The fire had already gone out.
At this mont, the ones keeping watch were Chen Wen and Hua Yun.
When they saw Dennis suddenly sit up, they imdiately cast concerned glances in his direction.
"Dennis, what’s wrong?"
Chen Wen asked softly.
Dennis was shivering all over, and he stood up with slight movents.
"Cold!"
As Dennis spoke, his teeth chattered uncontrollably.
Upon hearing this and seeing Dennis’s extrely pale face, Chen Wen imdiately took it seriously.
He looked at Hua Yun and said, "Mild hypothermia, go look around for firewood and start another fire."
Though the desert at night had no lights, the high stars and moon were bright.
They provided so illumination.
Upon hearing this, Hua Yun imdiately went off with a dagger to search for firewood nearby.
Chen Wen, anwhile, went to Dennis’s side, directing him to move quickly and warm up his body.
Regarding hypothermia,
Chen Wen would just say that no one understood hypothermia better than he did!
This mild hypothermia wasn’t even worth his attention.
When he had Dennis moving, he also went to check on the sleeping Adam and another person.
They seed fine, having normal faces with no signs of hypothermia.
After a few minutes,
Dennis, who had been moving vigorously, finally recovered.
He thanked Chen Wen and said, "The nights in this damn place are too cold! When I survived in the inland deserts and wastelands before, I always had a fire at night, so I didn’t notice this, but this ti I almost got caught off guard!"
"It’s normal, a small, unnoticed detail in survival could cost our lives, be more careful from now on."
Chen Wen said.
At this point, Hua Yun returned with so firewood.
She glanced at the recovered Dennis and placed the firewood on the ground.
Chen Wen lit the campfire again so that Dennis could warm up for a while.
But the warmth this firewood could provide was not much.
After a while, as the campfire went out, Dennis was still lying on the ground, extrely uncomfortable.
Unable to sleep, his body was also gradually becoming colder.
Seeing Dennis in severe discomfort, Chen Wen frowned and thought of a solution.
After a mont, Chen Wen said, "Alright, Dennis, don’t sleep here."
Hearing this, Dennis was taken aback.
Chen Wen gestured to him to follow.
After walking a few steps, he led Dennis to the cals.
Pointing at the cals, Chen Wen said, "Sleep next to the cals, preferably between them."
Hearing this, Dennis’s face changed slightly.
"This... will it work?"
Chen Wen nodded, "As long as you can get used to the sll of the cals, it will absolutely work."
"Cal hair is long and thick, if you lie between two cals, it’s like being surrounded by two blankets, providing insulation."
"Also, lying between them, the tall bodies of the cals can block the cold wind and reduce the loss of body surface temperature."
"Moreover, drodaries increase their body temperature during the day and gradually lower it at night. When they lower their temperature and dissipate heat, the body warmth will spread to you, creating a warming effect."
Chen Wen’s words left Dennis half-believing.
As a local, he knew cal fur was insulating.
But it was the first ti he’d heard that cals release heat at night.
However, Dennis had no other choice at the mont, he was too cold, so he had to trust Chen Wen and slipped into the gap between the two cals to rest.
The sll of the cals wasn’t pleasant.
But compared to the ever-present danger of hypothermia, Dennis could overco this odor.
Seeing Dennis slip into resting between two cals, Hua Yun couldn’t help but ask, "Will this work?"
"Theoretically, it should."
Chen Wen said, "But how well it works in practice depends on Dennis’s own feeling."
...
After handling Dennis’s situation, Chen Wen and Hua Yun resud their watch.
While on watch, Chen Wen periodically glanced over at Dennis.
About half an hour later.
Chen Wen quietly walked over to take a look, then returned with ease.
"How is it?"
"It seems pretty warm, Dennis is sleeping soundly."
They finished speaking, exchanged looks, and then began to laugh.
There was a kind of feeling like parents watching over a child.
After the laughter, Chen Wen analyzed and sumd up the experience from this incident.
"In the future, I feel that collecting firewood should beco a regular task, with each mber of our group taking turns to ensure there’s enough firewood daily."
Chen Wen said, as if recalling sothing: "I rember that in playing a certain dieval ga, it ntioned that cal dung could be used as fuel. Not sure if it’s true, we can try it tomorrow."
Hearing this, Hua Yun was also stunned for a mont.
She frowned as she thought for a while, then said, "I’m not sure about cal dung, but horse dung can be used as fuel, though it usually needs to be mixed with other fuels. My mother’s hotown is in Inner Mongolia, and so herders there use horse dung as fuel."
Upon hearing this, Chen Wen instantly beca excited: "Then it should be usable, after all, the difference between horse dung and cal dung is small, there should be similar properties!"
At this ti, a soft voice ca from behind Chen Wen.
"Don’t worry, cal dung can be burned."
Chen Wen turned his head and saw, in the darkness, Adam yawning and sitting up.
He walked over to Chen Wen and said, "The calorific value of dry cal dung is half that of coal, one ton of cal dung can replace half a ton of coal, and cal dung can also be mixed with coal to be used as boiler fuel."
Both Hua Yun and Chen Wen looked at Adam, curious about how he knew this.
Adam sat beside Chen Wen, explaining, "Hearing you ntion cal dung reminded . Previously, I heard about it from a survivor from the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates, who said local farrs would collect and dry cal dung, then send it to cent plants, where it’s mixed with coal for use as boiler fuel in cent production lines."
Chen Wen realized and then said, "You kid, eavesdropping, huh?"
Adam shook his head, "Couldn’t sleep, this damn place is indeed a bit cold at night, I’ll take the watch, who among you two needs rest?"
"Let Hua Yun go, I’m still feeling alert."
Chen Wen said.
Hua Yun didn’t refuse, she indeed felt a bit sleepy at that mont.
After Hua Yun went to rest, Chen Wen and Adam continued discussing the issue of keeping warm.
Adam agreed to all of Chen Wen’s ideas on collecting firewood and cal dung.
Plus, the thod of using cals for warmth also received Adam’s approval.
The two of them discussed and finalized their thermal insulation plan for the future.
One being the mix of cal dung and firewood for burning warmth.
The other being arranging the cals in a circle around the camp to sleep next to at night.
"With these two thods, I’m sure our nights will no longer be as cold as they are now."
Adam said with emotion.
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