At this moment, Lu Yuan's family also gathered around. After hearing these words, they all looked troubled. It seemed that the water problem was indeed urgent.
The group sat around the fire and discussed for a long time before finally approving Lu Yuan's plan to fetch water from the glacier.
"The glacier is so far away from us, how are we going to get there? And once we get there, how are we going to transport the ice back? What will we use to get the ice back?" Xiao Shan asked the three deadly questions.
Lu Yuan looked at Xiao Shan with a somewhat serious expression.
"First of all, we can only go there by land to get water, as the sea is basically frozen over. We might need this to transport the ice back!"
As he spoke, Lu Yuan turned the computer screen around, and everyone immediately understood what he meant.
"A sled? Haha! Awesome! Absolutely awesome! That's a great idea! But the land isn't frozen yet! How are we going to transport it back? There's no ice or snow on the ground. Are we going to transport the sled from the sea?"
Xiao Shan raised another question.
Lu Yuan even suspected that Xiao Shan had been secretly studying "100,000 Whys" lately, otherwise why would she have so many questions in her head?
Fortunately, the family members also had this concern, but none of them could think of it at the moment. It was Xiaoshan who first brought it up.
So Lu Yuan took out some photos he had previously stored and displayed them on the computer.
"Recently, I observed the celestial phenomena at night and discovered..."
"You brat, be serious!" Mr. Lu's face showed a hint of reproach. After all, this was a serious meeting, not a place for jokes.
Lu Yuan coughed slightly and said, "Okay! It's like this, the weather has been a bit abnormal lately. I compared some cloud images I downloaded from the internet and found that it might snow here soon!"
"What? It's going to snow? Really? It's been overcast for almost a month, and not a single snowflake has fallen!"
"Yes! Weather forecasts are the most inaccurate thing, and you're not even a professional meteorologist. Even professional meteorologists can't always make accurate forecasts, so how can you be so sure it will snow?"
"Yes, Lu Yuan, if we really have to wait until it snows, how long will we have to wait? Our water problem is urgent now, and if we don't solve it soon, we might really run into trouble!"
Everyone was chattering amongst themselves, but Zhou Chen, standing next to Zhou Tong, looked at Lu Yuan with excitement.
"Brother Lu Yuan, is everything you said true? Will it really snow?"
Lu Yuan nodded firmly: "That's right. I compared the weather cloud layers before several previous global blizzards and found that our current cloud layers are basically similar to theirs, and even more severe. If I'm not mistaken, the snow should start falling within the next week. However, since we are about 300 kilometers away from the glacier, we need to set off a week early!"
"Yay! This is great! It's finally going to snow! I'm going to build a snowman!"
Zhou Tong glared at his sister and said, "Nonsense! Adults are talking, kids shouldn't interrupt. It's freezing cold, going out to build a snowman could be deadly!"
Then he turned to Lu Yuan and asked, "What if the snow continues to be delayed? Are we just going to wait for it to fall before we come back? What if it doesn't snow for another month? We need to have a foolproof plan! We can't just let things slide like this; that's too difficult!"
Lu Yuan smiled and said, "It's not difficult. If the snow is indeed delayed, I have a second plan!"
As he spoke, Lu Yuan ran back to his room and took out a few wheels, placing them on the table.
“We can make some trailers and attach these wheels to the sleds. If it doesn’t snow, we can turn the sleds into trailers. If it snows, we won’t need the trailers; we can just paddle over on the snow.”
"What about the rift valley? That's over a hundred meters away! If we take the long way around, we'll have to cross the mountain, which adds over a hundred kilometers to our journey!"
Lu Yuan finally realized that no matter how comprehensive his ideas were, he would always encounter trouble. This showed the benefits of discussing things together, because when everyone's minds are together, they can always consider things very thoroughly.
"We can build our own bridge!"
"What? Build it yourself? Are you crazy?! How long would it take to build a bridge?!"
Lu Yuan sighed. In fact, he had made preparations a long time ago, but he hadn't been able to use them until now. Now that the matter had been brought to the forefront, he felt he had to find a way to convince everyone.
So he took out a map and pointed at it.
“There’s an abandoned construction site here with lots of tower cranes. If we dismantle all of these tower cranes, we can definitely build a bridge! It’ll just be a bit difficult to walk on, but I’ve already figured it out. As long as the steel is tough enough, we can basically complete the task.”
After Lu Yuan finished speaking, everyone fell silent. The steel had become quite brittle in this extremely cold weather; it could break even with a light tap with a hammer, let alone build a bridge over a hundred meters long. It was practically an impossible task.
"Of course, I also have a plan B! That is to send the ice blocks directly to the bottom of the valley, then we climb to the other side and use ropes to bring the ice blocks up!"
Everyone fell silent again. This idea was somewhat unrealistic. Not to mention that they needed a lot of water, the ice blocks must have been very heavy. It would be impossible for just a few people to pull the ice blocks up.
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