228 Back to the Jungle
◎The loud and passionate howl of wolves echoed through the mountains and forests◎
Ye Zhizhi had indeed forgotten about the person. All she could think about was going faster and faster.
Although it was a long distance, Ye Zhizhi ran over in less than two minutes. The jungle seemed to be getting closer and closer in her eyes.
Ye Zhizhi plunged into the jungle, like a child returning home from a long journey. Her smile was brighter than the sun. She opened her arms and embraced the breeze, as if embracing the jungle.
Ye Zhizhi completely released her nature and ran faster and faster. The huge rocks, rugged tree roots, dense bushes... were not obstacles for her.
The moment she entered the jungle, the noise that seemed to be everywhere in Ye Zhizhi's ears and the irritability in her heart completely disappeared. Her heart instantly became calm and her mind became clear.
Ye Zhizhi ran for half a day, but some emotion in her heart was still burning, like a volcano about to erupt. She rushed to a small hill and looked at the towering mountains in all directions.
Her heart was pounding more and more, and she couldn't help but raise her head slightly and let out a long sound -
“Ouch—woo—”
The passionate and loud wolf howls echoed throughout the mountains and forests, and were heard from far away. The beasts on the nearby hills heard the majestic howls and fled away.
This also caused some humans wandering the jungle on the neighboring hillside to instantly clench their weapons and become alert. Their bodies were in a state of disarray, clearly having experienced battle not long ago. Such obvious movement caused the humans, who had been resting in their secret dens, to abandon their rest and immediately move on.
"It's a wolf! There must be a pack of wolves nearby!"
“Run!”
Ye Zhizhi had no idea of the turmoil she had caused, and even if she did, she wouldn't care. She howled several times before she vented the emotions in her heart, and her feverish mind finally cleared up.
She looked at the mountains in all directions. The mountains that had once frightened her and that she thought were a cage that trapped her now looked very familiar to her.
Even the dead branches and rotten leaves under her feet made her feel very close.
Ye Zhizhi slowed down her pace, stepped on the ground, and walked forward step by step.
She's back!
She's back in the jungle!
Ye Zhizhi's mouth widened, his steps became lighter, and his whole body was filled with joy.
Her bouncing back was occasionally caught by the sunlight refracted through the branches and leaves, flashing on her body as if glowing.
Ye Zhizhi walked deep into the jungle.
She is still on the outskirts of the jungle, which is still full of traces of human activities. Ye Zhizhi uses her five senses to perceive and can vaguely feel the presence of humans on the next hill, but she has no intention of meeting other humans, but simply avoids them.
In the jungle world, she is the king. If she doesn't want to see anyone, no one can see her.
She wanted to go back to the depths of the jungle, return to the wolf pack she had been longing for, and visit her little friends.
This time, she didn't plan to go back the same way.
She couldn't walk the path Xiaohua had taken her on alone. Without Xiaohua, she couldn't navigate the underground water veins. She could only walk on the surface, but she remembered that the mountain range separating the inner and outer areas gave her a sense of danger.
Ye Zhizhi thought that there should be a safer route into the depths of the jungle.
Ye Zhizhi already knew her own life experience, and also knew which direction the woman who carried her into the jungle took when she secretly entered, and where Ye's father and others found the woman's body.
She had entered the jungle illegally, specifically at the junction of the two areas. Cleverly, she had entered the jungle from the top of the outer V-shaped area, and it was in that area that the wolves had snatched her away. She estimated that the wolves, traveling day and night, had taken about ten days to reach their former lair. A human's speed wouldn't have allowed them to travel very far in just three or two days. If the wolves had been able to return so quickly, there must have been a shorter, safer route.
Ye Zhizhi sniffed the air.
The air outside was even more turbid, but Ye Zhizhi didn't find it unpleasant at all. Instead, he felt very nostalgic.
She sniffed the scent of the jungle and continued walking deeper into the jungle.
In the jungle, Ye Zhizhi never gets lost. She knows the direction home. What she has to do now is to take the shortest and safest route.
There was nothing outside the jungle that could threaten her, so Ye Zhizhi focused more on walking. She ran and walked.
This time of year is the busiest time on the outskirts of the jungle. Mercenaries from every country and all kinds of complex humans flock into the jungle. Even though the death rate is very high every year, there are always humans who rush in for money rather than their lives.
Ye Zhizhi sensed the presence of many humans along the way, and also smelled a strong smell of blood.
She had no intention of saving people. Since these humans came into the jungle, they were prepared to die. Whether they lived or died had nothing to do with her.
However, she caught the sound of hot weapons. Ye Zhizhi thought of her idea of bringing hot weapons back to broaden the horizons of the wolves and her friends, so she turned the corner and ran over.
Ye Zhizhi hadn't used her skills for a long time, but as soon as she returned to the familiar environment of the jungle, those innate instincts awakened, and no matter how tortuous the mountain road in front of her was, she could still walk on it as if it were flat ground.
She approached the source of the sound silently. Because the distance was far, even if Ye Zhizhi ran very fast, the scene had already come to a standstill. Only the crushed grass and the strong smell of blood indicated that a bloody massacre had just taken place here.
The predator that had just attacked humans quickly moved away. Ye Zhizhi had no intention of chasing after it. She jumped down from the tree, glanced at the messy ground, and found what she wanted among the dead branches and rotten leaves.
A long spear.
Ye Zhizhi glanced at it; she recognized the model of this gun; Qin Fei had also shown her how to use it before. It seemed her time in human society hadn't been completely wasted; at least she had learned something.
Ye Zhizhi looked at the magazine skillfully. There were still three bullets in it, which was enough.
…
Qin Fei?
Ye Zhizhi turned his head and looked, where was Qin Fei?
No wonder she always felt like she had forgotten something.
It turns out that I had forgotten about Qin Fei.
Ye Zhizhi looked up at the sky, thought for a moment, and decided to go back to look for him. Fortunately, she remembered it in time. If she had been a little later, she would have run deeper into the jungle and would not have been able to go back to look for him.
As for now... Ye Zhizhi thought that the person was so good to her and even brought her back. It would not be good to just abandon him without saying anything, so she hung the spear on her backpack and ran back quickly.
It was already afternoon when Ye Zhizhi found Qin Fei.
Qin Fei did not go very deep into the jungle. When he hid the boat and walked into the jungle, Ye Zhizhi had long disappeared. He relied on his tracking skills to chase her for a while, but she was so good at running that he eventually lost all contact with her.
Qin Fei didn't expect to find anyone, and he wasn't in a hurry. If he couldn't find anyone, he would just walk slowly.
By noon, we had shot two rabbits and found a safe place downwind to roast them.
Qin Fei is now at the edge of the jungle, an area with the most traces of human activities. Although ferocious predators appear from time to time, it is still relatively safe. He found some dead branches and leaves, dried them for a while, and after preparing the rabbit, he started to make a fire and roast it.
When Ye Zhizhi came back, the rabbit had just been roasted and the rich aroma filled the air.
She squatted silently beside Qin Fei, staring at the sizzling and fragrant roasted rabbit with shining eyes, and asked anxiously, "Is it ready?"
Qin Fei was not at all surprised by Ye Zhizhi's arrival. He said "OK" and handed the branch with the largest roasted rabbit on it to Ye Zhizhi.
Ye Zhizhi took it without hesitation, blew on it with his little mouth, took a bite, and then buried his head in chewing it quickly.
It smells like the jungle!
Only the little animals in the jungle have this taste!
In the human society outside, no matter how many delicacies there are, no matter how delicious the food is, it cannot compare to a simple roasted rabbit at this moment. She can eat it for the rest of her life!
Qin Fei tore off four rabbit legs from the roasted rabbit in his hand and placed them on a clean leaf beside him, then handed them to Ye Zhizhi. He tore off a few pieces of rabbit meat and ate them slowly.
Ye Zhizhi accepted everything that was offered to her. She had a big appetite, and even after eating a rabbit and its four legs, she still felt unsatisfied. She quickly ran away and disappeared for a while. When she came back, she was holding a fat pheasant rabbit in her hand.
Qin Fei had no complaints at all and willingly acted as a chef, continuing to grill meat for Ye Zhizhi.
He never asked Ye Zhizhi why she ran away and why she came back, and Ye Zhizhi didn't explain either, as if they had a tacit understanding.
The two roasted rabbits and roasted chickens at the back went into Ye Zhizhi's stomach, and she sighed with satisfaction.
Ye Zhizhi looked at Qin Fei. He had just eaten a human but it did not affect Ye Zhizhi's determination at all. She said to Qin Fei seriously, "You go back." The jungle was so dangerous, and Qin Fei's injuries had not yet healed. He was alone, and if he was attacked by a predator, he would have no help.
She ran too far away and couldn't come back to save people.
Qin Fei, it’s better to go back.
Qin Fei looked at Ye Zhizhi. He didn't say anything. His eyes dropped and he noticed the gun hanging on Ye Zhizhi's backpack.
It's only been half a day, how come there are suddenly so many hot weapons?
Ye Zhizhi noticed his gaze, pulled the backpack closer to her, and said cautiously, "I picked it up."
Qin Fei sighed inwardly. As expected, she was more suitable for the jungle.
In just a short while, he didn't encounter any humans, but Ye Zhizhi was able to retrieve his weapons, and...
Qin Fei looked into Ye Zhizhi's eyes. As soon as she returned to the jungle, there was light in her eyes, as if she had come back to life. He saw the lively and vibrant little girl again.
Qin Fei did not make things difficult for himself. He knew very well that Ye Zhizhi's heart was clearly biased. She would not bring anyone into the jungle, so it would be useless even if he said it.
Qin Fei said: "Don't worry, I will meet up with my teammates soon."
His mercenary teammates were already on their way, but Ye Zhizhi was in too much of a hurry and didn't wait for them to arrive, so he would wait for his teammates to arrive nearby.
Ye Zhizhi tilted his head and looked at Qin Fei.
She thought Qin Fei simply wanted to send her back, and perhaps even wanted her to protect him as he went deep into the jungle. However, he never mentioned it, so she pretended not to know.
So he himself was also planning to come in with his teammates?
Don't you want to live anymore?
Even Qin Fei in his prime couldn't survive the jungle 100%, not to mention he was injured now. Ye Zhizhi felt that it was impossible for such a weak human to stay safe in the jungle without being attacked.
Qin Fei understood the thoughts in her eyes and said, "Don't worry, I have my own way to protect myself."
Ye Zhizhi stopped talking. Since it was his own choice, she had nothing to say.
Ye Zhizhi stood up with her backpack. She thought coldly that since he wanted to get something from the jungle, no matter what jungle dangers he encountered, it was what he deserved.
"If you are going to die, I will not save you anymore." If he really died, for the sake of their acquaintance, she would find his body and send him back for burial.
Ye Zhizhi looked at him deeply, then left without looking back.
Qin Fei watched Ye Zhizhi disappear quickly into the jungle in silence, without saying a word to keep him.
He sighed silently, fearing that in her heart, he had become a person with ulterior motives.
Ye Zhizhi left angrily. After she ran a long way, her anger subsided and she calmly remembered that Qin Fei was not that kind of person.
He was different from the others who entered the jungle.
Ye Zhizhi thought about his attitude towards Xiaohua, and she could feel that he had no ill intentions.
Ye Zhizhi looked back, but still didn't go back.
Since he is so confident, he doesn't need her protection anymore. She can't waste any more time.
Ye Zhizhi looked up at the sky. Golden light penetrated through the gaps between the branches, dazzling her eyes and illuminating the dim woods. She silently quickened her pace and quickly disappeared into the jungle.
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