71 Wilderness Survival
◎The clouds on the horizon grew thicker, as if brewing an ominous darkness.◎
When the wolves followed them all the way, the python had already rushed into the cave with the wolf sister.
Yin Yi had already discovered the entrance to the cave, but out of instinctive fear, he did not rush in immediately.
This passage is dark and very narrow for wolves. If they are attacked in such a passage, they will not be able to use their claws and fangs, and they will be in great danger.
But thinking of the wolf girl who was taken away...
Yin didn't hesitate any longer. He lowered his head, bent his limbs, and slowly crawled inside.
It followed the scent of the wolf girl and the python and walked inside, but some parts of the passage were wide enough for it to walk through upright, while some parts were too narrow, and the python's body could easily pass through, making the wolf stuck.
Moreover, the passages inside are so winding that you will get lost if you are not careful.
Yin crawled for a while and then retreated. She decided to guard the entrance of the cave. She believed that the wolf sister would come out soon.
If it doesn't come out, it will dig this channel!
Silver Gray, relying on his relatively small size, tried to crawl in, but was scolded by Silver One. He had no idea what was going on, thinking he was still a wolf cub! How small could he be?
Silver Gray folded his ears and cried out in grievance.
Ye Zhizhi returned to Xiaohua's nest again.
After returning to the familiar cave, Xiaohua did not put Ye Zhizhi down immediately, but went directly into the hot spring lake. She coiled up her body and placed Ye Zhizhi on the top, with the snake head placed aside. The scarlet snake tongue moved in and out, sliding across her cheek, and a hissing sound rang in her ears, as if telling Ye Zhizhi to stay put.
Xiaohua remembered that the cub loved being in the water.
Ye Zhizhi looked into Xiaohua's golden snake eyes, feeling a complicated feeling in her heart. She raised her hand and touched the cold snake head.
She hadn't expected Xiaohua to specifically pull her back in, and for a moment she couldn't fathom the meaning of this behavior. For some reason, she suddenly wanted to hug it.
Ye Zhizhi opened her arms and tried to hold it tight, rubbing her little face against the snake's head.
Xiaohua's snake pupils moved and she bumped forward lightly, as if rubbing back.
Ye Zhizhi thought about it and came up with the most unlikely possibility: Xiaohua wanted her to accompany it.
But, do snakes also feel lonely?
Snakes, it seems, are solitary creatures, right? They usually hunt alone...
Perhaps Xiaohua's species is a social snake? It just hasn't found a companion, so now it treats her as a companion.
But no matter how much she couldn't bear it, she had to leave.
She didn't even dare to hope that she could stay with the wolves forever, let alone here.
Ye Zhizhi tried to make Xiaohua understand that even if they were not together all the time, they were still good friends.
Ye Zhizhi originally wanted to say that when Xiaohua wanted to go out hunting, they could go together, and if it was bored, it could go find her to play. The jungle outside was so big and much more fun than this cave.
But then she thought that she would be leaving soon, and her mood became depressed.
"Hiss--" Xiaohua made a hissing sound, as if to comfort her. Ye Zhizhi held Xiaohua's head and didn't speak for a long time.
She and Xiaohua had only known each other for a short time, yet they were inseparable. In the future... Ye Zhizhi subconsciously stopped thinking about it. She comforted herself that it was still a long way to go, and she hadn't found the way yet.
Ye Zhizhi put all the random thoughts behind him and turned around to try to continue communicating with Xiaohua.
Based on Ye Zhizhi's understanding of Yin Yi, he was probably staying in the passage now.
If she didn't go out, she would definitely crawl in regardless.
She couldn't stay in the cave forever, she still had a lot of things to do.
Ye Zhizhi opened his arms wide and pressed himself against Xiaohua's snake head. He rubbed his little face against the cold scales and hissed goodbye.
Ye Zhizhi stayed with Xiaohua for a while. She felt that even if Xiaohua didn't understand everything, she had already understood her general meaning.
Because she could clearly feel that Xiaohua's mood was getting bad, and even its snake head had moved away, lying on the stone island motionless, as if it was in a bad mood.
"Hiss--" Ye Zhizhi explained to Xiaohua seriously. In fact, she had tried to explain it clearly to Xiaohua on the way, but there was a barrier in communication, so Xiaohua insisted on bringing her back.
"Hiss--" Ye Zhizhi said goodbye formally. She looked at Xiaohua who still didn't look back at her, then made up her mind and jumped into the water and swam to the lake.
The only sound in the quiet cave was the sound of Ye Zhizhi wading through the water. She returned to the shore, walked into the cave, untied the herbs tied around her waist and placed them on the rocks. With her animal sense of smell, if Xiaohua ever needed it, she would definitely know how to use it.
She packed up the animal skins and cloth clothes that were spread out on the rocks and had not been collected yet, tied them up on her body, and then walked out.
Ye Zhizhi looked at the hot spring lake. Xiaohua was still in the same posture as before she left, motionless.
She shifted her pace, suddenly thinking of something, and turned to invite Xiaohua with a hiss. "Xiaohua, come out with me?" She promised that as long as she was still in this forest, she would always accompany it.
Although it may only take a few days...
Ye Zhizhi invited Xiaohua several times, but Xiaohua still didn't respond, and it was unclear whether she understood or not.
She waited for a moment, hissed twice, said goodbye to Xiaohua again, and I left.
Then she turned her head and walked towards the passage, looking back every few steps.
Before entering the passage, Ye Zhizhi looked back again and finally made up his mind to go in.
Ye Zhizhi did not insist on Xiaohua taking her out this time. After walking back and forth twice, she had tried hard to memorize the terrain of the passage, and she could walk out on her own.
Xiaohua felt the cub walking further and further away.
The python raised its head, then retracted it into the middle of its torso and buried itself, exuding a strong sense of depression.
The young cub ultimately chose her pack.
Ye Zhizhi walked into the dark passage, followed the breath and memory and walked forward, then ran directly to the back.
Now that she has made the decision, she won't let herself go back, otherwise, it will be more difficult later.
Ye Zhizhi's speed was no slower than that of a python crawling. After running for most of the day, she smelled the scent of the wind blowing from the exit and the scent of the wolves coming over.
Similarly, before Ye Zhizhi ran out, the wolves also noticed the movement in the passage.
They all noticed that the wolf girl was running out.
The wolves immediately became excited, but of course Yin Yi and San Bai appeared calm and aloof on the surface.
The wolves waited outside for a while, but didn't see the wolf girl come out. Erzong was the first to lose patience and quickly rushed into the passage, trying to see the wolf girl as soon as possible. Not long after, he met the wolf girl in the passage.
Ye Zhizhi: “???”
She and the wolf head that almost blocked half of the passage looked at each other.
Erzong wanted to turn around but couldn't, and he howled in panic, but the wolf couldn't get out.
Yin Yi, who was staring outside: "..." How could it have such a stupid little brother?
Yin Yi rubbed his paws reservedly, absolutely refusing to admit that if Er Zong had not been a step faster, it would have been the wolf that went in first. Of course, it would definitely not be like Er Zong, who didn't know how to get out, as it had come out very smoothly before.
This passage was barely big enough for a wolf to pass through. Erzhong blocked the exit, so Ye Zhizhi couldn't get out.
Finally, Erzong successfully exited the passage, and Ye Zhizhi also came out.
Yin Yi immediately picked up Ye Zhizhi and threw him on his back, then ran away with the wolf pack as fast as the wind.
Ye Zhizhi turned his head and looked at the exit, but still didn't see Xiaohua.
Xiaohua never appeared again.
Maybe he was hurt by Ye Zhizhi.
Ye Zhizhi thought about the prey he still owed Xiaohua, so he didn't rely on Yin Yi and the others, but used a trap to hunt a large prey by himself.
She asked Silver Gray to help drag it to the entrance of the passage, and then hissed at Xiaohua.
At first she looked for Yin Yi, but he was unwilling. Ever since the wolf sister was stolen right under his nose, Yin Yi watched the wolf sister more closely and would not let her patrol alone unless there were wolves following her.
After that, he moved away from that area, and whenever Ye Zhizhi showed signs of going that way, he would quickly pull him back.
Ye Zhizhi felt that Yin Yi was a little stressed. She thought something would pop up to steal her away at the slightest sign of trouble, and she was especially dissatisfied with Xiaohua's successful implementation of the plan.
After Ye Zhizhi expressed his intention to go over, Yin Yi's hair stood up. He pushed Ye Zhizhi back with his head and howled wildly, expressing his resistance from inside out.
Ye Zhizhi was speechless and amused. Xiaohua was fine, and she was back. Why was there such a big reaction?
She patiently explained to Yin Yi, but Yin Yi shook his head wildly to indicate that he didn't want to hear anything. He grabbed her with his claws and pressed her under him to prevent her from moving.
Ye Zhizhi: "..." She finally crawled out with great difficulty. No matter whether Yin Yi agreed or not, she was going to go.
If Yinyi refuses to help, then he looks for the other wolves. Erbrown and Sanbai act like they are going on patrol and leave with their tails swishing.
Ye Zhizhi looked at the last wolf, and fixed his eyes on Yin Xiaohui who was also trying to escape.
Silver Little Gray: “QAQ” It’s not that it doesn’t want to run, it’s just that Sister Wolf is too scary and it dare not disobey.
Silver Gray dragged the prey with great difficulty and ran after Wolf Sister.
When Yin saw that the wolf girl had made up her mind, he quickly got up and followed behind. No matter what, the wolf girl had to stay under his watch.
Ye Zhizhi came to return the prey to Xiaohua.
She didn't know how often Xiaohua ate, but seeing that Xiaohua's stomach had returned to its normal size, she must have finished digesting the food.
But Ye Zhizhi waited at the entrance for a long time, and Yin Yi also hunted other beasts that were lured by the smell of blood, so Xiaohua didn't come out.
She had clearly smelled the scent of Xiaohua, but she never showed up.
Ye Zhizhi lowered her eyes dejectedly. Xiaohua doesn’t want to see her?
Xiaohua was indeed angry.
Maybe he'll appear after she and the wolves leave...
Ye Zhizhi left with the wolf pack dejectedly.
After they left, the entrance of the passage was still very quiet. Soon, a slight movement was heard, coming from far away. It turned out to be a beast attracted by the bloody smell of its prey. It looked at the prey on the ground, greed flashed in its eyes, and opened its bloody mouth to eat it. Suddenly, a giant python jumped out from the vines in the forest, swung its long tail towards the beast, and raised its head high to hiss a warning.
The beasts were afraid of the python's powerful breath. No matter how much they salivated at the prey, they dared not fight for it anymore and quickly fled with their tails between their legs.
The python's scarlet tongue hissed, and its huge body crawled around the prey left by the cub. It looked up in the direction the cub left, as if sensing something, and then began to swallow.
Ye Zhizhi and the wolf pack hid in the downwind area not far away. She climbed up a tree and looked out from afar. She felt a pang of anxiety when she saw a wild beast coming to steal her food, but when Xiaohua appeared, she drove the beast away in time. In the end, she managed to eat Xiaohua, and she raised the corners of her mouth happily.
Xiaohua accepted her prey.
Just two days later, Ye Zhizhi couldn't help but feed Xiaohua again and put prey at the entrance of the passage.
Xiaohua still waited until Ye Zhizhi left before appearing.
However, Xiaohua finally accepted the prey, and Ye Zhizhi was not so sad anymore.
Ye Zhizhi prepared things for himself and the wolf pack on the way back. He would release any prey he caught at the entrance of the passage, and the frequency had reached once every other day.
Xiaohua: “…” I’ve been a little full recently, but that’s the little cub’s thought.
It has grown stronger and its body is winding, exuding a joyful atmosphere. I wonder what flavor it is today~
Ye Zhizhi was obsessed with feeding the animals. She found that there were more and more prey in the jungle. She had never seen such frequent animal activities before. A fight would break out in the jungle from time to time.
At first Ye Zhizhi was very happy because it made it easier to catch prey.
But it wasn't long before she realized something was wrong.
The clouds on the horizon grew thicker, as if brewing an ominous darkness.
The humidity in the air is also wrong, it seems even more...
Ye Zhizhi suddenly opened his eyes wide, slapped his hands on his face, and let out a silent cry——
She miscalculated the time! The rainy season is coming!!!
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