Our factory traveled through time

Chapter 35 Large Ships with Watertight Compartments

For two consecutive days, Wang Ce led workers from five factories to carry out infrastructure construction.

The food looted from the supermarket was offered in an open-ended manner, with a do-or-die attitude.

The main problem is that if we don't eat it now, it really won't be able to be eaten anymore. Things that originally had a shelf life of one or two years can't even last a week now.

The people on the other two hunting routes, seeing that Wang Ce's workers were not only not going out hunting but also carrying out large-scale infrastructure construction, all thought that there was something wrong with their brains.

These people had mixed feelings. On the one hand, they envied the men here for having cigarettes to smoke and betel nuts to chew, and the women for having chewing gum to eat.

On the other hand, they felt that Wang Ce and the others were giving up on themselves. What would they do once the food supplies ran out?

"We're stockpiling food, and they're stockpiling guns. Could it be that Sheng Hong is trying to steal our supplies?"

On the third day, Wang Ce led the workers to practice basic board tactics, which was seen by people from other factories, instantly triggering this chilling thought.

This directly led to both teams subconsciously avoiding their side when they returned.

In the past, workers from other factories would come over from time to time to chat with the female workers at Beijiajia children's clothing, but now they avoid them from afar.

Although he didn't go hunting these past two days, Wang Ce hasn't been idle either.

First, they manufactured one hundred rifles, all equipped with bayonets. This way, by simply carrying the rifles, they could simultaneously meet the needs of both long-range attacks and close-quarters bayonet fighting.

They didn't completely run out of food; they laid out a large number of animal traps and were able to catch something small every day.

Moreover, fruits and vegetables are not completely unavailable; when people are hungry, they can still find many edible plants.

However, several people also died due to food poisoning.

This is unavoidable; supermarkets cannot supply food to everyone, so priority will definitely be given to Shenghong's workers and those who participate in the labor.

In addition, training tactics also requires physical exertion, so you need to eat at least half a full meal.

In addition, Wang Ce himself was running all over the mountains and fields, looking for foxtail grass to eat.

"I've been eating too much Earth Spirit Ginseng lately; it seems like I've overdone it!"

Wang Ce felt a rush of blood to his head and strongly suspected it was related to eating too much foxtail grass.

He was much more efficient at finding foxtail grass than others, because while others had to look down, he could scan the foxtail grass within a radius of fifty meters.

The golden words on these foxtail grasses were as eye-catching as fireworks in front of him; it was impossible not to see them.

"Manager Wang, it's getting hard to harvest foxtail grass these days."

As Wang Ce was carrying two large rats, preparing to finish work and return to the factory, Zhou Jiakun approached him carrying a tin box.

In the past two days, Zhou Jiakun has been contributing about ten crystal cores to him every day, mainly because the power grid at Fuhuakang Electronics Factory has been upgraded and is now very efficient.

However, as of now, none of the three factories have found a food that can effectively supplement carbohydrates.

"It must have been taken away by Master Guo, right? Master Guo feeds me foxtail grass every day and monitors my physical data."

Wang Ce didn't take it seriously. He figured no one else could eat foxtail grass; if one ate it, the other would poop out.

"Guo Lao is only one aspect. The main issue is that you, Manager Wang, eat foxtail grass every day, so many people doubt that the method you mentioned for becoming an evolved being is eating foxtail grass."

"Didn't you say before that you would give out those five regular evolution slots in five days? Tomorrow is the fifth day, and many factories are paying attention to this."

"So some smart people have already started hoarding foxtail grass."

"Some stubborn people gritted their teeth and ate ten foxtail grasses. I heard that one person almost collapsed from exhaustion."

"But the person who is happiest about this is Mr. Guo. Now he asks everyone he meets about their experience after eating it."

"You know what, he actually managed to find a herb that can prevent diarrhea."

Wang Ce was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. It seemed that he would have to put the matter of cultivating foxtail grass into practice.

Although he had reached the first level of life, the foxtail grass was no longer of much use to him, but even a small mosquito is still meat.

As long as you eat consistently, every little bit helps.

After taking the crystal core from Zhou Jiakun, Wang Ce carried the giant rat back to the factory.

Huang Feipeng, carrying a uniquely shaped large gun, said cheerfully, "Brother Ce, this is your sniper rifle. The bullets are specially made, only two fingers wide."

Wang Ce picked it up and lifted it; it was quite heavy. This was a gun barrel made by Master Xu using the sample from the model room; otherwise, the caliber couldn't have been made so large.

The two then went up to the fifth-floor armory, where the Liao 13s were neatly arranged, and the bullets were packed in boxes. Next to them were densely packed wooden-handled grenades.

"This is the power of modern machining. In peacetime, it produces hardware parts, and in wartime, it instantly transforms into an arsenal."

Wang Ce sighed with emotion, thinking that if such productivity had existed during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the revolutionary predecessors would have suffered much less.

"Brother Ce, it's just killing some Black Hawks, is it really necessary to make such a big fuss, even using wooden-handled grenades?"

Huang Feipeng was somewhat confused. He had shot down the black eagle that was flying in the sky earlier that day, and the one they had encountered at the beginning had also been scared away by arrows.

Although they are large and birds of prey, they are clearly no match for humans with sophisticated equipment.

"Better safe than sorry. Have you forgotten the bird's nest we saw the other day? It was over 20 meters tall, almost as tall as a building. The black eagles inside were as big as airplanes."

"The giant wolf, the black eagle from before, and the mudskipper at the end of the first gathering and hunting path are all at the first level of life, the same level as us now. That black eagle the size of an airplane is probably at the second level."

"If it's just a simple Tier 2, I might have a chance to contend with it using my strength. But what if that Black Hawk, like the two of you, possesses superpowers?"

"We humans can master superpowers, so Black Hawk might be able to as well. That's why I'd rather spend two days training those workers in individual combat tactics than take any risks."

Hearing Wang Ce's words, Huang Feipeng nodded. His brother was as reliable as ever.

Soon, the two went up to the fifth floor and onto the rooftop, where Zhang Luoyan was leading a dozen workers to inlay iron plates into a large ship.

"The people from Longmen Bamboo and Wood are very quick. The keel frame of the boat is already in place, and the cabin adopts watertight compartment technology. We are preparing to use both sails and diesel generators for power."

"It's just a framework now; it will be built gradually over the next few days."

Wang Ce knew nothing about shipbuilding, but seeing Zhang Luoyan preparing to inlay iron plates into the hull, he spoke up:

"Simply embedding iron plates into the hull will not provide adequate protection against collisions. I suggest embedding steel nails or barbed wire."

"As long as that fish isn't stupid, it won't crash into it."

Wang Ce's words caused the workers at the Longmen Bamboo and Wood Factory, who were assembling a large ship, to pause in their work, and a thought simultaneously arose in their minds:

Don't mess with the people at Shenghong Precision; they're too cunning!

Judging from the first hunting trail and the height of the tree trunks in the vicinity of the park, this area was previously flooded, probably at the first or second level.

After all the rifles and bullets were produced, Wang Ce began to arrange for workers to move the equipment to the fifth floor.

We only need to move one CNC machine and one Swiss-type lathe. We're almost out of steel, so moving more won't make a difference.

Other equipment was dismantled on the spot, and the steel plates on the outside of the equipment were used to assemble the hull of the large ship.

Normal CNC factories don't use steel plates, which is perfect for large ships.

"There are 37 crystal cores left. You two each take ten and see if you can speed up the process of advancing to the second stage of life level."

In the past few days, Zhou Jiakun has collected a lot of crystal cores and foxtail grass for them. These first-level life crystal cores are still somewhat useful to Zhang Luoyan and Huang Feipeng, but they are basically ineffective against Wang Ce.

Of course, it is still useful as a supplementary consumable if you want to quickly restore your body's energy.

However, after a day of rest, his energy will gradually recover.

At this stage, using crystal cores to practice superpowers or as training consumables is still a very luxurious thing.

After all, having more crystal cores to evolve your combat personnel is more cost-effective.