Since Ariel got the job of planting in the space, she has spent most of her time there.
The chubby little balls, who originally planned to continue their wandering at sea, have temporarily given up their wandering due to the occasional appearance of skeletons and plan to stay on the Future for a few more days.
Everyone was either busy with work or, like Ais, occasionally disappeared from sight, so among the shadows swaying on the ship, Flamescale was the most prominent.
Perhaps it was too bored, so it kept pacing Gu Xi, asking her when the smelting area would be finished.
Gu Xi explained that it wasn't that she didn't want to expand, but rather that there was a lack of materials.
Meanwhile, the steadily declining population in area 2333 was causing widespread concern. Gradually, more and more people began converting their ships into larger vessels to avoid the infected sea monsters and deep-sea creatures.
After 95 days on the maritime calendar and several days of "perfunctory" work, Gu Xi finally obtained enough materials to expand the ship.
Through her actions, the boat was expanded to 2,200 square meters, exceeding the original plan by 200 square meters.
Gu Xi put away the hammer and looked at the newly constructed section with satisfaction.
To upgrade it into a ship, she would need a power core. But before that, she would need to build the ship's core compartment and floating communication station.
Gu Xi stood on the newly expanded deck, the sea breeze whistling past and ruffling her hair. She squinted, carefully surveying the remaining space on the ship, mentally planning the locations for the core module and the floating communication station.
Just then, Ais, who had left a few hours earlier, returned. He stood on the deck and vomited out the materials hidden in his stomach.
Gu Xi took a closer look and realized that these materials were the very same Jin Jing that she had been searching for for a long time.
She had originally planned to use other materials instead, but unexpectedly, Ais helped her solve this problem.
Surprised, she quickly stepped forward and put the ashes into her backpack.
"Ais, where did you find this?" Gu Xi asked curiously as she put it away.
"Plop plop~ in the sea," Ai thought for a moment after saying that, and then explained what she had just said in more detail.
"Plop plop~ To be precise, it's the seabed. I saw a coral reef on the seabed, and hidden beneath those coral reefs was a trench. I went down the trench and saw the same material as that house."
As she spoke, Ais pointed to the house built by Jinjing.
Hearing Ais's words, Gu Xi was slightly surprised. You see, Ember Crystal was originally wood that, under high temperatures, formed into a material due to certain special reasons. Its greatest advantage was its fire resistance.
But there are trees in the trench? They must have gotten there from somewhere.
A fleeting sense of surprise crossed her mind. She pulled herself together; these questions were unimportant. What mattered was that she had obtained a huge amount of Ember Crystals. With these Ember Crystals, she could construct the ship's core compartment and floating communication station.
Listening to Ai Si's story, Gu Xi was excited and thrilled, "Ai Si, well done!!"
Ais nodded calmly, showing no intention of leaving.
Seeing that he wasn't leaving, Gu Xi asked suspiciously, "Are you going to stay here and watch over things?"
Ais nodded again.
Seeing him so stubborn, Gu Xi didn't say anything more. She opened the construction panel and began building.
Ai Si just stared at Gu Xi making dots in the air, and she kept doing that for a while before stopping.
Seeing that she had stopped moving, Ais turned to look at the changes around him. He then discovered that the virtual core module was already standing on the other side of the main building, while the communications station was located further away, at the stern.
He stared wide-eyed at the blueprints with great curiosity. He thought to himself that he had already seen Gu Xi hammering the foundation before, so she should be going to hammer the walls or something next.
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