69 Wilderness Survival
◎Yinyi smelled the strong scent of the giant python on the wolf girl.◎
Ye Zhizhi is not sure whether he should learn other animal languages.
When Ye Zhizhi failed to make the python Xiaohua understand that she wanted to leave the cave, she had to find a way to find food here.
But before that, Ye Zhizhi wanted to change his wet clothes.
She untied the animal skins from her arms and feet, revealing a damp, torn dress underneath. She wrung out the long gown, but it was still damp.
She thought of Xiaohua's snake skin.
Ye Zhizhi ran to the corner of the snake skin, picked up the snake skin and ran to Xiaohua.
The snake skin was too long, and even when she held a large piece of it, it still dragged a long distance on the ground.
Xiaohua was still soaking in the hot spring lake. Ye Zhizhi rushed to the lakeside, "hiss~"
She danced and gestured, her intention being to show that she would make clothes and put them on first, and then return the prey after getting out!
Xiaohua didn't react much when Ye Zhizhi brought her the snake skin it had shed.
It has to shed its skin frequently, and the remaining skin is not important to it, and may even be redundant.
So when Xiaohua sensed the snake skin with its own scent draped over the cub, it not only didn't mind, but also came over to sniff it, and then felt a sense of pleasure, and it became visibly excited.
Ye Zhizhi wrapped the snake skin around her body to practice. The skin looked thin, but it was actually very tough. She tried biting it with her teeth and grinding it with the sharp end of a rock, but she couldn't cut it.
Such a complete snake skin was more than enough to wrap her up like a mummy.
Ye Zhizhi couldn't think of any other way to get it open, so she put it back. She found snake skins shed at different times in the corner, and judging by their size, they must have been from even earlier times.
Ye Zhizhi simply flipped through and found the smallest snake skin. Although it was still very long for her, it was much smaller than the first one.
And when she tried to grind it, it actually split in half! This must be because the skin scales on the young python haven't grown hard and flexible yet.
Ye Zhizhi certainly knew that as time got closer, the defensive value of the shed snake skin would become stronger, but since she couldn't open it, she used this small strip.
Ye Zhizhi wrapped the snake skin around her body, and she didn't have to think about poking holes in it. The snake skin was long enough anyway, so she wrapped it directly from her shoulders and finally around her waist and hips, revealing her two slender legs.
She tried running and jumping, and it didn't hinder her movements, so the new snakeskin clothes came out.
Ye Zhizhi walked back and forth happily, looking down to admire.
Any girl would be happy to have new clothes, and she is no exception.
Of course, Ye Zhizhi is not fickle, and she still cherishes her only set of clothes made of fabric.
She scrubbed the clothes and hides clean and spread them out on the rocks to dry.
After finishing the clothes, I continued to think about food.
Ye Zhizhi wandered around for a while.
The nest was huge, a vast cavern filled with minerals and some fantastically plant-filled vegetation, but Ye Zhizhi instinctively felt it was inedible. In particular, she discovered a sea of flowers, created by the saliva of a python as it crawled past.
Unlike the plants growing by the hot spring lake, this dark blue flower growing deep in the stalagmites of the cave should be poisonous.
According to Ye Zhizhi, the small flower is non-toxic, but its snake saliva should form a special soil with the special minerals in it, thus growing such a peculiar snake saliva flower.
Ye Zhizhi was still thinking, if this kind of poison could be made, maybe it could be used to poison prey, which would be faster?
Not to mention whether the poisoned prey could be eaten, and whether eating it would have any negative effects, even how she extracted the poison was a problem. Forget it, if she came across a plant that paralyzed animals, she could smear it on thorns and place it in a trap. Once the prey fell into the trap, she and the wolves wouldn't have to attack it again, as they could easily kill it.
Ye Zhizhi seemed to have opened the door to a new world.
Why hadn't she thought of it before? She'd look for plants like that when she got out!
Ye Zhizhi pulled his thoughts back from afar and returned to the present.
There is nothing to eat in such a huge underground nest.
Ye Zhizhi returned to the hot spring lake.
After spending so much time in the hot spring, Ye Zhizhi was 100% sure that there were no fish or any living creatures in it.
As for the flowers by the lake, Ye Zhizhi nibbled on a few, but it couldn't satisfy his hunger.
Xiaohua was still soaking in the hot spring, and Ye Zhizhi walked and swam over.
Yes, after Ye Zhizhi spent a long time in the hot spring, she learned swimming skills, and now her doggy paddle allows her to float on the water without sinking.
Ye Zhizhi climbed onto the giant python's body, lay on it and hissed at Xiaohua, saying, "I'm hungry and want to eat!"
Xiaohua didn't understand the cub's hissing and didn't understand what she meant for a moment. There was nothing she could do. Ye Zhizhi's own Snake Language was too complex compared to the local Snake Language, and Xiaohua sometimes couldn't understand it.
Ye Zhizhi had no choice but to continue lying there, sighing sadly.
After calming down, Ye Zhizhi heard the sound of dripping water again. She turned her head and looked over, staring at it while thinking of other solutions.
...Is this stalactite water drinkable? In the world of cultivation, it would be a rare treasure.
This world is pretty unscientific.
Ye Zhizhi thought that in this forest world with gigantism, there were all kinds of monsters, so it would be normal to have some water or fruit plants with magical effects.
Thinking of this, she felt that the stalactite water was more and more attractive to her.
Ye Zhizhi slid down, swam over, and tried to stay under the dripping stalactite water. It would be a waste to fall into the water anyway, so why not try it?
Seeing another drop about to fall, Ye Zhizhi subconsciously raised his head and opened his mouth.
The drop of stalactite water fell accurately into the mouth.
Ye Zhizhi smacked his lips, and there was a cool taste that was sweeter than mountain spring water.
Can drink!
So she continued to stare up.
Ye Zhizhi didn't notice that when she opened her mouth to drink the stalactite water, the giant python's golden vertical pupils turned slightly, but there was no other movement.
Ye Zhizhi drank five drops and stopped. She didn't feel any warmth in her stomach, but instead felt a chill lingering inside her body.
It was also magical. It felt cool when it entered her mouth, but after swallowing, the coolness was not warmed by her body, but became even colder. If she had not clearly felt that her hunger had been relieved, she would not have eaten so much.
But her body couldn't handle any more.
Ye Zhizhi swam back to Xiaohua and lay down beside her in the water. Although her body was cold, she didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, it was like ice, and the dull pain in her body was frozen, and the pain was alleviated.
Of course, Ye Zhizhi didn't know that the hot spring lake he thought was of suitable temperature was actually a volcanic crater. The water here was originally very hot and boiling hot. Even the most heat-resistant animals with thick skin and flesh could not pass through this high-temperature pool to reach the icy steatite marrow that took tens of thousands of years to form.
Even a python would not be able to climb over the slippery vertical rock wall and might fall into the hot water pool at any time.
The python's ancestors guarded it for many years, and finally it came to Xiaohua's generation. After the ten thousand year old ice marrow dripped into the pool all year round, it neutralized the high temperature of the pool and eventually became the hot spring pool we see today.
This was originally a snake cave, but many of the snakes of Xiaohua's ancient ancestors could not resist the temptation of the ice marrow and tried to climb over before the water in the pool cooled down. Most of them died in the pool, causing the number of snakes to decrease sharply.
By Xiaohua's generation, there were only a few of them left. Most of its brothers and sisters in the same litter died on the road to growth, and only Xiaohua survived to the end.
Therefore, the treasure that had been guarded by generations of ancestors finally belonged to Xiaohua alone.
However, the effect of this ice marrow is not endless. It will have a limit according to one's own physical condition. Therefore, the ice marrow is like chicken ribs to Xiaohua now. Its only function is to maintain the temperature balance of the pool so that it can take a bath from time to time.
If not, Ye Zhizhi's act of swallowing the stalactite water would be competing with the python for the treasure.
Of course, after all, this is something that snakes have guarded for generations, and no other animal can covet it unless it agrees.
Ye Zhizhi had no idea about this, nor did he know that after swallowing the magical fruits that many animals might not encounter in their lifetime, he would be able to see the ice marrow whose effect was no less than that of those fruits.
She thought it was a good thing and wanted to pack some to take back for Yin Yi and the others. It would be even better if she could take some tender ones back to Wolf Mom and the others.
Ye Zhizhi thought about it and decided to use snake skin to pack it to see if it could be preserved.
Ye Zhizhi tore off another large piece of the relatively tender snake skin. Thinking that the water was dripping so slowly, he picked up a lot of roots, branches and leaves that were broken by the python from the lakeside, folded them into a circle and placed them on the water surface. He then spread another piece of snake skin on top, slightly concave it, and then pushed it under the dripping stalactite water. After watching the water drip in accurately, it slowly swam away.
As a result, Ye Zhizhi's swimming skills improved by leaps and bounds.
Ye Zhizhi has not been able to communicate effectively with Xiaohua, but she soon sees hope.
When she saw Xiaohua start to crawl, she didn't react at first and thought she wanted to go back to the cave, but Ye Zhizhi soon discovered that Xiaohua was actually heading towards the passage they came in that day.
Ye Zhizhi was quick-witted and quick-handed. He immediately pounced on the tail that had not yet moved far away and hung on it. His small body twisted and swayed with the snake's tail.
Xiaohua didn't even turn her head, even though there was a small pendant on her tail.
That was a close call, I almost got left behind.
The snake's tail was relatively too thin to sit on, so it was more comfortable to sit on the front torso. Ye Zhizhi slowly crawled forward, groping in the darkness, and then lay down on the stable body.
The python finally came out of the cave.
The main reason it comes out of the cave is, of course, to hunt.
Ye Zhizhi was very happy. Finally, she could go to the world outside the cave!
In that cave, Ye Zhizhi felt safe, but also too lonely, as he only had Xiaohua with him day and night.
Xiaohua crawled with Ye Zhizhi for a long time, and finally rushed out of the passage and ran to the open cliff in a blink of an eye.
It was a rare opportunity for Ye Zhizhi to see how a python finds its prey.
Ye Zhizhi was still thinking about the prey he had overdue, so he raised his head slightly and sniffed the air, trying to identify the prey's traces.
Xiaohua quickly captured the information of the prey. It swam quickly in the jungle, and a huge prey appeared in Ye Zhizhi's sight.
Ye Zhizhi had seen pythons catching their prey before, and knew that they killed their prey purely by strangling it. So he jumped down and climbed onto a nearby ancient tree. At the same time, the python and the giant beast had already started fighting.
Ye Zhizhi watched for a moment and felt that the strength of this beast was weaker than that of a wild boar. Xiaohua would definitely win, so he waited patiently for the result.
Sure enough, not long after, Xiaohua successfully strangled the beast.
Ye Zhizhi hissed with joy, Xiaohua is so awesome!
Xiaohua did not eat immediately, but raised her head slightly, as if looking for something.
Ye Zhizhi subconsciously sniffed vigilantly, and when he smelled a familiar scent, a giant silver wolf appeared silently on the high rock.
When Ye Zhizhi and the giant python appeared in the jungle, the wolves that had been searching nearby quickly sensed Ye Zhizhi's undisguised presence. They quickly followed the scent, with Yin Yi appearing first, the fastest.
"Hiss—Aoaowu!" Ye Zhizhi almost failed to switch to the animal language. She happily pounced on Yin Yi, her little face flushed with excitement.
She finally met Yin Yi!
Yin Yi glanced at Ye Zhizhi, his golden eyes fixed on the giant python in front of him.
It smelled the strong scent of python on the wolf girl.
Yin Yi was certain that if it weren't for the giant python, it would have found its wolf sister long ago. It must have been the python that hid its wolf sister.
It crouched down and assumed an attacking stance.
Xiaohua sensed Yinyi's hostility, raised her snake head high, and flicked her tongue in her mouth.
Ye Zhizhi: “?”
Wait, this isn't right!
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