Chapter 197: It's Just a Child
As far as the matter is concerned, if this little arctic fox hadn't met Ye Xuan, it is estimated that he would not have lived long. Without the care of his mother, he was still in his infancy, and he could not survive in the dangerous wilderness.
In the wilderness, diseased animals rarely survive to adulthood. First, it is because of the lesions, which cause the mother to abandon them in the first place. Because in the eyes of female animals, diseased creatures do not belong to their own kind, even their own children. The second is that after losing their protective color, they are more likely to be discovered by natural enemies, which invisibly increases the pressure of survival.
In Alaska, the Arctic fox has many predators. Like this little one, even a juvenile coyote can easily eat it.
Arctic foxes are omnivores and their main food is meat. Such as lemmings, birds, snow hares, and so on. When food is scarce, they also eat berries and the roots of plants. Overall, the arctic fox is a relatively easy animal to feed.
Ye Xuan is struggling to survive now, so naturally he doesn't want to take a pet uncle to serve, and he has to eat whatever he eats. It's best to get out of the wilderness alive, it doesn't matter if you die, you can give him some protein.
As its name suggests, reserve grain.
The little guy didn't realize the fate of being raised as reserve grain at all, and still twitched his little nose, constantly sniffing the smell of Ye Xuan's body. Arctic foxes are very hardy and can even survive in temperatures as low as -50 degrees, but that's talking about adult healthy arctic foxes. This little guy is very thin and weak, there is no fat at all under the sparse fur, and it is estimated that he has eaten some berries and rhizomes these days, and has survived with difficulty.
The cold wind blew, and the little arctic fox couldn't help but shiver, as if he felt the temperature from Ye Xuan's body, and his small body kept twisting, wanting to get into Ye Xuan's warm jacket.
"You're going to enjoy it. Ye Xuan pulled the little guy out of his jacket and threw it into his backpack. The zipper of the backpack did not pull to death, leaving a gap to keep the air circulating. The backpack is not airtight and is closed, so it's fairly warm inside.
Seeing this scene, the audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help but complain.
"It's too rough, patriarch, can't you be gentle?"
"Well, this kid doesn't know his tragic fate yet. ”
"As it turned out, the patriarch was still the same patriarch. ”
"Leave it alone, it's just a child. ”
"Patriarch: Moe? In my eyes, the only thing is whether I can eat it or not. ”
"I bet on a plane, and I can't survive for three days in reserve food. ”
He was very hungry now, and this little guy didn't eat yet, so naturally he had to look for other food to satisfy his hunger.
Thinking of this, Ye Xuan put on his backpack, carefully extinguished the bonfire, and then held the torch and began to continue his journey.
Ten minutes later, the torch was finally extinguished. Ye Xuan could only take advantage of the blurred light and walk upside down.
As humans continue to evolve their brains and gradually move away from the wilderness, they have degraded many primitive abilities. Night vision is one of the most important capabilities.
After several live broadcasts, Ye Xuan has an inexplicable urgency for the ability of night vision.
Walking through the jungle with one foot deep and one foot shallow, Ye Xuan walked extremely hard. Instead, he wants this jungle to be full of snow. Because the snow at least reflects the light, allowing him to see his surroundings clearly.
After walking for more than two hours, the eastern horizon gradually brightened. Ye Xuan also stopped to rest at this time, and kept kneading his hands on his knees. In the past two hours, his knee had hit the dead wood three times, and the stone twice, and he didn't even have to look at it to know that his knees and calves must have been scarred.
The little arctic fox reserve lady was quiet all the way and seemed to fall asleep in his backpack. Taking out the kettle, Ye Xuan took a small sip of water. The cold water flowed down my throat and into my empty stomach, not to mention how uncomfortable it felt.
After resting for a while, Ye Xuan set off again. Along the way, he kept an eye out for anything to eat, but to his disappointment, not even a beetle could be found.
At this moment, Ye Xuan was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a large shrub in front of him. This bush grows lush and extremely dense. What made him happiest was that the branches and leaves of these shrubs were covered with many small purple fruits. This scene in front of me is very rare in the Alaskan Arctic Circle in winter.
Walking forward quickly, Ye Xuan came to the bush and looked at it carefully. Theoretically, the vast majority of berries can be eaten. But there are also a small number of toxins. For example, mistletoe, belladonna, Barbados lily, and so on.
So for the sake of insurance, Ye Xuan still seriously distinguished what kind of shrub this was.
Soon, Ye Xuan was pleasantly surprised to distinguish that this was an edible rabbit eye lingonberry. took off a dark purple rabbit eye lingonberry the size of a fingernail, put it in front of the live broadcast camera and said: "This is a rabbit eye lingonberry, one of the lingonberries." This berry is very similar in appearance to blueberries, but its nutritional value is higher than that of blueberries. Bilberry has a strong ability to withstand cold and likes to grow in this cold environment, and can even grow normally in low temperatures of minus 50 degrees, which is a specialty berry of Alaska. ”
After taking off a handful, Ye Xuan stuffed it all into his mouth. The fruit is very cold, but because of the high sugar content, the fruit is not frozen hard. When the teeth bite the skin of the fruit, the sweet juice and flesh burst open in the mouth. Ye Xuan said while chewing: "Rabbit eye bilberry contains a lot of sugar, and sugar is the main source of calories in the human body, I want to eat as much as possible." ”
At this time, the reserve lady in the backpack let out a whining sound, as if she smelled the fragrance of food. Ye Xuan reluctantly took the little guy out of his backpack, picked a handful of rabbit eye lingonberries and put them on the ground, and let it eat it slowly.
Sure enough, after seeing the food, the little guy immediately began to seriously deal with the rabbit-eye lingonberry in front of him, and devoured it very sweetly.
Lingonberry shrubs usually grow together in large patches, don't look at such a large clump of lingonberries in front of you, but in fact there are not many fruits. After all, there is a big difference between the yield of wild and artificial cultivation. Ye Xuan followed one end of the bush, picking and eating while eating, until he reached the other end of the shrub.
Don't look at the lack of lingonberries, but the sugar content is very high. Finally, Ye Xuan stopped with satisfaction and ate so many lingonberries, although he couldn't fill his stomach, it was enough for him to consume calories throughout the day.
Touching his stomach with satisfaction, Ye Xuan took the backpack and walked around to the other side of the lingonberry bush, ready to pick some more and take it away. Picking and picking, Ye Xuan suddenly found that in the lingonberry bushes in front of him, there was a rustling sound, and he could clearly see that the branches and leaves of the bushes were constantly swaying.
There are animals in it!
Looking at the movement of the bushes, the animals in them should not be large, probably small rodents such as snow rabbits. Thinking of this, Ye Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up. Although bilberry can supplement sugar, in the end, no matter how full, where is the protein!
Through the live broadcast footage, the audience also saw this scene, so they launched a barrage.
"Big brother don't run yet!"
"Run, the patriarch is here!"
"Another innocent life is about to die. ”
"2333, there's really a kind, the patriarch doesn't run away nearby!"
"Yes, big brother, I admire you!"
"Fancy gifting heads, what a colored pen!"
"Patriarch: Eat meat after eating fruit, balanced nutrition every day!"
"GodTM balances nutrition every day, and there are so many talents in the live broadcast room. ”
Ye Xuan swallowed his saliva, slowed his steps, and silently approached the bushes in front of him. At the same time, Ye Xuan's mind was focused on the rhythm of hunting, and once he found that the prey was trying to escape, it would be turned on as soon as possible.
The animals in the bushes seemed to be eating happily, and they didn't notice that Ye Xuan was slowly approaching. At this moment, Ye Xuan was already less than five meters away from the target shrub, and he could see a black figure through the gap between the branches and leaves.
Ye Xuan smiled, suddenly pushed aside the bushes, and then the whole person froze!