Around 3:30, everyone gathered at the foot of the mountain. Everyone's pockets were filled with wild vegetables, and their hands were full of wild vegetables. Only Zhou Chen had nothing in his pockets.
Zhou Chen quickly opened his backpack. The wild vegetables in the bag were no less than theirs. He said, "Put them all in so that you can free your hands."
After all the wild vegetables were put into the backpack, Yang Ling looked at the sky and said, "In case there are any scams on the mountain, we still need to walk a little into the woods. In case it rains at night, let's find a relatively dry place to set up camp. .”
Everyone walked southward, towards the depths of the forest, stopping and picking up some dry firewood, planning to make a fire at night.
The forest air after the rain is very fresh, and breathing in the air has an addictive feeling. Walking through this dense forest, the trees around you are tightly connected, like big umbrellas, holding up patches of greenery.
But there are gaps between umbrellas. Umbrellas are also made up of leaves, and there are still gaps between leaves. The raindrops that had been attached to the umbrella after the rain slowly slid to the ground along these gaps.
The water droplets constantly falling from the leaves hit the ground one after another, resulting in many small puddles on the ground. You are afraid of accidentally stepping into them while walking. But the most annoying thing is that these puddles prevent them from setting up camp and can only keep moving forward.
Everyone picked up a lot of dry firewood along the way, but they couldn't find a suitable place to stay. Although it was cloudy at the moment, everyone could feel that it was almost evening, but they had to move forward to find a place to stay.
The sky gradually darkened, and the seven people also found a dry place at this time. A big tree in the center was cut down. It can be seen from the annual rings on the tree stump that this tree is quite old. .
The trees were cut down, but you can still see the sky when you look up. The sky is covered with dark clouds, but you can see a few stars shining brightly. No matter what the weather is, these stars seem to be shining all the time.
There is no protection from the thick leaves, but the ground is extremely dry, and so are the surrounding trees. There are no traces of water droplets on the leaves, as if someone deliberately caused the dryness here.
The seven people came here and took a look around, and Ye Ning said: "Come on, there is a trap here. I don't believe that Captain Guan has any good intentions."
Zhou Chen waved his hands and blew gusts of wind into the dry land. The dust on the ground rose with the wind, like small sandstorms. It may be because of the darkness of the night, but nothing unusual was found.
Without thinking, Ma Jiao walked forward, sat on the tree stump, and complained repeatedly: "Looking like this, there is nothing to do. I guess it rained this time, so we specially set aside such a piece of land." Yes, how could Captain Guan be so cruel?"
Ye Ning shook his head and said, "I don't think so. I feel that every training this year is more focused on testing our sense of crisis, or teaching us some survival skills."
Zhou Chen also nodded and said: "First, we were taught to be wary of betrayal from the people around us, and then we were taught that we will definitely encounter bullying in the future. Moreover, we were sent to the cave unknowingly, Maybe the food was drugged, and I don’t know what to do now.”
"Whatever, it seems to be fine at the moment. If there is a problem, it will probably be at night. Why don't we get something to eat first to cushion our stomachs so that we can deal with emergencies at night, don't you think so, Ye Ning." Ma Jiao. Looking at Ye Ning, a strange smile emerged.
Ye Ning also understood what Ma Jiao meant, shrugged and said, "Okay, then Zhou Chen, give me the bag, and I'll cook you a pot of vegetable soup with wild vegetables to try."
"Yo? Can't you tell, you can also cook?" Yang Ling asked incredulously.
"Of course. When Ye Ning lived in my house before, he cooked and the dishes he cooked were always delicious." Ma Jiao answered first.
"I also want to say that I, as a cook, have shown my talents, but since you are the first to ask for a job, then I will be embarrassed and lie down." Yang Ling smiled and said.
"I can do it, but it doesn't taste good. Come on, I'll light the fire, and everyone give me the firewood." Zhou Chen said, handing the backpack to Ye Ning.
"The two of us are the same. We can cook but we may not necessarily be able to get this kind of ingredients, so we have to work hard for you. Let me shine a light on you." Wang Shuwei and Dong Qi stood aside and said, then raised their hands. , shining brightly in this darkness.
"Ah, am I the only one who doesn't know anything?" Zhang Yutong whispered silently, standing aside blankly, looking out of place with them. Yang Ling seemed to notice that she was out of place, and turned around and walked to her side to accompany her.
"Hey," Ye Ning suddenly said, "We don't seem to have a pot, so why don't we get some barbecue? Although it may not be a good roast, let's just make do with it."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Let me help with the barbecue." Yang Ling patted Zhang Yutong's shoulder and left without even saying a few words.
With a "whoosh" sound, the fire lit up. Zhou Chen drilled wood to make fire. At the same time, he used his wind energy to blow in oxygen and successfully ignited the fire: "Come on, let's bake it with natural fire. Save some power. I'll do it tonight." I also felt like something was going to happen.”
"Hey~ Is it so simple to drill wood to make fire? As I said before in our textbook, don't you have to pull strings, press rocks and so on? Even if I use them all, I may not be able to drill fire." Dong Qi looked at it asked in confusion.
"I have a wind attribute, stupid." As he said this, Wang Shuwei patted Dong Qi on the head, and the two of them laughed stupidly. Zhou Chen also smiled and said nothing. Making fire by drilling wood is not as simple as in the book. He had been practicing it for a long time.
Everyone sat around the fire. Ye Ning and Yang Ling used some water from the kettle to wash their hands. They held the wild vegetables in their hands and put them into the fire to roast. After all, ordinary flames could not do anything to them, let alone What's more, there are no bamboo sticks now, so I have to do it myself.
Soon, the two roasted half of the wild vegetables they dug. Although they dug a lot, they still had to save some for tomorrow morning, and everyone was only seven-tenths full.
After eating seven minutes full and drinking some water, Yang Ling said: "Then, let's take a rest early. I don't know how to drill wood to make fire. Zhou Chen will trouble you. We have gathered enough firewood. Let's light a fire in these four directions."
"To be on the safe side, let's sleep separately. You two young lovers sleep on one side, Zhang Yutong and I sleep on the other side, and you three boys can take care of the remaining three directions."
"Since something might happen tonight, let me stand guard for the first half of the night, and Ye Ning for the second half of the night. When I get too sleepy, you get up." He said, looking at Ye Ning provocatively.
Yang Ling placed his backpack on the tree stump in the middle, took out his sleeping bags and distributed them to everyone, and spread his own sleeping bag next to Zhang Yutong. Beside the fire in all directions, everyone lay in sleeping bags and fell asleep peacefully. Yang Ling leaned on the tree stump and sat next to Zhang Yutong.
Zhang Yutong stared at Shui Lingling, smiled at Yang Ling, and said happily: "Sister Yang Ling, thank you for your concern."
Yang Ling touched her head and said in a personal voice: "Go to sleep."
Zhang Yutong and Yang Yun have very different personalities and have nothing to do with each other. Yang Ling's concern for her was not only the captain's concern for the team members, but also the yearning for his sister. Even though they were two completely different people, Yang Ling wanted to care about her from the bottom of her heart.
It was late at night, and darkness enveloped the entire forest. Looking down, there was a group of firelights every few kilometers to dispel the darkness and protect the sleeping people.
Yang Ling went around and around, adding dry wood to the four fires to make them burn brighter. Every time she added something, she would raise her head and stare ahead, paying attention to every move in the darkness. She always felt like she couldn't feel at ease unless something happened.
Ye Ning and Ma Jiao slept together because Ye Ning had to stand guard in the middle of the night. Zhou Chen also said that he was a very light sleeper, so he chose to sleep with Ma Jiao, who was sleeping deeply, so that the sound of getting up would not wake up those around him. people.
Yang Ling walked to the fire beside Ye Ning. The flames here gradually weakened. Yang Ling added some dry wood to make the fire burn brighter. Suddenly hearing a rustling sound from behind, Yang Ling immediately turned around subconsciously.
It was a false alarm, but it turned out that Ye Ning crawled out of the sleeping bag. Ye Ning rubbed his groggy eyes and yawned while saying, "I'm awake. Go to sleep. I'll take my shift."
Yang Ling looked at Ye Ning, rolled her eyes, and asked in a low voice: "Are you awake? You're pretending to be so. I don't believe you wanted to crawl out of bed as soon as you woke up."
Ye Ning did not fall asleep. At first, he wanted to fall asleep quickly so that he could regain his energy and stand guard in the latter half of the night. But there was an inexplicable pressure in my heart. I tossed and turned in my sleeping bag, but couldn't fall asleep.
Since he couldn't sleep, he wanted to crawl out and chat with Yang Ling for a while, but he was afraid that the sound of chatting would wake up other people. This tangled mentality made him even more unable to sleep. After struggling for about an hour, Ye Ning decided that he couldn't sleep anyway, so he might as well just stand guard.
Ye Ning shrugged helplessly and said, "Well, I don't know why I just can't sleep. Why don't you go to sleep and I'll stand guard."
"Okay, I'm eager to go to bed." Yang Ling walked over and patted Ye Ning's shoulder, smiled slightly, and her tone suddenly became cheerful: "Then, I'll leave it to you~ Thank you for your hard work!"
"It's okay, you can sleep. I'll be fine." Ye Ning did not watch Yang Ling leave. Although he was using a sleeping bag, he felt it was rude to watch a girl sleeping. Instead, he lowered his head and filled the fire with firewood.
Yang Ling walked to the sleeping bag and squatted down to get into the sleeping bag, but she saw the trees in front of her swaying slightly, and there seemed to be a few snakes squirming on the trees.
