Doomsday Drifting Begins with Shipbuilding

Chapter 37 Getting Metal
Chen Xuan stared at the metal parts of the computer, thoughtful.

Although these metal parts seem to be nothing special, shining with the luster that metal should have, but his intuition tells him that these metal parts should not be as simple as they appear on the surface.

Of course, just relying on intuition to judge is not reliable. In fact, there is another important reason.

Whether it was the metal parts of these notebooks, or some kitchen utensils he had found in the dining room earlier, he couldn't get them into the system space.

That's weird.

Obviously, in the follow-up technology, whether it is the "Movable Type Illustrated Book Module" of the black technology or the "Balance Module" of the vehicle, the activation requirements of both have the item "metal".

This shows that "metal" as a material should be the same as "wood" and "plant fiber", and it must be collected.

But when he tried to put it away, he failed, and the system did not respond at all.

Is this metal not that metal?
According to Chen Xuan's understanding of the system so far, the system has always been simple and straightforward in terms of names, and there will be no unclear references and twists and turns.

The problem should be with these metal parts.

There may be something strange about these metal parts.

Chen Xuan planned to follow the old method and try heating and smelting first.

When he was in the TV tower before, because he wanted to transform the spire into metal resources, he tried to smelt the steel spire once.

But at that time, apart from becoming hot and red, the spire did not show much change, and there was no sign of melting.

Although some of these metal parts are made of copper, it is somewhat different from the steel material of the TV tower.

But he can't say that there will be any progress this time.

Chen Xuan moved the components of the computer to another open place to prevent other things from being burned when heated, after all, when the metal is smelted later, the temperature will be very high.

After putting the things away, Chen Xuan squatted down, stretched out his hand and began to release flames to burn it.

At this time, unlike before, he had no scruples about burning the raft on the raft, and he had already burnt metal once, so he knew it well.

This time he came up and directly pushed the flames to the limit.

A bluish-white flame appeared instantly, and waves of heat swept all around.

Under this high temperature, the computer components in front of him quickly became red and shiny.

Chen Xuan maintained the temperature, and the flames burned fiercely.

Time passed minute by minute.

But although these computer components are constantly sucking up heat, they don't change anything except glowing and heating, just like last time.

It's like a bottomless pit.

And there is no sign of sticking between the parts.

Even so, Chen Xuan still did not give up and continued to persevere.

Another time passed.

However, these computer components are still calm and stable, and there is still no change.

This is very frustrating.

The situation in front of him forced him to give up.

It seemed that this time he had to fail again.

Chen Xuan was about to put away the flames. Using the "Flame Jet Module" at its maximum intensity for a long time made him a little tired, and he needed to take a rest.

Suddenly, in his induction, a trace of energy fluctuations appeared in the metal parts in front of him.

This scene made Chen Xuan's heart tremble.

This energy fluctuation will only appear on things that the system can store.

In the beginning, he could only sense wooden objects, plant materials, and a fleeting emergency capsule.

After the seaweed was extracted later, the energy fluctuations of "oil" and "bioplastic" appeared.

In addition, the fluctuation in front of him was abrupt and very strong.

Neither "wood" "plant fiber" nor "bioplastic" and "oil" can compare with it.

But now that there is this energy fluctuation, doesn't that mean that the metal parts of these computers can already be collected by him?

He tried charging again.

This time, the scorching hot computer components disappeared as quickly as snow melted.

At the same time, there was an extra unit of "metal" in the panel.

He succeeded!

But what's going on here?

While excited, Chen Xuan was at a loss.

what happened?
Why are computer parts that have no response at all suddenly able to be charged?
Anyway, it must have something to do with his heating.

Chen Xuan consciously entered the system space to check.

After entering the system space, these metal parts quickly left their glowing and hot state, and now they have condensed into a dense metal block.

Ok?
This scene puzzled him again.

It stands to reason that the materials used in the components of this computer include aluminum, copper, and iron, which are not the same thing at all, but when they enter the system space, they become a kind of thing.

What is the difference between the smelted metal?

With a thought, Chen Xuan took out the metal in the system space.

A small piece of metal appeared in his hand instantly.

The metal block is silver-gray, with a smooth and shiny appearance, and its volume is only half the size of a Rubik's cube.

Holding it in my hand, I feel a little cold.

Chen Xuan put the piece of metal on the ground, and tried to poke it lightly with the iron gun.

The moment the two hard objects came into contact, there was a sound of gold and iron clashing.

But there was no trace left on the metal block.

It's pretty solid.

In order to further test the strength of the metal, he then activated the flame effect, adding flames to the tip of the gun to increase the lethality and stab it again.

The metal block in front of him was still unscathed.

Even the iron mouth gun that can destroy tempered glass can't do any damage to it.

The hardness of the smelted metal is much stronger than before.

But that's all Chen Xuan knew about this piece of metal.

He still couldn't figure out why those computer parts could suddenly be collected before.

And what is special about this metal in other aspects is temporarily unknown.

He didn't have a clue what to do next, and he didn't know what to do with the metal.

How to use it is also a question.

With such a strong hardness, it is very suitable for weapons.

But the problem is that he can't deform it at all, and if it doesn't deform, it means it can't be forged.

Then this is a lump of iron, what use can it be?

The only use right now is to wait until the quantity is collected enough, and hand them over to the system to unlock the technology.

Anyway, he already knew that metal could be refined and collected through long-term smelting.

It's just that it consumes...

Chen Xuan unfolded the system panel to check the remaining resources, and found that a unit of oil had been consumed just now.

What a waste of fuel.

Now that it has already started, let's go all out.

Chen Xuan brought over all the other computer components.

He thought for a while, and then piled up the kitchen utensils such as kitchen knives and shovels.

Although these things are useful, they are not necessary. It is more practical to turn them into metal.

Unlocking the technology behind it early is the kingly way.

Then, he spent two units of oil to melt all these metal products.

In the end, a total of 8 units of metal were collected.

The metal is finally there.

After finishing all this, Chen Xuan looked out the window, at this moment the sun was about to set into the sea.

It's time to eat.

Today's harvest is so rich, shouldn't this reward yourself with a good meal?
While there is still some light, this meal should be a little different.

(End of this chapter)