Chapter 25 The more critical it is, the more patience
"Hungry, so hungry!"
Mengbai climbed up in a pile of hay next to a pile of dark rocks. He was suddenly awakened by hunger. (_%%)
After two days of trekking, students from their various departments finally arrived at Banxue Cangyuan together with the Zhige Department.
After arriving in the Banxue Cangyuan, Meng Bai finally understood what Lin Xi meant when he said that when their Zhi Ge Department took such courses, it was rare for everyone to meet each other.
This half-snow plain is like a semi-arc-shaped harbor. According to the college lecturer, the area from the main vein of the Dengtian Mountains on the northwest side to the main vein of the Dengtian Mountains close to their side.
It belongs to the Half-Snow Plains, and they can move freely in it. However, they are so far away from the main line of the Dengtian Mountains in the northwest that the extremely majestic main line is only vaguely visible between heaven and earth.
It's just a black line.
Half of this huge plain is above the snow line, covered with snow and various coniferous forests. The other half is below the snow line, filled with various frozen soil meadows, rugged valleys, and endless jungles.
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If he hadn't come here with Lin Xi this time, he might have just arrived here yesterday and would have burst into tears when he saw this scene of barren mountains and deserted frozen soil with few human traces.
This camping site was chosen by Lin Xi for them. It was far away from the snow line, and there was a pine forest on the northwest side, which blocked the mountain wind coming from there. There was also a stream flowing nearby. Although I had already checked it yesterday, there was nothing inside.
There are almost no small fish, but at least drinking water is not a problem. Dry grass and moss cover can better maintain body temperature during sleep at night, and under Lin Xi's guidance, Meng Bai and others also kept their body temperature before lying down.
Some red-hot charcoal and stones were buried in the soil below, which kept the ground under them warm in the first half of the night.
But even though Lin Xi, who is already very experienced, can give him a lot of guidance in these aspects, according to the rules of the academy, anything he eats must be collected or hunted by himself. Meng Bai, who is also timid and fearful, naturally does not dare to challenge the academy.
Cheating due to the authority of the lecturer.
Meng Bai, who woke up from hunger, looked around and found that the sky was already bright, and the place where Lin Xi and others were lying was empty. Apparently, they had already set off to look for something nearby.
It had been five hours since Mengbai last ate. His last harvest was not a small one. He found a tortoise the size of two palms in the grass. It was a good meal after all.
Despite this, because I haven't eaten anything decent on the road in the past two days, I mostly ate various larvae and grass roots to satisfy my hunger. In addition, the food intake of practitioners is large, and a tortoise of this size may not be able to eat anything decent at ordinary times.
Because he only ate one-tenth of his usual food intake, Meng Bai already felt something abnormal in his body when he woke up from hunger. He felt that his body was a little cold and he was shivering, with an inexplicable feeling of panic.
Meng Bai knew very well that this situation was a sign that his physical strength had begun to fail to keep up due to extreme hunger.
Hungry! So hungry! The colic and thunderous sound from his stomach reminded Mengbai all the time that he needed to eat. He even had the urge to pull up some nearby wild flowers and weeds and stuff them into his mouth.
The impulse, but the remaining reason in his mind also told him that if he ate these things, he would probably be half dead and suffer even more pain.
His eyes rested on the two turtle shells that he had smashed open beside the campfire.
The meat on the two turtle shells had already been chewed up by him, and only some relatively hard skin remained on the two turtle shells. Despite this, after swallowing hard, Meng Bai still removed these hard skins.
The outer skin and two pieces of tortoise shells were all placed on the red charcoal fire...then they were torn with teeth, cut with stone flakes, and baked until they were charred black, like old cowhide, and all the hard skin that could not be chewed was swallowed.
Entered the stomach.
After finally having something in his stomach, and feeling a little better from the inexplicable panic, Meng Bai carried a spear made of hardwood and walked towards a wetland downstream of the nearby creek. According to Lin Xi's instructions yesterday
That being said, there are likely to be traces of some birds in that area.
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Gao Yanan quietly leaned down and carefully observed the dry white sage grass around him that seemed to have no moisture, but was actually alive.
Generally speaking, there are a lot of edible things in the plains and mountains and forests below the snow line, but this half-snow plain is obviously a place specially selected by the college lecturer. Most of the places moistened by water happen to be chaotic.
The rocky ground and tundra, and the rest of the Dentian Mountains should not lack places with lush vegetation, water and grass, and a mild climate, so for practitioners who hunt for food, this area is really too barren.
Gao Yanan easily judged from the black solid matter scattered among several withered white songweeds that it was the excrement of some kind of large insect. Following some gnawing marks, Gao Yanan quickly discovered several legs.
Fat white worms two to three times the size of a thumb.
"It's so disgusting."
Looking at these fat white worms, Gao Yanan frowned and muttered to himself, but after rubbing her flat belly, the tall girl still used a grass stem to remove these worms.
Several fat worms were skewered and ready to be roasted and eaten later.
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Lin Xi was sitting in a small forest. In front of him were several low hills, covered with various weeds and some small yellow chrysanthemums.
His last "big meal" was in the middle of the night last night. Using the light of a few firewood, he caught a dozen small fish that were thinner than a little finger in a puddle. These were far from worth it.
He was losing his physical strength, so an hour ago, he already had the inexplicable trembling and weak feeling in his limbs.
But at this moment, he was not looking for food everywhere, but was very patiently using sharpened stone chips to cut a few hard fine wattle trees that had been straightened by the fire roasting method.
Beside him, there was already a simple longbow made of hard wood and some kind of tough vine.
After carefully cutting the front section of a fine wattle tree sharply, he divided a feather of an unknown geese into two halves, and stuck it into the groove he carved at the tail end of the fine wattle wood, and used a small
After passing through some plant fibers, tying them, and fixing them, a simple arrow appeared.
Lin Xi picked up the arrow very skillfully, opened the bow, and shot towards the mud not far ahead.
With a soft "swish" sound, the arrow penetrated into the mud, reaching a depth of about two knuckles.
Lin Xi's face showed a look of satisfaction. She picked up the arrow, wiped off the soil on the arrow, put it on the ground within easy reach, and started making the next arrow.
stand up.
If someone could see his every move at this moment, they would find that the heads of the arrows he made have exactly one knot, which makes the arrows more durable without adding other heavy objects after cutting.
The remaining part is slightly heavier, flying in the air will be more stable, and the material of the arrow will be tighter and less likely to break.
This kind of outdoor survival experience in the academy does not allow you to carry any weapons, but it is not limited to making your own weapons using local materials. The reason why Lin Xi still endured the impact of hunger even though her physical strength was already exhausted.
He patiently made his own bow and arrows because he had found hare droppings in the area outside.
In this wilderness without large herbivores, hares, wild badgers, foxes and wild dogs are already the best sources of food.
According to his experience, some large hares weigh more than fifteen or six pounds. Being able to hunt such a hare will give him a real meal and more energy to collect or hunt other foods.
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Lin Xi had prepared a total of six arrow materials, but when he was about to finish the fourth arrow, his body suddenly shuddered.
Directly in front of him on a gentle slope, a moving gray mass appeared.
It was a gray rabbit, very fat, weighing at least 16 or 7 pounds, which was perfect for Lin Xi.
But after a sudden pause, his breathing became even calmer and softer. He still didn't make a sound and continued to complete the tail feathers of the arrow in his hand.
Windrunner's special training made Lin Xi understand that the more critical the moment, the more patient you have to be and the more you have to wait for the most suitable opportunity.
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Qin Xiyue slowly walked towards a low hill in front of her.
She was lucky enough to find two egg-sized wild bird eggs early this morning, and she also dug out an edible tuber, but this still couldn't completely get rid of her hunger.
After two days of eating and sleeping in the open air, her stunning clear jade face was also covered with a haggard look, like fine jade dust.
According to the opinions of many dignitaries and real golden spoons in Yunqin, a beautiful woman like her should not suffer like this. Naturally, she should be placed in a boudoir and be cherished in the palm of her hand. But Qin Xiyue herself is not
With this view, she doesn't want to be a useless vase, or even reduced to a man's accessory or plaything.
So she would rather endure hardship, so she wants to become strong, so she looks down on those who are unwilling to endure hardship, are ignorant, and have no ambition.
Suddenly, while walking around the low mound, Qin Xiyue, who was about to take a look at the scene ahead, tensed up and her breathing paused slightly.
She saw a moving mass of gray...a fat hare!
Almost at the same time she saw the hare, the gray hare that was chewing something on the grass suddenly stood up and discovered her presence.
Without any hesitation, the hare immediately started running wildly towards the woods on one side!
Qin Xiyue's heart was suddenly filled with great disappointment. She had already subconsciously wanted to run after her, but her reason and judgment told her that because the hare was already very close to the woods, she would try her best to catch it.
Go ahead, this hare can completely disappear into the woods within a dozen breaths.
However, at this moment, what shocked her body again was a "swish" sound, a slight sound of wind sounded in the air, and an arrow shot out from the woods, accurately hitting the running hare.
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This simple feather arrow was obviously not powerful enough and could not penetrate the gray hare. However, the second feather arrow flew out without stopping and landed on the man who was running with the feather arrow, but his speed had obviously slowed down.
on the hare.
The hare finally realized that he couldn't run out into the forest, but he just turned around and ran a few more steps before falling down helplessly.
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