Chapter 40 Setting Sail

Seven days passed in a flash.

Today is the twenty-eighth day since the spacecraft landed.

The autumn of Ramu is about to pass.

Before the temperature dropped completely, Chen Ming harvested the second batch of oranges planted outside the spacecraft.

Completely fill the last small space squeezed out of the cold storage room.

All the food in the entire cold storage room is enough to support more than ten months.

In addition, there are still oranges planted in the hydroponic tank of the planting cabin.

Even if the planting cabin of the spacecraft explodes on the spot now, Chen Ming can still reach the pirate space station safely.

The food reserves are enough, so it's time to leave here.

Chen Ming closed the door of the storage cabin.

In the field outside the spacecraft where the crops had just been harvested, Xiaoshi was found looking for something to eat.

Chen Ming did not take Xiaoshi away directly, but squatted in front of it and said, "Xiaoshi, I'm going to leave, do you want to come with me?"

Xiaoshi tilted his head, not knowing whether he understood what Chen Ming said.

But it must have seen the tender sprouts that Chen Ming had just plucked from the hydroponic tank, and immediately climbed onto Chen Ming's shoulders.

Chen Ming touched Xiao Shi's head and turned his head to look at the camp he had built with his own hands.

Except for the surrounding fences, the entire temporary camp seemed a bit empty.

There was nothing worth remembering here.

Looking at Xiao Shi on his shoulder chewing the tender sprouts with satisfaction, Chen Ming smiled and walked onto the spaceship.

A few minutes later, the engine of the spaceship started, and the Iron Ore turned the bow and flew into space.

The spaceship did not fly directly in the direction of the scheduled pirate space station, but stayed at a certain distance from the space station as before.

Before officially setting off, Chen Ming planned to go to the asteroid belt again to fill the remaining space in the storage cabin with ore.

After all, places like the rings of Ramu, which have such a high density of asteroids rich in metal minerals, may not be encountered for a long time on the road.

Chen Ming started the asteroid detection scanner and found a high-density area in the asteroid belt.

High-intensity mining lasted until four days later.

The remaining shelves in the storage compartment were all filled with various metal materials.

In order to ensure that the proportion of different materials stored was balanced, so as to avoid the lack of specific materials in the future.

Chen Ming also deliberately threw a lot of ordinary iron outside to free up a lot of space.

The metal in the entire storage compartment should be enough to sustain the voyage for half a year as long as Chen Ming does not need to repair the spacecraft frequently.

Everything was ready. Chen Ming set up the navigation route on the navigation system, and the rest was left to the spacecraft itself.

Watching the spacecraft gradually accelerate, Chen Ming sat down on the chair in the captain's room and relaxed.

Space navigation is just like sailing on the sea, there are not so many places to operate.

At most, when encountering unexpected events, Chen Ming needs to deal with them personally.

The rest is waiting, a long wait.

Waiting for half a year, waiting for the spacecraft to pass this half light year.

Chen Ming has long been accustomed to the boring life day after day, a life without intersections, just for survival.

It is better to say that now that Xiaoshi is with me, I am living a better life than before.

The books in the terminal are enough for me to read for half a year.

If I get tired of reading, I can try to practice everything I have learned from the books.

The last mines I mined before leaving were for doing these things on this half-light-year journey.

As long as it is not the kind of modification that will cost lives if it is wrong, Chen Ming can do it himself without relying on the panel.

Chen Ming opened the panel.

The panels of all cabins, all equipment, and all objects are listed.

Looking at the panels in front of him that almost cover his entire field of vision, Chen Ming knows that he still has a lot of things to do.

However, so many modifications have to be done step by step.

At present, the most prioritized modification object should be the living cabin in Chen Ming's imagination.

Because many modifications require some accessories, if the panel is used for modification, then Chen Ming only needs to prepare the materials.

But if it is done manually, Chen Ming has to find a way to make these accessories himself.

Therefore, Chen Ming planned to transform a studio in the living cabin. A studio can facilitate many things.

Moreover, the living cabin of the Iron Ore should be used by the four to six people of the Iron Ore.

Chen Ming does not need to occupy too much space in the living cabin to rest alone.

It is no problem to transform the extra space into a studio.

Transforming the studio and the subsequent modification of the spacecraft will also be a long process.

Chen Ming has patience and time.

Three days later.

The prototype of the studio appeared in the living cabin.

Chen Ming made a small machine tool through the precision tools in the repair kit, through continuous trial, verification, dismantling and reconstruction.

In this way, many molds and other equipment he needs can be made by machine tools.

Moreover, after the machine tool was made, it appeared on Chen Ming's panel like the equipment in other cabins of the spacecraft.

Chen Ming can even control the machine tool to work by himself without doing it himself.

However, Chen Ming will not do this for the time being, because in the process of making this machine tool, Chen Ming can feel that the memories of professional technology in his mind are gradually becoming his own abilities.

If you make things through the panel, your ability will never grow.

Chen Ming needs to practice to make the memory truly become a part of himself.

Moreover, when Chen Ming read books after work these days, he can clearly feel that he is learning and mastering knowledge much faster than before.

After all, many things can only be done by actually doing them.

So on the last day of the first week after departure, Chen Ming transformed half of the living cabin into the appearance of the studio he envisioned.

Machine tools, item racks, tool racks, work tables, and tools from the repair kit that can meet almost all repair and modification tasks are all ready in the studio.

The next step is to modify the spacecraft itself.

The overall modification of the spacecraft is not as simple as the modification of a living cabin.

Every step needs to be carefully considered to avoid damage to the spacecraft and accidents.

Therefore, by the second weekend after departure.

Chen Ming had just planned the overall modification plan of the spacecraft and made some accessories that might be needed later.

It was not until the fifteenth day after departure that Chen Ming was completely ready for the first modification.

The first object Chen Ming wanted to modify was the temperature control system of the spacecraft.