Section 57 The Troubles of Summer
The fifty-eighth day into the eternal world.
Life still has to go on, and the partners have to survive.
Due to the high temperatures in the summer, both farmland and crops stopped growing and even began to wither. Warmth is no longer a necessity, but the heat makes everyone suffer. After the grandmother revealed the secret, Wilson's productivity increased, because the grandmother would give clear survival guidance based on what she knew.
The first is the Cold Fire Pit, a low-temperature fire pit that burns a blue flame after adding fuel, which is the opposite of Wilson's stone fire pit, which is desirable in the summer or in high temperatures.
The second is the warm stone, and the little fishman Walter has one. The old grandmother directed Wolfgang and Wilson to carve a warm stone for each of them, which was oval in shape and shaped like a pebble in a park. It can absorb temperature β high or low. Fill up the cold fire pit with fuel, and then put the warm stone there to lower the temperature, wait for it to turn blue, and bring it to your body to relieve the anxiety and fatigue caused by the heat, but unfortunately the effect of the warm stone is very poor, and it will be useless for a while. So everyone stayed around the cold fire all day, and no one went out to work.
The same is true for the fan made of elk goose feathers before, such a plush and gorgeous feather fan, which can make people feel cool instantly, but unfortunately the cooling through this method is also not long-lasting.
"It would be nice if there were ice cubes, and I want to soak the whole person in ice water now." Wolfgang fantasized.
yes, ice, there are small icebergs everywhere in winter, but who knew it would be so hot in the summer? If only some had been mined and stored, Wilson was annoyed. But he thought about it, even if it was mined at that time, it would be useless, they didn't have a refrigerator, they couldn't keep it at all.
Refrigerator, this is the building Wilson has always wanted to have. Little Walm's refrigerator at the Oasis was the envy of Wilson: if we had a refrigerator, food would stay fresh longer, we wouldn't have to feed or waste fruits and vegetables that had accumulated during the harvest season, and we would have a cold drink in the summer. You can even stay in the refrigerator to cool down!
"Grandma, how do we make a refrigerator?"
"yes, yes! I've wanted a fridge for a long time. Wolfgang agreed.
"Gears, that needs gears. When it comes to running a machine, the gears that never stop power it. β
"And what kind of electricity can you use?"
The old grandmother squinted: "No need for electricity." β
"Because, magicβ" Willow grimaced, "is that right?" β
Wendy chuckled, and Granny nodded, "Yes, magic." The energy structure of this world is a huge mystery, but we don't need to think about it, we just need to use it according to the rules. Gears are a rare resource, and clockwork creatures rely on gears to drive them, and if you can encounter them and defeat these mechanical monsters, you can take out the gears. β
"Mechanical creatures, is the robot WX-78 considered a mechanical creature? He's not just gear-driven, right? So he doesn't need batteries, and he doesn't have to recharge? Is it the energy of this world that drives him? Wilson seemed to have discovered something, but he thought, "But he needs to eat, and that's not 'unconsumed.'" β
"WX-78 shows that he's going 'back home' too, and he shouldn't belong here." Chef Wally speculated.
Robot companions are indeed incomprehensible.
Everyone stayed until the evening, and the days in summer were very long, so everyone could only take advantage of the sunset to do some work near the base. The job is nothing more than finding food and gathering resources. The berries in the wild have withered due to the high temperature, and the fruits can no longer be collected. Leaving companions reduced food consumption, otherwise it would have been a difficult thing to get through the summer.
Towards the end of the night, Wilson and Wolfgang built two new meat drying racks, and it was wise to avoid wasting the meat that had been left with the defeat of Deer Goose and Spider Queen, which was about to rot, just in time to dry it to make jerky.