Chapter 21: Survival
Changsheng took the things that Qi Wei handed over to him and walked aside, put the compass in his pocket, put the dagger in his waist, and unfolded the topographic map to take a closer look!
This topographic map is very rough, with a few simple lines to draw some particularly obvious terrain, but what is interesting is that Changsheng made a simple calculation and found that although the topographic map is simple and sloppy, it is extremely accurate for the direction and diagram ratio, and it seems that the Mo family is proficient in engineering is really true.
Find the five rough mountains where you are, and then take a look at the destination, which marks a place that looks like a small ding, and Changsheng carefully estimates according to the scale shown in the picture on the lower left!
The straight-line distance is about 100 miles, but if you really want to rush to the location of the bronze Xiaoding, it naturally can't be a straight-line distance, and the total distance should be more than 150 miles.
Looking at the short dagger and compass in his hand, Changsheng secretly sighed, more than 150 miles of mountain roads and three days, compared to a child less than ten years old, it is definitely a big challenge, not to mention, there will definitely be all kinds of problems along the way......
The boy named Feng Ji also looked at the topographic map, raised his head and said to the Changsheng people, "I looked at this topographic map, just a hundred miles or so of the mountain road, it is impossible to reach it easily, not to mention that there may be other tests on the road......"
"Not a hundred miles, but more than one hundred and fifty miles...... Changsheng suddenly said!
Qi Wei, who was drinking tea, was suddenly stunned, raised his head to look at Changsheng, and asked unexpectedly, "Will you convert the map to Bilie?"
"What is the map scale?" Changsheng naturally couldn't admit that he would estimate the map scale, which was a bit too incredible for a seven-year-old child, and replied lightly, "I probably guessed that we were going to take a mountain road, and we had to delay on the way, so it is estimated that it will be more than a hundred miles!"
Three days, 100 miles and 150 miles are definitely two different concepts, if you are not prepared, or save physical strength for the rest of the journey, the possibility of failure will be much greater.
Several children also understood this truth and began to rethink their preparations before going on the road!
Hearing that Changsheng was just guessing, Qi Wei didn't say anything more, as for believing Changsheng's words or not, he didn't know.
"What the hell do you mean?" Jiang Xueyi asked Feng Ji a little impatiently!
"I mean, the seven of us can join forces and work together to get this journey done, and that's all good for us!" Feng Ji glanced at the crowd.
"It's not impossible, but if one of you drags me back, I won't wait for you!" Jiang Xueyi seemed to be full of confidence in this test, and deliberately glanced at Changsheng, who was a little shorter, and snorted coldly!
It seems that this little girl named Jiang Xueyi also knows that only Changsheng is the youngest here, and he seems to have weak body bones, and the child who wants to go through the back door must be weak, and nine times out of ten those who drag his feet are Changsheng.
"If you're all right, give us your names, and we'll be brothers and sisters...... My name is Feng Jue!" Feng Jue deliberately took care of Changsheng's face, pretended not to understand Jiang Xueyi's words, and hurriedly reported his name!
"Qing Huaiyu ......"
"Harvest Year ......"
"Bian Qian......"
"Teng Youshan ......"
"Immortal ......"
"Jiang Xueyi......" Jiang Xueyi reported his name, specifically pointed to Changsheng, and shouted angrily, "You remember for me, if you drag us back, I will never care about you!"
Changsheng frowned and glanced at Jiang Xueyi, regardless of her eldest lady's temper, walked to a low tree with a dagger in hand, swished to cut a branch to make a cane, corresponded to the topographic map in his hand, and took the lead towards the mountain beam of Wuyun Ridge!
Feng Ji didn't want to say anything, and Jiang Xueyi and the others followed Changsheng over the Five Clouds Ridge.
Wuyun Ridge is not tall, and these children have also had the experience of climbing mountains and mountains, and it only took more than an hour to climb the mountain beam and start the test before entering the Mo family......
Changsheng led the team in front, followed by Jiang Xueyi, Qing Huaiyu and others, Feng Ju volunteered to walk behind the team, and Teng Youshan broke off the team together!
It's just that Jiang Xueyi's competitiveness is very strong, and he always surpasses Changsheng intentionally or unintentionally, as if he is the leader at the forefront.
Half a day later, a few children walked to the edge of a forest to rest, saying that the forest was actually extremely dense, the towering trees blocked the sunlight, and the inside of the forest was extremely dark, and the intertwined roots of the trees were twisted like countless snakes, shrouded in the decaying leaves half a meter deep!
After all, this is the depths of the Qinling Mountains, just because the children of the Mo family have cultivated for many years, there are no wild beasts in the dense forest, and there is no primeval forest that cannot walk!
That Bian Qian seemed to have had the experience of living in the mountains and forests, climbed to a fruit tree and picked more than a dozen wild fruits, picked a few larger ones for himself and Jiang Xueyi, and handed over the rest to Feng Ji Changsheng and others!
Bian Qian is the child of the business world, it seems that this child has understood the importance of interests since he was a child, and knows who has the value of use in this team.
Everyone ate two wild fruits each, carried the remaining wild fruits in their clothes, and started on the road again, just after taking two steps, Changsheng suddenly laughed, glanced at the wild fruits that everyone was carrying, and said with a smile, "We look like this, don't we look like 'can't eat and walk around'?"
Feng Ji and the other children also laughed, only Jiang Xueyi frowned, and snorted coldly, "Vassal, Fengya, right, when you cry......"
Changsheng glanced back at Jiang Xueyi beside him, and said secretly, this child's eldest lady has a bit of a temper, why does she always have trouble with herself?
In the boundless half-human-high weeds, a path that is not obvious leads to the distance, and every ten years, a group of young sons of the Mo family prepare to walk this road, so although the path is overgrown with weeds, the traces of the path can still be vaguely recognized!
For more than 1,000 years, generations of young sons of the Mo family have walked out of their glorious lives along this path into the Mo family's main hospital.
All the children understood that the journey at the beginning should be easier, and the more difficult it would be to walk at the back, so they did not stop until more than nine o'clock in the night, and they couldn't stay up, so they stopped at a pond to rest!
The stars were all over the sky, the insects and frogs were crowing, but Changsheng and the others were not in the mood to enjoy the night scene, and they all sat on the ground without any image and gasped for breath.
Only Feng Ju staggered to his feet, found a piece of dry wood, and sharpened a sharp rod with the dagger in his hand!
"Brother Feng, what are you doing here?" Jiang Xueyi asked curiously!
"Drill wood for fire...... I thought about it, I'm afraid we're going to have to spend the night here, and even though it's August, it's definitely not going to be a good night without a fire!"
"Look at Brother Feng, look at you again" Jiang Xueyi looked at Changsheng and a few people complained, walked up to Feng Ju and asked, "Brother Feng, do you need my help?"
"No, the snowsuit is ...... you wait"
Hearing that Feng Ju was going to drill wood to make fire, Changsheng also stood up, walked to Feng Jue's side, and held the dry wooden stick below for Feng Jue, Feng Ju took out a hole in the dry wooden stick, filled it with some fine grass, and rubbed the wooden stick with both hands and turned it quickly.
After seven or eight failures, the grass smoked, and then a small flame was ignited, Changsheng quickly picked up a few sticks of hay to ignite the flame, and lit a fire in the clearing!
At this time, Jiang Xueyi's gaze towards Changsheng eased a little, and it seemed that his attitude towards Changsheng had changed.
Roasted by the flames, the tense heartstrings of several children gradually relaxed, but at the same time they were also hungry, after all, after a day's journey, how could it be possible to say that they were not hungry?
Feng Ju stood up and walked to the edge of the pond not far away, looking for something along the pond!
"Brother Feng, what are you doing?" Jiang Xueyi was the first to react, and asked with a frown.
"We've only walked a third of the way today, and if we don't eat enough now, we won't have enough energy to walk the rest of the way, so I'll see if I can find something to roast and eat!"
Although there are all kinds of small animals in this huge mountain range, it is late at this time, and you can see it clearly in the dark light, let alone catch it.
After searching for a long time, Feng Ju found a few small insects, and Bian Qian and Jiang Xueyi also joined the search team, searching everywhere for animals that could be roasted and eaten, but except for insects, they still didn't find anything to eat!
Looking at the insects in the hands of a few people, Feng Ju thought about it and returned to the fire, picked up a wooden stick and prepared to make a torch, Jiang Xueyi's eyes glanced at Changsheng and saw Changsheng sitting on the ground without moving, and suddenly scolded, "Selfish ghost, we are all looking for things, just where are you sitting?"
Changsheng looked at the little insect in the hands of Jiang Xueyi and the others, his body twisted and squirmed, and said lightly, "I don't eat this kind of small worm, if you like to eat it yourself!"
Jiang Xueyi glanced at the insect in his hand, he was indeed a little disgusted, and suddenly turned his anger on Changsheng, and scolded angrily, "Hey, do you have a sense of teamwork?"
However, Changsheng didn't mean to be angry at all, so he stood up and walked over to Feng Jue, and said to Feng Jue, who was making torches, "Do you want to eat roast frogs, roast snakes, or roast pheasants?"
Before Feng Ji answered, Jiang Xueyi snorted coldly, showing a look of disdain, and shouted, "You are looking for it in the dark, don't always talk big......
"Hey...... Today, I will let you see the skills of the master, you will form a circle around me, and I will cast a spell to catch the frog......"
"Pretend to be a ghost, and go to ......" Jiang Xueyi and the others didn't give Changsheng face at all, threw the insects in their hands, and watched the wind make torches!
"Huh...... Do you want to eat these little bugs, or do you want to eat roasted frogs?" Changsheng replied indifferently, "If you want to eat roasted frogs, gather around me, with your back to me, and wait for me to cast a spell to catch a few frogs, if you want to eat small bugs...... Feel free to do so!"
"Really, you're not lying, are you!" Several people glanced at each other, and then looked at the nameless little insect writhing in their hands, although they didn't quite believe Changsheng's words, they still walked to Changsheng's side and formed a circle!
Even Feng Ju put down the torches that had been tied, walked over to a few children, and stood with his hands tied up against Changsheng!
Jiang Xueyi looked at the wind and a few people, and also stood with his back against Changsheng, but he was still a little suspicious, and said to Changsheng angrily, "If you dare to trick me, don't blame me for being unkind to you......"