25 Wilderness Survival
◎The cub comes out of the cave.◎
The huge wolf king lay beside the bushes, his huge head resting on his forelimbs, his eyes looking into the distance at the picturesque mountains.
However, the bushes nearby were rustling and shaking, which attracted the wolf's attention and made it unable to help but glance over from time to time.
After a while, the bushes rustled again, and then a short and stocky cub crawled out from it.
Looking closely, it was a cub with skin that was purple to a dark color, with only the whites of its eyes being particularly noticeable.
This child is none other than the fully-armed Xiao Ye Zhi Zhi. She has a belt made of small vines tied around her waist, and "shoes" made of vines and leaves tied around her little feet.
She had her hood on her head, but it got caught on a branch as she passed through the bushes, leaving a few green leaves mixed in her messy hair.
Ye Zhizhi put her hood back on to block the direct sunlight. She did not leave immediately, but turned around and put half of her small body into the bushes. After rustling around for a while, she pulled out a thin branch in her hands.
She pulled out the dry-looking broken branch and dragged it all the way to the open space where the sun was shining.
Looking closely at this piece of land, there are about ten similar branches neatly arranged, and a pile of fallen leaves spread out next to them.
After Ye Zhizhi picked up the dead branches, she found that although the surface looked dry, the inside was actually very moist. Such dead branches could not burn unless they were completely dry, so she planned to dry these dead branches and leaves thoroughly first.
Ye Zhizhi looked at the results of her afternoon work, nodded with satisfaction, and praised herself for the umpteenth time: She is awesome!
She ducked into the bushes again.
There were the most broken branches and fallen leaves near the bushes, but after many experiments, she found that it was most convenient to drill in and out directly from them.
There were no formal roads or even naturally formed paths in these areas near Chaoxue. The rocks were slippery and jagged where plants could not grow, and there were occasional shapeless tree roots protruding from the ground.
I don’t know which trees these roots belong to. There are obviously no tall trees nearby, but the root systems are so developed.
It was difficult for her short legs to climb up and down, and these plants happened to have no thorns, so Ye Zhizhi chose to crawl around without worrying about hurting herself.
While picking up broken branches and fallen leaves, she also did not forget to look for wild fruits.
Sure enough, she found some fruits growing on the ground. They were different from the fruits she had found before. They looked a bit like snake bubbles, but they were black.
Ye Zhizhi scratched her head in confusion. She thought she could recognize some wild fruits and vegetables, but the plants here looked so unfamiliar.
Weird.
But considering this was a world in a book... even if it was a world in a book, the plants couldn't be described as strange, right? Couldn't there be some reference to reality... well, maybe she was just too ignorant.
After Ye Zhizhi confirmed again and again that this wild fruit was edible, he quickly picked one to taste first, and then came back to pick more after a while when his body had no reaction.
These fruits are right at the entrance of the nest, so it is very convenient for her to come out.
However, what Ye Zhizhi missed most was the nest of bird eggs, which he didn't know whether they existed or not.
She looked around but didn't find any bird's nests, and there were no tall trees for birds to build nests in.
It doesn't matter, she still has meat!
Ye Zhizhi was full of anticipation when she thought that once her branches and leaves were dried, she could make fire by rubbing two sticks together and eat barbecue.
Wait! She hasn't found the wood she needs to drill yet!
Ye Zhizhi almost forgot the most important tool and hurriedly searched around for it again.
The broken branches in the bushes were too thin to be used as tools.
Before Ye Zhizhi could continue looking, her clothes seemed to be caught by something, and her little feet took a few steps but were still standing still.
Ye Zhizhi turned her head and saw that the wolf mother had come over and bit her clothes.
It's time to go back.
This message was revealed in the silver wolf's eyes.
Ye Zhizhi looked up and found that it was already evening.
At this time, the sky was full of red clouds, and the trees and rocks in the forest, as well as the clouds swirling in the distance, were all painted with a layer of brilliant colors, creating a splendid picture.
In the setting sun, the silver wolf was also covered with a layer of soft light.
Ye Zhizhi narrowed her eyes slightly. For some reason, she suddenly wanted to hug Silver Wolf.
She did so.
Ye Zhizhi stood on tiptoe, raised her hands and tried to hold the silver wolf's drooping mouth, but she could only hold it this far.
Ye Zhizhi rubbed her little face against Silver Wolf's cold nose and smiled sweetly unconsciously.
The silver wolf lowered its head and looked at the cub motionlessly.
Why is this cub so fond of acting like a spoiled child? Thinking this, a hint of indulgence and deep joy flashed in the silver wolf's eyes.
Well, since the cub is so well behaved today, let him play for a while longer.
The forgotten Wolf King: "..."
It looked at the wolf and its cub right in front of it, and swung its tail leisurely.
In the end, Ye Zhizhi stayed outside until it was getting dark before returning to Chaoxue.
Although he didn't know why the wolf mother suddenly changed her mind, Ye Zhizhi, who wanted to stay outside as long as possible, rushed into the depths of the bushes and ran to the place where she found the fruit. He picked the fruit and filled several leaves with it, which he hung around his waist like a small purse. He also ate a lot of it on the way.
So Ye Zhizhi came out with a head full of fallen leaves, grinning at the silver wolf, revealing her four small baby teeth that were dyed black. The only two white spots on her body could not escape the fate of being dyed.
Silver Wolf: "..." It seems that this cub is no longer worth keeping.
In the end, it was the wolf king who carried the dirty cub back to the den.
Ye Zhizhi returned to the den, ate a lot of milk, and then lay in the silver wolf's arms, feeling tired.
She had exercised more today than ever before. She hadn't felt it when she was running around, but now that she stopped, her limbs felt weak and she felt tired.
Ye Zhizhi originally thought that she would be too alert to sleep, but unexpectedly, she fell asleep not long after dark, and slept soundly. Even when Yin Yi came back and stretched out his paws to rub her calves to wake her up and play with her, he was unable to wake her up.
The next day, Ye Zhizhi woke up at dawn and was instantly resurrected, full of energy.
She first finished her milk, then ran to the corner where she kept the fruit.
It was just one night ago, and the fruit was still fresh.
Ye Zhizhi happily sat on the ground and ate fruit.
The silver wolf looked at the cub's chubby little back with a speechless expression. What was so delicious about plants that this cub actually ate them so happily?
Yin Yi walked over and lay down beside her, watching curiously. Seeing the wolf girl eating the strange plant bite by bite, he tilted his head and rubbed her, then opened his mouth slightly.
Ye Zhizhi turned her head to look at Brother Wolf, grabbed a handful of fruit with her little hands and stuffed it into his mouth.
Yin Yi's mouth moved and he swallowed it into his throat, "..." He looked at Ye Zhizhi in confusion, very puzzled as to why the wolf girl liked to eat this kind of thing. Isn't the flesh and blood delicious?
Ye Zhizhi didn't know what Yin Yi was thinking. Seeing that Wolf Brother wanted to eat, she generously took a bite herself and shared some with Wolf Brother. She turned her head to see if Wolf Mother wanted to eat. Seeing that she looked at the two cubs with disgust, she didn't force them.
When she grows up a little bit and learns how to hunt, she will hunt many animals for her wolf mother and the others to eat!
Yin Yi: “…” Although it’s weird, this is given by Wolf Sister, eat eat eat.
After the brother and sister divided the fruit, Ye Zhizhi became restless and wanted to run away again.
Yesterday, Yin Yi went out early with the other wolf cubs and came back at night. He didn't know that Yin Lang took Ye Zhizhi out later.
Only after it came back did it smell a scent of plant life on the wolf girl, and it was obvious that she had been outside for a long time.
So today it was not in a hurry to go out with the wolf cubs. Based on its understanding of the wolf sister, since the wolf mother agreed to let her go out, it would not be just once.
Sure enough, Ye Zhizhi couldn't bear it anymore after a while, she climbed on the silver wolf and started to cling to him.
The silver wolf took the cub under its claws and began to lick her.
As Yinyi grew older, the silver wolf rarely licked his fur. On the contrary, the silver wolf licked the cub every day when he was in the den.
Ye Zhizhi has long been accustomed to it, and will even turn over by himself to let the wolf mother lick him. For example, now, he was originally lying down, but after a while he turned over by himself, facing the wolf mother, and whimpering and acting coquettishly with a strong smell of milk.
She also wanted to go out, even outside the nest.
Ye Zhizhi did not forget to lift up her calves. Now the swelling on her calves had completely subsided and there was no trace of the poisonous insect bites.
And yesterday...
Eh? She wasn't bitten!
Ye Zhizhi suddenly realized that she had already prepared herself mentally for being bitten by poisonous insects again. However, she had been hanging out outside for most of the day yesterday and had even hidden in corners, yet she was not bitten!
Ye Zhizhi got up and carefully checked his whole body, and found that he didn't even have a mosquito bite.
Could it be that the insects near the cave are afraid of the smell of wolves?
Ye Zhizhi quickly rejected this idea. At the beginning, she would look down from time to time to see if there were any bugs under her feet. When she saw bugs nearby, she would get very nervous, fearing that they would run over and bite her. Later, she became busy and had no time to pay attention, so she quickly put it behind her.
Ye Zhizhi then realized that the juice that the wolf mother applied to her body could not only heal her bites and remove toxins, but also prevent poisonous insects from crawling on her body.
In other words, she is no longer the one who is afraid of insects.
Now it’s not certain who is afraid of whom between her and the bug!
No wonder Wolf Mother was willing to take her out.
Ye Zhizhi put her hands on her hips, held her head high and chest puffed out. She could be described in four words now: inflated and arrogant.
She is not afraid of anything!
Silver Wolf looked at the inexplicably arrogant little cub in front of him: "..."
Ye Zhizhi looked down and saw that the color of her hands and feet had become much lighter. She quickly cried to the wolf mother and said that she wanted to paint more!
She hadn't been averse to becoming a little purple person to begin with, but after realizing this effect, she became even more eager to become one. There was no other way. It was too dangerous outside. If she wasn't careful, she would get bit by insects. Furthermore, the insects were extremely venomous. She felt pain, itchiness, and discomfort, and even fainted.
When it comes to survival, nothing matters. The color will fade away anyway, and it won't make her a real little purple person.
If we were to ask who is the wolf in the pack who can best understand the cubs' meaning, Silver Wolf would definitely be the first one. She just needs to blink her eyes and Silver Wolf can understand her thoughts.
Not long after, the wolves brought back a large cluster of dark purple plants.
Ye Zhizhi looked at it with wide eyes, feeling inexplicably familiar, but she was very sure that she had never seen such a plant before. It could not only repel poisonous insects but also treat the symptoms after being bitten by poisonous insects!
Ye Zhizhi looked left and right, and finally recognized that the hay that the wolves used to build their nests in the den, and the hay piles that she didn't pay attention to were all the appearance of this plant after it dried up.
So the purpose of using the hay of this plant to build a nest is to prevent insects from entering the nest. No wonder she had never been bitten by insects when she was in the nest before. It turns out that this hay has these functions!
Indeed, no matter how clean the cave is, there are bound to be reptiles, and no matter how hygienic the wolves are, there are not many of them. But she has never been bitten in the cave... How can the wolves be so smart!
Ye Zhizhi picked up one and sniffed it. He couldn't smell anything, but it could drive away insects, which was magical.
She tore off a leaf, which was similar to a root, long and thin. She rubbed it between her fingers, and the color between her palms became darker.
Ye Zhizhi thought that it could detoxify and must be non-toxic, so she licked it curiously. A bitter taste exploded in her mouth, making her hair explode. She couldn't help but stick out her tongue and breathe out.
Why do things that smell like nothing taste so horrible?
Yin Yi, who was staring at the side, couldn't help but grin, with a smile in his eyes.
Otherwise, how could they become brother and sister? They were both very curious. At this time, Yin Yi had forgotten that he had done such stupid things before and laughed at the stupid wolf sister.
Ye Zhizhi rubbed her body with comfrey... Yes, she gave this unknown plant a very appropriate name.
After she was sure that her entire body had darkened in color, she began to urge the wolf mother, pulling her hair to get out.
The silver wolf was forced to take his cubs out.
Ye Zhizhi happily went down the boulder nest, but it still took a long time before he could get out.
As soon as she went down, the four little wolf cubs rushed up to her, their chubby little bodies crowded together, and they kept whimpering and complaining with milk sounds from their mouths.
Ye Zhizhi comforted Shunmao one by one. She did spend less time with the little wolf cub these days, but she was doing her job.
Ye Zhizhi had a serious expression on his face, signaling the little wolf cubs to be obedient and stay in the cave. When they grow up a little, they can leave the den.
However, she didn't know that wolf cubs of this age originally had the right to play and bask in the sun near the cave. It was just that one cub was taken away last year because it was not watched, so this year the wolf pack decided to wait until the cubs were a little bigger before letting them out.
After comforting the little wolf cubs, Ye Zhizhi rushed to the cave entrance.
The cub comes out of the cave!
When Ye Zhizhi finally went out, he was surrounded by a large group of wolves. The wolf cubs walked around Ye Zhizhi, and the wolf king and silver wolf also came out. Even adult wolves like Scar saw such a lively scene and did not lie down in their dens. They followed him out with their tails wagging.
The first thing Ye Zhizhi did was to look at his pile of dead branches and leaves.
I found that it became even more humid after one night.
“…”
I didn't expect this forest to be so humid at night even in summer.
Ye Zhizhi had no choice but to move them to a place near the cave entrance to dry in the sun, planning to put them back into the cave in the evening and take them out the next day.
She worked diligently to move things back and forth, and Yin Yi followed Ye Zhizhi around.
After she moved the leaves a few times, she suddenly realized something was wrong. Why did her pile of dead leaves decrease instead of increase?
Ye Zhizhi walked a few steps in confusion, and suddenly turned around. Yin Yi, who was following behind her, was still biting a pile of leaves she had just put down. When he saw Ye Zhizhi turn her head, he opened his innocent animal eyes.
Ye Zhizhi: "..." She said that she had finally carried the pile of dead leaves next to the cave entrance, but the more she put in, the fewer there were, and more and more of them fell on the way.
She thought she had dropped it on the road, but who knew there was another culprit!
"Aoao--Woo--" Ye Zhizhi asked Brother Wolf to quickly put down the dead leaf that she had brought with great difficulty, so as not to make things worse for the beast.
Yinyi's expression was still very unconvinced, and he howled twice, suggesting that he was helping.
Ye Zhizhi: “…”
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