Chapter 444: Ship on the Water
In a blink of an eye, the day for the ship to be launched arrived, and Xia Xiaoman had already resigned from Director Hou.
Director Hou knew that she was going out to explore the terrain, so he readily approved her resignation report. But when he learned that Xia Xiaoman wanted to take Maodan with him, he was a little unhappy.
"Maodan's wife and children are all in the science museum, why did you take him out?"
Xia Xiaoman said, "If Director Hou can't bear to separate Maodan and Nini, you can give Nini to me, so they don't have to be separated."
Director Hou's expression changed instantly. "I have completed the resignation procedures. Goodbye, I won't say goodbye."
Xia Xiaoman curled her lips and said, "Even if you don't give Nini to me now, sooner or later Nini will take the child and leave with Maodan. Mayor Yu has approved me to keep Nini. When I come back, I will take Nini to move to the eighth floor."
Director Hou: “…”
He shouldn't have invited Xia Xiaoman in in the first place, which resulted in him losing more than he gained!
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The day after the ship surfaced, Lu Lanshan sent her a message asking her to bring people to live on the ship for two days when she was free so that they could get used to life on the ship.
Xia Xiaoman and his team were different from Wang Canxiong and his team. The places Wang Canxiong and his team explored were all nearby and had a destination. However, Xia Xiaoman and his team were moving forward without a purpose. There were only a few mine addresses that had not been mined or had been mined.
The mines that were being mined were all owned by their owners. If they were to mine, other cities would definitely not allow them to do so. So in order to avoid unnecessary disputes, Yu Jie gave them addresses for mines that had not been mined or had already been mined.
Few people have been to these mines, and Yu Jie only has a map from before the disaster. After the earthquake, many terrains have changed, and the reference value of the map is not very strong. Everything depends on Xia Xiaoman and his team to explore on their own.
If you are lucky and have a smooth journey, it may only take half a month to find the mine. If you are unlucky, if there is an accident on the way, or if you take the wrong road, it may take at least a month and a half to return.
Precisely because of the high risk and long duration, Yu Jie offered a high salary of 20,000 yuan per person.
After receiving Lu Lanshan's text message, Xia Xiaoman notified Li Yu'e, Ye Xiaojie and others to pack their luggage and move to the ship tomorrow.
After packing their luggage, Xia Xiaoman and the others came to the gathering place in a mighty manner. After counting the number of people, Xia Xiaoman walked up to Lu Lanshan and said, "Now that everyone is here, how do we get up there?"
Lu Lanshan pointed to a room next to him and said, "There are shielding suits and diving equipment there. Put them on and follow the staff to swim up from the exit."
"What about our luggage?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Lu Lanshan glanced at her and said, "Hasn't the Jade Buddha Space been returned to you? Just use the space to transport it up there."
Xia Xiaoman's mouth twitched. No one could be so confident in saying that private objects were for public use. But she was just worrying about how to tell Li Yu'e and the others that she had space, and now was a good opportunity.
"Sister Yu'e, Sun Qing, please arrange for someone to wear shielding suits and diving equipment first. I will deliver the luggage to the ship."
"How do you deliver the luggage? How do you deliver it?" Li Yu'e asked.
Xia Xiaoman smiled and said, "Mayor Yu gave me a Jade Buddha Space, and I used it to send it up."
Li Yu'e's eyes lit up when she heard that. "Mayor Yu, that's great! He's willing to give us even the space."
Sun Qing was confused, "What is Jade Buddha Space? Are there many space users in your floating city?"
Seeing this, Li Yu'e whispered to Sun Qing what the Jade Buddha Space was. Xia Xiaoman ignored them, and after explaining clearly, she put her luggage into the space, then went into the room to change into shielding suits and diving equipment, and followed the staff to the exit.
Maodan wanted to go out with her, but was rejected by Xia Xiaoman. There were so many pieces of luggage and the space for the jade Buddha was so small that she would have to carry them at least two or three times. It was not convenient to carry Maodan with her.
The dungeon has been surrounded by floods. If you want to leave the dungeon, you need to take the elevator to the first floor first, then leave the inner room, walk to the U-shaped corridor outside, and then take the elevator to the next floor.
After exiting the elevator, there is still a U-shaped corridor outside. This corridor is close to the outside world, the ground and walls are very damp, and there is a stuffy atmosphere.
The staff reminded: "It is very hot outside now. If you feel chest tightness and dizziness after getting out of the water, you can go to the ship's living area to rest and adjust your condition."
After the ozone layer was destroyed, the temperature got higher day by day, but it happened to rain, making the weather very hot and humid.
Xia Xiaoman nodded and followed the staff to the exit. After waiting for more than ten seconds at the exit, the door slowly opened, revealing a square room.
After entering the room, the door was locked and the staff reminded Xia Xiaoman to put on the oxygen tank. Soon, water began to flow around the room, and within a few minutes, the water rose to the knees.
When the room was filled with water, the ceiling above expanded to both sides, and Xia Xiaoman followed the staff closely and swam upstream.
A few minutes later, Xia Xiaoman surfaced and parked on the water in front of her was the first ship built by the shipyard.
As soon as she climbed onto the ship, Xia Xiaoman felt a sense of oppression, which could not be blown away even by the wind. She walked into the cabin, took out her luggage, put it away, and followed the staff into the water.
This was repeated three times before all the luggage was delivered. The fourth time I went into the water was to bring out the hairy eggs.
Yu Jie believed that Maodan had a keen intuition and could predict danger in advance, so she suggested that Xia Xiaoman take it along as well. She also arranged for someone to make a shielding suit and oxygen cylinder for Maodan.
This was the first time that Maodan had immersed his whole body in water. He was a little nervous when he entered the water, but soon he could doggy paddle freely in the water, and his paddling posture was quite standard.
After everyone got on board, Xia Xiaoman asked everyone to pack their luggage and sit on the deck to feel the heat outside. They would often stay outside in the future, so they had to adapt to the hot weather outside in advance.
The wind was quite strong today, about level 5-6, and the boat was rocking left and right. But perhaps because Xia Xiaoman and the others had done seasickness training, no one felt unwell.
The first day on the ship was spent like this. When Xia Xiaoman woke up the next morning, he asked Li Yu'e and Sun Qing to count the supplies and ask the crew members for their opinions to see if there was anything else that needed to be added.
After checking and making sure there were no problems, Xia Xiaoman asked the crew members to take turns trying to drive the boat, one person per ten meters, and circle around the dungeon to let everyone practice how to drive a boat.
Time flies, and when Xia Xiaoman and the others have adapted to life on the ship, it is time to set out in search of mines.
Xia Xiaoman took out the map Yu Jie gave her, pointed to a red dot and said, "This is Shitian Mountain. I heard there is an iron mine here. Let's go to Shitian Mountain first. If there is no iron mine, we can go to other places to investigate."
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