From dawn to digging until the sky became dark again, for a whole day, Liu Qing only dug to a depth of less than one meter.

He bent down and began to dig from a position about a meter near the bottom, diagonally upward, and when there was no dagger, he only used his hand to pick out about ten centimeters and both fingers were injured. After using the dagger, although the fingers were no longer worried about injury, the progress was still very slow, and each time the dagger could only be dug into the ground and then dig a small piece with force. After digging for a while, you have to clean up the floating soil by hand, and at the same time use your hands to find out whether the direction and width of the excavation are appropriate.

Liu Qing was already tired, hungry and thirsty at this time, but he knew that he couldn't stop, and he had to finish saving himself as soon as possible, otherwise in this case, he would definitely not be able to last three days. During the day, he worked in the dark, and now at night, it was not much different from the day, so he did not rest.

According to his estimates, the depth of this hole is about four meters, and now it took a day to dig almost one meter, that is, it needs to dig more than two meters to get out. At this time, Liu Qing was bending down to crawl in the hole and digging, and every time he dug for a while, he had to withdraw, breathe in the fresh air, and at the same time pick up the excavated soil.

The diameter of the small hole is about forty or fifty centimeters, and he is a big man, and it is very uncomfortable to drill in it, and he can only let his two arms reach out to the front to dig, and close his eyes, otherwise the mud will splash into his eyes, which will not only be uncomfortable, but also affect his work. The entrance to the cave must not be dug too wide, otherwise the workload will be too great, and he will be even more unbearable, and before he can dig the ground, he may starve to death and die of exhaustion.

I don't know how long I dug again, Liu Qing was already exhausted, shrunk back from the small hole to the big hole, and gasped for breath from the ground. As he dug in the hole, he only felt that his two arms no longer seemed to be his own, and he did not obey at all, and even the strength to stick the dagger into the dirt was almost gone. In addition, because of the long time of working in the closed hole, he also felt a little hypoxia, his muscles were sore, and he was accompanied by dizziness and headache.

Tired to the point that he couldn't do it, Liu Qing gasped and gasped, tilted his head unconsciously, and fell asleep on the ground. When he woke up again, he only felt that it should be slightly bright, and there was some faint light at the entrance of the cave above his head, but it was far less bright than during the day.

After waking up, Liu Qing was still tired and hungry, but after the previous rest, the physical pain was reduced a lot, but for him at present, hunger is the deadliest. Liu Qing slowly moved his body into the small hole, and the whole person could almost get into it, only the calf part was still exposed, that is to say, he had already dug about one meter and a half, and if he dug so deep, he should be able to break through the ground.

Just as he began to clean the excavated dirt with his hands again, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and the soil that his hands touched seemed to be extremely wet, and even felt like mud. Could it be that there will be spring water here? Liu Qing carefully held this handful of wet mud in his hand, and did not feel anything else special, except that it looked like mud.

When he got into the hole again, he began to grope around to find out where the mud came from. Sure enough, he found a finger-sized hole from which mud seeped out. Liu Qing carefully touched this mud hole, digging it carefully with a dagger, and after a while, more mud flowed out, Liu Qing was even more curious, could it be that this hole mouth would be connected to a stream a few hundred meters away? In that case, he would have water to drink!

With inexplicable joy, Liu Qing once again excavated this small mud hole. After digging about five centimeters more, Liu Qing's hand suddenly touched a soft mass, which didn't look like mud! Liu Qing was surprised, this ...... It's supposed to be an earthworm or something!

It doesn't matter what it is, anyway, the small animals that inhabit the ground, and they are this kind of soft, even if they are not earthworms, they should be the home of earthworms! And the reason why Liu Qing was surprised was not because he found creatures, but because these small animals were rare proteins for him!

Once in the army to receive wilderness survival training, Liu Qing ate some small insects and small animals raw, to be honest, the taste is really not very good, maybe because it is raw, I heard that some comrades-in-arms cooked them, and they tasted good. However, at this time, even if Liu Qing wants to roast, he doesn't have that condition, and it is already extremely good to have these small animals.

The ball in his hand, according to his hand perception, there are at least four or five, each of which has the thickness of a finger, is entangled, the length is not visible, but it should not be short, this ball has to be held with both hands. At this time, they were squirming, Liu Qing walked to the bottom of the hole, and by the faint morning light, he could see that these four insects were very similar to earthworms, the only thing that was more was that they had compound feet under their abdomen, and each of them had two rows of tiny granular-like calves under their bodies, and with the worms themselves wriggling, these little feet were also constantly moving.

Originally, this mollusc insect animal will make people feel sick and uncomfortable, and with these tiny little feet, there is really an indescribable numbness of flesh. But at this time, Liu Qing was so hungry that his eyes glowed green, these soft insects were simply a "delicious meal" for him, where would he take care of these.

Lay the satchel flat on the ground, put a mass of worms in their hands on it, let them struggle and twist their bodies, grab one in their hands, no matter where the head is, they can't tell it, pinch one end casually, and squeeze the index finger and thumb of the other hand down with all their might, squeezing all the contents of their stomachs out of the other end. In Liu Qing's hands, these animals didn't even have the slightest room to struggle, and a black mass broke through the other end of its body and fell to the ground, and soon only a skin bag remained.

Pinching this piece of skin, Liu Qing didn't think about it, just raised his head and opened his mouth, and threw it directly into his mouth.

A strong earthy smell, and a sticky and slippery feeling spread in the mouth, especially the friction between the tongue and those small compound feet, which made Liu Qing feel extremely nauseous. But this is his hope to live, even if it is disgusting, he must endure it.

There is really no way to chew it! Liu Qing simply used his tongue to clump the worm into a ball in his mouth and swallowed it directly into his stomach. At this time, there is no way to stop anything that is poisonous or not, and survival is the most important thing.

After eating one, there was still residual mucus and dirt in his mouth, Liu Qing spit out a mouthful of saliva and wiped his mouth. When he was about to eat the second one, there was a bad premonition in his stomach, Liu Qing's body tilted to one side, his mouth opened, "vomit!" But this was just retching, only a strong fishy smell came out of his mouth, and he was about to get up, and he spit out again, but this time he still didn't vomit anything, only a mouthful of sour water, and his burning throat and eyes were a little astringent.

It doesn't seem to be toxic. Thinking like this, Liu Qing rubbed his stomach and felt a little better, so he dealt with the second one.

Perhaps because of the fact that I had eaten one of them, my body's resistance to the taste and this feeling was not so strong, and the second, third, and fourth had no adverse reactions except for retching again. After eating the insects, Liu Qing sat on the ground and rested for a while, feeling that his body had recovered his strength slightly, and then went into the hole to continue digging.

Perhaps because of what he ate, Liu Qing's excavation time this time was obviously longer than before, and the excavation speed was also a little faster. What surprised him even more was that there were actually some plant roots in the soil that was cleared up this time, which meant that he was getting closer and closer to the ground!

And these roots, which are much thinner than fingers, Liu Qing did not let go, all of them peeled off the skin, put them in his mouth and chewed them to eat. Every bite of food may be a guarantee for his survival!

The sky outside the cave was getting brighter and brighter, and soon it was the same as it had been during the day yesterday. However, the light in the Giant Tree Forest was obviously much weaker than outside, and the huge canopy blocked out most of the sunlight. However, this kind of light is already very satisfying for Liu Qing.

The cleared soil was piled up on the ground at the entrance of the small cave, and Liu Qing didn't need to drill up with both hands when he got into the hole now, it was enough to stand directly on this mound.

Got out to rest again, Liu Qing sat on the ground panting, calculating that he had been trapped here for two nights and a day, and now he had half a day, and he didn't know what happened to Xiao Wu, it must have woken up now, but I don't know if it was hungry......

Thinking of Xiao Wu, Liu Qing instantly felt full of strength again, and was about to get up to dig a hole when he suddenly heard a tiger roar.

"Whew-"

However, the sound of this voice was so sad, so desolate, without the majesty and shock of the Mountain King, and there was even a kind of grief and loss.

"Xiao Wu!" Liu Qing was excited, he could hear it, this voice was Xiao Wu's! But when he went out, Xiao Wu was still in a coma, in order to prevent Xiao Wu from encountering danger, he deliberately blocked several large stones outside the cave, with his need to work hard to move, several of them were crowded together, how could Xiao Wu push the door open from the inside? And after he came out, it rained on the first night, and the smell he left behind may have been washed away long ago, how did Xiao Wu find here?

However, just when Liu Qing thought he was hallucinating, this roar came again!

At this moment, Liu Qing's eyes moistened, and full of tears swirled in his eyes, and then overflowed, turning into large dewdrops and sliding down his face. His face was already covered with dirt, and he was washed away by tears, and two furrows appeared.

In the face of predicament, even in the face of death, Liu Qing did not shed a single tear, but now, his heart was suddenly filled with something, and even his throat and eyes were blocked, and he couldn't say even a word out loud!

Choked, Liu Qing quickly calmed down his emotions, he knew that Xiao Wu was really here, coming along his own scent, but he had to stop it and prevent Xiao Wu from falling into this trap of nature like himself.

Liu Qing stood directly below the entrance of the cave, tilted his head, and shouted loudly: "Little Five-Little Five-"

Is the standard for signing a novel so high now? I still don't let me sign a contract, and I can't pass the review, alas, I'm really tired of writing.