23 Wilderness Survival
◎Ye Zhizhi cried out and burst into tears.◎
A white light pierced into Ye Zhizhi's eyes, making her feel uncomfortable. She couldn't help but close her eyes and raised her little hands to cover her eyes.
After a while, she felt she had adapted to the light and put down her hand, slowly opening her eyes.
A refreshing breeze brushed her cheeks.
Ye Zhizhi was first attracted by a bird gliding high in the sky. She opened her clear and bright eyes, and the scenery in front of her appeared in her pupils frame by frame.
The wolf pack's den was located high up in a mountain, with a long, slightly sloping slope at its foot. The rocks were jagged, and the creeping tree roots and branches were of strange shapes.
There are no tall trees around the cave entrance to block the view, but there are lush and green low bushes growing wildly.
Ye Zhizhi sat on the wolf king's back, gently scratching his fur with her small hands, looking around with her pearly black eyes.
There are mountains upon mountains, and peaks in groups.
The sun was shining brightly, and the emerald green of the nearby mountains and forests was particularly distinct. A mountain breeze blew through the green waves, and I could almost hear the rustling of leaves.
The mountains in the distance are shrouded in clouds and mist, appearing and disappearing, like a fairyland on earth.
This is the magnificence and grandeur of nature. Standing in it, even the huge wolf king seems as small as a leaf in the mountains, insignificant.
Ye Zhizhi took a deep breath, and it felt as if all the cells in her body were expanding, leaping with joy, eagerly absorbing the fresh air. When she exhaled, it was as if she had expelled all the foul air in her body.
At that moment, her mind became clear.
Ye Zhizhi's smile gradually faded, and she couldn't help but stand up.
She opened her arms, as if embracing the green mountains, and as if embracing the wind.
She, Ye Zhizhi, finally came out!
Ye Zhizhi held his head high and chest puffed out, looking very excited.
From being thrown into the mountains to being brought back to the wolf's den, she went through four seasons, and most of the time she could only lie in a small den.
Later, there was Brother Wolf, who often carried her around the cave when she was still unable to crawl.
She originally thought the cave was very big, but after measuring it back and forth so many times, she felt that the cave was very small, so small that she could see the whole thing at a glance.
She has been trapped in a small world until today.
Ye Zhizhi smiled brightly, realizing very clearly that she was still alive.
It feels so good to be alive!
The wolf king noticed the movement of his cubs and walked very steadily. Ye Zhizhi, who was standing on the wolf king's back, did not feel any bumps at all.
The wolf cubs running around the wolf king seemed to sense Ye Zhizhi's excitement and responded with howls.
Ye Zhizhi's mood became increasingly high.
Illness, hunger, and severe cold could not defeat her, and nothing could stop her from living.
She is no longer afraid of anything!
Ye Zhizhi was full of ambition, as if he could conquer the entire forest in the next moment.
At that moment, Ye Zhizhi felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Her heart swelled, as if there was an intense emotion that needed to be vented. Ye Zhizhi wanted to howl, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she was met with a mouthful of wind.
It turned out that the wolf king suddenly started running and jumped into the air across a wide mountain stream.
Ye Zhizhi quickly bent down and clasped his limbs together.
When she looked up again, the scenery around her had changed.
They were in a valley, surrounded by sparse trees, with clusters of bushes and lush green grass at their feet.
Being suddenly interrupted, Ye Zhizhi no longer had the urge to howl, and she looked around with great interest.
The scenery that comes into view is so vivid, the gray-brown tree trunks are rustic, the green leaves are bright, the moss covering the rocks is dark green, and occasionally dotted with clusters of bright wild flowers.
The chirping of insects and birds, hiding somewhere unknown, sounded extremely pleasant to Ye Zhizhi. Everything was so full of vitality.
But isn't this forest a little too big?
Just now, she looked out from outside the cave. Beyond this mountain, there were mountains upon mountains. She might not be able to get out even after walking for a month or two, and she might even get lost in the forest.
The altitude of the terrain where they were located seemed very high, and they could see very far away, but there was not even a trace of human cities or villages.
And since there are wolves here, there are probably other predators, such as jackals, tigers, leopards and the like.
…
However, it is too early to worry about how to get out of the jungle. What is more important now is to solve the problems she encounters in the process of survival.
Ye Zhizhi has always wanted to go out, but she doesn't just want to go out for a walk, she has a lot of things she wants to do.
First she needed to find something to eat; she urgently needed to replenish her nutrition. Then she needed to see if there was anything she could use as clothing, and she also needed to pick up some dead branches for firewood...
Ye Zhizhi felt that she could learn how to make fire by rubbing two sticks together, so that she could grill meat!
There were so many things she wanted to do, so she decided to take it one step at a time. If she could do it for the first time, there would be countless times to come. The most important thing now was to eat!
Just as she was thinking this, when the Wolf King carried her through a green forest, Ye Zhizhi saw clusters of fruit-like things embedded in the hanging branches on both sides.
Ye Zhizhi's eyes lit up instantly.
She couldn't help but drool, and swallowed silently again and again. After walking over, she couldn't help but turn her head to look a few times.
The wolf king didn't walk far before he climbed over a huge rock and lay down on it.
Ye Zhizhi couldn't wait to slide down from the wolf's back, his white and tender feet stepping on the rocks.
As soon as her little feet touched the ground, she felt a stinging pain, and even felt that the soles of her calloused feet were scraped.
I thought the ground in the cave was rough enough, but I didn't expect it to be even worse outside.
She urgently needs a pair of shoes.
Unfortunately, this is a desolate wilderness with no one living here, so we can only find ways to use local materials.
Ye Zhizhi looked left and right.
She saw vines and branches hanging next to a tall tree trunk not far away. The broad leaves looked suitable for making shoes.
Ye Zhizhi looked down at the road and skipped over. He didn't notice how tall the trees were when he looked from a distance, but when he got closer he realized how tall they were!
She tried to raise her head, but she couldn't see the top of the tree, and the trunk was very thick.
Ye Zhizhi looked around, selected a vine, stretched out his small body and tried to reach it, then grabbed it and pulled it straight back.
She pulled with all her might.
A wall of vines shook and swayed as Ye Zhizhi pulled them, vividly illustrating what it meant when a single hair moved the entire body.
The wolf king narrowed his eyes slightly, silently watching the cub jumping up and down, letting her play.
It can sense that there is no danger nearby and the cubs can have fun as they please.
The wolf cubs quickly disappeared from sight after entering the jungle.
There was only one wolf and one cub in the entire valley.
Ye Zhizhi's face turned red. She had changed her posture, placing the vine on her tender shoulders, and bending her body to move forward.
God helps those who work hard. With Ye Zhizhi's efforts, she successfully broke a vine.
She sat on the ground and wiped the sweat off her face, but it was not easy.
Ye Zhizhi didn't rest for long. He immediately stood up and ran over to pick up the leaves that fell during the pulling.
These leaves were bigger than her two palms. She piled them up in a thick layer and put them on the ground. Her little feet stepped on the leaves, making them look particularly small and delicate.
Ye Zhizhi planned to wrap his feet with leaves, and then tie them up with vines, so as to prevent things on the ground from cutting his feet.
But she only pulled out a long vine. She tried to break it, but found it was very tough and she couldn't break it at all.
When Ye Zhizhi saw the Wolf King, she immediately grabbed a bunch of leaves and dragged a vine over.
She returned to the wolf king, stuffed the vine into his mouth, bared her four small baby teeth, bit up and down, pretending to bite off the vine, then howled for a while, then opened her big watery eyes and asked silently: Wolf king dad, do you understand?
Wolf King: "..." It didn't want to understand.
It bit the vine expressionlessly, breaking it into three sections.
Ye Zhizhi smiled with joy, stood on tiptoe, hugged the wolf king's head, and rubbed it coquettishly.
The wolf king didn't want to move, and there was a bitter taste of plants in his mouth.
Ye Zhizhi immediately sat down, wrapped her little feet with leaves, and then twisted them around. Soon, her two little feet were wrapped tightly.
She stood up and tried to walk.
Sure enough, my feet no longer hurt, but the soles of my feet were a little unbalanced and wobbled easily.
But it doesn’t matter, as long as she is careful and walks slower, she won’t fall!
How can she be so clever! She can actually make her own shoes!
Ye Zhizhi's big eyes formed beautiful crescents, which made her look very proud.
The remaining piece of vine was also useful, so she tied it around her waist tightly.
Ye Zhizhi patted her bulging belly and could even make a belt for her!
Without any restraint on his feet, Ye Zhizhi began to run around happily.
She was still thinking about the fruit she saw on the road, which happened to be not far away, so she walked over happily.
Soon she found one of the clusters, which looked like bunches of grapes, but the fruits were not like grapes. Their color was a bit like light blue jade.
She was cautious and didn't pick it to eat immediately, but observed it carefully first.
Ye Zhizhi noticed that the skin of these fruits was intact, without a single insect hole. She stood beside the bushes and stared for a moment. She saw some birds of unknown species flying through the gaps between the branches, but they never stopped or even looked.
She was almost certain that the fruit was inedible.
Ye Zhizhi had no choice but to leave with regret, walking around and looking around with his little head raised.
Finally, we saw edible fruits in a cluster of plants at a rocky corner.
It was the size of a little finger, round and ripe to the point of turning black. Ye Zhizhi couldn't recognize what kind of wild fruit it was, but she saw traces of being bitten by small animals and immediately determined that it was an edible wild fruit.
These fruits that were hidden very deeply slipped through the net.
Ye Zhizhi carefully turned over the cluster of plants again and again, picking all the intact fruits, a total of nine.
Her small hands couldn't hold all the fruits, so the broad leaves she picked came in handy. She packed up the fruits, leaving only one in her hand, and with her other hand, she grabbed the seal and tucked it into her belt, letting it hang.
Ye Zhizhi was very cautious. Even if the animals were edible, she would only try a small one first.
She carefully peeled off the thin layer of skin, and the ripe flesh burst out with juice, staining her little fingers with a purple to black color.
Slurp——
Ye Zhizhi lowered his head and took a deep breath, sucking the soft fruit flesh into his mouth.
She couldn't help but squint her eyes in satisfaction.
So sweet!
This was the first time she had eaten anything other than breast milk in more than a year since she came into this world.
Ye Zhizhi resisted the urge to eat the other fruits and decided to wait until her body was fine before eating them.
She continued searching in the woods.
Ye Zhizhi heard the birds singing. She looked up from time to time and finally saw a bird's nest built in a tree branch.
Ye Zhizhi's eyes lit up and his mouth watered. There should be bird eggs, right?
Thinking of bird eggs, she felt that she could accept eating them raw. At most, they would have a stronger fishy smell. Bird eggs are very nutritious!
The bird's nest was a little high. Ye Zhizhi raised her head, but if she didn't have good eyesight, she wouldn't have been able to find it.
She looked down at her small body and thought, "I should be able to crawl, right?"
Ye Zhizhi was eager to try and was trying to find an angle to climb when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his calf.
Ye Zhizhi lifted up her skirt and looked down. She saw a huge, shiny, black bug crawling on her white and tender right calf.
Ye Zhizhi realized it later and burst into tears.
The wolf king, who was originally lying on a boulder and leisurely swinging his tail, suddenly caught the sound of his cub. He stood up abruptly, his figure as fast as a flash of lightning, disappeared from the spot in the blink of an eye, and soon appeared in front of Ye Zhizhi.
Ye Zhizhi was sitting on the ground crying, and when she saw her father, the Wolf King, coming over, she cried even louder.
While crying, she lifted up her right foot and showed it her calf which had become red and swollen.
“Ahhh——”
It hurts so much!
Wolf King: “……!”
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