287 Jinjiang Exclusive
◎Yinyi has become thin due to hunger.◎
Ye Zhizhi was in an underground laboratory, very deep from the ground, and the building materials were special. Even with her outstanding abilities, she could not hear what was happening on the ground.
Qian Duoduo understood what she meant and immediately said, "There's no sign of the ice and snow melting yet."
She noticed that Ye Zhizhi's lips were a little dry and handed her a cup of warm water.
Ye Zhizhi took it and drank it in one gulp, then put it on the table and walked out of the laboratory.
Qian Duoduo followed behind, nagging with concern: "The research has finally come to an end, why don't you take a break for a few days? There are always some dangers outside, and you are alone..."
Qian Duoduo knew that Ye Zhizhi wanted to go back to the jungle. She was worried that Ye Zhizhi would encounter danger on the way and regretted that she didn't have the ability to go with her.
Qian Duoduo wanted Ye Zhizhi to go out later, so that when the temperature rose, the jungle would not be so dangerous for Ye Zhizhi.
Ye Zhizhi has been walking back and forth for so many years. Although she encounters no less than ten attacks every year, the danger is within controllable range. She has the ability to save her life, so even though the ice and snow have not melted yet, it has little impact on her.
She wants to go back.
Ye Zhizhi really wanted to return to the wolf pack at this moment, lie in the wolf mother's arms and think about nothing.
She didn't go back to the jungle last year. Although she had conveyed her intentions to Xiaohua and Yinyi, she was worried that they would not obey, especially Yinyi. She always felt that Yinyi already knew where she was.
If she doesn't go back, Yin Yi will probably find out.
You know, last year when she received the news that the base was attacked, her heart almost stopped. She thought that her group of friends were disobedient and ran out to find her, and had a conflict with humans.
Fortunately, it wasn't them, but people from other countries who sneaked in and tried to dig out the secrets of the institute. The reason why the institute attracted attention was because of the results produced by Ye Zhizhi.
There is a troop stationed directly next to the research institute at the base. It is responsible for protecting the research institute. The people were caught before they even reached the outskirts of the research institute. The research institute is protected as solid as a rock.
Ye Zhizhi's information was well protected, and people outside could not find out who had researched it, but the Ninth Research Institute was definitely on their suspect list, and this sneak attack was just a test.
Ye Zhizhi knew that the world was not as peaceful as she had imagined, but since this was not within her jurisdiction, she didn't care. After all, no one could steal her things.
Ye Zhizhi has also proven her strength over the years, so despite being worried about her safety, she still allowed her to get a pass.
She came out of the underground laboratory. It was freezing outside with snow and a cold wind.
The sudden temperature difference was so great that Ye Zhizhi felt cold and it took him a while to adapt.
The roads in the base are often cleaned, so it doesn't affect movement too much. However, in this weather, the cars have frozen and stalled, so Ye Zhizhi can only go out on his own.
The road to the garrison camp had also been cleared. Ye Zhizhi used a sled to slide all the way out, walking very quickly.
The ice on the river had not melted yet, so Ye Zhizhi didn't need to row the boat across. He slid quickly to the other side. The jungle was also covered in white, with occasional glimpses of green, which were also frozen in ice sculptures.
Ye Zhizhi estimated that it would take at least half a month for the ice and snow to begin to melt, and she rarely walked in the jungle at such a time.
Despite the hidden dangers everywhere, Ye Zhizhi still felt very at home. Everything in this jungle seemed to be imprinted in her soul. Once she returned to the jungle, all the cells in her body relaxed and she felt very relaxed.
As expected, she still prefers a free world.
Ye Zhizhi quickly blended into the jungle.
It was difficult to walk in the snowy forest, and Ye Zhizhi's speed slowed down a lot. Although she had long adapted to the low temperature climate, she was prone to hypothermia when resting, so she still had to find a warm nest to rest.
The mountains and forests were silent, and it seemed as if she was the only one in the world. Ye Zhizhi's heart also calmed down, and she enjoyed the tranquility while being alert.
Ye Zhizhi walked for seven days before she reached the cave where she once lived. She was about to go there to rest, but suddenly she became alert and held her breath.
It seems like something is nearby.
In such cold weather, are there still animals coming out to move around?
The ice bars on the branches and leaves could not bear the weight, and a piece of ice cracked and fell straight down.
Behind Ye Zhizhi, a silver-white figure silently jumped out from behind the pure white snow.
Ye Zhizhi turned around, but instead of drawing her dagger to attack, she opened her arms to welcome the giant animal that was rushing towards her.
The animal, which seemed to be charging very fiercely, restrained its movements when it landed in front of Ye Zhizhi, and became light when pressing on her.
Ye Zhizhi reached out and hugged the fur. The outer layer of hair was cold and hard, while the fur against the skin was warm.
His rough tongue licked the top of her cold head.
"Oh!" Ye Zhizhi was very excited. She knew it! Yin Yi would come out soon! Sure enough, she was right!
Ye Zhizhi was both moved and distressed. She had lived in the jungle for so many years and was very familiar with the difficult living environment in the rainy and snowy seasons. Although there was a place with sufficient food later, she still faced severe challenges.
Yin Yi was a wolf that ran away from the pack and must have had a hard time. She touched Yin Yi's strong and huge body and her eyes were filled with tears of heartache.
Yin Yi became thin due to hunger.
Yin Yi lowered his head and licked the side of the wolf girl's face, looking at her with his golden eyes. Although the messy smell on her body that disgusted wolves was stronger than ever, it did not dislike it at all and silently covered up the smell.
They didn't stay outside for long. Yin Yi crouched slightly, and Ye Zhizhi jumped up directly. Yin Yi turned and walked back. It paced for a moment, then slowly shuttled through the woods, like a forest elf, contented and happy.
Coincidentally, the place where Yin Yi settled was the cave where Ye Zhizhi once lived.
The cave was very shallow and the temperature difference between inside and outside was not very big. Even though Yin Yi had thick fur, Ye Zhizhi still felt that it was cold.
Just when she was filled with heartache, Yin Yi had already dug up the snow pile in front of the cave, revealing the frozen prey. The snow pile was full of frozen prey, all of which were Yin Yi's food reserves for the winter.
Yin Yi picked up the beast's leg and walked towards the cave, with broken ice falling down.
The huge beast leg was placed in front of Ye Zhizhi and pushed towards her. The golden beast eyes looked at her, as if saying, "Eat more meat. You were already underdeveloped and small, and now you look even smaller."
Ye Zhizhi understood what Yin Yi meant. She hadn't eaten hot food since she entered the jungle, so this was a good opportunity to fill her stomach.
She glanced around, taking in the entire cave, and saw a lot of dead branches and leaves piled in the corners.
Yin Yi didn't know whether he could meet Ye Zhizhi, but he was used to making sufficient preparations, and would also get some dead wood when storing food.
The dead branches and leaves were not very dry, and Ye Zhizhi had fire-starting equipment, so he quickly started a fire. Soon the cold cave warmed up a lot.
Ye Zhizhi got some clean ice and snow outside the cave and put it in the pot to boil, then thawed the meat, then cut the meat into pieces with a dagger, skewered them with tree branches and roasted them.
Yin Yi's stomach was still full. He had just eaten yesterday and was not hungry at this moment. So he lay beside Ye Zhizhi, watching her busying herself, his fluffy wolf tail swaying from time to time.
“Ahhh—ahhh—”
Ye Zhizhi communicated with Yin Yi in wolf language. She had a lot to say. She cared about the wolf father, wolf mother and every little friend in the jungle.
Yin Yi responded in a low voice from time to time, which encouraged Ye Zhizhi and made his roars more rhythmic.
The aroma of barbecue, the gurgling sound of boiling water, the high and low roars, and the hazy firelight dispelled the coldness in the cave. Yin Yi had seen many fires and was no longer afraid of them. Now he and Ye Zhizhi snuggled up to each other, and their silver hair reflected the swaying firelight, becoming warm.
Ye Zhizhi ate twenty kilograms of barbecue in one breath, and then ate it bit by bit, occasionally feeding a bite into Yin Yi's mouth, and Yin Yi opened his mouth very cooperatively.
After staying in human society for a long time, her appetite has become much smaller.
When Yin saw Ye Zhizhi slowing down her eating, he lowered his head and touched her gently, his eyes full of concern, saying, "Eat more."
Ye Zhizhi ate too much under Yin Yi's care.
She burped and then cleaned up the mess, leaving the fire still burning.
A small cave also has its advantages, it is better at keeping warm.
After eating and drinking, Ye Zhizhi moved around a little, then felt sleepy. He then curled up on Yin Yi, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
When she was resting alone in the jungle, she had to keep one eye open. It was obvious that she did not rest well. Now that Yin Yi was there, Ye Zhizhi felt relieved and fell asleep directly.
Yin Yi's tail covered Ye Zhizhi's body, his eyes looking towards the cave entrance, and his huge body blocked the cold wind blowing in from outside.
Ye Zhizhi had a sound sleep and woke up refreshed. It was the next morning when the fire was still warm.
Ye Zhizhi knew that Yin Yi had added more firewood last night. Yin Yi had not yet learned how to make a fire, but he knew that throwing dry branches into the fire would prevent it from going out.
The light from outside refracted in, making the cave dim and bright.
Ye Zhizhi looked around and saw that it was just dawn. She asked Yin Yi, who had been guarding her all night, to close his eyes and rest. She lay down for a while and then got up.
She picked up a branch farther away and threw it into the fire, which soon began to burn again. Ye Zhizhi placed the small pot on top and walked out of the cave.
The forest outside the cave was silent and filled with Yin Yi's aura, so ordinary animals dared not approach.
Yin Yi's aura is extremely powerful. In the outer jungle area, it can be said to be a dimensionality reduction attack. If anyone has the courage to come, they will become prey delivered to their doorstep.
Despite this, Ye Zhizhi was not careless at all. He patrolled the area cautiously and only returned to the cave after making sure there was no danger.
In the jungle, you can't be careless at all. Once you lose your vigilance, you can easily lose your life.
Everything in the forest is covered with ice and snow, making it more difficult for Ye Zhizhi to find food. However, a unique ice fruit will grow in the ice.
She went out for a walk and came back with a few ice fruits in her pocket.
Ye Zhizhi returned to the cave. The fire had dimmed considerably, and steam rose from the small pot. She went over to add another handful of firewood, poured boiling water into the thermos, and then got a handful of snow and cooked a meat soup for breakfast.
Ye Zhizhi had tried his best not to make any noise, but in the quiet environment, the sound was still very clear. And Yin Yi fell into a deeper sleep with such a familiar background sound.
After Ye Zhizhi finished breakfast, Yin Yi was still sleeping. She didn't wake him up and went out again.
She had only patrolled briefly near the cave before, and now that she had walked a little further, she thought of another nearby cave, which was the former habitat of another group of wolves that had more interactions with her.
She thought of the long-dead leader of the wolf pack.
Such a large cave would soon be occupied by new animal groups after losing its original owner. However, when Ye Zhizhi went there this time, the huge cave was empty, and there were still traces of Yin Yi's breath in this area.
Ye Zhizhi: "..." She didn't want to stay in the bigger and warmer cave, but chose to squeeze into the small cave. She was speechless about Yin Yi's behavior.
But on second thought, it was probably because she had stayed in that small cave several times, and Yin Yi was more willing to stay in the small cave after he recognized it, as if this would allow him to be closer to her. Ye Zhizhi was only moved and heartbroken.
Yin Yi usually listens to her, but he is particularly stubborn and insists on having his own way in one thing, which is coming to find her.
It's not like Ye Zhizhi and Yin Yi have been separated before. When they were young, they were running around in the jungle looking for a way out. When she was in the jungle, Yin Yi was not that worried about her.
Yes, worried.
When Ye Zhizhi thought about Yin Yi's behavior over the years, she realized that Yin Yi was worried about her.
Putting aside the overly complicated thoughts of humans and looking at the world from the perspective of jungle animals, perhaps Ye Zhizhi's previous behavior of wanting to run outside was just like Aunt Wolf Rufeng, who preferred the unrestrained and free wandering life to staying in the tribe.
In the simple minds of animals, no matter what survival choice any animal makes, they will not interfere. Aunt Wolf has been away for so many years, and even her partner Uncle Scar and her child Silver Little Gray in the tribe have never thought of restraining her or going outside to look for her.
In the eyes of the wolf pack, Ye Zhizhi also likes to explore the jungle life. Most of the wolves in the tribe still think so. However, this majority does not include Yin Yi and Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom.
If the wolf father and mother were not already very old and could not dare to go anywhere like they did when they were young, perhaps they would be among the wolves that came to look for Ye Zhizhi.
Ye Zhizhi figured it out. Yin Yi and the others probably knew that she was going to a place they couldn't find, a world outside the jungle that they couldn't imagine.
That's why Yin Yi was so stubborn and insisted on coming to find Ye Zhizhi regardless of what she said.
Ye Zhizhi didn't know how much Yin Yi knew, but it was probably not less than she thought. Maybe one day if she didn't come back after the agreed time, Yin Yi would really walk out of the jungle to find her.
Yin Yi was worried about her, worried that she would be hurt where they couldn't see her, and even more worried that she would never come back.
Ye Zhizhi wondered how she could let go of this. Their pure feelings for her made her heart burn. No matter how she reciprocated, it would never be half of what they had given her.
She wanted time to pass more slowly, to stay with them a little longer, and not let them leave her too early.
Ye Zhizhi thought about what he had researched. It couldn't prolong life for the time being, but it could enhance physical fitness. He didn't know if it would have any effect on the animals in the jungle. If their physical fitness improved, their lifespan could also be appropriately extended to a certain extent.
Who knows! Those natural treasures, if used too much, will become ineffective until the body absorbs them to the extreme, but different treasures can be absorbed to some extent. Maybe what she created can be considered another natural treasure!
Ye Zhizhi couldn't wait to run back to the cave.
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