36 Wilderness Survival
◎A light puff of smoke rose and quickly dissipated.◎
It had been raining for nearly three months, and it was wet everywhere outside. From time to time, water accumulated on the branches and leaves poured down, and the sound of gurgling water could be heard everywhere.
Although the old wolf carefully avoided them all the way, they were all wet before long.
The temperature had turned cold at this time, but Ye Zhizhi seemed unaware of it. Her expression was tense, and she still held the sharp wooden stick in her hand, looking around vigilantly from time to time.
The ground was slippery, and the old wolf was not walking very fast, but he was still walking very steadily. Ye Zhizhi could hardly feel the bumps.
Everything she saw was vividly washed out, a strange sight unlike anything Ye Zhizhi had ever seen. However, she had no interest in appreciating it. She had just begun to realize how dangerous the jungle was. Now that the rainy season had just ended, there would surely be many predators out hunting.
Perhaps it was because of Granny Wolf's rich experience that they had a smooth journey and did not encounter any other predators.
They hurried on and on, and by evening, Grandma Wolf took her to the top of a high mountain and stopped.
The red glow in the sky was even more gorgeous, adding a touch of rosy glow to Ye Zhizhi and Lao Lang.
At first, Ye Zhizhi didn't recognize where this place was, nor did she understand why Grandma Wolf brought her here, until she stood on the top of the mountain and looked down. The superior view allowed her to see everything on the mountainside clearly.
It turned out that this was the top of the mountain where their lair was located. Grandma Wolf led her around from behind to the top of the mountain.
She never knew that the scenery on the top of Chaoxue Mountain was like this.
At the very top of the mountain, there was a huge light grey rock embedded horizontally, with uneven ups and downs. There were no trees in front to block her view, so she could see the scenery farther away.
A gust of wind blew, blowing Ye Zhizhi's clothes. She seemed to be able to smell the smell of blood wafting from the mountainside.
Ye Zhizhi could see the vicious wolves fleeing in panic in the forest, as well as the wolves of their tribe chasing after them.
The wolves now looked as small as ants in her eyes, no longer the ferocious, invincible demons she remembered. They were so small that she felt as if she could control their life and death at any moment.
Ye Zhizhi's mood was excited, as if the depression in his heart was slowly loosening.
She knew that the wolves had taken revenge.
And she witnessed this moment!
Lao Lang stood beside Ye Zhizhi and looked down together.
The killing was over at this time.
The fleeing enemy wolf was like a trapped beast, and no matter how it ran, it could not escape the encirclement of the wolf pack.
The enemy leader, covered in wounds, fled madly forward.
Unexpectedly, their tribe did not die in the fight for territory with the chimpanzee tribe, but was destroyed by an insignificant small tribe of the same tribe.
Even though it had been a bit wary of this wolf tribe, which it had always looked down upon, they had ultimately won. It didn't believe the small tribe it had driven away could return for revenge, and it determined that these wolves wouldn't survive the rainy season.
Unexpectedly, the most unlikely possibility happened. Not only were they alive and well, they even had the energy to attack them at this time.
They used to hunt them, but now the roles are reversed and they are losing miserably.
The leader was in a panic and ran forward all the way. The wolf king, covered in blood, followed slowly behind him.
Before he knew it, the leader was running towards the top of the mountain.
The constantly blowing wind brought a strange smell. Ye Zhizhi and Laolang tilted their heads to look at the side of the slope. They smelled an increasingly strong smell of blood and saw movement getting closer.
A large dark brown wolf rushed out from the dense bushes, knocking down puddles on the grass and trees. Its fur was soaked, and bright red blood oozed out from several cuts on its body, leaving streaks of blood wherever it passed.
Ye Zhizhi and the old wolf didn't think of hiding, not only because they saw the wolf king chasing them as easily as a cat playing with a mouse, but also because they didn't want to hide.
Ye Zhizhi clenched the wooden stick in her hand, her eyes burning with flames. She remembered that this was the leader of the invading wolf pack.
Everything that happened to the wolf pack...was caused by it!
Facing the wolf leader who was at the end of his rope, Ye Zhizhi didn't feel afraid at all. She even wanted to pounce on him. Even if it would cost her her life, she wanted to bite off a piece of his flesh.
The old wolf beside him also lowered his body and made an attacking posture, and his slightly cloudy eyes showed his wolfish ferocity.
At that moment, the eyes of the man and the wolf were inexplicably similar.
The fleeing wolves also discovered two wolves, one old and one young, standing on a high place. They recognized at a glance that they were from the same group of wolves that ambushed them. The leader was impressed by this strange-looking wolf cub.
It was about to continue fleeing when it suddenly stopped, an angry growl emanating from its throat, fangs bared, its bloody claws spread out, determined to take the two wolves with it even if it died.
It had just made an attacking posture, and its fierce eyes met the equally fierce eyes of the cub. The strong emotion made it hesitate subconsciously. At the same time, the wolf king behind it suddenly accelerated and rushed over. It jumped into the air and pounced on the brown wolf in an instant. Its sharp claws pierced into the flesh and grabbed it fiercely, and its open fangs bit its neck.
“Ouch!!!”
The brown wolf was already at the end of its strength, and when it dodged, it was pounced on by the wolf king, with its vital parts exposed to the fangs. It let out a painful howl and struggled desperately, trying to shake off the wolf king.
But he was always suppressed.
Slowly, the brown wolf's struggles weakened until it stopped moving.
Ye Zhizhi's eyes were shining. Although the scene before her was very bloody, she did not feel scared. After the outcome was decided, she wanted to rush forward, but the old wolf bit her clothes on the back.
Ye Zhizhi looked back in confusion.
The old wolf did not explain much and let her go only after making sure that the cub could not go for the time being.
Although he didn't understand, Ye Zhizhi still stood there for a moment.
The brown wolf under the wolf king's fangs suddenly moved and struggled desperately.
Ye Zhizhi opened his eyes wide in surprise, he was actually faking his death!
She didn't dare to think that if she really ran over, she might be bitten in the throat by the dying brown wolf.
Damn bad wolf, so cunning, I almost fell into its trap!
After a while, the wolf king opened his mouth, let go of the brown wolf and stood up.
Ye Zhizhi rushed over, and this time Lao Lang did not stop him. He also walked over.
Ye Zhizhi deliberately avoided the wolf's head and walked to the back of the brown wolf. He poked the wound in front of him with a wooden stick. The brown wolf did not move, and it was obviously dead at this moment.
They've taken revenge!
Ye Zhizhi grinned, but his eyes sparkled.
Their revenge was successful!
She ran behind the wolf king and looked up at it in admiration.
At this time, the wolf king stood on the rock, gazing into the distance. The cold wind blew the wolf king's hair into flight. There was blood oozing from his feet, and his whole body exuded an inviolable majesty.
Soon, the sound of animals running through the forest came from far away. Ye Zhizhi looked back and saw wolves appearing in front of him.
They were in a mess, their hair matted and bloodstained, but they seemed to glow in her eyes.
The first thing she did was to count the number of wolves in her mind.
Sixteen wolves, not one missing.
Ye Zhizhi's eyes were moist, it was great.
Ye Zhizhi then looked up at the silver wolf approaching, and then looked at Yin Yi and Er Zong not far away.
After the baptism of blood, the eyes of the four young wolves of Silver One had obviously changed, and there was no trace of the clear and harmless eyes when they were young wolves.
The silver wolf's fierce aura had not faded, but its movements of lowering its head and rubbing against Ye Zhizhi were gentle.
All the wolves stood behind the wolf king, their eyes still fierce, but they looked up intently at their only king.
“Ouch—woo—”
The wolf king howled to the sky, and the low and majestic howl echoed in the forest for a long time.
Silver Wolf and the other wolves howled along.
The whole forest was silent, with only the light of the sunset covering the wolves with a layer of battle robe.
They are announcing to the jungle that they are the only king of this jungle!
Ye Zhizhi's chest heaved, as if something was growing from the bottom of her heart. She couldn't help but raise her head, "Awoo—"
The young voices joined the wolf pack's carnival, but seemed unusually harmonious.
The depression that had been pent up in Ye Zhizhi's heart seemed to dissipate with this howl.
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The wolves walked in the afterglow of the setting sun, returned to their territory and entered their lair.
At this time, the nest was filled with a messy and unpleasant smell, and it was in a mess everywhere.
The wolves returned to their original dens, which had obviously been slept in by the invading wolves. Many of them frowned with disgust.
But they had no conditions to replace the dry grass in their nest, so they just turned it over and lay down to lick their wounds.
The pack hadn't lost any wolves, but they were outnumbered, and even with their strategy, injuries were inevitable. Some of their injuries were significantly worse than before, yet the pack's atmosphere was relaxed.
After avenging the deaths of their wolves and regaining their territory, the wolves clearly let go of something and their tense mood relaxed.
Ye Zhizhi rode on the wolf king's father's back and walked back to the original boulder den. She carefully observed every detail of the den along the way. It should have been a very familiar den, a place she had patrolled and explored countless times, but now it felt very strange.
They regained their territory, and she should be happy, but her nose was sore.
Some things can be recovered once they are lost, but some things that are lost can never be returned.
The wolf king stopped at the edge of the grass nest. Ye Zhizhi quickly calmed down, slid down skillfully, and landed steadily on the ground with his short legs.
There was still a strong scent of the invading wolf leader killed by the Wolf King father on the boulder nest, which made the Silver Wolf very unhappy. Finally, the Wolf King covered it with his own scent. He lay in the grass nest and soon moved the place for the Silver Wolf to lie down.
The wolves have gone through a great battle and are in urgent need of recovering their energy, which is more important than healing their wounds.
So the wolves just licked their wounds briefly and then closed their eyes to rest.
A family of four was lying on the boulder nest. Ye Zhizhi was nestled between the wolf king father and the wolf mother, and Yin Yi was lying on the other side of the wolf mother. She listened to their breathing becoming light and slow, and her emotions also calmed down.
Feeling sleepy, she slowly closed her eyes.
The cave, which had already become dark, was very quiet.
She slept soundly that night and woke up in the morning when it was already bright.
The wolves had already gone out and came back. They were now lying in their den, licking their fur and cleaning their wounds.
Ye Zhizhi noticed their bloated stomachs at a glance, obviously they had had a full meal.
Where did the prey come from... Ye Zhizhi thought they went out hunting before dawn, but it was obvious that such a short time was not enough for them to hunt such a big prey, so she thought of the wolf corpses scattered on the ground outside.
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After a night, the strong smell of blood didn't attract other predators to kill them? Ye Zhizhi thought it was unlikely.
Little did she know that even the most ferocious predator would be wary, especially a pack of wolves that had just killed an entire tribe. All of this was seen by the animals in the forest. They all knew that the wolves at this moment were not to be trifled with. Even if they coveted the food in the other's territory, they were still concerned about the strong warnings that filled the territory.
Of course, there are also some that are strong enough to snatch food, but they are in the minority after all. Even if half of them are dragged away, the remaining half is enough to fill the stomachs of the wolves.
Since she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Ye Zhizhi didn't investigate further. She had a lot to do today.
All the herbs were used up, and Ye Zhizhi had nothing to apply to their wounds. He didn't know if there were any herbs near the den, but the wolves were lying there motionless, and even the wolf king and mother showed no signs of going out to look for herbs, so he guessed there were none nearby.
Ye Zhizhi once again decided to find a way to store the herbs. If all else failed, he would just uproot the herbs and transplant them near the nest.
She checked the condition of each wolf's wound, and after making sure it was not inflamed or worse, she began to clean up the cave.
There used to be piles of dry grass in their cave. These were the dry grass in the wolf den as replacement and could also repel reptiles. But now they were blown into a mess and scattered everywhere, and the flat ground where they often played was also a mess.
The only sound in the entire cave was Ye Zhizhi's busy running around. The wolves lay in their den and watched the cubs wandering around. They originally thought she was playing, but when they saw the cave was visibly changing, they realized that the cubs were cleaning their nest.
What's more, the cub's two front limbs that can't walk are not so useless that they can't be used. They seem to be quite useful. The cub can do many things that wolves can't do.
In the cool nest, Ye Zhizhi was sweating while cleaning. She put her hands on her hips, looking at the cleaned ground, feeling a sense of accomplishment.
Ye Zhizhi noticed that the pile of dead branches and leaves she brought back was still there, not very messy. Naturally, she also discovered that the wild fruits and eggs that she and the wolf pack had stored for them were all gone.
She was not surprised by this. When those bad wolves were short of food, they would not let go of anything edible.
It was a pity that she had been saving it for so long and still couldn't bear to eat more. Ye Zhizhi pondered how she would get through the coming winter.
She didn't have to worry about keeping warm, as she thought the wolves would keep her warm this time like they did last time. The only problem was food.
She is getting bigger and bigger, and drinking milk alone is not enough. She needs more food. Moreover, the wolf mother has no milk now, and she now relies on the second brown wolf mother to feed her.
This was her first problem to be solved.
When that day comes, she will have no choice but to continue eating raw meat.
Who wants to die when you can live?
Ye Zhizhi looked at the pile of dead branches and leaves on the ground, and the thoughts that had disappeared suddenly reappeared in his mind.
Drilling wood to make fire... Drilling wood...
Ye Zhizhi turned around and ran back to the boulder nest, picking up the wooden stick next to the grass nest in his hand.
Since that day, the stick has always been with her, and she uses it as a weapon for self-defense.
Now, it has returned to its original purpose.
Drilling wood to make fire... friction generates heat...
Ye Zhizhi grabbed a handful of dead leaves and placed them in a palm-sized hole. He found a dead branch and placed it on top. Then he placed the sharp end against the dead branch and began to rotate it with both hands.
The dead branches would move, so she would step on both ends with her feet and continue to spin with her hands.
Drilling! Rubbing!
That’s for sure!
Ye Zhizhi's eyes were focused on the place where the stick and the branch were connected. She rotated it for a long time, but it still didn't work, so she changed to a dry branch. Her hands were unaware of the pain as she kept trying.
She didn't know how many branches she changed, but she always felt that she saw hope.
Blood dripped from where her hands touched the stick, but her hands were spinning faster and faster.
The silver wolf lying in the den suddenly smelled the blood of the cub. Its squinting eyes suddenly opened, and it stood up and ran down in an instant, rushing to the cub.
Then it smelled a strange, unsettling smell.
A light mist rose beneath the cub's feet and quickly dissipated.
The silver wolf was restless and quickly ran away with the cub in its mouth.
It was something very ordinary, but Silver Wolf felt dangerous.
The silver wolf felt slightly relieved after carrying the cub away. It smelled the source of the cub's injury, lowered its head and licked the cub's palm. It didn't pay attention and the cub's paw was covered in blood.
Ye Zhizhi felt the pain belatedly. She raised her head and stared at the silver wolf for a long while, tears streaming down her face in an instant.
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