154 Wilderness Survival
◎Xiaohua, go back!◎
Ye Zhizhi tied a huge package behind him and held a small package in his hand, preparing to leave the territory again.
The temperature was still a little chilly at this time, and there were still scattered ice cubes between the branches and cracks in the rocks that had not yet completely melted.
Ye Zhizhi was already dressed lightly, only still having pieces of animal skin tied around his hands and feet.
She had reached the edge of the territory and was about to leave.
The silver wolf and the wolf king seemed to have sensed something, and this time, contrary to their usual behavior, they stayed with Ye Zhizhi closely until they reached the edge of their territory.
They looked at Ye Zhizhi, who had grown a lot taller but was still very small, and their eyes seemed to contain thousands of emotions.
Ye Zhizhi pinched the snakeskin knot tied in front of his body with his hands, and finally couldn't help turning around and looking back at the silver wolf standing behind him.
Silver Wolf and Silver One once thought that Ye Zhizhi was like Scar's partner, who didn't like staying in the territory all year round and yearned for the outside world. They both supported and respected this very much.
In their world, all they can see is the jungle, and the jungle is so huge that a wolf cannot walk through it completely in its entire lifetime. Ye Zhizhi has such ambitions, and there is nothing wrong with seeing more of the outside world.
But as Ye Zhizhi grew older, they vaguely felt that Ye Zhizhi's ideas were different from those of the wolves who went out to explore, but the silver wolf couldn't tell exactly what the difference was. He only had a vague idea that this jungle could not hold her.
But if not in this jungle, where else could we go?
The wolves had never seen the world outside the jungle and could not imagine it.
Compared to the intuition of Silver Wolf and the Wolf King, Yin Yi felt the most deeply. It could be said that Yin Yi had been with Ye Zhizhi the longest in the entire tribe. During their time outside, Yin Yi had always felt that Ye Zhizhi seemed to be searching for something, rather than simply exploring the jungle and gaining familiarity and survival skills.
Yin Yi had a strong intuition that once Ye Zhizhi found what she was looking for, they would lose her forever.
Every time Ye Zhizhi left, it was like saying goodbye to them forever.
If it were the Yin Yi of the past, he would chase after her regardless of everything and stay by the side of the wolf girl, or, like before, chase after her with the cubs that had not yet left the den. Yin Yi knew very well that the wolf girl was more sentimental than them. With the little wolf cubs, the wolf girl would have something to worry about and would not bear to leave, so she would definitely stay.
Sure enough, the presence of the little wolf cub made her give up leaving, and it and the wolf pack let go and didn't care much, and the wolf sister even took the responsibility.
Yin Yi had kept her for a few years out of selfishness, but now the little wolf cub had grown up, and this time it did not try to keep her or follow her.
Ye Zhizhi looked at Wolf Mom and Yin Yi. They contained emotions that she couldn't understand. For some reason, it made her nose sore. She felt that they seemed to have known something for a long time, but finally chose to respect her decision.
Ye Zhizhi's steps were heavy. Finally, she gritted her teeth, avoided the wolves' gaze, turned around and left quickly.
Ye Zhizhi rushed forward with her head down, but she didn't know that not long after her breath faded from the jungle, Yin Yi, Silver Wolf and the Wolf King suddenly started running. They ran to the nearby high ground, looked out from the top of the mountain, and looked in the direction where Ye Zhizhi left, and did not leave for a long time.
Ye Zhizhi ran a long way before stopping. She looked back, tears already streaming down her face. Her sight was blocked by the mountains and trees. Although they were looking at each other, they could no longer see each other.
She also stood there and watched for a long time before finally wiping her cold face and continuing forward with heavy steps.
Ye Zhizhi calmed down for a long time, thinking that he was still looking for a way out and perhaps he could come back. Only then did the tearing pain in his heart ease a lot.
She rubbed her red eyes, and when she noticed a predator with a strong breath passing by nearby, she immediately ignored her sadness, and quickly increased her attention, lowered her breath, and quickly left the predator's attack range.
Only when he was completely out of the range of the aura did Ye Zhizhi breathe a sigh of relief and continue walking along the path he had guessed.
Ye Zhizhi looked around, not only to keep an eye on whether there was any danger in the surrounding environment, but also to memorize the jungle in his mind.
This jungle had brought her many dangers, but it had also given her many rich rewards. Overall, Ye Zhizhi was full of affection for this jungle.
She, the wolf pack and other friends left many marks in the jungle, and these are her beautiful memories.
The jungle that Ye Zhizhi walked through at the beginning was the direction she had walked before, but after passing several hills, she did not follow the familiar road, but turned in another direction and continued forward.
She already knew the approximate direction in her mind. She might have to take a detour, but as long as she kept going in this direction, she should be able to get out.
Ye Zhizhi didn't walk in a hurry because of this. She climbed over another hill and saw an unfamiliar river.
She looked at the river surface, observed the direction of the water flow, and then temporarily settled on the shore.
Ye Zhizhi made himself a hearty lunch, then got a lot of branches from the jungle to make a tree rack for himself.
The direction of the river's flow is the direction Ye Zhizhi will go next. From the time Xiaohua often swam out of the water to find her, she knew that many times, traveling by water is much faster than traveling by mountain road.
But many water areas in the jungle were even more dangerous. Even though Ye Zhizhi was a good swimmer, she didn't dare to dive in and swim away carelessly. She had always been in the river out of necessity, to save her life. She was lucky to have never encountered the terrifying piranhas. Otherwise, she would have had a dark shadow on the water.
Moreover, Ye Zhizhi couldn't guarantee that he would always be so lucky, so it was better to be safe.
Ye Zhizhi stayed on the river bank for three days, and when she finally finished finishing the raft, Xiaohua emerged from the water.
She had been away from the wolf pack's territory for more than half a month, and had walked all the way on her own. She didn't run for a long time, so the distance was actually not too far. Xiaohua came out early this year, and Ye Zhizhi didn't deliberately hide her breath, so Xiaohua easily found Ye Zhizhi.
Ye Zhizhi was very happy to see her little friend again, but after being happy, she wanted Xiaohua to go back.
She just wanted to walk this way back alone.
Ye Zhizhi knew that the direction he was leaving this time was most likely correct. What if he finally encountered humans on the road and those humans were frightened and turned to attack Xiaohua? What would he do then?
What's more, Ye Zhizhi didn't even let any of the wolves follow her, fearing that she would be reluctant to leave when the time came. She didn't want Xiaohua to follow her. Especially Xiaohua. If she really left the jungle, Xiaohua might not have thought too much and followed her out. With its size, it was not suitable to appear in front of humans.
Ye Zhizhi has been growing up over the years, and Xiaohua has also been growing rapidly. She used to be quite big, and after following her around for so many years, she has eaten a lot of good food, so she has grown even faster and is almost catching up with Da Mo.
Ye Zhizhi has encountered other different snakes in the jungle over the years, but none of them are as big as Xiaohua and Damo.
Ye Zhizhi didn’t know exactly how big the largest snake in the world was, and she had never seen one with her own eyes, but she guessed that Xiaohua and Damo were probably ranked top two in the world in size?
What if Xiaohua doesn't know anything and runs out of the jungle to find her by following her scent? That would probably turn into a disaster, right?
Ye Zhizhi thought that this scene was not impossible to happen, but would definitely happen. Suddenly, his eyes went dark and he was speechless looking at the huge python spitting out its tongue.
When she thought of this possibility, she couldn't help but warn him that he couldn't leave the jungle, couldn't go where humans appeared, and had to go back to the depths of the jungle and not follow her.
Xiaohua hissed and swung its tail unhappily. It ran to Ye Zhizhi so excitedly and didn't want to be separated from her at all. It wanted to explore the jungle with her, fight and hunt together, and find good things together.
But this time, Ye Zhizhi actually expressed his intention to let it leave.
Xiaohua was very sad. She could not hear any words of comfort. She just knew that Ye Zhizhi didn't want her this time.
The extremely sad Xiaohua turned around and crawled back into the water, disappearing in front of Ye Zhizhi in an instant.
Ye Zhizhi hissed and called out for a while, but when she saw that Xiaohua refused to show up, she knew that it was having a quarrel with her.
She felt very uncomfortable, but for Xiaohua's sake, she let it misunderstand her.
Ye Zhizhi silently tied the package to his body, pushed the raft into the water, and jumped on it himself.
The raft was floating on the water. Ye Zhizhi used a long wooden pole to try to paddle, but she had never been a ferryman before and wasn't very good at paddling. Fortunately, she was heading in the direction of the current, so she paddled in the water from time to time, letting the raft drift downstream.
Ye Zhizhi sat on the raft, listening to the silent sound of the water. She thought for a while about the wolves and Xiaohua, who had just left. She hoped that Xiaohua would be so angry that she would go back to her den and not go through so much trouble to find her again...
Not long after, Ye Zhizhi suddenly felt something was wrong. The speed of the raft seemed to be different from the speed of the water, as if something was pushing the raft from underneath.
Ye Zhizhi instantly clenched the long wooden stick, thinking that a large creature had appeared in the water. However, he suddenly remembered that it could also be -
"Hiss?"
Ye Zhizhi called out tentatively, Xiaohua?
There was no response from the water, and the raft continued to flow steadily forward.
Ye Zhizhi walked to the edge and looked into the water. She couldn't see anything in front or on the left or right, but when she looked behind, she vaguely saw a tail in the water quickly retracting.
Ye Zhizhi was absolutely sure that the thing in the water was the little flower.
She sighed silently. Since Xiaohua refused to leave, Ye Zhizhi couldn't let Xiaohua play hide-and-seek with her forever, so she had to try hard to coax it out.
Ye Zhizhi was very worried and didn't know how to tell it that he was leaving the jungle, not going on an adventure.
Xiaohua has always been easy to coax and never holds grudges. Even though she was just angry, in the evening when Ye Zhizhi specially returned to the shore and caught a prey for her to eat, Xiaohua happily forgave her.
Ye Zhizhi let Xiaohua follow her. Looking at its happy face, she felt helpless. She had to comfort herself and take advantage of this time to comfort Xiaohua and make it truly promise to separate from her and not come to her again.
Xiaohua didn't think too much about it. She just knew that now that Ye Zhizhi asked her to follow him, she was very happy and hissed in response. But Ye Zhizhi couldn't tell whether she would actually obey.
Ye Zhizhi went downstream along the river, which was divided into several tributaries and meandered into the mountains.
This river is the source of water for the animals and plants living here.
She floated along the river for three days and three nights before reaching the end of the river.
She stood on a high mountaintop and looked out into the distance. It was a huge lake reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, and was surrounded by green trees and mountains.
Normally, such a raft cannot travel on this unknown river full of dangers for a long time, but she has Xiaohua following her.
Xiaohua followed the raft, and she didn't even need to hold the wooden pole, she just let Xiaohua push it.
With Xiaohua around, she really had to worry less. She didn't have to worry about killers from the water, and even crocodiles would stay away from her if they saw one.
Even if the fish here are a bit ferocious, it won't affect it.
Ye Zhizhi knew that the water in the lake was very deep and there were many hidden holes in it. The lake water was connected to an underground river. Perhaps if she passed through the underground river, she would reach the new territory faster.
But this area of water was unfamiliar, and Ye Zhizhi was not sure whether the underground river was very long. If there was no place for her to breathe along the way, she would drown.
Therefore, even with Xiaohua, Ye Zhizhi did not immediately let Xiaohua take her through the dark cave and into the underground river.
Xiaohua followed Ye Zhizhi and accompanied her to look around.
The huge coiled snake body blocked the bright light, leaving a huge dark shadow.
Ye Zhizhi was still thinking and walked over there next.
If she didn't continue by water, she would have to take the mountain road, and the mountain was very high and looked difficult to climb.
Before Ye Zhizhi could figure out the result, a gust of wind blew over and she suddenly turned around.
She seemed to hear a huge sound in the wind, like the echo of thunder.
Ye Zhizhi immediately took several steps forward. She looked up at the sky, and the dazzling sunlight made her close her eyes instantly, almost bursting into tears.
She almost thought that she had wasted too long on the road and that the rainy season had arrived, but it was clearly still spring.
Ye Zhizhi had been in the jungle for so many years and had never heard thunder outside of the rainy season.
So, that shouldn't be thunder.
Ye Zhizhi wanted to listen carefully, but there was only the sound of whistling wind in her ears, as if what she just heard was an illusion.
Ye Zhizhi rubbed her ears, raised her head and asked Xiaohua in a hissing voice, "Did you hear any sound just now?"
Xiaohua tilted her snake head and hissed, what what?
Okay, it’s really an illusion…
Ye Zhizhi thought so in his heart, and couldn't help looking back several times, always feeling a little uneasy.
Ye Zhizhi called Xiaohua back to the lake. After thinking about it, she decided to ask Xiaohua for help and let it see if the underground river could allow her to cross safely.
After receiving the order, Xiaohua dived into the water and quickly disappeared under the surface.
While Ye Zhizhi was waiting, he picked up a stone at random and sat on it, then took out a few pieces of dried meat from the snakeskin bag and gnawed on them absentmindedly.
She always felt something was wrong.
Ye Zhizhi couldn't help but look back. She was inexplicably concerned about the sound.
She pricked up her ears and couldn't help but continue listening, but she didn't hear any other unusual noises.
Xiaohua seemed not to hear it. Was it really her illusion?
It's broad daylight, so it really can't be thunder. It can't be the sound of some giant beasts fighting, right?
Ye Zhizhi didn't know that she had been in deep thought for a long time. When Xiaohua emerged from the water and swam towards her, it was already dusk.
Ye Zhizhi came to his senses after hearing the sound of water, and saw the lake surface under the setting sun, reflecting the orange-red sunset glow, and the rippling waves made the giant python swimming on the lake no longer feel cold and scary, but added a layer of warm color.
Ye Zhi stood up and walked towards Xiaohua.
After Xiaohua got ashore, she quickly crawled in front of Ye Zhizhi, hissing happily.
Ye Zhizhi's face immediately showed joy. She had a premonition that after crossing this underground river, she would soon reach a new area. Even if that area was not yet at the edge of the jungle, it was the direction of the exit.
Xiaohua means that it is feasible to go through the underground river.
Xiaohua crawled a little, and its thick snake body appeared in front of Ye Zhizhi, motioning her to sit on it.
Ye Zhizhi no longer hesitated, she immediately turned over and jumped up to sit firmly.
Xiaohua hissed twice, then stretched its snake head back and crawled toward the lake.
Xiaohua carried Ye Zhizhilu and swam on the lake. After Ye Zhizhi was happy, he looked back again for some unknown reason. When Xiaohua was about to dive into the water, Ye Zhizhi suddenly patted Xiaohua's snake body and made an urgent hissing sound.
Xiaohua, go back!
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