Chapter 242 Making Fire from Flint

"You are digging wood to make fire in this hellish place, and you will return to primitive society? Is there anything wrong?"

Xie Xiyi stood up in a hurry, ignoring the blisters on his feet, and shouted at the director: "Director, you can't just sit back and wait for death in this matter, and you don't want us to freeze to death here tonight, right?"

The implication is, do you have a lighter? Please provide one.

Although the desert area is famous for having little rain, it is actually very cold and wet at night.

Especially for tents that are grounded, the moisture under the ground is like a ghost, drilling directly into the human body regardless of what is happening.

If you don't eat something hot, it will feel like sitting in a dungeon.

When Xu Jinli heard this, he laughed, it’s exciting!

I walked 20 kilometers today and there were only a few hot spots. A group of people managed to get here with great difficulty, but in the end there was no fire. Let’s see what you do.

Xu Jinli instantly raised his standard mean lips and said: "We cannot provide fire unless life and safety are endangered. The guests will handle everything themselves."

"Damn! (post-production silence), are you so inhumane? Xu Jinli, don't you want us to continue on well?" Xiao Wen is the oldest and has a good relationship with Xu Jinli, so it is very appropriate to make some jokes.

Xiao Wen picked up the stones on the ground, threw them in front of Xu Jinli, then put his hands on his hips, looking a little emotional.

"There is no fire, let's just eat some compressed biscuits tonight, make do for one night, and steal their camels tomorrow." Lu Youyou smiled slyly.

"I think Brother Jiang and Brother Wang are looking for firewood. Let's ask them when they come back later." Xie Xichen pointed to the distance and said.

Looking back, I can still see two black spots moving, those are Jiang An and Wang Tong.

Everyone fell into solemnity.

We are already tired enough, but now we have to drill wood to make fire. Do we want to go to heaven?

Xie Xiyi almost couldn't hold herself any longer. She sat on the stone, her eyes focused on the top of the newly erected tent.

There are four girls, two in a tent. Judging from the current situation in the team, who will sleep in the same tent with her?

It's best to sleep alone, but conditions obviously don't allow it.

If she had known earlier, she would have only signed for the first half. If she had known that the second half would be a hike through the desert, she would not have come even to death.

After Ye Chu finished nailing the last tent, he took out beef jerky from his bag and chewed it slowly.

Xiao Wen bought the original beef jerky for Ye Chu, the kind without adding chili pepper. It was salty and full of beef flavor.

"Is there any more beef jerky?" Lu You asked quietly, her eyes filled with anticipation, looking forward to Ye Chu feeding her.

Ye Chu handed the packaging bag to Lu Youyou, and then distributed it to others.

While everyone was eating, they were waiting for Jiang An and Wang Tong to return. Xiao Wen took a break and started collecting stones to prepare the stove.

At least there must be a place for the pots to light a fire.

Ye Chu took aim at the stones on the ground. If he could find hard flint, it would not be difficult to light a fire.

Flint can produce sparks when brought together with iron pieces.

This is much more convenient than drilling wood to make fire.

Ye Chu's consciousness rummaged through the space and finally found an iron item in the warehouse that he didn't know when it was put in.

Using magic to melt it, the iron with complicated patterns turned into a piece of scrap iron that seemed to have been made in the soil for countless years.

Ye Chu calmly threw the iron piece under a stone on the Gobi stall, and she followed it to find it.

Gu Xi saw that Ye Chu was acting mysteriously, as if he was looking for something, so he leaned over and asked, "What are you looking for, little Ye Zi?"

"Stone, the kind of stone that is hard and not smooth." Ye Chu replied.

"Ah?" Gu Xi frowned, feeling that things were not that simple. Suddenly, she suddenly realized, "Is it flint? Flint makes fire!"

Ye Chu smiled and said nothing.

So the two started a carpet search.

In fact, in the Gobi Desert, such hard stones can be found everywhere, but it is difficult to find a satisfactory one.

The sand in the Gobi Desert is very windy, and many stones have been polished smooth and round, and some are even jade-like. Unless they have been dug out recently, they will not meet the requirements for making fire.

"Look, this piece looks like it to me." Gu Xi picked up an uneven gray stone and looked up to find that Ye Chu was more than thirty meters away from her.

I saw Ye Chu squatting on the ground and rummaging around, and like a magic trick, he pulled out a piece of rusty iron from under the stone.

"Cowhide!" Gu Xi gave Ye Chu a thumbs up.

Iron can be found in this barren Gobi Desert, probably left behind by people who came to explore in the past. It looks like a corkscrew and a broken knife.

The jet black strip is just as long as a palm.

The flint and iron were all at once, which meant that fire was coming.

With fire, there is hope.

Lu Youyou, Xie Xichen and others were very happy, dancing and laughing around Ye Chu and Gu Xi.

Ye Chu handed the stones and iron pieces to Xiao Wen, just as Jiang An and Wang Tong came back.

It was very difficult to find firewood here, so the two of them spent a lot of effort to pick up some dead branches and dead weeds. The river bank was so powerful that they even didn't miss the bird feathers on the ground, so they brought back a handful.

"Is the director so heartless that he wants us to rub stones with our hands to light a fire?" Jiang An said with a sad face.

"He's called Jueqing, but he's not a human being. The flints that lit the fire were all picked up by Xiaoye and Gu Xi on the Gobi Desert." Xiao Wen complained and raised the iron piece in his hand. It was a black piece with stains on it.

With sand and dust.

"It's so miserable." Jiang An squatted on the ground and drew circles, while Xiao Wen tried to rub stones to create sparks.

In order to get the fire as quickly as possible, the stone was wrapped with a layer of bird feathers and crumpled toilet paper. Even so, it took half an hour to create the fire.

Under the expectant eyes of everyone, Xiao Wen carefully moved the fire to the prepared withered grass ball.

The entire process was guided by Ye Chu, and others had no idea how to do it.

If the camera hadn't been filming, she would have started the fire long ago.

What a hassle.

"Oooh, ooh, ooh, finally it worked!"

"Great, you can have something hot tonight." Lu Youyou roared happily.

"It's not easy." Xie Xiyi whispered.

"Blow, be careful, don't blow it out."

The fire was still on the toilet paper and bird feathers, and Xiao Wen blew slowly.

Everyone immediately fell silent and held their breath, leaving Xiao Wen alone to operate slowly.

Jiang'an is the closest and has the most exaggerated expression.

It must be ignited, it must be ignited, please.

After I returned home, I immediately bought ten or eight lighters and put them all in my pockets.

Ye Chu took out the vegetable buns and instant noodles from the bag. Eight people cooked six bags, all of which tasted like pickled cabbage.

Instant noodles have been around for decades, and the flavor innovations have come to a higher level, but the original flavors are still the most classic.

Everyone has been walking for a day and is already hungry, and the solid food is not enough to satisfy their hunger.

Just eat hot soup. It's better than cold water anyway. If it's not enough, eat compressed biscuits. After all, there are still four days left to go, so we have to save food.

"It's on fire! It's on fire!" Wang Tong was the first to shout.

"Wuhu~Legendary, I would like to call today a legendary day!" Xie Xichen said excitedly.

Suck, I'm hungry. I really want to eat beef jerky and cakes to satisfy my hunger. The poor can only drink porridge. Woo woo woo
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