Chapter 162
The moment Su Jing's fingertip touched the temperature display screen in the control room, the screen emitted a "beep beep" alarm sound—
The red number "60℃" stood out starkly against the black background. Next to it, the "ambient temperature" was marked "ground temperature 85℃, air humidity 12%". Even the metal awning frame on the outside of the villa was glowing with a scorching red light, and touching it would instantly sting your skin.
"Number 1, check the power supply status of the energy storage battery. Will the solar panels be overloaded at 60℃?"
Su Jing gave the order into the communicator, her gaze sweeping over the energy storage battery pack in the corner—she had specially installed it last week, each with a capacity of 100kWh, for a total of 3 packs, specifically to cope with power fluctuations from the solar panels under extreme high temperatures.
Robot No. 1's robotic arm rests on the battery interface, and the display screen pops up: "Energy storage battery remaining power 92%, solar panel current power 500W (not overloaded), cooling equipment power supply stable, air outlet temperature 25℃±1℃."
"Su Jing! It's so cool inside! A hundred times more comfortable than outside!"
Little Jin squatted beside the air vent of the cooling device, its short golden fur swaying gently in the cold air. Suddenly, it wrinkled its nose, its little paws grabbing at Su Jing's trouser leg, its mind instantly becoming alert.
"There's a new monster scent! It's not the hard smell of the iron-shelled beetle, nor the cold, slippery smell of the blue-striped snake; it's a 'light, flying' scent! It's level two! The wind is stronger than before; it could hurt people!"
Su Jing's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately walked to the monitor screen—
On the edge of the forest south of the villa, several black shadows were skimming low over the treetops, moving so fast they were almost blurry; ordinary surveillance cameras could only capture the vague outlines of their wings.
She had Robot 1 zoom in on the monitoring footage 10 times before she could barely make out that these monsters were about half a meter in size, with gray-black wings and serrated edges. The air currents they created when flying could bend the roadside weeds. A communicator popped up with the message: "[Preliminary identification: suspected to be a second-tier monster, the Windwing Bird. Specific characteristics need further observation. Current flight speed is about 8 m/s, far exceeding the aiming limit of a normal laser gun]."
"It really is a Tier 2! I can smell it! Its 'fierce scent' is a little weaker than the Iron Beetle's, but its 'speed scent' is very strong. It's impossible to catch!"
Xiao Jin leaned closer to the monitor, his dark eyes fixed on the afterimages, a worried voice in his mind saying, "They seem to be flying around the mountains and forests. Will they come to the villa when it gets cooler?"
Su Jing didn't answer immediately, but walked to the villa's floor-to-ceiling window—the double-layered sunshade system outside the window was operating at full capacity: the outer silver awning reflected 60% of the sunlight, and the inner blackout curtains were completely drawn, leaving only a gap for ventilation. The temperature sensor on the surface of the curtains showed "32℃", which was 28℃ lower than the outside temperature.
"Number 2, reduce the gap of the inner curtain by 1cm to reduce heat penetration; Number 5, check the filters of all cooling equipment. There is a lot of dust at 60℃, so don't block the air outlets."
She gave the order, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the mining blade at her waist—the windwing bird was too fast for ordinary laser guns to hit, so they had to find a way to make a weapon with tracking capabilities.
At this moment, the system chat area of the communicator exploded again, filled with despair over the extreme heat of 60℃: "China-Sister Li" posted a video showing her makeshift sunshade collapsed by the sun, and mineral water bottles on the ground deformed by the heat.
"The cooling equipment has stopped! We're out of energy storage batteries, and the solar panels are too hot to touch! Does anyone have any spare batteries? I'll trade my last two Tier 1 demon cores for them!" The news from "US-Lily" was even worse: "We've run out of water! We went to the abandoned wells to look for water, but they're all dry! A wind-winged bird just flew by, and its wing scratched two people. We don't have any hemostatic herbs, so the bleeding won't stop!"
In contrast, the temperature in the villa's control room is stable at 25°C, and the energy storage battery can support 12 hours of uninterrupted power supply. The double-layer shading makes it almost impossible to feel the scorching heat from the outside.
Su Jing clicked on the "Emergency Help" tab in the chat area. There were more than 30 messages about the wind-winged bird attack. Some people said, "The bird flew too fast and the laser gun missed several shots." Others said, "A scratch on the wing leaves a deep cut, and without medicine, it can get infected."
"Su Jing, they're in such a terrible state! The Windwing Birds are so fierce! Should we build guns that can catch up to birds?"
Looking at the messages in the chat area, Xiao Jin's inner voice was filled with worry. Its little paw pointed to the afterimage of the wind-winged birds in the monitor, "They fly too fast. Ordinary laser guns definitely can't hit them. We have to make the bullets follow them!"
Su Jing's eyes lit up—Xiao Jin's words resonated with her perfectly. She walked to the weapon rack in the control room, picked up an ordinary laser gun, and ordered Robot No. 1: "No. 1, analyze the flight trajectory of the Windwing Bird and calculate the required tracking accuracy."
The screen of Robot 1 displays the following data: "The flight trajectory of the wind wing bird fluctuates by ±0.5m, requiring a tracking speed of ≥10m/s. The aiming error of a regular laser gun is ≥1.2m, making it impossible to hit."
"It seems we need to build a tracking laser gun, using 'molecular-level precision control' as the tracking module, so that the laser can adjust to follow the bird's trajectory."
Su Jing touched the manganese crystal fragment in her pocket, and a faint glow of supernatural power emanated from her fingertips—the newly unlocked precise control characteristic could be used to create a miniature tracking sensor.
She looked up at the wind-winged birds still circling low in the monitor, and a plan had already been made in her mind: "First, stabilize the temperature and ensure the safety of the villa. Tomorrow, we will start making tracking laser guns and we must stop these wind-winged birds."
As the sun set, Su Jing instructed Robot No. 2 to install six powerful spotlights around the villa (the wind-winged birds are afraid of strong light, so these spotlights would serve as a deterrent), and the energy storage battery automatically switched to "nighttime power mode."
The double-layered shading system remained airtight, and the temperature in the operating room remained stable at 24℃.
Xiao Jin crouched beside the monitor screen, occasionally sniffing the air, a resolute voice echoing in his mind: "I'll keep an eye on it! I'll let you know as soon as the Windwing Bird gets close!"
Su Jing patted its head, her gaze falling on the manganese crystal fragments on the workbench.
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