144 Wilderness Survival
◎If I can’t find the naughty kid, can’t I seek revenge on you naughty parents?!◎
Since Yin Yi appeared, Ye Zhizhi and his companions were not attacked again and returned to the vicinity of their territory smoothly.
Not all wolves stayed in their dens. Many wolves were walking around their territory. After they sensed Ye Zhizhi's scent, they emerged from all directions, sniffed at Ye Zhizhi, and followed him as he moved forward.
The wolf's eyes were full of confusion and concern, not only because this was the first time Ye Zhizhi came back so early after going out, but also because Ye Zhizhi looked so disheveled. Even though most of the blood on his body had been licked away by Yin Yi, there were no serious wounds, but there were many wounds of varying sizes, all covered in blue and purple, which looked very horrifying.
Ye Zhizhi, however, seemed oblivious. She had long since grown accustomed to it. Having lived in the jungle for so many years, she rarely came out unscathed. Even when she wasn't in danger, she never forgot to exercise, sparring with her friends whenever she had time. Bumps and scrapes were common, but this was merely a minor injury to her, and the slightest pain was completely negligible.
Ye Zhizhi saw Yin Xiaohui running towards her excitedly when she arrived near the territory. She waved to it and did not get off Yin Yi's back. After entering the territory and walking forward for a while, she saw the wolf king father and wolf mother, then she quickly slid down and rushed towards the wolf mother.
Ye Zhizhi hugged the wolf mother and rubbed her, making a howling sound of longing.
The time between her trips back and forth was not very long. Although she still missed Wolf Mother, she didn't do it as much as before. After hugging and rubbing Wolf Mother for a while, Ye Zhizhi hurriedly called her, Wolf King Dad, and Wolf Brother to go back to the cave quickly.
Ye Zhizhi's expression was mysterious and a little excited. Her hand touched the snakeskin bag at her waist. She looked at the wolf mother with bright eyes, her little chest held high, very proud.
Ye Zhizhi still had some selfish thoughts. She didn't know what effect these fruits had. She wondered if it would have any effect if the wolves only ate a small one. If it didn't have much effect, then there would be no point in her hard work.
Ye Zhizhi was reluctant to eat even one himself, so he brought them all back. Even if he gave one to each wolf in the wolf pack, they wouldn't be able to divide them all.
So at the beginning, Ye Zhizhi only wanted to divide up Wolf Mom, Wolf King Dad, and Wolf Brother.
As for the other wolves, Ye Zhizhi could only say that if she could find a lot of good things, she would share them with them. But now, she didn't have the ability to do it.
The silver wolf smelled the strong smell of blood on Ye Zhizhi. Although her body looked clean, there was still a bloody smell on it, and her exposed skin was blue and purple with wounds. Seeing Ye Zhizhi like this, it was clear that she had been attacked more than once.
The silver wolf instinctively felt distressed when seeing the cub like this, but the cub looked at it with energetic and excited eyes, obviously having gained a lot this time, so it obediently followed Ye Zhizhi and returned to the nest together.
Ye Zhizhi brought her family of three back to the giant rock nest and immediately took out the fruit she had hidden for a long time from the tightly wrapped snakeskin bag.
The fragrance of the juice spread out. Ye Zhizhi didn't wait for the smell to dissipate for too long. He took out five pills with one hand, squeezed them and stuffed them into the wolf mother's mouth, and did not forget to urge the wolf mother to open her mouth.
The silver wolf only knew that the cub had brought back something good. As soon as it smelled the scent, it knew that this was a rare and precious thing.
The silver wolf subconsciously opened its mouth and swallowed the food directly into its throat without even chewing.
Then Ye Zhizhi quickly stuffed five fruits into the Wolf King's father's mouth, and Yin Yi did the same.
The fruit that Ye Zhizhi brought back with great difficulty was directly eaten by the three wolves. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
Then he looked at the three wolves in front of him, observing with sparkling eyes, trying to see if there would be any effect after they ate it.
"Aoao——" This is a good thing she brought back specially, do you feel it?
The silver wolf and the others didn't know that Ye Zhizhi had never eaten these fruits. It lowered its head and licked Ye Zhizhi with loving eyes. It knew in its heart that it was not easy for the cub to get such good things, so the cub gave them to it without hesitation.
It’s no wonder that the silver wolves have always been thinking about Ye Zhizhi. The feelings are mutual. The wolves are completely open to Ye Zhizhi, and isn’t Ye Zhizhi also completely open to them?
This is their cub, and their instinct will tell them to protect and raise it. But in fact, according to the instinct of animals, once the cub grows up, it should be left to face the ups and downs of the outside world on its own, and the parents will no longer protect it. But this cub is different. Her brothers and sisters of the same age have grown up for a long time and have returned from training, but she still has the aura of a cub. Even though her body has grown a lot, in the eyes of the wolf pack, she is still a cub.
This also caused the wolf pack to have a contradictory mentality. One was the instinct to love and care for the cub, and the other was the belief that she had enough ability to protect herself and that her ability was no worse than that of her brothers and sisters.
Therefore, the wolf would let her go on her own, but still show her care out of instinct.
When wolves find something good outside, they usually eat it immediately and never think of bringing it back to the tribe. Only cubs will do this.
Although it is unique, the wolf likes it very much and learns to save the good things for its cubs.
Ye Zhizhi observed for a moment and then stopped looking. After all, this world has not yet reached the level of fantasy cultivation. No matter how good the things are, they cannot achieve the effect of cleansing the bones and marrow. Based on her experience of eating a lot of rare treasures, she knows that these may be things that can enhance the physical fitness and make oneself stronger.
Ye Zhizhi really hopes that this magical fruit can prolong life.
She had already noted the location of the fruit. It was not too far from the wolf pack's territory and she could get there in a month if she hurried. She would see if it would still be there by this time next year.
Then she can take Yin Yi and the others with her, so she won’t have to go through the trouble of bringing them back.
After Ye Zhizhi let the silver wolf lick her for a while, she immediately howled to express that she wanted to go out. She wanted to take a bath in the stream outside the territory.
Although they had crossed the river once before, hadn't they been involved in another fight afterwards? Her breath was now fishy.
It was indeed inconvenient to wash the eggs. After she went out, the water in the pool she brought back from the cave had dried up. No one continued to replenish it, so it was very inconvenient to use water. She could only run outside and wash herself in the stream where there were no fish.
When she rushed out, a large group of wolves including Yinyi and Yinlang followed her, and even Xiaohua ran over.
Xiaohua has come to the territory so many times that both the wolf and the snake are familiar with each other's scent and can get very close without being attacked.
When Ye Zhizhi saw the tiger-lion beast that Xiaohua had rolled back, he howled at the wolves, indicating that this was a "specialty" brought to them. Since he couldn't share the fruits with them, he would give this prey to the wolves as compensation.
The wolves expressed their great delight in this delicacy and devoured the prey immediately.
The Wolf King, Silver Wolf, and Silver One didn't eat it, probably because they understood that this was the cub's compensation to the pack. They didn't know where the cub's behavior came from, as if she owed something, but in fact, she didn't owe any wolf anything.
If you find something with your own ability, even if you swallow it all without sharing, no one will complain. You can deal with your own things at your own discretion. Even the wolf king will not compete for the good things found by other wolves in the tribe. Similarly, you can share with whoever you want.
Only things found by the wolf pack together will be handled and distributed by the wolf king.
Seeing the wolves finish eating the local specialties, Ye Zhizhi took them to the water's edge and immediately jumped in, leaving only his little head exposed.
The water was shallow enough for the wolves, but for Ye Zhizhi, the water was deep enough to cover her head in many places.
Xiaohua also rushed in. Ye Zhizhi brushed his whole body several times. After he could no longer smell the blood, he swam over to wash the snake scales for Xiaohua.
Xiaohua and Ye Zhizhi had been fighting for so long, and both had many wounds on their bodies. She didn't know if the fruit had worked, but those shallow wounds were now only left with a shallow scab. Moreover, when Ye Zhizhi touched Xiaohua's snake scales, he felt that they were harder, and the luster of the cold scales was more restrained, a bit like Da Mo, which was not sharp.
But this may be because it has shed its snake skin again.
Yin Yi and Yin Lang both went into the water, their silver fur floating on the surface. Ye Zhizhi couldn't help but swim over to wash their fur, especially Yin Yi, because he had carried her all the way back and his body was stained with the smell of blood.
After Ye Zhizhi finished washing the wolf mother and Yin Yi, he turned to look at the wolf king lying on a nearby rock and quickly called it into the water.
“Ah~”
The whole family must be clean, no one can be left out!
Wolf King: “…”
Silver Wolf and Silver One slowly walked out of the water and onto the shore, shaking off a lot of water droplets while looking at the Wolf King with an interested look in their eyes.
The wolf king looked into the cub's big, bright black eyes, slowly walked into the water, and lay down beside Ye Zhizhi.
Ye Zhizhi immediately smiled and raked his hands over the wet hair, massaging the flesh underneath the hair from time to time.
The wolf king's size was still too big for her, but perhaps because she had seen more and larger animals, she didn't find these large wolves strange.
She could still feel the wolf king's vigorous and powerful flesh and blood strength under his fur in her palms. This was a wolf king who was still at the peak of his strength, but now he stood in front of her as docile as a cat, allowing the cub to touch him all over, and even lowered his head and turned his body to cooperate.
After she washed the wolf king's hair clean, Silver Gray, who was walking around with water flowing beside him, couldn't wait to stick his wet head out. It was obvious that he wanted Ye Zhizhi to wash it too.
Ye Zhizhi felt guilty when he thought about how he hadn't even given any fruit to Yin Xiaohui, so he cleaned it even more patiently, and even massaged it back and forth two or three times.
She thought that if the fruit still bore fruit next year, she would give it to Xiao Hui after grabbing some.
As wild animals, wolves usually clean themselves by licking their own hair or rolling in the sand to remove dirt and parasites. The current method of washing with river water is not commonly used.
After all, most furry animals instinctively don't like wet fur.
But under the guidance of Ye Zhizhi, these wolves gradually began to use this stream water to wash their fur frequently.
Perhaps in the wolves' cognition, Ye Zhizhi is the smartest cub in their tribe, and all her actions are more meaningful, so they unconsciously begin to imitate her.
Ye Zhizhi soaked in the water for a long time, washing all the wolves that came to her for help to wash their fur, and then returned to the shore shaking her sore hands.
It was already getting dark, and the wolves' eyes looked slightly green in the light.
When the wind from the forest blew over, Ye Zhizhi's small body, which was not yet completely dry, could feel the coolness. She stood beside the wolf mother and rubbed against its front paws, whose hair was already completely dry.
Wolves are actually nocturnal animals. Although Ye Zhizhi observed that they often hide at night and come out during the day, that is because in seasons with abundant prey, they can catch more prey during the day. When prey is scarce, wolves will come out for several days in a row and hunt at night.
Later, when Ye Zhizhi was working with the wolf pack, he realized that the wolves had a more sensitive sense of touch and smell in the dark, which made them more efficient when hunting at night.
However, the night in this jungle is more dangerous than the day. Not only are there threats from animals, but there are also many plant killers. Darkness is their protective color.
Night was falling and the wolves were very excited.
This area is not far from the territory and is very safe, so many wolves began to walk back and forth.
After the silver wolf crouched down, Ye Zhizhi quickly climbed up.
The wolf king stood at the highest point. The moonlight had not yet come out, and he could only see a huge dark outline.
“Ouch—”
The wolf king's howl was melodious and full of majesty, echoing in the mountains and forests for a long time.
Then the wolf king ran down the hillside and ran towards the nearby forest.
The silver wolf carried Ye Zhizhi and ran first behind the wolf king.
The other wolves followed excitedly behind, each one moving silently, their shadows moving as fast as lightning.
Xiaohua snaked its body and followed happily behind, without any thought that it was not a wolf and seemed out of place.
The wind at night was very cool, blowing in your face with a chill, making it hard to tell whether the wind was caused by the wolves running or they were running against the wind.
Ye Zhizhi sat on the back of the silver wolf, lowered his body slightly, and looked ahead with excitement in his eyes.
The jungle was very dark and dangerous. The thick darkness seemed like a demon with bared fangs and claws. A timid person would probably be scared to death in such an environment, but Ye Zhizhi was not afraid at all. She dared to spend the night in the jungle alone, not to mention that the wolves were now around her.
The wolves' running this time had no purpose, it was more like a collective activity within the tribe, a night run.
They are very adaptable to such an environment, and Ye Zhizhi is also adaptable.
They don't need to think, just look at their king and follow him without hesitation, even if the road ahead is full of thorns, they will not hesitate at all.
This is their king.
Ye Zhizhi had an emotion in her heart that she wanted to vent. In the end, she didn't suppress herself. She opened her mouth and let out a loud cry from her throat.
“Ouch—woo—”
The still childish voice was already intimidating, echoing in the mountains and forests.
The other wolves also howled, and the howling was heard one after another.
And amidst the wolf's howls, a hissing sound was not abrupt.
Night running had a very hypnotic effect on Ye Zhizhi. When returning in the second half of the night, Ye Zhizhi could no longer open his eyes. He had even fallen into a deep sleep before returning to Chaoxue.
Because he was next to his wolf mother, Ye Zhizhi slept soundly and peacefully, and did not wake up even when he was put down in the nest.
A small incident happened along the way. Yin Yi wanted to drag the wolf sister back to the den, but the silver wolf was still fond of the cub that had just returned, so he took her back to the boulder den without hesitation.
Yin Yi couldn't snatch the wolf from his mother, so he could only lie back in his den in frustration.
Ye Zhizhi slept until noon the next day, then he stretched and crawled out of his nest.
The den was very quiet. Except for the silver wolf who was still guarding her in the den, the other wolves were not there.
"Ah?" Ye Zhizhi was puzzled. Did the wolves go hunting today? But yesterday, their bellies were still full, obviously they had just filled their stomachs not long ago, not to mention that they also shared the tigon she brought back.
The silver wolf licked Ye Zhizhi's face, then motioned her to come up.
As soon as Ye Zhizhi climbed up and sat down, the silver wolf stood up and walked out in two or three leaps.
Ye Zhizhi observed the territory all the way. She had only been away from the territory for three months, and there had not been many changes.
This timing is actually very awkward. The rainy season is three months away. If she goes out, it will be embarrassing if she runs too far and can't come back. If she just hangs around nearby, it seems meaningless.
It would be better to spend the next few months getting along well with Wolf Mother and the others. Anyway, it's not feasible this year.
Thinking this way, Ye Zhizhi felt at ease staying in the tribe.
Silver Wolf was very familiar with Ye Zhizhi's behavior habits. The first thing he did after returning was to patrol the three farms in the territory, so he trotted straight over.
The prey in the farm have long been accustomed to the smell of wolves.
The whole valley was filled with the scent of wolves, and prey that were not used to it had long since died.
When Ye Zhizhi and the silver wolf came over, the prey were calmly eating grass outside and running and jumping around.
Ye Zhizhi noticed that the plants she transplanted were uprooted and eaten. Apparently, there were too many prey and not enough food. Although the wolves would pull up plants to feed the animals, perhaps the plants nearby for the animals to eat had been almost all pulled up, so they did not give enough.
The wolves in the pack are all adult wolves with big appetites. In order to avoid going hungry, they have to eat dozens or even hundreds of kilograms of meat in two or three days. If they are fed too little prey, they will probably still go hungry.
As expected, we still have to change territory.
Ye Zhizhi was thinking about how to make the wolf king change his mind and lead the wolf pack to migrate.
Silver Wolf took Ye Zhizhi for a walk and then walked out of the territory.
Ye Zhizhi shifted her attention. She was quite curious. Now all the wolves in the wolf pack lived in the territory. What else did they do when they came out on weekdays besides hunting? Would they do the same as when she was there before?
Ye Zhizhi thought about it and felt that it might be a little different. After all, she was still very young when she was there. In order to survive and find food for herself, she begged the wolves to take her out to wander around nearby to look for fruits and other usable plants. Their actions at that time were basically led by her.
This year, without her, it feels different.
Moreover, Yin Yi and the others were kept back by their father, the Wolf King, and did not go out to gain experience.
The Wolf King father never does anything without a purpose.
Ye Zhizhi thought about the wolves that were everywhere inside and outside the territory yesterday, and suddenly an idea came to his mind: Are the Wolf King and his friends teaching the new generation of wolves how to patrol the territory?
Ye Zhizhi thought about it and felt that it was very likely.
When a wolf pack patrols its territory, it is not like when they spend the night outside. It is more about being alert to possible threats outside.
In their territory, they need to patrol many more things: all the resources that the wolf pack relies on for survival, such as food and water sources. They need to patrol the tracks where prey often appear, the upstream and downstream of water sources, and check for potential threats near the territory.
Before Ye Zhizhi and Yin Yi reached adulthood, the wolf pack focused on teaching them hunting techniques, such as how to track and catch prey. They also taught them other skills, but there was one thing they would continue to be familiar with after returning from their training.
Those are the neighbors near the territory and the situation near the territory.
It is not easy for a group of people to develop peacefully in an area and protect their territory.
This jungle, in particular, is very dangerous.
Their neighbors will likely change after one or two winters. If they are unfamiliar with everything, they may not be able to maintain their territory if they are suddenly attacked.
The sudden emergence of a pack of wolves from a dangerous area a few years ago was an emergency, an accident, and something that only happened by chance.
Behind the wolf pack is a dangerous area where no other predators have their nests, so once an animal runs out, the first to be attacked are the nearby predators.
When Ye Zhizhi and the others were young, the wolves basically only took them to move around in an area near their territory, and only appeared in the wilderness where prey was abundant, and they never went to other places.
What the wolf pack has to do now is to lead the new generation of wolves to get familiar with the area around their territory again, and to firmly engrave every inch of land, every forest, and every river in this area into their instincts.
The silver wolf took Ye Zhizhi along the way, sniffing the scent and soon found the wolf king and Yin Yi.
They were walking along the ridge and seemed to sense that Silver Wolf and Ye Zhizhi were approaching, so they stopped to wait for them.
Ye Zhizhi first saw their figures without hiding, and then quickly came in front of them. She greeted them excitedly.
Yin Yi walked over, raised his head and wanted to rub against Ye Zhizhi.
Seeing that the wolves would not run around for a while, Ye Zhizhi simply landed and circled around Yin Yi and the wolf mother.
It is rare for a family of four to be together, and Ye Zhizhi is very happy. It is like a family traveling together. Of course, Ye Zhizhi knows that they have important things to do.
So she observed carefully.
Ye Zhizhi's guess was correct. The Wolf King was teaching Yin Yi new skills.
Ye Zhizhi saw Wolf King Dad and Yin Yi walking nearby, occasionally looking up and down to sniff, as if distinguishing something. She followed them for a while, and then saw a wild fruit tree not far away, so she ran over to pick some, wiped them casually with her little hands, and put them in her mouth to bite.
She sat on a branch and looked around, sometimes running down and sitting on the wolf mother's back.
When she saw a large patch of flowers, she carefully observed whether there were any beehives nearby. Sure enough, she soon found a huge beehive growing under a branch.
So under the watchful eyes of the Silver Wolf and the Wolf King, they watched helplessly as the cub familiarly brought a bundle of wet firewood, carried the smoking firewood to drive away the big bees, and then skillfully carried a huge beehive and ran for his life.
The bumblebee, which had lost its home, chased the bees relentlessly and eventually even harmed the wolves that were watching not far away. They were chased all over the forest and finally ran a long way before they shook off the angry bees.
Big Bee: If I can't find the naughty kid, can't I seek revenge on you naughty parents?!
Silver First-Class Wolf: ...
Ye Zhizhi ran into the territory in a flash, and met Yin Xiaohui from behind. She asked Yin Xiaohui to carry her and ran quickly into the territory. When she ran back to the territory, the big bee had already disappeared.
Ye Zhizhi was beaming with joy. She hadn't eaten honey for a long time and missed it very much.
Ye Zhizhi thought of the honey grilled fish, honey grilled meat, and honey dried fruit, and couldn't help but slurp. She immediately squeezed out the honey and saved it, and suddenly thought of Big Bear.
Big Bear didn’t come to see me this year either. I wonder how it is doing now. It is so strong, so it must be doing well. Why don’t I go visit it later?
Ye Zhizhi scratched her head, feeling as if she had forgotten something. She couldn't remember it for a moment, so she simply stopped thinking about it and took two rabbits directly from the farm.
She wants to make honey roasted rabbit!
When Ye Zhizhi was drinking the sweet honey water and sitting in front of the fire, staring at the sizzling honey-roasted rabbit, she saw the wolf mother and the wolf king father returning to the den, and then she remembered that she had forgotten them.
Ah, I was so excited to see the beehive I hadn’t seen for a long time and think of the delicious food I hadn’t eaten for a long time that I forgot about the wolf.
Ye Zhizhi blinked guiltily.
Of course, Ye Zhizhi certainly didn't expect that the Bumblebee that couldn't catch her would turn to chase the wolf hiding in the distance.
The wolf king raised his head slightly and walked back to the boulder den.
Ye Zhizhi would definitely not be able to tell that it was being chased all over the woods by a bumblebee just a moment ago.
The silver wolf's eyes were filled with helplessness, but facing the innocent-looking cub, what else could he do? Of course he forgave her. It was also because they were curious that they sneaked a little closer, which was why they were targeted.
Ye Zhizhi grinned at the Silver Wolf and presented the medium-rare honey-roasted rabbit to the Silver Wolf in a flattering manner.
Then he ran over to the wolf king with half of the rabbit meat.
Her eyes turned around and she cried out in her heart, where is Yinyi?
Why didn't Yin Yi come back?
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