As soon as he turned his feet, he felt something under his feet.
A soft, chewy, long, thin object…
"Holy shit!"
He cursed under his breath. What else could it be but a snake?
But before he could withdraw his foot, he heard a strange movement at his feet…
"Sizzle!"
A standard snake's hiss rang out, followed by a slight sensation on my calf.
He quickly took two steps back...
Perhaps due to excessive tension, he retreated rather hastily, and coupled with the fact that it was a slope and his backpack was heavy, he was caught off guard.
Unable to regain his balance in time, Ye Feng was thrown backward and fell flat on his back.
"Ouch!"
Fortunately, the backpack was mostly filled with soft fish meat, which served as a cushion for him, preventing him from getting hurt.
He quickly got up and, using his walking stick, retreated to the base of a tree.
Only when I leaned against a big tree did I finally feel a little safe...
He moved his feet and found no discomfort. He felt a surge of relief…
Clearly, the leg wraps saved his life again.
"Damn it, if I had known this would happen, I should have brought the flashlight."
Ye Feng was filled with regret at this moment. He had been too confident and too greedy.
If I had thrown away half of the fish in my backpack, I probably would have been back at camp by now.
He really didn't want to waste the big fish he had worked so hard to catch all day.
Little did he expect that this would bring him such a huge crisis.
Now, all he can do is wait under the tree...
The nights in the Amazon are not quiet, but fraught with danger.
It's as if all the animals have come out for a meeting at this time...
The sounds of insects chirping, leaves rustling, and the occasional bird call all shroud this land in a mysterious and eerie veil.
This wasn't Ye Feng's first time at this location, but the surroundings felt completely unfamiliar to him.
His nerves were constantly on edge, his head was constantly scanning his surroundings, and he was tightly clutching the Nepalese knuckle duster in his hand, ready to deal with any unexpected situation.
But he knew it was all for naught; it was just a way to bolster his courage and comfort himself.
Because humans are diurnal animals, if it's nighttime and someone like Ye Feng doesn't have lighting equipment, it's equivalent to losing their eyesight.
That once-proud intelligence and various weapons have become nothing more than a pile of scrap metal.
Ye Feng was like this at that moment; even if a rat were to poop on his head right now, he wouldn't be able to fight back.
And his current emotions are extremely complex, tense, anxious, and fearful, almost consuming him.
The oppressive feeling brought to him by the darkness was no less than that of the black caiman he had encountered in the water that day.
Any loud animal noise around him would startle him.
Just like a stressed cat…
Unfortunately, humanity's greatest fears stem from the unknown and insufficient firepower.
And so, Ye Feng maintained this state, enduring those ten agonizing minutes.
Until a light appeared in the distance, and Qi Xiaojie's slightly sorrowful shout rang out.
"Feng... Feng... Brother Feng! Where are you?!"
"Whoosh~"
Ye Feng let out a long sigh of relief, his whole body deflated like a punctured balloon, almost collapsing to the ground...
He had never realized that Qi Xiaojie's annoying, stuttering way of speaking could become so endearing at this moment...
"I'm here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Xiaojie's anxious expression suddenly brightened.
He walked and ran, searching for more than half an hour but still couldn't find it.
I thought something must have happened to Ye Feng, and I almost burst into tears...
He shone his flashlight toward the source of the sound and finally saw Ye Feng's relieved yet extremely haggard face.
"Brother Feng!"
He immediately stopped smiling and ran over, arriving in front of Ye Feng in no time.
"Brother Feng, are you...are you...a bottom...a bottom...?"
"I'm not hurt."
Ye Feng quickly interrupted:
"It's just an electrolyte imbalance; you need to replenish your salt levels..."
Upon hearing this, Qi Xiaojie's expression softened considerably.
If Ye Feng were to get injured, he wouldn't offer any emergency treatment.
However, he didn't understand what electrolyte imbalance meant.
So he simply took out the first aid kit...
Ye Feng raised his eyelids and gave him an approving look.
"Wow, impressive, little stutterer, you even thought of a first-aid kit in advance?"
Qi Xiaojie gave an embarrassed, awkward smile…
"Uh...actually...it's not what I was thinking, it's what...Sister Sisi...thought...thought."
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng nodded slightly. Liu Sisi had taken the medicine last night and then again this morning.
Judging by the time, he should have woken up...
Ye Feng unzipped the first aid kit and took out a glass bottle that was about 15 centimeters tall.
The 500 ml of saline solution is now only half full.
He then took out a water bottle from his bag and poured some saline solution into it.
After shaking it a couple of times, I drank it all in one gulp…
The moment he came into contact with salt, he realized just how much his body craved it.
Immediately, his eyes became much clearer.
"Wow, so refreshing!"
Ye Feng immediately put down his backpack...
"Quick, put half of the meat from this bag into your bag. I've been carrying it all afternoon, and I really can't take it anymore."
"Hey~ You've worked so hard, just hand it over to me."
After saying that, Qi Xiaojie confidently took off his backpack, intending to carry Ye Feng's bag directly.
But just as I was about to pick up the bag, I realized I couldn't lift it at all...
"Stop showing off."
Ye Feng waved his hand...
"I was almost crushed to death by these things, how could you possibly withstand it with your physique?"
"Hurry up, this place isn't safe."
Upon hearing this, Qi Xiaojie could only laugh awkwardly and then began to feign weakness.
When he unzipped the backpack and saw the meat filling most of it, he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration...
"Wow! Brother Feng...you're really...amazing! What...what kind of meat is this? And why is it...this...color?"
"Arapaima meat, this stuff is really nutritious. We haven't had anything good to eat in ages, let's eat our fill tonight."
"OK!"
Qi Xiaojie licked his lips; after several days of eating raw and under the open air, the dried meat had made him feel a bit hot and bothered.
Now, I can finally go back to my old life...
But neither of them knew that about 50 meters away in a patch of grass...
Two eyes emitting a dark green glow were fixed intently on the two of them…
Clearly, it also seemed very interested in the meat in the bag.
Before long, the two finished dividing the meat and began chatting and laughing as they hurried back…
After replenishing his salt, Ye Feng felt an unprecedented sense of lightness, as his backpack had become so much lighter.
They were about an hour's walk from the camp.
The route involves passing through two dense forests and a depression before finally reaching the long, sloping, rocky hillside…
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