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Tao Sai controlled the speed of her body's ascent with her mind. After a few seconds, she was hovering steadily in the air, about ten meters above the deck.
The view at this height is quite broad. The left bank of the Yangtze River, which is farther away from the refugee ship, appears misty and vast due to the obstruction of water mist, but the rice fields, roads, woods and small villages a little further away on the right bank are all in sight.
Looking forward again, the strong river wind blew in my face, making my clothes rustle.
A black kite flew through the air a few dozen meters in front of Tao Sai, and was about to swoop down to catch a fish that emerged from the water. Suddenly, it turned its head alertly, obviously startled by her "giant", and immediately flapped its wings and fled in panic.
Tao Sai pursed his lips and smiled, his excitement no longer contained.
This is flying!
Flying is what humans have dreamed of for millions of years!
After being in a bad mood for more than twenty years, she finally got lucky!
The [Gravity Adaptation] skill adjusted the gravity acting on her body, making it far less than the buoyancy of the air. She was now as light as a balloon, floating in the air.
Since only the gravity she is subject to is adjusted by supernatural forces, and her own mass does not change at all, she will not be easily blown away by the wind.
Tao Sai couldn't help but think of the weightless environment in space. The astronauts in the space station probably had similar feelings.
Using her mind to control the effect of the skill, Tao Sai's body continued to rise. She felt that there was still considerable room for ascent. It seemed that as long as she continued to reduce gravity, she could rise to the stratosphere and perhaps even fly directly out of the Earth's atmosphere.
But before that, she should have suffocated from lack of oxygen.
But this skill is not perfect, and it is far from true flying.
Because she can only control the vertical ascent and descent of her body at present, and does not have any power of her own. If she wants to fly forward, she may have to install a turbofan engine or a rocket thruster on her butt.
Oh, and she has no motivation!
Thinking of this, Tao Sai quickly descended to the deck. She was still able to stay directly above the moving refuge ship because the refuge ship had given her an initial speed before she ascended. Once this speed was exhausted by air resistance, she would be separated from the hull and would not be able to catch up.
Gravity slowly returned to normal levels. Tao Sai stood on the deck, holding the railing and thinking calmly.
All in all, this is a very practical skill with a strong life-saving ability. If you encounter an insect swarm or other dangers in the future, you can activate this skill to rise into the air and successfully avoid deadly threats.
It will take some time to master the [Gravity Adaptation] skill, especially since she doesn't know the specific parameters of this skill, such as how much gravity can be reduced at most, how long it can last during use, and how much physical strength is consumed each time the skill is used. These all require further experimentation and verification by her.
She now has two A-level skills, both of which are very useful, but unfortunately she only has one skill slot and can only equip one skill at a time, which is too troublesome to change during battle (there is a cooldown of about one minute between uninstalling a skill and then equipping it).
Tao Sai simply spent a huge sum of 2,000 gold coins to buy an extra skill slot in the [Mall].
Although spending money hurts Tao Sai, equipping both the [Gravity Adaptation] and [Clone] skills at the same time gives him a full sense of security.
After a short rest, Tao Sai gathered the crew members to work. The most important thing, of course, was to plant crops first. After all, food was the first need for survival in the apocalypse.
Tao Sai took all the plastic storage boxes from the warehouse and placed them on the deck at the bow of the shelter. The deck was spacious, more than enough to accommodate the boxes, and the remaining space was reserved for shelves.
Tao Sai then took out various crop seeds and various farm tools.
When Lan Xiaojia saw the wide variety of seeds and complete farm tools, her eyes lit up. Now she could show off her skills!
Liang Yuanzhou and his friends were not official members of the refugee ship, but they all came up to help.
Under Lan Xiaojia's guidance, everyone took their farm tools and worked in an orderly manner.
Lan Xiaojia arranged the areas for staple foods, vegetables, and staple foods based on seed type. She placed lettuce and tomatoes, which grow and mature quickly, on the outermost edge for easy preparation and harvesting. More storage boxes were used to grow potatoes, sweet potatoes, and wheat, the staple food, as these produce are rich in starch and are the best for satisfying hunger.
While everyone was busy with farm work on the bow deck, Tao Sai brought Zhou Ning, who had the highest intelligence attribute, to the kitchen at the stern.
In the apocalyptic survival, fresh water resources are as important as food. Tao Sai had not stored much drinking water before, and as the number of people on the refugee ship increased, the drinking water problem would become more and more urgent, so the seawater distillation device had to be assembled as soon as possible.
Tao Sai took out one of the two seawater distillation devices she bought online from the warehouse.
After opening the box and facing a large pile of parts, Tao Sai was suddenly overwhelmed.
Fortunately, she can still pin her hopes on the smart Zhou Ning.
Zhou Ning looked serious as he studied the product manual.
The components include two kettles, one of which needs to be equipped with a heating device. When seawater is poured into the water inlet and heated to boiling, the steam flows along the water pipe into the other kettle. The other kettle is connected to a condenser, which continuously lowers the temperature inside the bottle and automatically condenses the steam into liquid water.
This is the basic principle of the seawater distillation device, and the entire device requires electricity to drive.
Zhou Ning was responsible for the technical work, and Tao Sai was responsible for the physical work. The two worked together and completed the assembly of the distillation device in half an hour.
Tao Sai then lowered a bucket over the side of the boat and scooped up some river water. The water was murky, with visible debris and microorganisms floating on it.
Zhou Ning poured the river water into the water inlet, connected the power supply and turned on the switch, and the distillation device started to operate.
After a few minutes, a gurgling sound was heard from the side of the kettle, indicating that the water temperature had reached boiling point.
Almost at the same time, mist began to appear on the glass wall of the kettle. After a while, the mist gradually condensed into crystal drops, sliding down the glass wall. Drop by drop, it continuously gathered at the bottom of the kettle.
About half an hour later, the distillation unit suddenly stopped working.
Tao Sai's face paled slightly at the sight, and she clenched her fists. She was about to question the unscrupulous online vendors selling fake goods. Zhou Ning carefully checked the device and told her it was out of battery.
Tao Sai ran over to take a look and saw that the battery power reserve was indeed zero.
Although it’s a cloudy day today, there’s not much sunshine and the wind isn’t strong enough, this thing consumes too much electricity!
Tao Sai frowned and returned to the kitchen. The water in the inlet kettle of the distillation device had to be kept at a high temperature by electricity, and the outlet kettle also had to be cooled by electricity. It would be strange if the overall power consumption could be low.
The distillation has to be stopped temporarily to charge the battery, otherwise everyone will have to grope in the dark at night.
Tao Sai opened the valve on the distillation apparatus, and the distilled water flowed into the glass, a total of about one liter of water.
Looking through the glass, the water is crystal clear, without a speck of dust. This is pure water, composed entirely of water molecules containing only two elements: hydrogen and oxygen.
It takes half an hour to distill a liter of water, and it consumes a lot of electricity, so it's not very efficient. But at least there's a source of drinking water, so when the refugee ship sails at sea, it won't die of thirst due to lack of fresh water.
On the deck at the other end, everyone worked together in large numbers and quickly completed the planting of crops, making full use of every inch of soil in every plastic storage box.
The next step is to wait quietly for the seeds to germinate.
With Lan Xiaojia from the Agricultural College taking good care of them, I believe these crops will grow smoothly.
However, it is important to note that the sea is not like land. On sunny days, it is fine and the wind is calm. But once you encounter bad weather, the wind at sea is much stronger than on land. Once you encounter a storm, you need to quickly move all the crops on the deck to a safe place.
After investigation, Tao Sai found that the large empty warehouse in the middle of the shelter ship's deck was suitable for transferring crops. The large empty warehouse had an area of approximately 200 square meters. The top and front and back sides were fully enclosed, while the left and right sides were semi-enclosed. Each side had two horizontal windows on the top for ventilation.
The large empty warehouse can be used as a space for everyone's activities at ordinary times, and crops can be moved here during bad weather.
The two most important problems of food and water were basically solved, and Tao Sai could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The sky gradually darkened. After dinner, except for one driver who stayed in the cab to drive the boat, everyone went back to their rooms to rest after a quick wash.
Zhou Weixing had been driving for four hours, and then it was Zhou Ning's turn.
Tao Sai helped turn on the night navigation searchlight, and then went back to the room to get some sleep, because it was her turn to drive the boat in the second half of the night.
Lying on the bed, Tao Sai took out his cell phone and found that the signal was completely cut off. He guessed that the base station was destroyed by insects.
This is also normal. Insects are rampant all over the world. It won’t be long before all the signal base stations on the earth will be eaten up by insects. At that time, we will completely lose contact with the outside world and become an isolated boat in the vast ocean.
That was the case when she was playing the game "Insect Tide".
In the later period, they sailed aimlessly on the sea, lacked resources, could not land, lost their direction, felt lonely and dead, until they died at sea.
Thinking of this, Tao Sai suddenly opened the system panel and entered the [Interaction] function.
The entire interface is still blank, and no one is speaking on any channel.
Tao Sai felt sleepy and was about to close the system panel in a half-awake state when a line of words suddenly appeared in the middle of the interface in front of him.
She looked intently.
[Only Love Song Wuyi (Lv4)]: So boring, is there anyone who wants to chat? :)
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Tao Sai:!!!
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