Episode 9: Flint from the sky!
Fire, the origin of human civilization, is also an indispensable and important element in human life. Especially in the wilderness, as the second only to water among the four elements of survival, you can imagine how huge its role is.
However, it is not easy to create a fire in the wild, especially when there is no fire-making tool on hand, even if the giant gene is integrated, Jiangbei is not sure enough to generate fire in a short period of time.
Although he has watched some wilderness survival programs and also known some ways to make fires in the wild, but knowing and doing it is a huge difference.
Therefore, in this case, before trying to make a fire, he must be mentally prepared for failure in advance.
"It's better to collect some useful materials first."
After weighing and thinking a little, Jiang Bei had a certain idea and immediately turned back. He wanted to collect some leaves and transport them back to the tree hole. On the way he came, he saw broad-leaved trees similar to banana trees. The leaves of those trees were very large and very smooth, so it was a good choice to make a bed.
In addition, he also needs to find some turquoise suitable for making fire, and pick up some dead branches as firewood. Although it is still unknown whether he can successfully make fire until now, people must have a little dream when they live. Isn’t there a saying that says: What is the difference between a life without dreams and a salted fish?
Well, okay, Jiang Bei doesn’t want to be a salted fish. The key is that he doesn’t have the conditions to be a salted fish at all now, and he has no choice but to survive and to better survive, he can only work harder!
If you don’t have enough experience, you can get the strength.
With the gene of giant power, Jiangbei now has nothing else, but one with great strength. After a few steps, he picked a large bundle of broad leaves, carried it back to the tree hole, and then quickly turned back. He picked up a large number of dead branches and tied them into a large bundle of vines. He also found some dry velvet grass that could be used as turtle velvet. Just as he was about to go back, he suddenly caught a white stone from the corner of his eyes.
"This is........"
Jiang Bei's eyes lit up. Without saying a word, he hurriedly threw the dead velvet grass in his arms on the ground, ran over and grabbed the white stone from the ground.
The stone is about the size of his fist, with irregular prisms and grayish-white all over, but there is a hint of light red inside. It is particularly conspicuous in this green jungle, so Jiangbei saw it at a glance.
"White Flint? It's really White Flint!"
Unbelievable, unbelievable, Jiang Bei never thought that when he was worried about how to make a fire, he could easily pick up the white flint.
The so-called white flint is actually white quartz. Quartz has strong piezoelectric properties and will produce sparks when collided. As long as it is combined with flammable tinder, it can successfully generate fire.
In quartz stone, the quartz content is as high as 94%. Quartz crystals are natural minerals in nature with hardness second only to diamonds. Their surface hardness can reach 7.5 Mohs hardness, which is much greater than the sharp tools such as knife shovels used in the kitchen, and will not be scratched by them.
Natural quartz crystal is a typical refractory material with a melting point of up to 1300 degrees. At the same time, its surface is smooth and smooth, without scratches. The dense and non-porous material structure makes bacteria have nowhere to hide. Even if it comes into direct contact with food, it is safe and non-toxic.
However, quartz stone also has one disadvantage, that is, it is very brittle.
Because it is aggregated by countless small crystals, there are many cracks inside, and once it encounters a huge impact, it will easily break into small blocks.
But Jiangbei was lucky. The piece he picked up was obviously relatively stable in structure and was not easy to break, so it maintained such a large size.
In contrast, its variant flint has no disadvantage, which was the best material discovered by the ancients and used to make stone tools and make fire.
Unfortunately, Jiangbei searched all around this area but did not find flint. Well, even if he had, he wouldn't recognize him. He could recognize white flint because he had played with his friends when he was a child. Fortunately, this search led him to find two white flints, one and two small pieces.
However, before he could get happy, he suddenly heard a familiar roar. He had heard this roar not long ago. It was a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Although it was still far away, it still scared him.
“Buzz……”
While stunned, the reincarnation watch on his left hand emitted a violent tremor again. Unlike before, this time the vibration was even more intense, and it was emitted continuously, nine times!
Jiang Bei suddenly woke up and quickly looked at it. As he focused, he saw a blue light shot out from the watch, and new information emerged one by one in the blue light.
"The Reincarnationist Lu Renjia failed the mission..."
"The Reincarnationist Yi Zhongding mission failed..."
"The mission of the Reincarnation Ding Xiaoqi failed..."
“…………”
Nine messages in succession, each of which symbolizes the death of a reincarnation person. Jiang Bei was stunned on the spot, like a thorn on his back, and cold sweat was flowing.
"Gurl!"
After a long time, the roar of the Tyrannosaurus Rex had gone away and the blue light shot out from the watch had disappeared. Jiang Bei finally came to his senses. He subconsciously swallowed a saliva and moved his already stiff body for a moment. It was not until this time that he realized that his clothes were soaked in sweat.
Is it hot?
Not hot!
At this moment, Jiangbei was not only not hot, but on the contrary, he also felt very cold. A cold from the deepest part of his heart enveloped his whole body from the inside out, making him feel like he had suddenly fallen from midsummer to the cold winter of the Three Nine, and he fell directly into the ice cave.
This was only the first day. Before the sun had completely set, ten people had already died!
The main god space, the survival trial, is not playing games or playing house. This is a cruel test struggling on the line of life and death. If you don’t take it seriously, you will be eliminated in the next second and you will... die!
"I'm going to speed up."
The threat of death and the messages reminded Jiangbei at all times that he was walking on the edge of a steep cliff, and he could be doomed at any time.
So, after coming to his senses, he quickly put all three white flints into his pocket, then picked up the bundle of dead branches he had picked up before and walked into the tree hole.
As dusk is about to end, the sun is about to set, and the jungle at night will become very dangerous, especially the jungle nights in prehistoric times, which are full of unknown dangers. If Jiangbei wants to avoid this danger, it must start a fire before dark.
Animals are naturally afraid of fire!
At least, most animals are like this, because if you can have a bunch of bonfires when camping in the wild, the safety level will be greatly improved.
Thinking of this, Jiang Bei couldn't help but speed up his pace. With the blessing of the giant gene, he returned to the tree hole in just a few minutes.
Chapter completed!