Live Wilderness Challenge

But just as he got in not far away, suddenly, a stabbing pain came.

He hurriedly glanced to the side, and there was a little blood on his left arm.

Chen Xu's face became tense, and he immediately looked up. There were several small umbrella-shaped trees about 2 meters high.

And on these few branches, there are sharp and sharp thorns.

He immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "I was scared to death. From the moment I came in, I was on guard against poisonous snakes and insects. I didn't expect to be stabbed, but fortunately, these were just a few citrus, also known as trifoliate, which belongs to citrus. Subfamily, non-toxic."

Some viewers were taken aback:

"Citrus? Isn't that just an orange?"

"I don't know if the wild oranges in Shennongjia are delicious!"

"It's only March, isn't it the season for oranges?"

Chen Xu shook his head, "Although citrus belongs to the Citrus subfamily, there are still many differences from real citrus. Its pulp is very sour, bitter and astringent, so it is inedible."

While talking, he broke off a few thorns from the tree and threw them into the mineral water bottle, "The thorns are very hard and may be useful to us in the future."

After speaking, he carefully avoided the piece of citrus.

And at this moment, several "rumbling" thunders resounded over the entire Shennongjia area.

"It looks like it's going to rain soon!"

Chen Xu frowned. After getting through the dense jungle, several huge trees in front of him attracted him!

They are a few trees about 15 meters high, with umbrella-shaped crowns, green leaves, and swollen lower trunks. Many huge fruits, like cannonballs, hang upside down on the bare branches, which is very spectacular.

Among them, a few fruits cracked, and a group of white flocs stood out, dazzling white, hanging on the branches, like mature and cracked cotton balls.

Chapter 265 Monk: Sha Wuxu

Chen Xu looked overjoyed, "It's really timely. I'm looking for this kind of thing. It's a large deciduous tree of the family Kapok. cultivation."

"Its ornamental value is very high. When it blooms from November to February every year, the trees are full of bright flowers, which are dazzling and extremely beautiful, so it is also called beautiful different kapok. As a kapok family, it has an important feature, that is, After the flowers fall, there are these giant fruits that are full of catkin-like cotton."

"These flocs are softer and warmer than real cotton. Many high-end homes even use it to fill pillows. With it, I don't have to be afraid of the cold anymore. However, considering that these flocs are watered by rain It gets wet and I have to cover it with a rainproof material!"

As he said that, he began to search around.

A moment later, he found a small piece of huge umbrella-shaped tree with a height of 20 meters and gray bark dozens of meters away.

Chen Xu smiled slightly, "That's it, the linden tree, which is widely distributed in the northern temperate zone, and is an economic tree species in northern Hubei and Yunnan. It is one of the important sources of honey. The most important thing is that in the old social period, Manchu people often Use linden bark to make rain-proof capes."

"Linden bark is the soft bark between the hard bark of the linden tree and the trunk. It is very tough and can be several feet long after being peeled. After drying, it is absolutely durable and strong; Tear it off, let's see if there are any dead linden trees nearby."

After searching around again, he found a huge dead linden tree in the linden forest.

Because the trees are dead, the outer skin is very brittle, and it will crack directly if you scratch it lightly.

Chen Xu directly peeled off the outer skin of the whole dead wood, and then tore off the inner skin in strips.

"The main component of the inner bark of the linden tree is fiber, which contains a lot of flexibility. Even if it is dried for a long time, it will not be broken, but it will become tougher. It is also waterproof and non-perishable. It is an excellent textile material!"

Gathering a pile of inner bark, he began to wrap the bark into four large bundles, folded one bundle in half, put it on his neck in the middle, and put it directly to the crotch, and then used the same method to wrap the other two bundles from the neck Set over, skim to the left, and a bundle to the right.

In the end, Chen Xu wrapped the remaining bundle of bark around his waist and tied it to death.

"How about it, a simple bark robe, this is a very simple method of covering the body in the wild, using a large bundle of bark to fold in three crosses, basically covering most of the body, the front, the back, and both sides .”

"The most important thing is that it will free up our arms and legs without delaying our physical activities."

The audience was stunned when they saw Master Xu's appearance.

Because Chen Xu has been exercising for a long time, he has a very strong figure. At this moment, he is wearing a thick brown bark robe, which props up the whole robe, making him look particularly burly and majestic. He is holding a stone ax in his hand, like Like a monk.

"666, general of the shutter, Sha Wuxu!"

"Don't tell me, Lord Xu is so simple and neat, he's quite handsome, and looks like a designer!"

"2333, deluxe grass skirt!"

After wearing the bark robe, Chen Xu went back to the different kapok and smashed some kapok fruits with stones.

It is March now, the flowering season has passed long ago, and the fruits are basically fully ripe and easy to fall off.

He picked up one of them, smashed it violently with his knees, then took out the white cotton inside and stuffed it directly into his arms and back.

After getting about three fruits, he nodded, "Almost, now I feel that I have been completely wrapped in a cotton coat, and it should be very warm."

At this time, there was another thunderous sound in the sky.

Chen Xu looked serious, "It's probably going to rain. Although we already have clothes to cover our bodies, we still can't be exposed to the heavy rain for too long. Moreover, we still have to hurry up and go upstream to arrange a place to catch fish and shrimp." trap."

"The eve of the rain is one of the most frequent periods for fish and shrimp activities. Because the atmospheric pressure drops at this time, the dissolved oxygen in the water becomes smaller, and it is difficult for fish and shrimp to breathe in the water, so they can only float to the surface to obtain sufficient oxygen. So it will be very active, setting traps at this time, the success rate is very high!"

After an hour and a half, a few light raindrops began to fall from the sky.

But Chen Xu had already returned to the range of the campsite, and walked a further distance upstream, found a relatively calm and low stream, and took out the mineral water bottle.

"This wild mineral water bottle fishing method is very simple, we only need to cut the top third of the mineral water bottle, like this!"

As he said that, he used an obsidian knife to plunge into the bottle hard, cut off the entire upper end in a circle, and then inserted the mouth of the bottle against the body of the bottle.

"Look, in this way, a narrow opening is formed inside the bottle body. We cut off a bit of the rabbit's intestines and throw them in as bait. As soon as the small fish and shrimp smell it, they will go in through the bottle mouth. .”

"However, we all know that it is easy to get in, but difficult to get out. After eating the intestines, those fish and shrimp usually swim around in a straightforward and foolish way, and it is difficult to swim back from the narrow mouth of the bottle, especially with the mouth of the bottle. About the same size as fish and shrimp."

"This method is widely used in special forces jungle operations for food, and is also common in jungle explorers. It is very practical. Moreover, we can also use the citrus thorns we found before to pierce a few more eyes on the bottle, so as to increase the bait in the water. The exposed area can produce better trapping effect!"

After finishing all this, Chen Xu finally tied the bottle with wild grape vines, threw it into the creek, and then tied the other side to a big rock on the bank, thus completely ensuring that the trap would not be lost.

"No way, are you sure you can catch fish and shrimp this way?"

"Master Xu, are Yuxia really as stupid as you say?"

"I don't think it's possible. If you can swim in, why can't you swim out?"

Chen Xu looked at the barrage and smiled mysteriously, "Whether you believe it or not, we will know the result after a while when the rain stops!"

The light rain was getting heavier and heavier, so he had no choice but to leave first and return to the camp to take shelter from the rain temporarily.

Looking at the pouring rain outside, and then at Master Xu lying in the cave.

Only then did the audience understand how important the survival knowledge he once said was.

If you don't build a shelter early and set up a fire, you will definitely catch a cold if you are exposed to the rain in the wild.

Moreover, Xu Ye emphasized that the camp must be leeward and cannot be located in a low-lying river valley.

Sure enough, if you really didn't pay attention at all, the fire would have been blown out by the strong wind by now, and the mattress would have been soaked by the rain.

Chapter 266 Mysterious Big Footprints

It was raining heavily outside.

Chen Xu was lying in the cave, and with the clothes covering his body, he only needed to warm up to the fire to drive away the cold.

Although this kind of live broadcast only in the cave will be boring.

However, Chen Xu's rich knowledge and countless mocking warning stories still managed to attract the audience.

Again, as Master Xu said, the rain brought by the nimbostratus really only lasted for a few hours before it ended.

Seeing that the rain stopped outside, he got up and left the campsite. The whole ground was muddy, which showed that the heavy rain was not small.

Afterwards, Chen Xu walked upstream, ready to see how the trap worked.

After all, except for the half hare in the morning, he hadn't eaten much at noon.

It was also fortunate that he stayed in the cave when it rained. If he had been on his way, his legs and feet would have been weak from hunger.

When he reached the upstream stream, Chen Xu pulled the vine and pulled the mineral water bottle over.

In the next second, a miracle happened.

There are five or six small fish and three or four river prawns in such a small [-]ml mineral water bottle.

The two sides piled together and struggled up and down, but they just couldn't get out of the bottle.

"My God, can you really catch fish and shrimp?"

"Haha, Master Xu slapped you in the face if you said you couldn't catch it?"

"666, this method is simple, I will find Xiaohe to try this trick some other day!"

"This method is good, it doesn't take much effort, and there is still food, but it's a bit too little!"

Chen Xu looked at the barrage, shook his head and smiled:

"In fact, this is already very good. In the wild, we need to consider the issue of 'cost performance' more, that is, how to spend less physical energy to obtain more food energy!"

"For example, digging out bird eggs, you have to think about it. After spending so much energy climbing up the tree, you may not be able to find the bird's eggs. This is a loss-making business."

"As for our mineral water bottle trap, it took less than two or three minutes to complete it, but it brought us so much protein energy. What a lucrative thing it is!"

After finishing speaking, he opened the bottle, picked up one of the small shrimps from it, threw it directly into his mouth, and chewed:

"While talking, I'm starving myself. I'll eat a shrimp first. They have much fewer parasites than fish. I'll save the rest and go back and steam them!"

Some viewers saw Master Xu eating raw river prawns, and immediately played barrage:

"666, Master Xu is still so fierce, he just swallowed it alive!"

"I seem to feel the river shrimp struggling in Master Xu's mouth!"

"River Shrimp: I'll give you double the amount of money Xiao Yu gave you, just let us live!"

After resting his stomach a bit, Chen Xu took out the remaining small fish and shrimps in the bottle one by one, smashed them to death with a stone ax one by one, found a leaf to wrap them, and put them in his pocket.

Then, he cut off a section of hare's intestines and used it as bait, ready to return the trap to its original position and continue fishing for shrimp.

And just as he walked into the creek to set the trap, he was inadvertently attracted by a small pit on the opposite bank of the creek.

After putting down the trap, Chen Xu immediately waded through the water and walked to the other side.

Under the high-definition shooting of the drone, a shallow pit the size of a bucket appeared in the muddy land on the shore, impressively appearing in the sight of the audience.

Many people can't help but feel a chill down their spines.

Because this shallow pit is nothing else, it is a footprint!

"Nimma, what kind of creature's footprints are these, so exaggerated?"

"Could it be a brown bear?"

"Probably not. I watched Master Xu's live broadcast on DXAL before. The footprints of that brown bear are much bigger than this one, it's the size of a washbasin!"

"Maybe it's a savage. Isn't there always a legend about a savage in Shennongjia?"

As soon as the savage was mentioned, the curiosity of many viewers was immediately aroused.

For ordinary people, Shennongjia savages have always been a popular legend, just like the Changbai Mountain Tianchi monster and the Kunlun Mountain snowman, there are not many people who don't know it.

But no one has seen it.

If the footprints in front of me were really left by the savages in Shennongjia, it would be too exciting!

But Chen Xu disagreed:

"There are indeed legends of savages in Shennongjia. In 76, the Huaxia Academy of Sciences organized an "Exploration Team of Strange Animals in Northwest Hubei" to go deep into the primeval forests of Shennongjia and explore the footprints of "savages". Waiting for the real thing, the footprints of the savages were measured."

"From 77 to 80, two more large-scale searches were organized, and the results were still those clues, but there was no real photo of the wild man."

"To be honest, I personally feel that the authenticity of the savage legend is very low. If there are savages breeding here, then there must be at least a group of several hundred people, because close relatives cannot reproduce, and serious genetic defects will occur, which will lead to the entire population. Species extinction."

"But the Shennongjia forest area only covers an area of ​​more than 3000 square kilometers. There are only a few places in the scenic area, villages and towns, and the real no-man's land. If there are hundreds of savages, it is impossible not to see any of them in such a large place. , there will always be photos left.”

The audience in the live broadcast room felt that what Master Xu said made sense.

And several biology students also said that Master Xu was indeed right.

According to the optimization of genes, organisms generally instinctively avoid inbreeding.

Someone asked again:

"Master Xu, who would this footprint belong to if it wasn't a savage?"