115 Wilderness Survival
◎The eye was dark and sharp, staring straight at her.◎
Of course, neither Ye Zhizhi nor Yin Yi had the idea of letting other wolves and snake bears accompany them on the adventure. After all, it was they who came up with the idea of the exchange.
So they didn't walk for long before Ye Zhizhi took great pains to persuade them to stay together in a relatively safe place and asked them to wait nearby.
Compared to the wolves' obedience, Xiaohua was a bit more difficult to deal with. Fortunately, Ye Zhizhi patiently comforted her and made many promises, which finally convinced the aggrieved Xiaohua to agree not to follow Ye Zhizhi. Daxiong, though naive, was very easy to talk to. He basically agreed without much hesitation as soon as Ye Zhizhi asked him to.
Then Ye Zhizhi and Yin Yi separated from the main group and continued to move forward.
The reason why Ye Zhizhi is so obsessed with learning Da Mo's ability to hide is mainly because this skill is too amazing. No matter whether it is a human, a wolf or other animal, if they all learn this skill, their survival rate will be greatly improved.
This stealth ability not only allows them to avoid many dangers, but also increases their hunting success rate. They can approach prey quietly without being detected.
Yin Yi also opened up a new world, which was a perspective he had never imagined. Generally, animals learn survival skills and hunting abilities from their close elders since childhood.
It hasn't yet occurred to it that there are other things it can learn from different kinds of animals.
Yin Yi is not stupid, so he naturally knows how important the black python's incredible hiding ability is to wolves. Perhaps it will even become a genetic instinct and be passed down from generation to generation.
Ye Zhizhi and Yin Yi sneaked into the predator's territory and actively looked for traces of the predator.
In order to become stronger, animals may seek out things that are beneficial to their bodies, especially the top predators in the central area.
Ye Zhizhi and Yin Yi followed the direction of the giant predator's movement.
These predators usually stay in their nests and do not move except when hunting. Anything that can attract them out must be something extraordinary.
Ye Zhizhi and Yin Yi wandered around aimlessly, not knowing where to start, but they cleverly learned to follow secretly.
They were now following a particularly large footprint. Ye Zhizhi compared it to the footprint and found that it was only slightly smaller than the one of the monster that had chased them that year.
Ye Zhizhi and Yin Yi shuttled through the dense forest, taking every step with extreme caution and silence.
They followed the huge footprints and went deeper into the vast canyon area.
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Zhizhi and Yin Yi both sensed the powerful aura that was not deliberately concealed.
Ye Zhizhi felt that this was a common trait of those large top predators. Except for hiding their breath when hunting, they rarely concealed themselves well at other times, as if they believed that there were no rivals in this jungle. Instead, they liked to see weak animals flee in panic under their noses.
It was like that with the monster back then, and it was also like that with the giant beast they were secretly following now.
When they vaguely sensed the presence of the giant beast, Ye Zhizhi and Yin Yi did not get closer, but wandered nearby to familiarize themselves with the surrounding terrain.
Ye Zhizhi didn't let Yin Yi continue to lurk in with her. Yin Yi was too big a target, not as small as her. Generally, predators of particularly large size would not be interested in her.
If Yin Yi was discovered, he might mistake it for prey. Ye Zhizhi asked Yin Yi to meet her outside.
Yinyi was instinctively worried about the wolf girl, but he also knew that the wolf girl's decision was correct. At this time, the wolf girl's small size was actually an advantage, so he stayed where he was and watched the wolf girl disappear from his sight.
Yin Yi was left outside, but he did not relax at all. Instead, he observed his surroundings vigilantly to ensure that he could react immediately if any disturbance occurred.
Ye Zhizhi approached quietly, trying to conceal her presence and blend in with the surroundings, even controlling her breathing to near silence. She headed in the direction her instincts were frantically warning her.
As she went deeper, she gradually felt the changes in her surroundings. The air slowly turned colder, and although the surrounding vegetation grew denser, it felt as if every leaf was covered in frost, and the temperature dropped dramatically.
Ye Zhizhi was walking in the canyon, but the terrain was actually getting higher and higher.
Soon, Ye Zhizhi discovered the figure of the giant beast they were following.
She only saw a huge piece of dark gray scale armor sliding through the gaps in the dense vegetation from a distance, and subconsciously lowered her head and hid.
Ye Zhizhi slowed down his breathing, squatted in the crevice of the rock, and took a long time before cautiously sticking his head out.
The giant beast's footsteps were not heavy, and Ye Zhizhi could only occasionally hear the slight rustling sound of its scales rubbing against the leaves.
It wandered around as if looking for something.
Ye Zhizhi suddenly saw a small animal no smaller than her rushing out from the bushes. She instinctively ran away in fear of the smell and also saw an unknown bird perched on a branch.
The giant beast seemed not to notice the movement around it and did not pay any attention to it.
Ye Zhizhi thought, if she treated herself as an ignorant little animal, even if she was discovered, the giant beast would not take her seriously, right?
Ye Zhizhi became a little bolder. Seeing that the giant beast was wandering nearby, she looked around and found a steep cliff and climbed up quietly.
After Ye Zhizhi climbed to a high place, he finally saw the giant beast not far away.
It was an animal that looked somewhat like a crocodile and somewhat like a lizard, with sharp teeth and a thick, long tail. It was very large, but unlike the monsters seen before, which had long limbs, this giant beast had short and thick limbs.
Ye Zhizhi saw that the giant beast's claws were very powerful, and they could even support its flexible climbing of the cliff. Its sharp claws dug into the cliff wall, leaving deep claw holes.
Ye Zhizhi pushed aside the vines and saw a small hole in front of him that went all the way up. He had been climbing up on the hole, thinking it was formed naturally, but it turned out to be left by this giant beast.
She saw the beast begin to scale the rock face, and she quickly climbed up as well.
Ye Zhizhi climbed for a long time and finally reached the top. When she looked up, the giant beast that had already climbed up was nowhere to be seen.
Before she could look for it, she rubbed her hands together.
So cold!
Ye Zhizhi glanced around and found that he had climbed to the highest peak of the mountain. Ice and snow that had not melted for years could be seen everywhere, wrapping up the plants on the ground and turning them into ice sculptures.
No wonder she felt increasingly cold in the deep valley. It turned out that she had already climbed so high. She looked down and saw a stretch of snow-capped mountain tops, shrouded in clouds and mist. There was silence all around, with only the occasional sound of the wind bringing a biting chill.
Ye Zhizhi was only wrapped in snake skin. If she had not been able to adapt to the cold temperature, the current low temperature would have frozen her into an ice stick.
Ye Zhizhi rubbed his hands and stamped his feet. It took him a while to adapt to the low temperature.
Then she was about to look for the trace of the giant beast, but when she looked up, she found a huge eye suddenly appeared in front of her.
The eye was dark and sharp, staring straight at her.
Ye Zhizhi's small body suddenly froze, and after a moment he slowly turned around, pretending to be a panicked little animal. He howled and dived into the vines on the mountain wall at his feet, quickly disappearing from the sight of the giant beast.
The giant beast tilted its huge head. It was indeed not interested in the small prey that was not enough to fill its teeth. What's more, the giant beast was now full. After sensing the faint breath moving away, it turned around and left, sweeping its long and thick tail across, bringing up a strong wind.
Long after the giant beast disappeared, a furry head with leaves on its head emerged from the cliff. Its bright black eyes looked left and right vigilantly, and only climbed up after making sure that the giant beast was gone.
She was scared to death!
Fortunately, she was smart.
Ye Zhizhi stretched his arms and legs, and then quietly searched for treasure nearby.
She was sure that there must be something good nearby, otherwise, the giant beast would not have been wandering around as if looking for something.
If she found it first, she could just run away quietly without any conflict.
Ye Zhizhi was afraid of encountering a giant beast, so she walked towards narrow places and slowly groped her way along the cliff on the other side.
The cliffs on this side were still covered in glaciers, and the depths were bottomless. A fall would likely result in death. Fortunately, there was a buffer zone, a long slope with jagged glaciers at her feet and snow-covered rocks below, allowing her to stand firmly on it.
Ye Zhizhi felt that he had to be prepared for danger in times of peace, so he secretly climbed to the edge of the cliff on the other side, pulled three long vines, then found a secluded place to squat down, weaved the vines into a whip, and then wrapped it around his waist.
The terrain of this mountain top is particularly strange. It seems as if it was cut in half by something, splitting into a huge canyon area with lush vegetation and relatively low temperature.
Climbing to the top of the mountain, you will see the amazing sight of snow that never melts all year round.
The sky above was changing rapidly, and it darkened almost instantly.
Ye Zhizhi just realized that she had been tracking the giant beast for a whole day and it was already night.
She had to find a place to stay before it got completely dark.
Ye Zhizhi chose between two locations, but after thinking about it, he decided not to go down the mountain top. Instead, he found a place that could shelter from the wind in the crack of the glacier on the other side. Although it was still cold inside, it could at least slightly alleviate the severe cold outside.
Ye Zhizhi could vaguely sense that the giant beast was still on the top of the mountain, but she didn't dare to get close to it for the time being. She didn't know if the giant beast had remembered her breath.
I don’t know what the giant beast is looking for, it would be great if it could appear in front of her.
Maybe it was the reflection of the glacier that made the top of the mountain not as dark as imagined.
Ye Zhizhi wanted to secretly take a look at where the giant beast was, but when she looked out, she saw the huge dark shadow in the moonlight, wandering less than fifteen meters away from her.
Ye Zhizhi: "..." She shrank back little by little and sat down silently.
The giant beast actually moved here.
He probably didn't notice her, did he? Ye Zhizhi didn't dare to move.
I don’t know how long I sat there, but Ye Zhizhi suddenly heard a slight sound.
Snap——
? !
Ye Zhizhi's whole body was stiff, she didn't move!
Ye Zhizhi slowly lowered her head and saw that the ice at her feet was slowly cracking and turning into a web-like pattern.
The moon was bright in the sky at this time.
The huge disc seemed to be very close, and the clear light shone down, reflecting an even more dazzling light off the glacier, making the top of the mountain even brighter.
Not far in front of Ye Zhizhi, a plant stretched out from the cracked ice surface, and its green stem stretched upward. As if by miracle, a silver-white flower bloomed a moment later. Under the moonlight, the flower was glowing and swaying slightly.
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