At this moment, New York was also shrouded in a torrential downpour.
If a person stayed outdoors for more than ten seconds, they would be completely drenched from head to toe, including their hair and underwear.
At this moment, when the heavy rain hit one's face, it could be said to be painful. Even the skin and flesh were constantly twitching, bringing dull pain. The rainwater was even colder, as if it were the fingers of the dead, taking away all the heat from the body.
But at this moment, everyone in the temporary base, from the elderly to the children who had just started to understand things, rushed out, filling up the small open space. At the same time, they all looked at the huge platform in front of them with complicated expressions.
Hundreds of thick pipes were around the platform. They meandered like giant snakes, but also twisted like blood vessels transporting nutrients. They were connected to some ugly folds in the center of the platform. The ground seemed to be shaking violently as the dull roars of machines rang out from underground. The pipes began to squirm as if they were alive, and a large amount of gas began to fill the air.
The gas being filled into the airship was not helium, which was usually used, but an inert gas called tritium, which was newly developed by Dr. Octopus. This inert gas could provide three times the buoyancy of helium, and at the same time prevent combustion. Its production cost was one-fifth that of helium.
Of course, the biggest side effect of this stuff was that the residual pollution left behind during the preparation was very troublesome. Under normal conditions, it would take at least a few decades to remove the residual pollution. Otherwise, the local population's risk of cancer would increase by 7,000%. But at this moment, there was no time to consider this.
As the tritium gas was quickly filled into the huge airbag, a huge object quickly took shape in front of everyone. Its length was an astonishing 318 meters, its diameter was 60 meters, its weight was 300 tons, and its volume was 300,000 cubic meters. Compared to a modern wide-body Boeing 747, its length was more than three times that of a Boeing 747, and its diameter was more than six times that of a Boeing 747. The interior of the airbag was divided into 128 intricate sub-airbags.
Soon, the huge lifting force generated by the airship straightened the cable of the gondola. The prepared Pi gas had been filled. According to various data, the actual lifting force of the airship was 921 tons, which was 10% higher than the design standard. Besides, there was no accident with the cable connecting the airship and the cargo compartment. All the parameters were quite normal.
At this moment, people began to pour into the airship to check it out. They found that the airship was divided into two types of accommodation. The first type of accommodation was similar to a bunk, which was a very simple and spacious room.
In order to save weight, the bunk beds inside were specially made. All of them had already been built. To put it bluntly, the bunk beds were fixed to the bulkhead with rubber pillars supporting them. Just lay your clothes on top of it and you can sleep.
A single bunk could accommodate 30 people, and it had its own bathroom. The excrement was directly poured onto the ground. Drinking water and food were directly provided by the ship's management. The electricity consumption was limited to two hours a day. As for the water for daily use, the water tank in the bathroom would be filled at noon every day. There was only one carton of water for daily use.
The second type of accommodation was similar to a relatively simple hotel. It was a four-person room with unlimited water and electricity consumption. The people living in it could order food and shop in the airship's restaurant. However, they had to pay or contribute to the airship.
Of course, the so-called payment could not be in dollars or euros, but a kind of token issued by the Alliance. This kind of token could not be found in a hurry, so the machinery used to suppress cola bottle caps was simply modified. Therefore, the token was also called "cap".
There were two ways to get the token. First, there was a special exchange point on the airship, which could be exchanged with gold, diamonds and other hard currencies. Second, people who contributed to the airship would get "cap" in the form of salary and bonuses. Basically, for the people present, they would definitely not live in a bunk house.
Next, various tests were carried out. First, the airship's cargo compartment was filled with a large amount of soil, which was used to simulate the airship being fully loaded or even slightly overloaded. The parameters reflected were very satisfactory, and there were no accidents.
The last test was a destructive test, which was mainly a test of permanent damage to the airship. Under the merciless joint attack of the vampires and the X-Men, after 20% of the airship's airbag was destroyed, it could still maintain 90% of the airship's carrying capacity. However, when it reached the critical point of 50% destruction, the airship's carrying capacity rapidly declined. Even so, the airship persisted for ten minutes before it entered the stage of crashing. Its quality could be said to be quite good.
The sturdy and thin bottom cabin of the airship could also float easily on the water. This was a contingency plan for the emergency crash.
After all, according to the information provided by Sheyan, the surface of the earth would be submerged by seawater for at least a month, and the turbulent power of the seawater came from the movement of the continental plates. Therefore, it was estimated that the seawater would only flood for half a month, and the remaining half a month would be the receding period. In that case, this dual-purpose design could save countless lives.
When everyone saw all this, including the X-Men and the vampires, they all began to cheer in unison. After all, the better the airship's performance, the more secure their lives would be.
Amidst the cheers, Dr. Octopus was full of pride and joy. He was bursting with a sense of achievement. In the following seminar, he also emphasized that the acquisition of precious and rare metals was still indispensable.
According to the concept, if every seven airships were to be formed into a formation, the requirements for the connecting steel cables would be very high. The cables would have to withstand an amazing drag force, and they would also have to be cut off instantly when necessary to remove them from the airship formation. The requirements were extremely high. However, the formation of an airship formation was imperative. In desperation, they could only compete with the other forces to see who had the bigger fist to compete for survival space.
***
"There are only eight hours left," said Zi with a frown.
Their mission had not yet been completed.
The mission required them to obtain five kilograms of tritium, seven hundred grams of uranium, mercury, and a thousand kilograms of rhodium within 72 hours. What Party Ace lacked at the moment was three hundred grams of tritium.
Tritium had also appeared in the plot of the Spiderman movie. It was originally a raw material used to make hydrogen bombs. Dr. Octopus's accident was due to tritium research. It was said that if an accident happened to tritium the size of a fingernail, New York might be destroyed.
Everyone sat facing each other at the table. Even Sheyan could not respond to Zi's words for a while. Sheyan was just a smart person, but he was definitely not omnipotent. If he could pinch his fingers and know where to find three hundred grams of tritium, then he would be a fraud ….
Suddenly, Professor X's voice was heard. He sounded a little tired.
"Count Hunter, the vampire who went out to investigate just now, has returned. He seems to have brought back some news."
Sheyan's spirits were lifted when he heard this.
"Okay."
He could not help but ask, "Professor X?"
"Are you alright, Professor?"
So far, a total of eleven waves of enemies had come to attack this place. Some of them were probing attacks, while others were the main attackers. However, all of them were battered and bruised by the powerful defensive line set up by Professor X. It was like a monstrous wave crashing into a reef, only to be smashed into smithereens.
Under the powerful effect of the Brainwave Amplifier, Professor X could reach the level of a Level 5 Mutant, but the price was that he could not move. However, Professor X had compressed his ability as a Level 5 Mutant to the vicinity of the base, so his power was astonishing. In this area, he could be said to be a god-like existence!
Often, even legendary heroes would be influenced by Professor X if they were not careful enough, causing them to turn around and attack their allies. No matter how strong a team was, what they feared the most was internal strife and internal friction. But to put it bluntly, as long as Professor X was deliberately hostile to them, wherever he was, there would be internal strife!
However, Professor X's exhaustion was also very obvious. The Professor X that appeared in Sheyan's mind not only had bloodshot eyes, but his eye sockets were also deeply sunken. His gaze, however, was as if it had been condensed and extracted. It was so deep that it seemed to be able to see through one's heart.
Professor X's main personality and secondary personality may be able to rest separately, but the physical exhaustion was obvious. The one currently controlling the body was Professor X's main personality.
He said slowly, "It's fine. Jean should wake up in three hours at most. She can take over my position and give me a chance to rest. If that doesn't work, Dracula has given me the secret art of the vampires. It can help me recover my energy quickly."
At this time, there was a sudden flash outside the window. A huge bat flew in with golden stripes on its wings. The bat rotated and turned into a polite middle-aged European man. He said with a smile, "Sir, I'm sorry.
He smiled and said, "I'm Count Hunter. I've just received an intelligence report. A batch of tritium extracted from Fukushima in Japan has just been transported here. This time, however, it's being escorted by the government."
Sheyan frowned.
"There's something strange about this. Logically speaking, since there's an agreement, this batch of tritium should have been transported directly to China. Why is America holding it in their hands instead? " “
Count Hunter hesitated for a moment before he answered.
"This should be related to a rumour that appeared seven hours ago. According to the rumour, while the Chinese government was building the arks, they also took advantage of the fact that the world's resources were being concentrated in China to make pirated arks based on the arks. It's said that they plan to build about a thousand arks!"
"Although this rumour has yet to be confirmed, it has already caused a high degree of vigilance among the various countries. It seems that this batch of tritium was affected by this rumor, and that's why it was confiscated. " If you like this work, you're welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation. "
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