Since Lin's mother came to Lin Xue's bamboo raft, the three of them have had a completely different and lively life.
[Ding! Survivors, the snow season is approaching! We hope you have prepared enough food to survive this cold winter! The cold season lasts for 30 days. After 30 days, spring will arrive, and fish and various creatures will reappear. The arrival of winter means that resources will be harder to obtain, so we hope all survivors will prepare in advance!]
I was in a bad mood because of this news first thing in the morning. I don't know what happened to this part of the ocean. It's like the boxes have all fled. There's no trace of them at all.
"Xiaoxue, I think we should change direction and drive in a different direction?"
Lin's mother brought a bowl of millet porridge to her daughter, and the inability to salvage supplies made her anxious as well.
"Sister, I think we can hold on a little longer. Maybe there will be supply boxes ahead?"
"Don't forget we went through this situation before. We didn't find any supply crates for two or three days, but once we did, the good stuff would be thrown out in a frenzy!"
While Lin's mother wanted to change direction, Fengling felt they should continue moving forward.
"Host, there's a small island about 3 kilometers ahead. I think you should go check it out; you might find something unexpected!"
Seeing the three women having such a lively discussion, 629 couldn't help but speak up in Lin Xue's mind.
"Let's keep going. If we still can't find supplies in two days, we'll change direction!"
Although Lin's mother was the oldest in the team, Lin Xue, who was used to being assertive, took over the position of team leader. Whatever she said was the final decision.
After finishing her meal, Lin Xue went to improve her oar.
What happened a few days ago taught her a profound lesson.
The oars were too difficult to turn, which hindered their movement.
Lin Xue plans to use the available resources to build an automatically rotating oar.
Using the power of the ocean, the oars are propelled to move.
The person on top only needs to control the direction, and the rest is left to the oars to level the boat.
With her expertise in woodworking, completing this task was not difficult for her.
Previously, due to a shortage of materials, she had been making do. In the past two days, Lin Xue had been paying close attention to the mall's updates and finally managed to exchange all the necessary materials.
Other things can be put on hold for now, but the means of transportation must be upgraded.
The awning boat had already been made and was now placed next to the bamboo raft.
To prevent the covered boats from being swept away by the sea, they were placed directly on bamboo rafts.
Supplies placed on the bamboo raft will not leave on their own; they belong to someone and are protected by the marine ecosystem.
After working for most of the day, I finally managed to make the automatic paddle.
Because the materials are hard to find, nails will never be wasted as long as mortise and tenon joints can be used to make parts.
After the new oars were manufactured, Lin's mother and Fengling went up to try them out and found that they were incredibly convenient, comparable to ocean propulsion systems.
Although it is not as fast as ocean thrusters, it does not require energy consumption, as it draws power from seawater, unlike underwater thrusters which waste generator power.
With this automatic paddle, Lin Xue and her team simply turned off the underwater propulsion, which saved them more electricity for daily expenses.
"Sister, Aunt Lin, come quick!"
Lin Xue and her group had just finished testing the automatic paddles and were about to go check out the wind chimes on the other side when they spotted a bamboo raft floating in the sea not far away.
The bamboo raft just drifted on the sea, and there was no one in sight.
"Could the people up there be dead?"
Wind chimes shaded the eyes as someone observed the situation on the bamboo raft opposite.
"Why does this bamboo raft look so familiar?"
Looking at the supplies on the bamboo raft, Lin's mother suddenly felt that the items looked too familiar.
After thinking for a while, she suddenly remembered the man she had met before. Wasn't that how the things on it were placed?
"Didn't that guy survive?"
Lin's mother was afraid that her daughter would worry, so she didn't tell the two of them about what had happened before.
Upon seeing the bamboo raft and confirming that the man was dead, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Aunt Lin, do you know who owns this bamboo raft?"
Lin Xue knew the cause and effect, but Feng Ling knew nothing about it.
Compared to Lin Xue's calmness, Feng Ling showed great interest.
"On the day I found you, I encountered a male survivor on the way. He wanted to steal my boundary marker and supplies, but I refused!"
"I was originally planning to stall for time until you arrived, so we could take him down from the inside and out!"
"Later, a sea monster appeared out of nowhere and attacked the man's bamboo raft. Seeing that the man was busy fighting, I quickly rowed away!"
"I never expected to see this bamboo raft here again. Judging from the arrangement of the supplies on it, it seems that man died that day!"
Seeing the empty bamboo raft, Lin's mother felt a sense of sorrow, like the loss of a rabbit.
"Wind Chime, hurry up and move over here, let's move that boundary marker over!"
"Didn't we salvage the blueprints for a cargo ship a while ago? Upgrading the boundary markers by one level should be enough to make it!"
When Lin Xue first received the cargo ship blueprints, she intended to build it herself, but the crafting station indicated that her level was not high enough.
I guess she'll be able to level up again after she finishes absorbing this boundary marker?
Cargo ships have large cabins, which should be more suitable for human habitation.
"Let's get moving! But what will happen to our bamboo rafts if we take them on cargo ships?"
Fengling has developed a deep affection for the bamboo raft where she has lived for more than a month.
"Haven't you heard the cold season is coming? It's not good to spend the winter on a bamboo raft. We need to create a warm environment to ensure we can get through the winter safely!"
Although Lin Xue also liked the bamboo raft, which was spacious enough and had a house, she still felt that a boat would be better when she thought about the harshness of winter.
And the island the system mentioned—if it doesn't get submerged when winter comes, they'll have a great place to survive.
After all, being grounded is much more reassuring than drifting at sea.
Even moving cargo ships to islands is more reassuring than having them floating at sea.
"Your sister Xiaoxue is right. We need a better environment to get through the winter. We also need to prepare more cotton-padded clothes and food. It would be really shameful if we froze to death in the winter!"
Having finally reunited with her daughter, Lin's mother didn't want anything to happen because of the weather!
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