Chapter 14: Despair

I tasted the smell of meat and nausea in my mouth, which was terrible, but it was not delicious, but maggots burrowing in the prickly pear.

Tong Chen suddenly felt sick to his stomach, although he was very eager to eat a delicious meat, but he was definitely not a disgusting maggot, and now he did not have the mentality or perseverance of a TV survivor outside China.

Phew··· Phew···

Tong Chen hurriedly spit out the dirt in his mouth a few times.

Although he had a very bad experience on his first attempt, Tong Chen did not give up and was not ready to give up.

Picking a reddened prickly pear again, Tong Chen carefully observed whether there were any small holes in the epidermis for insects to enter, and then he put his mind at ease and began to taste the delicacy of prickly pear.

Next, Tong Chen continued to look for the reddened prickly pear around this lush prickly pear, and finally ate the sour green-skinned prickly pear.

After a long time, Tong Chen couldn't help the sour taste in his mouth, so he stopped the movements in his hand.

Poplars, pines, branches of various trees, Tong Chen is all not refused, and even some shrub branches, he also picked a lot.

After running back and forth more than a dozen times, Tong Chen finally carried all the collected branches back to the camp.

The most laborious part of setting up such a rough shelter in the field is the preparation of materials, and once the materials are ready, the entire shelter will not be completed in a short time.

Without the scorching sun, Tong Chen felt a lot more comfortable, and at the same time, his work efficiency improved a lot.

The specific construction process is similar to that of the triangular house, the left and right sides and the back triangle are first placed on it with thicker branches, and then gradually put the small branches on it, and finally Tong Chen also collected some weeds and filled them on the surface...

Near noon, as Tong Chen finished building the last side, his triangular prismatic house was officially completed.

Tong Chen did not pursue speed too much, on the contrary, he built it carefully, and the shelter this time was undoubtedly much more perfect than his previous works.

In the end, Tong Chen spread all the remaining branches into the shelter and used them as a bed.

Although the branch bed can't keep it warm, Tong Chen feels that the most important thing is that at least there is no need to have close contact with the ground, and secondly, the insects will not climb up so quickly.

There is food in the belly, Tong Chen's tummy is also a lot better, he feels that he still has energy, and he is expected to take a nap, but Tong Chen still decided to do more while the weather is cooler.

Thinking about the plan in his mind, Tong Chen decided to try to make a fire for the first time, first the water was found, the shelter was also built, although the food was very scarce, but compared to the sleepless night, Tong Chen still decided to make a fire.

With several practical experience, Tong Chen is still very proficient in finding the tools needed to start a fire.

The field is not as good as at home, Tong Chen can only choose the best when he finds tools, and try to find suitable materials.

First of all, Tong Chen found a dead branch of a burning tree, and then he chose some rolls of dried birch bark and dead grass as ignition materials.

Dry and rough drill sticks and wooden planks are the easiest to spark, but the dry planks Tong Chen did not find a suitable one for a while, and finally he had to run far away, find a dead tree, and then break a thicker branch, and with stone chips, it was difficult to split it into two pieces.

But the small groove on the wooden board is not so easy to get out without tools, Tong Chen tried to use a stone for a long time, but only smashed a small gap.

Tong Chen had no choice but to do this, he put the drill stick into the gap and began to spin.

In fact, the small groove on the wooden board is not necessarily transparent, Tong Chen saw that some other survivors only dug a small hole in the wooden plank, and people could also rub out Mars as a result.

Making a fire is not wishful thinking, but a protracted battle.

Tong Chen gave birth several times in a row, the results were all in vain, this time Tong Chen is confident that he has no substantial mistakes, the steps are exactly the same as the experiments at home, and the rest is the difference in materials...

The cloudy night seemed to come faster, and by this time, the sky had already begun to darken...

Although Tong Chen was very unwilling to make a fire, he was no longer as anxious and angry as he was at the beginning.

Adjusting his mentality, Tong Chen quickly took action again.

The rough wooden stick turned rapidly in Tong Chen's palm, and he made up his mind to wait for the smoke to come out of the friction before stopping.

I don't know how many times I turned back and forth, I don't know how long the time has passed, I don't care about the pain in my palm, there are only two rotations in my eyes.

The smoke gradually floated up, Tong Chen gritted his teeth and accelerated again, until his fingers were numb and couldn't hold on, he quickly picked up the ignition around him and gently poured a little spark on it.

Holding the ignition in both hands, he put it to his mouth and blew it gently.

The smoke became thicker and thicker, and with a bang, orange-red flames came out.

He didn't dare to relax, until he ignited the prepared incendiary branches, and Tong Chen was really relieved.

Looking at the constantly jumping flames, the heat of the fire came to his face, and the smoke drifting with the wind was not so choking in Tong Chen's sense of smell, and the sound of the thunderbolt burning was also so pleasant to his ears.

Until this moment, Tong Chen still couldn't believe it, he couldn't believe that he was really on fire and really succeeded.

Tong Chen was afraid that the fire would go out, so he threw all the branches around him on the fire.

The temperature was getting cooler, and the jumping firelight was reflected on Tong Chen's face, and a smile appeared on his lips, and at this moment, he felt happy.

In the wild, in the dark and breezy dusk, there is a fire by your side, which is like a cloud compared to no fire.

Happiness is actually very simple, but modern people have too many desires.

Seeing that the dead branches were about to burn, Tong Chen had no choice but to leave the hot fire and look for wood to burn again.

After finding a lot of dead branches, Tong Chen hurriedly returned to the fire, he didn't want an accident to cause a forest fire.

didn't eat anything more, Tong Chen wanted to drink a few sips of boiling water, but he had no tools to hold water, so he had to give up.

The heat of the fire passed into the shelter, warmly evoking Tong Chen's already tired body.

There is shelter, there is a fire, and today I can finally get a good night's sleep.

In the second half of the night, the original breeze suddenly became stronger, and the canopies of various trees swayed with the wind.

Tong Chen, who was sleeping soundly in the shelter, did not notice the abnormality of the weather at first, and then the wind roared louder and louder, and he felt it in a daze.

But Tong Chen finally fell asleep for a few days, so how could he wake up easily, until a gust of wind blew into the shelter and a few sparks, and the sparks burned Tong Chen's arm, and then he woke up completely.

Tong Chen sat up and looked outside, the fire had already been blown away by the strong wind, but the wind showed no signs of abating.

Such a strong wind, if it causes a fire, then I really can't eat and walk around, but if I step on it now, it will be a pity, after all, it took a lot of effort to light the fire, and I don't know if it can be born in the future...

Suddenly, the raindrops the size of soybeans in Thunderbolt Bar couldn't stop falling, and the rain became heavier and heavier, and it didn't take long for it to become a downpour.

The heavy rain helped Tong Chen, who was in a dilemma, make a choice, and the scattered fires had already been extinguished by the rain.

It was fulfilled, yesterday was cloudy, it was wrong at first glance, prayed not to rain, but it still rained, but it was a pity that I made a fire, but sadly I thought that the weather might be going to rain, but I was still stunned and struggled to make a fire, and I didn't think of a way to deal with it.