Chapter 12: Water Purification Device Completed!
Lin Ye turned to look at Xing. Seeing her anxious appearance, he said, “No need to rush. I still need some time. Just wait for my good news.” “They are not in any serious condition, they just drank unclean water. They will be fine in a few days.” Lin Ye slightly comforted Xing. Then he looked down at Sakura. Lin Ye played with Sakura’s cat ears. The fluffy cat ears flicked back and forth, trying to avoid Lin Ye’s touch. Sakura also shook her head from time to time, but still couldn’t escape Lin Ye’s clutches. In the end, Sakura could only cover her ears with her hands and run behind Xing. She looked at Lin Ye shyly…(?ˇ?ˇ?)… Lin Ye rubbed his palms, not wanting to stop. Then he said, “Sakura, you stay here and help Xing take care of them. I’m going back to my own business. I should be able to solve the tribe’s water problem today.” After speaking, Lin Ye walked out of the cave under Xing and Sakura’s watchful eyes. After Lin Ye left, Sakura looked up at Xing and said, “Xing, I believe in Ye. If he says he has a way, he can definitely solve it.” “Mmm, I believe him too,” Xing replied softly after hearing Sakura’s words. Then, with a complex gaze, she looked outside the cave, towards the place where Lin Ye’s figure had disappeared. Lin Ye had only glanced at the place where the water buckets were kept and had already determined that the people in the tribe were sick from drinking unclean water. Sakura’s later confirmation proved that Lin Ye was absolutely right. Moreover, she discovered that when they got sick, it was always just before they went to fetch water, something she had never noticed before. This made Lin Ye increasingly mysterious in Xing’s heart. Xing was very curious about how Lin Ye would solve the problem of people getting sick from drinking water in the tribe. After leaving the cave, Lin Ye found a relatively smooth stone near the cave. He then carefully sharpened his bone knife on it. Although it wasn’t very sharp after sharpening, the bone knife could only be sharpened to this extent due to its material limitations. After sharpening the bone knife, Lin Ye went to the bamboo forest he had discovered earlier. This time, Lin Ye selected a piece of bamboo that was about the same size as the wooden bucket for holding water. Taking out the bone knife, Lin Ye began to laboriously cut the bamboo. Since the bone knife wasn’t very sharp, Lin Ye had to use it like a saw, slowly creating a small notch. This giant bamboo was much harder than the bamboo on Earth. Lin Ye chopped and hacked at the bamboo, and with great effort, he finally managed to cut it down. After working for more than half an hour, the towering bamboo finally fell in front of Lin Ye. Even though Lin Ye had been strengthened by the Strength Pill, he was still panting from exhaustion. After resting for a while, Lin Ye began to cut off one bamboo segment after another from the dozens of meters high bamboo. Lin Ye cut off three bamboo segments that resembled water buckets. Inside each segment, there was a bamboo partition that sealed and divided each segment. Lin Ye intentionally left a partition at the bottom when cutting. All that was needed was to drill a few small holes at the top to allow water to leak out. After working for over two hours, Lin Ye finally cut off all three bamboo segments. Looking at the bone knife in his hand, Lin Ye sighed and said, “Alas, it would be great if I had an iron knife. I must forge ironware in the future, otherwise, everything will be twice the effort for half the result.” Carrying the three bamboo segments, Lin Ye walked out of the bamboo forest and went to the place where he had collected charcoal and small pebbles earlier. After placing the three bamboo segments down, Lin Ye collected a pile of fine sand and gravel on a clearing nearby. After preparing the charcoal, pebbles, and sand separately, Lin Ye sat on the ground and began to make the water purification device. Lin Ye first used the bone knife to carve some small holes at the bottom of each bamboo segment for water to leak out. Then, Lin Ye placed a layer of charcoal at the bottom of each bamboo segment. Next, Lin Ye covered the charcoal with a layer of fine sand he had just collected. Finally, he placed another layer of small pebbles collected from the riverbank on top. This was the simplest water purification device that Lin Ye could make in this place at the moment. The small pebbles at the top of the water purification device Lin Ye made were used to compact the fine sand and charcoal below, and also to filter out impurities with larger particles in the water. The fine sand layer in the middle was used to filter out very fine impurities in the water. The charcoal layer at the bottom could absorb a large amount of toxins and colored or flavored substances from the water. After finishing the three water purification devices, Lin Ye took them to the cave. When Lin Ye entered the cave, he saw Xing still looking worriedly at the two people on the ground. Seeing Lin Ye walk in with something in his hands, she eagerly stood up and asked, “What are these things? Can they solve the problem of everyone getting sick?” “Yes, with these, everyone will no longer get sick from drinking water,” Lin Ye said with a smile. Hearing Lin Ye’s words, Xing’s eyes curiously looked at the water purification devices in Lin Ye’s hands. At this moment, Sakura walked over and asked with wide, curious eyes, “Ye, what are those things in your hands? Will everyone not get sick with these?” “These are called water purification devices. Water that has been filtered through them can be drunk without causing illness,” Lin Ye explained to Sakura with a smile. After hearing Lin Ye’s explanation, Sakura blinked her eyes and looked at the devices in the protagonist’s hands, thinking with great doubt: “How can these strange water purification devices prevent everyone from getting sick?” Seeing that the two still looked confused, Lin Ye shook his head helplessly. Then he walked towards the place where the water buckets were kept inside the cave, carrying the water purification devices. As he walked, he said, “Follow me, I’ll teach you how to use these.” The three of them came to the place where the water buckets were kept. Lin Ye took an empty bucket and placed it on the ground. Then he held up a water purification device to measure it. After placing the bottom of the water purification device on top of the empty bucket, Lin Ye found that the size was just right. The two stood to the side, looking at Lin Ye’s actions with confusion. Seeing Lin Ye place the other two water purification devices on the ground, the two acted like curious babies, squatting beside the water purification devices, looking and touching them. Lin Ye’s peripheral vision caught sight of Xing squatting on the ground with her back to him. Her curved buttocks, wrapped in a beast skin skirt, outlined a beautiful arc. For a moment, Lin Ye even felt an urge to reach out and pat it. However, the situation was urgent, and there were important things to do. Lin Ye turned and picked up a bucket of water that had been collected several days ago. He poured it into the water purification device. Hearing the sound of Lin Ye pouring water, the attention of the two was once again drawn. They watched as the water poured from the top of the water purification device slowly began to seep down. The two’s eyes widened as the water in the water purification device slowly began to decrease. After the water was poured into the water purification device, it went through three filters and flowed through the small holes at the bottom of the device into the wooden bucket below. After all the water had filtered through and flowed into the wooden bucket, Lin Ye moved the water purification device aside and looked at the water in the bucket. Lin Ye looked around and found no container to hold water, so he directly picked up the wooden bucket and took a sip. Lin Ye tasted the water in the bucket. Compared to the cup of water Sakura had given him before, the filtered water had not only lost its bad smell but also had a faint sweetness when drunk. Xing also imitated Lin Ye and took a sip of the filtered water. The moment she swallowed it, it was clear that a glimmer of light flashed in Xing’s eyes. Then Xing drank several more gulps from the wooden bucket. At this moment, the system’s prompt sounded in Lin Ye’s ears again. “Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully creating a water purification device. The tribe’s Civilization Level has increased, and you have received a reward: Trap Technique.” ……………………………………………………………….. Seeking all support! ………………………………………………………………..
