Chapter 830: Pointed Building
The moonlight is brilliant.
Compared to yesterday, today's moon is bigger and rounder, and it is located above the wilderness, so there is no visibility problem at all.
"Is it mid-month?"
Bifang, with ostrich feathers draped over his shoulders, looked up at the full moon in the sky and calculated the time .
The full moon of each month is on the 15th or 16th of each lunar month. It is very easy to calculate the Gregorian calendar based on this. If you check it with your memory, you can get the exact time.
Dozens of days and nights passed, and they saw grasslands and canyons, but finally returned to the desert. At first glance, the surrounding environment had hardly changed. Sometimes even Bifang himself could not accurately determine the date.
"We set out on June 3rd, and there were still seventy-seven days left. Now it is August 3rd, and we still have sixteen days left, half a month."
“More than enough.”
At the current speed, it will take less than ten days to reach the west bank of the Nile and see the pyramids we have been longing for. At that time, the entire journey will be officially over.
【It’s about to end! 】
[Speaking of which, this should be Fang Shen’s longest live broadcast. It has been more than three months now, which can be regarded as a live broadcast miracle.]
【End of the Sprinkling】
Over one hundred days of uninterrupted live broadcast.
From the South Pacific to the North Sahara, it spans almost the entire earth and several time zones. Both in terms of content and span, it can be said to be the best live broadcast.
Bifang’s cover poster has also been hanging on the Langya homepage for several months. On the poster of half blue sea and half yellow sand, he starts by riding a boat and then a camel, and now he is almost walking to the right end of the half yellow sand.
【When is the next live broadcast? 】
[It feels like it’s getting easier for Lao Fang to cross the wilderness now]
[The God of War in the Wilderness belongs to]
【We want to see rivers of blood! 】
"There is no bloodshed. We are broadcasting live in a civilized manner."
Bifang cut a piece from the cactus plant with a knife, peeled off the skin, and put it directly into his mouth to chew without cooking.
The strong plant fragrance bursts in the mouth with a hint of bitterness. The excessively rich juice makes it taste not bad, but rather gives the illusion of eating a weird-tasting cucumber.
This is the advantage of succulents. Even if they don’t taste very good, their rich texture can bring great satisfaction, especially when surviving in the wilderness.
Thanks to its hunting skills, Bifang will not be so hungry that it feels dizzy, but the supplies are not abundant enough for it to have a full meal every time, so it will still go hungry occasionally.
Bifang has a natural "taste compensation" mechanism for large quantities of food that can fill him up. That is, other people may not feel that the food tastes very good, but he will feel that it is a rare delicacy.
"When eating cactus, it is best to choose tender slices with bright green color. Such cacti have few thorns, which are easier to clean and taste very fresh."
"Young slices between 15 and 35 days old are the most suitable, and a cactus about the size of a palm is enough."
"Cactus not only tastes good, but is also very nutritious. Eating a piece of cactus every day can eliminate excess cholesterol, fat, etc. in our body, and has the effect of promoting blood circulation, clearing away heat and detoxifying, and promoting our body's metabolism. In other words, it can help lose weight."
[Losing weight? I won’t be sleepy if you talk about this]
[I have decided to eat a cactus every day from now on]
[Losing weight is so damn hard]
[After traveling through time for so long, Old Fang has lost weight. Someone, give my 20 pounds of fat to Fang Shen! To replenish his body.]
【Twenty pounds? Are you kidding me? If the foreigners next door see me, they will think I can’t afford to eat and gain weight. What do you mean everyone is the same? This little bit is not enough for anyone. Another twenty pounds. Twenty pounds per person, take it away, take the scale away, you are so stupid.】
[America deducts 10 points! ]
The palm-sized succulent has its phloem removed, leaving behind a crisp and plump fleshy layer that is as green as spring water, with a hint of coolness.
Bifang took a bite and his mouth was full of frost.
"Hiss, it's a bit cold."
After swallowing the leaves, Bifang shuddered, and the ostrich feathers on his shoulders swayed slightly.
If you eat cactus during the day, it will certainly be refreshing and thirst-quenching, but now it is midnight and the temperature has dropped below zero.
"I almost forgot. It is certainly a joy to encounter cactus in the desert. It can be used as food and to replenish water. However, it is a cold food. Most people can eat it, but people with weak spleen and stomach should eat less. Also, if you can eat it, you must eat it in moderation. Eating too much can easily cause diarrhea."
"Diarrhea is not a big deal in normal times. You just need to go to the toilet more often, drink some hot water, and take some medicine. But it is very deadly in wilderness survival. You may become dehydrated and lose a lot of heat. In serious cases, you may freeze to death that night."
Bifang was confident in his physical condition, so he took three or four tablets before stopping.
Alpha on the side was chewing with big mouthfuls.
It had been eyeing this succulent plant since noon, but unfortunately, Bifang had to do some testing, so it was not allowed to eat it.
The audience was surprised to see that Alpha also ate the cactus and didn't care about the thorns on the cactus at all.
[By the way, if poisonous plants are found late, will animals also be poisoned? ]
【Ruthless Iron Mouth】
[I don’t think I’ve ever seen an animal being poisoned.]
"Camels are not afraid of cactus thorns. Both sides of their big mouths are covered with serrated flesh thorns, which play the role of cutting and grinding cactus thorns. Chewing cactus with these thorns is like massaging. Cactus cannot pierce camels or cause harm at all."
"Plus, the sensory nerves in its mouth are not very sensitive, and the only soft thing it has, the tongue, becomes flat when it swallows the cactus."
"It eats cactus, which is no different from humans eating apples. Not only is it not difficult, but it is also a pleasure."
Alpha was biting the cactus, and Bifang stepped forward and chopped it off with a knife, cutting the connection to make it easier for him to eat.
"As for poisonous plants, animals and humans will have the same reaction when they eat them, there is no difference."
"The reason why we rarely see animals dying from eating poisonous plants is because they are naturally vigilant."
"Wild animals have strong survival skills. They are not greenhouse flowers that have never seen the world. They will be wary of plants that are not in their diet and will not take the initiative to eat unfamiliar plants."
"This is similar to what I said about finding water sources. Not all animals have the ability to find water sources. They don't die of thirst because they live in a fixed range and have known where the water sources are from generation to generation. The same is true for eating food."
"It's just that there are many plants in nature that look very similar, and some animals may mistakenly eat them, and they will have the same reaction after eating them."
"There was an experiment where they threw a piece of fruit on the road to see how the monkeys would react."
"The fruit is not the type that grows locally. The monkeys were curious when they saw it, but they didn't dare to touch it. Until one monkey couldn't help but taste it, but after taking a bite, he decisively threw the apple away and ran away."
"After a while, seeing that nothing was happening, it ran over again, took two bites this time, and then put it down. This is how monkeys avoid being poisoned, and it's similar for many other animals."
"There are some animals that can eat small amounts of these mushrooms and be fine, such as some special squirrels, because they have evolved ways to deal with them."
[Hahaha, isn’t this similar to Fang Shen?]
[I understand, Fangshen = monkey]
[It's different. Fang Shen is much more cunning than the monkey. He has six steps of testing, while the monkey only has two steps.]
[Is this the evolution of human beings? Love it.]
After eating the food and replenishing his energy, Bifang exercised on the spot for a while to warm up, and then began to build a shelter for the night.
Survival in the wilderness is a long and arduous task, and there are many things that need to be prepared, among which building a shelter can be regarded as the top priority.
Bifang will not be careless every time, a good sleep is so important.
A shelter is not only a place to rest at night and relieve fatigue, but also a haven to adjust your mindset and relax tense emotions. Being in the wilderness with or without a shelter are two completely different situations.
Having a comfortable and safe shelter can relieve tension to the greatest extent and better utilize wisdom and abilities to overcome difficulties.
On the contrary, the situation is not optimistic if no shelter is built. People will be exhausted during the day and panic at night.
Therefore, building a good shelter can be said to be the key to successful survival in the wilderness.
First of all, we should check the surrounding environment. Bifang did not choose to build it in an oasis because there are too many insects there.
"There are so many mosquitoes near the water, and all kinds of small bugs, especially at night, you feel like you're inhaling a lot of bugs with every breath you take."
"The mosquitoes in the wild are much more poisonous than you think. If you are in the rain forest, it will be even more dangerous. There is a risk of malaria. As for scorpions and the like, I won't talk about them. I ate a lot of them along the way."
“Today we are still digging a dirt hole, but there are many more plants nearby, which we can use to build a simple shed roof.”
“Simplicity is success.”
“Never dream of building a perfect shelter that is practical, beautiful, and labor-saving, just like what is described in books, because that is a delusion.”
"Think about it, when you are alone in the wilderness, it may take several hours to find a suitable place to camp and make a fire. It gets dark early in the woods, and your physical strength has been almost consumed by half. How can you think about beauty? At this time, your only choice is to keep it as simple as possible."
"To put it bluntly, having a ready-made kennel is great because it saves you a lot of time. The saved energy can keep you safe, help you find food, and so on."
[I don’t believe it]
[I have reason to suspect that Fang Shen has forgotten the wooden house he built before]
[Do you want to listen to what you are saying?]
"That was a survival mission, which is different from my current crossing mission." Bifang picked up a dead branch and smiled, "Besides, I've already said that if you really end up in the wilderness, don't think about learning from me 100%."
“You can learn survival ideas and simple skills.”
"For example, how to identify directions, find food, and build traps, these can all be learned, but for skills like hunting with a spear or a bow and arrow, you can't get started right away without a certain level of practice."
"Similarly, I have not only built wooden houses, but also dug simple earth pits. The former is a high-end advanced method, and the latter is something that ordinary people can learn."
"If you can copy others' advice, copy them. Don't act on your own in the wilderness. I'm a bit boastful, but I can be called a survival master now. All my suggestions are based on my own experience."
"Following my method can save your physical and mental energy to the greatest extent, and retain energy for your future actions."
“Avoid blind confidence and random creation. Many people always think they will be very powerful when they are in a trap, but the actual performance will be much more embarrassing than you think.”
"Blindly pursuing high-end things not only wastes your energy, but the most serious consequence is that you are likely to hurt yourself. When you are alone in the wild, it is difficult to get enough water. Once you get hurt, your body and mind will collapse one after another. At that time, tragedy may occur."
[Fang Shen: Those who learn from me will live, those who imitate me will die]
[In a word, you are all scum, don't think about playing awesome, dig holes when you should dig holes, hide when you should hide]
【The truth】
[I am the tragedy that will happen, woooooooooo]
He quickly dug a hole with a stone shovel, covered it with branches, and then dug a small fire pit next to it, and started a bonfire with the remaining sparks from yesterday.
Close the live broadcast.
Bifang felt the warmth of the fire and soon fell asleep in the darkness.
The next morning, Bifang woke up and saw Alpha still eating. He didn't know whether it had slept last night or had eaten all day.
In the ten days before encountering the oasis today, Alpha had not received any effective supplies, causing its hump to become drier day by day.
Bifang riding on it even felt a pain in his butt.
This giant beast, weighing more than half a ton, suffered a lot during the time it followed Bifang.
Bifang sometimes feels embarrassed.
There is no other way around it. Just eat enough and save some. You only need one pound a day.
If it is replaced with Alpha, it may reach 30 kilograms!
Even if you are not hungry, you should normally weigh more than ten kilograms.
This is a complete food black hole. No matter how much supplies you have, it is not enough to fill it.
Fortunately, this trip to the oasis is almost over.
In the next few days, Bifang sped up his pace and quickly completed the entire ancient trade route at the speed of almost one oasis every two days.
Every time Alpha passed an oasis, he would get a half-day window for supplies, and finally he could inflate his deflated hump again.
The relationship between Alpha and Bifang also became much closer.
Animals are far purer than humans, and their friendship can be earned as long as they are well fed and watered.
Thanks to the abundant supplies, even though Bifang was given half a day for replenishment each time, his marching speed did not slow down but became much faster.
Every time Alpha was taken away, he not only did not resist, but was very excited.
It can't wait to get to the next oasis and try some fresh plants.
They are even more picky and only eat some tender leaves.
Finally, on the ninth day, Bifang saw a sharp-edged building somewhere high up.
