The Crisis of Camp

After finishing dinner, it was time to rest, but Lin Meiqi blocked Tom's way and pouted, extending a hand.

Tom patted his head and knew what she meant. He immediately asked Tianzi to help him pass the metal doll he had made yesterday to her.

This is one of the compensations requested by Lin Meiqi, asking Tom to make another doll for her to hug and sleep with.

Compared to the iron robot I gave her before, this time it's a bear. Of course, the outer layer is made of thin metal, and the inner layer is filled with soft cloth. The doll shaped by the metal also looks like a model.

"Hey, you're quite witty, hmph. So, do you want to sleep with me?"

Tom suddenly blushed and turned his head. Lin Meiqi laughed and ran away with the doll in her arms.

Uncle Wei walked over and patted Tom's shoulder, saying, "Tom, you should also get out of here. Although Miss Lin has a bad breath, she is still very kind hearted."

The Iron Old Man beside him collapsed and let out a contemptuous snort, "Hmph, you're so kind. If you ask me, it's still better than that Mr. Shen. When I was at Haiwei Mini Industry, I heard that she was a cold faced female tyrant who exploited her subordinates, but now it doesn't seem true. Xiao An probably had an affair with her, otherwise why would he elope with her and insist on damaging the positioning crystal?"

Tom became anxious and said, "Master Iron, don't talk nonsense. Shen Jiayi and I have nothing to do with each other, and... the positioning crystal wasn't damaged by me, it was intentionally dropped by her. If I hadn't caught it in time, it would have broken long ago."

Uncle Wei and Old Iron nodded at the same time with a sudden realization. Uncle Wei smiled and said, "Oh, that's why the falling flowers intentionally flow without mercy. No wonder."

"What kind of falling flower is intentional..." Thompson suddenly thought of the snow-white touch on Shen Jiayi's chest when she looked at him, and then remembered the golden rabbit head she raised and asked, "Did you make this?"

It seems that she came out on this trip to find someone, maybe even herself.

But he immediately shook his head and said, "Uncle Wei, you're really disrespectful to me. Forget it, I won't tell you anymore. The more I paint, the darker it gets. I'll go to sleep."

"Oh, hesitated, then something's up, hehe." Uncle Wei stroked his gray beard and chuckled.

Tom is also too lazy to pay attention to him, finding his own floor and sleeping soundly is the true truth.

Before going to bed, I saw Li Qiang and only found out after inquiring about him that he had joined the security team at the camp. Today was his first shift and he seemed to be full of energy, which made Tom very pleased. The thug who was once timid, unwilling to take responsibility, and only wanted to bully others has now grown.

However, it's normal to think about it. Nowadays, the team under Bo Zai is all under the former Seventh Uncle, and Bo Zai's impression of Li Qiang is also quite good. How can everyone be considered classmates. Nowadays, Li Qiang has changed his appearance and is no longer cowardly or afraid of things. He has also awakened his incredible defense solidification ability, which has been recognized by Pozi and others, and is equivalent to gaining recognition from others.

After greeting Li Qiang, Tom lay down and quickly closed his eyes. When he woke up again, it was already 2 o'clock in the morning. He went to the laboratory first, and soon Iron Old Man came with his apprentice. Finally, it was Lin Meiqi.

They first entered Lin Meiqi's thinking world laboratory through spiritual connection, and she fully demonstrated to the three of them the structural blueprint of the shaping components that needed to be added to the giant armor. She also allocated their respective process parts based on the characteristics and efficiency of the metal shaping of the three, truly achieving scientific management and regulation.

It is obvious that Iron Old Man and the apprentice named Chen Luo have already taken her for granted, otherwise they wouldn't have produced such a huge 28 centimeter high armor in such a short period of time. This armor used to be 6.7 meters high, and the height of nearly two floors is not simple.

What they need to do first is to lay the giant armor flat, which is about the length of a car, even more than 6 meters longer than a car.

Then the Iron Old Man was responsible for shaping the shoulder of the armor according to the base, while Tom began shaping the parts with metal blocks. Chen Luo, the apprentice of Iron Old Man, was responsible for assisting Tom from the side, handling the docking work of the final section, so that he could focus on building the folding buckle.

The buckle is the most complex thing, and Tom had a deep understanding of it when he did it before. It is necessary to have a clear and specific image of each wrinkled buckle, as well as a sufficient grasp of the overall combination of the buckle strips. If deformation is required, it is also necessary to have a clear concept of how each buckle metal strip moves, flips, and combines during the secondary deformation process, as well as the position of the new form. This is a very challenging logical thinking.

If it's just a transformation of a large knife, it's still very simple. Nowadays, it involves the combination of giant armor components, and after secondary deformation, there is also interaction and combination with the palm of the giant armor, which makes it even more complex. Fortunately, with the help of Lin Meiqi's thinking laboratory, this giant computer has taken on the design control work, which is very helpful. Otherwise, it would take Tom two months to do just one shoulder armor, and this process would involve a cycle of repeated failures, trial and error, and correction.

This is a very time-consuming and energetic task, and entering Lin Meiqi's thinking laboratory requires deep spiritual connection. Nowadays, only passive reception of the design image output by Lin Meiqi into one's own brain, and then metal shaping with both hands only requires shallow spiritual connection, but it needs to be constantly connected. Not only do the people who do it work hard, but Lin Meiqi, who is also responsible for shaping the image of each specific step on the "main control computer," works even harder. She needs to have clear scheduling and command for three people with different progress at the same time.

Tom understood her hardships and suggested finding Shen Jiayi, who is also an awakened person who strengthens her thinking, to share the burden. However, he was decisively rejected by Lin Meiqi for a simple reason: he didn't want to have any relationship with the old lady, let alone seek her help.

Tom didn't know how to deal with the conflict between the two daughters, so he had to keep working hard.

After completing the shaping work of the two shoulders and four bases on both sides of the waist of the giant armor, Iron Old Man began to try to learn the technique of making deformation buckles. Once he became familiar with it, it became the same as Tom's task. As for apprentice Chen Luo, after finishing the splicing work, Lin Meiqi will assign him the basic shaping task of the buckle, allowing him to gradually learn and master this advanced manufacturing technology.

This busyness was so overwhelming that Tom had no energy to manage anything else, and he also believed that Pozi and Uncle Wei could fully control the operation of the camp. Whether it was work or rest, his mind was filled with the structural changes of metal buckles, and the voice of the girl Lin Meiqi was heard the most in his ear. In a short time, he seemed to have full dependence and joy in this girl's voice.

This should be a sequela caused by long-term acceptance of Lin Meiqi's spiritual connection, but it will not have any impact on him for the time being, so he did not care about it.

Quickly, the installation of the deformed shoulder armor on the right shoulder of the giant armor was completed, and they began a "real machine" experiment. The deformation of the shoulder armor was successfully combined into the palm, although it was not very smooth and took more than 6 seconds, it was finally successful.

However, Lin Meiqi was somewhat dissatisfied. The smoothness and time of the deformation did not meet her expected standards, so she needed to spend some time optimizing the structure and components, which also gave Tom and others a short rest time. By this time, it was already five days.

Tom took advantage of his break to inquire and finally found out that something big had happened at the campsite.

Due to the previous killing of wild dogs and the relocation of the camp here, they temporarily closed the gate and stopped exploring and searching for food supplies. Therefore, the entire time was spent consuming the previous inventory. Now that it has been so long and the stored food has bottomed out, Bozi naturally needs to search for resources again.

Because Tom and Lin Meiqi are focusing on improving the Giant Armor, Bozi did not impress Tom, but chose to lead the team out on his own.

Many of the abandoned supplies in the old clinic were spoiled by wild dogs or other creatures, with only a small portion brought back. Later, Bozi organized an expedition team and considered exploring from a farther place, a street intersection across the old street, hoping to obtain more supplies.

As a result, these three days and two nights have passed, and less than half of the manpower has returned, and there are still many injured, among which the skinny Wang Sanli is seriously injured and on the brink of death. Fortunately, Uncle Wei's grandsons Qi Xiangtian and Tian Zai had the ability to enhance their medicinal effects. With the help of Uncle Wei's several doses of the powerful drug PLUSS, they managed to snatch his life back from the brink of death.

Tom anxiously went to the emergency area to check the condition of the injured person, and happened to see the painted Poppy. At this moment, he was hanging an arm, his entire head wrapped in bandages several times, and he was a lifelike mummy.

Upon inquiring with him, it turned out that when they entered Renhua Street across the street, the skinny Wang Sanli had scouted in advance and did not find any signs of strong mutated creatures, which led everyone to follow up. Unexpectedly, they were ambushed from the bushes halfway through.

The invisible grasshoppers, ladybugs rushing down from high buildings, and beetles emerging from the soil, these clearly mutated insects are attacking them. Although they are not in large numbers, they cooperate well with each other and their abilities are also strong, catching them off guard.

This made Tom smell a strange smell.

If it is a swarm of ants, cockroaches, or mice attacking, it is okay because it indicates that there is a leading king inside them. This king maintains group order, determines food distribution and individual mutation choices. And different populations can also coordinate attacks, does that mean there is a more powerful variant commanding them to launch attacks on Pozi and others together?

Thinking about the emergence of more and more mutated creatures from other places near the old street, is this the beginning of another test?

Tom didn't even know why such a serious thing had happened. Apart from Uncle Wei, Bozi also agreed not to disturb Tom. Given the current situation is getting worse and worse, Lin Meiqi's giant armor will be their strongest trump card for self-protection. The key to their survival is for Tom and Lin Meiqi to focus on completing the upgrade of the giant armor as quickly as possible.

"How much food is left?" Tom frowned and asked, depending on their food supply, whether they could shrink until the upgrade of Reinhardt's armor was completed. Although everyone has shrunk to small figures around 7 centimeters in size, the camp of three to four hundred people also consumes a lot of food every day, which may be the reason why Bozi takes risks and leads his team to collect resources.

"Well..." Uncle Wei was a bit confused, and he wasn't sure how much was left. So he called his grandson Qi Xiangtian over, "Tianzi, go and call Uncle Rong."

"Ah!" Qi Xiangtian was about to leave when a female voice stopped him and said, "No need!"

Tom turned his head and saw that Shen Jiayi, who had been missing for a few days, walked over.

"The food is still enough to support 414 people in the camp for eight and a half days, but the water can only support four days, which is still based on limited supply."

Uncle Wei and Pozi turned pale upon hearing this. They knew there wasn't much food, but they also thought they could hold on for another half month without any problem. Taking risks to search for new supplies is also based on the idea of preparing for the end of the rain, but unexpectedly, the material consumption has become so severe.

"Are you sure? Miss Shen." Bozi didn't quite believe that he would make a mistake in his judgment. After all, since the micro disaster, when Uncle Seven was in power, he had been worried about the issue of survival supplies for the entire camp. He felt that even if his judgment on material consumption was biased, it wouldn't be twice as bad.

Tom nodded and agreed, "I believe Mr. Shen won't make a hasty judgment."