[You have obtained the blueprint for the Lightning Rod Set]
As Lin Yue placed a damaged lightning rod set on the High-Precision Research Workstation, a blueprint, like before, appeared in his system panel.
The lightning rod was much simpler than he had imagined, but Lin Yue, for convenience, disassembled several sets into parts, and successfully manufactured ten sets of lightning rods.
The Lightning Rod Set not only included the main lightning arrester but also had down conductors leading to the ground and earthing grids buried underground.
Lin Yue installed them in batches onto the main shelter and various buildings, even covering the greenhouse and melting furnace. Having done all this, he was ready for the raging thunder.
If truly unlucky, these lightning rods should have some effect, right?
After all, his structures were among the tallest across the entire desert.
"There’s more to do than a mountain, but everything must be done." Lin Yue stretched his muscles, preparing to work on the drainage channel.
Although he had laid out the previous drainage channel, it hadn’t functioned effectively last time and was almost entirely flooded.
After dismantling the drainage channel, he took a shovel and dug down about half a meter along the original drainage line. Once he installed this iron drainage channel, one meter wide, one meter deep, and about five meters long, the entire channel reached a depth of 1.5 meters!
This way, even in a flood, there would be no fear.
It must be said, the excellent quality of the shovel was too efficient. Lin Yue barely exerted any effort to dig five meters long, and when donning the exoskeleton, digging felt like child’s play.
He even thought that if not for the impending disaster, he could dig a large swimming pool without much hassle, and traveling back and forth to the Ice Lizard Cave in the Underground Ruins wasn’t much of a chore.
"Gawu!" Bai stood on the ground, watching Lin Yue dig all the way, eager to help but this pit was too small; a jump would get it stuck, so it was anxious to help.
However, Xiaomeng seemed just the right size and, per Lin Yue’s command, ran ahead and started digging the soil with its sharp and hard claws.
Working together increased the efficiency significantly.
It didn’t take long for them to finish a trench starting from inside the shelter, stretching about thirty meters long to the outside, and later, as per Lin Yue’s instructions, this trench directly extended towards the direction of Acid Rain Lake.
Since it’s being done, it must be done the best way.
Finally, after installing all the drainage channels in place, the drainage issue was resolved.
If there’s time tomorrow, further digging of a large pit is no problem, but it depends on circumstances.
After all, a lot of tasks remain undone.
"Bai, where is the Secret Realm’s Ancient Gate this time?" After wiping the sweat off his face, Lin Yue asked.
Another day had passed, and the Secret Realm’s Ancient Gate should be shifting places again.
Lin Yue did find it bothersome that the gate shifted every two days, unlike the Underground Ruins where it was fixed before each disaster, eliminating the need for deliberate seeking.
However, expecting this damned system to be considerate of a survivor was hopeless.
At least it didn’t change places daily.
By the way, ever since the last upgrade, quite a while has passed, with no sign of another upgrade?
Lin Yue grumbled internally at the system as he watched Bai dart out of the yard and followed.
"Gawu." Bai stood beside a small forest, where an old vine-covered red brick wall stood, and within that wall, a new Ancient Secret Realm Gate, three meters high and three meters wide, had appeared.
This time, the location was intriguing, and the size of the gate was incomparable to before.
"Is it really here..." Lin Yue went over, looking at the slightly sunken pit nearby, falling into thought.
The first time the Pillager Gate attacked the shelter was when he was in the Secret Realm, after defeating them all, one of them died nearby.
Back then, he didn’t think of burning the bodies but directly dug a pit to bury them.
The pit was right next to the Secret Realm’s Ancient Gate.
Staring at the newly appeared Ancient Gate gave Lin Yue some ideas.
Could it be that this time it’ll also directly lead to the old place?
As he pushed open the ancient gate, a wave of humid air swept in, carrying a slightly salty sea breeze.
Could it be that island again?
Entering, he found the outside sky dimly lit, the sun seemingly not yet risen.
Where he stood seemed like a beach.
Taking out the night vision device, Lin Yue had a bad premonition.
He looked out into the distance, seeing rows of buildings facing the sea.
Looking around, he found that his location seemed identical to his previous visit.
"Well, didn’t expect to end up back here instead of the first place I ever went to..."
Now he was certain this was the coastal city of Australia’s beach, where he had once found a beach buggy, encountered the Tentacle Monster, and battled alongside Du Ping and others.
Also, it was where he once nearly died of a persistent fever, if not for Bai’s valiant fight back then.
Even though he had many experiences here, Lin Yue truthfully wished to explore an unvisited place.
"Yet, this place still seems to have abundant resources?" Lin Yue remembered the parking lot, large ladder, bank, and various shops...
He contentedly retreated, realizing this Secret Realm could yield many good things.
But for now, as the sky hadn’t yet brightened, he wasn’t in a hurry.
"Bai, you guard here, don’t move temporarily." With the previous Poison Celestial Dragon incident, Lin Yue didn’t wish for a repeat.
If something happened, he instructed Bai to spray thick ice fog against the door, ensuring a solid freeze.
Even if they tried to break through the gate, they’d be prepared here.
As for Xiaomeng, Lin Yue assigned it to guard at the Underground Ruins Ancient Gate; he’d cleared many Lizardmen yesterday, allowing a good sleep, but today’s potential disruption remained unknown.
One Xiaomeng should handle it, with mutual coordination alongside Bai if needed.
Taking out the car keys, he headed toward the beach buggy parked by the wall.
He hadn’t been to the Natural Sulfur Ore Mountain the whole day yesterday, so he was unsure of its current state.
Recalling the Lizardmen’s previous ore-stealing, he felt uneasy.
From the shelter, he placed two fully charged mining-specific robot dogs into the storage space, carrying the diamond-encrusted iron pickaxe, and drove towards the destination.