Chapter 254: Boss, please lend me a light
"What was that noise just now?"
"It seems like Liu Jun and the others are cutting down trees!"
"Chopping down trees?"
The fall of the giant tree caused a huge commotion in the woods, and even the people who were busy in the camp in the distance heard the noise and came over to see.
Liu Jun, on the other hand, approached the giant felled tree with a confused look on his face. He observed the dense tissue-paper-like tree grain at the cut end, and gestured at the tree's chest strength.
He felt that Chen Jue was simply inhuman in being able to cut down the giant tree with his bare hands.
"Gululu" Liu Jun swallowed his saliva, and when he saw Chen Jue coming out from the other side casually, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Master Chen Jue, your move is amazing!"
"No big deal, would you like me to help you shave some slices off?"
"Didn't Xiao Mu say that he wanted to make some furniture for the camp?" Chen Jue waved his hand.
"Can you also slice thin slices?"
"Master, aren't you tired after chopping so many times just now?" Liu Jun was slightly stunned by Chen Jue's question. He looked at Chen Jue's body carefully and found that the other party did not even have a trace of sweat.
Ordinary people would sweat even if they just run a few steps, let alone cut down such a big tree.
How much abnormal physical strength and body control does it take to achieve this?
Liu Jun felt a little confused!
"It won't take much effort to do these few steps. Just wait for me to cut some wood for you and you can take it back for processing." Chen Jue waved his hand, looking indifferent.
The exercise of chopping wood really didn't consume much energy for Chen Jue.
Waving the engineer shovel again, he began to chop down the fallen giant tree. Soon, rows of square solid wood boards were cut out by Chen Jue.
The thickness was still split and cut according to Liu Jun's suggestion, but the surface was a little rough. After some fine processing, it would be more than enough to make solid wood furniture for use in the camp.
As for the scraps that were cut off, they were all taken back to be used as firewood. As for the remaining small piece of 6-meter-long cylindrical wood, Liu Jun suggested hollowing it out and making a large wooden reservoir for use first.
If you want to settle down in this second home, in addition to food sources, water sources are also extremely important.
Although domestic water can be obtained from distant lakes, there is a lack of large water storage facilities. Chen Jue hollowed out the wood according to Liu Jun's suggestion, made it into a barrel shape, and covered it with a wooden lid .
After finishing the big wooden barrel, Chen Jue pushed the barrel back to the edge of the camp. After looking at the surroundings, he found a flat place, lifted it up, and flipped it to the ground.
"Master, you are so awesome!"
"I have just set up the wiring in the tent, and you have even built a water tank." Xiao Mu, who came out of the tent, probably heard the noise outside. As soon as he came out, he saw Chen Jue pushing a huge wooden product back and said in amazement.
"I can only do some rough and heavy work."
"If we really want to do those delicate things, we'll have to rely on you." Chen Jue said modestly, and then went back to get a few one-meter-wide wooden barrels that could be lifted by hand.
"Little parrot!" Chen Jue shouted towards the forest, and soon Yun Xiaomei flew out from somewhere sitting on the little parrot.
"Brother Chen Jue, is there anything you need from the little parrot? I was just teaching it how to speak human language."
"The little parrot is so smart. It has already learned several words." As soon as Yun Xiaomei landed, she praised the cute parrot next to her.
"study?"
"Doesn't this guy hate studying the most?"
"I taught it several pinyin before, but it forgot them all in a few days. I didn't expect that it would change its nature after falling into your hands! It turns out that it is better to let it follow you." Chen Jue was also deeply moved when he heard this.
Then he handed over two ready-made wooden barrels and asked the little parrot to help fetch water from the lake. The several expedition vehicles in the camp were too inefficient in transporting water back and forth and also consumed a lot of electricity. Chen Jue planned to make use of the little parrot.
"Brother Chen Jue, the little parrot is less than one year old. You are forcing a young child to work!" When Yun Xiaomei heard Chen Jue's request, she protected the little parrot behind her like a child.
"I'm doing this for the little parrot's own good! It's growing and developing too fast. Carrying water can train its grasping ability, sharpen its claws, and strengthen the muscles of its feet." Chen Jue hurriedly explained in a serious manner, but he kept complaining in his heart: "Child? This thing was only one month old, it's obviously a giant parrot, not even a child!"
"Exercise the parrot? Okay!"
"Then it really should be put to work..." Yun Xiaomei always felt that something was wrong, but she had no way to refute it. After being brainwashed by Chen Jue, she took the parrot to carry water in a daze.
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After tricking the girl and the raptor duo away, Chen Jue went to help Liu Jun carry the remaining chopped wood back to the camp bit by bit.
At this time, Sun Wu and his companions who had set out to fetch water also came back. Luo Qiong and his companions had already cleaned the fish and were waiting for the water to arrive to start processing and cooking.
However, they encountered some trouble at this time. There was no fuel in this batch of supplies delivered. Because of fear of danger during transportation, everyone could only use firewood to heat the food.
But the newly cut wood was too fresh and had too much moisture inside, making it difficult to start a fire.
Although the picked up hay was ignited, the burning flame could not ignite the fresh wood. Without the continuous flame provided by these large pieces of wood, the whole fish feast would be ruined.
Xiao Mu and another young member fiddled with the newly built stove for a long time but failed to light a fire. They looked up at Chen Jue for help: "Master, can I borrow a fire from you? How did you light a fire before?"
"I used the dry wood outside the safe zone to make a fire. The wood inside the safe zone is indeed a little difficult to ignite." Chen Jue recalled his previous experience of making a fire and barbecue, and explained it briefly.
With the invisible light curtain as the dividing line, the environmental humidity and tree species inside and outside the dividing line are very different.
Seeing Xiao Mu and the other man were covered in dirt from the smoke, Chen Jue came forward to take a look. He reached out and grabbed a piece of solid wood from the stove pit which was still hot. The surface was charred black, but there was no sign of burning inside. He weighed it and said, "It seems that we have to make some charcoal to prepare it, so as to avoid the trouble of making a fire and cooking later."
"But this time I'll light it for you first!"
"Help us light it?"
"How do we order?" Xiao Mu and another young member looked on in confusion.
Chen Jue smiled at them, grabbed the wooden stick in his hand, mobilized the martial arts blood in his body, and a burst of red-gold flame rose slightly from his palm. An astonishing heat baked the faces of the two onlookers, making them slightly hot and their lips dry.
“??? (staring)” The two people squatting by the stove stared at the red-gold flame rising from Chen Jue’s hand and immediately revealed black question mark faces. They felt as if their brains were hit hard by something, and their brains almost stopped thinking.
I just wanted to borrow some fire from the big guy, but I didn't expect him to show off his supernatural powers!
What is that flame?
Is it some kind of high temperature energy?
How can it be stimulated in human hands?
Does the master have a gas tank inside his body?
Countless doubts were flying through the minds of the two men, and the ball of red-gold flame in Chen Jue's hand was like the flame of a real gas stove, which directly ignited the thick wooden stick in his hand.
With this first thick piece of wood burning, it is easy to make a fire later. You just need to put the roasted wood on it. Basically, anyone who grew up in the countryside knows how to do this.
Just as he put the burning wood back into the stove, Xiao Mu beside him had already grabbed Chen Jue's arm tightly, swallowed his saliva, and asked in disbelief: "Great... Great Master! The move you just made... couldn't it be the legendary Shaolin Fire Cloud Palm?"
"Is it the kind that you can just crack an egg in your palm and fry it straight away?"
