The dry red soil was a little hard, and it was very difficult to dig, and it took him more than ten minutes to dig a small pit seven or eight centimeters deep.

The rhizome of the prickly pear cactus is different from other species of cacti.

Its rhizome is very plump, and it looks like three thick turnips growing together, with many tiny roots linked to it.

Ye Xuan uprooted it, put it in front of the live broadcast camera, and said in amazement: "Have you seen it, viewers? This guy has a large amount of fresh water stored in his rhizome. ”

To be honest, it was the first time he had eaten the rhizome of a cactus, and after peeling off the skin like a radish with a dagger, pale green water droplets suddenly oozed, "Well, although I don't know the correct way to eat this thing, it shouldn't be a problem to eat it directly." ”

With that, Ye Xuan stepped forward and took a big bite.

After chewing a few bites, his whole body was suddenly stunned, and then his facial features involuntarily began to twist together, looking extremely happy.

Swallowing the rhizome in his mouth, it took him a while to regain his strength, and he said, "It tastes bitter and sour, and it has a strong grassy smell. The key is that there is a lot of juice, and when you bite into it, the sour and bitter juice will fill the entire mouth. When I first ate them, I felt the urge to spit them out, but when I chewed them, I felt very emotional. ”

Originally, the audience in the live broadcast room was still a little sympathetic to him, but when they heard the last sentence, they couldn't help laughing.

"I have to say that there is a lot of water in the rhizome, I estimate that 70% is water. ”

In this environment, any fresh water that can be drunk is very valuable.

After eating the rhizome of the prickly pear cactus, Ye Xuan patted the soil on his hands, stood up again, and continued to walk towards the north.

Ye Xuan didn't really want to go all the way to the northern port, that was not realistic at all, his current location was thousands of kilometers away from Darwin City, and it would take at least a month or two just by walking. About 200 kilometers north of his planned survival route, there is a small town, Dalivotes.

His goal was there.

The sun in the sky began to set in the west, but the temperature did not decrease at all. Here, even the lowest temperature at night will remain above 32 degrees Celsius.

Raising his head and looking at the position of the sun, Ye Xuan stopped, wiped his sweat and said, "It's about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, I'm going to start looking for a suitable shelter and then find a way to make a fire." ”

Seeing that the audience in the live broadcast room complained that it was still early, he explained: "I said before that you must learn to allocate time reasonably in the wilderness. Everything you do here, consumes more time and energy than you expected. It may seem like a long time to start a fire in this high humidity environment, which is 2 hours before it gets dark, and it often takes more than an hour, or even longer. ”

"Why did you make a fire?"

Walking through the wasteland, Ye Xuan began to look for a suitable shelter, answering the audience's questions from time to time, "You are right, there are indeed no large carnivores in Australia. Fires are not lit to ward off predators, but to repel pesky flies and mosquitoes. ”

"In order to eradicate wild rabbits, the Australian government bred a mosquito that carries the virus against hares. As a result, instead of solving the problem of hares, the mosquito began to proliferate. And there are a lot of flies in the wild, these flies are not afraid of people, if there is no bonfire at night to drive away mosquitoes and flies, don't even want to sleep peacefully. ”

Rushing during the day, he needs to keep his nerves tense to deal with the dangers that may occur at any time. If you don't get a night's rest, I'm afraid it will only take two or three days to suffer from a nervous breakdown.

Hearing him say this, the audience began to ridicule the barrage again.

"Hare: I'm not targeting anyone, I'm saying that people all over Australia are trash. ”

"Damn, the Australian government is so funny?"

"What's even funnier is that there is a law in Australia that you are not allowed to keep rabbits unless you can prove that you are a magician. ”

"Well, the show is still an Australian show. ”

"Laughing pee can almost drive a country crazy, hare is awesome. ”

"666, the brain circuit of the Australian government can fight with the young lady. ”

"It's so funny to prove that you're a magician. ”

"I'm dizzy when I show it. ”

Glancing at the barrage, Ye Xuan smiled and said, "Funny? Let me tell you, there are even more funny things." In the beginning, hares were only infested in the Northern Territory and the West, and the Australian government made a miraculous decision to build a fence to stop the hare from spreading to the southeast. After the fence was built, it was more than 3,000 kilometers long, and it was discovered that the fence was not of much use, because the hares could burrow and easily pass through the fence from the ground. ”

Later, in order to prevent dingoes from moving south and preying on cattle and sheep, the government expanded the fence, which is now more than 5,500 kilometers long, equivalent to the straight-line distance from London to New York. I'll just ask you, is it awesome?"

For a while, the live broadcast room was full of.

While speaking, Ye Xuan came to the foot of a strangely shaped tree. The whole tree is five or six meters tall, with a straight and thick trunk, and at the top of the trunk, there is a dense circle of branches and leaves, which looks very much like an open umbrella.

Patting the trunk of the tree, he explained to the live camera: "This is an umbrella tree, so it is named because of its similar shape to an umbrella." I'm going to spend the night under this tree tonight, but before I can do that, I need to check the ground. ”

Half-squatting on the ground, Ye Xuan carefully inspected the ground, and at the same time said: "If you really can't help it, if you want to sleep on the ground, it's best to check it first, because there is a big ant living here, called a bulldog ant, which is also a bull ant." Just by listening to the name, you should know that this guy is not easy to mess with, the bull ant is very large, generally 4 centimeters long, very irritable, and very strong bounce, able to jump on the back of insects, hunting. ”

"It's definitely not pleasant to be bitten by them. Moreover, the formic acid of bull ants can cause allergic reactions in most people. It's not fatal, but it's enough for you to drink a pot. ”

After carefully inspecting the circle under the tree, Ye Xuan clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It's not bad luck, there are no bull ants under the tree." Okay, I'm going to start collecting firewood and make a fire, and if I have enough time, I'll figure out how to settle dinner. ”

There were few trees, and it took him more than half an hour to gather enough firewood for the night.

Sitting under the tree, Ye Xuan picked out a bent wooden stick from the firewood pile and said, "Don't look at the sunny day today, the temperature is high, in fact, the humidity in the air is saturated, and the seemingly dry ignition is actually difficult to ignite by the debris." Of course, if you have a lighter or a match, then I didn't say anything. ”

"In such a high humidity environment, it is simply not practical to use drilled wood for fire or fire plough for fire, and I am afraid that it will take several hours to make a fire. The method of making fire that I am going to use today is called the bow drill method of making fire. This method is slightly more complicated than the previous two, but it is more efficient and suitable for use in humid environments. ”

Ye Xuan said, untied his shoelaces, and then tied them to a wooden stick to form a rudimentary bow, "First of all, use a wooden stick and rope to make a rudimentary bow. When in the wild, if you don't have a rope, you can use a shoelace instead, as I did. It is important to note that the rope should not be tied too tightly and not too loosely. If it's too tight, you won't be able to get stuck when you can drill wood, and if it's too loose, you won't be able to drill wood. ”