Tuesday 10 November 2020

Chapter 48: Killing the Wolf

 Fortunately, with the light source of torches, Chen Chao did not choose to look back, but closed his eyes slightly.

    The place that the torch can illuminate is limited, but the distance is so close, Chen Chao still clearly sees behind him a giant wolf with a big mouth open!

    Just waiting for me to turn my head, "Garba," swallowed into his stomach without chewing the headband and neck.

    Before he could think about it, Chen Chao quickly changed the position of the stone axe and the torch, and the torch was pushed back first.

    What the human head didn’t eat. Instead, he ate a lot of fire. The giant wolf shook his head and slammed the torch away. With this last light, Chen Chao held the stone axe with both hands and moved his backhand from bottom to top. Cut it on the throat of the giant wolf.

    Then quickly drew the stone axe out and slashed at the claws swept out by the giant wolf. The torch was finally extinguished, and Chen Chao's vision fell into darkness.

    In the darkness, Chen Chao could only hear the heavy panting of the giant wolf. He carefully touched the trunk behind him and listened carefully to the wolf's movements.

    He was afraid that an axe didn't end the giant wolf just now, and he fumbled and chopped a few more times. He didn't know where it was hit. He could only hear the sound of the axe entering the flesh.

    After waiting for a while, he didn't hear any more movement. Chen Chao then fumbled for the spare torches in the rattan basket and the spare wood needed by drilling logs for fire.

    He breathed heavily in the dark and untied the rattan basket, and squatted on the ground to start making fire. Before the fire started, he neither dared to rest immediately nor dared to run around.

    Worrying that after the enthusiasm of oneself suddenly relaxes, something else will kill him. I'm also worried about the pythons or other large animals that might be watching in the dark.

    Listening to the crackling sound of the torch, Chen Chao also sat down on the ground. Regardless of whether there are any sticky and wet vipers, after the high tension just now, he can't lift a bit of strength now.

    Reaching out his hand to untie the pig urine bubble around his waist, Chen Chaolian first drank a few large sips of water, then slurped bacon in his mouth indiscriminately, and drank a few more sips of water, which made him feel a little relieved.

    He crawled over and looked at the wolf corpse not far away. The entire head of the giant wolf was almost chopped off by him, and only a small piece of skin was connected to the neck. The claws were also chopped off by myself in half. It should be the first time I wanted to fight back, but was broken by my own axe.

    Chen Chao secretly said, very dangerous.

    After regaining some strength, the corpse of the wolf was gone. Chen Chao even carried two rattan baskets on his back and ran out of the forest.

    Fortunately, there was no danger on the trail behind, and the two-in-one torch was also very durable. It was also due to the fact that the forest was not as big as imagined. Chen Chao finally walked out of this place after the second torch burned out. A dark forest.

    After running out of the dark forest, Chen Chao breathed a sigh of relief. He put the extinguished torch on the ground, took out the pig urine bubble, shook it, and found that there was no water inside.

    Looking at the sky, the sun has already slanted to the west, and it seems that I can't reach the destination today. But it's good, you can do some preparations here now.

    Chen Chao first searched for a nearby water source, and after walking about one kilometer, he found a small river, which was only a dozen kilometers away from the small grassland on the map.

    A person can walk about 50 kilometers a day. This is an ideal situation, but you have to take into account possible emergencies, including physical exertion, etc.

    Too much time was spent in the first forest today, making torches in the early stage and various emergencies behind, but if the wild horses can be caught, the time consumed now is nothing.

    Generally, a good horse can walk and run for 270-350 miles a day, which is 140-170 kilometers. But the Xian tribe is two hundred kilometers away from the Tianyuan tribe. Even if you ride slowly, you can get there in a day and a half. And if you have a horse, you can transport more things, after all, manpower is limited.

    After Chen Chao walked to the river and put down all the rattan baskets, he cooked a pot of bacon and cabbage porridge. But after such a large amount of exercise, eating dry meals is the best. But today, Xiao Shi has already woken up once, and he might wake up again later. He had been hungry for too long, and he could only feed the rice soup all the time, which was not well supplemented at all.

    I just woke up today and should be able to eat some porridge with soup and water. Chen Chao deliberately tore the bacon to shreds, as is the cabbage, as much as possible, so that he can swallow it when he eats it.

    Sure enough, before the bacon porridge was cooked, Shishi woke up. He opened his eyes and looked at the man in front of him, then looked at the sunset clouds in the sky, as if he hadn't realized where he was now.

    But the slurping bacon and cabbage porridge beside him attracted him. He stared unblinkingly at the steaming ceramic pot, and the red flame under the pot. This flame is like heaven. sun.

    Chen Chao took him out of the rattan basket and put him on the ground, then took off his animal skin and wrapped it around him. After the bacon porridge was cooked, he first poured out some rice soup, let it cool, and fed it to Little Stone.

    After the porridge in the pot was warm, he poured two small bowls for Little Stone. He had just woke up, and he had been hanging on for his life with the rice soup before, so he couldn't eat too much at once.

    There are a few jujube trees and pomegranate trees not far from the river.

    Pomegranate is the kind of small pomegranate tree that can hold five or six in one palm. It was blue before it matured, and yellow after it matured, and it can still be seen near ponds in many rural areas.

    Chen Chao felt that he was not full after drinking the bacon and cabbage porridge, so he cooked himself a pot of dried bacon and cabbage rice before going to the pond to pick fruits and pomegranates.

    After picking a few of them, I washed them in water and ate them directly. Little Stone can't eat these things yet, but Chen Chao still pinches a little bit in his mouth, let him play with it, and taste it by the way.

    Early the next morning, Chen Chao picked a bunch of fruits and placed them in a rattan basket. Since the little stone has already woken up, the rattan basket on his back can make a lot of space. In addition, I have eaten a lot of Chinese cabbage and bacon recently, and there are also places that can be filled with small pomegranates and dates.

    Bringing the pig urine bubble filled with water, Chen Chao took the little stone and set off, but the little stone could not go too far, so he walked for a while, and then Chen Chao put him on his neck for a while. .

    After walking for about five or six kilometers, I came to the second forest in the destination. This forest is obviously much more normal, because there is a small river nearby, so the biological chain here is relatively complete.

    Walking in the woods, you can see little squirrels and rabbits passing by from time to time, and even a few lynx acting alone, and monkeys swinging around in the trees. I haven't seen any larger ones yet. animal.

    Seeing the vines entwined on trees or shrubs, Chen Chao carefully collected them, and if possible, he would collect as many large stones as possible.

    After walking out of the forest, continue to the northeast, the terrain here is already very flat. Trees are gradually scarce, and one can only be seen after walking a long distance. It is replaced by a large area of ​​grass and scattered bushes.

    From a distance, you can see a round lake in the middle of the entire meadow, and a small group of wild horses are drinking water leisurely by the lake. This should be the small group of wild horses said by electronic sound. In addition to wild horses, Chen Chao also saw a few fluffy grass mud horses and sheep, as well as a few wild donkeys, but there are not as many small wild horses.

    In addition, there are various small creatures, the most appearing creatures are groundhogs in groups.

    They often stand up straight and stand guard on the grass, looking around at the enemy, and when they see an eagle hovering in the sky, or when there is a slight movement, they will immediately get into the hole.

    But there are those who are not afraid of eagles at all. They saw a group of dark shadows above them, and they straightened up and yelled at the eagle. No, this groundhog was wailing in a moment.

    There are also gray-haired hares that run fast, which should be similar to the species Chen Chao saw in the forest. The rabbits are obviously going to be a lot silly, and after the eagle has caught several rabbits, they just dispersed.

    Originally, he wanted to make a horse pole, but the things needed to make a horse pole were more troublesome. Under the current conditions, it is basically eliminated by the first one. The slings may not be very useful, but he still collected some materials, which is better than nothing.

    Whether it's a horse pole, a sling, or even the straw rope around the waist, it is not the main combat power this time.

    Looking at the two kinds of fruits in the rattan basket, Chen Chao couldn't help but laugh at his plan.

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