Meng Hui mentioned a special term called surface runoff, which is actually water refers to streams and rivers that converge on the surface. Whatever the reason, if you accidentally wander into an unfamiliar wilderness, according to the law of wilderness survival, the first thing to look for is surface runoff, and if there are people nearby, you can follow the stream to reach the inhabited place.

However, in the special topography, the springs may not always be on the surface, and the industry may disappear from the surface to form underground rivers, so this kind of search depends on both experience and luck. Meng Hui also mentions human population, if you want to find a place with people according to this method, the premise is that it must be inhabited.

There are no people in the lake. As for Da Chi Mountain, there is only one Wei Fanting living in it, because her scale is small, it is quite a huge family. At the moment, it is not clear how big the boundary of the Qin Gaotai is, but looking at the scene in front of them, I am afraid that it is not smaller than Xiaojing Lake, and the position they are in seems to be in the depths of the lofty mountains.

Ding Qi thought for a while and replied, "If you can't get it here, there are really aborigines. ”

Bi Xuecheng asked: "What kind of aborigines, are they the natives of this world?"

Dingzi: "It's possible that people who came here in ancient times and settled here. When I was a child, I heard a legend in this area......"

What legends did Tintze hear when he was a child? At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom started in Guangxi, went all the way north to capture the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and once set the capital Nanjing and renamed Tianjing. Later, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was exterminated by the Qing government, Tianjing fell, and a remnant army of 50,000 people retreated to Jingyang County. Zeng Guofan's Hunan army came in half a month later.

But the war did not break out, and the Taiping army suddenly disappeared mysteriously in Jingyang County, and the Hunan army searched all over the mountains and wilderness. Some people say that this army is hiding in a cave, but this is not one or two people, but tens of thousands of troops, which cave can hide, which valley can hide?

But in any case, the army really disappeared into thin air, no one alive, no dead body, no longer to be found, leaving behind a historical mystery and local legends, and it is said that they retreated with a lot of treasure.

Hearing this story, Bi Xuecheng's eyes widened and said, "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring! Have we come to the Peach Blossom Spring?"

Dingzi: "I've just heard the story and can't be sure that the legend is true. Even if the legend is true, there is no certainty that those people came here, but it is only possible. ”

Meng Hui said: "If they really got here, how did they get in?"

Dingqi: "Since we can come in, theoretically they can come in, maybe by other means." ”

Ye Yanxing: "How did 50,000 horses get in such a small cave?"

Ding Qi: "That cave is actually not small, as long as the inclined ladder is set up and the queue is uninterrupted, the speed can be very fast, and it is no problem to enter 10,000 people a day." And the legendary numbers are often exaggerated, and they may not be as many as 50,000. I say this to prepare you for the fact that there are likely to be people in this outside world...... Let's go find the stream first. ”

Although he realized in his heart that the trouble was not small, Ding Qi became more and more calm, he knew very well that he was the backbone of the three disciples, as long as he did not panic, the three disciples would not panic. Just now, he kept asking the three of them what to do in the form of questions, which seemed like a test and trial for the disciple by the master.

If you want to find a spring, you should go to the valley between the two mountains and listen to the sound at all times. Ding Qi held a long stick in his left hand and a machete in his right hand to clear the way in front of him, and told the three disciples to pay attention to the vegetation around them to see what plants they usually knew.

After walking a short distance, the three students each held a slender bamboo branch in their hands, with a small leaf fork at the tip that was very elastic, and it could make a whistle sound with a slight twitch in their hands. Walking in the wilderness, this is used to scare away and repel insects and snakes.

Walking through the mountains and fields with no road on his back, Ding Qi had to always pay attention to the situation of the three disciples behind him and find a suitable path, so their speed was very slow. Several people had already taken off their coats because the season was not right. It was already winter outside when they came in, and although the weather in Jingyang County was not too cold, they also wore coats and sweaters, and they felt hot when they came in.

After about an hour, they reached the middle of the valley, and Ding Qi walked around the area, and after making sure that it was safe, he let the three disciples rest for a while, and changed their clothes, but they were still wearing long clothes and trousers, which were necessary for walking through the wilderness. No water source was found in the valley, and Ye Yanxing pointed to a tree with a very strange shape and said, "Is this a yew?"

The tree he was referring to had many trees in the vicinity, and had a very tall trunk with dense branches, and the whole tree was in the shape of a tower, with the lowest branches almost touching the ground. Ding Qi nodded and said, "It's indeed a yew." ”

Meng Huiyu asked, "So what is the green fruit on the tree?"

Ding Qi: "That's the citron, you should have eaten it." “

Bi Xuecheng: "Cinnamomum tree, then it should be a citron tree, right?"

Ding Qi explained: "The tree is a plant of the yew family, and the fruit is not ripe yet, so it is green. When the nuts are ripe and dried, you'll probably know them. ”

There was no water source in the valley, and although several people carried water in their backpacks, it was definitely not enough to consume it in the case of hurrying with a heavy load, so they continued to set off after resting for half an hour. As they crossed the valley formed by two ridges that seemed to be on the left and right, there was a wider valley in front of them, and the peaks were still continuous in the distance.

Bi Xuecheng suddenly pointed his finger forward and said, "Master, what kind of fruit is that, can you eat it?"

Ding Qi: "That's the cherry, the wild tail leaf cherry, of course you can eat it, it tastes good!"

Meng Hui praised: "Master's knowledge is so broad, I know everything. ”

Ding Qi: "Now take off all your backpacks and find a tree to climb to pick cherries." Pick as many as you can and stay safe!"

Ding Qi is known about the Cinnamon and the Caudal Leaf Cherry because they are common plants in the mountainous areas of Jingyang County. He had just asked the three disciples to pay attention to the vegetation, and the purpose was mainly twofold, one was to determine the season and the climate here, and the other was to find something to eat.

Although they brought with them compressed biscuits, military canned food, chocolate and other high-calorie food, if they were to be trapped here for a long time, food would sooner or later not be enough.

Seeing the vegetation here, you can roughly judge that the climate here is similar to the mountainous area of Jingyang County outside, but the seasons are different. The citron has just set fruit, and the wild tail leaf cherry has ripened, so it is roughly equivalent to the middle to late May of the solar calendar outside.

Ding Qi asked the three disciples to pick cherries not for fun or to satisfy their hunger, if no water source was found today, then these ripe cherries would be the main source of water. The environment can really make people, and with three disciples in this situation, Ding Qi seems to have immediately become a mature and stable and thoughtful elder.

I've seen cherry tinky in the mountains, but I've never seen such a big tree in front of me, the trunk diameter is more than one meter, and the age of the tree is probably more than 500 years, right? Of course, such a big tree is not easy to climb, but there are large and small cherry groves around it, and you can find trees that are easy to pick.

The three disciples took off their backpacks and went to pick cherries very excitedly, so they used the multi-functional nylon pocket they carried with them, and soon they each picked a big bag, and each of them almost got more than five catties, anyway, there is. Meng Huiyu was the first to come back and said, "Master, you can also taste it, it tastes very good!"

Wild tail leaf cherries are much smaller than the large cherries sold in supermarkets, are bright red in color, and have a sweet and sour taste. Ding Qi tasted two and said: "Put away all the cherries, put everything you can't bring here and hang me on my backpack." You can't eat too much of this stuff at a time, and it's mainly for hydration. If we can't find a water source anymore, we're going to find a place to camp, have you noticed what time it is?"

Meng Huiyu glanced at the electronic watch on her wrist and said, "Half past one in the afternoon." Then he realized something, looked up at the sky and said, "The position of the sun doesn't seem to be right!"

Ding Qi nodded and said: "Since the seasons are different, the time may also be different, since we came in, the position of the sun has been setting, although the exact direction has not yet been determined, but according to experience, it is almost two hours before it gets dark." We had to find a suitable camp after an hour, otherwise it would be dangerous to spend the night in the wilderness. ”

Ding Qi was also secretly glad when he spoke, fortunately he "brought" the three disciples in, instead of letting them walk in by themselves, otherwise it would be really too dangerous to scatter in different places!

I don't know where Zhu Shanxian and the others are at the moment, according to them, they have their own unique skills, and there is no need for Ding Qi to worry, but Ding Qi still can't help but be a little worried, and the person he is most worried about is Xian Hao. In fact, Xian Hao has a dry bone knife in his hand, and his kung fu is much stronger than Ding Qi, but Ding Qi just feels uneasy.

In his consciousness, the current Xian Hao is not the original Xian Hao, and it is not clear how the kung fu is. Although he usually feels a little angry when he sees Xian Hao now, the person he cares about the most at the moment is her, no matter from which angle, he doesn't want him to have an accident.

Tan Hanchuan and Zhu Shanxian, Ding Qi was not too worried. As for Shannie, Ding Qi thinks that she should be with Zhuang Mengzhou, because Zhuang Mengzhou asked Shannie to help her when she passed through the portal.

But for now, he was still thinking about how to protect these three disciples, and while thinking so, he continued to open the way with a machete in his hand. They were lucky, and about an hour later they heard the sound of water and found a stream in the valley. The three disciples excitedly shouted, "Master, I have finally found a water source, or surface runoff!"

Ding Qi was also very happy, and hurriedly instructed: "The water on my body is almost drunk, take the water first, and then go to a high place, find a place where you can shelter from the wind and rain, and move quickly!"

Why don't you camp near the water? It can be dangerous in case of heavy rain, the flood in the mountains can rise very quickly, and the water's edge is also a place where wild animals are frequented, and although there are no large beasts to be seen, there is no guarantee that there are none.

Although Ding Qi often went to his hometown mountain village to play during the holidays when he was a child, he really didn't have any experience such as "surviving in the wilderness", he saw these experiences in film and television programs and books, and when he had to lead the team to get an idea at the moment, he immediately became an expert in seconds, and the three disciples were convinced of his decision.

Fetching water, they found a campsite on the slope of a hill with a large rock jutting out of the hollow and a half-open cavity the size of a house at the lower end. Unload your backpack, take out your gear, set up your tent, and chop enough branches nearby to prepare for a campfire at night.

Ding Qi felt very fortunate at this moment, because the backpacks of the three disciples were relatively small, there were no tents in them, and they did not carry machetes with them, if they really got separated, camping would be a big trouble. At the same time, he felt fortunate for Zhuang Mengzhou, because Zhuang Mengzhou's backpack was also relatively small, but fortunately, Shang Ni's backpack carried enough equipment.

Among their group, Zhu Shanxian and Tan Hanchuan brought the most and most complete things. And Ding Qi, Shang Ni, and Xian Hao brought a little less things, but they all weighed hundreds of pounds.

As for Zhuang Mengzhou, Bi Xuecheng, Ye Yanxing, and Meng Huiyu, the four of them were all carrying ordinary big mountaineering bags, and they looked very full, but in fact, they brought less than 30 pounds of things, mainly including two sets of underwear and shirts and all kinds of food, as well as Swiss army knives, salt, seasoning packets, windproof lighters, raincoats, etc.

The tent was set up quickly. This kind of wild camping tent is not large, it can only sleep two people at most, and its main role is to keep out the moisture, keep warm and prevent wind. Fortunately, the weather is not too cold now, and they have found a place where they can shelter from the wind and rain, and they can also spend the night by lighting a bonfire, and let Meng Huiyu sleep in the tent.

Just when Ding Qi and the others were picking cherries in the afternoon, Zhuang Mengzhou and Shang Ni were walking in a field. The place they went to was not the deep mountains and dense forests where Ding Qi was, but the fields were scattered among the low hills, and the ridges were dug out to build irrigation canals, apparently cultivated by hand.

Shang Ni was curious: "Mr. Zhuang, there are actually people farming here!"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Then I'm relieved, after walking for so long, I finally saw traces of people." This outer world is obviously inhabited, and there shouldn't be too few people. ”

Shanny: "Who would live here, someone like Wei Fanting?"

Zhuang Mengzhou muttered: "I'm afraid it's not the same, either it's the people who avoided trouble in ancient times, or the people who occasionally break in by mistake are trapped here, and the descendants live here." ”

Shanny: "Trapped here?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Yes, it's entirely possible! After we came in, did you find the gateway to get out?"

Shannie was shocked and said, "Then will we be trapped here too?"

Zhuang Mengzhou smiled: "Don't worry, since you can get in, you have a way to get out." Let's find a place to wait for the others first, as long as Mr. Ding comes, it will be easy to do. ”

Shanny: "Find a place to wait for the others, don't we take the initiative to find them?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "I don't know who is where, how to find it? If they also come in, they will eventually come to a populated place when they walk around." We are outsiders, so it's best to ask the locals about any situation. Rest assured, where there is a field, there is a village, and we can wait for them when we find the village. I had a trigram before I came, and it turned out to be dangerous!"

Shanny: "Are you right?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "It's not that I haven't calculated it for you, are you accurate?"

Shanny didn't bother with the question anymore and asked, "What kind of people do you think the locals will be?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "It's not good to be wearing ancient costumes." ”

Before the words fell, Shannie suddenly pointed forward and said, "There are people there!"

A middle-aged man carrying a hoe-shaped object was walking down another path in the middle of a field. He was dressed in clothes of unknown fabric, his shirt was loose and similar to a short shirt of ancient costumes, his trousers were very similar to bloomers, his crotch and legs were fat, but the corners of his trousers were tied up with a coil of buttons, and he was barefoot and wore a pair of bast shoes, and his feet were covered with mud.

Shanny's shout startled the man, and everything in his hand fell to the ground, and he turned around and stammered, "You, you, who are you?"

The man's accent was so strange that he couldn't make out the dialect of the place, as if it was a mixture of accents from all over the South, but he could barely understand it. Shanny replied, "We ......"

"We are visitors from outside the world. Zhuang Mengzhou grabbed the conversation and replied, and pointed to the sky in the distance, which was the mountain they came from.

The man was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly exclaimed excitedly, "Are you angels sent by God, thank you Father, the angels have finally come!"