novelden Chapter 742
Chapter 742
The fire in those dormitories was so big that the violent wind and thunderstorm created a strong suction force inside the rooms, preventing people inside from getting out and people outside from getting in.
In the small room, everyone was wearing down jackets or cotton jackets. The fire ignited as soon as it was touched, and almost swallowed everything in an instant.
It wasn't until the navy rushed in with firefighting equipment that the others were saved.
But within a few minutes, several people were killed or injured.
The mother ship suffered varying degrees of damage again due to the weather, and the deck was littered with broken objects.
The lightning rod stubbornly resisted the bombardment of lightning.
If it weren't for these lightning rods, the losses they suffered would have been even greater.
Zhou Shuwan looked at Qi Mingyu and asked softly, "Brother Xiaoyu, how are you? Are you hurt?"
Qi Mingyu's face was a little pale, and the cold sweat on his forehead had not yet completely dried.
But he just shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's okay, it's just that the vibration just now made my shoulders a little sore, it's nothing serious."
Zhou Shuwan squatted down and gently checked the recovery of his shoulder blade. He pressed his fingers lightly on his shoulder, carefully feeling the degree of healing of the bone joints.
"It's recovered pretty well. Although it's not completely healed, at least it's not dislocated."
She asked Qi Mingyu to sit on the stool and went to treat Mu Mu's wound.
The glass fragments had cut deep into his flesh, and blood was flowing slowly down his arm.
She quickly took out disinfectant and gauze from the space and skillfully cleaned Mu Mu's wound.
Mu Mu gritted her teeth slightly, frowned slightly, but just watched her sister's actions silently.
"Although the wound is deep, it does not damage the bones. If it is treated in time, there will be no major problems."
Mu Mu nodded and looked out the window. The rainstorm had stopped, but the sky was still dark. The only sound was the sound of the sea water splashing on the deck.
After Zhou Shuwan treated Mu Mu's wound, he also treated the wound on Zhong Tiyun's arm.
Zhong Tiyun's wound was very shallow, so it just needed to be disinfected and bandaged.
Zhou Jianghai and Zhong Tiyun have already started cleaning up the broken glass on the ground.
"The glass is broken, and the temperature inside is dropping too quickly." Zhou Jianghai looked up at the broken window, his brow furrowed. "Although we have glass in our space, taking it out now will easily arouse suspicion. How about we use a blanket to block the window to keep out the cold for now?"
Zhou Shuwan nodded, took out a dry quilt from the cupboard, and handed it to Zhou Jianghai: "Use this one first. The soaked one hasn't dried yet. Hanging it up will make the room even colder and damper."
Zhou Jianghai took the quilt and together with Mu Mu, blocked the broken window with the quilt.
Although it cannot completely block the cold wind, it can at least prevent the indoor temperature from dropping rapidly.
"During this thunderstorm, a lot of glass on the mothership was broken. I guess the mothership won't have extra glass to replace it." Zhou Shuwan whispered, "We have to think of a long-term solution. We can't just keep plugging it with blankets."
Zhou Jianghai sighed and put down the quilt in his hand. "I just passed by the corridor and saw that the windows of other dormitories were also broken. The mothership's stock is low, and someone is already boarding up the windows."
Like them, many dormitories on the mother ship had their glass shattered. Many of the windows on the walls around the cabin and the windows in the corridors were shattered and needed to be replaced.
But there was not much stock on the mother ship, so they simply sealed the windows with wooden or metal plates.
But after it is sealed, no matter what happens, you can't see what's happening outside.
"If we also seal our windows with wooden boards, we won't be able to see what's happening outside from inside. That's not a good idea." Mu Mu also considered this situation and frowned in thought.
Zhou Shuwan thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go and exchange it for a piece of glass with the mothership. We can use food or other supplies. The mothership must have some in stock, not a lot, but it shouldn't be a problem to spare one or two pieces."
No one objected.
On the island, their family had harvested taro twice and three crops of vegetables, so it would not arouse suspicion at all to take out taro and vegetables to exchange for supplies at this time.
Although the Zhou family came empty-handed when they boarded the ship, they had dormitories on the mother ship, which were also locked. No one knew how much supplies were stored there.
Therefore, as long as the supplies you take out are not too unusual, you don’t have to worry about others getting suspicious.
Since everyone decided to do this, Zhou Jianghai immediately took Mu Mu to find the warehouse manager of the mother ship.
After some negotiations, they finally exchanged twenty kilograms of taro for a small piece of glass.
At the same time, the sailors on the mother ship are also stepping up maintenance work.
Although the lightning rod successfully withstood the bombardment of thunderstorms, the insulation layer around the hull still needs further reinforcement.
Especially this time it caused a big fire!
The navy mixed planting soil and sand with seawater and applied it to the outer walls of the hull to form a thick insulating layer, trying to minimize the damage caused by the next thunderstorm.
This project is very massive.
However, after Captain Chen and the senior management held a meeting to discuss the matter, everyone agreed that as long as the eternal night existed, thunderstorms would occur frequently.
How to avoid being struck by lightning is now the mothership’s priority.
A mothership is as tall as a twenty or thirty-story building, which is equivalent to a building on land.
To apply insulation to all the outer walls of this building is a massive undertaking.
The mother ship recruited survivors to work on these projects, giving each person four pounds of fish for one day's work.
Four pounds is equivalent to a day's food ration.
Now ordinary survivors do not have the ability to fish by themselves, and did not bring much supplies when they boarded the ship, so they have been saving on food these days. Now there is a job opportunity, of course everyone is rushing to grab this opportunity.
The deck was full of people working hard.
In addition, a lot of equipment on the deck was damaged.
Maintenance workers on the mother ship were busy repairing damaged equipment.
After this thunderstorm disaster, the power system was paralyzed again, which was a fatal blow to the people on the mothership.
Everyone knew that if the power system could not be restored, the mother ship would not be able to start, and they would not be able to return to Hope Island and reunite with their loved ones and friends.
Drifting in such a completely unfamiliar sea is like floating duckweed.
Everyone felt helpless and fearful of the future.
No one from the Zhou family signed up for the mothership insulation project.
Their family’s top priority now is to take good care of Qi Mingyu.
Zhou Shuwan gave Qi Mingyu acupuncture once every three days, and the blood stasis on the back of Qi Mingyu's head was gradually absorbed.
But his eyesight has not recovered yet, which is normal. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment itself is a long process and cannot be achieved overnight.
In fact, Qi Mingyu couldn't accept that he was like a disabled person and had to rely on others for help in eating, drinking, living and traveling.