69: Chapter 69: Reinforcement complete, ready for launch!

Although Lu Li had no idea why his imagination was running so wild, he quickly snapped out of his stray thoughts.

"Actually, I think instead of calling it the Guaranteed Survival Boat, you might as well call it the Definitely Not KIA Boat. It sounds a bit smoother to the ear."

Xu Hao froze for a moment and exchanged glances with Lin Yu. To his surprise, the two of them actually began to ponder it seriously.

After muttering it twice, Xu Hao's eyes lit up.

"Hey! That name really does sound a bit better!"

Lin Yu nodded along, her expression quite approving.

"Then let's change the name! From today on, our boat will be called the Definitely Not KIA Boat!"

Xu Hao waved his hand grandly, overflowing with heroic spirit.

Lu Li's mouth twitched.

Well, he just said it offhandedly, but these two actually took it seriously.

However, looking at the quality of their boat, what it was called didn't make much difference; when it sank, it would probably still sink.

Lu Li withdrew his gaze and glanced out of the corner of his eye at the other two groups.

Over on Lin Mo and Chen Wenwen's side, the hull had already been built up to the fifth layer; although their progress was slow, it had the advantage of being solid.

As for Zhou Yichen and Su Qing's group...

Their progress was actually all right, it was just that sometimes watching those two work could drive someone crazy with how dawdling they were.

Lu Li took a glance and withdrew his gaze, then leaned close to Shen Qingxue and lowered his voice.

"We've put out enough smokescreens, time to get to work."

Hearing this, Shen Qingxue raised her head and glanced at him with a hint of doubt.

"What work?"

"Building the keel."

Lu Li squatted down, picked up a few unused plastic bottles, and started gesturing with them in his hands.

"This kind of boat is fine on a river, but out at sea—even though this is a resort area and the waves are much smaller—a boat still won't do without a keel."

"You have to know that what we made just now is just a shell. Without a keel for support, it will probably fall apart not long after entering the water."

Although Shen Qingxue didn't quite understand the principles of shipbuilding, out of a certain trust, she didn't ask much and just nodded.

"What do you need me to do?"

"Just help me hold it, I'll tie it."

As Lu Li spoke, he already began to act.

He staggered and arranged the plastic bottles into a long strip, then wrapped them tightly circle by circle with adhesive tape, ensuring that every single bottle was firmly secured.

You could say the wrapped tape was almost thicker than the bottles themselves.

Soon, a strip-shaped "keel" took shape, and Lu Li made the second one using the same method.

Shen Qingxue squatted beside him, her hands steadily supporting one end of the keel. Watching Lu Li skillfully wrap the tape, she couldn't help asking.

"Have you made this before?"

Lu Li didn't raise his head, and his hands didn't stop moving.

"Even if I haven't eaten pork, haven't I seen pigs run? Just copying the example is enough."

Seeing this, Shen Qingxue didn't ask anymore.

Lu Li moved very quickly. After finishing the two keels, he connected them in the middle, forming an H-shaped structure.

Then he fixed this H-shaped structure to the center of the bottom of the boat.

Throughout the whole process, the two of them still cooperated with extreme tacit understanding.

The netizens in the livestream room were dumbfounded.

[A keel? Lu Li even understands this?]

[Holy crap, didn't he just say he hasn't done it before? This technique is even more skillful than the ship repairman downstairs from my house.]

[Six hundred sixty-six, there's a ship repairman downstairs? Do you live in a shipyard?]

[Is this what a gifted player is like? He learns it just by looking at it once?]

[The Goddess really trusts Lu Li so much; she didn't even ask much and immediately stepped up to help.]

[Come to think of it, the other groups don't seem to have made keels, right?]

[The others haven't even finished building their boats yet, a keel...]

[Tch, what do you guys know? The faster it's made, the more unstable it is. Brother Yichen's boat is the most stable one, okay?]

The bullet comments flew by at lightning speed, and the atmosphere at the scene became increasingly tense.

The other three groups clearly also noticed that Lu Li's side had started construction again.

Seeing this, Director Zhou also appropriately gave a little sense of urgency.

"Attention, guests, there are still ten minutes left for shipbuilding. Please speed up everyone."

Hearing this, Xu Hao hesitated for a moment, but his eyes still couldn't help glancing over toward Lu Li's side.

"It's already the last ten minutes, what are they doing? Wasn't the boat already built? Could they be reinforcing it?"

Lin Yu squatted beside him, looked over following his gaze, and hesitated for a moment.

"It looks like they are indeed reinforcing it?"

Xu Hao scratched his head and lowered his head to look at their somewhat crooked boat.

"Should we reinforce ours too?"

"Alright, but there are only ten minutes left, let's just wrap a few more rolls of tape."

"Okay."

Xu Hao nodded and honestly began wrapping tape.

Zhou Yichen and Lin Mo's two groups likewise noticed the commotion on Lu Li's side.

Although they wanted to follow along and copy, they unfortunately hadn't even finished building their own boats and had no time for that, so they could only give up.

Soon, the ten minutes passed in a flash.

The boats of Lin Mo's group and Zhou Yichen's group were finally completed. Their appearance still looked quite good.

Each had its own merits.

As for Lu Li and Shen Qingxue, needless to say, they had completed all the keels three minutes before the end and reinforced them onto the bottom of the boat.

"Alright, everyone's boats are built, now you can officially enter the water!"

Following Director Zhou's command, a voice rang out.

"Qingchen Boat! Set sail."

Zhou Yichen and Su Qing dragged the boat toward the beach, closely followed by Xu Hao and Lin Yu's group.

"There's us too! Definitely Not KIA Boat! Set sail!"

[I'm dying of laughter, why are the names getting more and more abstract?]

[I thought Definitely Not KIA was already abstract enough, but turned out there's also a Sinking Boat?]

[Wrong, actually theirs is the Please Sink Boat.]

[Hahahahaha upstairs, you've discovered the blind spot.]

[Dying of laughter, don't actually let it sink.]

Lin Mo and Chen Wenwen stood at the very back of the line. Watching the first two groups finish shouting their slogans, they exchanged glances.

"Should we shout one too?"

Chen Wenwen was stunned for a moment, then nodded, took a deep breath, as if gathering her courage.

"Wenmo Boat! Set sail!"

Lin Mo quickly bent down to grab one side of the hull, and together with her, dragged the boat toward the seaside.

This name was quite normal and didn't stir up any waves.

At this moment, everyone's attention had already been attracted by Lu Li's group.

"shenlu boat! Set sail!"

Lu Li shouted out, bent down to grab one side of the hull, and lifted it upward with strength.

Shen Qingxue also bent down and grabbed the other side. The two exerted force at the same time, lifting the boat off the beach.

The hull was a bit heavier than expected; after all, over a hundred plastic bottles were used just for the plastic bottles, plus the tape wrapped outside, the weight was not light.