Chapter 1310 The Torrential Rain in New York

At this time, New York was also shrouded in a torrential downpour that seemed to drive people mad.

If a person stayed outdoors for just ten seconds, they were guaranteed to be completely soaked from head to toe, including their hair and underwear.

The heavy rain at this time hit people's faces with stinging force, causing even their skin and flesh to twitch continuously, bringing a dull pain. The rain was also icy cold, seeming like the fingers of the dead, trying to take away all the warmth from people's bodies.

But at this moment, the entire temporary base, from eighty-year-old elders to toddlers who had just learned to understand, all poured out together in droves, packing the small open space until it was completely overflowing. At the same time, they looked at the huge platform in front with complex expressions.

Around the platform were hundreds of thick pipes, winding like giant snakes and twisting like blood vessels transporting nutrients, connecting to a somewhat ugly mass of wrinkles in the center of the platform. As the dull, rumbling sounds of the underground machinery rang out, the earth seemed to be shaking violently, and the pipes also began to writhe as if alive, with a large amount of gas being pumped in.

The gas being filled into the airship was not the commonly used helium, but a newly developed inert gas called tin by Doctor Octopus. This inert gas could provide three times the buoyancy of helium, while also preventing combustion, and its manufacturing cost was one-fifth of that of helium.

Of course, the biggest side effect of this stuff was that the residual pollution during preparation was very troublesome. It would take at least several decades to clear it under normal conditions, otherwise the cancer rate of local residents would increase by 7,000%. But at this time, no one could consider these things at all.

As the tin gas was rapidly filled into the massive airship's gasbag, a behemoth quickly took shape in front of everyone. Its length reached an astonishing 318 meters, its diameter was 60 meters, its deadweight was 300 tons, and its volume was 300,000 cubic meters. Compared to the modern wide-body airliner Boeing 747, its length was more than 3 times that of the Boeing 747, and its diameter was more than 6 times that of the Boeing 747. The inside of the gasbag was divided into 128 sub-gasbags, which was very precise.

Soon, the enormous lifting force generated by the airship stretched the steel cables of the gondola straight, and the prepared tin gas had been completely filled. According to various data, the actual lifting force of the airship was 921 tons, exceeding the design standard by 10%. In addition, there were no accidents with the steel cables connecting the airship and the cargo hold, and all parameters were quite normal.

At this time, people began to be allowed to enter the airship to check it out, and found that the airship was divided into two types of accommodation. The first type of accommodation was similar to a large dormitory, 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, they were just two pieces of rubber board fixed to the cabin walls, and there were supporting rubber pillars. You could sleep by spreading clothes or something on top.

A large dormitory could accommodate thirty people and had its own toilet. Excrement was directly and unscrupulously dumped onto the ground. Drinking water and food were directly supplied by the airship in limited quantities, electricity was rationed for two hours a day, and as for domestic water, the toilet's water tank would be filled at twelve noon every day, and there was only one tank of domestic water per day.

The second type of accommodation was similar to a relatively simple hotel, with four people per room, unlimited domestic water, and unlimited electricity. People living in it could order food and shop in the airship's restaurant. But they needed to pay or contribute to the airship.

Of course, the so-called payment could no longer be in US dollars or euros, but a kind of token issued internally by the alliance. Because no relevant machinery could be found in a hurry, the machinery for pressing Coke bottle caps was simply modified, so the token was also called "caps."

There were two ways to obtain tokens. There were special exchange points on the airship where you could exchange them for hard currency such as gold and diamonds. In addition, people who contributed to the airship would receive "caps" in the form of wages and bonuses. Basically, for the people present, they would definitely not live in the large dormitory.

Next, various tests were carried out. First, a large amount of soil was placed in the airship's cargo hold to simulate the airship being fully loaded or even slightly overloaded. The parameters reflected were very satisfactory, and no accidents occurred.

The last item was a destructive test, mainly a permanent destruction test on the airship. In the ruthless joint attack of the vampires and the X-Men, after 20% of the airship's gasbag was destroyed while it was ascending, it could still maintain 90% of its carrying capacity. However, when it reached the critical point of 50% destruction, the airship's transportation capacity rapidly declined. Even so, the airship persisted for ten minutes before entering the crash stage, and its quality could already be said to be quite excellent.

And the sturdy and lightweight bottom cabin of the airship could also easily float on the water. This was a contingency plan made for emergency landings.

After all, according to the information provided by Fang Senyan, the Earth's surface would be flooded by seawater for at least a month, and the surging and violent power of the seawater came from the movement of 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 subsidence period. Then this amphibious design could completely save countless lives.

When everyone saw all of this, including the X-Men and the vampires, they all began to cheer in unison. After all, the better the airship performed, the more secure their lives would be.

In this cheering, Doctor Octopus was smug and full of smiles, and his sense of accomplishment was bursting. After the subsequent seminar, he also emphasized one point, that the acquisition of valuable and rare metals was still essential.

Because according to the concept, if every seven airships were to form a formation, the requirements for the connecting steel cables would be very high. They had to withstand an astonishing pulling force, and they had to be able to cut them off instantly when necessary, removing them from the airship formation, which required extremely high standards. However, the act of forming an airship formation was really imperative. Helpless, they could only compete with other forces to see who had the bigger fist to compete for living space.

"There are only eight hours left," Zi said with a frown.

At this time, everyone's mission had not yet been completed.

The mission required them to obtain five kilograms of tritium within seventy-two hours.

Seven hundred grams of uranium mercury.

One thousand kilograms of rhodium. And at this time, Fang Senyan and the others were still short of three hundred grams of tritium.

This tritium stuff also appeared in the Spider-Man movie plot. It was originally the raw material for making hydrogen bombs. Doctor Octopus had an accident because of the research on tritium. It was said that if a fingernail-sized tritium experiment went wrong, it could destroy New York.

Everyone sat down at the table. Even Fang Senyan could not respond to Zi's words for a while. Fang Senyan was just a relatively smart person, not omnipotent. If he could calculate where there were three hundred grams of tritium with a flick of his fingers, then he would be a swindler...

Suddenly, Professor X's voice came over, sounding a little tired:

"Count Hunter, who was sent out by the vampires to scout for information, has just returned and seems to have brought back some news."

Fang Senyan's spirit immediately lifted when he heard this and said:

"Good."

Then he couldn't help but ask:

"Professor, are you okay?"

Up to now, there have been a full eleven waves of enemies attacking here. Some of them were probing attacks, and some were main attacks, but they all hit their heads and shed blood on the powerful defensive line laid down by Professor X, just like a monstrous wave crashing against a reef, with only the fate of being crushed to pieces.

Under the powerful effect of the Cerebro, Professor X could reach the level of a primary Level 5 mutant, but the price was that he could not move. However, Professor X compressed his Level 5 mutant abilities to the area near the base, and this power was very amazing. In this area, he could truly be said to be a god-like existence!

Often, even legendary heroes would be affected by the professor's thoughts if they were slightly careless, and would attack friendly forces in turn. No matter how powerful a team was, the most feared thing was internal strife and infighting. But to put it bluntly, as long as Professor X was determined to be against them, then wherever he was, there would be internal strife!

However, Professor X's fatigue was also very obvious. The Professor X that appeared in Fang Senyan's and the others' minds was not only full of red streaks in his eyes, but also had deep sunken eye sockets, but that gaze was as if it had been concentrated and extracted, with a kind of substantial depth that could penetrate the heart.

Professor X's main and secondary personalities might be able to rest separately, but the fatigue was obvious. At this time, the one controlling the body was Professor X's main personality. He slowly said:

"It's okay, at most three more hours, and Jean should wake up. She can take over my position and give me a chance to rest. If it really doesn't work, Dracula has also provided me with the vampires' secret techniques, which can quickly restore my energy."

At this time, a shadow suddenly flashed outside the window, and a huge bat flew in, with golden stripes on its wings. The bat spun around and became a polite middle-aged European man. He smiled and said:

"I am Count Hunter. I just went out to get some intelligence. A batch of tritium elements just extracted from Fukushima, Japan, has just been transported here. However, this time, it is being escorted by people from the government."

Fang Senyan frowned and said:

"This matter seems a little strange. According to the previous agreement, this batch of tritium elements should be directly transported to China. Why is the United States turning around and holding it in its own hands?"

Count Hunter hesitated for a moment and said:

"This should involve a rumor that appeared seven hours ago. It is rumored that while the Chinese government was manufacturing the Ark, it also took the opportunity of the world's resources being concentrated in China to start copying the Ark based on its blueprint. It is said that the planned construction quantity is around one thousand ships!"

"Although this news has not yet been definitively confirmed, it has aroused high vigilance from various countries. It seems that this batch of tritium elements has been affected by this rumor, so it has been detained."

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