Richest Man: Divine-Grade Reconstruct System Chapter 1331 - 1178: Sharing the Porridge

That’s right, at this very moment, what Lin Yi was holding in his hand was nothing else but a windproof lighter—and the flame of this lighter had even been specially modified.

The flame jet stretched a full ten centimeters or so, strengthening that sudden burst of fire from the lighter. You could say everyone around was stunned on the spot, each one of them turning to stone.

For a while they just stood there, completely dumbfounded. After all, they had simply never seen a scene like this before.

These people did live their lives as usual, but they rarely used fire for cooking. To them, most food was simply eaten raw. As for using fire to cook, they clearly weren’t very good at it. Sure, they did eat some meat now and then, but even that was mostly raw—because raw meat still has blood in it.

That way they could also replenish the water their bodies lacked. Otherwise, if they really roasted it, the taste might be better, but that would be a huge waste of material.

Say they caught a rabbit weighing two jin; after roasting, it might end up weighing less than one jin. That was something they would absolutely never do. The resources here were just far too scarce. For people like them, if they could get even a tiny bit of food, they would never waste a single scrap.

Of course, that’s getting a bit off topic. Right now, at this very moment, when everyone looked at everything Lin Yi had just done in front of them, their worldview was basically overturned.

In their understanding, there was no way to make fire other than smashing stones together. Well, there was another possibility—when lightning struck some tree and it caught fire. That was the only genuine ignition method they knew. Because of that, they had never seen a lighter or anything like a match.

Strictly speaking, Lin Yi could understand this. After all, in the entire Dayou Kingdom, lighters and matches didn’t exist in their society either. Most people still used fire stones to spark flames.

And although Dayou was relatively developed and people had started using fire-folds and similar tools, those were only portable ways of preserving embers. The main way to get fire was still striking fire stones.

Some people had also invented the "drilling wood for fire" trick, but drilling wood was just too slow. Most people still used stones.

What was different here from back in Dayou was that when Lin Yi took out his lighter, the common folk of Dayou would just assume it was some kind of special fire-fold.

After all, the look of a fire-fold and the shape of a lighter were quite similar in some ways.

But to this group of people it was completely different, because they had never seen fire-folds or similar tools at all. So when they saw the lighter, the look in their eyes was filled with a kind of indescribable emotion.

Lin Yi didn’t bother paying much attention to that. He knew their nature all too well. This was a group of primitives who hadn’t really stepped into any kind of society yet. Calling them members of a primitive tribe wouldn’t be wrong at all.

And just like that, under Lin Yi’s lighter, the fire quickly began to blaze fiercely. The people around instantly burst into cheers. They stood there, not only cheering but also jumping and stomping, while their mouths let out "woo woo" sounds. The way they celebrated was no different from how primitive people rejoiced.

This gave Lin Yi a bit of a headache. Watching this group, he felt not only a kind of helplessness, but also wondered whether they could actually help him with anything.

If he really used these people to extract oil, could they pull it off? Or rather, were they smart enough? If their intelligence really wasn’t up to the task, then he would be in serious trouble. He’d have to transfer common folk from the Dayou Kingdom over here. But the environment around this place was awful, and if ordinary people came here, there was a real chance they wouldn’t be able to survive.

These primitives were different, though. They could adapt to this environment very well. And with a bit of supplies from him, they would basically be like fish in water here.

But if he brought the inland commoners here, there’s a good chance they wouldn’t last more than a few years. Forget years—even a few months might be too much for them. The dryness of the air, the general environment—everything was vastly different from the inland.

Most importantly, the sunlight here was intense. The ultraviolet rays were completely different from those in inland cities. Out here, the sun could dry a person out in no time, which was exactly why the people here all had dark, tanned skin.

Right now, no matter how he looked at it, Lin Yi’s best option was to tame all these natives and have them help him work. As for whether they could actually do the job—he’d find out soon enough once he ran some tests.

For the moment, what he needed to do was give them a proper meal, let them eat until they were full. Only then would they have the strength for testing.

And sure enough, as the flames leapt higher, the water in the pot soon came to a boil. But when this group saw the water boiling, each pair of eyes was filled with a look of reluctant heartache—the pain in their expressions was practically written all over their faces.