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Chapter 3 Drilling Wood to Make Fire

The night has arrived, and there is a moon.

The bright moon is in the sky, and the stars are dim.

"I can't go back...", looking up at the night sky, Liu Xiu murmured in a complicated mood.

There is only one moon in the sky, but it is more than five times larger than the moon that Liu Xiu knew. The moon is like a hook, as if it is a bright colored blade that is constantly crossing the night sky.

The familiar stars in the night sky are no longer visible, nor can they associate the constellations in memory with the stars in the night sky.

This is really a different world...

The moon is as bright as water, and the lake not far away rises a faint mist, which is like a dream under the moonlight.

The night was silent, and the roar of beasts came from the dense forest in the distance, adding a little bit of solemnity.

The chill came, and Liu Xiu had to withdraw his gaze and return to the hole. He had only a pair of boxers and had to set a fire, otherwise it would be a problem to freeze it.

I picked up a lot of dry firewood branches and piled them in a corner of the cave. They were the tools and materials for Liu Xiu to make fire.

Without fire-making tools, drilling wood to make fire is undoubtedly Liu Xiu's best choice under the current conditions.

There are two types of fire drilling wood: hand drill and bow drill, the principle is the same.

The hand drill is to hold a wooden stick with both hands and rub and rub it back and forth on another piece of wood repeatedly. The friction generates heat. When the temperature reaches a certain level, the frictional area will be carbonized and burn. The burning of carbonized powder is the fire. Pour it on the tinder and blow it with your mouth to ignite the flame.

The principle of a bow drill is the same as a hand drill, it just uses a bow instead of both hands.

After looking at his little hands, Liu Xiu decisively gave up the idea of ​​drilling his hand. He felt that he would not even think of ignoring his hands and not even causing anger. He would have to suffer even if he wasted his energy.

Relatively speaking, bow drills save much more effort and can effectively avoid hand damage.

Liu Xiu has done this kind of thing like drilling wood to make fire many times, but it is not difficult.

With a decision, he will take action immediately.

He had already prepared the turquoise, a small velvety bryophyte. It has a lot of this kind of thing, grown on the stone wall, and it has long died and dried up without moisture, and is easy to collect.

Then there was a piece of dry wood, which used sharp stones to make a gap on the edge, and waited for the friction and burning toner to overflow. Then he selected a dead branch from the pile of firewood as a drill rod, with his index fingers being one foot long, and grinding the two ends on the ground for later use.

At this point, you can actually get fire by hand, but Liu Xiu chose to get fire by drilling, so he was still missing a bow.

During the day, he broke many branches to block the wind. At this time, he simply used materials locally and chose a wooden stick with a thickness of a thumb and a slightly curved toughness as the bow arm.

The bow arm material was available, but the problem was that there was no bow string. Then Liu Xiu looked down at the only pair of boxers on his body.

There is a nylon rope on the boxer, which is used to tie the waist tightly. Thanks to this nylon rope. Otherwise, Liu Xiu would not be able to wear boxer suits at all, so he could only run around with his butt bare feet. At this time, this rope was just used to make bowstrings.

With the bow arm and the bow string, the next thing will be simple.

The bow string for drilling wood to make fire should not be tied too tightly, otherwise it will be inconvenient to fix the drill rod and will also hinder the pulling back and forth.

Within a few strokes, a loose bow appeared in Liu Xiu's hand.

At this time, everything is ready, and the next step is to drill wood to make fire.

Put a leaf on the ground and place the notched wooden block above the leaves. The gap made by the stone was placed just on the leaves. Then Liu Xiu held the bow in his right hand, wrapping the bowstring in the middle of the drill rod and slightly fixing it. One end was placed at the notch of the wooden block, and Liu Xiu held a stone slightly sunken in the middle to cover it and press it down to fix it.

Holding the sunken stone in your hand is to prevent the drill pipe from rotating and grinding the hand.

Next, Liu Xiu held one end of the drill bow and began to pull the bow string, which drove the drill rod to start drilling.

Liu Xiu has experienced many things like drilling wood to make fire, and even if his body has shrunk now, it is not difficult for him.

The drill rod turned, and after a few awkward strokes, it became handy and the tools worked well, so Liu Xiu began to pull the bowstring faster.

As the drill pipe rotates rapidly, the part that contacts the wooden block below begins to heat up, and a slight blue smoke comes out after one minute.

As soon as his eyes lit up, Liu Xiu did not dare to relax and continued to pull the drill bow to maintain a constant speed. Gradually, the blue smoke became more and more, and the frictional area began to turn black and carbonize, and then a boiling powder fell along the gap on the leaves below.

There are more and more hot powder smoked. When the amount of smoke ash accumulated after a cigarette has been burned, Liu Xiu immediately put down the tool in his hand and poured the remaining hot powder on the wood block on the leaves. Then he carefully picked up the leaves and poured the hot powder smoked above into the turtle velvet. He covered the turtle velvet with both hands and plucked his cheeks and blew...

Huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh hu

As Liu Xiu's toad-like mouth blew, there was more and more smoke in the turtle velvet, and an open flame burned in a few seconds.

It's done!

Although this is not the first time that Liu Xiu has drilled wood to make fire, the success of drilling wood to make fire is of great significance to him. It not only brings light and warmth to him, but also slightly dispels his confusion and fear of the world. The most important thing is that he can roast pheasant eggs with fire!

With the fire, it will be easier. First, use the tiny dead branches to increase the firepower and continue to add firewood. Soon after, a bonfire in the cave started to burn...

All this is complicated and simple. As long as you master the method, strength and rhythm, anyone can easily drill wood to make fire.

However, even so, Liu Xiu was busy for nearly two hours and was even more hungry and sweating.

It was late at night and in this strange world and deserted place, Liu Xiu showed a sincere smile in the face of the bonfire.

No matter how bad the conditions are, as long as you are alive, as long as you are willing to take action, as long as you are willing to work hard, everything is full of hope!

There are always more ways than difficulties. If a mortal does not die, he will succeed!

Liu Xiu, who was hungry and had green eyes, couldn't wait to put more than ten pheasant eggs in the fire. After waiting for about ten minutes, the pheasant eggs were roasted one after another.

He took it out with a wooden stick. Although most of it had been cracked, Liu Xiu still ate it very delicious.

After more than ten eggs were eaten, Liu Xiu sat by the fire and showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Pheasant eggs can bring him sufficient energy and physical strength, and also bring him hope to survive.

To be honest, eating too much pheasant eggs makes Liu Xiu a little disgusting, but that is the hope of living. Some of them are good to eat, so what else is not satisfied?

Liu Xiu had already barely met the three necessary conditions for living in a relatively safe place, fire, water source, and wilderness. Sitting next to the fire, Liu Xiu, who was not much sleepy, began to plan his next plan.

Judging from the observations during the day, the area he is in is completely endless primeval forest. He does not know whether there are humans in this world. Even if there are, it is not easy to find them in his position.

"In this way, I'm afraid I have to stay in this place for a while. I traveled through the dense forest for so long during the day. With my rich experience in the wild, I avoided poisonous insects and beasts. However, judging from those traces, the terrible beasts in the dense forest were beyond my imagination. This is because the range of activities is not large, and it is impossible to have such good luck to avoid them in the future. So it is best not to step into the dense forest again easily before your own safety cannot be guaranteed. In addition, the environment here is so beautiful, it is an ideal settlement..."

There were a lot of thoughts in my mind. Since I wanted to live in this place for a long time, Liu Xiu began to think about his future plans.

First of all, there is a stable source of food. Without food sources, everything will be empty talk in the future. There are a large number of fish in the lake not far away. The pheasant, hare, sika deer on the plains can also become the source of his food. As long as he is willing to use his brain, it is not too difficult to obtain long-term and stable food from these two places.

The food problem is temporarily put down, and the next place is the residence. The cave we live in is not ideal now. It is best to find stones and soil to seal two-thirds of the entrance. This will not only protect you from wind and rain, but the cave will also become a relatively closed room. If you are covered with hay, you will also feel more comfortable to sleep.

"It will take three to five days to find stones and soil to build a residence. Maybe more time will be spent in this part of the time looking for food, so the deadline will be greatly extended. However, taking it slowly can always achieve the goal. Fortunately, this place is relatively safe and has no interference with other factors..."

The above is just a short-term plan. If you live here for a long time, you must have more complete plans.

For long-term living, you need to have a fast and convenient food source, and a cave is not an ideal place to live, so it is especially necessary to build a house. However, building a house is not easy, especially if you don’t have any tools in your hands.

In this way, tools must be built in advance, with stones everywhere, and stones are used to create stone swords and stone axes, and there is no shortage of materials...

Are you going to enter the Stone Age?

Take your time. As long as you are alive, relying on your hands can always create a better future.

My thoughts went off. Liu Xiu thought that after creating a stone knife and axe, he could cut down trees and build houses. He could also use mud to simply burn pots and jars as daily supplies. The vines growing in the forest could also be used to wove into frames...

With a lot of thoughts in my mind, Liu Xiu sat by the fire and fell asleep in a daze.

Compared to sleeping in a tree yesterday, I don’t know how much comfort level I have improved in the cave.

When Liu Xiu woke up the next day, she couldn't help but feel sore all over. After all, she was sleeping in a sitting position, so it would be strange if she was not feeling uncomfortable.

I stretched my waist, my whole body was crackling, and I could grow.

The genius had just been bright, the sun had not yet risen, the ground was covered with flowers and mist. Taking a deep breath of fresh air, Liu Xiu was shocked.

Looking outside, there were no large beasts, so it was safe.

Another new day has begun.

After leaving the cave and coming to the ground, Liu Xiu began to practice the nameless Taoist health exercise. Yesterday's experience made him taste the sweetness. Health exercise is the only way to eliminate physical discomfort.
Chapter completed!
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