Chapter 052 Temperature Rising
The sky was cloudless, and in the rolling mountains, a tiny figure kept walking forward on the snow. Occasionally, a cold wind blew, and flying snowflakes fell on the figure's shoulders.
Bifang patted his shoulders, and the snow accumulated on his shoulders fell down. The weather was cold enough that even if the snowflakes fell on people's faces, they would not melt immediately, let alone on their clothes.
After walking in the snow forest for more than an hour, he felt a little exhausted.
Bifang stopped, looked at the sun, and squinted slightly.
From the beginning, he had a bad feeling in his heart, as if something big was going to happen.
There wasn't a single cloud in the sky, it was even a little dark, and the cold wind was obviously much weaker than yesterday. He was even sweating after walking for a while. Even though it was almost noon and the temperature had risen, wasn't this a bit exaggerated?
I hope nothing will happen...
Bifang prayed inwardly, unzipped his jacket to avoid sweating, and re-judged the direction.
Due to the lack of reference points, it is very easy to get lost in the snow forest and the desert, so you often need to stop and re-judge.
Otherwise, what you think is a straight line forward may actually be going in a circle, because a person's legs cannot the same length, so the person will turn to one side infinitely. If you keep your head down and move forward, it will only become a circle, a huge circle.
"The physical energy consumed by people in the snow is several times that of the same level on land. Not only is it difficult to travel, but there is also the loss of heat caused by the cold. Therefore, we must not waste our efforts and must ensure that we are moving in the right direction."
Bifang looked back at the mountain range. After walking for so long, its size had not changed at all. It was as if it had been there for millions of years, stretching across the sky and the earth, never changing.
It's really like running a dead horse over a mountain.
Bifang glanced at the increasingly dense larch forest, and his originally anxious heart began to leap for joy.
The forest was dense, and many leaves on the treetops were still there, not turning yellow, which proved that he was very close to the water source!
"In the forest, if the trees in a certain place sprout early or turn yellow late, it means that there is either groundwater or it is very close to a water source!"
Bifang ran quickly down the mountain, while pricking up his ears to listen carefully to see if there was any sound of flowing streams or waterfalls nearby.
After about a hundred or two hundred meters, he began to hear some additional sounds...
“Clatter.”
It's the current! It's just ahead!
Bifang's eyes were as bright as stars, and he walked forward with big strides. After only a few dozen meters, he saw a glacier!
【There really is a river! 】
[Oh my god, this is the boss? I'm trembling]
[I feel that Fang Shen is really awesome. He sticks to one direction and never wavers. He always finds what he wants.]
[This is called self-confidence. Without some skills, do you really think you can survive in the wilderness? It looks so fake when you force yourself to do it.]
【Lu Wentao: Stop reading my ID card! 】
Both sides of the glacier are gray rocks, with a layer of snow on the top and soaked in water underneath. After repeated melting and freezing during the day and night, a thick layer of ice has condensed. When you touch it with your hand, it is not only icy cold, but also extremely smooth.
The entire river flows from northeast to southwest and is only three or four meters wide, but Bifang estimated that the river should have a main trunk. If he could find it, he might be able to find a way out along the river like last time.
You should know that since the founding of the country, a large number of sleepers needed for railway construction have been produced in Daxing'anling. At the peak of production, three and a half out of every ten pieces of wood in the country were produced here.
It can be said that every family cannot live without Daxinganling.
The problem this brings is that after so many years of development, there are almost no virgin forest resources left in the Greater Khingan Range, except in places like Mohe, which are very close to the border.
Artificial forests and secondary forests are widely distributed, and there are many forest rangers, so this time following the river should be much easier than before.
[Damn, so many? They haven't been plucked out yet?]
[Oh my god, the Xing'an Mountains are so huge. ]
[I suddenly feel that humans are too much...]
Bifang walked along the river bank, paying attention to the situation in the river.
The bottom of the flowing river was not covered with mud and sand, but with rocks, which made his search difficult. This made Bifang a little anxious. He looked up at the sky again, hoping that his previous guess was wrong...
"Unlike mammals, amphibians and reptiles that are completely paralyzed in winter, fish do not hibernate in the true sense. They just reduce or even stop eating, and their breathing becomes weak. At this time, they usually hide in water plants or rock crevices."
"Although fish don't hibernate, they still become very 'sluggish'. If we don't have a fishing rod, we can make a spear. Even if we have no experience, we can easily stab the fish."
[It’s so cold, won’t the fish freeze to death? ]
[It's so funny, how is that possible? If you say that, then there are no fish in the Heilong River and the Yalu River? The temperature there must be minus 10 to 20 degrees Celsius every winter.]
"You don't have to worry about this. Fish contain special 'antifreeze glycoproteins' in their bodies. Even in sub-zero temperatures, their bodies won't freeze. We generally divide fish into three categories: cold-water, warm-water, and lukewarm. These three types of fish have different tolerances to different temperatures. For example, the grass carp and silver carp are lukewarm."
Bifang held the knife in one hand and sharpened one end of the long wooden stick he had picked up earlier with the other hand to make a simple spear.
It has to be said that humans are indeed animals that rely heavily on tools. No matter how sharp natural flint is, it is far less useful than a steel knife made by machine processing.
"Fish that can live in high-latitude areas are generally cold-water fish. They can withstand temperatures as low as -20°C, but cannot withstand temperatures as high as 20°C. They are common in my country's Heilong River and Yalu River, such as rainbow trout, sturgeon, black loach, and salmon. They are all cold-water fish."
【Awesome! I learned something new.】
【Little Sunflower Daddy has started class! 】
[I like watching Fang Shen’s live broadcast, not for anything else, just to learn something so that I can brag to others! ]
[The above post is amazing, it's exactly what I thought. Last time I went camping with my colleagues, I told them how to find a river, and they were all confused. I still can't forget the look in their eyes when they looked at me! ]
[Pete Bupi gave the anchor a spaceship*1. —Thumbs up for the anchor's knowledge! ]
[Yu Bujian gave the anchor a yacht*1. — I learned it, so I’m going to show off. No, I’m going to show off in front of others! ]
Bifang would smile knowingly while watching the lively live broadcast. One of his goals was to let everyone learn something besides the live broadcast.
"For flowing rivers like this, we can look for places with strong currents, such as bends. Fish will stay near eddies, especially in winter, because of the flow of the river, where the oxygen content is the highest, which is very suitable for 'sluggish' fish to breathe!"
Bifang followed the river and finally found a place where the river was steep. He stood on a rock and carefully looked at the riverbed.
Because it is at a corner, mud and sand have accumulated at the mouth of the river, providing a convenient hiding place for small fish and shrimps. The small fish and shrimps further attract big fish, so this is a great hunting spot!
If nothing goes wrong, we can eat fish this time!
