Chapter 141: Hearing

Regarding the bathroom planning, after Tang Jing confirmed the site selection and some general principles with everyone, she prepared to go back to design the specific dimensions and style.

The elevator, however, is relatively more complicated.

After Lu Liangliang and his sister came over, the rest of the people lost interest in continuing work and simply all came over together.

At the doorway.

More than ten people looked up at the high lookout platform.

The utilization rate of the slide is very high; nowadays almost no one comes down the stairs anymore, but going up is impossible.

"My idea is to build two elevators on the left and right, connect them with a pulley at the top, add counterweights beneath the two platforms, and during operation, with Lu Liangliang on top and Lu Shanshan below, by changing the weight of the counterweights, we can achieve upward and downward movement on both sides."

Tang Jing spoke while gesturing with her hand to indicate the elevator's position.

"That sounds not difficult to implement," Lu Liangliang said, sizing up and down.

Tang Jing put her hands behind her back, looked up at the lookout platform's position, and said: "The principle is not difficult, but during actual operation there are still some problems to solve—for example, you and Lu Shanshan cannot control the degree of weight reduction or increase, so we need to add multiple counterweights to achieve the elevator effect."

Opposite to Lu Shanshan, Lu Liangliang's ability is to increase an object's mass.

This increase, however, is not arbitrary; it doubles the object's mass.

For example, a 1-gram object, after Lu Liangliang uses his ability, can become 2 grams, but only exactly 2 grams—2.1 or 1.9 grams are impossible.

And the limitation on his ability is likewise the object's mass.

If their ability's upper limit is a 10-gram object, then using the ability on a 10.1-gram object has no effect at all.

This is one manifestation of the two's ability growth; another manifestation is speed.

Initially, Lu Shanshan needed about one minute to reduce the weight of a weapon for Chen Mu, but now, after only a few days, with Tang Jing's guidance and Chen Mu sharing his insights, she can complete it within ten seconds.

The two's current ability limits also differ; Lu Shanshan is clearly noticeably stronger than her brother, but this seems reasonable, after all, reducing weight sounds easier than increasing it.

After joining Qiming, the Lu siblings' abilities have shown obvious growth, especially Lu Shanshan, who originally was very proactive about this; now, with someone to guide and discuss, she feels like a fish in water.

Tang Jing understands their two abilities very well, so when she conceived the elevator, she took them into account from the start.

"So, Lu Shanshan and Lu Liangliang will be the dedicated elevator operators from now on?" Du Jia Jia laughed.

"Of course not; normally we won't frequently use the elevator, only needing it during shift changes, and even after the high-position artillery platform is built later, it will merely be a one-time transport of ammunition upward, not taking much time."

"What high-position artillery platform?"

Just now, when Tang Jing and five others were discussing this matter, the other people weren't present, so Dong Junwei gave everyone a fresh explanation.

Upon hearing that he would have an exclusive position in the future, Cao Zishan became excited and hurriedly asked: "When will we build the artillery platform?"

"Don't rush; this work won't be that quick."

Tang Jing laughed: "A height of two meters is already the upper edge of the door; at this height, even with our current builds, falling down would likely be enough to make you choke, and besides, the higher the height, the greater the mass requirements for the elevator, the greater the construction difficulty; for now we should first settle the lookout platform issue."

After all, the lookout platform concerns everyone's convenience.

He Ying asked: "At a two-meter height, are the materials sufficient for building the elevator?"

According to Tang Jing, one elevator needs at least four stainless steel columns as tracks; two elevators thus need eight, and once the height reaches two meters, to ensure stability and sturdiness, they cannot be too thin.

Although there are quite a few stainless steel spoons and such, truly undertaking such a large project, the materials may indeed not be sufficient.

"Materials aren't a problem," Tang Jing said. "If I recall correctly, there should be several stainless steel pots and shovels in the cardboard boxes on the second shelf of the rack; using them will definitely be enough."

"Also, can Chen Mu make a pulley?" He Ying looked at him.

"I'll try my best."

The precision requirements for the pulley will certainly not be low, especially since it serves as the connector between the two elevators; neither its volume nor its mass will be too small.

This undoubtedly also increases the difficulty.

Everyone was discussing noisily at the doorway.

Suddenly a cat's meow came from outside the door.

More than ten pairs of eyes shot toward Du Jia Jia.

Du Jia Jia was first startled, then hastily waved her hands and said: "It's not me; I didn't let Little Yellow come."

"It's not Little Yellow!" Sun Yuan listened closely for a moment, then told everyone.

"Are you sure?" Chen Mu and Tang Jing asked in unison.

"Definitely, definitely, Tang senior sister, the two cats' breathing frequencies are different, and the hoarseness in their cries also varies greatly; these are all things you, senior sister, had me deliberately train before, and I haven't slacked off at all, hehe..."

Although Sun Yuan's remarks also count him as a senior member of Qiming, his habit of flattery remains unchanged; even when facing later arrivals like Lu Shanshan and others, he shows no trace of seniority.

At first, the person Sun Yuan feared most was Chen Mu, given that the scene of him easily defeating He Ying remained deeply etched in his mind; but as time passed, he gradually realized that in this team, the one you least want to provoke is still Tang Jing.

Tang senior sister always appears as a smiling, neighborly older sister, but for some reason, I always end up suffering many losses when dealing with her.

Even though Tang Jing never forces him to do anything, in the end he still obediently listens to her and willingly does things he deep down doesn't want to do.

In Sun Yuan's view, this senior sister is practically a witch, using him as a lab rat, yet he still feels grateful and indebted.

However, Tang Jing's charm lies in the fact that she can truly make others' special abilities leap forward by leaps and bounds.

Sun Yuan originally had no ambition.

And after learning that his special ability is enhanced hearing, he has even less desire.

Everyone wishes they possessed great power—summoning wind and rain, moving mountains and overturning seas, with a raise of the hand killing a whole area.

But what can enhanced hearing do?

Can it kill someone by making them hear to death?

To pierce the heavens is merely to sense danger early and escape a step sooner; ultimately it lacks the ability to confront enemies head-on.

Nevertheless, this fits his original personality quite well, so Sun Yuan also harbors no resentment toward heaven or man.

However, after meeting Tang Jing, his worldview has been completely renewed.

This senior sister, upon seeing him, spoke her first formal words to him:

"Have you ever thought that perhaps in the future you could hear the sound of a stranger's blood flowing through their veins on the other side of the earth?"