Chapter 586: Chapter 389: Rain Manipulation
The next half day.
Wang Ye stayed almost continuously in a vast open area outside the greenhouse,
consuming a large amount of graphite while producing jet-black carbon fiber.
These carbon fibers were stacked together, and after being compressed by Wang Ye, they became hard carbon fiber materials,
and on the engineer’s side, having witnessed Wang Ye’s abilities, they hurriedly started making other components for the helium balloon.
Before they knew it, the next day had arrived.
After twenty hours of overtime work by Wang Ye,
all the carbon fiber materials needed for the twelve-meter diameter helium balloon
had been produced by him.
And the few tons of graphite sent by Li Weimin had also been completely consumed by Wang Ye.
The surplus carbon atoms were stored within his body for future use,
after all, his current Diamond Skeleton could mobilize a large amount of carbon atoms at any time.
Moreover, his current evolutionary goal, the carbon acetylene skeleton, also required a large number of carbon atoms to construct.
It could be said that the "nutrient" he currently lacked the most was carbon atoms.
The lack of carbon atoms might sound absurd, but in fact, most creatures on Earth have similar needs.
For example, humans, most people need to supplement minerals like calcium, iron, and zinc, and because these substances are commonly found in nutritional supplements or food, most people may not realize that these "nutrients" are prefixed with the character for "metal."
Similarly, Wang Ye’s severe lack of carbon atoms can be considered normal, just like ordinary people needing bone soup for calcium after a bone injury.
After Wang Ye brought the finished carbon fiber materials into the greenhouse,
the engineer immediately sent people to assemble these carbon fibers together,
and in just one day’s work, the helium balloon with a diameter of approximately 120 meters took shape.
Even though it wasn’t filled with helium yet, currently it was just spread out on the ground, occupying more than a hundred square meters, but fortunately, the greenhouse was large enough to accommodate this giant helium balloon.
With Wang Ye’s assistance, they installed all the remaining carbon fiber materials,
and then they used helium to fill the balloon,
gradually,
the helium balloon expanded to more than a hundred meters high,
several tens of meters higher than the 60-meter-high helium balloon from the Red Bull Stratos project.
It could be said to be the largest helium balloon in the world today.
The helium-filled balloon immediately gained significant lift,
and if it weren’t held down by steel cables below, it would have already broken through the greenhouse and soared into the sky.
Looking at the absurdly high helium balloon,
Wang Ye couldn’t help but marvel at his own technology.
With his help,
they actually managed to create the world’s largest helium balloon within two days.
"What next, Wang Ye?" Li Weimin asked.
Wang Ye pondered for a moment, gazing outside the greenhouse, where it was drizzling lightly, and the mild wind swayed the surrounding trees, the leaves rustling against each other.
"Theoretically, the helium balloon should be ready to challenge now, but to be safe, let’s make a scaled-down model for a test flight using the remaining materials."
"Alright." The engineer nodded and continued to work with his team on the scaled-down model.
After instructing on the remaining matters, Wang Ye walked outside the greenhouse.
He reached out his hand.
Raindrops fell on his palm,
the cool sensation continuously spread across his skin, quickly pooling into a small puddle in his palm,
Wang Ye frowned, thinking about something. If anyone closely observed the water in his hand, they would notice the raindrops floating up and forming a water ball upon touching his skin, as if he could control the water at will.
"I never calculated that it would actually rain recently... Indeed, a professional assessment is needed."
What troubled Wang Ye the most wasn’t the helium balloon itself,
with the Primordial Qi, he could clearly see the internal details of the helium balloon.
He knew there was no problem with the current helium balloon, and even if there were issues, they wouldn’t be detected through a scaled-down model test flight, so he was fully capable of starting the official challenge now.
But what troubled him most was the continuous rain in Fujian recently.
He had considered most of the challenges the stratosphere might pose but hadn’t accounted for the weather.
So even though the helium balloon was ready, it was hard for it to ascend.
Rainy weather would severely interfere with the ascent process,
and if there were high winds and lightning during the ascent, the balloon would be destroyed or blown into uncontrollable areas before reaching the target altitude.
"Could it be... that the challenge time really has to be postponed?" Wang Ye turned to look at the workers maintaining the helium balloon and making the scale model, feeling a surge of frustration.
He didn’t want to waste too much energy and time on this challenge,
if he couldn’t complete the Celestial Palace Leap plan in the next three days,
he might as well go abroad to complete the remaining Ozaki’s Eight challenges and the tasks left by Old Yi.
Once the weather in Fujian improved, he would return to continue the Celestial Palace Leap challenge.
"No, there must be a way."
"I just haven’t thought of it yet."
Wang Ye murmured softly.
With his current abilities, he shouldn’t be trapped by mere rain.
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