After resolving Mia's knot, Heungwoo is finally able to start reinforcing the raft. In one of the trolleys pushed back from the iceberg was a large bundle of climbing cables and a box of white steel cable locks. Xingyu estimates that the steel cable is at least 30 meters long, but in fact, only 10 meters of steel cable is enough to reinforce the raft. The maximum load of this 4 cm diameter steel cable can reach 10 tons, while the dead weight of the container is only about 4 tons. Looking at the waterline of the current containers, the cargo inside is very light. The total weight of the entire container is estimated to be no more than 6 tons. That is, it is enough to reinforce one layer of steel cables. However, for the sake of safety, Xingyu prepared to reinforce the three-layer steel cable. Xingyu opened the box with the cable lock and counted out that there were 50 cable locks inside. Xingyu plans to tie three layers of steel cables to the corners connected to each container. There are always 8 connected corners in three containers, and only 24 cable locks are sufficient. Xingyu also found the tools for tying the steel cable in the toolbox. After everything was ready, Xingyu began to reinforce the raft.

When Xingyu was about to start reinforcing the corners connected to the container, Xingyu found that the rope had worn out by 10% after only a week. Without this bundle of steel cable reinforcement, after three months, the raft would have disintegrated. Then they are going back to the days of drifting in lifeboats. Seeing that the rope was not resistant to wear, Xingyu changed his mind, no longer reinforced, and simply dismantled the rope and replaced it with a steel cable. Xingyu first disassembled a rope that connected the corner pieces, leaving only a layer of rope to hold the corner pieces. After Xingyu dismantled the rope, he began to tie three layers of steel cables, and one of the steel cables was locked with a steel cable. After the three layers of steel cables were tied, Xingyu also removed the last layer of rope. In this way, the connecting corner pieces are replaced. Then Xingyu used the same method to replace the other 7 connecting corner pieces with steel cables. The replacement of the steel cables was carried out very quickly, and in the afternoon, all the changes were completed. Each connecting corner piece is replaced with a three-layer steel cable, with a maximum load of 30 tons. At this time, Xingyu was really satisfied with the strength of the raft. Unlike before, every time it was windy and rainy, Xingyu was terrified and worried about the disintegration of the raft. After Xingyu counted, he found that only 8 meters of steel cable was used to replace the raft. In the end, Xingyu even changed two small containers to steel cables.

After the replacement of the steel cable was completed, Xingyu was thinking about how to open the container in the middle of the drifting raft. Now they live on rafts and take refuge in lifeboats every time it rains. Items are also to be stored in lifeboats, which have limited space and cannot accommodate more and more items. If the container can be opened, the space should be at least eight times larger. Xingyu took out the small torch in the trolley. Xingyu had heard of this small cutting torch before, but he had never used it. There was no manual for the cutting torch in the carriage, so Xingyu had to study how to use the cutting torch by himself. Fortunately, this set of cutting torches is only a miniature version of ordinary cutting torches, and the accessories and principles of the cutting torch are the same, the same can of oxygen pressure bottle, a can of gas pressure bottle, two gas pipes and a cutting gun. Xingyu quickly understood how to use this small torch. Then, Xingyu put the torch into the trolley. It's getting late, and we won't open the container until tomorrow.

At night, when Xingyu habitually hugged Miya and prepared to sleep, Xingyu smelled a fragrant smell on Miya's body. Xingyu asked in surprise: "No!" You even have shampoo and shower gel in your bag? Miya glanced at Xingyu and proudly gestured with two fingers: "Two small bottles of shampoo and shower gel." Does it smell good? At this time, Xingyu's face suddenly changed. All day today, Xingyu was drifting rafts to change steel cables. Heung-woo didn't see Mia taking a bath. then Where does Mia take a bath? Miya was surprised to see Xingyu's face change greatly, and asked strangely in her heart: "What's wrong?" Xingyu hurriedly asked again: "You take a bath in the ice water from the melting iceberg?" Mia still replied puzzled: "Yes! Taking a shower in ice water is almost freezing me. Luckily, there is a big sun. ”

"Holy! Antarctica has been frozen for 3 billion years, and icebergs drift out of Antarctica. In the iceberg, I don't know how many ancient and unknown bacteria have been frozen in ice. You actually bathed in ice water from melting icebergs! After Xingyu finished speaking, he immediately pulled Miya out of the lifeboat. After running to the ice bucket containing the rainwater, Heungwoo hurriedly reached out and took off Mia's clothes. After listening to Xingyu just now, Miya also panicked. Miya knew that Xingyu wanted to help her rinse, so she also cooperated with Xingyu. Suddenly something doesn't feel right: "Hey! You're making excuses! Xingyu was stunned for a moment: "How can I have?" I'm trying to help you take a bath. ”

"I can't take a shower myself, do I?"

Xingyu was stunned again for a moment, and immediately realized that he was reckless.

Taking a bath at night, Mi Ya Freeze's face was blue and her lips were white, and her body was trembling. Xingyu immediately wrapped Mia in bear fur, and the bear fur really kept warm, and after a while, Mia's face turned back to ruddy. The next day, Heung-woo woke up and immediately examined Mia's skin on the outside of her clothes. Seeing Mia's skin as usual, Xingyu breathed a sigh of relief. Then Mia drove Heungwoo out of the lifeboat, and after Miya checked it herself, she didn't find any problems. At this time, Mia heard Xingyu shouting outside the boat: "There are some places where you can't see it yourself." I'll help you see it! Mia replied wordlessly, "You think I don't have a mirror!" ”

Although Antarctica was formed 3 billion years ago, the upper layer of ice was formed by the accumulation of new ice during the snowfall in recent times. The bacteria frozen in the new ice are not much different from the bacteria we usually come into contact with in the air. Icebergs that break away from Antarctic ice shelves or glaciers are mostly new ice layers that have accumulated in recent times.