47 Wilderness Survival
◎Her round, dark eyes revealed a sharp gleam.◎
Ye Zhizhi had been nursing her wounds for over half a month. The scabs had begun to form on the wounds and they were falling off. The pain was easing day by day. Although the bruises on her hands and feet had not yet completely healed and she still limped when she walked, it no longer affected her ability to run outside.
Her time is precious and cannot be wasted simply on recuperation. She has a lot of things to do.
Ye Zhizhi rode on the wolf to check out the medicinal plants and breeding conditions.
The wolf king father was very sensible. He bit the herbs but did not damage the plant. Only one side became bald, which would grow back slowly.
Ye Zhizhi cherishes these medicinal plants and only picks a few leaves and breaks off a few small branches. She doesn't know how to make the medicinal powder specifically. If she wants to preserve it for a long time, she should dry it and then grind it into powder.
She didn't know if this step was correct, so she only used a small amount for experimentation.
She placed the leaves and roots on clean rocks to dry in the sun during the day, and then collected them in the evening and wrapped them in leaves.
The place for drying herbs is not chosen randomly. It must be sheltered from the wind and not easily blown away. It must have a flat surface and be exposed to direct sunlight all day. In short, it has to be very particular.
In order to dry the herbs as quickly as possible, Ye Zhizhi had to run out of the cave from time to time to turn them over.
The sun was high in the sky at this time, and the gradually rising temperature made people sweat after being exposed to the sun for a while. Ye Zhizhi finished turning over the leaves and twigs one by one.
If the weather continues like this, it will be dry in two days.
Ye Zhizhi wiped the sweat from his forehead, revealing the small bracelet woven from dry grass on his wrist and his skin that was turning back to fair skin.
Ye Zhizhi is now much cleaner all over. She has been applying comfrey juice on her body for a long time. A few days ago, when she was taking a bath, she suddenly found that the color on her skin could not be wiped off. The juice slowly began to penetrate into her skin, although it was very shallow. But if this continues, she will probably become a real little purple man.
Ye Zhizhi, who was still very fond of beauty, thought about returning to human society in the future. Everyone else's skin color was pale, milky white, yellowish white, or African black, but she was the only one covered in purple. She would definitely be the most unique and eye-catching human in the crowd...
Ye Zhizhi thought about it and tried to dye the juice of comfrey into her only thin dress.
She took advantage of the good weather now, when she could still change into animal skins, to wash the fabric, then apply the juice on it and dry it in the sun, so that her clothes were all filled with the color and smell of the juice.
Ye Zhizhi felt happy. Changing the color of her clothes was like changing into a new piece of clothing.
The scent of comfrey can repel poisonous insects. It does not have to be applied to the skin, but can also be applied to items worn on the body such as clothing.
Ye Zhizhi still hasn't been able to smell what the scent of comfrey is like. She guesses that only insects can smell this scent.
To be extra safe, she also used hay made from comfrey to weave a few grass rings and hung them on her wrists and ankles, and even tied a few strands of dry grass into her messy hair.
Wolves use this kind of dead grass to build their nests, which shows that even dead grass can have the effect of repelling insects, but it is not as effective as juice.
Ye Zhizhi also thought it was beautiful and could be used as a decoration.
After turning over and drying the herbs, Ye Zhizhi ran back to the cave and continued grinding the stone pillar.
After the herbs are dried, she needs to grind them. Without tools, she can only find similar ones to process them.
Ye Zhizhi searched for a long time near the cave before she found a stone pillar with a slightly concave side. She dragged it back to the cave with great effort and piled it in the corner. After cleaning it, she found a harder stone to grind off the unevenness in the concave hole, trying to make this fist-sized hole smooth.
Ye Zhizhi's efforts were effective. She insisted on polishing every day. When she was tired, she went out to turn over and dry the herbs. After finishing, she ran back to continue polishing and heal her leg injury at the same time.
The scrapes on her hands healed day by day, and her most serious knee injury only caused a little pain.
Fortunately, the pit she fell into was not particularly deep.
After Ye Zhizhi's herbs were dried, she placed them in a polished stone nest, ground them into powder with another smooth stone and preserved them, and then her right knee was completely healed.
As the saying goes, get up from where you fell.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t get up for a while, just find another place that is easier to climb up and try to get up first.
For example, now, Ye Zhizhi did not foolishly run to jump into the two-meter pit again. She knew her own weight, and she still couldn't jump over it if she tried again.
Knowing it was impossible, but still going ahead with it, wouldn't that only make her injury worse? She didn't want to spend her precious time recovering from her injury.
As for why he jumped before, wasn't it because he was running with the wolves and had a great time that he jumped without paying attention?
It doesn’t matter if she can’t jump more than two meters now. She can first jump thirty to fifty centimeters, then sixty, eighty centimeters, one meter... One day she will be able to jump two meters or even more than three meters!
Ye Zhizhi is not afraid of any challenge, but she would rather be fully prepared and fight a prepared battle.
So as soon as her injury healed, she started running and jumping.
Ye Zhizhi first practiced running, then found a place with soft ground to practice long jump, running, jumping, and mastering the easiest bouncing technique.
After practicing for a few days, Ye Zhizhi felt that this method did not make much progress, so she called on the wolves to take her running with them.
Looking at the wolves that were eager to try after their cubs had just recovered from their injuries: "..."
However, in the dictionary of wolves, there is no such thing as retreating when faced with difficulties. Moreover, running and jumping are the most basic and best skills of wolves, and they are indispensable whether it is long-distance raids or hunting.
Originally, the wolf pack had no hope for the only cub in the group with only two legs and no fangs or claws. They had long thought of raising the useless cub, and the cub had gradually shown a higher IQ than the rest of the pack, which had already made the wolf pack look up to it.
After all, wolves had never imagined being able to keep prey in captivity, or to plant healing plants from elsewhere in their territory, or to overcome the wolves' ingrained fear of fire, or to perform all sorts of novel actions...
The disadvantage of the cubs being unable to hunt is more than compensated in other aspects.
In the eyes of the wolf pack, the cubs were weak and disabled. Generally speaking, in the strict hierarchical social system of the wolf pack, Ye Zhizhi couldn't even hold a candle to the elder wolves, even though she was the cub of the wolf king and queen. Ye Zhizhi herself didn't feel anything, but her status within the pack had subtly risen, just not noticeably.
At the beginning, Ye Zhizhi's status was slightly lower than Lao Lang's, but now she and Lao Lang are equal.
And all this started from the moment she was able to walk out alive from the wolf pack's battle for territory.
In the cruel natural environment, the law of the jungle, natural selection, and survival of the fittest are the laws of survival. Once resource scramble occurs, the first to be eliminated are the old, weak, sick and disabled.
Strength is respected in the wolf pack. Ye Zhizhi may still have a long way to go if he wants to gain true recognition from the wolf pack.
At this moment, she is still a cub who needs the protection of the wolf pack.
It’s a good thing that the cubs want to be trained and become stronger now.
If one day the cubs can keep up with them, if one day the cubs can hunt independently, they don’t have to worry that the cubs cannot survive without the wolf pack.
Ye Zhizhi didn't know that the wolves had high hopes for her because they always responded to her requests.
She didn't know about all the twists and turns. Ye Zhizhi thought that the wolf mother would stop her after seeing her running with the wolf pack and getting injured, but she didn't stop her behavior and let her run around with the wolf pack, just following her from a distance.
Without any worries, Ye Zhizhi ran around in the forest with Yin Yi and the others.
The mountain road was rugged, and Ye Zhizhi would inevitably get injured if she ran too high. However, she was not unprepared like before. When she was about to be injured, Ye Zhizhi would subconsciously protect herself, so even if she fell and had a bloody head, she would become more and more courageous.
She was even optimistic and thought that her medicine powder just needed to be tested, so she could see what the effect was, haha!
Facts have proved that her approach was correct. Even if it was simply dried and ground, the medicinal powder was still effective. Of course, it was not as good as fresh ones, but it was an unexpected surprise for Ye Zhizhi.
Compared to being able to carry it with you and store it in a cave, the loss of efficacy is nothing.
Ye Zhizhi immediately plucked all the plants and continued to dry them to make medicinal powder.
Anyway, she has observed that as long as the root system and main plant of the medicinal plant are not damaged, it can continue to grow.
Ye Zhizhi followed Yin Yi and the others and had fun in the jungle. At first, she encountered many accidents because she was not familiar with the mountain roads, but after getting familiar with them, she ran faster.
Every time she ran, she would summarize the experience of her last failure and try to avoid it next time.
Ye Zhizhi discovered that wolves seemed to instinctively avoid dangerous places, and their superior jumping ability and endurance for long-term running allowed them to easily move through the jungle.
There's no reason why she doesn't have this instinct. Even if she doesn't, she has to train it!
Before they knew it, they had run further.
Fortunately, although she didn't find a bamboo forest, she found a similar substitute.
She saw a kind of plant whose stem was similar to a bamboo joint and as thick as a little finger, making it very suitable for making fire starters.
Why else would it be said that nature is the richest treasure trove of resources? Everything Ye Zhizhi wanted to find, he eventually found in various forms.
Ye Zhizhi was very happy that she could finally continue to study in depth how to preserve the fire.
Once she has fire, she can go farther and farther with the wolf pack and spend the night in the jungle.
Now the places the wolves took her to were all within a day's distance.
Of course, Ye Zhizhi didn't run the whole time. She basically ran for a while, and when she encountered places that were not suitable for her to run, she sat on the wolf's back.
Moreover, there are many dangers outside the territory, so she needs to conserve some strength and not let herself become completely exhausted.
Despite this, Ye Zhizhi traveled wider and wider and saw more things.
In a mountain forest basin with mountains, water and plains, Ye Zhizhi saw many different kinds of prey, such as herds of deer, musk oxen, wild goats, as well as small rabbits, roe deer, wild pheasants and many unknown animals, which occasionally darted in and out of the bushes.
The calls of birds were also very lively. She could even see from afar many birds whose species she couldn't recognize flying between the branches.
Ye Zhizhi guessed that this was where wolves hunted in spring and summer.
At the end of summer, animals need to find a place where they can safely survive the rainy season and winter, so they will slowly leave here, which is called migration.
Therefore, starting at this time, the wolves will need more time to find hunting.
Ye Zhizhi was certain that his guess was correct based on the length of time the wolves took to return to the cave after hunting at different times.
There is a lot of prey here, which means there are also many other predators.
Ye Zhizhi could occasionally sense several powerful auras nearby, but she couldn't tell their exact location. Seeing that the wolves didn't seem nervous, she knew their strength was among the best in the area.
Indeed, there is an abundance of prey here, and the predators' primary hunting targets must be herbivores. They will not be stupid enough to provoke the powerful and vengeful wolf pack.
Ye Zhizhi was in a pack of wolves, so naturally he would not be the target of predators.
Ye Zhizhi looked at these prey and compared them with the territory of his own herd. He originally thought that raising prey in the territory enriched the resources of the territory, but this comparison was really tragic. He knew that the resources in his own territory were poor, but this was still too far behind!
They stood for a moment behind the cross-section of tree roots in the downwind direction and saw countless kinds of prey moving around in the jungle.
Ye Zhizhi was also fortunate enough to witness a leopard catching an antelope.
Three leopards were hiding silently in the grass, staring at the antelopes grazing leisurely in the distance. When they set their sights on their target, they suddenly jumped up, their bodies as fast as lightning, and pounced on the herd of antelopes.
When the herd of antelopes saw the leopard appear, they immediately ran away in all directions, but the antelope that was targeted by the leopard could not escape the leopard's encirclement and soon fell into the leopard's mouth.
After the hunt, one leopard dragged the prey with it, while the other two walked on either side, their sharp eyes observing the surroundings, as if alert for other predators that might appear at any time to snatch the prey. After the leopard carried the prey to a tall, branchy tree nearby, the leopards climbed up one after another and began to eat.
Ye Zhizhi also saw the hunting scene of his own wolf pack.
The wolf pack split into two groups. Four young wolves left the pack and ran in one direction. Ye Zhizhi climbed onto the wolf mother's back, and the wolf pack headed towards a high ground.
Here, she could vaguely see a group of deer in this place, and Yin Yi and the others wanted to hunt deer.
Ye Zhizhi knew from their usual prey that, given a choice, they preferred the taste of deer to wild goats.
This is a group of elk, the animals that most frequently appear on the wolf pack's diet.
In the distance, there is a lake that seems to have no end.
Yinyi is the leader among the young wolves. He is in charge of this hunting operation. They have set their sights on a young deer.
This made Ye Zhizhi a little confused. She thought that the wolf pack's hunting was led by the wolf king, who led the tribe and directed the tribe to work together to complete the hunting operation.
She didn't quite understand why the young wolf could leave the wolf king and other adult wolves and go hunting alone.
Ye Zhizhi asked in doubt, but the Wolf King and Silver Wolf did not explain to her. Of course, that was because Ye Zhizhi would not understand even if they explained.
The Wolf King and Yin Yi's group watched as the young wolves successfully hunted the fawn, and Yin Yi ran towards them with the fawn in his mouth.
Ye Zhizhi immediately put aside her doubts. She jumped off the silver wolf's back easily, and when the silver wolf came closer, she gave loud praise.
Brother Wolf, you guys are so awesome!
Yin Yi put down his prey, wagged his tail, and looked bright in the eyes. Er Zong Xiao Bai also walked up happily and rubbed against Ye Zhizhi.
Sanbai walked forward, but did not rub against him. Instead, he stood aside with dignity.
Ye Zhizhi smiled and walked forward to rub Sanbai's front legs. Sanbai looked reluctant and lowered her head to rub back, but her erect wolf tail revealed her happy mood.
The hunting of young wolves like Yin Yi seemed to be just foreplay, the real fun was yet to come.
After Yin Yi and the others came back, the Wolf King led the other wolves to hunt, leaving only Ye Zhizhi and four young wolves here.
Chased by the young wolf, the deer herd moved away from the highlands and closer to the lake in the distance.
Ye Zhizhi looked at the lake over there, and her heart was eager to go over there. She was still thinking about expanding her diet.
There are no fish or shrimp in the water sources near the territory. The lake there is so wide and big, there must be fish, right?
Ye Zhizhi couldn't help but drool when she thought that she might be able to eat grilled fish soon. She swallowed a few times and looked down at her weapon.
In her hand she held a wooden stick, about fifty centimeters long, with the other end sharpened to a very sharp point.
This was specially prepared by her. She might encounter danger at any time outside the territory, and this was her only weapon to protect herself.
Ye Zhizhi pondered, the wooden stick is so short, it shouldn't be able to pierce the fish, right?
Her eyes saw the prey at her feet. The fawn that Yin Yi and the others hunted was not eaten. Ye Zhizhi guessed that the wolves were going to take the fawn back to the den and give it to the old and young wolves who stayed in the den.
She still needs to prepare some fishing tools.
Ye Zhizhi didn't think any more about it, her attention was soon attracted by the wolf pack in the distance.
The wolves began hunting in the distance.
Their target was a large adult deer.
Ye Zhizhi didn’t know about the hunting situation of other wolf packs, but she thought her own pack was the most powerful.
In the early stages, they would leisurely surround their favored prey like a cat playing with a mouse, and in the later stages, they would seize the opportunity to pounce on it and start a unilateral crushing hunt.
She and Yin Yi and the other four wolves were standing on the high ground. With Ye Zhizhi's superior vision, she could clearly see the movements of the wolves in the distance.
After watching several hunting bouts of predators, Ye Zhizhi was eager to take action, and her blood was boiling with excitement.
Ye Zhizhi also wanted to join the hunt, but she didn't have fangs or claws, nor did she have lightning speed. All she could think of was making a trap, but when it came to traps, all she could think of was digging a hole and waiting for the prey to fall in. She didn't know how to make more complex traps. Otherwise, she could make weapons, like a bow and arrow... which was even more difficult.
Or maybe… She looked at her hands and thought about her growing strength, she could practice throwing.
She tried every method. If she could catch prey, she wouldn't have to rely on the wolves to support her, she could also hunt for the wolves.
While Ye Zhizhi was thinking, Yin Yi's originally comfortable body suddenly tensed up. The other three wolves reacted quickly as well, forming a circle in four directions, protecting Ye Zhizhi and the prey in the middle.
Their front legs were slightly lowered, their fangs were exposed, and their eyes were sharp.
Ye Zhizhi instantly clenched the wooden stick in her hand and became tense. Only then did she smell many different scents approaching them.
A warning growl emanated from Yin Yi's throat.
It is warning approaching animals to move away quickly.
But it was of no use. Soon, an animal with gray and black fur appeared from behind the tall grass and trees, and slowly surrounded the high ground.
They look a bit like wolves and dogs, but they are more slender, with smaller heads, pointed mouths, and teeth that look extremely sharp. Their eyes are cunning, and there is obvious greed when looking at them.
jackal.
These two words suddenly came to Ye Zhizhi's mind, and then he was absolutely certain that these animals with greed and ferocity flashing in their eyes were the legendary jackals.
It is said that jackals, like hyenas, usually move in groups, and their favorite thing to do is to snatch prey caught by predators.
They are like a group of speculators, waiting quietly by the side, and when the predator succeeds in hunting, they will seize the opportunity to seize the spoils.
That's why it is said that the jungle is very dangerous for predators, especially those who fight alone. Even top predators such as tigers and lions may not be able to escape the blatant robbery of jackals.
They work hard and finally succeed in hunting, but the battle is far from over because they may not be able to eat it.
Many times you risk getting hurt to catch prey, but in the end it's all in vain.
And now, it is obvious that they are being treated as soft persimmons.
At first glance, they saw that seventeen or eighteen jackals had surrounded them.
The large group of wolves were hunting in the distance, and it would take some time for them to discover the situation and rush over.
And the battlefield happened in an instant.
Often, victory or defeat is decided in just a moment.
The jackals chose them and had obviously been observing them silently for a long time. After the main wolf pack left, they quickly locked onto them as their target and lurked towards them silently.
The jackals were obviously prepared for a quick victory. After they surrounded us, several of them pounced on us immediately.
Silver One and his four wolves quickly blocked the attack. They formed a defensive line, focusing on defense and directly forced back the jackals that wanted to rush in and snatch the prey.
Ye Zhizhi gripped the wooden stick tightly in his hand, his eyes fixed on the battle situation.
Jackals are also very smart animals, and their teamwork ability is no worse than that of wolves. After a tentative siege, the jackals quickly found the weak point, which was between Erzong and Xiaobai.
Erzong's temperament was not so steady. After being harassed by jackals several times, it bared its teeth and lunged forward. Its defense line was instantly exposed, and a jackal rushed in from the side of Erzong.
Its target was the young deer behind Ye Zhizhi.
Ye Zhizhi's eyes were fixed on the jackal running towards her. She could see the jackal's sharp teeth and ferocious eyes.
Her mind told her that she should avoid them. The jackals' goal was to steal their prey, and once their goal was achieved, they would leave. Soon, a large group of wolves also came over.
But at that moment, many images flashed through her mind, as if countless bright reds blocked her sight.
The wolf cub's... the one that splashed out of Yin Yi's body...
And in the blood-red, the look in the old wolf's eyes as he sank into the puddle...
Can't retreat.
She told herself.
When the jackal saw the wolf cub blocking the way ahead and not running away in panic, he instantly locked onto her.
Can't retreat.
Ye Zhizhi gripped the wooden stick tightly in his hand and stared at the jackal, his round, dark eyes showing a sharp gleam.
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