151 Wilderness Survival
◎Ye Zhizhi's eyes were bloodshot.◎
A cool breeze blew through the forest, and the lush green leaves swayed slightly, revealing clusters of wild fruits hidden among them.
The wild fruits have been covered with a golden coat and are emitting an enticing fruity fragrance.
A small hand reached between the branches and leaves, and gently picked a bunch of ripe wild fruits.
Ye Zhizhi picked a fruit and put it in her mouth, and put the rest into the snakeskin bag around her waist. The round fruits made her cheeks puff up.
She narrowed her eyes slightly. The fruit was really sweet. She had to pick more to make dried fruit.
Ye Zhizhi stepped on a branch, raised her head and looked around, continuing to search for any fish that had escaped the net. She nimbly and quickly jumped to the other side of the branch.
Under the tree trunk, a wolf cub several months old was lying on the rough trunk, its round belly rubbing against the bark, its fat and short limbs struggling hard, and it made low whimpering sounds, trying to climb up the tree.
Behind the little wolf cub, on the thick tree roots and rocks, were wolves lying there watching the fun.
The wolves in the tribe have been learning the skill of climbing trees for so many years, but in the end, only the Wolf King and Silver can do it. Little White and Silver Little Gray have given up learning long ago. Now, they are watching the little cubs in the tribe climbing trees with great interest.
Even Yin Yi, the wolf father, was watching with great interest, but more often he would look up at Ye Zhizhi who was picking fruit from the tree.
Ye Zhizhi jumped higher and saw that there were bunches of wild fruits farther up, even bigger than the ones she had just picked. The golden fruits were half-hidden among the branches and leaves. The sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves onto the fruits, giving them a layer of brilliant but not dazzling light.
Ye Zhizhi balanced her small body, her feet firmly on the increasingly narrow branches. When she reached the edge, she tiptoed slightly, stretched out her hand and pulled down the branch with the fruit growing on it.
The branches and leaves of the wild fruits were shaking as they were pulled. When she looked closer, she found that there were more fruits than she had imagined. There were two bunches of fruits stuck together.
Ye Zhizhi smiled happily.
You know, it is not easy to find fresh, sweet, and ripe fruits. There are not many wild fruit trees in the jungle near the territory, but there are many birds and other small animals that feed on fruits. Usually, these sweet, juicy wild fruits with thin skins are often eaten by small creatures in the forest.
She was lucky to find so many fruits on this tree today that had not been wasted early. It was also because they were hidden in the dense green leaves that she had to wait until today to let Ye Zhizhi pick them.
After Ye Zhizhi pulled the branch back, she faced the sunlight. She subconsciously squinted her eyes and only opened them after she adjusted.
She looked outside.
Ever since she raised a little wolf cub, Ye Zhizhi's attention has been almost entirely on it. It has been a long time since she had the chance to look at the scenery from such a high place, so she couldn't help but look at it for a while longer.
Ye Zhizhi looked and narrowed her eyes slightly. From her angle, she could see a high place halfway up the mountain. She seemed to see two familiar wolves?
Ye Zhizhi stared for a moment to make sure he was not mistaken. Was that two browns and three whites?
She became confused and turned around to walk back, thinking about the scene she had just seen. She always felt something was wrong.
With the previous experience of Yin Yi suddenly finding a partner and having a child, Ye Zhizhi is now somewhat sensitive to wolves that appear in pairs.
Two brown and three white?
Ye Zhizhi really couldn't imagine that her two little friends would be together. Could she have seen it wrong?
Ye Zhizhi quickly climbed down the tree, and when he was still some distance from the ground, he jumped down flexibly and stood firmly on the ground.
Yin only looked away when he saw Ye Zhizhi climb down the tree safely.
Little Yinfei, who was still persevering in digging at the tree trunk, suddenly ran towards Ye Zhizhi, raised her two front paws and roared, staring at her with her clear and bright red eyes.
Ye Zhizhi leaned over and picked up the clingy little wolf cub, turning his head to look at the wolf pack.
She wanted to take the wolf cubs out for a walk, so it would naturally be safer to take the wolf pack with her. Besides, they also loved to join in the fun. Every time they saw her walking around, the wolves with nothing to do would follow her out for a walk and then see what she was doing.
Ye Zhizhi has long been accustomed to watching them, and even often uses them as porters.
If she remembered correctly, Erzhong and Sanbai also came out together, but after the wolves came out, not all of them followed her. They would walk around nearby, so she didn't care after Erzhong and Sanbai left.
The fact that they were not among the wolves in front of her made her even more certain that she had not seen it wrong.
After they walked away, they actually walked together quietly!
In order to verify his guess, Ye Zhizhi decided to go over quietly and observe.
So she prepared to put Xiao Yinfei down.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she leaned over, little Yinfei, who had sensed her intention, started howling, clinging to her with all four limbs, and scratching desperately with the pads of his little paws.
Just now it couldn't climb up the tree and couldn't stay with its aunt, which made it feel very aggrieved.
Ye Zhizhi looked at the clingy Xiao Yinfei and felt a little conflicted. With Xiao Yinfei around, she couldn't get close to her!
So she covered Xiao Yinfei's mouth and signaled it not to make any sound.
Little Yinfei didn't know if she understood, but her ruby-red eyes darted around, looking very alert. As expected, she didn't make a sound, remaining obediently in Ye Zhizhi's arms.
Seeing this, Ye Zhizhi carried it over.
She remembered the direction where Erzong and the others were, so she quickly held her breath and moved forward quickly and silently.
When Yin saw this, he immediately followed quietly.
The wolves that were lying very quietly suddenly raised their heads in excitement, wagging their tails and secretly chased after them.
Although I don’t know what happened, I always feel that there is something exciting to watch.
If Ye Zhizhi looked back, she would see a large group of wolves following her.
Ye Zhizhi quickly approached the small hill, then she restrained her breath and quietly approached from the downwind side. After she could see the two wolves, Erzong and Sanbai, she did not approach any closer, but lay on the rock and popped her head out from above.
The pointed, fleshy, furry little ears at Ye Zhizhi's chin trembled, and then a round little furry head popped out, with beautiful red eyes looking around excitedly.
Ye Zhizhi rested his chin between Xiao Yinfei's ears.
Not long after, two wolf heads appeared on both sides of Ye Zhizhi. Yin Yi and Yin Xiaohui appeared silently, while wolf heads appeared one after another on her left and right and in other locations, each wolf head looking quietly forward.
Ye Zhizhi observed silently.
This observation really allowed her to see something wrong.
The atmosphere between the second brown and the third white is different.
They have a situation!
Ye Zhizhi continued to stare.
When she finally caught Erzong swinging his tail and rubbing against Sanbai without Sanbai avoiding him, she was sure that Erzong and Sanbai were really together.
She watched the wolf and its mate being intimate, and that was it!
If Ye Zhizhi hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he really wouldn't have believed it. No matter how he looked at it, it didn't seem like they would be together.
Erzong's personality is a bit silly, and her strength is a little bit weaker than Sanbai's. Although not that much worse, Sanbai is usually a very cold girl... It can't be seen that she likes this type.
I never expected that they would actually digest it internally.
Ye Zhizhi continued to observe, wanting to see what Sanbai liked about Erzong.
However, after seeing Erzong's performance in front of Sanbai, Ye Zhizhi felt that it was understandable.
Having a partner who is always making jokes and considerate makes you feel good every day. Ye Zhizhi discovered that Sanbai likes to watch Erzong do stupid things, so she is in a good mood now.
One is funny and the other is cool, they seem to be a good match.
Ye Zhizhi thought silently.
Ever since she suddenly got promoted, Ye Zhizhi realized that her companions were all big wolves who had been adults for a long time, and she had also grown up.
She wasn't surprised by her companions finding partners anymore. It just so happened that she couldn't imagine what kind of partners Erzong and Sanbai would choose, so after watching them for so long, it didn't seem out of place.
Ye Zhizhi wholeheartedly agreed that the two friends should stay together.
She knew the structure of her own tribe, and that not all of them were relatives of the Wolf King.
Animals generally instinctively avoid inbreeding. The two browns and three whites are together, and it is obvious that they are not related by blood.
However, as he watched, Ye Zhizhi saw that the two wolves were becoming more and more intimate, so he subconsciously covered Xiao Yinfei's eyes so that the little wolf cub could not see.
Then he opened his eyes wide and stared.
Erzong and Sanbai had already vaguely sensed their companions approaching, but they did not realize the danger and did not pay attention. Wolves did not have much sense of privacy, but when they were rubbing their ears together, they always felt something was wrong, as if something was watching them.
When they turned their heads, they were met by the wolves of their tribe who were staring at them quietly.
Two brown and three white: "..."
Although wolves don't have much of a sense of morality, it's normal for them to be intimate on the ground, but being stared at by so many wolves, Sanbai subconsciously kicked Erzong away with both feet.
Erzhong cried out in grievance and rolled over a few times.
Little Yinfei had been very cooperative. When its vision was suddenly blocked, although it did not make any sound, its soft little pad rested on the back of Ye Zhizhi's hand.
Ye Zhizhi let go only after Erzong and Sanbai separated.
Little Yinfei poked her head out and looked around curiously.
Ye Zhizhi cleared his throat, walked out holding Xiao Yinfei as if nothing had happened, and greeted Sanbai with a roar. What a coincidence, we met here.
Sanbai: “…”
Ye Zhizhi felt embarrassed when he thought about how sneaky he had been just now, so he took out a bunch of fruits from his bulging snakeskin bag.
"Oh——" Please eat some fruit.
Sanbai looked at Ye Zhizhi with an indescribable look, then silently took the fruit from Ye Zhizhi's hand and swallowed it in one bite.
Ye Zhizhi grinned and touched Sanbai's head.
It seems that maybe next year, we will see the birth of Erhuang and Sanbai wolf cubs, and then Xiaoyinfei will have a companion.
History is indeed a cycle.
Many years later, it is very likely that Xiao Yinfei will run around with the little wolves of the same generation.
Ye Zhizhi couldn't help but smile.
***
The three or four month old wolf cub grew fast. After only ten days or half a month, little Yin Fei had grown a circle bigger. Fortunately, Ye Zhizhi was very strong, otherwise she would not be able to carry such a heavy weight and run back and forth every day.
Xiao Yinfei inherited strong genes from both parents and showed excellent talent at a young age. He learned to catch moles without much guidance from his elders. He can be said to be better than his parents.
Ye Zhizhi was stunned when he saw Xiao Yin Feixing running towards him hurriedly with a palm-sized groundhog in his mouth.
When little Yinfei was still in the nursing period, Ye Zhizhi took care of her most of the time. After all, wolves would not milk their cubs. But since little Yinfei started eating minced meat, Ye Zhizhi deliberately let her spend more time with the wolves.
No matter how much Xiao Yinfei sticks to Ye Zhizhi, she knows that she is not suitable to teach it how to hunt.
After all, she wasn't a real wolf, and the hunting techniques she had developed on her own weren't applicable to little Yin Fei. The wolves in the pack, especially Yin Yi and the wolf king, father, and mother, were so formidable that it would be best for little Yin Fei to learn from them.
Yin Yi hasn't been going out often recently and has been staying in the territory for a long time, so Ye Zhizhi let him take care of the cubs.
They went out together, Ye Zhizhi looked for edible wild fruits and plants, Yin Yi took little Yin Fei away and taught it hunting skills.
Little Yinfei was extremely clever and was able to quickly draw inferences from what he had learned and even hunted a small groundhog by himself.
At this age, Yin Yi is still unable to hunt independently, even though it is a small prey.
Xiao Yinfei did not eat the prey, but brought it to Ye Zhizhi, raised her head as if asking for credit, and swung her furry little tail excitedly.
Ye Zhizhi squatted down and touched Xiao Yinfei's head with appreciation.
The tail behind Xiao Yinfei was swinging even more excitedly, and its chubby little butt was also twisting. It stretched out its fat claws and pushed the little groundhog that was bitten into a bloody mess towards Ye Zhizhi, its red eyes bright.
Ye Zhizhi's heart was about to melt, she seemed to see the former Yin Yi.
When Yin Yi was little, he was afraid that she would starve to death, so after she learned to hunt, he often caught various small animals for her.
She was right, Xiao Yinfei and Yin Yi looked exactly like each other.
Ye Zhizhi was grateful for Xiao Yinfei's filial piety, but she didn't like eating rodents. From a human perspective, rodents carry many kinds of bacteria and viruses, and no matter how difficult it was, she had never eaten rodents. Not to mention that she now had the ability to choose the prey she liked.
So under her coaxing, little Yinfei quickly gave the little hamster to Yinyi as a snack.
Little Yinfei tilted her head and understood that her aunt didn't like this kind of prey. She would hunt other bigger prey for her. If her aunt still didn't like it, she would give it to her father the wolf.
It's little Yinfei, and he will definitely be able to hunt my aunt's favorite prey!
Xiao Yinfei set an ambitious goal and was smart enough to observe quietly to see what kind of meat Ye Zhizhi ate most frequently, and then memorize the smell of the prey.
Ye Zhizhi didn't know what Xiao Yinfei was thinking. As the rainy season approached, the wolves began to appear and disappear more frequently. They went out hunting to store food for the rainy season.
The heavy responsibility of guarding Xiao Yinfei fell on Ye Zhizhi. All the wolves in the tribe were strong and mature wolves that could participate in hunting activities. In the end, Ye Zhizhi took the initiative to stay.
Only Ye Zhizhi and Xiao Yinfei were left in the entire territory. She was very cautious and no longer let Xiao Yinfei leave the cave.
This is actually the time when predators are rampant. For safety reasons, it is better for Xiao Yinfei to stay in the cave.
But little Yinfei is not a very obedient cub. It has been accustomed to going out frequently. Now it is trapped in the nest. It was fine at first, but after staying there for a long time, it wanted to go out.
Ye Zhizhi is not completely idle. She also has to prepare herself to survive the rainy season and winter.
Unlike wolves, who only needed enough food to survive two seasons, she still had to re-repair her fur to keep warm, prepare dry firewood, and continue smoking meat...
Ye Zhizhi's stomach is not strong enough to eat only meat all the time, so she has to eat some fruits and green plants from time to time.
She could do some preparations in her own living area, so she could keep an eye on Xiao Yinfei. But not everything could be done in the cave, and she would need to go out frequently.
In this way, she would have to leave Xiao Yinfei, a wolf cub, in the cave.
The cave was not completely safe. When Ye Zhizhi was working at the entrance of the cave, he had to look back from time to time to see if Xiao Yinfei had sneaked out.
Ye Zhizhi couldn't bear to tie up Xiao Yinfei, but Xiao Yinfei was very cunning. Ye Zhizhi wanted to take advantage of Xiao Yinfei sleeping in the nest to come out and do something, but Xiao Yinfei would pretend to sleep and then sneak out.
It almost slipped away several times.
In the end, there was no choice but for Ye Zhizhi to keep him with her.
Ye Zhizhi thought that she would stay in the territory, which was filled with the scent of wolves, and no predator would be so stubborn as to break in.
Ye Zhizhi carried Xiao Yinfei to patrol the three farms.
This is the food that will keep the wolves from starving, so there can be no mistakes.
The prey Ye Zhizhi raised this year was similar to that of last year, but because the plants she transplanted were alive, they provided a lot of food and did not look so skinny.
Ye Zhizhi was very happy, everything was stable this year.
She checked the fence around the forest and made sure that no small animals would escape, then prepared to leave.
Little Yinfei stared intently at the small animals walking in the valley. She recognized that many of them were her aunt's favorite foods, and she cried out immediately.
Seeing that Xiao Yinfei was eager to try, Ye Zhizhi thought that he could train its hunting ability, so he put it down.
Xiao Yinfei entered the group of prey and immediately spread out his limbs and ran quickly. The small animals that were originally walking leisurely suddenly jumped around.
Little Yinfei was chasing a colorful big pheasant.
The pheasant ran in front with its long legs and clucked, and Xiao Yinfei chased behind it.
The big pheasant was chased and flew up again.
Ye Zhizhi was amused by what he saw.
The pheasant ran towards the valley, and unknowingly got farther and farther away from Ye Zhizhi.
So she walked forward, calling Xiao Yinfei back.
At this moment, an unexpected mutation occurred.
In front of Pheasant and Xiao Yinfei, a huge tiger suddenly appeared.
The tiger roared and pounced on the pheasant and Xiao Yinfei.
The pheasant flapped its wings and cooed as it flew to the side, revealing the wolf cub chasing after it.
Xiao Yinfei slammed on the brakes, then turned around quickly and ran towards Ye Zhizhi.
The tiger behind him roared and leaped up, pouncing on the wolf cub.
At that moment, Ye Zhizhi seemed to see a hungry wolf with bared fangs pouncing on the weak and defenseless wolf cub.
Her blood instantly ran cold.
My feet felt like they were nailed to the ground with heavy weights.
don't want--
She screamed silently.
Ye Zhizhi's eyes were bloodshot.
The wolf cub's tender and frightened cry rang in his ears.
The pouncing giant tiger seemed to overlap with the vicious wolf that became her nightmare memory, with its bloody mouth opened and roaring, about to bite the wolf cub.
Ye Zhizhi's mind went blank, but her small body almost became a shadow. She rushed forward, jumped with one foot, and pounced directly on the edge of the giant tiger's neck. She grabbed the fur of the giant tiger's neck with both hands. When the giant tiger turned its head and tried to bite her, she flipped over, jumped to the other side, and then grabbed its head tightly.
“Ahhhhh!!!”
Ye Zhizhi howled, her eyes were bloodshot, and her mind seemed to see the little wolf cub falling to the ground silently.
“Awoo, awoo—”
Ye Zhizhi suddenly heard a childish cry in her ears, and her eyes turned blood red. When she woke up, the giant tiger fell in a pool of blood, deader than dead.
At this moment, she pressed her left hand on the tiger's neck, digging it tightly into the flesh, and held the dagger in her right hand, with the blade completely immersed in the giant tiger's neck.
The giant tiger's neck was a mess of blood and flesh, obviously having been stabbed countless times by Ye Zhizhi.
There were also many cuts on its abdomen and back, and bright red blood was still flowing out of the wounds.
The ground beneath the giant tiger was a mixture of scarlet blood and rotten soil and dead leaves. The entire jungle seemed to be shrouded in this strong smell of blood. The air around it seemed to be solidified, and even the wind stopped at this moment.
"Aoaowu——" The ferocious howl sounded again, and it was particularly clear in the deadly atmosphere. The tiger's skin lying motionless on the ground seemed to be torn by something, making slight noises.
Ye Zhizhi looked back in a daze. Under the tiger's belly, little Yinfei, who had almost died in the tiger's mouth, had already thrown away his fear. After confirming that the terrible tiger had been killed by his aunt, he immediately pounced on it with a howl, and bit the wound on its belly with his tender fangs and claws.
She looked closely and saw that the little wolf cub with silver hair was now stained red with blood and was howling fiercely.
Ye Zhizhi loosened her grip on the dagger. She looked down at her hands, which were also covered in blood and spread out before her eyes. Upon closer inspection, she saw that her hands were shaking constantly, as if they were contagious, and her thin back was also shaking.
The wolves that had returned at some point noticed the movement here and quickly ran over. Even though they ran very fast, the battle was already over when the first wolf appeared.
Yin Yi walked over, stood in front of Ye Zhizhi, lowered his head, and silently licked the blood splattered on her cheek.
Ye Zhizhi lowered his head and sat quietly for a moment, his expression unclear.
More and more wolf tracks appeared in the nearby rocks and bushes. They were wandering around, sniffing the air.
The small animals in the valley have already hidden in their caves and are shivering.
Even though they patrol the mountains and forests many times, unexpected dangers always arise.
There is never a place that is absolutely safe in the entire forest area.
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