85 Wilderness Survival
◎She subconsciously let out a frightened cry.◎
The direction Ye Zhizhi and the wolves ran in this time was completely opposite to what they had seen before. It was similar to what she had seen on the top of the mountain last time. The mountains here were more densely packed and at a higher altitude, with few vast plains.
The terrain here is one mountain after another, with tall and dense forests everywhere, and countless mountain streams and strange peaks.
There are many ferocious beasts here, but many are not as powerful as wolves. Even those with similar strength will not attack easily. This is because prey is plentiful now, and everyone has no shortage of food.
Ye Zhizhi and the wolf pack shuttled through the mountains and forests. Every time they reached the top of a hill, they would look around and basically only see peaks and mountains.
The ancient trees here are of all kinds of strange shapes. The giant umbrellas held high up block the sunlight, making the jungle look dark, damp and cold.
The air in the forest seemed even more turbid, filled with a rotten stench that lingered for a long time.
Ye Zhizhi tried hard to identify it, it should be the smell of rotting dead branches, leaves and animal carcasses.
Even though Ye Zhizhi's sense of smell is as developed as that of animals, it is not so easy to smell the scent outside the jungle in a forest like this. After all, this is still a primitive jungle.
They wandered around the forest almost aimlessly.
Ye Zhizhi didn't like the turbid smell in the forest. Every night, he would rest on the top of the mountain where he had a wide view.
It was almost dusk, the sun was setting slowly, the clouds were brilliant, and the orange-red and yellow light dyed the emerald green forest with a layer of warm color. The mountains and forests seemed particularly peaceful, with only the wind blowing slowly in the distance, stirring the branches and making a rustling sound.
Ye Zhizhi watched the clouds change and dissipate, and then night fell.
The forest is silent at night, the darkness hides the danger, and the sky is full of twinkling stars. In this area that has not been destroyed by humans, the stars are particularly bright, as if they are within reach.
A tiny hand was raised, with five fingers spread out, leaving a small black shadow under the starry sky, and then the five fingers were clenched, as if trying to hold the stars in the hand.
Ye Zhizhi and the wolf pack lay under a huge rock, looking up at the starry sky.
She nestled in Yin Yi's arms, put down her hands, and watched quietly.
The beauty of this primeval forest at different times is unique and untouched by human intervention. In its own way, it speaks of the tenacity of life and the wonders of nature.
Whenever Ye Zhizhi felt that she had seen a lot and it was no longer surprising, she would always be shocked in new ways.
She had never looked at the night sky so carefully as she did now.
So beautiful!
I wonder if I can still see such a starry sky after returning to human society.
Ye Zhizhi stared at it without blinking, as if he wanted to put every star into his memory.
Yin Yi watched for a while, not understanding what was so good about it. He lowered his head and licked the wolf girl's head, then closed his eyes slightly.
Ye Zhizhi moved closer to Yin Yi. She kept watching until she felt sleepy, then she fell asleep holding Yin Yi. On the rock, two wolf shadows stood there, pacing back and forth from time to time.
The stars set, the darkness dissipates, and a new day begins.
The sunlight shines through the layers of branches and leaves, casting mottled light and shadows, adding brightness to the dark forest environment.
Ye Zhizhi and the wolf pack walked out of a hill and came to a canyon.
They prepare to hunt.
Ye Zhizhi and the wolves hid their presence and walked silently in the canyon following the trail of their prey.
They soon saw their prey.
This is the deer herd that the wolves prefer. They are now distributed in the canyons and mountains. Some are grazing on grass, and some are licking stones.
?
Ye Zhizhi tilted his head in confusion, but before he had time to think about it, the wolves had already chosen their prey and ran forward quickly. Ye Zhizhi hurried over as well.
This kind of herbivore is not difficult for them to catch and can be easily caught.
The deer that Yin Yi spotted soon became their lunch.
Ye Zhizhi was prowling nearby, thinking of the scene of the deer licking the stone just now. He picked up a piece curiously, looked at it over and over again, and felt that it was more like a mineral.
She suddenly remembered that carnivores get their salt needs from the fresh blood and flesh of their prey, while herbivores replenish their salt needs by licking minerals! And these minerals are most likely salt mines!
The stone in her hand is a salt mine?!
Ye Zhizhi felt that her guess was correct. She quickly wiped it with her hands, puffed up her cheeks and blew on it again and again, then licked it with her tongue. Sure enough, it had a faint taste of salt.
Ye Zhizhi was so moved that she wanted to cry. She found the salt!
Although she had found the leaves of the green thorn before, which were also salty, they were much different from the saltiness she remembered and were very light. Putting them in the meat could only barely enhance the flavor, so it was better to just chew it dry.
This is the salt she wants!
Ye Zhizhi lowered his head, found two rocks, and put them in his backpack.
When Yin Yi was eating, he would occasionally pay attention to the location of the wolf girl and look up to see if she was still in his sight.
This should be the sequelae of the wolf girl often disappearing under its nose. As a result, when he looked up, he saw the wolf girl licking stones and picking them up and putting them into the package. The expression on her face was similar to that of someone who had picked up edible plants and fruits.
Yin Yi: "..." The wolf girl was so hungry that she was stupid. Not only did she like to eat plants, but now she even ate stones. You can lick the stones, but you can't eat them!
Ye Zhizhi didn't know what Yin Yi was thinking. She thought that this kind of salt stone couldn't be cooked and eaten directly. It contained things that were harmful to the human body, so it needed to be processed?
She thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out the specific process. However, she had never studied it seriously, so she only remembered that it seemed to be boiling salt?
Regardless of whether she found a way out or not, she still had to cook the salt. She could also make bacon and dry the bacon, so that no other meat would be tasteless!
Ye Zhizhi immediately decided to stay nearby for the time being. She wanted to get the salt out!
She howled excitedly, telling the wolves to go for a walk nearby to find water!
When Yin saw Ye Zhizhi was about to run away, his heart suddenly skipped a beat and he immediately chased after him.
Ye Zhizhi turned her head and saw Yin Yi. She glanced at its belly and saw that it was not particularly bloated. She let out a howl, indicating that she would only be away for a while and would be back soon.
Yin Yi roared back, and the wolf girl had to stay under his nose.
Ye Zhizhi had no choice but to suppress his eagerness and go back to wait for them to finish eating before looking for water.
She can now judge which direction there is a water source by the humidity in the air and her hearing. The area near this canyon is low-lying, with lush vegetation and animals, so there must be a water source nearby.
Ye Zhizhi and the wolves soon found a mountain spring.
It is spring water gushing out from the ground, gathering into a small pool on the ground. Because the water output is not particularly large, the water flows out and sinks into the wet vegetation, and then stops flowing.
Ye Zhizhi always felt that water sources were dangerous, even if it was just a small pond that could be seen at a glance. She would observe carefully for a while first. After making sure that there was nothing in the water, she would move a stone under the spring mouth, dig down a little, and slightly surround the bottom to allow more water to accumulate in the pond. When the turbid water became clear, she found a lot of broken branches and dead leaves nearby and put them in a sunny place to dry.
Then he built a small stove on the spot with stones and placed the fruit shells on top.
Ferocious beasts would appear in this canyon from time to time, but Ye Zhizhi was not afraid at all. Not to mention that she had the ability to protect herself, there were also five wolves wandering around. The beasts would run away as soon as they smelled the wolves from afar.
Even if they hide nearby, they dare not come out to attack.
It can be said that this small pond is temporarily contracted by her.
When Ye Zhizhi saw that the water had become clear, he filled most of the water with fruit shells, washed several pieces of salt stones, and put them into the fruit shells.
Ye Zhizhi took out a tinderbox and kept blowing out the sparks. There were several tinderboxes, but only one was usable. Fortunately, she had started a fire and could make a new tinderbox.
She first put in dead leaves and two or three pieces of dry firewood. After they were lit, she put in the wet firewood she had just picked up. Soon thick smoke rose and the wolves stayed away from her.
Ye Zhizhi placed the fruit shells on the small stove and placed wet firewood and dead leaves around them, trying to use the heat of the fire to dry them as quickly as possible.
It was also convenient for the wolf pack to move around with her. At least they could help her carry a lot of luggage. If they had separated from her last time, she would have had a very hard time living alone, with nothing.
Ye Zhizhi kept boiling it, boiling it non-stop until the water was boiled away, and then added more water.
She also grilled some meat.
Later, I felt that there might not be enough salt blocks, so I picked up a lot of salt blocks, washed them and put them in.
After boiling it back and forth two or three times, slightly yellow crystals slowly appeared under the shell.
She tasted it and found it a little bitter, which was different from the salt she had imagined. However, after trying so hard, she could only achieve this.
So he put it into the small snakeskin bag without any disgust.
During this period, Ye Zhizhi focused on observing herbivores and found that some animals would regularly chew a certain type of grass.
Ye Zhizhi picked some and tasted them, and found that they were tasty. He put a few of them in the meat when cooking without adding coarse salt, and the taste was surprisingly good.
Moreover, some leaves have a lot of fibrous tissue, which can help clean teeth when she chews them.
So she picked up a bunch of them and took them back.
Ye Zhizhi has a row of neat little baby teeth. Even though she doesn't have toothpaste or a toothbrush, she still takes good care of her little baby teeth. Perhaps it's because she has never eaten candy and rarely eats sweet things, her teeth are very healthy and she has no rotten teeth.
When she has the conditions, she will rinse her mouth after eating and chew some plants.
Ever since she found the leaves of the green thorn, she loves to chew them whenever she has time.
There are more things that can clean teeth now. Salt water can also reduce oral bacteria, not to mention plants that taste good and also have a cleaning effect.
Nature is truly a treasure!
Ye Zhizhi was so absorbed in the fun of treasure hunting that he almost forgot that he still had to find a way out.
They continued on their journey, crossing one mountain after another.
These days Ye Zhizhi and the wolf pack basically wandered around in the mountains and forests.
It was spring and summer, and animals and fruits were available all the time, so her diet expanded a lot.
Ye Zhizhi went into the dense bushes to look for wild fruits.
She didn't know what she stepped on, and it hurt a little. She looked down and saw what was among the dead branches and rotten leaves at her feet. She suddenly jumped three meters away and subconsciously let out a frightened scream.
The wolves that were leisurely lying or wandering nearby ran over the instant they heard Ye Zhizhi's call. Their huge figures shuttled through the bushes, almost becoming a shadow, and the branches and leaves that rubbed against them made sounds belatedly.
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