[Plank Boat Construction Time: 3 Minutes... Please Wait.]

The system's response filled him with anticipation.

The various sizes of wood behind him began to move on their own swiftly.

These pieces of wood had been processed, but with a spirit of perfection, the system polished and refined them again. Within seconds, all the wood was renewed.

A long keel quickly took shape, followed by the keel (the main load-bearing wood of the ship's bottom), hull, rudder, and side planks, which were rapidly shaped, placed, and assembled within seconds, quickly forming the prototype of the vessel.

The planks were connected using traditional Chinese woodcraft technique—mortise-and-tenon joints, a method that combines concave and convex parts on the two planks that need to be joined.

This technique doesn't require nails, yet it's more secure than nailing and can be disassembled. The only downside is the complexity of design and craftsmanship, but with the system in place, this downside doesn't exist at all.

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Watching the system busy at work, Li Yuan was overwhelmed with excitement and couldn't help but exclaim, "Fing hell... This is simply breathtaking! I say, system, I suspect you'd make a decent living as a carpenter."

The system continued its work...

"It's all using that 'bamboo shoot'... no, it's called 'shoot bamboo', whatever, it's just that amazing technique. I was wondering why there were no nails, impressive, impressive."

"This wood processing, tsk tsk tsk, looks brand new, look at the wood grain, it looks particularly pleasing."

"The lines of the ship's body are nice too, with a streamlined feel, which can reduce wind resistance. Ah, and that place, whatever it's called, anyway, it's great!"

***

For some reason, the system completed the task ahead of time, and at two minutes and twenty seconds, a brand-new plank boat appeared in front of Li Yuan.

If it had taken any longer, Li Yuan might have kept babbling on for quite a while.

The boat was small, about two meters long, roughly the same length as Li Yuan's bamboo raft, and about seventy centimeters wide, looking quite narrow.

The entire ship body had a certain curvature, making the interior of the ship body appear as a groove, with no special decorations at the bow and stern, just thicker planks.

Even as a wooden boat, this one, without even a cavity at the bottom, where the bottom plank is the deck, would easily top the list of the most shabby.

But Li Yuan didn't care about any of that; he was quite excited now.

Brother! Is there anything more shabby than a bamboo raft tied with three bamboo sticks? No, absolutely not! This is an epic super evolution!

[Commencing host consciousness and item transfer, while destroying the three bamboo rafts.]

"Hey, hey, hey, don't destroy them, it's good to keep the bamboo!"

As Li Yuan spoke, he found his perspective instantly shifted from the bamboo raft to the wooden boat, while all the items on the bamboo raft, the water purification equipment, miscellaneous items, Rookie, and even the fish-skin rope tied to the bamboo were all smoothly transferred to the wooden boat.

In just an instant, the transfer work was completed.

When these items landed on Li Yuan, the wooden boat sank quite a bit!

By the time Li Yuan came to his senses, the bamboo raft had already disappeared into thin air.

"Ah, my bamboo raft! Wouldn't it make a nice mast!"

The system was silent now, and without anyone to talk to, Li Yuan finally quieted down, "Still, that artificial intelligence system was interesting, now this is just a machine, not humorous at all. Oh well, back to business."

"Basic Information Menu!"

[Host: Li Yuan]

 

[Vessel: Small Single-Layer Plank Boat]

 

[Crew: 1]

 

[Speed: Not equipped with a power system, immeasurable]

 

[Combat Power: 1]

 

[Load Capacity: 37.3/300 (kg)]

 

[Evolution Progress: 1.3/50 (wood)]

The load capacity changed from 43.9 to 37.3 kg, at first Li Yuan thought he lost something, but later realized that it was impossible to lose items, it must be the moisture in the clothes evaporating, making the total weight slightly lighter.

Of course, that's not the point. The point is that his load capacity limit increased from 50 kg to 300 kg, six times more than before!

"My most important task now is to collect materials, load capacity is very important to me, 600 pounds of load means I can carry 15 Rookies, awesome!"

"Also, there are some things not shown here yet, now I have a rudder, I won't have to twist and turn to control the direction anymore!"

"It's just that the bottom of the ship is a bit worrying, even if the system's craftsmanship is extraordinary, with seamless mortise-and-tenon joints for the bottom planks, long-term immersion in seawater will still corrode the wood... seems like I need to find a way to cover the bottom of the ship."

"Right, I have so many materials, it didn't show what I could build before, maybe the level wasn't high enough, better check it out now!"

Li Yuan wanted to ponder more, but after a day's hard work, coupled with the previous excitement, and having completed another consciousness transfer, he was finally a bit overwhelmed, his consciousness starting to drift.

The night on the sea was particularly enchanting, the seawater gently rocking his body, a feeling he was gradually getting used to, like lying in his mother's arms, drowsiness swept over him.

He glanced at the sleeping Rookie, checked the water purification equipment again, found it had stored a good amount of drinking water, and finally felt at ease.

"Azure Epoch? Age of Great Navigation?" Li Yuan smiled slightly, although he couldn't smile... eventually, he couldn't hold on anymore and fell into a deep sleep.

***

[Ding, Northeast 22 degrees, 270 meters, wood and human detected.]

 

[Ding, Northeast 21 degrees, 220 meters, wood and human detected.]

 

[Ding...]

Not knowing how long he slept, the sky wasn't fully bright yet, and Li Yuan was awakened by the system.

"Ding your sister! Why don't you change careers to be an alarm clock!"

[Ding, Northeast 24 degrees, 170 meters, wood and human detected.]

Li Yuan was truly speechless, he groggily opened his eyes, and his brain finally started working.

"Wood and human? What, human!" Li Yuan suddenly became alert, being alone, hearing the word "human" made him quite nervous.

"How many people?"

[Currently only one human detected, 0.2 units of wood.]

"One person?" Li Yuan breathed a slight sigh of relief, one person wasn't too intimidating.

"Wait a minute, what the heck is 0.2 units of wood? Is there a boat worse than mine? Can't be."

Li Yuan, having watched the system build a boat, imagined that 0.2 units of wood would be just a small plank, definitely not a boat.

Mysteriously, the current seemed to be drifting in that direction, without deviating from the course, about a hundred meters away, Li Yuan could already see a small black dot bobbing up and down in the dim light.

"Fell into the sea?" Li Yuan finally understood, this person fell overboard, now relying on a plank, floating on the sea.

"Is anyone there? Is anyone there? Help me, I can't hold on much longer..." A weak girl, tightly clutching a plank, vaguely saw a wooden boat approaching from afar.

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