A guide to surviving in the world of beasts

The next day, Su Ling went with Hu Yi to burn limestone. In the square, a large part of the limestone that had been brought earlier was still there.

There was just a circle of wood surrounding the limestone. Hu Yi ordered people to light the wood, and then took Su Ling back to the rear and waited until all the wood was burned out.

The tribesmen around lifted the stone vats beside them, walked over and poured the water in the vats onto the limestone. Hot air immediately rose from the surface of the stone. When the smoke dissipated, many cracks appeared on the surface of the limestone.

Hu Yi stepped forward and punched the stone, which shattered into many small pieces.

Others saw it and came up and smashed it.

Hu Li picked up two stones and smashed them against each other. The stone in his hand broke into several small pieces. "It is indeed very easy to break."

Su Ling was also very happy to see such a result. She walked to Hu Yi, picked up a stone and smashed it, and smashed it again. It didn't break. Before others noticed, she quietly put the stone back, stood up and said awkwardly, "It's okay, just deal with it like this from now on. Just pay attention to the steam that rises when watering. If you are not careful, it will burn you."

"Don't worry, everyone will be careful. The limestone is much easier to crush now, and we can finish it today." Hu Yi said to Su Ling with a smile in his eyes.

Su Ling nodded and asked Hu Yi to take her to the kiln. There were three kilns, one for burning bricks, one for burning tiles, and the remaining one was used to burn cement.

Just as Hu Yi said, they crushed all the remaining limestone in one day and sent it to the kiln for Su Ling.

The crushed limestone and clay are mixed and stirred evenly, and the mixed raw materials are sent into the kiln and fired at high temperature.

It is usually fired for about four hours, after which the fired clinker is cooled to form granular cement clinker, which is then ground into fine powder using a mortar and sieved to make cement powder.

Not knowing what the performance of the freshly-baked cement would be like, Su Ling thought about it and decided to use the freshly-baked cement mixed with pebbles to pave the ground of the tribal square into a cement road.

All the free people came to help, and it took a day to pave the road. Hushan, who had been helping, asked after seeing the ground was paved, "Su Ling, is this the cement road you mentioned? It looks quite flat, but I don't know if it's solid."

The cement surface had been laid. Su Ling straightened up and replied with a smile, "Whether it is solid or not, you can come back and try it after it dries."

Hushan had never seen a cement road before. After hearing what Su Ling said, he nodded. He had no choice but to wait.

Because the weather has been very hot recently, we have to sprinkle water on the cement surface from time to time, and it takes three days for it to dry completely.

Whenever Hushan has time every day, he will come over to see what is going on. In fact, it is not just Hushan, but everyone in the tribe will stop to take a look when they pass by, and will come to observe whenever they have time.

On the third day, Su Ling came to check and announced that the ground was dry and suitable for walking.

The tribesmen who were surrounding them all walked towards the cement road excitedly. They walked carefully at first, but when they found that they would not damage the road surface under their feet, they felt relieved and jumped on it a few times.

Su Ling and Hu Yi were also walking together on the concrete road.

Seeing Hu Yi squatting down and knocking on the ground from time to time, "How is it, this cement road is not bad, right?"

"Yeah, it's pretty good and solid."

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"Tiger Mountain, what are you doing?"

A cry of surprise was heard.

Everyone stopped and looked towards the source of the sound, only to see Hushan raising his fist and smashing it hard on the ground.

Seeing everyone turned to look at him, he retracted his fist in dismay and smiled awkwardly, "Haha, I just wanted to test whether this cement surface is solid or not."

Everyone looked at the ground he had just hit, and then at his slightly red fist. Their eyes lit up. It could withstand a full-strength punch from an orc, but it didn't crack. This meant it was not only solid, it was extremely solid.

A full-strength punch from an ordinary orc would weigh at least 300 kilograms, and Hushan is already at the mid-level of the first combat level. Although he didn't use his full strength just now, he still used 70% of his strength, so it would be no less than 300 kilograms.

When Hu Yi saw this scene, he thought of more. This cement can not only be used to build houses and roads. Since cement is so strong, it can also be used to build tribal walls.

Hu Yi asked Su Ling this question and got a positive answer.

The next day, Hu Yi led the people in the tribe to build a wall.

I mentioned before that the location of the tribe is very good. Apart from a small path in the back mountain, only the entrance in front of the tribe needs a wall, and there is no way in from other places.

For safety reasons, a wall was built around the path behind the tribe.

More than ten days later, a fifteen-meter-high wall was built at the entrance of the tribe. This height is the height of an adult iguanodon in the wilderness, and it is also the highest height that wild beasts can reach.

On the day the wall was completed, all the tribesmen gathered under the wall and were deeply shocked by the wall that was more than ten meters high.

"Is this really a wall built of stone? It's so high, it won't collapse, right?"

"What are you talking about? This is built with cement. You've seen cement roads before. They're so solid. How could they collapse?"

"Yes, yes, I was talking nonsense. Our walls are stronger than those of the big tribes. They can't build walls as high as ours."

The tribesmen gathered in groups of three or four and discussed excitedly, unable to hide the pride in their eyes. They no longer had to worry about the safety of the tribe.

Hu Yi took Su Ling's hand and led the tribesmen slowly up to the wall. From time to time, he heard the tribesmen's exclamations. Seeing their surprised and happy expressions, and seeing each other smile knowingly.

"The tribe will get better and better in the future. Although it can't be compared with your previous life, I will try my best to make your life better." Hu Yi looked into Su Ling's eyes and promised.

Su Ling held Hu Yi's hand tightly, "I believe in you, I will work hard with you, and as long as you are here, I will be happy no matter where I am."

Hu Yi looked at Su Ling deeply, with deep affection in his eyes. He took a step forward and hugged her tightly in his arms, wishing he could cut her into his body.

Su Ling patted his back gently, and the two of them hugged each other quietly for a while before Hu Yi let her go.

Looking outside the tribe, there is a big river not far away. The surface of the river is sparkling, like a white ribbon inlaid in the wasteland.

Now is the season when plants grow wildly. The lush plants on both sides of the river sparkle with tender green in the sun, contrasting beautifully with the river water.