Chapter 53 Desperate
The wind and snow were still blowing the earth covered by snow, and Li Ke was still hit by the wind and snow. But he was not as relaxed as before. In order to ensure that the woman he was taken over was not dead here, he had to divide his life force into part, so that the other party's breathing would return to normal, and also wrapped his cloak on the other party's body.
The price is that his body temperature began to drop and his abundant physical strength slowly disappeared. Fortunately, since he knew where this place was, after walking around for several times, Li Ke found the cave that Udir had taken him to before. Unfortunately, all the little wolves disappeared, and I don’t know if they could survive the wind and snow. However, the nest they made was still there, and there were still a few trees that were not frozen around the door.
"take a break……"
After matting the straw and putting Cherna on the haystack, Li Ke sat on the ground and felt tired for a long time. He hadn't eaten for a long time and had only eaten a few bites of snow, he knew that he could not continue like this. So after taking a few breaths, he carried his two-handed sword on his back and walked to the front of the cave, spread the snow under the tree, and picked up the dead branches and leaves on the ground. Then when he felt that it was almost the same, he carefully selected it, waved his two-handed sword and cut off several thick branches.
The two-handed sword is obviously not suitable for this kind of work, but fortunately, the trees have already taken the initiative to dry up at this time, waiting for the spring to recover again. It is not as difficult as he thought to cut it down.
Dragging the thick tree trunk back into the cave and chopping it into pieces of firewood bit by bit, Li Ke piled up the dead branches and leaves he picked up, took out the tool bag he found from the warrior, and took out the flint from it. But this kind of thing was obviously a fresh thing for Li Ke. Even though he later realized that he took some dry hay to act as ignition, he finally had to give up the flint that he didn't know how to use at all, tore off a strip of cloth from his clothes, and then rubbed it into a rope.
Li Ke has read the books about survival in the wild, so he still knows how to get fire. However, he never expected that when he knew the method, it was too difficult for humans to make fire in the wild to make it desperate. His hands were rubbed out of water, and the wooden stick he rubbed barely lit up cigarettes, and the bright red flames appeared. Then, as he roared with surprise...
Extinguished.
For a moment, he wanted to throw out the wooden stick in his hand, but reason still made him stop venting his anger and learned the lesson. He successfully lit the fire when he rubbed the wooden stick out of cigarettes for the second time.
"I know why there are two professions such as Fire Watcher and Fire Guardian. It is really difficult to ignite with this primitive method."
Looking at the small fire burning and smoke constantly, Li Ke carefully placed the chopped firewood below. Then when they were burning, the rookie suddenly realized that there was a fire pit. He had to quickly move some stones to surround his own fire. He didn't know what it was for, nor could he remember it. But whether it was a movie or TV series, games, or people he saw did this, so he had to do it.
So because of his actions, when he finally burned the first pot of snow into boiling water, Cherna, who was moved by him to the fire, suddenly coughed up a few times, and then woke up from his coma. Li Ke, who was also thirsty, looked at her, looked at the small pot with only enough water for one person in his hand, sighed helplessly, poured the boiling water into a horn cup, and handed it to Cherna.
"The water is very hot, it just boils. I suggest you wait a while before drinking it."
He handed the warm horn cup to the woman he had seen only a few times and had seen on the battlefield. Li Ke took the pot and walked out again, preparing to boil some water for himself. But the weak Cherna still called him and looked at Li Ke's strong back in confusion.
"Why should I save me?"
But Li Ke didn't even look back, just put the snow into the small pot on his own, but he still answered Cherna's question.
"My chest muscles are big and I can't have the function of breastfeeding."
Cherna obviously didn't believe this answer, but she still couldn't think of why Li Ke saved her, so she still wanted to ask clearly what it was for.
"But……"
But just as she wanted to speak, her daughter who was sleeping soundly beside her woke up because her little hands couldn't find her mother. She cried loudly, forcing her to stop her doubts and carefully stroked her daughter's forehead with the other hand, which allowed her daughter to sleep again. At this time, Li Ke also brought back a pot of snow and started boiling water for herself. As for eating ice to quench her thirst, Li Ke never thought about it. It was understandable to do this when she was full of energy. Doing this under extreme conditions would undoubtedly be a death.
“There will be no answer to this kind of question.”
Li Ke looked at the small firewood, because if he looked at it, the pile of firewood was obviously not enough to last this night, and the tree at the door was not enough for them to burn for too long. So it was indeed imminent to find new fuel. And the food was also the same. The bag of beans that Cherna mentioned, Li Ke looked at, not only one handful, but also all kinds of things. Li Ke even saw a few potatoes that were too small, and some root pieces he didn't know. It was obvious that they didn't even have enough food for one person, let alone providing for two adults and two children.
"So instead of worrying about this, you might as well tell me where there is a reliable hunting ground nearby. I can go out to hunt and will not starve to death here."
Looking at Cherna, who still had a look of "I shouldn't have survived", Li Ke pointed to her two daughters, silencing the former mother-in-law.
"There are no prey nearby now. There is already a shortage of prey here, and this year everyone is desperately plundering the food here, so..."
Li Ke tilted his head.
"so?"
"No more, the last prey was also snatched away by other tribes last week. All that remains in this jungle is death. Otherwise, I wouldn't turn to our allies and ruin our tribe's last chances..."
When Cherna said this, her eyes turned red, and her tears were handed to the horn cup in her hand, causing ripples in the water cup.
Li Ke was also stunned by such desperate information, but he laughed immediately.
"It seems that we can only eat bark, maybe it's a little worse?"
"you……"
Cherna stopped crying because of Li Ke's words, but when she raised her head, she saw Li Ke's serious face.
Chapter completed!