Without GPS navigation, what can you do to get home from an unfamiliar place?

Normally, we can rely on the map and of course ask for directions. www.biquge.info But it's a pity that Ding Chen can't use these two things now, he doesn't have a map, and no one can ask for directions. So he had to find his own way back.

Since they were washed down by the river, it was a safe idea to go upstream along the river. Of course, the better way is to build a canoe and row upstream from the river, how to get back and forth, this is the simplest and most direct idea.

In this case, in addition to building a canoe, the most important thing is to make sure that the rowing speed is faster than the speed of the current.

Ding Chen may be able to build a canoe that can carry two people, but he has absolutely no confidence that he can row the boat faster than the current, he is a paratrooper, not Zagu, and he does not have the true qi of Badao in his body, so he can't do anything against the sky. So in the end, he chose to go up honestly along the riverbank.

Theoretically, walking along the river bank is no further than paddling in the middle of the river, provided that you can actually walk along the river bank all the time.

However, in general, there are always various terrain features on both sides of the river bank that obstruct traffic, especially during the rainy season, when the water level on both sides of the river often rises and floods out of the riverbed, and even if the water recedes, it will form a large swampy wetland due to the abundance of water resources, which is not only difficult to walk, but also hides countless dangers. So Ding Chen and Ye Dai can't actually move along the river bank, the so-called walking along the river, most of the time they can't even see the river.

When they were furthest from the riverbank, they couldn't even hear the sound of the river flowing.

This is the third day after they have been on the road, and according to Ding Chen's estimate, they have walked more than thirty kilometers, which refers to the distance they have traveled, not the length of the river.

To be honest, walking 30 kilometers in three days is definitely not a speed worth boasting about, and for many ordinary people, they can walk such a long distance in one day. But Ding Chen was always very cautious, he used a lot of time every day to replenish food and fresh water, and he always started thinking about accommodation early.

In this case, being able to walk 10 kilometers a day is already a very good result. If Ye Dai had just been injured, I am afraid that she would not have reached this speed.

Yesterday the two of them came across a dense wood, and there was knee-high water in the forest. Ding Chen was reluctant to rush into the forest that he didn't know how big, so the two of them chose to detour, but the farther and farther they went, they actually got into a big mountain.

Ding Chen's saber had a compass on the hilt, and he didn't have to worry about losing his way, but according to his estimate, most of the distance they had traveled today and tomorrow would probably be unjust.

When she was in a hurry, Ye Dai followed closely behind Ding Chen. In her hand she carried a javelin made of tin-dust, the tip of which was pointed upwards as a walking stick. According to Ding Chen, this helps to save physical strength, and the triangular support is also more stable.

She didn't care about Ding Chen's speed, if she didn't believe in Ding Chen's ability, she would have doubted whether Ding Chen could be a qualified leader. However, Ding Chen's explanation for this is that the apartment is there anyway, as long as they keep walking, there will always be a day when they arrive, so now as long as the two of them have the ability to keep walking, there is no need to take risks.

Ye Dai admits that Ding Chen is right, but she still hopes to return to the apartment before the end of the rainy season. Because the caravan was coming after the rainy season was over, she still wanted to trade something, and if she missed it, she would have to wait until next spring.

After climbing a hill, Ding Chen stopped and used the compass to confirm the direction again. Ye Dai asked worriedly, "Will we be too far away from the river?" ”

"So tomorrow after we go down the mountain, we have to find the river before we can continue our journey." Ding Chen said.

Now he also regrets a little, he knew that he would go around so far, and he went directly into the forest yesterday. However, he was more concerned about the stagnant water in the forest than the dense woods. No one knows what's under the water, and wading through the water is not only dangerous, but it also slows down movement and makes it more difficult to eat and lodging. That's why he's not willing to take risks.

He looked up at the sun, "We'll have to find a place to camp." ”

Although according to Ye Dai's judgment, it was just past noon at this time, she had become accustomed to Ding Chen's caution in the past few days. And the camp in Ding Chen's mouth is not so easy to find, on the first day of their departure, Ding Chen spent an afternoon to find a place to stay.

"Do you still play a hammock today?" Ye Dai asked.

To be honest, after sleeping in a hammock for two days in a row, Ye Dai has already begun to miss the kang in the cave.

Ding Chen snorted, of course he understood what Ye Dai meant, in fact, he was not willing to sleep in the wild, it was difficult to fully rest under such conditions, and a long period of rest would make the body's various functions decline. Normally, Ding Chen would choose a place to stop and rest for a few days every once in a while, but depending on Ye Dai's meaning, she was obviously not willing to do this, so Ding Chen had to try to ensure the quality of each time they rested.

He looked up at the sky, and after the rainstorm had subsided, the weather had been fine, not only was it sunny, but even the clouds were few.

He suddenly remembered something and asked Ye Dai, "Is it common for rain like the other day to be as heavy as the other day?" ”

Ye Dai thought about it sideways, nodded and said, "There will be a few of them every year." ”

"It's all summer?"

"Almost!" Ye Dai said: "The rainy season here is very long, so caravans will avoid the rainy season. ”

Hearing this, Ding Chen was very interested, he knew that there were some special people in this era, they would carry all kinds of daily goods to sell and exchange along the way, due to the inconvenience of transportation, these merchants could obtain extremely rich profits by constantly exchanging goods, but unfortunately Ding Chen himself had never encountered it.

"What are they?" Ding Chen asked, anyway, there was nothing to do when they were in a hurry, and the two of them couldn't have sex, so chatting was a relatively acceptable project.

Ye Dai thought about it, and was about to organize words to describe it, when she suddenly saw Ding Chen stop, squatting down to carefully inspect the grass under her feet.

Of course, there can be no ready-made road in this barren mountain, and the highway in front of the apartment is a former national highway, and the construction standard is very high, so it can be preserved until now. But the mountain road is different, even if it is a winding mountain road built in the past, it has long been abandoned if no one has maintained it for so many years, not to mention the path that needs to be formed by more people.

So the two of them have been walking through the shallow grass, which is also the reason why Ye Dai has always been able to follow behind Ding Chen, there are always many dangers in places that cannot be seen clearly, Ding Chen's sensitivity to danger is obviously much stronger than Ye Dai's, who should he be a top soldier?

Ye Dai had encountered this situation a few times, and knew that it was Ding Chen's discovery, and usually after doing this, Ding Chen would find some prey.

So she stopped very skillfully and stood still so as not to interfere with Ding Chen's judgment.

Ding Chen didn't look at it for too long, he stood up, looked around, turned to Ye Dai and said very seriously: "There are people around here." ”

This is the second time Ye Dai has seen Ding Chen so serious, the last time was when he pulled out the wooden thorn through his arm, that time he put it firmly and said that he would count to three, but he didn't even count one and started.

Thinking of this, Ye Dai instinctively felt that Ding Chen was going to play tricks on herself again, and suddenly became nervous. He wasn't afraid of what Ding Chen would do to him, but he minded that he would become someone else's fun.

She subconsciously took a step back, so as to stay away from Ding Chen, and asked suspiciously, "How do you know?" ”

Ding Chen stretched out his food and pointed to the ground, motioning for her to look for herself.

So Ye Dai, who was suspicious, saw a vague footprint in the place pointed out by Ding Chen.

"Is this a shoe print?"

"That's right." Ding Chen nodded and said, "This is the forefoot of a shoe." He looked at Ye Dai's bare feet in straw sandals, frowned and said, "Unless you beasts here also wear shoes, this is one person left, and it is today." ”