What wool is, Tianxiang doesn't know. After all, since he was born, he has never seen the legendary creature "sheep". As for felt, although he has not seen it either. However, it is not difficult to see from the information that it is a fabric with a considerable warming effect. On top of that, it's extremely simple to produce.

Can the fluff in the trichinella replace the wool? Can it also be used as a raw material for felt? These problems are not known to Tianxiang at all. Because, he's experimenting. The experiment used the fluff in the body of the trichinella to replace the wool, and experimented to make a piece of felt that could withstand the cold.

It is not difficult to make a piece of felt. It only needs to be kneaded and squeezed repeatedly to make it tightly kneaded together to form a neat plane, and the felt is basically completed. According to the technology of the ancients, the use of hydraulic presses, or the powerful power generated by blending machinery, as long as there are enough raw materials, the production of felt is not a problem at all.

Tianxiang has no machinery, only a few huge wooden mortars. However, in terms of its principle and specific practical functions, these clumsy wooden mortars are actually a simple machine. Moreover, the felts pressed with them also have the function of keeping out the cold.

Two days later, the first piece of insect felt, made entirely by the hunters themselves, was introduced.

What a warm felt! The fine insect hairs have been completely kneaded together to form an inseparable whole. The fluffy fluff has now been compressed into a section with a thickness of only about half a centimeter. The flat felt is quite soft, and when gently attached to the face, you will also feel an extremely comfortable warmth. Although in terms of material, this thing cannot be compared with the various fabrics produced by ancient humans. But in any case, this is the brainchild of hunters, a symbol of human bloodline reproduction after the complete destruction of ancient civilizations, and the best proof that human beings have the right to survive from the natural world.

This winter, it will be warm and comfortable.

It was also at this moment that the authority of the new patriarch was recognized by all the clansmen. It is no exaggeration to say that in their hearts, Tianxiang has almost become an omnipotent person. A combination of wisdom and strength.

It's just that no matter how smart a person is, there are times when he makes low-level mistakes.

Trichinella is small in size and does not have much edible meat in its body. However, the amount of flesh stripped from the more than 7,000 trichinella is definitely a huge amount. Coupled with the insect meat hunted before, the amount of food that the Tianxiang tribe now has is already a rather staggering number. Liu Rui calculated that these foods are enough for all the clansmen to eat until next spring.

It's just that the abundant food makes Tianxiang feel quite depressed.

The reason is simple: he doesn't have enough salt and he doesn't have enough fuel. Moreover, the weather is not cold enough now. Therefore, until it snows outside or the river freezes, these precious insects will inevitably suffer a rotting fate.

Not only Tianxiang, but all the clansmen were extremely upset about this matter. They never imagined that one day they would be bothered by too much food. Therefore, even if Tianxiang doesn't say it, they are all using their own experience and methods to take action. It's just that these methods are not very useful at all. After turning it over and over again, you can only go back to the original baking and marinating.

By chance, Tianrou's seemingly ordinary words cleverly solved this headache.

"Brother! I want to eat canned food, the same kind of canned food you gave me last time. ”

Canned food – biscuits – refrigerated storage

Tianxiang, who had been plagued by food problems for many days, finally stretched out his frown. I was so stupid that I even forgot about such a big thing as a cold storage inside the base. The food left over from the ancients has been in it for at least a few hundred years, but it has not spoiled. It should be no problem to use it to preserve the fresh worm meat.

The huge cold storage was opened again, and a huge amount of insect flesh completely filled its interior. Moreover, right next to the cold storage discovered last time, Tianxiang also found three other solar cold stores with the same reserves again. It's just that there's nothing in there.

The warehouse is empty, which is not a big problem. Just refill it. Not to mention, although insect felt can already be produced. However, their numbers do not fully meet the needs of all ethnic groups. If you want to ensure that everyone does not suffer from freezing, you must hunt more Trichinella while the weather is not completely cold.

Many people may feel this way. When you get some benefit from an activity, there is always a strong interest and enthusiasm for this activity, and the activity is carried out repeatedly. It's like the fool in the fable. After tasting the sweetness of picking up a rabbit out of thin air, he would always wait silly under that big tree every day, waiting for a new rabbit to arrive.

Tianxiang and his people currently have such a crazy interest. It was a frenzy to save as much material as possible for one's own survival. Think about it! Hunting insects not only provides food to fill the stomach, but also provides raw materials for the production of cold felt. What could be more exciting?

The hunt continued for almost a month. More than 20,000 trichinella insects were forced to sacrifice their flesh and fluff for hunters. Because of this, three of the large cold storage in the base are already full of small mountains of insect meat. As for the last one, there was only nearly half of the space left.

New felts have also been manufactured. With the addition of the previous experiment, Tianxiang obtained a total of enough insect felt for 500 people to wear. For these treasures, except for the necessary number to be cut into clothes by the tribesmen, the rest were rolled up one by one with the long handles of those wooden mortars. It was made into huge felt rolls.

Sewing clothes doesn't need Tianxiang's worries. The elders and women of the clan were the only ones who did it. The needlework required is also not cumbersome. The worn-out garments that had been worn before were dismantled, and the cotton threads that were taken out were re-kneaded to make them the strongest sewing threads. As for needles, it's even simpler. Find the hardest part of the mountain of insect shells, bake them on the fire for a while, cut off the brittle parts with a knife, and cut the remaining pieces into nail thorns. After polishing it smoothly, the sharp tip of the knife is burned red on the fire, and then gently placed on the end of the nail thorn to slowly make a small hole. This is how a small sewing needle appears.

Plenty of food, warm clothes. With these two basic things, the tribe also has the guarantee that they can survive the cold winter. It's just that Tianxiang has other problems in his heart that need to be solved.

Of the six weapons warehouses in the Curator's Room, one is used to store grenades and combat suits. The rest, all of them are a variety of different types of guns and ammunition. Although the quantity is extremely large, after this period of consumption, Tianxiang found that the bullets that were originally stacked in one of the warehouses have been vacated by four boxes. At this rate, I am afraid that it will not be long before there is not much left over from the accumulated arms of these ancients.

"A new weapon must be found that can replace the firearm." This is the only thought that currently surrounds Tianxiang's mind.

Base 2 has a huge weapons manufacturing plant and plenty of raw materials for production. But those things seemed to be a rather distant dream for the current situation of the Tianxiang Clan. Because Tianxiang has never forgotten what "Zhilong II" said.

"Only by fully releasing the sun can we get the necessary energy to open the base."

The time of the sun is completely different today than it was in ancient times. The reason for this is the ancients themselves. According to the information input from the computer, sunlight contains a strong ray that can cause skin ulcers and burns if directly hit the surface of the human body. However, there is a substance in the earth's atmosphere that can completely cancel out the damage of this ray. But just a few hundred years ago, because of the mistakes of the ancients, this substance completely disappeared from the earth. This has led to the direct rays of intense sunlight on the earth, which has killed millions of people. In order to make up for their mistakes, the ancients could only build a huge "umbrella" that completely enveloped the area. In this way, it is protected from the sun's rays. It is only for a few hours that it is open for a short period of time, when the power of sunlight is at its weakest. This continues to the present day, eventually evolving into what is known as the "Sun Day" for all hunters.

According to the computer, the earth itself slowly releases this mysterious substance to make up for the parts that were once lost. Hundreds of years have passed, and those special protectors in the atmosphere have fully recovered. "Umbrellas" that block the sun are no longer needed. Now, it's time to turn it off.

It's just that I want to close this invisible "umbrella". It's really a very difficult thing to do.

First of all, the current location of the ethnic group is too far away from the "umbrella". Tianxiang, who has obtained a lot of information, knows that the ruins of his current existence were once a very prosperous ancient city hundreds of years ago. The name seems to be called "Xi'an". The location of the "umbrella" should be Beijing, the capital of the Asian Federation divided by the ancients.

How far is the distance between Xi'an and Beijing, although Tianxiang has a clear number in his mind. But he clearly knew that with the current strength of his own race, if he wanted to move to such a distant place, it would be a fool's dream.

Just surviving in the ruins of this city is already quite difficult. If you are out of the current environment and run to such a distant place, food, drinking water, weapons and other aspects will become a big problem. Therefore, Tianxiang finally decided: before his strength has reached a strong enough level, he should never think about turning off the sun umbrella and other issues.

Although, releasing the sun means that you can get a huge base, a base that can supply enough supplies, and a base that is enough for hundreds of thousands of people to live in.

But now, I obviously don't have that ability. Knowing that you can't do it but insisting on trying it is simply the most stupid idea. What's more, the clansmen under his command are simply a bunch of barbarians without any knowledge.

"If you want to develop, you must first survive." This is a question that Tianxiang has been thinking about for many days. It is also the final result of his many discussions with Zhan Feng Ye Liu Rui. It was also from that time that Tianxiang completely dispelled the idea of releasing the sun in the short term. In Liu Rui's words: "The current ethnic group must take one step at a time and lay every foundation steadily." ”

It's just that the problem from the weapon really makes Tianxiang a little relieved.

Steel spear, the most common weapon used by hunters. It is also the simplest but most practical weapon in the dark world. The ruins of the dilapidated city are littered with scrap steel bars exposed to the air. Any piece of it can be sharpened into the sharpest spear. This kind of thing is the basic equipment of every hunter.

Against a single bug, an accurate spear gun is sufficient. But in the face of the overwhelming swarm of insects, a thrown spear can only provoke the huge anger of the insects. This is the biggest reason why hunters are often afraid to attack large swarms of insects, so they can only hold back hunger and saliva and watch the food slip away from them.

Although food is precious, it is incomparably small compared to life.

Therefore, creating a weapon that can replace a gun as soon as possible has become an urgent problem for Tianxiang to solve.

To be honest, compared with hot weapons, the advantages and disadvantages of cold weapons are naturally clear at a glance. But in the case of an extreme shortage of supplies, a convenient and flexible cold weapon is obviously much more useful than a gun without bullets.

Based on Zhan Feng and Liu Rui's opinions, Tianxiang finally chose the goal of "crossbow".

The advantages of a bow and arrow over a spear are obvious. It's just that, if compared in terms of power and maneuverability, the performance of a crossbow is obviously much stronger than that of a bow.

Tianxiang, the method of the ancient man-made crossbow, was very clear, and every process was still fresh in his mind. But, as with the manufacture of felt, he simply did not have the machinery of the ancients to utilize. The only way to get a new weapon is to rely on yourself.

Huge trees grow among the ruins of the city. These old plants have changed a lot from their centuries-old ancestors, both in terms of habits and appearance. While humans have succeeded in blocking the sun's rays, they have also killed a large number of creatures that are accustomed to being with the sun. However, nature is so wonderful. When a plant cannot survive due to the harshness of the environment, it eventually dies out. Another new creature that can adapt will also quietly appear on the list of creatures on Earth. It is as if the earth, after the extinction of a large number of organisms hundreds of millions of years ago, has regained new vitality after a long period of time.

This is evolution, the changes that organisms have to make in order to adapt to their environment. Only those creatures who are strong and do not bow down in the face of adversity can survive the harsh natural elimination. They are the only ones who have the qualifications to continue to multiply.

Human beings are the best of them.

Plants, too, fall into this list. Moreover, they will become indispensable helpers in the human conquest of nature.

"Cut down a batch of wood and use it as the basic material for making crossbows. Moreover, they can also provide enough fuel for the community. "This is a decision made by Tianxiang.

It's just that it often takes too much effort to turn a decision into a reality.

There are many tools for cutting wood. Axes, knives, saws。。。。。。 All of this is fine. Of course, in terms of actual convenience, axes and saws are the most suitable.

Liu Rui once found two very sharp axes. It was precisely because of them that the wind of war was able to obtain the materials to make those mortars. However, if according to Tianxiang's plan, it is necessary to cut down trees in large quantities. That's going to require more tools.

However, such a tool can only be encountered but not sought. Because, as things stand, the race doesn't have the ability to make them.

As a result, Tianxiang's idea of mass-producing bows and crossbows came to naught. However, a new thought soon appeared in the mind that was not completely depressed.

"Since it can't be manufactured in large quantities, it should always be possible to produce a small amount!"

Before winter fully arrived, Tianxiang's people accomplished two major things. One is to stock up on enough food, and the other is to get the necessary winter clothes. It's just that in the eyes of many clansmen who are happy and worshipful, Tianxiang made two other moves that seemed to them to be quite incomprehensible.

(For the first time in this section, real-life place names appear.) In this regard, if you feel that there is a problem, please feel free to ask. To be honest, at this point, I have also thought for a long time, should I detach myself from reality? Or the reappearance of a new batch of place names? Let's choose! I will revise it based on the results of the comments! By the way - don't forget to vote! ）