Chapter 16: Crafting Weapons
Zhuang Yan pursed his lips and ignored him. He put the kettle hanging on his chest on the ground, and then he held the firewood and prepared to light the fire.
I have to say that it is convenient to have a fire source, Zhuang Yan held the firewood and put it by the fire, looking at the fire that was still smoking in front of him. I took a few pieces of wood and put them on it.
Lowering his head and blowing hard at the fire, although this is more embarrassing, after all, there is no fan in his hand, so in order to rekindle the fire, he can only do this.
For a while, a lot of smoke floated out, choking Zhuang Yan and coughing.
"Ahem, cough, cough, why is it so difficult to burn a fire?"
But fortunately, the fire finally burned, and seeing that there were flames coming out, Zhuang Yan hurriedly took some firewood and put it on.
Looking at the raging fire, Zhuang Yan patted the ashes on his hands. I put the kettle on the side.
At this moment, Zhuang Yan's stomach suddenly began to growl.
From yesterday afternoon to this morning, Zhuang Yan only ate one compressed biscuit. I'm very hungry now.
Zhuang Yan thought about it, but walked to the side of the hammock, looking at Wang Lu who was still lying in the hammock, Zhuang Yan said a little embarrassed: "Brother Wang, are there any compressed biscuits!" I haven't eaten in the morning, and I'm a little hungry. ”
"Well, if you eat compressed biscuits, this is some kind of survival in the wild. Besides, there are no compressed biscuits, and if you want to eat, you have to do it yourself. ”
Wang Lu looked at Zhuang Yan standing in front of him and said expressionlessly.
"Brother Wang, I am just an ordinary person, and I have no experience in surviving in the wild. If you let me do it myself, aren't you afraid of starving both of us to death? ”
"I'll teach you what you're afraid of. Come, come with me. ”
Wang Lu said as he rolled over from the hammock. With Zhuang Yan, he was ready to go hunting.
Oh, no. Let's go make weapons first.
"If you want to do it first, you must first sharpen your tools. To survive in the wild, it is very important to have a good weapon, and it is best to carry a suitable knife with you. But what if you don't have a weapon with you? Then it is very important to have a skill in crafting weapons. ”
"What is so common in the wild? It's stone. In the early days, humans also used stone as a tool, so we can also use stone to craft tools to make weapons. ”
"Humans first used stone tools and bone tools, but because there are no animal bones in our vicinity. So I'm going to show you how to make tools out of stone. ”
As he spoke, Wang Lu found a pile of stones from around the camp.
"There are about two ways to make stone knives, one is to use violent smashing, and then find suitable stone chips from the stone fragments that are thrown out, and simply deal with them. There is also grinding, although the stone knives produced by this process are very strong and durable, sharp and wear-resistant. But it took too much time, so we went for it this time. ”
As he spoke, Wang Lu found a stone that looked relatively round from the pile of stones, and began to smash it on a large stone.
Fragments of stones, which began to sputter in all directions. In a few moments, the hard-looking stone had been smashed to pieces.
Wang Lu found a stone chip with a sharp edge from the pile of broken stones.
"Well, I found it. This one doesn't look too bad. Just take care of it a little bit later. ”
As he spoke, he picked up the stone chip and sharpened it where it needed to be held, so that the place became a little rounder, and he did not cut his hand again.
"Alright, we've got our first step done. Now that you've successfully crafted the tools for crafting weapons, it's time to start making weapons in earnest. ”
"The main weapons used for survival and hunting in the wild are bows and spears, which are more complicated to make, and we don't have any raw materials. So this time we make spears. Use the branches of the surrounding trees as raw materials, and then you use this stone knife to repair them. That should be about the same time. Okay, I'm not going to do the rest of the work, you can do it. ”
As he spoke, he handed the stone in his hand to Zhuang Yan.
"Remember to cut the straight branch and sharpen one end." After speaking, Wang Lu left.
Looking at the stone knife in his hand. Zhuang Yan began to try to make a spear for hunting. It sounds interesting, but it's still very difficult to actually make.
Not to mention anything else, just choosing raw materials, this took Zhuang Yan a lot of thought.
Although, there are a lot of trees around. But either the shape is crooked, or the position is too high to be touched at all.
However, in the end, he found a very suitable branch and was torn off the tree by Zhuang Yan.
Looking at the straight and long branch in his hand, Zhuang Yan began his spear-making business.
The first thing is to prune some of the leaves and small forks on this branch. That is, to use a stone knife to cut all this superfluous things.
Although the stone knives are sharp, it is still laborious to handle them. These things can only be sawed off in a saw-like way.
Zhuang Yan held the branch, took the stone knife and began to rub it vigorously.
It took a lot of effort to finally deal with all those branches.
Now I started making the point, because it was just torn off the tree, so the whole thing was very wet, and I couldn't help it.
Zhuang Yan was in a difficult situation now, but when he saw the fire burning not far away, he immediately had an idea.
I can completely let this end go to the fire to roast. Not only is it easier to build, but it's also harder.
Just do it, Zhuang Yan directly took the long pole and began to burn it on the fire.
Because the wood was still wet, a lot of smoke came out when it was burned, and Zhuang Yan's smoked tears kept flowing. I had no choice but to bake one end of the wood directly on the fire. I ran to the distance and watched by myself.
After a while, Zhuang Yan felt that something was wrong.
The pole burned on its own, and he hurriedly ran over and snatched the pole from the fire.
Fortunately, although the end of the pole is already a little lit, it has no effect on the whole.
Zhuang Yan took the stone and began to clean up the burning places, and when Zhuang Yan was scraping the wood over and over again with a stone knife, Wang Lu was also watching from a short distance.
Zhuang Yan's is a series of operations, although there are many shortcomings, but the general idea is still very correct. This spear is also available.
Zhuang Yan finally stopped his movements, and the spear he had worked so hard to make was finally successful.
It is a spear about 1.2 meters long, just thick enough to be held firmly in the palm of your hand, and it is covered with blue-gray bark, which is full of friction. At the top end is a black pointed tip, which has been polished by Zhuang Yan very sharp, full of sharpness.
Zhuang Yan held the spear he had made with his own hands and threw it at the front of him.
A blue-black line flashed, and the spear was firmly planted on the ground.