"Feng... Brother Feng, shall we... shall we... pick more... more?!"
This time…I…I’ll go.
Qi Xiaojie said excitedly…
Ye Feng shook his head repeatedly in refusal…
"No, ripe Xiangbox Tree fruit is extremely dangerous and could explode at any time."
Didn't you see? I selected all the options available.
This type of tree is not uncommon in the Amazon, and we'll encounter it again in the future.
After saying that, he took out a small wooden jar from his bag and went to the tree.
He made a cut in the tree with a knife, and milky white sap slowly flowed out.
He carefully picked up the wooden jar with two fingers...
In just a few minutes, the small wooden jar was filled to about half full.
After he finished, he wiped the wooden jar dry with a cloth strip, sealed the mouth of the jar, and finally put on the wooden lid.
This white sap contains terpenoids, which are highly corrosive and irritating.
Even if it doesn't penetrate the wound, it will cause unbearable pain to anyone who touches it.
However, although it is highly poisonous, sometimes poison can be an important means of saving one's life.
Ye Feng wasn't very good at close combat to begin with. With this, if he were attacked again, he could just pull it out and throw it at the attacker. Wouldn't that be much faster than using a knife to slash him?
He feels very insecure right now, so he'll do everything in his power to get anything that can improve his chances of survival...
Ye Feng told everyone to put away the vines, and the group continued their journey down the mountain...
After walking for about half an hour, they finally passed through the dense forest and came to a more towering patch of vegetation.
The areas untouched by floods are indeed teeming with life, where many root plants seem to have pushed the limits of growth.
It was taller than any of the plants they had encountered before, and it almost completely blocked their view.
Moreover, there are so many mulberry family plants that just by looking at them, you can tell how incredibly high the oxygen content is here.
However, Ye Feng did not forget what the survival experts had said: in the Amazon, the more lush the vegetation, the more poisonous insects and dangers one would face.
Because it's not just humans who love green plants.
Especially in the Amazon, there are hundreds of species of venomous insects and wild animals that feed on plants and like to hunt in vegetation.
Therefore, with each step they took, the crowd would continuously strike the ground with their walking sticks, creating a sound.
This is something you have to do when hiking in the wild...
Generally speaking, small animals like snakes, insects, rats, and ants are very timid.
This way, we can scare them away in advance.
Before long, they all stopped as they passed a tall palm tree…
At this moment, everyone's expressions were distorted, they were pinching their noses tightly, and the word "disgust" was almost written on their faces.
"Ugh... what's that smell?! It stinks! Ugh..."
Liu Sisi gagged, then mumbled and kept fanning herself with her hand…
Fu Changxiong looked around and tried to loosen his grip on his nose...
But after just one sniff, he immediately pulled the clothes up to his nose...
"Oh my god, what the hell is rotting here?!"
Ye Feng also wrinkled his nose and frowned. Even though he had smelled too many foul odors before, this smell was truly too overpowering...
Not only was there the smell of rotting animals, but also a nauseating, sour stench that made you want to spasm uncontrollably…
It felt like someone was constantly teasing the back of his throat…
Something unusual must be going on, so he immediately nocked his arrows…
"Stop holding your nose, Nobita will lead the way, let's go take a look."
"Eh."
After responding, everyone followed the stench towards its source...
After walking for a few minutes, when Fu Changxiong carefully parted a patch of vegetation, he finally found the source of the foul odor.
Before him stood a giant flower with a diameter of over 1.2 meters.
It seemed to have no roots or stems, growing entirely from the ground, with its huge, brownish-red petals all turned upside down, like a blooming rose…
However, the color and appearance are vastly different...
At the center of the petals was a brownish-red disc, about the size of a washbasin.
It looks just like the smelting furnace chimney that Ye Feng made before.
In the center of this disc, there is a hole large enough to fit a person's head.
There were about twenty or thirty fleshy spikes of the same color inside, and the eerie stench was coming from there.
"vomit……"
The close proximity caused Fu Changxiong to lose his composure and vomit up the dried meat he had eaten for lunch…
"Ugh... I found it, it's a flower..."
Upon hearing this, everyone walked over, covering their noses with disgust...
Upon seeing the appearance of the flower, Ye Feng immediately put down his bow and arrow.
"Damn, that scared me! I was wondering what could smell so bad, turns out it's a man-eating plant."
Upon hearing the words "man-eating flower," everyone instinctively shrank back...
"fine…"
Ye Feng waved his hand...
"That's just its nickname; it doesn't actually have the ability to eat people."
The real name of this flower is Rafflesia. When it matures and blooms, it emits a foul stench reminiscent of rotting corpses and excrement.
This is to attract flies and scavenging animals.
When they get close to the pistil in the middle, the fleshy spines and fleshy walls will release a lot of mucus.
Once the small animals are touched, they can't escape. They'll eventually become nutrients for the flowers.
Liu Sisi covered her nose and nodded quickly…
"Brother Feng, since there's no danger, let's go quickly, I really feel like throwing up."
"Leave? Are you kidding me?"
Ye Feng drew his sword and walked towards the flower...
"This thing is a rare commodity. It is said that its leaves are dried, ground into powder, and used as medicine."
It can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and can also treat diarrhea and abdominal pain. It has extremely high medicinal value.
We're going to be staying here for more than two months, so how can we not get sick or injured?
This stuff can be used as medicine.
As he spoke, he had already cut off five leaves and, under Fu Changxiong's reluctant gaze, put them into his backpack.
After finishing, the group headed back towards the source of the water sound...
As Ye Feng said, the most scarce resource in the jungle is medicine. Even the most skilled survival expert cannot survive 100 days in the Amazon without getting sick.
Therefore, any herbs you see may come in handy in the future.
Although he had a first-aid kit, he would never use those medicines unless absolutely necessary.
Ye Feng's ability to survive to this day is not solely due to his knowledge reserves.
Most importantly, it is the mindset of being prepared for unforeseen circumstances and taking precautions.
When surviving in the wild, you must collect all resources that are beneficial to your survival when you are in good health.
Because it is often those things that we look down on in ordinary times that can save our lives in critical moments.
They hadn't walked far when they stopped again, but this time, their faces were filled with joy...
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