Chapter 50: Making Fire by Drilling Wood
Thinking of the water source, Lin Xi felt a little dry in the mouth.
When she set out early in the morning, she drank a lot of water in advance, but now she was already feeling thirsty.
Also, she had to pee urgently.
Lin Xi looked back at Qi Mo, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.
After she turned around twice, Qi Mo noticed it, "What's wrong - do you have something to say?"
Lin Xi looked at him embarrassedly, then gestured towards the drones following them.
This is an agreed-upon gesture. When a contestant needs to solve a physiological problem, the drone will temporarily leave.
Seeing this gesture, Qi Mo understood, and his ears turned red. "Find a secluded place, I'll keep watch for you."
Lin Xi nodded and quickly hid behind the bushes nearby.
Two minutes later, Lin Xi came out from behind the bushes with a red face.
Qi Mo put down the snake on his shoulder and said, "Well, I, I'll go too."
The two of them didn't dare to look at each other, and their faces were a little red.
Soon, Qi Mo also came out, carried the snake on his back, and the two continued to move forward.
Lin Xi's eyes suddenly lit up. She had found the source of water!
A few hundred meters ahead, there is a small lake.
It was supposed to be a depression, but after it rained, the rainwater gathered here and over time, it became a small lake.
However, Lin Xi didn't say it, and even her expression didn't change.
She was well aware that the drone was filming her, and every subtle expression of hers would be interpreted by countless people.
Li Xiaoqiu was at home at the moment, holding his mobile phone and staring at Lin Xi on the screen.
Each player has a live broadcast room, and there are professionals to explain. Most domestic audiences will choose to watch in the live broadcast room of their own country's players.
Seeing Lin Xi and Qi Mo walking forward in perfect harmony, Li Xiaoqiu covered her mouth and laughed.
She inexplicably felt that the two of them were very harmonious together. After spending this month together day and night, they might really become a couple.
On the way, Lin Xi saw a purple wild fruit. She quickly recognized that this fruit was called wild cherry berry. It was a round berry with a dark purple skin, the size of a fingertip, and tasted sour and sweet, with plenty of water.
Lin Xi picked a lot, and Qi Mo also picked some.
Their mouths turned purple from eating, and they couldn't help but smile at each other.
At this moment, Song Huaijin was also watching the live broadcast.
As soon as he got off the plane, he couldn't wait to open Lin Xi's live broadcast room.
Seeing that Lin Xi and Qi Mo seemed to be in sync with each other, he felt an indescribable sadness in his heart.
The extremely handsome Qi Mo and the beautiful and lively Lin Xi look so pleasing to the eye.
He watched as comments flew across the screen, his eyes filled with: "Ahhh, these two are such a perfect match."
"Together! Together!"
"Form a couple, form a couple!"
Song Huaijin silently closed the barrage and kept his gaze on Lin Xi for a long time.
Lin Xi and Qi Mo finally saw the lake.
There were no other contestants around the lake, but there were staff from the production team surrounding the lake, and there were over a hundred cameras distributed around the lake.
They were the first to arrive nearby and walked right into the frame.
It has been five or six hours since they left the hotel, and the two are thirsty and hungry.
Qi Mo looked around and said, "There's nothing that can boil water. The water here definitely can't be drunk directly."
If it is living water like a stream, it would be okay, but the water in the lake is stagnant water, with too many bacteria and microorganisms, and drinking it will definitely cause diarrhea.
Lin Xi thought for a moment and said, "Let's light a fire. After that, burn a few ceramic bowls. You can use them to boil water."
Qi Mo nodded and put the snake down.
Without a lighter or flint, we could only use the most primitive method of making fire by rubbing two sticks together.
Qi Mo picked out a piece of wood, scraped off the bark with a sharp stone, and then drilled a hole in it.
Lin Xi found a thin stick and sharpened one end of it.
The two finished the work at hand. Lin Xi found a larger leaf to put on the ground, and then took out some fluffy plants from his pocket.
Qi Mo looked over, and Lin Xi explained, "I saw this on the road before. This one is thin and dry. I think it can be used to make tinder."
Qi Mo nodded. Having a smart and reliable teammate saved him a lot of trouble.
The tinder was spread on the leaves, and the wood block was pressed on the tinder. Qi Mo took the sharpened thin stick that Lin Xi had sharpened and began to rub it quickly against the hole drilled in the wood block.
Qi Mo's hands were very fast and soon smoke was seen.
But it was just smoke.
Gradually, the smoke grew thicker. Lin Xi lay on the ground and observed carefully, then suddenly exclaimed, "It's burning!"
Qi Mo carefully removed the piece of wood, and the tinder on the ground was still smoking.
He picked up the tinder with a leaf, brought it to his mouth and blew it continuously.
A bright flame soon appeared. Qi Mo took the handful of hay handed to him by Lin Xi, loosely wrapped the tinder, and continued to blow it.
Qi Mo squinted his eyes because of the smoke. After a while, the hay caught fire and the fire grew bigger.
He put the hay in the pile of dry grass that Lin Xi had already prepared, and the fire quickly became very big.
Lin Xi added dead branches to the fire and whispered, "Someone is coming."
Since the water source is here, it is only a matter of time before the contestants gather here.
Don’t you see so many cameras set up here?
Lin Xi glanced at the dead snake on the ground. She might not be able to eat the snake meat today.
The two contestants who came were from Sakura Country, the two people who had previously discussed to eliminate Lin Xi and Qi Mo first.
Lin Xi squatted without moving, but the muscles in her body slowly tensed up.
Qi Mo stared at the woods and soon saw two men coming out of the woods.
The two men came out and were surprised to see a fire lit by the lake. One of them said, "These two are really fast. They found the water source and lit the fire smoothly."
Another one laughed and said, "After all, these are prepared for us. There is also a snake over there, so we can get enough protein for today."
The two of them took advantage of the distance and the fact that Lin Xi and the others could not understand the language of Sakura Country, so they talked unscrupulously while approaching this side.
Lin Xi naturally wouldn't tell them that she understood everything they said. She looked up at Qi Mo, and the two exchanged glances, understanding each other's meaning.
Lin Xi picked up the sharpened wooden stick on the ground and held it in his hand, but still did not stand up.
Qi Mo stood very casually, and even smiled friendly at the two people walking over, and pointed at the lake, meaning that he had found the water source.
The two men walked closer and closer, and when they were only a few steps away, they exchanged glances.
This distance has reached the warning line of human safety distance, but the two are still approaching with smiles.
One person walked around the fire and came towards Lin Xi, while the other went towards Qi Mo.
(End of this chapter)
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