Hearing Zhao Xinqing's words, Su Bai was stunned for a moment and looked in the direction of her finger.
It was a large stone covered with dense vines.
When they came up, the front was covered with vine leaves, and neither of them saw what the stone looked like.
At this time, walking from the back side, due to the lack of sunlight, the leaves of the vines were sparse. Su Bai was shocked to find that this big stone was actually gray-white...
Barrage:
【What the hell? No way?】
【Is this a piece of limestone?】
【So big...】
Su Bai walked over quickly, pushed aside the vines, touched the surface of the stone, and said in amazement:
“It’s really limestone?”
"Once the limestone breaks away from the mountain, it breaks easily."
"Such a large wild limestone is really rare..."
When Zhao Xinqing heard Su Bai confirmed that it was limestone, her pretty face flushed with excitement, she waved her pink fist and said:
"We must move back to the camp!"
"How much cement can be produced from such a large piece of limestone?"
This piece of limestone reaches the height of Su Bai's chest and is in the shape of an irregular square.
Su Bai looked at this huge piece of limestone, nodded thoughtfully and said:
"It's a good opportunity..."
They are very short of cement now, and have spent most of their time collecting limestone recently.
If we can find a way to move this huge piece of limestone back to the camp, the cement problem will basically be solved!
The barrage hesitated and said:
【The problem is...】
[Such a large piece of limestone must be very heavy, right?]
【How to move back?】
[Snack foodie: Don’t come over!!!]
[Snack foodie: I can’t do it!!!]
[Snack foodie: If you dare to let a cow do this, the cow will die on the spot!]
Su Bai glanced at the barrage, shook his head and said:
"That won't work. Let's pull this stone with a snack. Let's not say whether it can be pulled."
"The risk is too high."
"This is a hillside, and once this rock starts moving down, it can easily roll up."
"When the time comes, the foodies in front will be smashed to death."
"We need to think of other ways..."
The two of them ignored the huge piece of limestone for the time being and carried the scattered stones that they had gathered together.
Back at the camp, Su Bai smashed the limestone and mixed it with clay, then put it into an earthen kiln for calcination.
Zhao Xinqing transplanted the garlic next to the Zanthoxylum bungeanum tree. They were arranged in neat rows. At first glance, they looked larger than the Zanthoxylum bungeanum and wild mountain ginger.
However, garlic is not edible and is considered consumable in a sense, but Zanthoxylum bungeanum and wild mountain ginger can be recycled.
After the two of them finished their chores and started preparing dinner, the sun had already set and the sky was getting dark.
Zhao Xinqing asked while simmering fish soup:
"That big stone..."
"What can you do?"
As Li Jixian acquired a large group of Ji pigs, Zhao Xinqing also felt a sense of urgency.
Only by building the stone house as soon as possible and adding in the scores of the fish pond can we stay at the top of the list.
That huge piece of limestone is an opportunity for two people!
Su Bai pondered for a moment and said:
"Archimedes once said: 'Give me a fulcrum and I can lift the entire earth.'"
Zhao Xinqing's beautiful eyes lit up and she said:
"Leverage principle?"
Su Bai nodded and said: "Yes, the principle of leverage."
"That stone is quite suitable for rolling."
"The mountain is generally pointing downwards."
"As long as we use the principle of leverage to destroy the balance of this big stone, it will roll down the mountain for a long distance."
"In this way, we can slowly roll the big stone back."
Zhao Xinqing nodded repeatedly after hearing this:
"That's right!"
"That's it!"
Su Bai frowned and said:
"but……"
"There is one more crucial question."
Zhao Xinqing was stunned for a moment and asked:
"What's the problem?"
Su Bai said: "The leverage must be strong enough."
"Otherwise, you won't be able to pry this big rock off, and the lever will break on its own."
"This stone is not light."
"If you want to leverage this kind of power, ordinary wood is not enough..."
Zhao Xinqing said in astonishment:
"Bamboo...can't do it either?"
Su Bai shook his head and said:
"Not enough. Bamboo cut into individual pieces has too low strength."
"A whole piece of bamboo, if it is thicker, may be strong enough, but it is too thick to complete the lever operation."
The two were silent for a moment, and both looked at the green logs piled in the corner of the camp.
This tree is huge, although it has been consumed a lot by spending on charcoal, fuel, and cement during this period.
But the remaining part is still considerable.
Su Bai said thoughtfully:
"Qinggangmu should be fine."
"This is the toughest wood there is."
"The remaining part is long enough."
"But you have to use a stone ax to cut it into a stick shape."
The two of them took advantage of the time while the fish soup was simmering for dinner to pick up a solid stone ax and chop into the green log.
The accuracy of stone axes is naturally very poor, but the two of them did not require accuracy. They only needed to chop the wood into rough stick shapes.
During this process, a lot of scattered waste wood was chopped out of the Qinggang wood.
This is not a waste. It is meant to be burned as firewood, and the effect will be similar in any shape.
When the two of them scrapped three axes and continued chopping until 8:30 in the evening, they finally finished processing the two green sticks.
The two gathered next to the fire, eating fish soup and dozing off to watch today's list update.
This is the thirty-fourth day of wilderness survival.
The first place is still Li Jixian, occupying the top spot with an overwhelming advantage.
Li Jixian captured all the pigs alive, tied their front legs and hind legs with straw ropes, led them into a string, and walked forward.
The front and back legs were tied up respectively. Ji Zhu's mobility was limited and he was unable to escape. He could only be dragged forward by Li Jixian and Song Mingyue.
The march is very slow and we have not returned to the camp yet.
But looking at this situation, it's just a matter of time.
Su Bai ranked second, and his score has not changed much because the fish pond and stone house have not yet been put into use, but the potential for score improvement is huge.
The two people and the audience were not surprised by this ranking. Su Bai took a quick look, finished the fish soup, yawned and went to bed with Zhao Xinqing.
…
At four o'clock in the morning on the thirty-fifth day, Su Bai and Zhao Xinqing woke up one after another.
After a brief wash, Su Bai didn't even catch any fish.
The two hurriedly ate the remaining fish from yesterday, waited until the sun rose, and then went up the mountain with two thick and long green sticks and other sundries.
Because it is dangerous to pry the big limestone, and they were afraid that the snack would be injured if they were not dexterous enough, they only brought the cat with them today and did not go to take the cow.
The snack boy fell asleep in the cow pen. He opened his eyes a little and looked at the two people's retreating figures. He felt ecstatic in his heart!
Following the path they discovered yesterday up the mountain, the two quickly found yesterday's huge piece of limestone.
Su Bai started cleaning the vines on the surface of the stone.
Zhao Xinqing found another stone and placed it not far behind the limestone.