172 Wilderness Survival
◎What on earth do you want to do, wolf?◎
Ye Zhizhi slowly lowered his presence and completely integrated himself into the mountains and forests.
It was a cloudy day today, with no bright light filtering through the gaps between the branches and leaves. The dense forest was damp and hot, with a faint mist lingering around. The towering treetops and vine walls further obscured the view.
The air was filled with the turbid smell of rotten soil and dead leaves. Birds in the deep forest made sharp long calls, sometimes high and sometimes low, which made people jump with fear.
Ye Zhizhi sniffed carefully, and the bloody smell she had smelled just now did not appear again, as if it was an illusion.
But Ye Zhizhi knew that it was not an illusion. It could only be said that the other party had a strong ability to hide and was not an ordinary person.
Suddenly, her eyes moved slightly, and she jumped onto the raised roots of the tree next door like an arrow. She bounced silently for a moment, quickly climbed up an ancient tree, ran nimbly on the branches, and disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye.
A slight sound came from the gaps between the ancient trees in the mountains.
Pairs of jungle boots stepped on the thick fallen leaves, and they moved forward slowly and cautiously.
The tall man walking in front held a spear in both hands and looked carefully to the left, right and front.
Behind the man, there were two men, one fat and one short, holding long swords in their hands.
They look ordinary, with Southeast Asian features, darker skin and sunken eye sockets. They are not pure yellow people.
"He can't get far. Let's keep looking for him."
"We can't let him get away alive."
A ruthless look flashed in the man's eyes. He sent out a small team of ten people, but in the end only the three of them were left chasing after him.
That man alone took care of seven or eight of their companions, but he also suffered a lot of injuries. He must not be allowed to walk out of the jungle alive!
"But brother, we're getting deeper and deeper into the jungle..." The thin man said timidly, "That kid is so badly injured, he's sure to attract wild animals..."
Not long after, the bodies of their dead companions disappeared into the jungle. The thin man had a vague feeling that they had been targeted.
"We can't let him get this information out. Even if it means dying at the hands of a wild beast, we have to see it with our own eyes."
The fat man murmured in agreement, "Big brother is right, that guy must be nearby!"
The three of them were circling cautiously above the ancient tree. Ye Zhizhi, who had silently blended into the environment, blinked. It was a human, and he looked at the newcomer with ill intentions.
They seemed to be looking for someone.
She tilted her head, not understanding what they were saying. If it wasn't Mandarin, then they were foreigners.
Ye Zhizhi frowned slightly. She didn't like the smell of blood on them. They must have killed someone on their hands.
Ye Zhizhi sniffed carefully and found a turbid smell in the sparsely circulated air. The vines in the forest trembled slightly, giving her a message.
There are many ferocious beasts approaching.
Ye Zhizhi completely restrained her breath, and the predators nearby could not sense her presence and were attracted by the person under the tree.
She didn't like them and had a gut feeling they weren't good people.
Although she had fought in the jungle for many years for survival, she had never hurt anyone. Now that she saw a human who was obviously not a good person again, she did not want to take action. The main reason was that she did not know if she dared to kill. She considered herself to be an upright young man who grew up under the red flag.
So he simply didn't show up, but continued to hide in the dark and observe.
The predator was getting closer and closer, the atmosphere in the air seemed to solidify, and even the calls of birds disappeared.
The forest was unusually quiet.
Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and the thin man's dark brown eyes trembled unconsciously. The three people in the jungle seemed to have noticed something.
"Big, big brother..." The thin man's legs were shaking unconsciously. Even if he regarded human life as worthless, he was instinctively afraid of this jungle. No one wanted to become food for predators.
The leading man's brow trembled, and he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go!"
The smell of blood had already alarmed the forest. The bodies of their fallen companions were clearly not enough to satiate the jungle's existence, and now it was closing in on them. The man didn't have much time left; there was no way he could escape the predators' encirclement.
The three of them immediately left quickly, wanting to return to the base, but it was too late.
They had not walked for long when a huge leopard silently jumped out from behind the dense bushes and pounced directly on the thin man walking behind them.
The next moment, the vine branches shook violently.
"Ah! Get out of here!!!"
Bang——
"roar!"
"Brother, save——"
Vines like high walls blocked the view, concealing the fighting in the jungle. Bright red blood spurted out and sprinkled on the dark green leaves. The condensed blood beads slowly fell and permeated into the dead leaves on the ground.
Ye Zhizhi stood on a high place and looked over. He saw that the tallest man abandoned his companions and fled without looking back, while the fat man and the short man fell to the ground like rags, dead.
The predator, its fangs stained with blood, did not stop for the dead human and chased after him...
Ye Zhizhi thought she would not be able to bear it, but he found that his emotions did not change much.
In her mind, she seemed to think of this as a normal fight between animals in the jungle.
Originally, the rule of the jungle is the survival of the fittest, and whoever loses will become a dish in the opponent's mouth.
Did she live so long because predators didn't hunt her? Of course not, she was strong enough, and those predators who tried to treat her as a snack became her food.
Since these humans dare to enter the jungle, they must follow the jungle's survival rules.
Ye Zhizhi finally understood why the further out into the jungle he went, the more human corpses there were. He knew it was so dangerous here, but he still rushed in again and again.
Doesn’t humanity know the weight of the statement, “Humans are the only creatures that cannot survive in the jungle”?
But come to think of it, she has a God's perspective and knows more.
Ye Zhizhi waited for a while, then jumped down from the tree in a few seconds, walked quickly on the ground, looking around for weapons with his sharp eyes.
Of course, Ye Zhizhi was not interested in the knives in their hands. Although they looked good, these humans were obviously not good people. Who knew what they had done with these knives? She felt a little disgusted.
What she was interested in was the weapon in the tall man's hand, something that looked like a gun.
Ye Zhizhi walked forward for a while and found that the man did not escape. The weapon was knocked onto the dead leaves in the corner of the rock.
She walked forward, took a look first, and after noticing that there was no blood on it, she hooked her fingers and picked it up, then held it in front of her eyes to examine it carefully.
It looks like the shape of a gun, but it seems to be different in some way.
But she didn't know much about these things, so she didn't think much about it.
If humans bring in such weapons, they might cause harm to animals, so she needs to study it.
Ye Zhizhi got some vines and tied them together, then jumped up and held the weapon in his hand.
She walked back for a moment, her bright eyes slanted to the right, and she continued to move forward.
Behind a rock in a dense bush, a man, almost completely buried in mud and rotten leaves, leaned against the rock with his eyes closed, as if he was in a coma, motionless.
On the rock, a figure appeared silently at some point.
Ye Zhizhi had already discovered the existence that was initially hidden very secretly. With the intention of playing hide-and-seek to find someone, he squatted quietly on the rock, wanting to take a sneak peek.
She looked at it curiously.
Is this the person those people are looking for? Looks like a compatriot?
Ye Zhizhi felt that he couldn't see clearly from his high vantage point, so he jumped down and squatted in front of the man.
The branches and leaves in the dense forest swayed silently.
A sharp wind blew past, and a dagger almost became a phantom, as if it wanted to kill the visitor with one blow. However, when it met a pair of curious dark eyes, a trace of surprise flashed in the sharp black eyes, and it quickly retracted the dagger.
Ye Zhizhi reacted very quickly and raised his hand to clapped.
The look of astonishment in his eyes had not yet disappeared, and the next second he lay down in the pile of leaves under the rock, motionless.
Ye Zhizhi looked at his still raised hand, then looked at the person lying on the ground.
She withdrew her hand guiltily.
It’s none of her business. He was the one who started it.
The man was very alert. Although he was unconscious, he suddenly opened his eyes and attacked her when she got a little closer.
Ye Zhizhi walked away silently.
But this time, Ye Zhizhi saw the human's appearance clearly and found that they were indeed from the same country.
Afraid that he would overreact and attack her again, Ye Zhizhi picked up a branch and poked him.
"Oh?" Still alive?
Ye Zhizhi pricked up her ears and listened, catching the faint breath. She waited patiently for a moment, but there was still no response from the thing on the ground, so she approached cautiously and poked it with her finger.
Still no response, this time he was completely unconscious.
She turned the man over and looked at him carefully. This movement revealed the man's tall body, and she smelled the smell of blood.
Ye Zhizhi took a look and saw that this man was ruthless but also very smart. He actually used the mud and leaves in the jungle to cover his wounds and block the blood from leaking out.
No wonder she only caught a hint of the smell of blood and then lost it, she was almost fooled.
Ye Zhizhi could sense that the aura of this man was very strong. He had seen blood before, but the blood was not as turbid as those of the previous people. This man seemed to have a sense of righteousness.
This is not the filter that Ye Zhizhi sees when he sees fellow countrymen with the same skin color.
This person was originally going to attack her, but when he saw it was her, he quickly withdrew his attack. Although he couldn't hurt her even if he hadn't stopped, from his actions and expression, it was clear that this person was not the kind of person who would hurt innocent people.
Ye Zhizhi could smell the increasingly strong smell of blood on the man. If she didn't do anything about it, he would probably be devoured by wild beasts or die from excessive blood loss.
Her eyes turned and saw the dagger tightly held in his hand. Her eyes suddenly lit up, so she went over and opened his hand, quickly pulled it out, and looked at it carefully.
Compared to her dagger whose blade had been bent countless times, this dagger looked better. The blade was restrained and sharp, with a low-key beauty.
Ye Zhizhi put it behind her waist with great satisfaction. Now it was hers.
Since the reward for the favor is a dagger, please save his life.
So Ye Zhizhi hooked the other person's belt, lifted him up and shook it. His long legs hung down to the ground, and the dirt and dead leaves on his body kept falling off.
Ye Zhizhi lifted the man onto the rock and examined him carefully. He couldn't shake it off completely. The blood on the edges of the wound had already coagulated with the soil and rotten leaves.
There are a lot of bacteria in the soil and rotten leaves. If they directly infect the wound, it will be very serious.
Ye Zhizhi frowned, carried the dirty human on his shoulders with disgust, and ran quickly through the mountains and forests. Soon he came to the nearest river, picked up the human and quickly washed him several times in the river.
The turbid bloodstains attracted things in the water. Ye Zhizhi was worried that the person would be missing limbs after being lifted up, so he had to take the trouble to scoop up the water and wash it himself.
He had several deep wounds on his body, on his waist, abdomen, thighs, and back, with flesh and blood rolling around and oozing out.
The tight clothes somewhat hindered her from washing the wound, so the tear in the clothes at the edge of the wound became bigger and bigger, finally revealing her tight abdominal muscles.
Ye Zhizhi stared at the bloody wound and felt that it was so troublesome and difficult to clean.
After washing it clean, Ye Zhizhi sprinkled medicinal powder on the wound that had turned white, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
During the whole process, the man did not wake up, but his face became paler and paler.
Ye Zhizhi then continued to carry the person and ran back.
The man was so badly injured that it might not be feasible for him to sleep outdoors in the jungle. He had to go back to the cave.
Ye Zhizhi rushed back overnight and soon returned to the cave territory.
At this time, five days had passed since Ye Zhizhi left the cave, and Xiaohua and Lin Duoyu were waiting anxiously.
Lin Duoyu knew that the forest outside was very dangerous and he had no ability to protect himself, so he consciously tried not to go outside. He only walked around the entrance of the cave occasionally and then looked out to see when Ye Zhizhi would come back.
A few days ago, Lin Duoyu had been waiting for Ye Zhizhi to show up, but today was different. Before she saw him coming back, the originally listless Xiaohua suddenly perked up and crawled into the jungle happily.
Lin Duoyu immediately knew that Ye Zi had returned.
A broad smile graced her plumper face as she stood on the rock outside the cave, standing on tiptoe to look into the jungle.
After a while, the jungle trembled and the giant python carrying Ye Zhizhi rushed out.
Lin Duoyu hurried over, raised his head, his eyes sparkling, and said repeatedly, "Ye Zi, welcome home! How are you out there? Did you run into any trouble?"
Lin Duoyu looked Ye Zhizhi up and down, and even touched her to check, fearing that she was injured.
"Ah~" Ye Zhizhi bared her teeth and smiled happily unconsciously. She looked at Lin Duoyu with her eyes flashing. Didn't he encounter any danger when she was not around?
Lin Yuyue had a rosy smile on his face. "With Xiaohua here, nothing can hurt me."
At this moment, Xiaohua beside him shook his huge body, and there was a dull thud, which instantly attracted the attention of the two.
“Hiss—”
Xiaohua's snake head turned and kept hissing.
This prey looks dangerous. Shouldn't we just eat it instead of raising it? Raising just one is enough.
Ye Zhizhi touched Xiaohua's snake head and hissed to indicate that it was not edible.
Lin Duoyu opened her eyes wide in shock. She rubbed them, but the illusion on the ground didn't disappear. Only then did she confirm that Ye Zi had picked up another person?! And it was a man!
At that moment, the radar in Lin Yuyou's mind started beeping wildly, and her alert line was quickly raised.
"Ye Zi, don't pick up people casually in the future. What if the person you pick up is a bad guy and he hurts you?" Lin Duoyu was worried. She looked at the naive and gullible girl in front of her, and couldn't help but imagine her tragic future where she would be repaid with ingratitude and bullied by bad guys.
Absolutely not!
Lin Duoyu clenched her fists. She wouldn't allow anyone to hurt Ye Zi! Even if it meant risking her life, she would protect Ye Zi!
Ye Zhizhi tilted his head, as if he saw the blazing fireworks behind Lin Duoyu.
She roared, indicating that she could tell the good from the bad in humans, and even if humans tried to deceive her, they could not escape her punch!
Lin Duoyu didn't take it seriously at all. Even if Ye Zi was powerful, he couldn't escape the backstab of the human heart. Those who were covered in human skin looked like human beings, but who knew what they were inside?
However, the person has been rescued, and Lin Duoyu did not want to interfere too much with Ye Zhizhi's decision. He just thought secretly in his heart that she would keep a close eye on this person, and if he wanted to do something bad, he would have to step over her body first!
Ye Zhizhi had no idea of Lin Duoyu's inner defenses. After repeatedly emphasizing to Xiaohua that she couldn't eat, she carried the person into the cave.
She looked at the ground, thinking that it was so hard to clean it...
Seeing Ye Zhizhi's expression, Lin Duoyu immediately understood and took out the dried and folded tent cloth and spread it in the corner of the cave farthest from Ye Zhizhi.
As soon as Ye Zhizhi put the person down, Lin Duoyu took the initiative to say: "Ye Zi, don't worry, leave the person to me to take care of. Xiaohua hasn't seen you for a long time and misses you."
Ye Zhizhi nodded. She glanced at the human on the tent cloth, then looked away guiltily.
She had tried very hard to be careful along the way, but under her care, the human seemed to be more seriously injured and was only hanging on to his last breath.
Ye Zhizhi left the people and the medicinal plants he had picked on the way behind as if he had unloaded a burden, and quickly left the cave to find Xiaohua.
Xiaohua raised his head high and hissed.
Outside the forest, Ye Zhizhi saw the wolf leader standing not far away.
When the leader saw Ye Zhizhi coming out, he growled angrily and walked around violently. He sharpened his claws and looked at Ye Zhizhi with his sharp eyes.
What on earth do you want to do, wolf?
Why bring back something so dangerous?
Obviously, the wolves noticed when Ye Zhizhi carried the person back. Even the leader instinctively felt a great sense of unease when he saw the unconscious human from afar.
Unlike Lin Yuyu who was weak and harmless, the human being still made the wolf feel threatened even though he was unconscious. He was an existence that had to be eliminated as soon as possible.
And it seems that this wolf actually wants to keep such a dangerous prey in captivity, and is not afraid of backlash.
If a harmless human being is still within the leader's tolerance, the appearance of another human being makes the leader unable to control his instinct to attack.
A huge intimidating aura came over him, and Ye Zhizhi seemed to be provoked. He roared from his throat and glared at the leader fiercely.
Mine, no one can take it away from me!
A man and a wolf faced each other, making high and low sounds in their throats, and the mountains and forests trembled.
In the end, they didn't fight. The leader left, and the look in his eyes before he left seemed to say, don't let it find a chance, he'll keep watching...
Ye Zhizhi didn't relax his tense nerves until the leader's breath completely disappeared.
Xiaohua on the side approached Ye Zhizhi, hissing, and said again, "Baby, why don't you eat that prey?"
Ye Zhizhi didn't say anything. She seemed to be thinking about something. She discovered a problem: the animals in the jungle seemed to be more hostile to humans.
Different types of predators rarely collaborate on hunting, but they unite to attack humans. Why is that?
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