57 Wilderness Survival
◎Ye Zhizhi's footsteps suddenly stopped.◎
Transparent ice crystals hanging upside down from the branches condense into water droplets, which drip onto the broad, dark green leaves. The water droplets slide along the veins of the leaves, falling from the tail end to land on lower leaves or on the moss-covered rocks on the ground, making a "tick-tick" sound.
At this time, the ground was shedding its layer of ice and snow, revealing the original appearance of the mountains and forests. The plants that had been frozen for a winter stretched out their leaves, and some began to grow tender green tentacles, which curled up quietly and harmlessly around the leaves.
The jungle was cool and humid. The branches, leaves, rocks and ground were all wet and filled with thick moisture.
An insect poked out its tentacles from a crack in the rock, as if detecting some information. A moment later, it revealed a body covered in black armor the size of a fist. Its eight slender legs covered with barbs crawled over the rocks, walked over dead leaves soaked in mud and rotten soil, and passed by plants while extending its tentacles.
When the black beetle walked past the plant covered with tentacles not far away, the tender green tentacles seemed to sense something and suddenly stretched out their tentacles, wrapping around the black beetle's slender legs. The tentacles, which seemed to be broken if bent, actually held the black beetle back.
More tentacles spread forward and wrapped around the black beetle's body.
The black beetle struggled hard, but could not cut through the tender and thin tentacles. Finally, it was dragged to the bottom of the plant. The emerald green leaves slowly turned to face the black beetle, as if it was a big basin with a bloody mouth, slowly wrapping up the struggling black beetle, and then hanging on the thin branch like a cocoon. At this time, the tentacles had retracted and returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.
All this was seen by a human cub not far away.
The cub squatted behind a tree root that was lying across the ground. As soon as she stood up, she saw a bug that was approaching her being killed by the plant.
She was not afraid, but just thought nature was magical.
She noticed that the tentacles were so tough and wanted to pull out a few to study. She thought they would be more suitable for needlework than vines, or for tying hair... and had many other uses.
The cub was excited and eager to try, wondering if the plants would regard her as prey.
She jumped over from behind the tree roots and slowly approached, paying attention to whether the tentacles would spread over.
But as she walked around, her tentacles remained motionless, as if the previous capture was an illusion.
She stretched out the stick and poked it, but there was still no response. However, she didn't dare to go up and grab it with her hands. Her body was still very fragile. If her fingers were cut off, she would have no place to cry.
Just as she was thinking about how to get it, she suddenly heard a wolf howl, as if asking her why it took so long.
The cub howled back immediately, and soon the jungle shook. Some animal quickly passed through the lush woods. There was a loud noise, and soon a group of wet wolves came out.
Looking closely, you can see that the wolf has a lot of things hanging on its body.
Seeing this, the cub couldn't help but howl a few more times. She emphasized that it should not rush into the woods just because the road is short, and should try to avoid them, otherwise it would be soaked in a short time.
The silver-haired wolf opened its innocent eyes and looked at her, its whole body shaking, its hair flying and water splashing everywhere.
The wolves were also moving, shaking off the water droplets on their bodies, but miraculously they managed to keep the packages on their backs steady.
This wolf pack, a strange combination of humans and wolves, is none other than Ye Zhizhi and Yin Yi's group of wolves.
They ran straight ahead from the direction they had chosen to start, stopping and walking for five or six days.
At first, the roads were covered with ice, and they ran on it. They just had to be careful not to fall in when the ice melted. On the way, they had to be careful to avoid the herds of animals that woke up from hibernation and came out to hunt in groups.
If the beasts are fighting alone or in groups of two or three, they have been hungry for the entire winter and cannot match the wolf pack in terms of numbers or strength. Naturally, they are not afraid of such predators.
So the journey was quite smooth.
Everything in the jungle was frozen, and she didn't notice anything unusual at first.
But when the ice began to melt, the danger they faced increased sharply. Sometimes you stepped on a seemingly solid piece of ice, but when all your weight was on it, the ice would suddenly break apart. If you were not in time, the whole wolf might fall into the ice cave.
No one can predict what danger may lie ahead.
Not only that, on the third day, they reached the place that looked like a plain that Ye Zhizhi had seen. It turned out to be a swamp. They walked halfway on the ice when the ice began to crack and they almost fell into it.
What's worse, there is the danger hidden under the ice. As they were walking on the ice, suddenly a huge crocodile broke out of the ice in the swamp.
If the wolves had not been vigilant and if Silver Gray had not reacted quickly, he would have been dragged into the swamp by the crocodile.
After this incident, Ye Zhizhi, who was originally quite relaxed, felt a sense of urgency and began to be alert to the potential dangers around him.
Fortunately, they were not far from leaving the swamp at this time, so they sped up and crossed the swamp, finally escaping danger.
After passing the swamp, they came to the jungle. At this time, the ice was melting faster. In order to avoid the streams formed by the melted ice and snow, they walked and walked into a jungle.
Since entering the jungle, the wolves have been very vigilant, even though they have not encountered much danger along the way.
Ye Zhizhi could only leave for a short while when she had physiological problems and when the wolf pack had confirmed that there was no danger nearby. However, it wouldn't be long before she would hear the wolves calling her.
Since the wolves had already come, Ye Zhizhi didn't insist on getting the tentacles. It was not necessary anyway, so she climbed onto the silver wolf's back and signaled the wolves to leave.
The departing wolves naturally didn't notice that where Ye Zhizhi was originally standing, a few tender green tentacles suddenly stretched out from the wet rotten soil and dead leaves.
The tentacles trembled in the air for a moment, as if sensing the prey's distance, before slowly retracting into the soil.
Ye Zhizhi and the wolves walked out of the jungle and headed towards a high ground with a wide view.
When they pass through a place, they will first go to a higher place, and then look out from the higher place to decide which direction to go.
Ye Zhizhi looked at this unfamiliar land, she felt dizzy. There were only mountains in every direction. Except for the direction they were traveling, any direction was possible.
Ye Zhizhi and the wolf pack walked down the high ground, passed a hill, and entered the jungle again.
Judging from the result of the sudden attack in the swamp, the wolves were right to remain vigilant at all times. The jungle seemed to be more dangerous than she had imagined.
She found it strange. When they were near their territory, even on their way to the peak, they could easily encounter a lot of prey and see many predators along the way. But the deeper they went into the jungle, the less prey they could see.
Even the sounds of birds and insects gave her a strange feeling. Several times, she seemed to smell something terrifying.
But before she had time to think deeply about what it was, the wolves changed direction and ran away quickly with her.
This happened more than once, as if the wolves were avoiding something they perceived as dangerous.
There was even one time when the scent was very close, and the wolves ran with her at full speed until the scent disappeared.
Ye Zhizhi never saw what it was from beginning to end.
After entering the new jungle, they began to look for traces of prey. The wolves had not eaten meat for two days, and they had to keep their physical strength at peak condition, so they would be ready to hunt at any time.
Just as Ye Zhizhi had thought before, prey was rarely seen in this forest, and the wolves basically sniffed out danger and prey while traveling.
Ye Zhizhi thought, maybe it was similar to their territory, and this forest was short of resources?
But looking at the lush jungles, it doesn't seem like there are no prey resources.
Soon, they found the scent of prey, a deer with antlers like branches, and Ye Zhizhi followed them to hunt.
The wolves found the correct way to use Ye Zhizhi in hunting. Every time she appeared in the hunt, she was easily targeted by the prey. However, the underestimated Ye Zhizhi could burst out extraordinary energy and delay the prey's pace. At this time, the wolves rushed up and bit the prey.
Yin Yi and the others expressed their satisfaction with the wolf girl. With the wolf girl around, hunting became faster and easier for them.
Soon the deer became food for the wolves.
They ate quickly while keeping an eye on their surroundings, and Ye Zhizhi was also on guard.
Even if she brought firewood, it was wet everywhere, and there were no dry branches or leaves to pick up, so she didn't know how long it would take to dry them. So Ye Zhizhi didn't make a fire, but ate the dried meat she brought with her. She kept the dry firewood mainly for starting a fire.
But you can look for wild fruits.
Ye Zhizhi walked around. Spring had just arrived, the ice and snow had not completely melted, and most plants had not yet borne fruit. However, she found nuts left by some unknown animal in a tree hole formed by twisted and tangled roots.
This is obviously where animals store food for the winter, but for some reason there is no sign of animals, only a small pile of food left.
Ye Zhizhi thought that maybe something unexpected happened.
It seems that she can accept these "legacies" with tears.
The opening of the tree hole was just big enough for her to fit in. Ye Zhizhi diligently moved the nuts out and placed them on the relatively clean rocks outside the tree hole.
There were not many nuts, so Ye Zhizhi moved them twice. He did not let go of the three or two nuts that were left and went in again to take them out.
When she excitedly climbed out, she found that all the nuts on her rock were gone.
Ye Zhizhi was stunned for a moment, and caught the scent of a strange animal.
She looked up suddenly and saw a monkey bigger than her sitting on a branch, holding her nuts in its paws and eating them with great enthusiasm.
Noticing Ye Zhizhi's gaze, he threw the leftover shells at her in a mean manner.
Ye Zhizhi quickly dodged with one side of his head.
"Ya ...
The monkey's triumphant cry rang in his ears, and Ye Zhizhi's eyes were blazing with fire.
Ahhh, damn monkey! She had finally found this! It was hers!
How dare you throw her away!
Ye Zhizhi looked around at the ground and picked up some branches and gravel.
When she lowered her head, she failed to dodge the weapon thrown down again in time and was hit on the back of the head.
Ye Zhizhi immediately fought back with branches and stones. The monkey did not change its position and the target was large, so she hit it with all her attacks.
When the monkey saw that the little wolf cub dared to fight back, he immediately threw it away.
Ye Zhizhi also threw away whatever he caught.
But in the end, Ye Zhizhi suffered more, because the monkeys would use the things she threw at them to attack her.
The monkey threw the nuts while eating them.
After a while, the few nuts were eaten up. The monkey threw all the broken nuts in his hand at Ye Zhizhi, climbed down the tree in a few seconds, and went quickly into the depths of the jungle.
Aaaaahhh!!!
Ye Zhizhi was so angry that she fought it!
Ye Zhizhi immediately chased after the monkey. She ran and jumped, and her small body nimbly moved through the jungle.
The monkey became even more excited when he found out she was chasing him.
Ye Zhizhi ran very fast, but he was still not as fast as the monkey that could swing on the branches.
The monkey was still clinging on a high branch, turning its head and babbling triumphantly at Ye Zhizhi.
Ye Zhizhi's eyes were spitting fire, what a hateful monkey!
She stepped on the high rock and jumped suddenly, directly to a height of two to three meters in the air. She grabbed the hanging vines and swung forward, then stood on the tree trunk that was across the air, swung again, and landed steadily.
At this time, the monkey was closer to her.
She was about to continue chasing, but suddenly she became aware of the eerie silence in the woods.
Ye Zhizhi's footsteps suddenly stopped, and her five senses were sensing frantically, as if something was tightly gripping her heart.
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