 3 hours, otherwise it would be deformed by the continuously rising water.
"Su Jing! The beams are stable! We can put them into our spatial storage now!" Little Jin squatted at the top of the stairs on the second floor, its paws gripping the handrail that hadn't been dismantled, its black eyes fixed on the beams below.
The voice in my mind was urgent: "I smell 'rust' in the water. The bottom of the beam is already a bit rusty. If it soaks any longer, it will break!"
Su Jing stood on the dry platform on the second floor, activating the spatial energy with her fingertips—a pale blue energy curtain unfolded beside the beam frame. She gave the order into the communicator: "Number 2, slowly release the mecha arm and let the beam frame float into the space along the energy flow. Don't touch the metal fragments in the water to avoid scratching them."
Robot No. 2 slowly released its force, and the carbon steel beam frame, as if guided by an invisible hand, smoothly slid into the spatial light curtain and disappeared. On the communicator's supplies list, the column "Villa Main Beam Frame (Carbon Steel × 12)" was instantly marked "Received".
The remaining dismantling work is proceeding at a rapid pace: Robot No. 3 dismantles the central pillar of the villa, and the robotic arm cuts the pillar into 1-meter-long sections for easy storage;
Robot No. 4 cleaned up the scattered manganese crystal connectors, not even letting go of fragments the size of a fingernail—these were all key materials for building the new villa later.
Su Jing moved around the dismantling site, occasionally activating the space storage to store any equipment that had been overlooked: the constant temperature table removed from the operating room, the spare energy storage battery hidden in the corner, and even the manganese crystal nails used to reinforce the protective netting were all put into the space without any omissions.
"Su Jing! The surveillance equipment on the second floor hasn't been removed yet! I can smell its electrical odor in the corner of the ceiling!"
Xiao Jin suddenly jumped onto the second-floor beam and pointed to a surveillance camera covered in dust.
Su Jing immediately had Robot No. 1 form a human ladder, and she climbed up on the mechanical arm. With a gentle snap of her finger, she removed the surveillance camera from the ceiling—it was the only device that could connect to the signal tower on the mountaintop, and it had to be taken away intact.
When the last pillar was retracted into the space, only the empty foundation of the villa remained, with water pooling in the foundation and the familiar outlines of the rooms completely disappearing.
Su Jing glanced at the communicator: "All supplies have been collected. Robots No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4, enter the space and stand by. We are now moving to the mountaintop."
She activated her flight ability, and a pale blue aura swirled beneath her feet. She tucked Xiao Jin into her backpack, lifted herself up, and flew towards the northern mountain peak.
During the flight, Su Jing looked down—the low-lying area below was completely covered by floodwaters, and the rafts that had been marked earlier were nowhere to be seen, leaving only a few floating planks.
The abandoned office building only had its top-floor antenna visible. Occasionally, the dark shadows of monsters could be seen flashing by in the murky water, clearly indicating that the flood had forced the beasts to flee in all directions.
"Luckily we left quickly. If we had left half an hour later, the foundation of the villa would have been flooded." Xiao Jin's voice came from his backpack, filled with lingering fear.
About 20 minutes later, the signal tower on the mountaintop came into view. Su Jing manipulated the airflow and slowly landed in the depression on the east side—the rocky ground here was dry, and the outline of the villa she had drawn earlier was still clearly visible.
After landing, she immediately released Robot No. 1 and Robot No. 2 from her space: "No. 1, take out the rainproof cloth and manganese crystal support from the space. No. 2, measure the size of the depression. Let's build a temporary rain shelter first. We must have a place to shelter from the rain tonight."
Robot No. 1 retrieved supplies from space: a 10-meter-long thickened rainproof cloth (tear-resistant material), 20 1.5-meter-long manganese crystal brackets, and a box of manganese crystal nails for fixing.
Robot No. 2 scanned the recessed area with a laser rangefinder, and the screen displayed "8 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 1 meter deep", which was just enough to accommodate the rain shelter.
"The supports should be spaced 1 meter apart and fixed along the edge of the depression. The rainproof cloth should be stretched taut to prevent water accumulation and collapse," Su Jing instructed, while she picked up a manganese crystal nail and used her supernatural ability to drive it into the rocky ground to secure the bottom of the supports.
Xiao Jin helped check from the side: "Su Jing, the support on the west side is a bit crooked! I can smell a gap between the tarpaulin and the support; it will leak when it rains!"
Su Jing immediately went over to adjust it, her fingertips radiating supernatural power as she gently straightened the support frame. She then tightened the rainproof cloth with an additional manganese crystal rope until the gaps completely disappeared. Robots No. 3 and No. 4 took out moisture-proof mats and sleeping bags from their spatial storage and laid them inside the rainproof canopy, preparing for the temporary rest area.
As the rain shelter was erected, it gradually grew dark, and the downpour continued.
Su Jing walked into the shed, touched the dry moisture-proof mat, and breathed a sigh of relief—at least she had a safe place to stay tonight.
She turned on her communicator and looked at the monitoring data around the mountaintop: "The current water level is still 32 meters from the mountaintop, so it's safe for now. However, the water is flowing towards the edge of the mountaintop. We need to build a flood control dike as soon as possible tomorrow to prevent rainwater from flooding into the depression."
Little Jin lay on the moisture-proof mat, pointing outside the shed with its little paws: "I can smell water 'seeping' from the rocks on the edge! It's slow, but it will accumulate in the depressions over time! Let's build a dike with the stones from our space tomorrow. Those stones have a strong 'hard smell' and can block the water!" Su Jing nodded, already having a plan in mind.
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