CHAPTER 294: CHAPTER 292 BOILER TRANSFORMATION

The advancement of the boiler modification in the shelter, which concerns the survival of all survivors within the shelter, progressed rapidly. Although Chen Xin required many materials, fortunately, the underground highways between various shelters remained open. After spending some time gathering them, the materials he needed had already been transported to the police station’s shelter.

"Comrade Chen Xin, the materials you needed have arrived. When do you think you can start the boiler modification?" The commissar found Chen Xin who was eating in Qin Lan’s room. Although he felt a bit embarrassed to interrupt Chen Xin’s meal, he couldn’t help but impatiently ask Chen Xin.

During the time Chen Xin was eating, the temperature in the special police team area had increased thanks to Chen Xin upgrading the geothermic heat pump and heating. The temperature rose from the original minus ten degrees to about seven or eight degrees and was still rising, with hopes of breaking zero.

Moreover, because the modified geothermic heat pump generated more heat energy than before, the bathhouse, which relied on the geothermic heat pump to provide hot water, now had more hot water available. It could stay open longer, allowing more people to enjoy a hot bath.

This point was crucial for the special police team and even the entire police station shelter. After all, the majority of frostbite patients most needed not medicine, but hot water.

Therefore, from the perspective of the police station’s top officials, if the shelter’s boiler could be modified like the special police team’s geothermic heat pump to enhance heating efficiency and output more heat, it would undoubtedly be the most important task at hand.

For this reason, even though the commissar knew that Chen Xin and Qin Lan were eating, he still immediately sought out Chen Xin, hoping he could promptly modify the boiler.

Chen Xin was well aware of the importance of this matter. Seeing the commissar come to find him, he did not show any sign of hesitation and quickly finished his meal, then followed the commissar towards the boiler room he had visited once before.

Seeing this, Qin Lan hurriedly followed.

But the researcher who had been standing at Qin Lan’s room door, studying the two sets of Power Armor, was feeling conflicted. On one hand, he wanted to see how Chen Xin would upgrade the working boiler, but on the other hand, he was reluctant to leave the two Power Armors in front of him.

The few minutes of exploration earlier had made him deeply fascinated by the two Power Armors, eager to try them out himself, or even to take them apart and study them.

Fortunately, he remembered that these two Power Armors were made by Chen Xin, and he had promised to provide samples for his department to research. So, the researcher quickly adjusted his attitude, chasing after Chen Xin, prepared with a camera in his pocket this time.

When Chen Xin upgraded the geothermic heat pump earlier, he hadn’t had time to take out his camera before Chen Xin was finished, which he regretted deeply. This time, he planned ahead and was determined to record the entire modification process of Chen Xin.

The group arrived at the boiler room, and the materials Chen Xin required were already piled up there. Since there was also coal stacked in the boiler room, and Chen Xin’s materials were numerous, it made everything quite cramped for the moment.

Chen Xin didn’t mind this, walked over to the boiler, and prepared to start the upgrade.

The researcher immediately got close with his camera, standing behind Chen Xin and positioning himself to start filming.

Chen Xin didn’t mind being filmed. Seeing everyone’s expectant expressions, he directly used his system’s upgrade function on the boiler.

A green light flashed, and under its glow, the entire structure and appearance of the boiler transformed significantly from a layered combustion furnace to a Vortex Furnace. Its size, structure, and auxiliary equipment changed drastically, virtually making the boiler room appear entirely different after the green light swept over it.

However, the boiler itself was still burning vigorously, and due to the different combustion method of the Vortex Furnace, it emitted an even more intense roaring sound, like a dragon roaring in the furnace.

No one minded the roaring sound from the furnace. The louder it roared and the fiercer it burned, the more heat the boiler could produce, which was the most crucial thing for the shelter now.

However, after capturing the upgrade footage, the researcher approached Chen Xin and asked, "Mr. Chen Xin, isn’t the structure of this Vortex Furnace a bit different from common horizontal vortex furnaces?"

To this question, Chen Xin, the person who single-handedly upgraded and remodeled the boiler, appeared quite baffled. He shook his head and explained, "I’m not sure. I just felt that this structure worked better and suited the current needs more."

Hearing Chen Xin’s answer, the researcher felt helpless. He had long known about Chen Xin’s habit of only focusing on modifications and upgrades without explaining the principles behind them. Yet, for a researcher, seeing something without being able to understand its design philosophy and principles was indeed frustrating.

Especially when you can only explore everything by yourself, while the creator knows nothing about it.

In the researcher’s view, the Vortex Furnace in front of him was not a common horizontal Vortex Furnace because the combustion method of a Vortex Furnace enlarges the furnace chamber’s volume. Theoretically, under the same conditions, a Vortex Furnace should be smaller than a layered combustion furnace. Yet, the boiler in front of them not only had increased in size but also differed structurally from common Vortex Furnaces, which inevitably spurred the researcher’s curiosity.

Thankfully, after a moment’s hesitation, Chen Xin explained, "I made some adjustments to the boiler’s structure. Now the heating system’s pipes are connected directly to it, heating water into steam through the boiler and inputting it into the heating pipes to provide warmth for the entire shelter.

The original water heating wasn’t very effective at this temperature. Air heating is slightly more efficient, allowing the temperature to rise higher."

"Air heating does work better than water heating, but why is this particular structure used for the pipeline connection?" the researcher pointed to the heating pipes connected to the boiler, full of questions, but evidently, Chen Xin wouldn’t be explaining any of that.

Luckily, he knew Chen Xin wouldn’t explain, so he squatted by the steaming boiler alone, repeatedly reviewing the footage he recorded, frowning as he pondered the reasons behind the boiler’s design.

Chen Xin couldn’t help with this. He could only leave with Qin Lan.

The commissar and several leaders who had arrived from the city bureau were continuously expressing their gratitude to Chen Xin. This move by Chen Xin truly saved everyone in the shelter.