15 Wilderness Survival
◎The wolf king tilted his head slightly, looking down at her.◎
The ice and snow melt, and spring comes and flowers bloom.
The ice crystals on the branches sparkled like diamonds under the refraction of sunlight. They slowly melted and turned into transparent water droplets that "dripping" down, merged into the ground, and moistened the soil.
The ice piles on the ground cracked and slid to the low-lying areas, forming small streams and carrying the unmelted ice into the stream.
The mountains, rivers and forests that had been sealed for a winter seemed to have been beautified, with the dust wiped away and the colors becoming brighter.
The forest, which had been frozen for more than four months, is now experiencing a revival.
The animals that hibernate come out to look for food, and animals can be seen everywhere along the rivers and streams.
The predator, hungry for a whole winter, lies in hiding, silently selecting its prey.
The wolves were also among them. They stood in the downwind direction, hiding their bodies with the help of rocks and branches. They were staring at a group of elk walking leisurely by the stream.
Soon, the wolves set their sights on an elk wandering around the edge.
The elk was unaware and happily jumped a few times. Suddenly, as if it had discovered something, it stopped and looked down curiously. At this moment, the wolf king saw the opportunity and rushed forward in an instant. The other wolves quickly followed from different directions...
While the wolves were running for food, the wolves left behind in the cave were also very busy.
The cubs, who had been cooped up all winter, were now very excited. They howled and ran around on the flat ground, flapping and scratching each other.
The cubs have grown a lot bigger. Although they are still a little young, they have grown into the size of small teenage wolves.
On the contrary, Ye Zhizhi, although she drank wolf milk every day, still lost a lot of weight. Her little hands became thinner, and there was not much flesh on her cheeks and paws.
She didn't need to look in the mirror to know that she must look like a refugee now.
Perhaps the only difference between them and refugees is that their skin is relatively white, although it is now a bit dark yellow due to malnutrition.
Of course, as a cub who was licked from head to toe by her wolf mother every day, her body was quite clean except for the wolf's saliva, without any dirt.
It doesn't matter that she is thin and small now, she believes that she will be able to grow up soon.
Ye Zhizhi held the grain bag and devoured it like a wolf, howling and drinking fiercely.
While she was drinking milk, she pricked up her ears to listen to the movements of the cubs. She was eager to go down and play too!
But the temperature in the cave is still a little cold, and the silver wolf is still lying in the den to keep its cubs warm, so it has not participated in hunting.
Now the wolf mother keeps a close eye on the cubs. Before the temperature rises completely, Ye Zhizhi won't have the chance to go down and play with the cubs. Even in the den, Ye Zhizhi won't have the chance to turn over and exercise.
She was held in the arms of the wolf mother.
However, Ye Zhizhi did not give up. Even though the whole cub was suppressed, she would find opportunities to stretch her hands and feet from time to time.
She could feel her little hands' grip getting stronger.
The silver wolf looked at the unusually lively cub with a helpless expression, but it also liked the cub's energetic look, so it turned a blind eye and allowed her to play a little, otherwise, it would make her unable to move.
Ye Zhizhi knew that the silver wolf was doing this for her own good, but her little body was always warm because it was wrapped in the wolf mother's fur and body temperature. Even when she stretched out her little hands and feet, she didn't feel cold, not to mention that she was wrapped in a small blanket when she stretched out her hands and feet.
She certainly doesn't joke about her body.
If she fell down in the late spring cold, all the sins she had suffered before would have been in vain.
The wolves have been going out early and returning late these days, hunting frequently and bringing back a lot of prey. Their stomachs, which had been shriveled over the winter, are full again, and they look stronger. Even their cubs have grown a lot taller.
Ye Zhizhi works hard to drink milk every day, maintain a healthy lifestyle, and seize opportunities to exercise, and the results are very significant. The baby has become fair and tender again, and has started to gain some baby fat. It is no longer skinny. Although it is not chubby yet, its delicate and cute facial features make it no exaggeration to say that it is the most handsome baby in the world.
The temperature in the cave is generally higher than outside. When it is still around ten degrees Celsius outside, the temperature inside the cave has reached over twenty degrees Celsius.
This is the right temperature for the cubs.
So the silver wolf finally left his den and went hunting with the pack.
Although there is plenty of prey in spring, wolves only go out hunting once every two or three days after that, except for frequent hunting in the first few days to replenish the weight lost in winter.
But for Ye Zhizhi, she was finally liberated!
She kept turning over and over in the grass nest, then she propped herself up with her two little hands and kicked with her short legs. Then she found that the strength in her hands and feet could support her to get up!
Ye Zhizhi crawled two steps and learned a new skill, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
She has "evolved" again!
Now that she can crawl, how far is it from being able to walk?
It wasn't easy! During the months she had been in the wolf den, she had either been sick or recovering. Many times she felt she couldn't make it, but luckily she managed to wake up.
Sometimes she even admires herself, as her vitality is stronger than that of weeds.
Now, she's finally grown up a little!
She remembered that she was born in May, a season that was neither cold nor hot.
She has survived the winter, and now the weather is warming up and spring is coming, which means she is almost one year old!
Ye Zhizhi climbed even harder.
Although she was not proficient in this skill at the beginning and had not found the best way to coordinate her hands and feet, it didn't take long before she was able to crawl skillfully and very quickly.
She was screaming with excitement.
Yin Yi, who was playing downstairs, heard Ye Zhizhi's loud roar, ran up curiously, tilted his head to look at her, as if questioning her.
So Ye Zhizhi showed Yin Yi his new skills, quickly crawled a distance in the nest, then turned his head to look at it, his little expression flying——
Kang, I can climb birds!
Yin Yi's pupils widened slightly, and he was very surprised. He looked at the wolf girl's limbs and howled with joy.
Wolf Girl is no longer disabled, she can walk! Although her posture is a little weird, but she can walk!
Ye Zhizhi didn't know what Yin Yi was thinking. She laughed happily and continued to climb quickly.
Yin Yi chased after it, wagging his tail. He looked at the wolf girl beside him, a small round ball, twisting her body and running very slowly. He was eager to move and couldn't help but pounce on her, whimpering and wanting to play a biting game with the wolf girl.
Ye Zhizhi was caught off guard and fell to the ground, letting out a surprised howl.
The next moment, several red marks appeared on the fair and tender arms.
The cubs were playing without knowing the severity of the situation. By the time Ye Zhizhi reacted, he had already been bitten several times, and even his forehead felt a stinging pain.
Although the cub's claws and teeth are still very tender, it still poses a considerable threat to her now.
After all, she is not a real wolf cub.
Human cubs are very fragile.
She strongly suspected that the wolf cub had attacked her as a toy.
For the sake of her life, Ye Zhizhi had to find a way to make the wolf cub understand that she refused to play like this.
“Awoo… Awoo…”
Ye Zhizhi imitated the howling sound that Yin Yi made to the wolf king when he felt wronged after being beaten by the wolf mother. This should be an accusation of pain and grievance.
Sure enough, after Ye Zhizhi called out for a while, Yin Yi stopped and looked at her with his round golden eyes.
Ye Zhizhi cried even more pitifully, and raised his bleeding arm to show it.
When Yin Yi saw the wounds on the wolf girl's body that it had made, his claws retracted, and he lowered his ears and whimpered guiltily.
It lowered its head and licked the red mark on her hand with its tongue, as if to express its apology.
"Awoo~" Ye Zhizhi was very happy to see that it understood what she meant, and made a coquettish awoo sound like a grandmother.
Ye Zhizhi likes to play with Brother Wolf, of course, on the premise that he doesn't get hurt.
She howled a bit, then continued playing with Wolf Brother.
After that, Yin Yi remembered that his bald-haired girl was very fragile and could easily get hurt just by playing. However, playing was a cub's nature, and Yin Yi still couldn't help but want to pounce and bite occasionally, but his claws and teeth would subconsciously restrain themselves. Ye Zhizhi rarely got hurt anymore, and naturally became more interested in playing with her.
When Silver Wolf came back in the afternoon, Ye Zhizhi excitedly showed his new skills to Wolf Mother.
She proudly raised her little head, looked at the wolf mother with bright eyes, and howled coquettishly, "Look! I'm so awesome!"
The silver wolf lowered its head and licked the small red and purple wounds on Ye Zhizhi's body. It recognized that they were caused by a wolf cub.
But looking at the wolf cub lying on the side with its ears folded and its tail tucked in, looking guilty, and then looking at the little cub in front of it with high spirits, it didn't do anything in the end, but just licked Ye Zhizhi's little head to show encouragement.
After Ye Zhizhi mastered the crawling skill, a small grass nest was no longer enough for her to perform.
She climbed down from the nest and continued crawling under the boulder.
The rough mud and stones hurt her hands and feet, and Ye Zhizhi felt pain after crawling twice. She sat up and looked down, and soon her knees and palms were covered in red.
But this cannot be an obstacle for her to move towards a broader world.
Ye Zhizhi thought about it, summoned Yin Yi, and asked it to carry him down.
Ye Zhizhi looked around again. The place where the cubs often played was very flat. Perhaps because they rubbed against the ground a lot, there was not much gravel.
And this was the place she had her eyes on where she could crawl.
Ye Zhizhi slid down from Yin Yi's back, lay on the ground, and crawled twice to feel the texture. Although it was not as soft as in the nest, it was pretty good.
So she crawled around here, and the cubs pounced and scratched beside her, and Ye Zhizhi joined in from time to time.
Ye Zhizhi had been crawling on the flat ground for two days, and she had already walked through the spacious flat ground. She was no longer satisfied, and the flat ground had become a small territory for her. She yearned for a wider world.
Ye Zhizhi turned his gaze towards the cave entrance.
She was eager to make a move, and felt that there was a huge temptation there, as if her former 2D male idol was standing there waving at her: Come on, have fun!
...Who was her idol? Ye Zhizhi tilted her head, thinking for a while and found that her memory was fuzzy. Forget it, it didn't matter.
She looked towards the cave entrance with bright eyes, supported herself with both hands, and was about to crawl forward.
Wait! Ye Zhizhi looked around cautiously.
Today she was the only cub in the entire plain. The other cubs were not there. They had gone out hunting with the wolf pack before dawn.
The wolf cubs have already reached hunting age and will complete independent hunting under the supervision of adult wolves today.
In other words, there were only three old wolves and her in the cave.
However, they were not looking at her, but lying in their respective dens. From her angle, Ye Zhizhi could vaguely see the wolf heads resting with their eyes closed in the three scattered dens.
Ye Zhizhi stared at them for a while and found that neither of them opened their eyes and kept staring at her. Perhaps this was a case of three monks having no water to drink. They probably thought that the other would take care of her cub, but in the end, no one did.
Ye Zhizhi tried to crawl two meters towards the cave entrance, then looked up to see their reaction.
She found that they didn't move, as if they didn't see her little action.
Ye Zhizhi climbed for a while, then stopped again and looked around cautiously.
Good, they didn't notice her.
Ye Zhizhi was excited.
She buried her head and crawled faster and faster.
She can finally leave the cave today!
Ye Zhizhi climbed faster and faster.
Nothing can stop her anymore! She runs towards...
Then the little head bumped into a thick hairy leg.
…
She raised her head dizzily, only to see the wolf king tilting his head slightly, looking down at her.
Ye Zhizhi's small body stiffened instantly.
At that moment, she seemed to be thinking a lot, but also seemed to be thinking nothing. When she regained consciousness, she found that her two little paws had already hugged the wolf king's big hairy legs.
【Author’s words】
The next chapter will be V, darlings, don't get fat~
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