Chapter Fifty-Three: The Flesh Resists the Tower
The next day, news of the overload test of the Energy Tower spread throughout the city.
With the exception of the Engineer who had been climbing the Tech Tree and the Ambulance Station, the other Engineers assisted the guards in evacuating the population from the inner circle of the Energy Tower.
Constantly explaining people's doubts in the process will at least reassure people and keep them from thinking cranky.
This method did not change much in the hope and dissatisfaction of the city, and it was also an unintentional move.
In the original game, three steam miners were enough to support the city at full capacity.
New London even had to build a large resource reserve station to store coal, and even slightly delayed the production of robots.
This is not because of a lack of resources, but because the workers are not planning whether to get the timber to the site or to the factory first.
Coupled with the full completion of the Air Hunter Hut, the city's resource supply and food supply have reached the point of affluence.
It can be said that apart from the problem of spiritual construction and the hidden dangers of the energy tower, the city has survived the snowstorm and no longer poses any threat.
After the members of the London Gang were captured, they were all reformed in labor, and when Brian himself changed his mind, the mission of the London Gang's destruction could be accomplished.
Li Jianghao's holy sword will be able to unlock the two seals in its entirety, and it will no longer need the help of the Storm Condor Drive Book to be released.
With the turn on of the overload switch in the control room, the otherwise docile steam began to become violent.
Steam frantically pounded the inner walls of the pipes, looking for an outlet to vent the pressure.
The steam released from the core of the Portal expanded threefold, and from a distance, the massive pillars of vapor appeared to have condensed into solids.
The original sound of the energy tower running like a smooth old train has now instantly changed to a whistle, sparks and lightning all the way on the track... Old trains.
Li Jianghao admits that his imagination is lacking, and he is putting on the heat-insulating suit made by Alexander.
Although Alexander suggested that it would be possible to go in after the overload run test was over, so that it would be safe. However, Li Jianghao still decided to reach the top of the furnace core first when it was overloaded to collect as much useful data as possible.
Wait until the overload is turned off, then go inside the furnace core to check the gear shift and re-fix the limiter.
From inside the control room, the path to the energy furnace core was opened, and slowly walked into it.
Li Jianghao didn't have a thermometer at hand, so he couldn't feel the actual temperature, because of the heat insulation suit, he couldn't feel any harm to his body now, and he could only judge the degree of overload of the energy tower by the vibration of the steam valve installed every other section.
The originally stable internal bracket was also constantly trembling due to overload operation, and when it was about to reach the furnace core, Li Jianghao. I can already feel the sticky legs of the heat-insulating suit.
He looked down and saw that the skin of the clothes that touched the ground had all cracked, and the cracks that had cracked began to curl up in the heat, and if they went any further, they would begin to melt.
The legs have revealed the material inside the insulated suit, where the structure is still intact. Li Jianghao felt that his body began to sweat, and at this moment, there was still a way to go from the position of the limiter he was about to reach.
Next, he had to climb up the ladder himself, use the tools in his hand to install them on the pipes on both sides of the furnace core, and judge where the pipes were most vulnerable when the energy tower was overloaded based on the changes in the tool pointers caused by the vibration.
Normal operation and overload operation are two completely different states, and where problems may occur in normal operation, they are stable and worry-free in overload operation.
Overload operation can expose some of the problems in advance, causing the furious steam to hit the new problem and rush past the original problem.
And these data are exactly what Alexander needs.
After climbing the ladder, Li Jianghao distanced himself from the furnace core. The inner ring that really heats up is already very close. The body inside the heat insulation suit began to sweat continuously, but the water loss could not be discharged through the heat insulation suit, which caused some obstacles to Li Jianghao's movement.
Li Jianghao didn't dare to take a big breath, the dry and hot air had already made his respiratory tract uncomfortable, so he could only hold his breath and stride to install the tools in his hand on the pipes in four directions.
After doing all this, he tapped open a valve.
Alexander in the control room. Observed, a valve was opened, and the switch for the overload test was immediately pulled.
Li Jianghao instantly felt the decrease in the heating of the furnace core, and the whole person couldn't support such a huge physical exertion, so he sat on the ground with his buttocks, and he didn't care about the pain of being burned.
He looked back and saw that the pointers on the tools were within safe limits, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
Feeling the temperature inside the heat insulation suit back to a suitable state, Li Jianghao slowly got up and walked towards the control room.
Twenty minutes later, he returned to the control room to rehydrate and change into a new insulated suit.
He is not a fool, and there is no shortage of materials in the city, so he naturally implements the plan only after he is fully prepared. It's not the kind of character in a cerebral palsy disaster movie, who has to take the risk with defective equipment.
At this point, the tower has returned to its normal state, and it is time to enter the furnace core with the help of the insulating suit to check the operating status of the limiter from the Winter House.
When changing the heat insulation suit, Li Jianghao looked at his body, and the mark of the dark ring slowly emerged. The undead are really strong in their sensitivity to flames.
This time, because the inside of the energy tower had become docile, Li Jianghao didn't have much effort to walk near the furnace core, found the most stable node, and began to climb down.
After finding the limiter, the energy tower will be temporarily closed, and then Li Jianghao will enter it, taking advantage of the time when the temperature is starting to cool down, but it has not completely cooled, and pull the limiter back to its original position.
If the Portal is completely cooled down and then the Limiter is replaced, it will take more time for the Tower to return to its current temperature level the next time it is turned on.
When the limiters at the Winter House were first installed, New London spent the whole day turning off the Energy Tower to debug it, which was the reason why the buildings and buildings in the city were all within the confines of the Steam Hub.
Today is limited in time, so we have to complete the test before nightfall.
Thankfully, there were no dangers along the way, and the rest of the work was completed within an hour of the tower being closed.
Li Jianghao, who returned to the control room, couldn't wait to take off his heat-insulating clothing and run to roll in the ice and snow.
This time, the physical anti-tower is finally in danger, and the energy tower overload test has also been completed, and even if it encounters a few cooldowns, it will not be a big problem.
He could free up time to leave the city, find the location of New Manchester, and solve the problems of the Portal site that had originally spread the curse of the Dark Ring.