Traveling through the world of beasts: Controlling the system and building infrastructure

"What should we do now? Don't we want to smelt iron?" Mu Rong looked at An Ruochu with some regret. He had been busy for a long time, but now his life was in danger.

"What? Not making iron anymore?" Du En, who had just taken the detoxification pill, sat up suddenly. He was still a little dizzy, and he touched his head with one hand while speaking anxiously.

"Duen, are you awake? How do you feel? We still have to smelt iron, just keep the ventilation." An Ruochu said. It is very simple to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning.

"That's good. I'm much better, but I still have some strength." Dun heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this.

"Do we want to go in now?" Mu Rong looked at the glowing workshop inside the house.

"Don't worry, take a break first." An Ruochu looked at the workshop that was still burning, and she was not sure when the air in the room would return to normal.

"I don't know if I will be poisoned again in a while?" Mu Rong asked with some doubt.

"What poisoning? What are you talking about?" Du'en's head was still a little dizzy, and he looked at An Ruchu and Murong in confusion.

"I thought you knew we were poisoned just now." An Ruochu turned his head and looked at Duen.

"I just thought I was too tired and fell asleep." Dun said loudly.

"Uncle, you are really generous." An Ruochu laughed helplessly.

The three of them stood outside the door and waited for a long time, only going in after the flame in the kiln went out.

"Did it succeed this time?" Mu Rong approached the kiln with some uncertainty.

"We'll only know after we open the kiln." They had just waited outside for a while, and although the temperature of the kiln had dropped a bit, there was still some residual heat left.

An Ruochu carefully used the large tongs she had made earlier to search through the pile of burnt ashes.

"Let us help too." Du En and Murong also joined the search.

"If you find some black stuff that you can't clamp, it means you have refined pig iron." An Ruochu reminded Duen and the others while searching carefully.

"Is this it?" Mu Rong squeezed the clamp in his hand tightly. Looking at the motionless black block, Mu Rong spoke uncertainly.

"Let me see." An Ruochu hurriedly walked to Mu Rong's side, looked at the palm-sized black block, and poked it hard.

"It seems that the first piece of pig iron found today is quite large." An Ruochu was a little excited. If successful, he would be able to make more things.

"Great. Let's keep looking." An Ruochu hurried back to his seat and started to act separately.

After searching for a while, An Ruochu and the other two found a lot of pig iron.

"We obviously put in a lot more iron slag than we have now, why do we only harvest this little?" Mu Rong was a little discouraged, as he thought he could harvest more.

"Of course they can't be the same. Impurities must be removed during the refining process." An Ruochu rubbed Mu Rong's discouraged head.

"Okay. So what should we do next?" Duen looked at the pig iron that An Ruchu had collected.

"The next step is to melt the pig iron into molten iron at high temperature, so that the mold made by Mu Rong can be used."

"But this time it's a little different. The temperature has to be very high. It may not be that easy." An Ruochu sighed. To melt pig iron into molten iron, a high temperature of 2000 degrees Celsius is required.

"Since it has come to this, let's give it a try!" Du'en did not have as many concerns as An Ruchu.

"it is good."

The three people started to get busy, each doing their own job.

"You guys go and rest first. I'll watch here and you can take my turn later." An Ruochu said as he looked at the sky outside which had already darkened.

We can't let the old and the young stay up late.

"Sister An An, let me do it. You should go and rest." Mu Rong shook his head disapprovingly.

"I should be the one to do it. I'm already old." Dun also started to fight for it.

"Alright! Stop arguing, you two. I have the final say. Now go and get some rest."

Under An Ruochu's tough attitude, Du En and Murong had to go to the small kang next to them to rest.

An Ruochu was secretly happy when she saw the two people going to rest. It was indeed a wise choice to set up a temporary resting place in the workshop.

An Ruochu sat alone beside the kiln, pulling the bellows from time to time and adding more firewood.

The crackling sound of firewood continued to come from the kiln, and An Ruochu's eyelids gradually became heavy.

He slapped his face hard to try to cheer himself up, added a handful of firewood into the kiln, and then sat back down.

"I've been going to bed and getting up early all the time in the Beast World, so I'm a little uncomfortable staying up late all of a sudden." An Ruochu sighed, supporting his chin with his hand and looking at the kiln with boredom.

As time passed, An Ruochu's head suddenly tilted to one side.

Just when she was about to fall off the chair, a hand held her head steadily.

The sudden shaking woke An Ruochu up.

"Shh, don't wake them up." Ran Yu put his index finger on his lips, signaling An Ruchu not to make a sound.

"Why are you here?" An Ruochu looked at Ran Yu who was standing beside her in surprise and spoke softly.

"I heard that my sister is going to start smelting iron this afternoon, so I came over to see if I can help." Ranyu naturally pulled over a chair and sat next to An Ruochu.

"Sister, why didn't I see you go to dinner tonight?" There was a hint of doubt in Ranyu's eyes.

"Oh, I've been so busy with iron smelting that I forgot about eating." When An Ruochu suddenly heard Ran Yu say that, he realized that he hadn't eaten yet. His stomach growled at the right time to express his protest.

An Ruochu was somewhat helpless, but at this time, there was no food left in the cafeteria. The orcs were very frugal, so there was almost no food left in the cafeteria, especially now that it was already time to go to bed.

"Look! What is this?" Noticing An Ruochu's lost expression, Ranyu took out his hands which had been behind his back.

"It's barbecue!" An Ruochu smelled the aroma of meat in the air and opened her eyes wide in surprise.

"Sister, eat quickly. I just grilled it." Ran Yu handed over the barbecue wrapped in leaves in his hand.

"Ranyu, you are so nice. You even brought me some food." An Ruochu had never felt that the barbecue was as fragrant and tempting as it was today.

"Eat slowly, this is all my sister's." Ranyu stretched out his finger and gently wiped away the sauce from the corner of An Ruchu's lips.

Seeing An Ruochu's stunned expression, Ran Yu smiled softly, "The sauce got on your face."

My sister is so cute, even with sauce on her face she is still so cute.

"So that's how it is, thank you!" An Ruochu looked up at Ran Yu's face reflected in the firelight, then lowered her head to hide the suspicious blush on her face.