Phi-Fic Chapter 1154
Chapter 1154
Sweat streamed down Zhang Jia's forehead, soaking his clothes, and his throat was so dry it felt like it was on fire.
"Drink water sparingly," Tao Zheng took out several bottles of fresh water from the storage box and distributed them to the two people: "We don't know how long the storm will last, so we must use fresh water sparingly."
The wind outside grew stronger and stronger, like the roar of countless wild beasts.
Occasionally, loosely reinforced metal components are swept away by the strong winds, producing a piercing howling sound.
The fortress's ventilation system malfunctioned briefly due to a sudden change in external air pressure, making the indoor air even more polluted, and each breath was accompanied by a burning pain.
Zhang Jia sat there, leaning against the wall, listening to the howling wind and the pounding of hot rain outside, his heart filled with anxiety.
She didn't know how much damage the thermal storm would cause, or whether the fortress could withstand such an impact.
Through the salt stains on the window, she saw that the distant sea had turned into a boiling sea, with white columns of heat rising and falling, and the gale whipping up huge waves that crashed against the base of the fortress.
In the central control room, the data on the monitoring screens was rapidly increasing.
"Captain, the temperature of the west support pillar has exceeded 80°C, and micro-cracks have appeared at the weld points!"
"Immediately activate the emergency cooling system and spray coolant onto the west support pillar!" Captain Chen decisively ordered. "Closely monitor the condition of all support pillars. If any serious damage occurs, immediately organize the evacuation of personnel from the danger zone!"
"understand!"
Coolant is the mothership's last resort to quickly lower the temperature when a sea boiling catastrophe occurs.
There wasn't much coolant left either; Captain Chen had previously instructed us to use it sparingly and try not to use it at all.
However, given the current crisis, we can only use it to ensure the good condition of the support column for now!
This really worked!
The moment the coolant was sprayed out, a fine white mist enveloped the west support column like artificial snow.
When it collides with metal at temperatures above 80°C, it instantly vaporizes into a large cloud of white mist, which drifts towards the sea with the strong wind.
On the monitoring screen in the central control room, the temperature curve of the west support column finally showed a significant drop, slowly decreasing from 83°C to 71°C. The micro-cracks at the weld point stopped expanding, and the data tended to stabilize.
"The temperature has stabilized!" The staff member in charge of monitoring breathed a sigh of relief, his voice tinged with undisguised fatigue: "There are no signs of further damage to the support column structure at the moment."
Captain Chen's tense jawline relaxed slightly, but his gaze remained sharp as an eagle as he scanned the other fluctuating data on the screen: "Continue to maintain the coolant supply, while closely monitoring the temperature changes of all support columns and walls. Report any abnormalities immediately."
"Yes!"
Just then, a faint "rustling" sound came from outside the window, like fine sand grains hitting the glass.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the outside of the glass was covered with a thin layer of brown powder.
As the wind outside intensified, the powder grew thicker and thicker, even beginning to seep in through the sealed gaps in the windows.
"It's salt fog! It's salt fog!"
These words were like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, plunging the central control room into an instant silence.
Those present had all experienced the previous salt fog disaster. Those highly corrosive salt particles could corrode metal, burn vegetation, and even burn skin through clothing in just a few hours. It was a more insidious and deadly threat than high temperatures.
"No wonder the cooling system's pipe pressure is a bit abnormal." An engineer in charge of equipment maintenance turned pale.
The senior researcher nodded, then spent a long time calculating based on the various data on the display screen before looking up and saying, "Based on the combination of wind speed and temperature changes, I can confirm that this thermal convective storm will last for at least 8 to 10 hours."
"Eight to ten hours?" Lieutenant Yun gasped. "What will the wind speeds be in the core area? And the intensity of the hot rain and salt spray?"