“One more thing, don’t look under the water.”
…
After Lu Liran finished speaking, not only Jiang Kun, but also everyone else looked over. Luo Qi asked again in surprise: “We can go?”
“Can go.” Lu Liran raised his eyes and looked at Luo Qi. He was not impatient. He just answered again while preparing the things in his hands quickly and methodically.
Seeing this, Luo Qi suppressed the surprise in his heart. He walked silently to Lu Liran, and asked: “Then how can I help?”
“Have you seen the trees growing by the river?” Lu Liran raised his finger and pointed to a place more than ten meters away from them. There was a row of tall, multi-branched waterzelkova serrata planted by the river.
“The wood of the water zelkova serrata is hard and water-resistant. It was used to make bridges a long time ago. It was not replaced until the development of the interstellar world and the cost of alloys became lower.” Lu Liran spoke, re-knotting the rope in his hand and explaining,
“Although not as buoyant as balsa wood, under current limited conditions, these water zelkova serrata are still very suitable for temporary rafts.”
It was not only to answer the questions in Luo Qi’s mind, but also to explain to the audience in the live broadcast room.
“Can you make wooden rafts?” Lu Liran asked Luo Qi.
Luo Qi nodded hesitantly. He had seen such a case in a textbook. He had theoretical knowledge, but he had never practiced it.
Interstellar technology is developing rapidly. He has been in the industry for ten years and has never encountered a rescue operation that required the production of such primitive rafts.
Lu Liran didn’t pay attention. When Luo Qi nodded, he assumed that he knew how to do it and said directly: “Make a wooden raft, three to four meters wide and two meters long, which is almost enough.”
They are directly opposite the waterfall, separated by a wide underground river. There is a bank on the left side of the river, but the bank is basically flooded, and only a little bit of it is exposed out of the water, which is still one or two meters away from the mountain wall at the other end of the waterfall.
However, there are still a few sparse water zelkova serrata growing on the shore. They have not been waterlogged due to the submerged roots, but they are indeed a little thicker than the few trees on the shore.
The temperature of the river is extremely low. If possible, it is natural to avoid entering the water directly. Lu Liran just wants to make a wooden raft and paddle across the ten-meter-wide river.
Luo Qi nodded and responded without any objection. He turned around and called Jiang Kun together.
Jiang Kun saw that Lu Liran was still busy with the knots, so he simply followed Luo Qi and left.
“By the way, there’s you too.” Lu Liran called out to Jiang Kun. “Luo Qi will chops down the tree. You go and tear off the stem bark. The stem bark of the water zelkova serrata is very tough, it is not difficult to tear, try to connect it into long strips, don’t break it, roll it up and you can use it as a rope to tie up the wooden rows, the more the better.”
Jiang Kun nodded when he heard this: “Okay, I understand.”
He thought for a while and asked: “Three to four meters wide and two meters long. Is this size enough?”
At the same time, some viewers in the live broadcast room were asking——
[I also think that the wooden raft Brother Lu asked them to make doesn’t seems too big]
[The catamaran raft in the Barents Sea must be bigger than it]
[There are so many people, and it feels too crowded just to stand. Is it okay? 】
Lu Liran nodded slightly: “That’s enough.”
He explained: “Although the surface of the river looks calm, most of the rivers under the waterfalls have strong undercurrents. The bigger the raft, the easier it is to be knocked apart. With more people, the balance is more difficult to control, so it should be small rather than large. Two or three at a time is about right.”
Jiang Kun said “Oh” to show that he understood, and followed Luo Qi obediently. At the same time, he also took away Ah Kang under his pleading eyes.
Ah Kang didn’t want to stay with Nan Guo.
Lu Liran had no objection. What he was busy with was the intestine section that had been cut out and filled with water.
Because he was worried about the underground river flowing and disappearing, he had stored a lot of water in advance. Now Lu Liran temporarily poured all the water into the river and emptied the more than ten intestinal segments.
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When Lu Liran saw this, he swung back and forth between “letting his Excellency, Commander, do the hard labor, ” and “this thing really isn’t something people blow up”.
With the addition of Ke Ji, the originally difficult and large-volume work became much easier and faster.
There were a dozen or so inflated “big balloons” piled up side by side. Lu Liran picked up one of them and placed it flat on the water, and saw that it floated steadily.
Lu Liran raised his eyes with satisfaction: “The buoyancy of the water zelkova serrata is not enough, with these dozen balloons, it should be enough.”
[Oh oh oh! I said so! Why are you blowing these things for no reason! Brother Lu is such a clever little guy]
[The conditions were so tough that he thought of using this method to increase buoyancy, it’s brilliant]
[No wonder Brother Lu’s eyes lit up when he saw so many intestinal segments, it’s such a good thing]
[Indeed, I originally thought it would be useful as a kettle, but I didn’t expect it could also be used as a buoyancy ball. I was surprised]
[No wonder Brother Lu picks up everything and refuses to throw anything away. Everything can be put to use.]
[No, no, everything is useful in Brother Lu’s hands, but it’s hard to say in our hands. Maybe waste is still waste and cannot be recycled]
[…true]
[First of all, I would never think of blowing air into the intestines, think about the smell, vomit]
[I just counted, Beauty blew nine, and Brother Lu blew five, hhhh. Let’s see if they can still kiss and show love after this]
[Yelp, upstairs is so bad, I wouldn’t have thought of it!]
[Help! It smells!]
Lu Liran also carried the spider leg that he had cut off before, but he only carried the section near the tip, which was as thick as a thin pillar. The tip was still sharp, and there were also hairs on the side, which were also troublesome and prickly.
Lu Liran and Ke Ji worked together to cut off the two sections of spider legs to make them less thorny.
“I’ll tie it to the branches cut off by Luo Qi later. It can be used as a paddle, and also to prevent any creatures in the water from trying to attack the raft.” Lu Liran explained to the live broadcast room.
The audience in the live broadcast room nodded in realization after hearing this, yes, yes, the spider legs look so cruel, it would be a pity not to use them anymore.
Lu Liran tied a dozen “balloons” into a string with ropes, while Ke Ji held the two processed spider legs and strode towards Luo Qi.
Luo Qi has already cut down the basic wood to be used, and is reluctantly tying them into one bundle. Jiang Kun and Ah Kang are still twisting the rope beside them.
When Lu Liran walked over, he saw two strong men who were nearly 1.9 meters tall. They were sitting on a rock and twisting ropes with their long legs curled up. The scene looks so ridiculous.
When Jiang Kun saw Lu Liran come over, he immediately climbed up with a jolt and pointed at the rope of bark rubbed out on the ground: “Look, is it enough? My hands have rubbed off a layer of skin.”
He opened his palms, and sure enough, several conspicuous transparent blisters appeared in his palms. The bark of the water zelkova serrata was tough and rough. hands. Indeed, it is hard work. Jiang Kun palms originally had the callus of practicing equipment, but they could not withstand the ravages of the water zelkova serrata.
“Hey, what are you holding in your hands? Those balloons…” Jiang Kun’s eyes fell on the string of bubbles in Lu Liran’s hand again. He paused for a moment and suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth, feeling that they looked familiar. “It can’t be those intestines…”
Lu Liran glanced at him and asked: “Want to blow intestines or rub the bark?”
Jiang Kun looked like he was about to vomit, and said with a dry smile: “The water zelkova serrata bark is good. I’m a tall and burly Alpha, so I’m suitable for this kind of work.”
Ah Kang also nodded repeatedly.
Rather than blowing the gut balls, it’s better to rub the rope.
At least it’s not disgusting.
Lu Liran twitched the corner of his mouth, but said nothing more, and turned to check Luo Qi’s progress.
Luo Qi was seen struggling with a few thigh-thick tree trunks. He tied them up and slid them off, tied them up again, and slid them off again. Sweat formed on the tip of Luo Qi’s nose. Unexpectedly, the process looked quite simple and easy in the textbook, in fact, it is not easy to operate by hand.
After Lu Liran came over, he saw several sections of tied wood. He raised his eyebrows slightly and said nothing. He just walked over and kicked him abruptly. He saw that the tied pieces of wood suddenly fell apart and could not withstand the impact at all.
Luo Qi: “……”
Lu Liran looked at Luo Qi: “That’s it?”
[Ahem, Brother Lu, please pay attention to the influence of unity in the team, the taunts are full!]
[Brother Lu is so straightforward…]
[I felt embarrassed for Captain Luo’s mistake]
Luo Qi’s face turned red and he whispered: “Sorry, I haven’t actually done it.”
Lu Liran glanced at him, he paused and said: “Watch what I do and learn.”
As he spoke, he took out his dagger tied to his calf, picked a part of the tree trunk and drilled a small hole, and reminded Luo Qi: “Pay attention to the position of drilling holes. If they are off-center, they may become unbalanced. Each hole must be as consistent as possible.”
Luo Qi nodded in agreement and drilled a small hole like Lu Liran.
Lu Liran connected the ropes that Jiang Kun had twisted one by one, and at the same time said to Luo Qi: “There is something wrong with the bark rope you tied before. It is not strong enough.”
“The curvature and number of loops of the knot affect the stability of the knot. In other words, the higher the bending degree and number of loops, the more force it can withstand.” Lu Liran explained from the most fundamental reason, tying a knot called the “airship knot“, “Like this.”
[Detail! It’s all the details! Have you taken a small note!]
[The notes are taken, the eyes understand, the brain understands, but the hand says it can’t]
[Hahahahahahahahaha, it’s true]
[This knot is too complicated…I don’t believe that the captain can tie it after just one look!]
Luo Qi saw Lu Liran’s slender fingers flying quickly in front of his eyes, his eyes lit up, and he quickly understood what Lu Liran meant.
“Do you understand?” Lu Liran asked him.
Luo Qi nodded: “I’ll try.”
He said, recalling Lu Liran’s movements just now. Although the knotting speed was very fast, there was a pause between each movement to decompose the steps. Luo Qi saw it clearly, and he also knew in his heart that Lu Liran paused specifically to study for him, so he remembered to pay special attention to it.
While thinking about it, he tried to restore it. After being corrected by Lu Liran in two or three steps, he successfully tied the knot.
[Fuck, we are different]
[I thought Captain Luo and I were from the same world, but I didn’t expect that he was a top student orz]
When Lu Liran saw that Luo Qi knew how to do it, he didn’t care about the other party’s acceptability for the next knotting action, he skillfully and quickly connected the bark ropes into a long rope, and then threaded it on all the tree trunks with holes drilled, and then tied them one by one.
Luo Qi was a little dumbfounded. Although he knew before that Lu Liran deliberately broke down the steps for him to see, he didn’t expect that the other party could tie so many complicated knots so skillfully and quickly.
How many live drills and boring exercises must this take? Luo Qi stood in awe.
[Holy shit, Brother Lu’s handsprings are showing off?! It’s too fast!]
[I only see afterimages! Such hand speed! Absolutely amazing!]
[The eyes had confirmed, it is the hand speed of being single for thirty years]
[Laughing. How old are these kids and they’re still single? This is a innate skill (dog head)]
[I don’t know for a moment whether I should envy Beauty or…cough]
[???]
After Lu Liran finished one end of the raft, the other end was completely handed over to Luo Qi.
Luo Qi is worthy of being the search and rescue captain. He has strong comprehension and practical skills. Although he was a little rusty when he first got started, he soon copied a knot that was exactly the same as Lu Liran’s.
Lu Liran kicked both ends of the tied raft. The three- to four-meter-wide raft was as strong as a complete piece of wood, with no signs of looseness at all.
Lu Liran nodded slightly with satisfaction: “This is decent. The next thing to do is to make oars and tie these balls around the raft to increase buoyancy.”
Luo Qi responded: “Okay.”
…
…
It didn’t take too long for the raft and oars to be completed with the combined efforts of a few people, and together they pushed the raft down into the water, holding their breath somewhat nervously to see if it would float.
After all, the weight of the beech tree is there, and its own buoyancy is not good. If such a heavy tree is discharged into the water, if the draft is very deep, it may be scrapped after just one round.
Under the nervous gaze of everyone, the wooden raft was submerged at first when it entered the water, but soon, almost at the same time as it was submerged, it smoothly floated to the surface, and the whole thing was exposed above the water!
Lu Liran easily jumped onto the raft first. The raft swayed slightly and sank a little, but it was not obvious. He curled his lips with satisfaction and announced: “It’s enough to bear the load!”
He tied one end of his ready-made 100-meter-long rope to the shore and the other end to the raft. In this way, when he reaches the other end of the waterfall, the people here can pull the raft back by pulling the rope, and then repeat the same process.
Lu Liran nodded slightly and looked at Ke Ji, saying: “I’ll go over and scout the way first, in groups of two, Nan Guo follows me.”
Ke Ji frowned slightly and rarely objected: “Nan Guo will follow me. You take Ah Kang with you.”
Lu Liran glanced at him, then looked at Nan Guo, and saw that Nan Guo trembled after hearing what Ke Ji said. He actually saw a look of fear on Nan Guo’s body.
He raised his eyebrows in surprise, he raised the corners of his mouth, and immediately changed his mind: “Okay, then Ah Kang will follow me.”
He said, then grabbed Ah Kang’s collar, and directly carried him and jumped onto the raft briskly.
Before Ah Kang could regain his senses, he was on the raft in the next second. His whole body swayed, and he quickly lay on the raft to steady his center of gravity. He was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat.
Lu Liran pushed the oar to Ah Kang: “Just cooperate with me in rowing. It’s not difficult.”
Ah Kang responded and quickly sat up straight.
“One more thing, don’t look under the water.” Lu Liran stood on the raft, looking directly at their destination, the mountain wall at the waterfall.
Ah Kang was stunned for a moment, and then a blast of cold air hit his head. He swallowed and asked: “Why? Under the water…”
Lu Liran interrupted: “There may not be anything. But if there is, you will most likely faint and fall into the water.”
He glanced at Ah Kang out of the corner of his eyes and added: “And then nothing.”
Ah Kang “……”
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Our poor cat is being hefted around again 😂
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