The sarcasm from the live stream viewers wasn't entirely unfounded; starting a fire by rubbing wood with bare hands is indeed difficult, but he could make the tools.
The principle of starting a fire by friction is that the stick is spinning rapidly, and then heat is generated through friction.
He can make a semi-automatic wooden drill. The principle is not difficult, but it is more convenient to make because he has an axe.
Find a stick about the thickness of a finger that is dry and hard enough, and use an axe to shape one end into a cone shape.
As I approached the water's edge, what came into view rekindled a long-lost literary memory in my mind. This is what it means to feel as if one is floating in the air, without any support!
The water in the dam was crystal clear, with fish the size of a palm swimming in it. I even saw palm-sized crabs and many shrimp at the bottom, and some fallen leaves and water spiders on the surface.
You can clearly see every detail at the bottom of the water. Isn't it said that if the water is too clear, there will be no fish?
That's utter nonsense. He'll be talking nonsense when he gets old.
Although he could see the bottom, he still used a stick to measure the depth, estimating it to be about 1.2 to 1.3 meters deep. It was so clean, a great place to bring a group of young children to experience swimming.
I touched a round, flat stone in the shallow water.
Making a hole in the middle is not an easy task, given the hardness of the stone.
He worked hard for half an hour, and several blisters formed on his hands, but he was not far from success. All he needed to do was make a hole big enough for the stick to pass through.
After sanding, we went to find other materials. Suitable bark was twisted into hemp rope, and wood that could be used to make rectangular pieces of wood was easy to find.
We didn't find the tree bark, but we found the old vine. We peeled off the bark of the vine, and the fibers were coarse and quite tough.
It was crumpled into a thin rope, somewhat rough but very strong.
The wooden stick, thinner at the top and thicker at the bottom, was inserted into the pre-drilled hole in the round stone slab and got stuck five centimeters from the bottom, securing it tightly so it wouldn't fall any further.
The axe tip managed to drill three holes in the wood: small holes at both ends to secure the rope, and a large hole in the middle to allow the stick to pass through and move smoothly up and down.
The top of the wooden stick was also grooved to secure the rope.
Then fix the top of the wooden stick in the middle of the rope, wrap it around the top of the stick several times clockwise and the same number of times counterclockwise, and finally fix the ends of the rope to the two ends of the bamboo strip.
He tested the drill by pressing it against the ground, then placed his hands on the bamboo strips, and the drill began to spin rapidly up and down.
These preparations took a long time, and the process was incredibly boring. At least half of the viewers in the live stream disappeared, and the girl group had fallen asleep on a banana leaf at some point.
Her hair was a little messy, but it couldn't hide her cuteness. Sunlight filtered through the leaves, dappling her back, making her look absolutely adorable.
He moved more gently, afraid of waking his baby. He had been walking for so long that he was starving, so how could his baby not be hungry?
It's just that she's mature beyond her years.
The wooden drill was finished. Some firewood and dried leaves were collected nearby to use as tinder. A piece of dry wood was selected and repaired with an axe to ensure that it would not easily deviate when spinning.
This technique doesn't look simple.
At this point, the tone of the live stream shifted somewhat.
"The host seems quite professional."
"Drilling wood to make fire is promising, and it's not actually that difficult."
Some of the viewers who were sarcastic before have returned.
"No way, no way, the streamer hasn't given up yet. It's almost dark and he still hasn't taken his child home."
"Stop messing around, streamer. I'll give you a dollar to buy a lighter."
As soon as the comments were posted, an animation of grass appeared on the live stream screen.
Grass beans are free, small grass costs one yuan, large grass costs nine yuan, saplings cost ninety-nine yuan, pine trees cost nine hundred and ninety-nine yuan, dragon beard trees cost nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine yuan, and the highest reward is a forest for nineteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine yuan.
The largest donation in Li Sheng's live stream right now is the little grass that this viewer just donated.
As he began his work, it wasn't long before the drill started spinning rapidly and a wisp of smoke rose from the hole—a prelude to success.
The smoke gradually grew thicker, and sparks fell onto the leaves, showing faint signs of burning.
He immediately put down the drill, knelt on the ground, carefully protected the pile of dead leaves with his hands, and gently blew on them.
The drone flew to the back, but the act of kneeling down and blowing on the fire caused another commotion in the live stream.
"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Slim waist and perky butt, even women would get nosebleeds looking at her."
"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! The person upstairs is focusing on the wrong thing; they actually managed to start a fire."
"A small amount of culture, combined into two words: awesome."
"I'm awesome, Master Li."
"I was hasty an hour ago."
"That's an exaggeration. It's not actually that difficult. Anyone can do it."
The tide in the live stream turned quickly, and those viewers who were proven wrong were still somewhat hesitant and timid at that moment.
Finally, a small flame rose up, looking as if it would be extinguished at any moment.
The viewers in the live stream were also very worried about the small flame, urging them to add more firewood and make it bigger.
I wish I could do it myself.
However, he remained unhurried and cautious, and the fire naturally grew larger without any trouble.
Adding some durable firewood and setting it up in a tripod shape makes it easier to burn. Next, we roasted the banana cores.
Wrap the banana core in banana leaves, then coat it with yellow mud, and roast it over a fire. Just wait.
These banana cores can last for two days, but banana cores are not high in calories and are not very filling, so it's best to have some other food with them.
Aside from the scarcity of protein-rich foods, he knew quite a few edible plant-based foods.
Fish and shrimp are difficult to catch without tools, so he decided to leave that for today and turned his gaze to the haystack not far away.
Then he started explaining things to the viewers in the live stream.
"Today's food includes banana cores, cogon grass roots, and some other foods. Cogon grass roots contain sugar, not only taste good, but are also high in starch, which can replenish the body's energy."
After saying that, he walked to a slightly farther place behind and picked up an ordinary-looking herbaceous plant from the ground.
"Guess what this is."
The viewers in the live stream were amazed by Li Sheng's little science explanations and began to guess his identity.
"How does the host know so much? Is he a biologist?"
"The streamer is really hiding his true abilities."
"I don't know him/her."
"Wild vines? Can they be eaten like sweet potato leaves?"
Li Sheng explained as he dug.
"This is the vine of wild yam. You can dig it up by following the roots of the vine."
The general public expressed their doubts.
However, he has always proven his results through actions.
Using an axe, I dug down. The yam roots were quite deep, and it took a long time to dig out even a small section.
Yam is very brittle and breaks easily with the slightest touch.
They dug out almost the entire yam and pieced it together on the ground to display to the audience.
"Look, this is a wild yam. Because the soil is compacted, it is much smaller than the yams we usually buy in supermarkets, and it is also a bit twisted. But you should be able to tell that this is a yam. When handling yams, try not to touch the sap, otherwise it can easily cause skin itching."
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