Chapter Ten Into the Forest
A few more days passed, and the tribe remained as usual. The adults moved cautiously in the forest, picking wild fruits and eating a small amount of meat.
It was as if everything was back to the past, with or without Wang Yang, nothing had changed.
Wang Yang couldn't wait to find something like rattan, but there was no rattan in the current periphery of the forest.
If he wants to find the cane, he must go deep into the forest.
Deep in the forest, because the sun is shrouded by the giant crown of the sky, there is not much sunlight, and there are not so many weeds on the ground. If you look carefully, you can easily tell whether there are snakes on the ground.
This is a benefit.
But the deeper the forest, the more unknown dangers there are, and large wild animals appear more frequently.
And in this day and age, there are many kinds of leopards that can climb trees, and even those who can climb trees are not necessarily safe.
Adults generally do not dare to go deep into the forest, and will only go in search of food unless they are in urgent need of food.
After entering ten times, you can hunt wild animals, goats, boar, deer, etc. five times.
But every time we go in, someone gets hurt.
This is the case in nature. The more abundant food there is, the more dangers there are. Every living thing is a predator.
If there was abundant food, Wang Yang would not go in even if he killed him, but the current situation is that food can sustain daily life in spring, summer and autumn, but in winter, it is very scarce.
In addition, because they had learned clever ways of fishing, everyone was less stressed and less willing to fight ferocious beasts, so casualties were minimized.
Because of the improvement in food, the people's physiques were strengthened, and there were fires for warmth in winter, it was rare for people to get sick, and the mortality rate reached the lowest level.
As a result, the population increased and there were more mouths to eat.
Those little beings need to develop and cannot yet become laborers, so the amount of food they get is the same as before.
Under the circumstances of this ebb and flow, even if there is no cold air moving southward this winter, we will still encounter a crisis of food shortage.
Wang Yang is not sure that he will be so lucky this year and successfully let the beasts fight.
It is imperative to go deep into the forest to obtain more food!
Every late night, there are always some adults performing restricted love action movies, which gives Wang Yang a huge headache.
What bothered him was not that something aroused his desire, but that with their messy behavior, new life was about to appear again!
We only have so few resources, and we don’t consider the actual situation, for fear that we won’t talk enough.
Wang Yang really has nothing to complain about.
What annoyed him most was that the adults were not willing to go into the forest with him!
Again, the current temporary comfortable life has numbed them. Without pressure, where can the motivation come from?
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On this day, Wang Yang took the bone spurs, two stone awls, a bag of stones, and a sharpened wooden stick and set off with the adults.
It didn't take long for him to reach the boundary between the outer edge of the forest and the depth of the forest, which is the edge of what adults consider a safe area.
There is a well-differentiated transition zone on this edge. The closer you get to the depths of the forest, the less vegetation there is on the ground, and you can see large areas of black land.
Wang Yang stood at the edge. There was darkness in the depths of the forest. The trees inside were even taller and their branches were divided into strange shapes, like a twisted ghost face or a pale palm skeleton. It was accompanied by an ethereal echo, which was very scary.
He looked back and called to the adults, hoping that someone would accompany him this time.
But no one responded to him. They stood looking at him from a distance, their eyes full of warning and confusion.
He looked at his father and mother. They also didn't understand, and anxiety flashed in their eyes.
"Do I look like a madman?" Wang Yang laughed at himself. He risked his life to find Teng Tiao. It didn't matter if there was no one to help him. Why should he look at himself like this?
Turning around, he walked into the forest and gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.
The visibility deep in the forest is not high, it is dim and very quiet, and the sound of feet stepping on the leaves is particularly harsh.
Theoretically, he had been to this area before, but it was in winter.
Nowadays, there are so many branches and leaves that you can’t even tell which one is which.
He walked slowly, paying attention to the movement around him and whether there were any rattan. Even if there were no rattan, it would be best to find poplar trees. The bark of poplar trees has high fiber and can be used to make ropes.
He walked to a big tree, and in order to ensure that he would not get lost, he carved a "1" on the tree, and then continued forward.
The cold wind in the forest was coughing, and goosebumps arose on my body. The big trees all around blocked my sight. I could often only see twenty meters away, and then my sight was blocked.
He came to a tree and looked behind him. There was no danger.
He quickly carved "two" on the tree, but as soon as he turned his head, a black shadow flashed across his eyes.
With a subconscious flash, he swung the wooden spear.
He didn't stab anything. He looked closely at the black shadow and saw it fleeing to the side very quickly. He couldn't see what it looked like. It was dark in color, maybe brown, and its big furry tail was swinging around.
"Phew, it's okay, it might be a squirrel." Wang Yang thought to himself and continued walking forward.
After walking for a while, he looked back and roughly estimated that he had walked 400 meters.
Don't underestimate this number. In the virgin forest, four hundred meters means heaven and hell.
When he turned around now, he could only see the endless large trees that blocked his sight, and the black bark swallowed up the weak light. In the cold darkness, it seemed as if there was a pair of faint eyes staring at him.
Wang Yang unconsciously felt a chill all over his body, and his back was a little chilly.
That kind of unfounded panic made him very uneasy.
"Maybe it's time to go back." Wang Yang thought to himself.
Walking here, there is still no change, there are thick trees, rough bark, black soil, and sparse bushes.
He estimated that outside the canyon where he was, there was a forest. Deep in the forest, there were two hills on the left and right. His current position should be between the two hills.
He now has three choices, either go to the mountain on the left, go to the mountain on the right, or go forward and continue deeper into the forest.
Rattans are more likely to be found in the mountains, but the level of danger in the mountains is far greater than that in virgin forests.
One is because there are tigers in the mountains, and tigers like to dominate the mountains and become kings.
The second reason is that due to the slope of the mountain, bushes and grass are very dense. If there is no road, the chance of stepping on a venomous snake is very high.
The third reason is that adults have never been to the mountains, and the world on the mountains is completely unknown.
It was absolutely impossible for Wang Yang to go up the mountain. If he went up alone, he would die. If he continued deep into the forest, he would have no chance of coming back alive.
He had no choice but to turn around, but when he turned his eyes to the side, his expression suddenly changed. He held his chest, not daring to breathe out. (Please add it to your collection, please vote for me!)
Chapter completed!