Doomsday Drifting Begins with Shipbuilding

New in Chapter 5: Vehicle Engineering
"Kunpeng" drifts on the sea with the wind.The wind was not very strong, and the sails bulged slightly, pushing the raft forward.

Breaking waves swelled under the feet, and water flooded the raft from time to time.

Some drifting objects disappeared strangely after passing the raft, leaving only a piece of clean sea where the raft passed.

After successfully building the raft, Chen Xuan simply set sail, considering that the probability of staying in the same place to get food was not high.

Although there are no clear directions, a change of location will increase your chances of getting food.

At the same time, it may be possible to meet living people and find a way to return to land.

At noon, the sun was in full bloom.

The heat wave hits in bursts, as if the sea is about to be dried up.

The sun was dazzling, and people were dazzled by the reflection of the sea water.

Exposure to the sun seems to squeeze moisture from every pore.

This made Chen Xuan, who was already hungry, had to give up paddling, and squatted obediently under the shadow of the sail to save his energy and avoid the baking of the sun.

At this moment, he is concentrating on the newly added [Vehicle Engineering] function of the system.

The emergence of new functions made Chen Xuan feel as if the raft and himself were integrated into one.

The sails and every piece of wood on the raft are like Chen Xuan's body organs.

He could clearly feel that the raft was constantly being impacted by the sea water, and he could also feel the sails being gently blown by the sea wind.

Close your eyes, expand the [Vehicle Engineering] panel in the stream of consciousness, and a detailed 3D translucent raft model is projected.

As well as some related system information, it is divided into three sections, namely [Vehicle Information], [Vehicle Upgrade], and [Vehicle Technology].

【Vehicle information】

Vehicle name: Kunpeng
Vehicle Type: Raft

Evaluation: The most crude water vehicle, it is difficult to experience strong winds and waves.

Vehicle properties: the area is 5㎡, and the current state is in good condition.

Special effect: Blessing (the vehicle can sometimes absorb fatal damage for you).

-----

[Vehicle upgrade]:
Option 5: Expand the vehicle area by 50 square meters.Requirements: [-] units of "Wood".

Option 5: Enhance the performance of the sail and increase the power to the second level.Demand: 100 units of "wood", 20 units of "plant fiber", [-] units of "oil".

Advanced Options: Upgrade the vehicle to "Small Multipurpose Ship".Requirements: 200 units of "timber", raft area of ​​20㎡, power level two.

-----

[Vehicle Technology]:
Repair Module: Can use materials to slowly repair itself.

Balance module: keep the boat balanced and shock-absorbing, and will not capsize. (Inactive, Requirement: "Metal" 20 units.)
? ? ? :? ? ?

[Vehicle Information] This part presents the attributes of the ship in detail. The scanned 3D image combined with specific data can easily see the current status of each part of the ship.

And there's the ruthless assessment of the system.

As for [Vehicle Upgrade], due to the relatively simple structure of the raft, there are currently only three upgrade directions that can be selected, but they require a lot of materials.

Two of them are enhancements for the raft's constituent units, and the last item has certain requirements for the size of the hull, but the raft can be upgraded to achieve essential evolution.

It can be foreseen that the future evolution potential of "Kunpeng" is infinite, and maybe one day the option of [aircraft carrier] will appear in the evolution options.

Thinking of this future, Chen Xuan suddenly felt that he should engage in sailing in the future.

"With such a powerful vehicle, even if we return to the land in the future, we can't give up the sea." He muttered to himself.

In addition, the emergence of [vehicle technology] has greatly enhanced the functions of the vehicle, making the ship not only a simple means of transportation, but also an advanced black technology product.

[Vehicle Technology] Currently only one "Repair Module" has been activated, and the "Balance Module" cannot meet the activation conditions for the time being.

And now there are unlocked options.Chen Xuan speculates that this should be related to the size of the vehicle. Improving the quality of the vehicle may unlock more options.

But when calculating the total materials needed by all production units, Chen Xuan was a little helpless.

This vehicle project is very good and powerful, but it is also a big consumer of materials.The sum of all Chen Xuan's belongings is not enough to meet the manufacturing needs of any of them.

Among them, "metal" and "oil" have not been discovered by him so far.

It seems that there are only two materials in the sea, wood and grass blades.

Ordinarily, there should always be an iron nail or something in those wooden furniture, but I don't know why every time he collects only wood.

Could it be that he made a mistake?
Chen Xuan was very confused.

In addition, currently Chen Xuan has chosen to pass through areas with a lot of "garbage" in order to collect as many supplies as possible during the voyage.

"Garbage", this is Chen Xuan's name for floating objects at sea.

He feels that he is a bit of a sea scavenger now.

Looking back, I could always see cleaners in my hometown, driving a small diesel boat, with tools to clean up duckweed, aquatic plants and garbage on the river.

And I'm doing a similar job now.

But the difference is that I don't know anything about manipulating rafts.

Although Chen Xuan has rich experience in rowing, it is the first time for him to use a boat with sails.

Although the sails can take advantage of the wind to greatly increase the speed of the raft, the changing direction of the wind also makes it more difficult to control the direction.

However, using only wooden oars to row a boat, although it is convenient to adjust the direction of travel, the speed of sailing is also greatly reduced, not to mention that rowing the oars consumes a lot of physical strength.

Physical strength is life now.

"Oh, there is a long way to go."

Surviving is not easy, Chen Xuan sighed.

The sun slowly moved down, and the sunlight gradually became weaker and less sinister.

Chen Xuan leaned against the mast, his eyes were slack, his eyelids were drooping, and he felt that he was about to fall asleep at any time, and his expression looked very sleepy.

After a series of survival tests in the morning and a long period of high tension, I finally had a rare leisure time.

Now Chen Xuan really wanted to doze off, but the feeling of hunger and thirst tormented his nerves, preventing him from falling asleep peacefully.

He felt that his stomach was full of stomach acid now, unable to digest food, as if it was about to melt the stomach wall.

It would be nice to have a can at this time.

Ordinarily, Chen Xuan wouldn't think about this kind of thing at all, and he only ate it a few times, because after eating it, he always felt that there was an indescribable smell of corruption in the can.

But now, just thinking about the taste of canned food made his mouth water.

Whether it is canned sweet and sour fruit or delicious canned meat, he misses them immensely.

If he was hungry for another day, he would probably be able to wipe away the really rotten and expired cans.

Suddenly, a spray of water hit Chen Xuan's face, interrupting his imagination.

"what?"

After wiping his face, Chen Xuan looked around.

At some point, dozens of flying fish appeared near the raft.

I can't tell what species it is. It looks a bit like the grass carp we usually eat, but its whole body is covered with silvery white scales.

From time to time, they jumped up from the sea, and then went down into the sea, splashing high waves.

Seeing all this, coupled with the hunger and thirst that kept eroding his nerves, Chen Xuan had an idea.

There are so many fish, maybe you can catch one.Now is the best chance.

He decided to give it a go.

(End of this chapter)