The jungle at night is not peaceful.
The chirping of various insects and birds is endless.
Lin Xiao walked while paying attention to his feet. Whenever he came across any usable hay, he would pull it up by the roots and put it in his pocket.
But because it is so humid here, it is almost impossible to find completely dry weeds.
It can only be collected bit by bit like this.
Ten minutes later, when they returned to the camp, Qin Chuan and Ando had also returned with a large bundle of firewood.
"Yeah, not bad."
Lin Xiao touched the firewood with his hand.
Then, he turned his head and said, "Uncle, what's going on? Is there any movement?"
Ishida stared at the map, shook his head, and said, "No. Now, the five teams have basically stopped where they are. For some reason, the purple team has also stagnated..."
Lin Xiao thought about it for a moment, then nodded. He pulled out a wooden trunk and a relatively thin wooden stick from a pile of dry firewood and weighed them in his hand.
At this time, Qin Chuan leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Brother Lin, what should we do next?"
"We need a cutting tool."
"Cutting tools."
"Yes, like the knife. I want to transform these two things into tools for making fire."
Hearing him say this, Qin Chuan scratched his head in confusion, "How could there be a knife in a place like this? Unless we can rob the treasure chest."
"It doesn't matter, we can make a stone knife and use it instead of cutting tools!"
When everyone heard this, they all frowned.
Qin Chuan: "A knife made of stone?"
Ando: "Stone knife?"
The two asked, raising their eyebrows.
At this time, Uncle Ishida smiled and said, "It's not a bad idea, it's not a bad idea."
"As early as 1822, Friedrich Mohs proposed using 10 minerals to measure the hardest and softest objects in the world, which is the so-called Mohs hardness scale."
"According to their hardness, they are divided into ten levels. The first level is talc, the second level is gypsum, the third level is calcite, the fourth level is fluorite, the fifth level is apatite, the sixth level is orthoclase, the seventh level is quartz, the eighth level is topaz, the ninth level is corundum, and the tenth level is diamond."
"Don't forget, in the Stone Age, our ancestors relied on stones to conquer the world. Stone spears, stone knives, stone mortars and other stone tools were very practical production tools at the time!"
Hearing this, Ando pouted and said slowly: "As expected of a professor."
Lin Xiao smiled and ignored the crowd. Instead, he looked for a large irregularly shaped rock nearby.
“This should be quartz.”
Looking at the stone in Lin Xiao's hand, Uncle Ishida pushed his glasses on his nose and frowned, "Yes, that's right. Judging from the color and texture, it should be quartz, and it has already shown signs of weathering."
"Please make way."
Lin Xiao waved to everyone, took a few steps back, raised a stone, aimed at a rock protruding from the ground, and smashed it hard.
"Bang!"
In an instant, the stone shattered into pieces.
After picking through the rubble, Lin Xiao picked up a crescent-shaped piece of stone and showed it to everyone.
"Look."
Pointing to the crescent of the stone, he continued to explain: "Is the edge of the blade here very sharp?"
After saying that, without waiting for anyone to respond, Lin Xiao hurriedly squatted down and started polishing the rock.
Because the quartz has been weathered, it is not difficult to grind.
Soon, with his efforts, the crescent of the stone became thinner and thinner.
Finally, it became sharp.
“Sizzle!”
Standing up, Lin Xiao cut his sleeve with a stone.
"Yes, that's fine."
Putting the fire starter he had prepared in advance aside, he squatted down again, placed the wooden board in front of him, and swung it twice with the stone knife.
"This piece of wood is relatively flat. With a little processing, it can be used as a drilling board."
Soon, after polishing the drill plate, Lin Xiao began to correct the shape of the wooden stick.
If you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools.
Whether the drill rod is straight or not is one of the key factors in the success of drilling wood to make fire.
About five minutes later, both tools were finally ready.
At this time, Lin Xiao used a stone knife to dig a thumb-sized wooden hole on the edge of the drill board and opened a gap next to the wooden hole.
Seeing this, Qin Chuan pointed at the wooden hole and asked softly: "Brother, what is this for?"
"The friction between the drill rod and the drill plate will produce high-temperature embers, which are the key to igniting the fire starter. This gap is not only conducive to the air circulation of the wood hole, but also convenient for the embers to be discharged."
Qin Chuan tilted his mouth, completely confused.
After making the gap, Lin Xiao picked up a leaf and placed it under the drill plate.
Then he put the drill rod into the wooden hole.
Hold the drill rod tightly with both hands and rub it back and forth repeatedly.
Always control the speed and strength.
From slow to fast, increasing step by step.
"Drilling wood to make fire actually doesn't require any technical skills. As long as the environment is dry enough and the method and steps are correct, it will usually be successful."
"But it may take some effort here because it's too humid. The accumulated fallen leaves and the unique rainforest climate are the culprits for the accumulation of moisture. Let's give it a try. If it doesn't work, we can only think of other ways."
Time passes by every second.
Lin Xiao knelt on the ground, moving his hands back and forth, turning the drill rod.
Beads of sweat the size of beans oozed out from his forehead and slowly flowed down.
In order not to distract him, Ye Huixin reached out and wiped his forehead.
“Swish, swish, swish!”
One minute, two minutes, three minutes.
The sound of the drill rod rubbing against the wooden board was endless.
The next second, just when the team members were feeling a little discouraged, the drill holes on the drill plate finally began to turn black and wisps of green smoke emerged.
"It's smoking! It's smoking!"
“It looks like it’s going to succeed!”
"Fuck, handsome boy, try harder!"
There's hope!
Seeing this, Lin Xiao was delighted and couldn't help but speed up his movements.
It has progressed to this point.
This is the critical moment for the success or failure of making fire by rubbing two sticks together.
At this time, the rotation speed of the drill rod must be maintained. Only in this way can the temperature of the drill plate be guaranteed to increase steadily.
After a while, the black smoke coming out of the drill plate became thicker and thicker.
At this time, Lin Xiao also started his final sprint, putting all his strength into it and increasing the frequency of rotation.
A few minutes later.
As friction generated heat, the embers on the fallen leaves gathered more and more, constantly emitting hot steam and sparks appeared.
"Brother, there's Mars!"
"Wow, really, is it possible now?"
"Hey, you're amazing!"
It’s going to succeed!
Lin Xiao said in his heart.
After a while, when the embers accumulated to a certain amount, he hurriedly put down the drill rod, picked up the fire starter that had been prepared long ago, and gently poured the embers on the fallen leaves into the hay in his hand.
Then, place it near your mouth and blow air into it slowly.
"call!"
"call!"
"call!"
Sparks from the embers flickered in the darkness, frequently emitting hot steam.
After blowing for a while, the smoke from the kindling became thicker and thicker.
Soon, light appeared in the darkness!
Scorching hot flames spurted out from Lin Xiao's hands and ignited the fire starter.