Chapter 50: The Ark Reinforcement Program

Zhang Shen's "strengthening" is complicated and complex, and simple and simple.

The main body of Ark 01 is made up of a huge amount of steel. Although half of them are various alloys, the absolute dominance of them is still ordinary steel.

From iron ore to formed steel, no matter how many processes it goes through, how many times it is repeatedly smelted and condensed, with the current technical conditions, it is inevitable that the steel will contain impurities. These impurities, which come from raw materials or elements left over from the manufacturing process, can only be minimized but cannot be completely eliminated. For example, hydrogen can cause embrittlement of steel, nitrogen can reduce the ductility and toughness of formed steel, and so on.

Due to the large number of wiring inside the ark, coupled with Zhang Shen's unfamiliarity with it, and the time factor that pressed on everyone's hearts, Zhang Shen's reinforcement was actually only aimed at the outer armor of the ark, trying to improve its hardness, toughness, ductility and other properties, making it the first and strongest line of defense to protect the ark and the hundreds of thousands of survivors inside.

In this regard, after pondering for a while, Zhang Shen gave two plans.

First, compression!

In ancient times, craftsmen who forged weapons would forge them over and over again in order to improve the power of their weapons, so there was a saying of "hundred forgings" and "thousand forgings". After hundreds or thousands of forgings, the impurities are calcined off, and the original large piece of iron will become extremely dense, leaving only a small point, not to mention others, at least the increase in hardness is calculated in multiples.

The first option given by Zhang Zan, "Compression", is roughly similar to this method.

He took a two-finger-thick iron plate of about five square meters and demonstrated it to Adrian and Deman.

Taking out the pen, Zhang Shen drew a refining array on this iron plate.

A circle that symbolizes the endless cycle of all things;

a hexagonal shape that symbolizes the six supreme mysteries of the world;

The diamond symbolizing the "flame" and the triangle symbolizing the "earth" overlap and intersect;

At this point, the basic structure of the refining array has been completed.

The intention of Zhang Shen's refining array is to refine the impurities in the steel, make it more dense, and improve the performance of the steel. Because he has not yet reached the level of atomic-level operation, which has a lot to do with the strength of the spiritual power (soul), and there is no philosopher's stone in his hand at the moment (Saliva's half-finished product is afraid of going wrong), the degree of "compression" is limited, but he thinks that it is enough for the ark to withstand a possible impact.

Since it was just a simple "compression and purification", Zhang Shen extracted three or five reaction techniques from the memory bank, split and combined, evolved into a compound technique, added it to the refining array, and repeated it more than ten times, filling almost all the space.

With his hands on the cold iron plate, Zhang Shen silently recited in his heart:

Forge into a formation and start!!

The blazing white electricity hissed like a python, quickly spreading the entire iron plate, as if it were being scanned.

This steel plate is also to be applied to the ark, which is related to the survival of human civilization, and all countries have used the highest level of forging technology in the whole process, and have given the highest attention, for fear of any quality problems. Therefore, the quality of the steel plate under Zhang Shen is quite high, enough to withstand the impact of two cars that are equivalent to driving at full speed.

However, even so, in the process of refining Zhang Shen's alchemy, it still showed very obvious changes!

At the beginning, on the surface of the steel plate, countless small holes that seemed to be enlarged pores appeared one after another, which made everyone present suddenly have goosebumps, but fortunately, there were no dense phobias present......

Then, as if drenched with sulfuric acid, on the surface of the steel plate, gray-white bubbles drilled out of the previous holes, like a large number of small crabs hiding inside, the bubbles one after another, constantly tumbling, and the fine sound of "poof" was undulating.

The four of them noticed that each of the bubbles that exploded would take away a little bit of impurities of different colors.

After a few minutes, when there were no more bubbles in the pores, the original bubble fragments gradually "dried up" and turned into a disgusting layer of "dead skin" that stuck to the surface of the steel plate.

Call~~~~

Staff Chief Zhang exhaled, took his hands away from the steel plate, and wiped the sweat quietly on his forehead.

He lifted it with his hand, and unexpectedly lifted a dry hard shell from the steel plate!

"This is, the impurities in steel??!" Adrian's mouth was wide enough to fit a duck egg, and his face was full of incredulity, even if his eyes were sunken due to exhaustion, and his eyes were about to fall out at this moment.

The four of Deman had good eyesight, and compared the thickness of the steel plate before and after refining, and found that it had become thinner by about two or three fingernails, although it was not much, but considering its own quality, and the thickness of the outer armor of the ark, if this result was grafted onto the ark, it would be considerable!

"Can you apply this method directly to the Ark?" Adrian knew as much about the ark as he did about the designer or builder, and after a brief pause, he came back to his senses and began to think about the practicality of this method.

"Although the outer armor of the ark is also assembled, it is a whole, if you can only strengthen it one part at a time, it will affect the balance of its whole, and this will not work."

As a ship, if even the basic balance is lost, no matter how powerful the outer armor is, it is just a lump of iron, and it will sink directly as soon as it gets out of the water.

Zhang Shen frowned and pondered in his heart for a moment, and replied: "You can rest assured that according to the volume of the ark, the refining array can cover it at one time, and it will not cause an imbalance in the thickness of the armor." However, in this way, if you want to refine the same amount of impurities, I am afraid that you will not be able to do all the work in one fell swoop, so you have to try several times. ”

"How long does it take to use this ability once, plus a break in between."

"Draw a refining array, activate, control, rest and recover mental power...... Zhang Shen calculated in his heart, and gave a reply that made the latter frown. On average, it takes half an hour at a time, and the number of times a day is between ten and fifteen times a day. ”

"It's too slow!" Adrian clenched his fists in frustration, "What about the other way?" ”

Another plan given by Zhang Shen is diametrically opposed to this -

Fusion!!

In the previous scheme, after refining, the outer armor will become thinner, but in the opposite way, this scheme will make it thicker.

Generally speaking, the denser the object, the stronger and harder it feels. For the average person, steel is a very hard object, and the density is quite high – at least with the naked eye, the surface gap is barely visible.

However, for Zhang Shen, who uses his spiritual power to see everything, the common steel is simply a big sieve, covered with mesh, and if you pour a basin of water into it, you are afraid that it will leak out from the other end......

Although the steel used to make the ark was of much better quality, it was still possible to "see" the dense small holes!

So, in his second plan, he had to plug the holes!

What to fill it with?

Naturally, it is also steel!!

During the implementation process, Zhang Hui smelted other steel into a "molten iron" composed of countless particles through a smelting array, and controlled these "molten iron" with mental power micro-manipulation, infiltrated those holes, and "plugged" them.

In short, it was another steel plate that was placed on the outer armor of the ark and the two became one!

Compared with the previous one, the advantage of this method is that it is simple and fast, but the disadvantage is that it will greatly increase the weight of the ark, and at the same time, the use of mental power to perform micro-manipulation is also a big challenge for Zhang Shen. Overall, the efficiency is indeed improved over the first one, but it is also relatively limited and not very obvious.

At first glance, this method is better than the first, but it has a fatal flaw.

The power of the Ark's engine has been limited, and the burden of the outer armor that has been nearly doubled in weight can the Ark withstand it?!

Although Adrian knew everything about the construction of the ark, he didn't dare to meddle in such a highly professional thing, let alone make a decision now.

"By the way, isn't there still a palace!" Suddenly, Adrian's eyebrows raised, and his eyes sparkled. He thought of his strange good friend, Gong Yu, the minister of the [Ministry of Electronic Science and Technology].

"It's right to ask him about this kind of thing."

Adrian has a lot of confidence in Gong Yu, even to the point of unconditional trust. This is not only because the latter shows the knowledge and ability of any scientist in Zhuo Minggu in terms of electronic technology, but also because of the inexplicable "instinct" and "intuition" that emerge in his heart.

As a rigorous scientist, Adrian has never been too interested in "intuition" and "instinct". However, when all this happened to him, and in such a special external environment, he still chose to believe without hesitation!

"Well, I don't dare to jump to conclusions now, and I need to consult a professional, so I can only ...... Uh, it's 7:23 p.m., and I'll get back to you tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the latest, how about that? Adrian glanced at the time display on his watch, and the expression on his face returned to the seriousness of this time.

"No problem." Zhang Shen was also infected by his emotional expression, and nodded solemnly, "I'll wait for your notice." ”

"This is my business card, you can contact me anytime if you have anything." Adrian valued Zhang Shen's alchemy very much, and intuitively felt that this ability would have a great effect on his own survival of Noah's Ark and the entire human civilization, so he took out a golden card from his coat pocket and handed it to him.

By the way, Zhuo Ming Valley has its own independent communication system, almost everyone has their own communication number, but Zhuo Ming Valley has not been built long ago, and the signal resources are limited, so it is divided into classes, and the signal resources that advanced numbers can enjoy are more high-quality.

In short, the "Privilege" has an incomparable advantage in grabbing signals......

Adrian's number undoubtedly belongs to the topmost level, and although Zhang Shen and other guards also belong to the first tier, they are relatively at the bottom.

After saying goodbye to Adrian, Zhang Shen and the three of them, led by Deman and Zheng Xiuzhu, came to the residence assigned to them, a three-bedroom house and a living room.

confirmed the "value" of Zhang Shen, and the tone of the two quietly became a lot more relaxed.

After a while, the two left.

However, Deman and Zheng Xiuzhu had only been walking for a few minutes before another visitor came.

A guy who didn't expect Zhang Shen.