Chapter 37: A Simple and Efficient Engine

Fuweili had a way to do it, but it had to be based on sufficient material foundations. Right now, that foundation was the Leto Raw Stone found on the island.

Collecting it was not difficult, as these white stones were everywhere on the island. However, Lin Lei had no bags with him, so he had to carry them by hand, and he could not carry too many at once.

If he carried more than two, the raw stones would rub against each other and generate a large amount of heat. If he held them in his hand, they would cook him like meat in less than a minute.

Lin Lei was strong, but he was still made of flesh and blood, so he was naturally afraid of high temperatures.

Picking up two or three stones at a time was too inefficient, so Lin Lei simply picked up the stones and threw them onto the beach.

With all his strength, Lin Lei could throw stones several kilometers away. He was a powerful guy who could use the stones as cannonballs, basically able to bombard the entire island.

So the beach was in tragedy. It started to be heavily bombed by the high-temperature stones, and the ground became pitted and uneven everywhere.

This made Fuweili, who was watching from the side, dumbfounded. The man was violent in everything he did, but it was also the most efficient method under the current conditions.

However, considering the load-bearing capacity of the wooden boat, this violent behavior only lasted for more than an hour before it ended.

Finally, Lin Lei carried a basketball-sized Leto Raw Stone in his hand and walked back to the beach.

The terrain of the entire beach had completely changed. There were pits everywhere, with a hot Leto Raw Stone at the bottom of each pit. It looked like the surface of a planet that had been bombarded by meteorites.

Lin Lei carefully picked up the raw stones on the beach and put them on the wooden boat. Before putting them in, he filled the cabin with water, just in case the Leto Raw Stone went wild and burned a hole in the wooden boat.

Lin Lei had collected more than two hundred raw stones. Fortunately, these raw stones did not have a large specific gravity. A fist-sized stone weighed about 500 grams, so the total weight was only about 100 kilograms.

However, combined with the water used for buffering, the weight was not small. The wooden boat was already sitting very deep in the water.

One must remember that Lin Lei and Fuweili, two full-grown adults, were also going to get on the boat.

“Wei, it’s all up to you from now on.” Lin Lei patted the side of the boat, preparing to see what tricks Fuweili had up her sleeve.

Fuweili didn’t speak. Instead, she jumped onto the boat, took off her Combat Suit, put several Leto Raw Stones into the protective helmet given to Lin Lei, and then wrapped the liquid-like Combat Suit around the helmet.

“Lei, you fix it at the stern of the boat. It will be our power source.” Fuweili handed the protective helmet up to him, naked.

Lin Lei was startled by Fuweili’s bold action. For one thing, it was the dark half of the month, and the temperature was very low. He quickly took off the beast-skin coat he had been wearing all along and draped it over Fuweili. It was so cold outside; how could she just take it off? What if she got sick from the cold?

Only after doing all this did Lin Lei take the protective helmet. He looked at it from left to right but didn’t find anything abnormal. With just this thing, how was he supposed to push the wooden boat?

However, he still fixed the protective helmet on the wooden board at the stern of the boat, following the position Fuweili gestured.

He used brute force to press the helmet into the wooden board. Not bad, the quality of the helmet was impeccable, and it didn’t look deformed at all.

“Okay, start the Combat Suit’s Protective Force Field at full power!” Fuweili snapped her fingers and said in a crisp voice.

The water at the stern of the boat was immediately pushed away, and due to the reaction force, the boat shot forward. Not bad, the speed was quite fast.

Lin Lei hurriedly climbed onto the boat and hugged Fuweili in a tight embrace. He was extremely happy: “Wei, you are so smart! Why didn’t I discover this before? Tell me how it works.”

Lin Lei was so happy that he didn’t choose his words carefully, but to Fuweili, this sentence had problems. What did he mean by “didn’t discover this before”? Did he think she was stupid in the past? Her tender hand twisted the soft flesh at Lin Lei’s waist.

Sharp pain came from his waist, and Lin Lei immediately realized his mistake. Oh no, he had said the wrong thing. He quickly tried to make up for it: “I mean you were very smart before too, but you are especially smart today, as wise as a Deity!”

“Really?” Fuweili did not reduce the force on her hand.

“Really, truer than real gold. Ouch, my waist hurts, my kidneys hurt, my whole body hurts, I’m in so much pain.” Since the flattery didn’t work, Lin Lei started to act pitiful.

Fuweili chuckled and let go of her hand. Seeing Lin Lei’s pitiful state made her want to laugh. Lin Lei, such a tall and sturdy guy, put on a pitiful expression, just one wagging of the tail away from acting like a dog.

Fuweili was both angry and touched. She gently punched Lin Lei and then patiently explained the reason behind it to him.

It turned out that the force field on the Combat Suit was not a closed field like an electromagnetic field, but an open repulsive force field. It was somewhat similar to universal gravitation. As long as energy was provided, it would continuously push objects away.

Originally, the Combat Suit only absorbed environmental heat to replenish energy, and the energy produced by the force field was not large. But now, with the Leto Raw Stone providing a continuous supply of energy, the effect of the force field it produced was huge.

Fuweili had discovered on the island that this energy stone could radiate energy faster under the action of the force field. Now, under this cycle, the Energy Level of the force field produced by the Combat Suit reached a very high degree, enough to push the wooden boat forward quickly.

As for the direction of the wooden boat’s movement, it only needed to control the force field properly. Fuweili could adjust the direction of propulsion at any time.

Lin Lei estimated that the current speed of the wooden boat was about forty knots, similar to a speedboat. The speed was impressive.

It seemed that sometimes technology was really powerful. Couldn’t Fuweili just sit here comfortably and let the boat move at high speed? Thinking of this, Lin Lei’s determination to go to the Apocalypse Star to learn knowledge became even stronger.

As for being laughed at and humiliated by others, he had considered it. But a great man standing between heaven and earth should endure what others cannot endure and do what others cannot do!

As long as he learned the knowledge, there would surely be a day when he could hold his head high!

Fuweili had explained for a long time but didn’t see any reaction from Lin Lei. She turned her head curiously and happened to see Lin Lei looking into the distance with a thoughtful expression.

In his eyes, there was a light that made Fuweili feel fearful and panicked, but she couldn’t specify what it was, nor did she want to think about it.

“Lei, are you listening to me?” Fuweili’s voice trembled slightly, which she didn’t even notice herself.

Lin Lei came back to his senses and saw the worry in Fuweili’s eyes. He smiled brightly: “I’m listening. I’m thinking, I wonder if I can learn the knowledge of such a high-level civilization.”

Fuweili breathed a sigh of relief in her heart and said in a relaxed tone: “Of course you can. At the Apocalypse Star, as long as you join the stars of the Apocalypse Star, you are good. Lei, will you join the Apocalypse Star?”

Join the Apocalypse Star and become a nominal Apocalypse Person? If he could benefit from this identity, then joining was not unreasonable, as long as he didn’t forget that he was an Earthling!

“Of course, I am willing, as long as the Apocalypse Star side has no problems.” Lin Lei answered in a casual tone.

Fuweili didn’t pay attention to this. She cared more about Lin Lei’s willingness. Now that she saw Lin Lei say he was willing, a big stone in her heart landed.

As long as Lin Lei was willing to become an Apocalypse Person, under the temptation of the highly developed civilization of the Apocalypse Star, he definitely wouldn’t leave her or leave the Apocalypse.

Fuweili really loved this man. Women at this time were somewhat one-sided and blind in their affections.

…

This voyage was quite smooth. The sea was calm all the way. Guided by Lin Lei, Fuweili arrived smoothly in the sea area where the spaceship was located, a thousand miles away.

The previous storm now seemed like heaven was specifically sending a big gift to Lin Lei.

The Leto Raw Stone was really a good thing. At that time, Lin Lei had seen Fuweili put five fist-sized raw stones into the helmet, yet it pushed the wooden boat for more than a thousand kilometers.

“Lei, are you sure it’s underwater?” Fuweili had put on her Combat Suit again. This was her guarantee to follow Lin Lei into the deep sea.

“Of course. My memory won’t be wrong. When you see the spaceship, you will know how good my memory is, hehe.”

Lin Lei carefully wrapped the Leto Raw Stone with his beast-skin coat. Then, holding it in one hand, he held Fuweili’s hand with the other, and the two of them slowly slid into the deep sea…