79 Wilderness Survival
◎Where did Wolf Girl go again? ? !◎
The wolves and Xiaohua entered a friendly period, and for a while the atmosphere in the cave was very harmonious.
This made Ye Zhizhi, who was always worried that they would fight, completely relieved. It couldn't be better that they could live in harmony. She didn't have to worry about how to mediate between the two sides all day long.
But it was obviously too early for Ye Zhizhi to be reassured.
When Ye Zhizhi frequently went out to observe when the rainy season would end, Yin Yi and Xiao Hua started fighting in the cave.
The other wolves lay on the sidelines and watched.
Wolves don't like to crawl in the dark passage. Most of the places are not big enough for them to walk on all fours. Instead, they can only lie down and crawl slowly. Moreover, the space is too small inside. If they encounter any accidents, they will not be able to get out and will feel insecure.
So when they are not out hunting, the wolves don't like to go out. Instead, they see the wolf girl going in and out almost every day. Her small body, which has not grown all the years, is particularly convenient in such situations.
They have already recognized Ye Zhizhi's strength, and even if they encounter danger, they have enough ability to run back safely.
So Yin Yi doesn't always accompany Ye Zhizhi out.
In this way, the wolves and snakes, which had almost recovered, were inevitably prone to friction without Ye Zhizhi as a lubricant.
Especially between Yinyi and Xiaohua.
After Xiaohua allowed the wolves to soak in the hot spring pool next door, the chances of them facing each other increased. Even though they were quite far apart, they were in the same space and could feel each other's presence at all times. They felt like they were provoking each other as soon as they smelled each other's scent.
Without Ye Zhizhi's knowledge, they had already tested each other's strength and had fought each other briefly a few times, but they all ended before Ye Zhizhi returned.
But the truth will eventually be revealed. At that time, they were all in the cave and did not notice Ye Zhizhi's return.
So Ye Zhizhi saw that Yin Yi and Xiao Hua joined the battle with their heads, claws and tails, and the fight was in full swing. From time to time, the wolves watching would sneak up and hit them with their claws. The most important thing was to participate.
When they noticed Ye Zhizhi coming back, the wolf and the snake suddenly stiffened. The wolf's claws and the snake's tail were retracted in a flash. The beasts' eyes were dazed, and they didn't dare to look directly at Ye Zhizhi. They lowered their heads like children who had done something wrong.
Ye Zhizhi looked at Yin Yi, then at Xiaohua.
Perhaps it was because they had little contact with each other before, so they got along very well with each other. But now that they were together, Ye Zhizhi couldn't even deceive himself that the wolf and the snake got along well.
Perhaps because he was mentally prepared, Ye Zhizhi was not surprised at all, and even felt a sense of relief.
She didn't say anything, just patted each of their heads as a comfort. Since they couldn't get along, Ye Zhizhi didn't force them. She was surprised that they had been able to endure this long. Perhaps it was difficult for different animals to make friends, so she couldn't force it.
Ye Zhizhi could only put the idea of finding a new place to settle down on the agenda.
Ye Zhizhi came back early this time because he saw that the rain was getting smaller and the rainy season was almost over.
They had to hunt as much as possible when the rain stopped in preparation for the coming of winter.
Ye Zhizhi, the wolf pack and Xiaohua announced the good news.
Another day passed, and when Ye Zhizhi went out to look, the rainy season had indeed ended, so she led the wolf pack out hunting.
Xiaohua also came out this time.
For more than two months, Xiaohua soaked in the hot spring lake day and night, and its injuries were almost healed.
The wolves' wounds also healed faster than before thanks to the herbs and hot springs, otherwise the two sides wouldn't be fighting each other.
The forest became lively again, Ye Zhizhi and the wolves were picking prey.
There are still many ferocious beasts in this jungle that the wolves cannot afford to offend. While they carefully avoid them, they are also looking for relatively weaker beasts.
This undoubtedly increases the difficulty of hunting for them, but as long as they can successfully hunt, the rewards are quite generous, because the prey here are so big that one is worth two.
Moreover, after this ordeal, she and the wolf pack became even more powerful. It turned out that actual combat was the fastest way to improve combat experience. When they first came to this jungle, they had to be careful to avoid some of the ferocious beasts, but now they can easily defeat them.
Ye Zhizhi was also looking for a cave.
She could only search in this familiar jungle. Ye Zhizhi didn't dare to step into deeper places, such as the area where the monster died.
The things over there are more ferocious than those here. That side should be further into the jungle.
Ye Zhizhi used to be curious about what the scene was like on the other side of the center, but now she doesn’t dare to have any thoughts at all. They were really lucky to get out safely last time, but she can’t guarantee that it will happen again.
Ye Zhizhi could only pray that a large predator would die during the hunt, and that they could find the predator's lair.
Ye Zhizhi and the wolf pack searched in the jungle for two or three days, and finally encountered a group of wild boars.
She felt that they looked familiar, and then recognized that they were the wild boars that had escaped with them that day and had escaped early on the way.
Finally, thanks to Ye Zhizhi's traps, the wolves, and Xiaohua's hunting, the herd of wild boars was completely captured. There were a dozen or so wild boars, both large and small, a whole family, but none of them were as large as the male wild boar Xiaohua had hunted that day, which was probably the king of the pigs.
They hunt other prey and can spend a relatively comfortable winter.
The temperature dropped sharply. Normally, Xiaohua would have stayed in the nest comfortably for the winter, but it still crawled out and insisted on moving with Ye Zhizhi.
Ye Zhizhi finally found a cave formed by the combination of ancient tree roots and rocks. It was narrow on the outside and deep on the inside, with enough space inside to accommodate them and the prey. However, the entrance of the cave was blocked by tree roots, so the wolves had to get in.
The narrow entrance to the cave meant that large animals couldn't get in, so only smaller animals could live there. Of course, when those animals went out to forage, they were all caught in one fell swoop, and they successfully picked up the leftovers.
Ye Zhizhi thought that this cave could be cleaned up and used as a winter nest. There were also stored food left by the previous animals in it, including both meat and vegetables, which successfully solved Ye Zhizhi's food problem.
Ye Zhizhi thought that out of the ten or so wild boars, they would only bring two or three out, and leave the rest to Xiaohua. If they hunted as many preys as possible in the next few days, this winter would be over.
At first, neither the wolves nor Xiaohua noticed Ye Zhizhi's idea, but when Ye Zhizhi expressed his intention to leave the new nest, Yin Yi and Xiaohua were the most opposed.
At that time, Ye Zhizhi was packing up the animal skin suits and animal skin quilts that had been hanging out to dry for more than two months.
Yin Yi and Xiao Hua, who guessed her intention from her behavior, immediately objected.
Yin picked up the package and hid it in the cave, letting Yin Xiaohui hold it tightly. Xiaohua's tail wrapped around Ye Zhizhi, and the snake's head tilted weakly to one side, as if it had weakened in an instant.
It hissed slowly at Ye Zhizhi, looking weak and unable to take care of itself, and needed Ye Zhizhi's care.
However, Ye Zhizhi looked at Xiaohua's huge body which had grown bigger and felt that it was really not weak at all. Especially when he was strangling the beast, he was really ferocious.
But Xiaohua was acting coquettishly towards her, and Ye Zhizhi couldn't refuse her. She touched the cold snake scales.
Winter is even longer than the rainy season. She thinks separation is good for both sides, but it seems that Yin Yi and Xiao Hua don’t think so.
Ye Zhizhi was a little confused. Yin Yi and Xiao Hua were constantly butting heads. In her opinion, they were only forcing themselves to stay with the pesky predator because of her. Why wouldn't they want to separate?
Ye Zhizhi did not make this decision casually, but after careful consideration.
If she couldn't find a suitable den, she would naturally continue to live in Xiaohua's den with the wolf pack. But now that she had found one, she couldn't stay there any longer. Xiaohua's den was comfortable, but it was Xiaohua's private territory after all.
Ye Zhizhi felt that he had the animal skin suit and animal skin quilt, as well as the wolf pack to keep him warm, so he could safely survive the winter.
Besides, it wasn't an illusion; her cold tolerance had improved. In the past, in such sudden drops in temperature, she would have been shivering in the cold, forced to wear a heavy animal hide suit. But now, she only needed to wear an animal hide vest and tie animal hides around her hands and feet. Not only did she no longer have to stay in the cave, she could also move freely in the even colder mountains and forests.
Ye Zhizhi even felt that she might be able to walk out of the cave and take a look when it snowed heavily.
Judging from Yin Yi's attitude, he doesn't want to leave Xiaohua's nest.
And Xiaohua didn't want them... or rather, herself, to leave. Given that the relationship between the wolf and the snake wasn't harmonious, they made this decision simply for it.
In Yin Yi's eyes, the wolf girl is both strong and fragile. Perhaps her previous weakness has penetrated deeply into the wolf's heart. Especially in winter, her vulnerability increases several levels. At this time, the wolf girl is in great need of protection.
This constant temperature cave nest allows the wolf girl to survive the severe cold completely safely.
The reason why Yin Yi was unwilling to leave was simply because of this.
Xiaohua simply wanted her to stay, and for this she even went against her biological instincts, leaving herself with hidden threats and inviting a wolf into the house.
I don't know where this immense trust came from, this confidence that Ye Zhizhi could control the wolves and not pose a real threat to it. Perhaps, beyond that, there was also a mutual sympathy between highly intelligent animals?
Ye Zhizhi's separation plan ultimately failed due to the obstruction of Yin Yi and Xiao Hua. They still lived in Xiao Hua's nest, and even all the things in the cave that she had her eyes on were moved in.
The huge nest is clearly divided.
The wolves were in the deepest part of their den, and they had to go through several passages to stay far away from where Xiaohua was, trying their best to prevent the scent of the wolves from spreading over there.
After all, this was a place they would be staying for several months, so Ye Zhizhi and the wolves made the environment more comfortable and asked them to dig more tunnels to bury their excrement. They couldn't let Xiaohua's clean and comfortable "house" get dirty.
The air in the cave is circulating, and no one knows where the wind comes from, but it makes people feel refreshed and pleasant.
It was already white outside, and Ye Zhizhi didn't even need to wear a fur suit. He explored the cave with full energy.
There is more than one tunnel in this huge cave. Ye Zhizhi doesn’t know where the other tunnels lead to. She has been here for so long and has not explored these tunnels.
She held a green thorn in her hand, and after making sure there was no danger in the dark cave, she walked in.
Ye Zhizhi went exploring alone.
Yin Yi and Yin Xiao Hui wanted to follow, but these tunnels were even smaller than the one they crawled in through, making it impossible for them to squeeze in.
Xiaohua could no longer resist her instincts and entered hibernation mode.
Although the temperature in the underground cave only dropped a little, Xiaohua became sleepy due to her habit and was too tired to move.
Originally, Xiaohua should have entered this state early, but because of Ye Zhizhi, it was delayed for quite some time. Now that she was sure that she would not leave, she "fell asleep" peacefully.
After all, Ye Zhizhi couldn't lie down as long as animals. After resting for a day or two, she couldn't stay any longer.
The huge cave has been explored, and Ye Zhizhi climbed the cave to explore further.
It was unknown whether the tunnels were formed naturally or dug by animals. Some were so big that Ye Zhizhi could jump through them, while some were so narrow that even she had to crawl to pass through them.
It was pitch black all around, but Ye Zhizhi's vision was as sharp as an animal's, as if she could see everything in the darkness. She wasn't just being curious; she was also capable of protecting herself.
Every time she walked a distance, she would stop, look around, and listen carefully. Only after making sure there was no danger would she continue forward based on her intuition.
There were some small animals moving in the passage, but when they sensed Ye Zhizhi's breath approaching, they ran away and went into other passages. It was obvious that her breath also had the pressure of a predator.
I don’t know how long I climbed, but Ye Zhizhi keenly noticed that the humidity in the cave was getting heavier and the cool wind was getting stronger.
Ye Zhizhi felt the temperature and after making sure that it had not dropped significantly, he continued to climb forward.
After a while, Ye Zhizhi felt a faint light in front of her. She sped up, but stopped after a moment. The space in front was getting narrower and narrower, and even she could not get through.
Ye Zhizhi could already see the light, which was only one or two meters away, but he just couldn't get through.
She was reluctant to retreat like this, as she had been crawling for so long.
Ye Zhizhi sniffed and didn't feel any threatening aura there. It was very quiet. He only felt the increasingly thick water vapor.
So Ye Zhizhi tried to dig it out slowly with the green thorn.
Yin Yi, who was originally lying in the cave to rest, was lying there very comfortably at first. His developed hearing could hear the movements made by the wolf girl and sense the wolf girl's breath.
But as time passed, the wolf girl walked farther and farther away, and the noise became weaker and weaker. Later, suddenly, she could no longer be heard.
Yin Yi suddenly raised his head, stood up, and quickly walked to the entrance of a dark little cave. He tried to stick his head in to smell, then used his two front paws to climb up.
Where's Wolf Girl? Where did Wolf Girl go again?!
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