The snowstorm was still blowing on the snow-covered ground, and Li Ke was still being attacked by the snowstorm. However, he wasn't as relaxed as before. In order to ensure that the woman on his back wouldn't die here, he had to divert a portion of his life force to her so that her breathing could return to normal. At the same time, he also wrapped his cloak around her.
The price for this was that his body temperature began to drop, and his abundant physical strength slowly disappeared. Fortunately, since he knew where he was, Li Ke walked around a few times and found the cave that Oudir brought him to before. Unfortunately, the few wolf pups had all disappeared. He didn't know if they could survive in this snowstorm. However, the nest that their parents made was still there, and there were a few trees around the entrance that weren't frozen.
"Let's take a break …"
After placing the straw on the ground and placing Cerna on the pile of straw, Li Ke sat down on the ground and felt tired for the first time in a long time. He hadn't eaten for a long time, and he only ate a few mouthfuls of snow. He knew that he couldn't go on 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. He pushed away the snow under the tree and picked up the dead branches and leaves on the ground. Then, when he felt that it was about time, he carefully selected a branch and waved his two-handed sword, cutting off a few thick branches.
The two-handed sword was obviously not suitable for this kind of work, but fortunately, the trees at this time had already dried up and were waiting for the next spring to recover. It wasn't as difficult for him to cut down the branches as he thought.
Li Ke dragged the thick trunk back to the cave and chopped it into pieces of firewood bit by bit. Then, he piled up the dead branches and leaves that he had picked up. He took out the tool bag that he had found on the warrior's body and took out the flint from it. However, this kind of thing was obviously new to Li Ke. Even if he reacted later and used some dry hay as a fire starter, he had no choice but to give up the flint that he didn't know how to use at all. He tore a piece of cloth from his clothes and twisted it into a rope.
Li Ke had read books on survival in the wild before, so he knew how to start a fire with friction. However, he never thought that even though he knew the method, the difficulty of starting a fire in the wild was so high that it made people despair. His hands were blistered, and the wooden stick he rubbed barely emitted a bit of smoke, and a bright red flame appeared. Then, he roared in surprise …
It was extinguished.
For a moment, he wanted to throw the wooden stick in his hand away, but his rationality stopped him from venting his anger. He learned his lesson, and when he rubbed the stick for the second time, he successfully lit the fire.
"Now I know why there are two professions, Fire Watchers and Fire Protectors. It's really difficult to start a fire with such a primitive method."
Looking at the small fire that was constantly emitting smoke, Li Ke carefully placed the chopped firewood below. When the firewood was burning, this newbie suddenly remembered that there was a fire pit. He hurriedly went to other places and moved some stones to surround his fire. He didn't know what this was for, and he couldn't remember. But whether it was movies, TV series, games, or people he met, they all did this, so he could only follow.
Therefore, because of his actions, when he finally boiled the first pot of snow into boiling water, Cherna, who was moved to the side of the fire, suddenly coughed a few times and woke up from her coma. Li Ke, who was also thirsty, looked at her, then looked at the small pot in his hand that was only enough for one person to drink. He sighed helplessly, poured the water into a horn cup, and handed it to Cerna.
"The water is very hot, and it just boiled. I suggest you drink it later."
Li Ke handed the warm horn cup to this woman that he had only seen a few times on the battlefield. Then, he took the pot and walked outside, preparing to boil some water for himself. But the weak Cerna still called out to him. She looked at Li Ke's strong back in confusion.
"Why did you save me?"
But Li Ke didn't even turn his head. He only cared about putting clean snow into the small pot, but he still answered Cerna's question.
"No matter how big my chest is, it's impossible for it to have the function of breastfeeding."
Cerna obviously didn't believe this answer, but she still couldn't figure out why Li Ke would save her, so she still wanted to know why.
"But …"
However, just as she was about to speak, her daughter, who was sleeping soundly beside her, woke up because she couldn't find her mother with her little hand. She cried loudly, forcing her to stop her doubts and use her other hand to carefully stroke her daughter's forehead. Only then did her daughter return to sleep. At this time, Li Ke brought a pot of snow back and began to boil water for himself. As for drinking ice to quench his thirst, Li Ke didn't even think about it. It was fine to do it when he was full of energy, but under extreme conditions, it was no different from courting death.
"This kind of question won't have an answer."
After adding some firewood to the fire, Li Ke looked at the small amount of firewood and was a little worried. It was obvious that this pile of firewood would not last through the night, and the tree at the door would not be able to burn for too long. Therefore, the matter of finding new fuel was indeed urgent. Li Ke looked at the bag of beans that Cerna mentioned. Not only was there a handful, there were all kinds of beans. Li Ke even saw a few small potatoes and some roots that he didn't recognize. It was obvious that it wasn't enough for one person, let alone feeding two adults and two children.
"So instead of worrying about this, why don't you tell me where are the reliable hunting grounds nearby so that I can go hunting and not starve to death here."
Looking at Cerna, who still had an expression of 'I shouldn't live on', Li Ke pointed at her two daughters and silenced the former Mother of War.
"There won't be any prey in the nearby hunting grounds. This place is already lacking in prey, and this year, everyone is desperately searching for food here, so …"
Li Ke tilted his head.
"So?"
"There's no more prey. The last prey was snatched by the other tribes last week. The only thing left in this forest is death. Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked for help from our allies and then destroyed our tribe's last chance of survival … "
When Cerna said this, her eyes directly turned red. Her tears also poured into the horn cup in her hand, making the water in the cup ripple.
Li Ke was also taken aback by such a despairing piece of information, but he immediately laughed out loud.
"Then it seems that we can only eat tree bark, or worse?"
"You …"
Cerna stopped crying because of Li Ke's words, but when she raised her head, she saw Li Ke's serious face.
"Tell me where is the river, or bandits, or monsters."
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