Chapter 374: Exploring the Way Home

The distance of the walkie-talkie is even farther from home to the lake.

The straight-line distance between them was several kilometers. As long as he stood outside the forest, Mu Xi would definitely be able to communicate with him with his speed.

"Muximuxi, can you hear me?"

Just as her words were transmitted, she received a response within two seconds, "I can hear you. Why are you here? It's almost dark and it's not safe. Go back quickly."

"It's just past four o'clock. I'll be back soon. How are things going over there? Is everything going well?"

Mu Xi paused and glanced at his lower body, which was covered in mud from the knees down. He was considering reporting the good news instead of the bad news, when he suddenly remembered that he once got injured but didn't tell anyone. When Zhao Yeqing found out, he was angry and ignored him for several days.

I chose to tell the truth, "I'm fine, I'm not hurt, I just ran into a swamp. I found it as soon as I stepped in, but I got out quickly. Don't worry."

Zhao Yeqing's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. "Swamp? The kind of place you see on TV where you sink into the water as soon as you walk into it?"

"It wasn't that scary. There was water above and mud below. I saw it was just a layer of shallow water and was planning to wade across. Unexpectedly, my foot got stuck in it. Luckily, it was right next to the shore, so I found some support and pulled my foot out."

Zhao Yeqing was relieved when he heard that there was no danger. "So you are still at the edge of the swamp?"

Mu Xi glanced around the surrounding environment. "The swamp should have been a small body of water before. Later, it overflowed due to heavy rainfall. The area is not large. I walked around it and now I am planning to set up camp."

Hearing him say this, Zhao Yeqing didn't say anything more, "Then you should find a place to live first. I won't waste your time. You must pay attention to safety."

Mu Xi wiped the beads of sweat that rolled to the side of his eyes, not noticing that the corners of his mouth had been curved since he heard the voice on the intercom, and tried to make his tone light: "Well, I know, I'm fine, you go back soon."

After saying that, he stared at the intercom for a few minutes, and after making sure that there was no sound coming from it, Mu Xi stood up from the ground.

He chose the tree behind him as his camping spot tonight. The tree was so big that it would probably take seven or eight people to hug it. He planned to sleep on the tree, which should be safer than sleeping under the tree.

The tree is more than ten meters tall, and only more than one-third of the main trunk has thick branches.

But it is possible to climb up. The bark of the tree is relatively rough, and it is very old. I don’t know if it was eaten by insects or pecked by birds. There is a hole at a certain distance that can be used as a fulcrum.

For safety reasons, he made a locking sleeve, threw it onto the tree, and locked it around a thick branch above. He tied the other end around his waist before starting to climb up.

When you reach the point where the main trunk begins to split, there is a naturally formed groove in the middle, which is just right for lying in. It is surrounded on all sides without having to worry about accidentally rolling off.

After confirming it was safe, Mu Xi untied the rope around his waist, found a more stable tree trunk, wrapped it around the tree several times and tied it up, then threw the other end of the rope under the tree. This made it much easier to get up and down the tree.

The dim sunlight filtered through the branches and leaves, and it was almost night.

Mu Xi slid down holding the rope and started a fire under the tree.

The vegetation under the trees has been cleared and the thick moss has been removed.

Generally, the moss on the ground does not need to be cleaned, and it does not hinder walking, but it is a great hindrance to making a fire.

It rains frequently in the rainforest, and the moss on the ground absorbs moisture, just like a sponge. You can squeeze out a lot of rainwater with just one step.

After Mu Xi finished his simple meal, he fed the dogs and added firewood to the fire under the tree before climbing up the tree to sleep.

The rainforest was filled with the calls of various insects and frogs at night. Before going to bed, Mu Xi sprinkled insect and snake repellent powder on the nearby tree trunks. He also sprinkled it under the tree before climbing up the tree. He hugged the gun to his chest before closing his eyes and falling asleep.

The dogs were lying by the fire under the tree, guarding it. From time to time, there was a crackling sound from the fire, which was the sound of firewood burning.

Every time this sudden sound is heard in the rainforest, it will shock the nearby insects and frogs into silence for a few seconds.

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Zhao Yeqing returned home, drove the ducks back, cooked something simple, and then went back to his room to lie down.

The temperature is still around 30 degrees at noon and around 25 or 26 degrees at night. The temperature is very average throughout the year, neither hot nor cold.

Zhao Yeqing took out his laptop and played Spider Solitaire and Minesweeper for a while. It was a pity that he didn't download the games at the beginning, otherwise he wouldn't have only these games to play now.

It's okay during the day, but the feeling of loneliness comes up at night. It wasn't like this when I lived alone before, but now we see each other every day, and I always feel uncomfortable when we are suddenly separated.

I covered myself with a blanket and slept. Time passed quickly when I was asleep. I would be back in a few days anyway.

Every two days since then.

Zhao Yeqing would go outside the woods to talk to Mu Xi and would not feel relieved until he was sure that he was safe, until the morning of a week later, when the signal on the walkie-talkie began to become unstable.

Mu Xi's intermittent voice came, "It should be close to the limit distance, don't worry, I'm going to go back now."

The altitude of the tourist area is estimated to be around 3,000 meters, but you need to bypass many obstacles along the way, such as the swamp you saw earlier, so you have to move sideways and then go down.

But no matter how fast it moves, it shouldn't reach the limit distance so quickly.

"Is your intercom out of battery?"

Mu Xi was stunned by these words, and then he realized that the distance should not be the limit. He looked at the walkie-talkie and saw that the red light was flashing, indicating low battery.

After hearing Mu Xi's reply, Zhao Yeqing jumped down from the hood of the car and patted the dust off his butt: "Come back first, you see you have been in the wild for too long, your brain is stupid, come back and rest for a few days."

After the two finished talking, Zhao Yeqing rode his horse back home.

Mu Xi also adjusted his direction and walked back, making marks along the way.

It was already past three in the afternoon when he returned to the meadow, and Zhao Yeqing had already gone back outside the woods to pick him up.

The three dogs in the house came out first. When they saw Zhao Yeqing, they jumped at her. She immediately took a big step back.

"Don't come over here. You are all so dirty."

Mu Xi came out, but stopped at a distance from her because he was afraid that the smell on his body would bother her.

During this time in the mountains, except for a brief wash when I found a clean water source, the rest of the time I was kept covered and suffocated. You can imagine the smell on my body.

Zhao Yeqing's eyes turned red when he saw Mu Xi like that.

He had an unshaven beard and looked haggard. She quickly walked forward a few steps. When she got closer, she saw that his eyes were bloodshot and there were small scratches on his face that had scabbed over from being scratched by grass leaves.

She stood there in a daze, and her determination to find a gas station suddenly changed.