Chapter 18 Snacks and Desserts

In just a few minutes, most of the muddy water had accumulated in the mud pit.

It's just that the muddy water is too muddy, and it will take some time to wait for the mud in the water to settle down. Taking advantage of this time, Ye Xuan stood up and began to wander around the puddle, as if looking for something.

Soon, he was standing in front of a thick, tall bush. While taking out the dagger, he said with a smile: "This plant should be familiar to everyone, reed." It can be seen almost all over the world, even in the vast desert, and the presence of reeds can be found. Of course, I'm not going to give you a class on plant taxonomy, but I'm going to teach you a little trick on how to make a simple filter in the wild. ”

As he spoke, Ye Xuan had already cut off the stalk of a reed with a dagger, and after a little processing, he had a ten-centimeter-long hollow reed tube in his hand, "This kind of filter is very simple, and it is easy to take materials, reeds can be found everywhere in the wilderness, if you really don't have them, you can also replace them with hollow plants like bamboo." It should be noted that with the exception of narcissus. Although the stems of narcissus can also act as straws, the whole plant of narcissus is poisonous, especially the most toxic in the juice, and accidental ingestion will cause vomiting, abdominal cramps, cramps and other symptoms. ”

Then, he used a dagger to cut a small piece of fabric under the hem of his T-shirt, folded it several times, and covered it on one end of a reed straw. After doing this, he smiled: "This is a simple filtration device, and the folded cloth can filter the larger soil particles in the water while drinking water." Although it is more laborious to suck after covering the cloth, it is better than drinking a belly of dirt. ”

When I returned to the mud pit with the made filter, the muddy water had almost settled. Although it still looks a little cloudy, it is countless times better than the coffee-like color just now.

Lying on the ground, Ye Xuan inserted the end of the reed pipe covered with cloth into the water, and then sucked it hard.

The cool fresh water poured into the mouth with a strong earthy smell, and the thirsty mouth and throat were instantly moisturized. This feeling of comfort made him breathe a long sigh.

For the first time, he felt that the muddy water with the smell of earth was so delicious!

"Right now, I'm going to fill the kettle with water, just in case. ”

After taking a few more sips, Ye Xuan untied the kettle on his waist, unscrewed the bottle, sucked a large mouthful of water with a reed straw, and then spit out the kettle water.

To be honest, this practice looks a bit disgusting in normal times. But at this moment, the audience in the live broadcast room took it for granted. The harsh environment in the wilderness has made their thinking change subtly.

THERE WASN'T MUCH WATER IN THE MUD PIT, AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO FILL HALF OF HIS 750ML BOTTLE.

Rubbing his sour cheeks, Ye Xuan hung the kettle back on his waist again, and said, "Okay, now that the fresh water and food are all done, and the fog is beginning to dissipate, the next main task is to find the commanding heights as soon as possible, and then formulate the next survival route." ”

"Let's go!"

Putting on his backpack, Ye Xuan followed the original path back to the jungle on the ravine.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the thick fog finally began to dissipate rapidly in the sun. The mountains that were originally hidden in them are gradually revealing their true faces.

Walking in the jungle, Ye Xuan glanced at the barrage on his mobile phone from time to time to maintain interaction with the audience.

"When are you going to eat snakes? In the wilderness, time is very valuable, and you need to learn to plan your time wisely. You have to know exactly what you should do at what time and at what time. Now that I have fresh water and food, and the existential crisis is temporarily over, I need to think about how to get out of it. Therefore, the most important thing is to find the commanding heights at present. ”

"A day seems like a long time, but when you leave out the morning and evening, the real day is only seven or eight hours. Humans are different from beasts, and thousands of years of civilization evolution have made us lose the ability to see at night, especially in the dangerous wilderness, where the night is the home of beasts. Therefore, how to make good use of the short seven or eight hours of the day is very important for survivors. ”

Ye Xuan said as he dashingly flipped over a dead tree lying across the ground. At this moment, his left hand, which was supported on the dead wood, suddenly came a slight tingling pain, as if it had been bitten by some kind of insect.

If it was placed in normal times, Ye Xuan would directly ignore it, but in the dangerous primeval jungle, he didn't dare to be careless. Stopping, he hurriedly raised his left hand to check. I saw a very small orange ant on the back of my left hand. The slight stinging just now was the result of an ant bite.

When I saw that it was an ant, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although ants have formic acid, it is almost harmful to people, except for some very few physiques that are allergic to formic acid, at most they feel some pain.

Except, of course, bullet ants!

This kind of ant seems to be similar to the information I have seen before. The yellow ant, a type of leaf-weaver ant, is very common in tropical China. This thing has a ferocious personality and will actively hunt insects.

Glancing at the dead tree that had fallen to the ground, he noticed that there were many yellow lynx ants on the trunk that were constantly moving in and out of the bark. Seeing this scene, Ye Xuan couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and said with a mysterious smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, I found some snacks and desserts, guess what they are?"

This interaction immediately mobilized the atmosphere in the live broadcast room, and hundreds of barrages continued to flash.

"The cliff is a mushroom, because mushrooms grow on such rotten trees. ”

"Snacks and desserts? ”

"Fruit or something, right?"

"Damn, the anchor won't eat bugs, right?"

"666, anchor, if you eat bugs, I'll send a plane!"

"Don't pretend to be forced, if you really eat bugs, I'll reward a rocket!"

"Tuhao, are you still missing a pendant on your thigh?"

Seeing that the atmosphere in the live broadcast room was successfully mobilized, Ye Xuan no longer pretended to be mysterious. Squat down in front of the dead wood, grab a piece of loose bark with both hands, and pull it hard!

Suddenly, a large piece of bark was easily torn off. And the picture under the bark made all the viewers in the live broadcast room feel their scalps tingle.

I saw that on the bare tree trunk, there were countless yellow lynx ants crawling densely. Unprepared, all the viewers subconsciously moved away from the screen, as if these ants were right in front of them. Some viewers who suffer from dense phobia have even covered their eyes in fright at the moment.

The image of tens of thousands of ants moving in motion was very impactful, and as the bark of the tree was torn open, the ants were immediately frightened and kept moving in all directions, like a puddle of orange dye spreading rapidly on dead wood.

After the ants were completely dispersed, Ye Xuan casually picked up a branch and pushed the ants away in the central area of the trunk. When the orange ants were removed, some small white particles were suddenly revealed underneath. These white grains look similar to rice grains, but they are much smaller than rice grains.

Quickly grabbing a handful of small white particles, he hurriedly drove away the few yellow lynx ants left on the particles.

"Wow, these little ones are so grumpy. "Not to mention, these yellow ants are really fierce, and he has been bitten more than a dozen times in just this moment.

After paying the price of being bitten more than a dozen times, a small handful of white particles were successfully harvested.

Put the things in your hand under the live broadcast camera, so that the audience can watch carefully, "This kind of ant is called the yellow ant, it is a kind of harvest ant, and it usually feeds on insects and fruits, and these are the eggs of the yellow ant in my hand." Don't underestimate these ant eggs, they are rich in a lot of protein, and the protein proportion of each ant egg is as high as 67%, which is three times that of chicken in the same volume. In other words, eating these ant eggs is equivalent to eating a small piece of chicken breast. ”