Survive in the beast world

Chapter 46

Feeling the scalding temperature on the white tiger's body and the fact that it was almost unconscious, Li Shizhen was shocked, and immediately got up to relight the bonfire.

He couldn't help but secretly blamed himself for his carelessness, the white tiger was injured only yesterday, and the cave was damp, and he ate so much bear meat last night, so it was already in good health if it just burned up.

Worried Li Shizhen thought again when the white tiger was overworked in the jungle, whether he had fallen to the root cause of the disease at that time, or was infected by something bad recently. Under such backward conditions, there is no way to check. There is no way to judge, it feels too bad to have to rely on the big cat to carry it by itself.

With the light of the fire, Li Shizhen checked the physical condition of the big cat again. It was indeed a fever. After thinking about how humans should deal with it, Li Shizhen dug out the bear skin that had just been peeled off and hadn't been cleaned in time, and spread it on the ground. After finally pushing the white tiger up, Li Shizhen was so tired that he was sweating profusely. It happened that the black bear was a circle bigger than it, and half of it was covered and half of it was padded.

The bonfire finally became warmer. Li Shizhen moved the bonfire a little closer, but he didn't dare to put it too close because he was afraid that it would accidentally burn him when he fell asleep.

Li Shizhen carefully took out the bamboo tube on his body to feed it some water, but it was a bit difficult. This white tiger sleeps on its side, how to feed it, he has no experience in feeding such a large animal.

In desperation, he dug out a bamboo tube, cut through both ends and prepared to use it for feeding water, otherwise the white tiger's mouth is so big, it is estimated that he would leak from the other side while feeding.

He gently pushed the white tiger's head, it was really hot, and patted some water on its forehead to cool it down.

It seemed that he was a little comfortable by the coolness, Dabai let out a soft "woo", his eyelids trembled but did not open, his voice was weak like a kitten, and he was not as energetic as usual. It's a sick cat.

It was the first time Li Shizhen saw this white tiger so weak and helpless, it was injured, had a high fever and fell into a coma.

Sighing, he patted the water on its armpit and checked its paws. The swelling has subsided a bit. It seems that the trauma is really not a big problem. The trouble is how to heal the injury and replenish water. That's for sure, but will there be any problems with cold water? Forget it, it's better to heat it up a little and drink it, so he set up the pot again to boil the water.

If this kind of fever happened in human society, they would probably drink some nutritious clear soup and porridge, but this is a tiger, not a human, and it is only a big cat that is different from the tiger species on earth.

Li Shizhen was in a bit of a dilemma, but in any case, the fever is indeed the body's immune system fighting, and some nutrition is necessary. Now I don't know if the Tyrannosaurus outside has left, and Li Shizhen has no way to go hunting and gathering. It seems that only those materials are used in advance.

He rummaged through his and Baihu's backpacks again. There were mostly necessities and emergency supplies in his bag, except for weapons, meteor claws, short knives, pocket knives, necessary items, purple hibiscus, blue water chestnut, lighter and salt, etc. There are bits and pieces of candy, some ground meat powder, all of which are things that add a lot of energy in extreme situations.

The white tiger's bag is mainly the jerky and candy it likes to eat ==

The candies are okay, let’s forget about the jerky or something for now.

These things should not be moved if they can be moved, but the situation of the tiger is really worrying. It seems that these things should be used in advance.

Li Shizhen looked at the bear meat left over from yesterday, he just dried it slightly for storage yesterday, and didn't do any more processing, so let's use the bear bones to cook the soup for a little longer.

Seeing that the water was almost boiling, Li Shizhen let it cool down a bit, then filled a bowl and brought it to the side of the white tiger.

He put the white tiger's head on his knees, and lightly touched the back of its ears. It was still hotter than usual. Hydration and heat preservation are necessary. I put one end of it into its mouth, afraid that it would choke, so I could only feed it slowly.

The sharp teeth of the feline reflected the sharp light under the bonfire, but its owner closed his eyes drowsily, as if he was struggling to breathe. Li Shizhen sighed, worried.

Fortunately, it can still swallow by itself, and slowly fed a lot of water into it, Li Shizhen finally let go of his mind a little.

Leaving it to sleep on the bear skin, after covering it, Li Shizhen used a piece of animal skin to give it a cold compress. The hot temperature just now made it difficult for him to completely let the white tiger's own immunity fight.

But looking at the water in the bamboo bucket, Li Shizhen felt that it was difficult to support it for too long. Seeing the water drops on the roof of the cave, he had a thought, found a long branch, tied the animal skin and wiped it across the roof of the cave. Can completely wet the hide.

On the one hand, he felt that a small amount of water could be collected in the cave, and on the other hand, he was worried that such a humid environment would be detrimental to the recovery of the white tiger.

In the end, he still put the animal skin on the white tiger's forehead, heated up the fire, and decided to fill the white tiger with hot soil from time to time to make it warmer.

After busying for a while and finally finishing the treatment for the white tiger, Li Shizhen stewed the bear bones, bear meat and so on in a pot of soup, and he planned to cook it for a longer time so that the white tiger could replenish his body.

What we need to worry about now is how to spend the days when the big cat is recuperating, at least to ensure its nutrition and a good recovery environment. I hope it can get better soon.

Li Shizhen sighed, and decided to wait and see at the entrance of the cave. The female dragon who approached the woods and then left did not know if she was still there. Good to have fresh food and water to make something nutritious for the white tiger——

At any time, the weather is getting drier day by day, and the number of herbivores crossing the river is also getting rarer day by day. Not only is the source of food for the water overlords decreasing, but the rivers they live in are also gradually drying up, which means that their own survival is also being threatened by the harsh nature. threatened.

At this time, the broad river was no longer clear water, but muddy mud, but the river was still very attractive to all the surrounding animals who did not leave.

Because there is no longer any water source around, the whole land is dry, the wind brings not coolness, but a kind of terrible dry heat and dust flying all over the sky, the whole grassland is only sporadic green, a piece of withered yellow, just like a desert.

The number of animals crossing the river is decreasing, and even fewer cross the river successfully. Of course, the overlord in the water, whose survival is threatened, will not let go of any food or any chance to survive.

They don't even focus on the animals crossing the river anymore, and those animals who want to rub some water on the edge of the mud are not let go. From time to time in the mud, huge bodies that can jump several meters high and giant palates that are one or two meters long are seen. They even left the middle of the river and ventured into the mud at the edge of the river.

At this time, the predators crossing the river were small group predators that were very adaptable to the harsh environment. They could usually eat any part of their prey, fighting in groups and being extremely vicious, otherwise they couldn't wait until now to cross the river.

These small but ferocious animals even successfully hunted and killed an underwater overlord who was ambushing in the mud. A dozen or so animals of the same species who were bitten to death by the underwater overlord were even eaten by themselves, not to mention the underwater overlord. In the end, only a snow-white skeleton was left, and all the smaller bones and internal organs were not spared.

For Li Shizhen on the other side, this is almost a fact that makes him desperate.

For several days, Baihu has been in a coma with a high fever. The two tyrannosaurs have been lingering in the past few days. Li Shizhen can't go out at all, and their supplies in the cave are almost exhausted. Li Shizhen's efforts to save supplies have no support. How long, after all, the white tiger needs to supplement nutrition when it is sick, and no matter how much Li Shizhen saves, he can't save its food.

Now, even though the tyrannosaurus seems to have left, the surrounding environment is getting worse and worse. The river is so dangerous, almost all are wandering predators in groups, and scavenging raptors are hovering in the sky, not only eating grass Animals, even carnivores are hungry now, and those small predators have green eyes when they see Li Shizhen, which makes it extremely difficult for him to hunt, gather and fetch water.

Li Shizhen was very anxious about Baihu's condition. He didn't know whether Baihu's physical condition had become ill from overwork, some kind of disease contracted from an injury, or both.Obviously, the sprain on the foot is almost healed, and the swelling has subsided. Li Shizhen took off the bandage, but it still has such a high fever.

Water and food are decreasing, and even the groves are showing signs of drying up, and the water droplets on the top of the cave are decreasing, and if they stay, it will only become more and more dangerous.

But Baihu has a high fever that doesn’t go away, so he must constantly cool down physically and replenish water. The only way he knows now is to use a towel for cold compresses, which also requires water. Except for this semi-dry river, he doesn’t know where to find it So much water!

At this time, there were countless predators by the water, and the overlords of the water were also lurking in the mud, so drawing water was like exchanging water with one's life.

This dilemma is going to drive the anxious Li Shizhen crazy, he must make up his mind!

Thinking of the white tiger that was almost losing its shape, Li Shizhen licked his chapped and bleeding lips. Its physical condition could not be delayed.He still decided to take the risk of drawing water, otherwise the white tiger would have no way to cool down. Its high fever lasted for too long. Even without any medical knowledge, Li Shizhen knew that no matter what kind of animal, the continued high temperature would do more damage to the body.

It was a group of bird-like dinosaurs preparing to cross the river. When they fought with the overlord in the water and splashed blood and mud, Li Shizhen quickly stepped forward and threw a bamboo bucket. He had no time to see how much water was pumped into the bucket. As soon as the lid was plugged, he flew back with the bamboo bucket in his arms.

Countless predators with green eyes and concerned about the battle in the water were attracted by Li Shizhen. Without looking back, Li Shizhen could already hear countless light brushing sounds in addition to the hot wind.

The predators chasing him were of all kinds, some were like jackals and some were like birds. Many of them were only half the size of him, but they had much faster speed and fierce claws than him.

Li Shizhen didn't dare to stay, so he could only run as hard as he could. As long as he reached the edge of the grove, he could climb the tree and completely get rid of these fly-like predators!

A small dinosaur of unknown species ran the fastest. It jumped and stretched out its claws and grabbed Li Shizhen's back.

Feeling the wind behind him, Li Shizhen didn't dare to turn his head back, and he didn't dare to stop in his footsteps. He just freed one hand and pushed the shield on his arm towards his back. The huge force from his arm made him stagger!

This animal has so much momentum for such a small size, you can see how fast it is!

The rapid running also made Li Shizhen a little dizzy. He had been depriving himself of drinking water for many days. His physical strength was not as good as usual. At this time, his potential was squeezed again. From the brain to the heart and lungs, it seemed that every organ was in sharp pain and protested. .

This stagger almost caused Li Shizhen, whose physical strength had bottomed out, to fall to the ground. He gritted his teeth hard before continuing to stabilize his figure and run forward.

He was breathing desperately, every step of running seemed to be unable to feel the existence of his legs, but was moving forward completely by the inertia of his legs, he didn't dare to have the idea of ​​resting at all, once he stopped, What greeted him was the predator's share and eat.

Li Shizhen, who ran under the tree, was already dazzled. He groped for the rope ladder left on the tree and gritted his teeth to climb up. His heart was beating like a drum due to the huge burden and lack of blood sugar. His thirsty lips seemed to be Can taste the bloody smell of lung lobes torn.

Li Shizhen, who had finally climbed a certain height, breathed a sigh of relief. He looked down intently, and was so horrified that his feet almost went limp and fell upside down. There were at least [-] or [-] kinds of predators densely packed under the tree. , some seemed to want to climb up the rope ladder, and some jumped up desperately to bite Li Shizhen, but there was still some distance.

The predators are rubbing against each other because of the same prey, and it is unknown which one is the first to attack the competitor next to it. This impact is like a horn of attack. In an instant, the place below becomes like purgatory, hungry and hungry The predators began to attack the peers beside them, and the flesh and blood of the predators were constantly bitten off, and at the same time, they were biting the predators beside them.

Hunger and thirst made all the predators go crazy at the same time, and the smell of blood was still attracting the predators from afar to come to this feast of invitations with their own lives.

Dozens of predators were divided and eaten underneath, with blood splattered. Those who scrambled for their flesh and blood even had their own race. Under the extreme pressure of survival, the bloody desire for food had already overwhelmed everything else.

If it wasn't for Li Shizhen who had just held his last breath and rushed up, he might be the first one to be eaten.

He didn't dare to stay. Such a huge smell of blood was like putting a delicious cake in front of a group of people who were about to starve to death. He was afraid that it would attract more and more terrifying things, and this place would soon become a bloody meat grinder.

Stuffing a few pieces of candy into his mouth barely regained some strength, Li Shizhen looked at the flesh and blood underneath with regret, he might not be able to retreat with food in such a dangerous place, he swung among the dense branches, borrowing Under the cover of branches, it escaped from the predators in the sky.

Seeing the little soil bag close in front of him, Li Shizhen couldn't help letting go of half of his heart, and finally brought back some water.

However, Li Shizhen, who stepped on the ground, was too happy. He had just pried open the big rock blocking the entrance of the cave, and before he could put down the lever in his hand, a terrible wind hit him, and at the same time, there were sharp screams .

He turned around and used the lever in his hand to barely touch the terrible claw. The bird of prey, who had started to stare at him at some point, followed him all the way in the sky, and did not attack until he was exposed to a relatively open small dirt bag.

At this moment, he didn't have any free hand to take the weapon on his body, so he had to protect his vitals with the shield in one hand, and use the lever with the other hand to resist the sharp claws of the raptor. It was a completely passive situation.

At this time, another cry came from the sky, and Li Shizhen felt cold, there was more than one bird of this kind!The one in front of him he had already resisted very reluctantly, the lever in his hand could hardly cause strong damage, and the shield could only protect the vital points, bloodstains had already been drawn on the arm holding the lever.

The bird of prey, stimulated by the smell of blood, screamed fiercely, and its speed became even faster, and its wings kept beating. Li Shizhen only focused on blocking the claws, but suddenly the beak pecked fiercely, and it was about to land on his head. Peck out a blood hole!

"Roar——" A white shadow flashed out of the hole and slammed down the raptor, which was much smaller than it, and bit it on the neck.

The final struggle of the raptor almost made the powerless white tiger unable to bite it. Li Shizhen clenched the spear in his hand and stepped forward to give it a hard blow before finally ending the battle.

Seeing the white tiger lying on the ground and panting all the time, Li Shi's nose felt sour. It probably crawled out to help him after hearing the sound of him being invincible.

At this time, the white tiger was completely thin and shapeless, its big ice blue eyes were deeply sunken, and empty fur could be seen under the waist and abdomen. All physical strength was mediocre, unable to move for half a day.

The tiger, which was once so strong and lively, is now sick with only a handful of bones left, and its physical strength seems to be completely exhausted. It took Li Shizhen to drag and hug the ground to return to the cave. Li Shizhen, who has always been tough, couldn't help but choked up at this time Unspeakable: "I'm sorry..."

Sorry I brought the water back so late.

I'm sorry I couldn't take care of you when you were sick.

I'm sorry, I'm too useless to make you protect me when you're so weak...

Too much guilt and sadness came overwhelming, almost crushing Li Shizhen.

The fur under the palm is hot but dry, far from the usual oily and slippery, as if the owner's life is like the sand between Li Shizhen's fingers, no matter how hard he clenches his palm, there is no way to keep it.

Li Shizhen hurried out of the cave and brought back the bamboo bucket and the bird of prey. It seemed that the raptor in the sky hovered far away and did not dare to come down directly because of the power of Li Shizhen's spear just now.

He went back to the burrow, added some firewood, clarified the water in the bucket slightly, and scooped some into the pot for heating.

At this time, the bamboo pot was tightly covered by him, and even the volatilized water vapor could not be wasted and escaped. It was absorbed by Li Shizhen wrapped in a piece of animal skin, but Li Shizhen was not at all worried about letting the white tiger drink the water that was not boiled. , Its health is already so bad, the safety of drinking water must at least be guaranteed.

When the water cooled down, Li Shizhen filled some in a bamboo bowl, and the rest of the water would be used to boil the raptor, and the animal skin wetted by water vapor would also be used to rub its forehead.

Li Shizhen skillfully put the white tiger's head on his knee. After many days of training, he can now feed the white tiger with water and food without using the bamboo tube with holes in both ends.

It was so weak that it was panting all the time, and the fight just now seemed to have exhausted its last stored strength, its paws were only raised slightly, as if it wanted to push away Li Shizhen's hand, but fell because of lack of strength.

The tiger's head, already thin and out of shape, arched slightly, and the big dim blue eyes were half-opened to look at Li Shizhen and then closed feebly, as if to tell him not to waste water.

"No..." Li Shizhen choked up and roared, shaking the tiger on his lap lightly.I didn't even give up, how could you give up first? !

As if awakened by the desperation and pleading in the hoarse growl, the white tiger reluctantly opened its eyes, it seemed to vaguely see the expression on his face, that kind of pleading so weak that the white tiger almost gave up had to sigh.

In such a difficult dry season, it can imagine how hard it is for this female to get this little water.

The white tiger seemed to swallow some warm water reluctantly, but immediately coughed and vomited it out. It was so weak that even the cough was weak, and it fell into a semi-consciousness.

Li Shizhen hugged the tiger's head and wet his eyes. He couldn't help covering his face fiercely. When he lowered his palm, except for a pair of scarlet eyes, he seemed to have suppressed all the weak emotions.

Li Shizhen sorted out his emotions and started to pack up the bird of prey. No matter what, he and the white tiger had to persevere. They couldn't give up until the last moment. If he could do it, this white tiger would do it too!

The meat of this bird of prey was stewed rotten by him, but the white tiger in a coma found it hard to swallow, let alone chew it.

Li Shizhen didn't give up, smashed the meat into minced meat, adjusted the soup, added some salt that he didn't want to put in, and poured it down again for the white tiger. This is how the white tiger who couldn't swallow it for countless times let him force it down. Meat soup, sugar water, and salt water have persisted until now under such harsh conditions.

"Eat a little, eat it, everything will be fine." I don't know if he was saying to Baihu who was in a coma, or he was encouraging himself, it seemed that if he didn't hypnotize himself like this, even Li Shizhen himself couldn't hold on anymore.

The time in this dark cave was so long and tormenting, the day-by-day coma and weight loss of Baihu almost crushed the last bit of tenacity of this young man.But it seems that as long as the dry fur under his palms is still a little warm, the last bit of tenacity of this young man will never be truly defeated.

The scarlet eyes under the firelight made him look more resolute, as if some weak thing was hardened by this cruel world little by little, using the hard shell to prop up a world, just to protect A tiny gleam of light within—

The predators in the sky, the ground and the water were extremely excited that day, and even Li Shizhen, who was squatting on the treetops, the pupils in his bloodshot eyes shrank slightly because of the excitement.

Because he saw a group of tawny herbivores from a distance, like cattle and sheep, with huge horns nearly two meters long on their heads. In this arid area that is so desperate to numb, no herbivores have been seen for many days For many days, the predators have barely survived by hunting their colleagues, including Li Shizhen.

It seems that he has grown up quickly with the burden of another life on his shoulders, and the predators around him don't think much about confronting this same kind who is ready to fight for their lives at any time. The fearless aura really keeps Li Shizhen from fighting empty-handed And return.

The killing and guarding against each other for many days made the hungry predators feel exhausted and desperate. Therefore, the arrival of this group of animals excited all the predators at the same time, and even directly ignored the fact that the animals on the heads were by no means Decorative two-meter-long horns.

This kind of animal should have a strong ability to resist drought and starvation, otherwise it would never be possible to survive in the dry season grassland further south. The absolute catastrophe.

The bloody killings proved that the old and weak in the group are always the first to fall.

Li Shizhen was not as excited as other predators, and even rushed into the mud to compete with those water overlords for food. He firmly believed that the prey that had just crossed the dangerous zone on the river bank would be easier to relax their vigilance and attack.

At this time, he has long since lost the admiration and emotion he felt when he saw the wildebeest crossing the river. He needs food, and the one crossing the river is his prey, that's all.

Obviously, he is not the only predator who thinks like Li Shizhen. The Longhorn tribe who crossed the river at a tragic price has not completely escaped the crisis.

They surrounded the surviving young individuals in the group and stood in a formation with their long horns facing outwards, trying to fight against this group of predators with green eyes.

However, in the face of hunger, even Tyrannosaurus rex will be attacked by this group of desperate and crazy predators, not to mention the herbivorous group in front of them.

Under the frantic impact of bloody killings, the formation of the long-horned group was quickly dispersed, and the few corpses left on the ground, and the long-horned animals that had not died yet but were bitten quickly attracted predators to eat and fight.

Li Shizhen threw a sharp wooden stick viciously. He lost several of his javelins in countless dangerous battles, and only the last one remained in his hand. Therefore, all the javelins he uses now are newly made later. stick.

Hearing the sharp sound of piercing through the air, the experienced predators around stopped to get out of the way. Li Shizhen took the opportunity to grab the animal's internal organs, carried them on his shoulders, and walked away.

Not all predators were willing to give up their prey. A half-human tall dinosaur with a beak, feathers, long tail, and sharp claws that looked like hooks screamed fiercely and attacked Li Shizhen's shoulder.

He tried to use a shield to separate him severely, but he also left a long bloodstain on his left shoulder, his skin was torn apart. This is the countless trauma he has suffered in these days. For Li Shizhen now, as long as he is not injured Injuries that are critical and can act independently can be ignored.

He didn't even blink his eyes, and the spear in his hand fiercely pierced out from under the shield when the shield was blocking it, piercing the small mid-air dinosaur to the core.

Without stopping for a moment, he walked away with the internal organs and dressed in dinosaurs.

Because he hadn't caught any prey, he had already left all night plus one morning, and now he urgently needed to go back to confirm the situation of the white tiger.

However, when he saw the corpses in the trap on the edge of the small earth bag and the small hole that was messily dug out at the corner of the stone gate, he suddenly had a huge ominous premonition.

Throwing the internal organs and the dinosaur at the entrance of the cave, he tremblingly and eagerly pried open the stone, almost stumbled, and rushed in with a confused mind.

Almost in the passage, he could smell the strong smell of blood coming from the cave. Li Shizhen was so frightened that he was so frightened that he would see a big cat that had been bitten to pieces. corpse.

The cave was pitch black, and even the bonfire had been completely extinguished. There was deathly darkness and silence, only the heavy blood came in from the nostrils as if it wanted to drown people here.

Li Shizhen could almost feel the sadness and anger boiling in his chest seemed to explode, obliterating everything in this space!

After a long while, he managed to calm down, and tremblingly touched the lighter in his backpack. In the flickering flames, there was a mess of black blood on the mud and a few dead jackal-like animals. Black bear skins were piled up in a mess in one corner. The white hair of the big cat was scattered on the ground, but there was no trace of it on the ground.

He took a deep breath, pulled out his close-fitting short knife and slashed open the belly of a jackal on the ground. He swore that if the big cat's body was missing a piece, he would also slaughter all the jackals here!

Empty, empty, still empty!

Li Shizhen was stunned, the lighter went out, but he stood in the dark like a fool, suddenly, he seemed to remember something, lit the lighter again, and searched the cave passage carefully in the cave, even the toilet. Passed, nothing!

When he just came in, the stone was obviously blocked, except for the hole at the bottom where these animals got in, it was impossible for the white tiger to get out.

Standing in the cave again, everything here is clear at a glance, only——

His eyes turned to the black bear skin on one side, and he walked over, his eyes seemed to have infinite expectation and fear of disappointment.He lifted off the messy pile of black bear skin, and there was a bloody mass lying inside. Li Shizhen took a closer look, and it turned out to be a curled up person? !

Eliminate all possibilities, and what remains is the only possibility!

Li Shizheng held up the lighter with one hand almost tremblingly, and reached for the bloody cheek with the other hand, so much blood made Li Shizheng's hands wet.He shook his hands to wipe off the blood on the man's face, touched his hair, and removed those blood-stained parts, which were a kind of silvery white.

Li Shizhen felt the man's weak and long breathing, and he seemed to be disturbed, so he groaned slightly.

Li Shizhen is very sincerely grateful to God at this moment, it is good to live, no matter what it looks like, as long as it is alive.After so many days of suffering and perseverance, he really couldn't bear this loss anymore.