Day 345:<\/p>\n
One of the forms of stone down here is this red ore-like substance that shatters into a powder when I hit it.<\/p>\n
And then it tries to electrocute me.<\/p>\n
No seriously, it’s like the whole rock is filled with static electricity. Like it’s some kind of naturally-occurring battery. The shocks aren’t big but they’re definitely there.<\/p>\n
The only reason I haven’t gotten electrocuted on a regular basis is because I’m wearing leather gloves and using wooden handles on my tools.<\/p>\n
(I probably have enough iron ore at this point to make pickaxes out of solid iron, but since I go through pickaxes pretty quickly to begin with, so my iron stores are always in jeopardy, \u00a0and now the rocks are trying to electrocute me, I’m sticking with wood.)<\/p>\n
I might be able to do something useful with this stuff though, even if it’s a small engine that takes a long time to turn. Or maybe just see if it zaps the zombies for me. More to come when I’m out of the lava lake sauna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Day 345: One of the forms of stone down here is this red ore-like substance that shatters into a powder when I hit it. And then it tries to electrocute me. No seriously, it’s like the whole rock is filled with static electricity. Like it’s some kind of naturally-occurring battery. The shocks aren’t big but … <\/p>\n