The promise of slow wear for the rest of your life

Stone pine cones are different from ordinary pine cones. The surface of the shell is uneven, like the surface of a pineapple. Not only is it extremely thick, but it will not explode when ripe.

This is also the main reason why the nuts are hard to get.

Fortunately, the dagger that Qiao Meng chose was very sharp, and Arnold quickly used it to flatten the outer surface of a bowl-shaped empty fruit shell.

Then he peeled off a small pile of bark debris from the dead branch that he had brought all the way, and kneaded it into a fluffy shape.

Then he went to the stream to find a pebble with a rounder surface, and brought back half-shelled clear water.

Afterwards, he found a few stones nearby to form a circle surrounded by the wind, and then spread a layer of dead shrubs in the circle,

After doing this, Arnold piled the fluffy bark debris into the dead leaves, and then used the stones he picked up at the top of the mountain to hit the bark debris pile with the stones he picked up by the stream, trying to light a fire.

Wei Na and the others stopped smashing the nut shells at this moment, and Qi Qi looked towards him.

Seeing his intention, Qiao Meng threw down the stone and pine cone in his hand, walked over, squatted beside him, and asked, "Can this make a fire?"

"I'm not sure, I can only try it." Anol said while enduring the pain in his hands, and kept hitting the two stones in his hands.

Among the two stones, the color and texture of the one from the top of the mountain looked a bit like the flint he had seen and used for more than a thousand years.

But it doesn't necessarily look like it. After all, they are stones from different worlds, and the difference can't be seen with the naked eye.

Whether it is true or not, Arnold can only be sure after trying it.

However, as he tapped again and again, Mars never appeared.

Seeing this, the look of anticipation on their faces gradually receded.

Just when everyone wanted to persuade him to give up, Arnold stopped his tapping action, looked up and glanced at them, and said, "Maybe it's because I'm not strong enough, so I can't knock sparks. Do you want to try?" .”

Hearing this, Kulid immediately sneered and said: "If you can't do it, you can't do it, don't make excuses."

Wei Na hesitated for a moment, Fang put down the rocks and stone pine cones in his hand, stood up and said, "Then let me try."

When she came to her side, Arnold handed her the two stones, then made way for her to guide her to adjust the angle and speed of the strike.

Kurid, who was ignored by the two, had a stinky face, but no one cared about him.

To everyone's surprise, after only two or three minutes, the two stones, which would not produce sparks no matter how much they were struck in Arnold's hands, fell into Wei Na's hands and only struck a dozen times before colliding with sparks. , and quickly ignite the fluffy bark pile.

Qiao Meng couldn't help cheering.

Wei Na, Guo Weiliang and others couldn't help showing smiles on their faces.

Arnold also bent his lips and smiled, then quietly put away the idea of ​​borrowing Diels' mechanical arm.

The burning fire quickly boiled the water in the empty fruit shell.

After half a day, everyone finally drank clean and safe water.

When Wei Na returned the two stones to Arnold, she couldn't help but repeatedly told him to put them away and never lose them.

Its importance is evident.

However, Anol didn't take the two stones that were useless to him, and he also said: "They are useless to me, just keep them."

"And they are not as important as you think. Even without them, we can use your weapons to collide with fire, which may be faster."

"That's right!" Wei Na suddenly realized, and then said angrily: "It seems that I have watched too many previous episodes, and my thinking is limited. I only think about how to make fire like the people in previous episodes. Instead Forget the common sense that there is more than one way to make a fire."

Qiao Meng and the others nodded in agreement.

Only Kurid questioned with a cold face: "Since you have already figured out other methods, why didn't you say it earlier?! Could it be because you think knocking on rocks is fun?!"

This is a bit too serious to say.

Arnold couldn't ignore it, so he had to explain, "I didn't say it earlier because the collision of weapons will inevitably cause damage. If we can use stones to make fire, we don't need to damage the weapons provided by the program group."

Kurid's face was slightly stagnant, and he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Qiao Meng's seemingly unintentional voice.

"It turns out that's the case, or you are thoughtful." Qiao Meng said with a smile.

Anol smiled back, followed her wishes, and didn't say anything else.

Guo Weiliang stood up with a long knife in his hand and said, "Now that the fire has been lit, let's find some other food to eat. I just saw fish in the stream, who of you will go catch some with me?"

Wei Na picked up the big knife and said, "I'll go with you."

"Then be careful, go and come back quickly." Qiao Meng waved at them, then turned her head and said to the other two: "Kurid, Guan Sangrou, let's go and pick up some more firewood? Can you fight well without prey?"

Kulid and Guan Sangrou both nodded in agreement as expected.

Qiao Meng finally looked at Anor and said, "Anor, stay and watch the fire, and boil more water by the way, and help us fill the kettle, okay?"

"Yes." Anol said, raised his hand and handed her something: "Give me back the dagger."

Qiao Meng took the dagger and asked with a smile, "You don't need it anymore?"

Arnold smiled and shook his head: "No need. You should wear self-defense."

"Well, we won't go far. If you have something to do, just call out. We'll be back soon." Qiao Meng reminded her worriedly.

Anor nodded and said, "Be careful."

"Yeah." Qiao Meng nodded in agreement, and then left the camp with Kulid and Guan Sangrou.

In a blink of an eye, there were only Arnold and Diers left in the camp, one man and one robot.

Perhaps it was because he noticed the dislike of those five people towards him, and when they were present, Diers seldom spoke aloud.

Now that they had all left, Diers was no longer silent, and asked Arnold like a curious baby: "What are you doing with this bent stick?"

"It's convenient to scrape off the bark on it." Arnold looked up at him, suddenly stopped what he was doing, and said with an idea: "Diers, can you borrow the pickaxe you used when you climbed the mountain?" I'll use it."

Diers opened the storage bin on his chest, moved the robotic arm, and took out the pickaxe from it, but instead of giving it to him immediately, he asked him, "What do you want to use it for?"

"To knock rocks with it, I need a flake with a sharp edge to peel the bark," said Arnold.

Diers heard the words and said: "Let me knock it for you. Get out of the way, and be careful that the gravel will fall to you."

Arnold took a few steps back.

Diers mobilized the mechanical arm to pick up the pickaxe, and cracked the stone designated by Arnold in two or three strokes.

Arnold picked out several stone flakes with sharp edges.

So he praised without hesitation: "Diers, you are amazing, you are really busy and I am very busy."

Upon hearing this, Diers' electronic eyes suddenly appeared, a pair of crescent-shaped smile arcs.

The edges of those stone flakes are very sharp, and they can be used as knives with just a little grinding.

Arnold quickly used a polished stone knife to cut off the bark on the surface of the curved stick, then cut off some of the two ends of the stick, and carved two lines of approx. There are notches two or three centimeters deep for easy tethering.

Finally, take the bark fibers that have been smashed out, knead them into long ropes, tie them to both ends of curved sticks, and use them as bowstrings.

In this way, an extremely simple wooden bow is made.

It only took Arnold more than half an hour to make this bow, and the price he paid was that several fingers were worn out, and several blood blisters were worn out on the palm of his hand, which was painful when he touched it.

When he stopped to check the condition of his hands, Dirs, who was watching the fire and boiling water for him, realized that his hands had been worn out and scarred.

Seeing blood coming out of his frayed fingers, Diers turned around in a hurry: "You are injured! Take medicine for treatment!"

"Don't panic, I'll take the medicine right away." Anol smiled and comforted, then washed his hands with cold boiled water, picked up a Lycopodium needle that fell on the ground, and washed the blood bubbles that broke the palms of his hands. Then spray on the trauma medicine spray with immediate healing effect.

After spraying, almost in the blink of an eye, his scarred hands were back to normal.

Arnold took the wound medicine, spread his intact hands in front of Diers, and said with a smile, "Look, it's done."

Dills said in his unobvious electronic voice: "What do you want to do next time, if possible, let me do it for you?!"

Anol responded with a smile: "Okay, I will write it down."

At this moment, Wei Na and Guo Weiliang, who went fishing in a team, came back dripping with some fish.

The few fish they brought back were all scaled and gutted.

The two put the fish on the stones next to the fire and rubbed a little salt on them one by one.

Arnold borrowed Wei Na's big knife, cut out a few pointed branches, threaded the salted fish one by one, and stuck them obliquely beside the fire to bake.

After Qiao Meng washed her hands, she twisted her wet curly hair and asked aloud, "Qiao Meng and the others haven't come back yet?"

Anol didn't raise his head and said, "No return."

"Didn't you say you won't go far? Why haven't you returned yet?" Qiao Meng was puzzled, and turned to Guo Weiliang, "Should we go look for it?"

Guo Weiliang took off his drenched coat and wrung the water, and said, "Wait a little longer, maybe I met a prey and chased it away."

After handling the fish, Arnold looked up at them and teased with a smile: "Did you two take a shower and come back?"

When mentioning this matter, Wei Na felt tired: "Don't mention it, it's all because those fish are too hard to catch."

Guo Weiliang took it seriously and said: "You don't know, those fish are so hard to catch, you can't catch them if you don't go into the water."

"Thank you for your hard work."

As he spoke, Arnold poured two pieces of hot water with husks and handed them to them one by one.