Live Wilderness Adventure

Chapter 469: The Empty Shelter

The stream passed a corner, and the water slowed down. On its meandering side, the soil was covered with umbrella-like Houttuynia cordata.

Bi Fang pressed with a stick to scare away all the insects and ants in Houttuynia cordata, grabbed a handful, shook off the soil, and then washed it by the stream.

Leonardo on the side also followed suit in a decent manner, and was more careful, the stick in his hand was longer, more than two meters, and he often had to hit it three or four times before he dared to approach.

After a series of tortures by Zhuyeqing, white-legged bison, and red dragon centipede, Leonardo was a little nervous, afraid that something would suddenly jump out of this pile of weeds.

It's only the first day, and I have encountered so many dangerous creatures. You must know that Bi Fang will live here for another 20 days, and he will practice iron tools. Maybe something will come out.

Can it be done?

The audience is different from Bi Fang's speed of searching for drugs.

[Damn it, Lao Fang can find everything]

[Is this too fast? 】

That's less than half an hour.

"Because what I'm looking for are plants that are easy to find. If you really want to clear away heat and detoxify, there are many plants that can do it. But to survive in the wild, what we need to look for is the ones that are readily available. Maybe the effect is not the strongest, but it must be It is the easiest to find, just like the dog's tail grass that can be found everywhere on the roadside."

Bi Fang took off the leaves on the top of Houttuynia cordata, leaving only the middle stalk, and put it into his mouth to chew. After chewing, he spit it out and applied it on the wound that had been cleaned.

"It has a faint smell of traditional Chinese medicine, but it is still a good source of food. We can collect more of it."

Bi Fang and Leonardo dug for a long time, and they stopped when the two funnels were full. Leonardo also tried in the middle.

It's a pity that he seems to be the kind of person with extreme allergies that Bi Fang said.

As soon as he took a bite, he felt nauseous, and an extremely strong fishy smell lingered in his tongue, which was more serious than Bi Fang's discomfort.

At any rate, Bi Fang just felt a faint smell of traditional Chinese medicine, and it wasn't that he couldn't swallow it.

"I may not be suitable for living in the wild." Leonardo laughed at himself.

After eating a few mouthfuls to fill his stomach, Bi Fang was already covered with plant-made funnel bags, four in total, filled with all the harvest in half a day.

Bi Fang counted them in front of the audience. The largest one was filled with red earth powder, and a few sharp stone flakes and charcoal were stuffed inside.

The other two bags are filled with freshly picked Houttuynia cordata as food reserves.

One of them also held a milky white pouch, shaped like a balloon, which was Zhuyeqing's stomach pouch, filled with water.

The last small bag contained more dangerous things. It was a few branches of the blood-sealed throat tree, which were fresh and green, and the broken ends were still emitting milky white sap.

It looks no different from ordinary trees, and the audience knows that it is this thing, which is extremely poisonous, and it will kill you or hurt you if you touch it.

If splashed into people's eyes, the eyes will be blinded immediately. The smoke from burning branches can also blind people's eyes.

Painted on the arrow, once the beast is shot, the blood of the beast will be coagulated and the heart will stop beating within 3 seconds.

It was also Bi Fang's most important harvest in half a day, and the branches were filled with unknown weeds.

It was when Bi Fang was collecting the branches, and he collected them around the Seeing Blood Throat Tree. Leonardo didn’t know what the use of those weeds were, they looked like ordinary grasses, and he only used them to wrap the branches to avoid Scratch poisoned.

"This is the antidote for the blood-sealed throat tree."

Bi Fang seemed to see Leonardo's doubts, so he deliberately explained it. When he found the blood-sealed throat tree, he only cared about digging the soil below. He only collected some nearby antidote and didn't have time to explain it.

"The antidote?"

[There is an antidote to this thing? 】

[Wait, did Lao Fang just randomly pick the trees by the side of the tree? 】

【Damn it, the antidote for poison arrow wood is around it? 】

[Is it true that there must be an antidote within seven steps? 】

"Although poisonous arrow wood is poisonous, it has an antidote. It is red-backed bamboo grass, and it is the only antidote for poisonous arrow wood."

Bi Fang took out the grass from the bag and showed it to the audience in front of the screen. One plant had several leaves and was surrounded by tiny burrs.

"If it is a planted poisonous arrow tree, there may not be any near it, but there will almost certainly be some wild ones nearby. It grows around the poisonous arrow tree. It looks like ordinary grass, and only a few elderly Yi* people can recognize it."

"This should also be the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint of all things. As for whether there must be an antidote within seven steps of poison, I don't know, but it is not very credible. It should be a survivor's deviation that such words can be spread. "

【Damn it, survivors are biased, this is too.】

[Isn’t it? Those who didn’t find the antidote are all dead, dog head.jpg]

These four baskets contain food, simple tools, fire-making items, and self-defense means.

It can be seen that Bi Fang has gained a lot in the past half day.

Even the simple funnel bag is still not enough, it is too small, and we need to find some other materials to make a bigger backpack.

"The next step is to build a shelter." Bi Fang looked around. Although the creek is not wide, only about three meters, there are no large trees above it.

Although a large part of the surrounding tree covers protruded, there was still a big gap. Through this gap, the golden sunlight was completely revealed into the dense forest for the first time.

Leonardo raised his head, and finally saw the sun, and the fear of being in the dense forest was mostly dispelled at once.

It seems that breathing is much easier.

Although it was not completely dark in the primeval rainforest, things could still be seen clearly, but the deep depression couldn't be eliminated no matter what.

Even knowing that he was broadcasting live, he still couldn't eliminate his fear.

Take a look at Bi Fang who is still at ease, and in just half a day is like a fish in water in the perilous jungle. It seems that the external environment cannot affect him at all.

A real strong man.

"Let's go, there's nothing to see." Bi Fang didn't know what Leonardo was thinking, so he patted Leonardo on the shoulder, planning to find a good place to camp for tonight.

After finishing the camp, get two wooden spears, and try to catch fish in the stream for dinner, and the first day will be complete.

"The camp you set up can't be too close to the water source, as it's easy to encounter wild animals that come to drink water, and it can't be too far away, otherwise the daily replenishment of water will be a big trouble."

"Many large beasts have their own fixed range of activities. If you have to run a long distance every day, leaving traces of smell and activity, it is easier to encounter them."

"So 500 to 1,000 meters is a very suitable distance. Not only is it convenient to fetch water, but we can also try fishing."

Along the river bank, Bi Fang and Leonardo just wanted to leave, but they were attracted by a cluster of plants hidden behind the trees.

"That's it." Bi Fang looked at the long pole covered by trees, and it looked familiar.

He took Leonardo directly across the river and came to the other end.

After taking a few steps, a few long poles came into view.

Hey!

Bi Fang smiled happily.

The audience was also happy. The long pole in front of them was knotted, with strands of green leaves on top.

Isn't it sugar cane?

[Damn, wild sugar cane! 】

[Old Fang is so lucky, can he still eat wild sugar cane? 】

[June to August, October to December, it is the season to eat sugarcane! 】

【Wori, hungry】

Bi Fang was also very pleasantly surprised. He didn't expect to find fruits near Houttuynia cordata.

Sugarcane is a tropical crop and has a very long history of consumption.

Qu Yuan wrote such a poem in "Chu Ci·Calling the Soul": "郹(er) turtle cannon lamb, there is some Zhe pulp."

It means family gatherings, with rich and varied food, such as stewed soft-shelled turtle and roasted lamb, dipped in fresh sugar cane syrup.

In terms of time, during the Warring States period of more than 300 BC, syrup made from sugar cane was often eaten by nobles at least.

Gu Kaizhi also has an allusion of getting better and better.

"Sugar cane?" Leonardo chewed on this unfamiliar word, as if he had never heard it before, but seeing the audience barrage, is it a very popular fruit?

He quickly asked, "What is this?"

Bi Fang was hitting the roots of sugarcane with stones, and was taken aback when he heard this question: "Don't you know sugarcane?"

Leonardo shook his head blankly.

He had never seen this kind of fruit in ugly country.

[Indeed, I have been studying in Ugly Country for two years, and I have never seen sugar cane sold anywhere. 】

【Yes, people in the Ugly Country don’t seem to eat this stuff, they only use it to squeeze juice to make sugar】

Many Westerners have been addicted to sugar all their lives, but they have never eaten sugar cane, and they don't even know what it looks like.

Hearing the audience's explanation, Bi Fang suddenly realized that although he knew a lot about the wilderness, this was the first time he knew such a thing, so he explained: "This plant is called sugar cane."

"It's a very common fruit in China. It's very sweet, but it's not its ripening season, and it's still wild. It's not sure if it's edible or not."

Almost all the fruits eaten today are domesticated by humans over a long period of time.

Not just fruit, all food crops we grow were originally domesticated "weeds".

Just like millet is actually the evolution of dogtail grass.

Wild fruit, the taste is worrying.

Bi Fang didn't want the sugarcane in front of him to be too sweet, he just hoped that it could have some taste.

Leonardo became excited when he heard that the long pole in front of him was fruit.

Can you still eat fruit here?

"Sugarcane has a very high utilization rate of sunlight, so it can grow and survive without facing the sun, but insufficient sunlight cannot effectively accumulate sugar."

The implication of Bi dialect is obvious that it can grow without enough sunshine, but it may not be too sweet, so Leonardo should not have expectations.

"And some of the cane can be poisonous."

"poisonous?"

Leonardo was taken aback, how could it be poisonous? Chinese people like to eat poisonous fruits?

Bi Fang laughed and said, "It's not that the sugarcane itself is poisonous, but that it's prone to mildew."

"Curator Zhou told me before coming here that experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have conducted a survey on the wild poisonous plant resources in Banna. There are 289 species of wild poisonous plants in Banna, belonging to 79 families and 214 genera."

"Minor poisonous plants account for most of the toxicity, there are 5 types of highly poisonous plants, and 11 types of large poisonous plants. But there is no sugar cane in it."

Leonardo heaved a sigh of relief, and Bi Fang almost smashed the sugar cane, and the two picked out one together.

"Every year, people are poisoned by eating sugarcane, so we must be careful. After cutting, the section of sugarcane has abnormal colors such as light yellow, brown, and gray."

"It smells musty, has a sour taste in the mouth, or tastes like alcohol. Such sugar cane cannot be bought."

Bi Fang picked up the sugarcane and showed the broken end. There was no abnormality, it was pure white and rich in juice.

He took out the flakes of stone and began to peel the cane.

"The root of sugarcane is the sweetest, because it absorbs more nutrients, some of the nutrients will be stored, and the excess nutrients will be converted into sugar."

"Gu Kaizhi, a famous painter in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, has an allusion of getting better, which means eating from the beginning, the more you eat, the sweeter it becomes."

Bi Fang peeled the root of the sugarcane, broke off the white section and handed it to Leonardo, and took a bite himself.

At the moment of entrance, Bi Fang's eyes lit up: "Well, it's sweet!"

Seeing that Bi Fang also ate it, Leonardo couldn't wait to try it. The juice burst in his mouth, but it was not as delicious as he imagined.

There is only a faint trace of sweetness, and more, it is a smell of clear water.

But it's not bad, Leonardo, who has eaten roasted centipede, has learned to be content.

The sugar cane was an unexpected harvest, and the two ate the whole sugar cane directly on the spot, spit out the fiber scum all over the ground.

The cycle in the rain forest is so fast that it may take less than a month for these fibers to become fertilizer.

Bi Fang chopped off three more red hearts, only one was inedible, and he carried the rest to the depths of the rainforest.

The sweetness of sugarcane is limited, but it is suitable for hydration. It is a natural hydration container. Just these two can replenish water for two days.

The two wandered around, and finally found a relatively open place 800 meters away from the river.

There was no droppings from beasts of prey or the smell of territory markings nearby.

If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools.

To build a shelter, you need to make some felling tools first, and stone axes are essential.

Bi Fang took Leonardo to make two stone axes with stones, sticks, and rattan, and searched for suitable materials nearby.

"In the jungle, the biggest concern is rain. You have to build a shelter that can hold the rain and provide a dry environment."

"In the rainforest, there are many palm trees, and their leaves are ideal for building shelter.

Bamboo is another ideal material for building a dwelling.

Tropical rain forests provide a wealth of raw materials that can be used to build shelters, but the main difficulty is how to keep them dry. In addition, the ground conditions are also a serious problem. "

Unlike the forest, clearing the ground in the rainforest is almost useless, and it won't be long before the insects and ants will re-occupy the place.

There are so many ants and spiders in the rainforest. If you accidentally drop a spider silk from the leaves above your head, it's like Spider-Man playing bungee jumping. The gadgets land on your shoulders and even on the tip of your nose, making the silk sticky with your hands.

The humble ant's bite can make you so painful that you doubt your life.

Plus there are many more venomous snakes, and such a large heat source lying on the ground is likely to attract them.

Bi Fang didn't want to wake up early in the morning to find a poisonous cobra on his chest.

"So the shelter must be vacated!"