Chapter 378 Equipment
The first day went very smoothly without any major incidents.
Zhao Yeqing also had a general idea of the situation in the rainforest. After telling Mu Xi about the deer territory he had discovered, he felt relieved.
We continued exploring like this for two days.
Noon is when the sun is the warmest. Zhao Yeqing found an open space to build a fire, put the metal lunch box beside it to roast for a while before eating.
After finishing the meal, I picked a handful of blueberry fruits from the nearby bush. They were small, bright red, sour and sweet, and perfect as snacks.
They didn't have this thing here before. She picked a bunch yesterday and brought it back for Mu Xi to identify. It just so happened that he had seen it before. After confirming that it was edible, she picked them all up whenever she saw them today.
If we don’t pick them today, they will be eaten by deer tomorrow.
After eating and drinking, he took out a small notebook and made a mark on it to record the beehive he had just discovered.
This is the third beehive she has discovered in the past two days, and they are quite large. It is also the first time that Zhao Yeqing knows there are so many bees in this rainforest.
But if you think about it, it's understandable. After all, the rainforest has the most and most luxuriant vegetation. The more plants there are, the more flowers there are, which naturally supports a large group of bees.
He put away the notebook, stood up, kicked out the fire, called the three dogs to his side and prepared to move forward.
We have to be extra careful today. There are fewer and fewer traces of herbivores here, and we don’t know what’s going on.
When Mu Xi was exploring the way, he did not take away the ropes hanging on the big trees where he rested. He hung on three trees in total. When there were no more ropes left, he slept under a tree.
When she came here in the morning, thanks to the rope on one of the trees, she escaped the attack of the wolf that Mu Xi mentioned.
At that time, she noticed that there was something wrong with the grass. Her years of experience living in the mountains and this year's continuous shooting practice had greatly improved her eyesight and courage. She turned around and immediately grabbed the rope and quickly climbed up to where the wolf could not reach her.
The wolf missed its target. Zhao Yeqing held the rope with one hand, hooked his feet around the tree, turned around with his other hand, pulled out his gun, and shot the wolf under the tree.
Unfortunately, his center of gravity was unstable and he only hit the wolf's hind legs, but the wolf fell to the ground instantly.
It was indeed a lone wolf, and it looked like it was not yet an adult. It was probably forced to hide in the rainforest. Wolves were not good at the rainforest environment, and they had no advantage in hunting, and instead made themselves skinny.
After being hit by Zhao Yeqing, the three dogs rushed forward and bit the wolf's body, and soon the wolf became motionless.
The dogs are fed well every day at home and have only eaten before going out. At this time, they have no interest in the wolf meat and just raised their heads after smelling it.
Zhao Yeqing watched the wolf gradually close its eyes and sighed inwardly. He was also afraid that the smell of blood would attract other animals, so he dug a hole on the spot and buried it.
This wolf was less than two-thirds the size of the previous group of adult wolves. It was not known whether it was not yet an adult or was a different breed. After digging a small hole and quickly burying it, the man and three dogs quickly evacuated the crime scene.
It was this incident in the morning that wasted her a lot of time, otherwise she could have walked further today.
Zhao Yeqing carefully observed the surrounding environment and continued to move forward, but he did not find any animals along the way.
Seeing that the time is almost up, I was about to go back. I guess this is the progress for today.
But when she split open a large clump of ferns in front of her, her vision suddenly opened up——
In front of me is a broken cliff.
......
It’s all over now. Not only is there no progress, but all the work has been in vain.
The path she was trying to open ended up being a dead end.
Zhao Yeqing sat down on the ground dejectedly, muttering to himself, "Zhao Yeqing, Zhao Yeqing, you are amazing."
No wonder there are fewer traces of animals, there are fewer of them on the edge of the cliff.
Well, let’s turn back and find a new direction to continue exploring. I don’t know how long it will take.
Zhao Yeqing stood up and was about to walk back, but when he saw the blue sky outside the cliff...
Forget it, now that I’m here, I might as well take a look at the scenery.
Wanting to see the scenery but fearing that the edge of the cliff was unsafe, Zhao Yeqing stopped when he was one meter away from the edge and looked down.
The cliff was not particularly high, probably only about fifty meters. It seemed they were making quite a fast progress. If they could find a way down the mountain, they would soon reach the foot of the mountain.
Zhao Yeqing felt a little comforted. When he was about to see where he could get down the mountain, he vaguely saw a red object not far away.
Um?
That is...
Hiss, why does it look so much like the roof of a gas station.
"Little Black, Little Yellow, Little Flower, do you think that's a gas station?"
The dogs looked at her, yawned, and lay down.
Zhao Yeqing took out a telescope and looked at the red dot——
Oh my god! It really is!
Turn your sights and continue searching nearby...
Good news, it's a gas station, bad news, there's no way down.
At least not within sight.
Zhao Yeqing glanced at the time and it was almost time to go back. The road was getting longer and longer, and the walking distance back was getting longer. He had to go home after three o'clock every day, otherwise it would be dark before he even got out of the forest.
He turned around and found a wooden stick more than one meter long and about two fingers thick in the grass behind him. He stuck the stick into the ground at the edge of the cliff and tied a red cloth strip to the top of the stick.
After marking the spot, we headed back. It was already past six when we left the forest.
Mu Xi was waiting for her outside the woods. When he saw her come out, he stepped forward to take her backpack and gun. As soon as he took them, he smelled a fresh smell of gunpowder.
"You fired the gun? What happened?"
Zhao Yeqing saw his eyes looking him up and down, and comforted him: "I'm fine, it's the wolf you mentioned before, but I killed it as soon as I saw it, there is no injury at all."
After making sure that Zhao Yeqing didn't have any scratches on his body, Mu Xi threw his things into the back seat with peace of mind and let the dogs get in the car.
In the car, Zhao Yeqing couldn't wait to tell his discovery: "The road was cut off at a cliff. I looked down and guess what... the gas station was right below!"
"How high is the cliff?"
"It should be about fifty meters? Anyway, it looks like the height is about twenty stories."
......
As we were talking, the car had already arrived at the door of the house. After getting out of the car, Zhao Yeqing couldn't stand the feeling of missing you on his body, so he went to take a shower.
After Mu Xi put the dogs down, he went straight into the tool room.
From a bag under the shelf they pulled out the tool kit the two had found earlier in the convoy's trunk.
After opening it, he took out the almost new climbing rope inside.
Although it is called a climbing rope, in fact, the tools inside are very complete. It is a complete set of rock climbing equipment, including a wearable safety belt, a safety helmet, a lifting hook, a climbing rope, abseiling gloves, an automatic lock, a rappelling seat... and so on.
Mu Xi took out the rope and the carabiner to check the data. Generally, the load-bearing capacity of a set of tools is similar. The steel stamp on the carabiner shows a weighing data of 2500KG, and the length of the climbing rope is about two hundred meters.
When he heard Zhao Yeqing talking about the cliff in the car, his first thought was the rock climbing equipment at home.
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