survival in the wilderness

Chapter 66

On this day, the team did not rush any further. In order to take care of the wounded, they found a place to rest for one night, recharge their batteries, and resume their journey tomorrow.

After Heitu settled down, he asked Dashi where he was going next as usual.

Dashi said with certainty: "We're coming soon. We all know this place. We passed by it not long after fleeing for our lives. We will find the cave after walking for two or three days."

"Really? Are you all sure?" Heitu asked hurriedly.

Dashi and the others nodded, indicating that they all remembered this place. There was a slope there. They slid down the slope in a panic, and then ran in a random direction.

After repeated confirmation, Heitu was excited and immediately shared the good news with everyone.

Lin Yan's depressed mood was swept away, and if nothing else happened, the hematite ore would be found soon.

Everyone's mood was agitated, and they couldn't sleep well during the rest of the night. They only hoped that it would be dawn soon and go to the hematite ore immediately.

Sure enough, Dashi and the others remembered the next road, and it was a lot easier along the way.

The jungle is no longer everywhere, and special people are needed to open the way.

After walking for three days, they finally arrived at the cave where Dashi and the others used to live.

Lin Yan looked up and saw that this was a low rocky mountain, less than 300 meters high, with sparse vegetation and mountains not far away. It was out of the plains.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a large forest belt, and a small river flows through it.

She entered the Science and Technology Museum, looked at the route map recorded by Fat Bao, turned around along the way, and finally walked to the northwest of Sun City.

The straight-line distance between the two places is uncertain, but they traveled more than 400 miles and took 23 days to arrive.

Along the way, Lin Yan's contribution value has accumulated more than 2000, and she opened the room number 0106 to teach the knowledge of pen and ink.

She opened the next one, 0107, which filled the room with books about the basics of herbs and pharmacology.

Lin Yan was overjoyed, no matter which room the knowledge was, it was what she needed right now.

At the foot of the mountain, seeing the cave was approaching, no one could bear it. They all wanted to see the ore they had been searching for for so many days right away.

But Heitu ordered to stop where he was, "Teams one to five are on guard at the foot of the mountain, the wounded stay and the others go up."

The road up the mountain was not covered by vegetation. Dashi and the others used to walk it often, but it was not difficult to walk after they made a path.

Ten minutes later, caves appeared in front of them one by one.

Dashi said that was the cave where their tribe lived before.

Lin Yan looked carefully, some were formed naturally, some had traces of man-made digging, and they were all different in size.

She picked the nearest cave and walked into it.

The cave is short, more than one meter high, and contains traces of human life, bones, animal skins, leaves, etc.

Lin Yan's height is less than one meter, and he can stand upright and walk inside.After taking a look, she went straight to the cave wall, where there happened to be a reddish-brown piece.

The color is not as good as the one in Dashi's hand, but Lin Yan can tell at a glance that it is indeed hematite, and its purity is not high.

To be on the safe side, she asked Fat Bao to help test it, and it was confirmed that it was hematite, with a purity of only 60%. No wonder the color was not pure enough.

Lin Yan said excitedly: "It's hematite, we found it."

Lan Xingmao, who was following her, walked into the hole with difficulty, looking seriously at the stone that Lin Yan touched, "Is this hematite?"

"Yes, the stone of this color on the stone wall is the ore we are looking for."

Lan Xing touched it with his hand, then looked at other parts of the cave wall, and pointed to it, "There is another piece there, which is darker than this."

Lin Yan looked over, and it turned out to be the top, "That's the ore."

After calming down her excitement, she said, "Let's go, let's go to other caves to see. If there are all of them, this should be the mine."

After going around five or six caves in a row, ores can be seen sporadically inside.

Heitu came to look for Lin Yan, "Dashi said there is a big cave with the darkest and most rocks in it. Do you want to go and see it?"

"Of course I have to see it, go, take me there quickly."

The big cave is on the other side of the mountain, and Dashi led them all the way through. The cave entrance is not big, but the space inside is very large.

It is more than two meters high and can accommodate more than a dozen people. It is indeed a big cave.

At a glance, the color of the cave wall extending inward is getting darker and darker, and it is all ore.

"It's here. We found it, finally found it." Lin Yan was so excited that he couldn't express it. The iron ore he was thinking about was right in front of him.

She walked over and looked at the ground, there were small pieces of iron ore falling down, there were quite a few, and she was about to pick them up immediately.

Seeing Lin Yan's actions, Heitu carried her out after hearing her confirmation, and persuaded, "I found the iron ore, and we will mine the rest. You can go down there and rest."

She is small and short, mining is really useless, and her staying here will affect their efficiency.

Lin Yan didn't insist either, as long as he was sure it was iron ore, the thing was right in front of him, so he might not be able to take it away.

Heitu immediately started to arrange manpower, and everyone acted immediately.

Huahong took Lin Yan at the foot of the mountain, waiting for someone to carry the iron ore down from the mountain.

The crates they brought with them worked great, and they were perfect for transporting the ore.Especially for those small pieces, it is most convenient to carry them in a basket.

Digging ore from the stone wall is too difficult, and without any tools at hand, we can only pick up the small pieces of ore that fell down first.

Heitu was very distressed and tried various methods without success, so he could only come to Lin Yan for advice.

Lin Yan asked Heitu to find someone to gather firewood and set up a fire to boil water.Boil water and pour it on the stone wall, and repeat this process to make the stone wall crisp.

They also found some large pieces of ore, put them in the fire and started to burn them. After burning for a while, they took them out and beat each other with the ore.

If you want to dig out ore from the stone wall, you can only use harder tools.

After being so busy for two days, she finally hammered out a few hard and rough tools, including a sharp iron chisel and an iron hammer (just an iron bump). She let Heitu take the tool to chisel the stone wall poured with hot water, Sure enough, it was much easier.

Aim the chisel at the stone wall and hit it with a hammer a few times, and a lot of stones will be chiseled off the hard stone wall.

Others learned from others, and made a lot of iron chisels and hammers in three days.

The ore is relatively heavy, and due to the long distance, each person can carry a limited amount. After eight days of mining, each team's baskets and sacks are almost full, and they can't take any more.

Looking at the mine, everyone is reluctant to leave. Seeing the role of the iron chisel and hammer made from the ore, no one is willing to leave.But their abilities were limited, so they had to set off and return.

I left most of the tools and clay pots for digging ore, which will be used for mining in the future, and it is useless to bring them back.

It took ten days before leaving, and each of them forged himself a spiked iron rod out of iron ore.Although it was crudely made and looked ugly, it was a sharp weapon, much stronger than the wooden sticks they used, and it was useful for killing beasts on the way back.

It has been nearly two months since I came out, and it will take a lot of time to go back. This trip will take at least three or four months.

It's been too long, and they have to return for fear that their family members will worry.

When we came, we all packed lightly, and went back with heavy loads, so the speed was much slower.

The black soil asked each team to take turns to carry ore, and the expedition team walked back with difficulty.

(End of this chapter)