Chapter 68 Seeing Waves at the Confluence of Two Rivers
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With eyes looking six ways and ears listening in all directions, the heaven and earth were silent except for the whistling of the wind.
Along the way, Yun Buliu saw many animal footprints measuring several meters, or even more than ten meters in size. Those animal footprints have now become small ponds, with snowflakes fluttering gently on the water.
The monster that was vaguely seen that night, as huge as a mountain, was finally confirmed when he saw those big footprints.
Originally he thought he was unfortunate. No matter who it was, he would probably feel very unfortunate if he suddenly came to such a barbaric world for no apparent reason!
But now it seems that, fortunately among misfortunes, he was not transported to such a super giant beast. Even when he later came to the big lake where the giant beast might exist, the possible giant beast did not come out to scare him.
, allowing him to live peacefully for more than half a year.
Now he finally has some capital to survive in this deep mountain and old forest.
Although he has not yet climbed to the top of the food chain, he should be considered to be in the middle and upper reaches! As long as he does not encounter that kind of super beast, he will definitely have no problem surviving.
After learning to leap on tree branches, his speed increased rapidly. In just one day, he reached the edge of the wildfire.
Looking at the dark forest in front of him and breathing in the strong burning smell in the air, Yun Buliu stopped jumping on the branches for fear of accidentally stepping on the branches and falling from the top.
The dark mountain forest could not be seen to the edge at a glance. He did not know how long the mountain fire had been burning this time. It was at least three days.
How far a wildfire can burn in three days depends entirely on how strong the wind is at that time.
He looked at the edge of the dark forest for a while before he came to the river.
The amount of water in the river has not decreased, and there is no black ash floating around. Instead, there are traces of water carrying black ash flowing toward the river on the river bank. They look like snakes, which is a bit shocking.
On the other side of the river, there is also a dark mountain forest that has been burned by the fire. It can be seen that this river has not been able to stop the raging pace of the wildfire.
He sighed secretly, took off the bags on his shoulders, took out the things in the bamboo basket one by one, and then used the bamboo basket to catch fish by the river for dinner.
Along the way, he didn't dare to stray too far from the big river, for fear of getting lost in the mountains and forests and unable to find a source of water, so he naturally took a lot of detours.
But at the end of the day, he probably ran hundreds of miles!
Of course, this refers to the straight-line distance. If the detours are also included, it would be two or three times more. Who told this big river to always go around?
At night, the light snow still continued, and the temperature became even colder.
Yun Buliu lit a large fire and quickly dug a simple tree hole at the bottom of a giant sky-supporting tree next to the fire that had a burnt surface.
With the sharpness of the tiger's teeth and his strong strength, digging tree holes has become easier.
Then he wrapped his whole body in the skin of the big black tiger and lay down in the tree hole.
The little milk tiger lay down by the campfire for a while, and seemed to feel a little cold, so he braved the courage to crawl into the tree hole and nestled at his feet.
The little fur ball was also on the tree as an owl sentry, but when he saw the little milk tiger running into the tree hole, he jumped down from the tree, jumped into the tree hole, and lay down next to Yun Buliu's head.
Seeing this, Yun Buliu simply opened the big black tiger's skin and let the little milk tiger crawl in.
Although there is still a trace of the smell of the big black tiger on the tiger skin, the little milk tiger is not afraid. He has even eaten its meat, how can he be afraid of a tiger skin?
At this time, one person and two animals seemed to have a sense of dependence on each other.
Outside the tree hole, the world seemed to be quieter. Only the whistling of the night wind, the whirring of the bonfire, and the occasional crackling sound from the bonfire could be heard.
There were no wild beasts in the mountains, and Yun Buliu slept soundly that night.
In fact, even if there are ferocious beasts, little tigers and little furballs around, he can still sleep soundly. Their alertness and sense of danger are much sharper than his.
At the slightest sign of disturbance, the little tiger will prick up its ears.
In this way, Yun Buliu followed this big river and headed west.
He did not continue jumping on the trees, but walked on the ground along the river. This walk lasted seven days, covering a straight line distance of more than two hundred miles.
These are all his own estimates, which are actually not accurate.
However, the mountains and forests on both sides of the river were still dark. This made Yun Buliu secretly sigh, how much area did this mountain fire burn?
This is still an east-west direction, but what about a north-south direction?
On the afternoon of the seventh day, the sun finally appeared in the sky. There had been light snowfall for the first three days. On the fourth day, the air became gray again, making people feel uncomfortable all over.
On the eighth day, the weather finally became clear again, which made people feel refreshed.
Although the mountain forest still looks mainly black.
On the afternoon of the fifteenth day, he finally saw a mountain forest of yellow and green from a distance.
The dark mountain forest finally ends here.
He cheered, picked up the little milk tiger and the little fur ball, and ran wildly in that direction.
Finally, half an hour later, he was blocked by a large river. It was a large river running from south to north. The river at the intersection of the two rivers was quite wide, estimated to be two or three miles.
After the two rivers met here, they roared towards the north.
On the other side of the river running from south to north, the wildfire did not spread.
If it weren't for the obstruction of the river, it would have been the previous heavy rain that extinguished the fire that had just burned here.
Faced with this situation, Yun Buliu couldn't help but sigh. From the starting point to here, the straight-line distance is estimated to be thousands of miles, but there is still no sign of human habitation.
Yun Buliu, along with Little Furball and Little Milk Tiger, looked at the river and sighed. Then he regained his composure and prepared to find a place to camp at the intersection of the two rivers.
Of course, it is best to stay away from the river.
Although there are no wild animals in the mountain forests that have been burned by wildfires, there are no shortage of giant pythons and predators in the rivers.
Along the way, he has seen many such giant beasts.
Just when he was thinking this, the little milk tiger suddenly lay down and whined lowly.
Yun Buliu raised his head and looked towards the river. There was no movement on the river, so he looked along the river and found a figure moving in the woods on the other side of the river.
Seeing these figures, Yun Buliu couldn't help but be stunned, and then cried with joy.
It’s so hard to finally meet someone!
He laughed excitedly, waved at those figures, and cheered.
The figures in the woods on the other side of the river also saw him, hurried out of the woods, waved to him, and shouted something, but Yun Buliu couldn't understand it.
But at this moment, a wave peak suddenly rose up in the center of the intersection of the two rivers, as if something from below was rising up against the wave.
The figure of the little fur ball has disappeared, and the little milk tiger purred twice and ran away with its tail between its legs.
Yun Buliu was still a little confused, but the next moment, he turned around and ran away.
The things at the bottom of the river were about to scare him!