flstandardbreds Chapter 1057
Chapter 1057
Zhou Jianghai lost his balance and stumbled onto the console, glancing out the window from the corner of his eye.
A piece of plank half a person's height flew past the side of the ship, and the brown salt crust condensed on it fell down and almost hit the glass of the cockpit.
"Boom--" Another loud noise came from behind. The hull of the cruise ship was completely torn apart by the vortex. The waves wrapped in salt grains hit their stern, and the whole ship shook.
Qi Mingyu gripped the joystick tightly, and only breathed a sigh of relief when the cruise ship completely rushed out of the scattered wreckage area and the hull gradually stabilized.
Zhou Shuwan held the handle tightly and closed his eyes for a long time. The sharp steel plates and anchor chains in his perception finally drifted away, but the thick brown mist still enveloped the surroundings, with no signs of dissipating.
"Finally I got away..." Zhou Jianghai wiped the sweat from his forehead and was about to take a breath, but when he saw Zhou Shuwan's serious expression next to him, he immediately understood something.
His expression, which had just recovered, darkened again.
Sure enough, they continued to drive the cruise ship forward, but it was as if they had encountered a ghost wall and kept circling in the thick fog.
Everyone was becoming increasingly impatient.
More than ten hours have passed since we entered the salt spray area, and the visibility outside the window has never exceeded five meters. The salt layer on the deck has become thicker and thicker. The railings, which could be barely seen before, have now become "pillars" wrapped in brown salt crusts, and even the original color of the metal can no longer be seen.
Zhong Tiyun and Mu Mu sealed all other places again. Seeing that the cruise ship could not pass through the salt spray area, they could not contain their anxiety and went to the cockpit together.
Looking at the anxious expressions on their faces, Zhou Shuwan knew exactly how they felt at the moment.
However, she closed her eyes again and spread her perception.
Within a radius of fifty nautical miles, there was still a thick salt fog, and there was no way out in any direction.
Although the cabin was tightly sealed, some fog still seeped in from the sealed areas.
The salt content of this mist was extremely high. Zhou Shuwan casually waved away the mist in front of his eyes, and then he realized that his hands were covered with salt crystals.
These brown crystals may not seem like a big deal at first, but after a while, your hands will start to feel tingling and itchy. When you look at your hands again, you'll see a dense layer of small bumps.
"Wanwan, what's wrong with your hand?" Zhong Tiyun was the first to notice the abnormality on the back of her daughter's hand, and she quickly walked over and grabbed her hand.
Mu Mu also came over and looked at the small bumps on the back of her sister's hand. At this moment, those small bumps had become red and swollen, and looked quite scary.
He clenched his fists, his voice muffled. "The salt mist has an extremely high concentration of salt particles. Once the sodium chloride comes into contact with the skin, it will continuously penetrate into the damaged surface layer of the skin, causing dehydration and imbalance of skin cells, triggering local inflammation, and then dense small bumps will appear, accompanied by tingling and itching. Overall, it's like soaking your entire hand in highly concentrated salt water."
As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Shuwan: "Sister, you haven't opened the space today, right? Let's discuss what supplies to take out today. You need to apply some ointment with anti-inflammatory medicine on your hand so that it can heal faster!"
Zhou Shuwan can currently only open the space once a day.
She shook her head: "Okay."
Everyone discussed what supplies to take out today.
The first is high-sealing protective equipment, and the air-conditioning suits and cold-proof suits they wore before are one of them.
However, this type of clothing is expensive. When it uses air to convert it into oxygen that can be breathed inside, it will draw in outside air, which will inevitably cause the salt particles in the salt mist to enter the respiratory system, thus affecting the entire air-conditioning clothing and cold-proof clothing.
They are also reluctant to waste it like this.
Therefore, after discussing it, the family decided to take out the waterproof and anti-corrosion protective suit first, and add several more filters to the protective mask to filter out as many salt particles as possible.
Then take out some salt corrosion-resistant sealant, thickened waterproof tarpaulin, and tape to patch the gaps in the hatch and vents to prevent salt spray from seeping into the cabin as little as possible.
They didn't have salt-resistant materials, but during the acid rain season, they collected a lot of acid-rain-resistant materials.
These will work.
Then there are various first aid supplies, especially anti-inflammatory and antibacterial ointments, which are essential.
There are also salt-resistant rust removers, which are convenient for subsequent cleaning of the hull, railings, etc. to prevent metal corrosion and fracture. In addition, there are plenty of sealing gaskets and rubber rings, which can be used to promptly replace equipment interface seals that have been swollen by salt spray.
Finally, there is a large amount of supplies.
They didn't know how long they would drift in such thick fog, so they had to have enough fresh water and food.
After the family had discussed and decided, Zhou Shuwan held his breath, opened the space, and quickly took out all the necessary supplies.
The time she took was very short, only seven or eight seconds.
However, the reason why she was so fast was because her current ability could only open the space for such a long time.
A bunch of supplies fell from the sky.
The experienced people quickly dodged to the side. Even Zhong Tiyun turned around quite nimbly to avoid being stuck by several thick acid rain-proof suits stacked on top of each other.
In the far corner were two water tanks that Zhou Shuwan had taken out.
Each of these water tanks holds two tons, so two tanks together hold four tons, which is enough for the five of them to use for a long time.
Water, seals, acid rain suits...
Zhou Shuwan had very good control over these essential daily necessities. The dropped supplies were almost exactly the same and the quantity was basically enough.
But, regarding food...
Mu Mu squatted there, looking at the round thing in his hand in deep thought.
Well, my sister did bring out enough food.
However, it seems that they just take whatever is available, and there is no pattern to it.
For example, what he is holding in his hand now is the breadfruit that he harvested on Hope Island No. 2.
They had been stored in Zhou Shuwan's space, where time was completely stagnant. Therefore, the small pile of breadfruits in front of him were all incredibly fresh, a ripe yellow with a hint of green.
Besides the breadfruit, there were bottles of powder.
Mu Mu didn't recognize what it was at first, until he opened the lid and the familiar fragrance wafted over.
Then it dawned on him.
It turned out that this was cactus powder that they had made or exchanged for supplies with others.
It is eaten in the same way as lotus root powder. It is very effective in reducing internal heat and is also easy to fill up the stomach, but it is relatively bitter.
And some messy food.
Mu Mu flipped through the documents and finally stood up, looking very calm: "Come on, let's send all these supplies out and put them away in different categories. They will be enough for us to use for a long time."
A smile appeared on Zhou Shuwan's lips.