237 Back to the Jungle
◎She will come back here.◎
Ye Zhizhi left alone.
She kept walking. She had walked this section of the road before with her friends, but they had turned back at the planned time and hadn't found the edge. She hadn't really gone the wrong way, just slightly off in direction. Given enough time, she would surely find the human base.
But if she does that, she will be running into the territory of another country, and then she might be exposed, and who knows what will happen.
After much thought, she decided that the solution she found last year was the best solution.
The wind and sand covered up the human footprints, but not much time had passed. Ye Zhizhi observed carefully and could still find some traces. She continued to move forward along these traces. After a few days, she smelled a messy and smelly human scent.
This area should be where the humans in this base have been active all year round. They dare not go any deeper. The humans who were able to go so deep more than two months ago, in addition to bringing a lot of weapons, they also directly paid with their lives.
This trip directly caused many small allied countries to lose hundreds of elites. None of the elites were blown by the wind. They were rare and carefully selected from tens of thousands. Losing one or two would be heartbreaking, let alone losing so many people.
This incident dealt a heavy blow to the District 12 base, and they became afraid and stopped sending people into the jungle. Therefore, those who were still wandering around the outskirts of the jungle were all mercenaries from other parties.
Ye Zhizhi smelled the scent of the human team. She did not show up, but she saw these foreign mercenaries carrying highly destructive weapons. After entering the jungle, they did not pay attention to the surrounding environment at all. The places where they stopped were very dirty, and even their companions would kill each other when they encountered danger. She felt very disgusted.
Perhaps there were companions who shared life and death with her, but she hadn't seen any yet. The mercenaries staying outside the jungle weren't safe either, as they were attacked by jungle creatures every day, and the casualty rate was high.
Ye Zhizhi just watched from afar and found that not only would predators attack them, they would also set traps to attack predators, and then they would find ways to capture the predators' cubs alive.
No wonder the smell was so turbid and unpleasant. Ye Zhizhi judged that these were criminals who did not abide by international treaties. When she saw that they actually caught a few-month-old beast cub, she became angry.
After she calmed down and thought about it, she realized that humans had special medicines that could isolate people from being invaded by poisonous insects in the jungle. Although the effect was not as good as that of comfrey, it was almost the same.
The captured young beast looked a bit like the monitor lizard cub that attacked her and Yin Yi when they came here. She didn't know what material the cage was made of, but it completely isolated the smell of the cub.
The cub was drugged and remained unconscious. No wonder there were several monitor lizards wandering around this area, even though it was not their territory.
Ye Zhizhi thought about it and lured the nearby group of monitor lizards and other predators over.
They smelled the scent of humans and immediately united to attack. In the chaos, the silver cage could not be taken away in time and was left on the ground.
Ye Zhizhi waited until all the humans and predators around had left before she came out. She circled the cage twice. There was a chain on it. Ye Zhizhi couldn't find the key, so it must have been taken away with the humans.
So she used all her strength to force them open.
The little cubs inside were still sleeping. Ye Zhizhi picked up the cage with one hand and followed the scent of the monitor lizards.
Those humans ran frantically towards the base, and those who couldn't escape in time became their dead souls.
Soon, the cub in the cage seemed to regain some consciousness, and she heard a weak humming sound.
Ye Zhizhi stuck his head out to take a look, and found that it was indeed awake. It smelled Ye Zhizhi's scent and instinctively trembled with fear.
She looked at the little thing. No matter what kind of ferocious predator it was, no matter how ugly it was as an adult, it could still be described as cute when it was young.
Although they can be considered enemies and will treat each other as food if they meet in the wild, she rescued it from humans after all, so Ye Zhizhi did not intend to do anything to it.
Ye Zhizhi stared at it for a while, which made the cub tremble even more violently.
After noticing that the monitor lizard was returning and approaching her, Ye Zhizhi pulled the cub out and put it on the ground. She then quickly ran away with the cage.
Not long after she left, the herd of monitor lizards followed the scent and found the cubs of the tribe. The little cubs hummed weakly, and after smelling the familiar scent, they finally stopped trembling. They were then picked up by one of the monitor lizards and ran back quickly.
There was almost no vegetation here, so it was not easy to hide people. After walking around the periphery, she saw the base of District 12 from a high place. There was no river blocking this area, as if it was right at the end of the jungle.
Ye Zhizhi knew the base was heavily guarded, so she didn't approach. She observed it from a distance for a moment before leaving. She had wasted quite a bit of time, and now she was rushing towards District 9 with all her might.
Seeing so many humans in the jungle, I still like the humans from my own country. They will not deliberately destroy the jungle or actively harm small animals. They focus on self-protection and will not kill each other. They are simply worlds apart. Fortunately, not all humans are bad.
Although Ye Zhizhi thought so in his heart, he still didn't trust completely easily. Humans are very complex animals.
Ye Zhizhi hardly rested along the way, running and walking all the time. It took her nearly a month to reach the familiar place. She returned to the cave where she had temporarily stayed.
Ye Zhizhi put the cage in the cave, thinking that it might be useful in the future. She rested in the cave for half a day before continuing on her way.
It’s strange to say, when she came back, she would be attacked every day, but now that she is out, she has hardly been attacked and her journey has been smooth.
She only had a few days' walk left before she could get out of the jungle.
Ye Zhizhi looked up at the sky. Dark clouds were gathering on the horizon and the humidity in the air was getting thicker. She estimated the time and it was just right for her to leave the base.
I just don’t know if Qin Fei is still waiting for her in the jungle.
Ye Zhizhi thought about the river. If he had already left, it would be fine for her to swim across by herself. After all, she had entered here openly.
Qin Fei, whom Ye Zhizhi was thinking about, did not leave at this time. He and his teammates stayed on the river bank at the edge of the jungle. They were ready to evacuate at any time.
"Boss, the rainy season is coming soon. How long do we have to wait?"
The person asking the questions was Wang Dang from the team. He looked up at the sky and saw dark clouds moving in. The rainy season was approaching. If they didn't leave, they might be trapped in the base.
Although the base is safe, if they fail to leave in time, they will be bored to death staying in the boring base for such a long time.
Qin Fei sat steadily beside the tent on the shore. His face was a little pale, and his expression was calm. He only glanced towards the jungle from time to time. "Wait a little longer."
Seeing this, the others didn't say much.
The wind on the river was getting stronger and stronger. The people on the shore could feel the rustling sound of the wind, which made the tent roll like waves.
After a moment of silence, Mao Xiaoming couldn't help but sigh, "Xiao Zhizhi is really amazing. None of us dared to stay in the jungle for such a long time."
Pang Ying scratched the back of his head, "Could it be that he has left somewhere else?" The edge of the jungle is so big, it is not impossible that he ran to some other place.
"Boss, how about we look along the edge of the jungle?"
"No, she will come back here." Qin Fei said confidently. Anyone in this world can get lost and take the wrong path, but Ye Zhizhi will never do that.
Mao Xiaoming looked at their leader Qin Fei, whose injuries had not yet fully healed, and because of staying in the jungle for the past few months, he had several new wounds. He did not look well now.
"Boss, you shouldn't have come to such a dangerous place before you've recovered from your injuries. We're here for you."
At the beginning of the year, when the snow had not yet melted, Qin Fei cooperated with the official action and arrested the group of fugitives he was targeting, but he also discovered a problem. Perhaps this was not an isolated case, and there were probably many criminals hiding in the jungle.
This is also a huge threat to anyone from District 9 who enters the jungle. Although the casualty rate in District 9 is not as high as in other areas, there are still quite a few every year.
Perhaps some people are not killed by jungle creatures, but by man-made disasters.
Therefore, the base decided to clean up the ninth district and see if there were any fish that had slipped through the net. As for other places, it was not appropriate for the official to interfere too much, so Qin Fei, who had lost his official identity and was now a mercenary, took his mercenary teammates to clean up.
This is equivalent to a long-term task entrusted to Qin Fei by the base. They originally wanted him to participate after he recovered from his injury. This year, the deputy captain would lead other teammates to do the task. However, Qin Fei came anyway. His injury had not yet recovered, and now he was even more injured.
Qin Fei didn't care about the injuries on his body. He had been injured more seriously before. Now the pain from the wounds on his body reminded him that he was still alive.
Qin Fei turned his head and looked at the jungle. He was extremely sure of Ye Zhizhi's choice, but the rainy season was about to come and she still hadn't come out. Was she in trouble?
Just when Qin Fei was considering going in to look for him, a figure suddenly emerged from the green jungle.
When the man saw him, he immediately ran towards him quickly, jumping and skipping.
Qin Fei stood up and faced Ye Zhizhi who was running towards him.
She was carrying a backpack, her hair was messy and casually draped behind her head, her little face was bright and smiling, and she was wearing a torn green combat uniform.
Before leaving the jungle, Ye Zhizhi changed her clothes back and ran quickly to Qin Fei.
Qin Fei smiled and said, "Let's go back."
Ye Zhizhi also grinned, "Yeah!"
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