171 Wilderness Survival
◎She smelled the scent of blood on the wind.◎
When Ye Zhizhi went out, Lin Duoyu obediently went to take a nap, with a small snakeskin bag filled with medicine powder still tightly held in her hand.
She still gets tired easily now, so she needs to rest well, recover her energy as soon as possible, and help more.
She was the only one in the cave, but she slept more soundly than ever before. The corners of her lips curled up unconsciously, and her dreams were no longer filled with thick darkness.
When Lin Duoyu woke up in the evening, the cave was still quiet. She hadn't seen Ye Zhizhi yet. She couldn't help but walk out of the cave, standing on tiptoe to look around.
Perhaps because someone cared about her injuries, Lin Duoyu felt pain for the first time in a long time. However, after applying medicine and having a good sleep, the dull pain was relieved a lot, and she no longer felt much pain when walking.
Lin Duoyu solved his physiological problem and then looked out worriedly.
Even though she already knew that Ye Zi was very powerful, having hunted such a large beast yesterday without any harm, and being able to move freely in such a terrifying jungle, she still couldn't help but worry.
Lin Duoyu, who was standing on the rock outside the cave and looking into the forest, did not notice that a giant wolf appeared silently on her right.
It had already discovered the presence of humans, its sharp fangs were silently exposed, and its eyes were full of ferocity.
The giant wolf was not very close to Lin Duoyu, but it had already made an attacking posture, with its front legs lowered and its hind legs tensed. Then it suddenly leaped up, and its huge body rushed out quickly.
Lin Duoyu didn't notice that he was being attacked. Just as the giant wolf landed on the rock and jumped up again to pounce on Lin Duoyu, a colorful python as fast as lightning swept across the sky with its thick and long tail, making a violent sound of breaking through the air.
The giant wolf pounced halfway, twisted in mid-air to avoid it, and retreated to another rock.
"Ao——" The giant wolf bared its fangs and let out a low roar from its throat, but it seemed as if the entire forest was shaking.
“Hiss—”
The little scarlet snake's tongue moved in and out quickly, and its head was raised high, sending a signal to expel it.
Don’t steal the cub’s prey!
Only then did Lin Duoyu realize that she had been on the brink of life and death. She turned her head and saw the huge monster that attacked her, and she was instinctively frightened.
Is this... a wolf?
What a big wolf...
Lin Duoyu thought that wolves were about the same size as ordinary large dogs, but she didn't expect that the wolf in front of her would break her perception.
Lin Duoyu, who was firmly targeted by the top predator, turned pale subconsciously and his thin body trembled uncontrollably.
So, so scary!
The giant wolf still maintained its attacking posture.
This giant wolf was the leader. After smelling the presence of that scent, it led the pack to wander around nearby. Due to the presence of the little wolf and the giant python, it did not want to provoke the little wolf too much, so it sneaked in alone, and then saw the presence of the scent of the prey that it had always been concerned about.
The giant wolf couldn't control its attacking instinct and even forgot that it was in the territory of other wolves. At this moment, its mind was full of desire to tear the prey into pieces with its claws and swallow it into its stomach.
“Ouch—”
The leader raised his head and called out to the wolves.
Soon, the nearby wolves came running over.
Lin Duoyu also noticed that Xiaohua appeared in a protective manner. She was moved, and her cold hands and feet seemed to warm up, which made her timidity fade away a little.
She saw Xiaohua confronting the giant wolf, and she was powerless and couldn't help. She was afraid that if she stayed here, she would hinder Xiaohua, so she slowly walked towards the cave.
The giant wolf noticed her movements and was about to pounce, but was intercepted by Xiaohua. Lin Duoyu immediately lowered her head and rushed towards the cave. She saw a stone of suitable size on the ground and quickly picked it up as a weapon, then continued to run into the cave.
More and more wolves appeared, and Xiaohua stood in front of the cave with her snake body winding.
Ye Zhizhi was returning at this time. She was carrying a huge prey on her head with both hands, and a large bundle of medicinal plants was tied to the prey's tail with vines. She was walking nimbly and briskly in the forest.
Even before reaching the territory, we noticed unusual movements ahead.
Ye Zhizhi's feet moved faster and he ran even faster.
Why did the wolf pack next door seem to be rioting? Hadn't they always been peaceful? She immediately thought of the changes in the cave. Ever since they brought Duoduo back to the cave, the wolves had been lingering outside her temporary territory. Now, seeing that she was away, they wanted to attack her?
Fortunately, she thought she would be away for quite some time, so she left Xiaohua behind.
Ye Zhizhi knew that with Xiaohua there, nothing would happen, but he still ran as fast as he could.
“Ouch—”
Ye Zhizhi howled loudly, her voice filled with provoked anger, warning the wolf pack that had entered her territory.
When the wolves heard the howling coming from afar, they subconsciously retreated.
The leader knew that he could not beat the little wolf, and the little wolf had a giant python to help him. He did not want to lose face in front of the wolf pack. Now he regained some of his rationality and roared at the wolf pack to retreat.
In the end, Xiaohua and the wolves did not fight. When Ye Zhizhi hurried back to the cave, the wolves had already left.
Ye Zhizhi smelled the messy smell, frowned, and his face was full of displeasure.
Xiaohua smelled Ye Zhizhi's scent and quickly crawled to her side, hissing as if complaining.
Ye Zhizhi touched the snake's head, put the prey outside the cave, and then walked into the cave.
Lin Duoyu was squatting in a corner of the cave, nervously looking towards the entrance, a stone tightly clenched in his hand. When he noticed the person coming in, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately dropped the stone, quickly stood up and walked over. "Ye Zi, are you okay?"
Lin Duoyu looked at Ye Zhizhi carefully. She knew that there were many wolves coming from behind, and she was really worried that Xiaohua and Ye Zi would get hurt.
“Ah~”
Ye Zhizhi was also looking at her. Seeing that she was in good spirits and didn't seem too frightened, he felt relieved.
"Is Xiaohua okay?" Lin Duoyu was a little worried. She heard that there was no movement outside. Since Ye Zi was back, the wolves should have retreated, so she plucked up the courage to go out.
Outside the cave, a long snake lay on the ground, with its head poking out above the conspicuous prey, as if it was sniffing it.
Ye Zhizhi walked out, took the medicinal plants down and carried them into the cave.
Lin Duoyu looked at the huge prey and knew that this would be his dinner for tonight.
Thinking that Xiaohua had protected her and that Xiaohua also liked the meat she grilled, she mustered up her courage, tried to steady her voice, and asked, "Can I grill some meat for you?"
Xiaohua didn't understand what she was saying, but he could grasp her emotions. He leaned forward, flicking his tongue in and out.
Lin Duoyu tried hard not to retreat. She opened her eyes wide and watched. These were the only two people who would protect her.
Thinking of this, Lin Duoyu tried to raise his hand. Xiaohua was very familiar with this posture, so she took the initiative to move forward, and the cold snake scales rubbed against her palm.
Lin Yuyu's eyes opened wider. When her palm touched the snake scales as cold as jade, the instinctive fear in her heart seemed to recede like a tide in an instant.
She slowly curled up the corners of her mouth, joy welling up in her heart. Xiaohua, you are indeed so cute...
Ye Zhizhi saw this scene, but she did not step forward to destroy this rare atmosphere. Ye Zhizhi felt very proud, because she knew that Xiaohua's charm was irresistible and she had conquered Xiao Duoduo so quickly.
The dinner in the evening was barbecue. Ye Zhizhi cut it into strips, while Lin Duoyu kept grilling it and made a broth with some fruit shells for himself.
As expected, Ye Zhizhi ate too much.
Her way of working off the food was to go out and get ready for a fight.
She still hasn't settled the score for the wolves that came to her territory to provoke her during the day!
The wolf's revenge never ends overnight.
Ye Zhizhi found the leader of the wolf pack next door and fought with it in the mountain stream.
The leader, who tried to resist but still failed, had a bruised face and nose, patches of hair missing from his body, and was scratched in many places.
The leader was very frustrated. Didn't it fail to snatch her prey? And they didn't fight, they had already retreated wisely. Why did it come to fight again?
What a little bully.
Ye Zhizhi also went to find the other wolves and beat them up. The wolves kept their tails between their legs and howled for mercy throughout the entire night.
After finally getting his revenge, Ye Zhizhi returned to the cave refreshed.
After this incident, the wolves no longer dared to go into her territory, even if there was still the scent of prey luring them, they did not dare to act rashly.
The medicinal plants that Ye Zhizhi brought back helped Lin Duoyu recover quickly from the injuries he had sustained.
Ye Zhizhi smeared insect repellent comfrey juice on Lin's wrists and ankles, then dried it into hay and tied it to her hands and feet. This way, no insects would crawl on her body, and she would not be turned into a little purple person like she was when she was a child.
Lin Duoyu knows how to braid hair. When she received these, she felt like she had received a gift and was smiling happily all day long.
Lin Duoyu saw Ye Zhizhi's thick and messy hair, and tried very carefully to straighten it out, then braided her hair into two pigtails. Ye Zhizhi was so beautiful that if she had a mirror in front of her, she would have looked at herself a hundred or eighty times.
Ye Zhizhi had always been impatient to mess with her hair. She didn't have a comb, and usually just rinsed it out while soaking it in water, and cut off a section when it got in her way. Normally, her hair was tied up in a messy, haphazard way, but this was the first time she had braided it so neatly.
She touched it again and again with joy.
Lin Duoyu was even happier when he saw Ye Zhizhi's excited little look, and couldn't help but dress her up as best as possible.
Ye Zhizhi's temperament is lively and pure, and her facial features are very delicate. With just a little makeup, she looks even more beautiful. She looks like she hasn't grown up yet, and looks relatively young overall. Lin Duoyu guessed that she is at most fourteen or fifteen years old, so he wanted to take better care of her.
Lin Duoyu is a dull person by nature, but in front of the even more taciturn Ye Zhizhi, she starts to talkative. Although in her eyes, the human society outside is not as good as these days in the cave, she even has the idea of living here forever.
Animals are much purer and less complicated than humans.
However, she wanted Ye Zhizhi, who grew up in the jungle, to understand the outside world, so she chattered to her unilaterally every day, trying to tell her some information she knew about human society.
Sometimes she even recited the knowledge she had learned, and if Ye Zhizhi was willing, she wanted to teach her how to write.
Ye Zhizhi had already planned to go out. After noticing that Lin Yuyu's body had recovered and even his complexion was beginning to improve, she started thinking about how to go out.
She asked Xiaohua to take her and Duoduo back to the place where they found Duoduo, and then look for the human camp that Duoduo mentioned nearby. Then they would be able to find a way out.
Of course, she knew that Duoduo's companions were the protagonists and supporting characters of the original novel, and they might not be easy to get along with. Ye Zhizhi did not expect that she could have friendly exchanges with them.
But she can follow them secretly. As long as she can return to human society and interact with others, she can go back.
Ye Zhizhi's plan started to work, and he took action immediately.
Xiaohua has become more familiar with Lin Duoyu during this period. Although he still treats her as a prey kept by his side, he treats her as a prey kept for a long time.
This prey will make delicious food and can be kept forever.
Xiaohua thought so and didn't refuse her to sit on her.
So Xiaohua carried Ye Zhizhi and Lin Duoyu and quickly rushed into the forest.
It was Lin Duoyu's first time riding a snake. She had no memory of the time when she fainted, but the snake was moving too fast. She found herself a little dizzy and her face turned pale.
She lay on the snake with her eyes tightly closed.
Ye Zhizhi sat steadily, turned his head to look at Xiao Duoduo, and finally asked Xiaohua to slow down a bit.
This took nearly two days, and Xiaohua stopped in a dense forest on a hilltop, hissing—
It was here that Xiaohua met her prey!
Lin Duoyu climbed down with shaking legs, held on to a tree root and tried to stand firmly, then looked around.
She didn't have much impression at that time, and the scenery in the mountains and forests was the same to her, so she couldn't tell that this was the place where she and Xiaohua first met.
Lin Duoyu just knew that he had to follow Ye Zi.
Ye Zhizhi glanced around, quickly stood on a higher rock, raised his head slightly and sniffed the scent of the forest, trying to discern the information he wanted.
The air in the forest here is turbid, and the smell of decaying plants and animals is very strong. It is not easy to analyze what you want from it. Moreover, so many days have passed, and the scent left by Lin Duoyu along the way has been covered up.
However, even if Lin Duoyu ran for half a day, he probably didn't run very far relying on his own legs. He was probably still wandering around in the mountains and forests near their camp.
Ye Zhizhi wandered around the forest, listening to the movements in the jungle while sniffing the scents carefully.
Sure enough, half a day later, Ye Zhizhi smelled a different scent.
She asked Xiaohua to carry her and Lin Duoyu all the way to the left. Soon, the scenery in the forest began to change. Lin Duoyu suddenly shouted, "It's here!"
Lin Duoyu pointed to a small valley in front. She was tricked here at the beginning. She wanted to go back, but she didn't remember the way. She waited there for a long time, but no one came to find her, so she gave up hope and tried to walk by herself.
Unexpectedly, he was chased into the woods by an animal and completely lost his way.
Ye Zhizhi could already smell some unusual scents. Lin Duoyu couldn't tell the direction, but for her and Xiaohua, who had lived in the jungle for many years, different directions in the forest were different.
Soon, they found the place where Lin Duoyu and his group had stayed before.
At this time, the people in the vast plain had left and the tents had collapsed.
The ground was covered with tent cloth that did not belong in the jungle.
According to Lin Yuyou's description, there were more than a dozen large tents set up closely together, like a tent inn, and there were also many mercenaries and bodyguards.
Now, the ground was in a mess, covered with messy marks, obviously trampled and crawled by many jungle creatures.
Lin Duoyu tried hard to tear open the huge tent. There were still many items inside that had not been taken away. It was obvious that the people here left in a hurry.
Lin Duoyu found the army green backpack she brought with her and couldn't help but smile.
Seeing this, Ye Zhizhi gave her a look that said she did a good job.
No wonder little Duoduo gets along well with them. Before she even started, Duoduo took the initiative to "pick up rubbish".
Ye Zhizhi directly tore open the collapsed tent cloth, and Xiaohua also excitedly hooked it with her tail.
Ye Zhizhi actually saw an oval cooking pot? A grill? A flat stone slab for grilling meat? She flipped it with her hands, making a clanging sound.
And what's in this bag?
Lin Duoyu looked over and immediately became even happier. "We'll take these home and make different delicious dishes for you!"
Lin Duoyu also started searching and found all the useful things.
Ye Zhizhi looked around, raised her head and sniffed, asked Xiaohua and Duoduo to stay here, and she ran quickly in one direction.
Everything in the jungle would cover up any traces of life. Ye Zhizhi used his feet to push away the thick leaves on the ground, revealing dried blood stains that gave off a rusty smell. Under the rugged and winding roots, there were also many pieces of clothing.
She looked up at the mountains and forests ahead.
It was obvious that this was the direction the heroine and her friends evacuated. Judging from the stale smell of blood, they were attacked when they left, and at least four or five people were probably killed.
Ye Zhizhi walked forward for a while, and then the breath disappeared at the back.
She speculated that those who stayed behind were wiped out, while the others managed to escape.
Ye Zhizhi did not go any further. She memorized the terrain and then turned back.
Lin Duoyu had already packed up a small mountain of things. Her little face was flushed. Seeing Ye Zhizhi coming back, she was both happy and worried: "How can we take so many things back?" She was reluctant to throw any of them away.
Ye Zhizhi walked over and took a look. This was easy! She opened the tent. The thick and tough tent was like paper in Ye Zhizhi's hands, and it tore apart with one tear.
Ye Zhizhi spread the tent into a huge cloth, and they wrapped the things one by one, directly forming two huge packages.
“Ouch—”
Ye Zhizhi called out and went back to the cave first.
Even if she lost the scent of those people, Ye Zhizhi could find a way out quickly. She knew that they were probably very close to the edge of the jungle.
But she had an inexplicable intuition that she couldn't just go out like that.
Ye Zhizhi has been in the jungle for so many years that her six senses have been trained to be very sharp, and she trusts her intuition.
So they took what they had found and returned to the cave.
Lin Duoyu was like a hardworking little bee. After returning home, he began to pack his bags. Then he took out a few packaged compressed biscuits and said to Ye Zhizhi as if he was presenting a treasure: "Ye Zi, try this?"
This was the dry food they brought with them. Lin Duoyu knew that it was definitely not out of date. Of course, this was not all Lin Duoyu's stuff. Most of it was found in other tents. She had eaten it before and it was delicious.
Ye Zhizhi took a look at it curiously, took it and looked at it, then tore it open, and a faint fragrance entered her nostrils.
Ye Zhizhi had never smelled such a strange fragrance before. She licked it curiously, and her eyes suddenly lit up. She took a bite and tasted human food. It was delicious!
Lin Duoyu laughed even more happily. She made up her mind to save all the food she found for Ye Zi.
She thought with heartache that no matter what, she was still living in human society, while Ye Zi had lived in the jungle since she was a child and probably had no idea what human society was like.
Lin Duoyu didn't know when the leaf started to live in the jungle, but she guessed it must have been very small.
Lin Duoyu watched Ye Zhizhi finish the biscuits and handed her another pack.
Xiaohua's snake head poked in and hissed, as if to say it wanted it too.
Lin Duoyu tore open a packet and gave it to Xiaohua to try. Her attitude towards Xiaohua changed quickly. After completely accepting it in her heart, she could now have close contact with it without changing her expression.
There is a limit to the amount of food that can be eaten. Xiaohua has such a big appetite that she probably won’t be able to taste anything if she swallows it all. Lin Duoyu still wants to leave some for Ye Zi.
So he turned around and got busy, picking up all the things he could use. The originally empty cave was filled with these things and was full of the breath of life.
Ye Zhizhi finished two packs of biscuits. Although she was still not satisfied, she didn't want to eat more. She looked at the many extra things in the cave and didn't feel it was messy at all.
Lin Duoyu felt that the tent cloth she brought back was very useful, and asked Ye Zhizhi to take her to a place with water to wash the tent cloth and take a shower.
The wolf leader who was passing by from a distance: "..."
What on earth does this little bully want to do by keeping such a tempting prey and not eating it?
They can only look but not eat. Aren’t you afraid that one day they will not be able to resist and snatch it to eat?
Or is this what the little bully was planning, so that he could have an excuse to beat them up?
A scheming wolf king!
Ye Zhizhi had no idea about the wolves' rich inner thoughts. She asked Xiaohua to look after Lin Duoyu while she went out for a walk.
She had gone there a few days ago, so she no longer needed to look for it, she just knew which way to go.
She hadn't figured out the specific situation yet, and it was inconvenient to bring Duoduo with her, so she simply let her stay in the cave.
But with so many wolves staring at her, Ye Zhizhi had no choice but to leave Xiaohua in the cave.
Ye Zhizhi continued walking in this direction, preparing to go to the edge of the jungle to take a look.
Her footsteps were silent. She first walked towards a higher place, looked around, and then moved briskly through the mountains and forests.
When Ye Zhizhi jumped onto a horizontal tree root, she suddenly stopped and sniffed with her nostrils.
She smelled the scent of blood on the wind.
But after only a moment, the smell of blood disappeared.
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