Live Wilderness Challenge

Along the way, the swamp began to get deeper and deeper.

From just reaching Chen Xu's ankle at the beginning, until now, his entire calf has been buried under the swamp.

As for the ant nest, because he was afraid of being soaked in water, he had already put it into the combat backpack, because the fabric of the backpack was waterproof.

"Fortunately, this swamp is relatively shallow, and generally no large organisms will survive."

There will be no large creatures, which means that at least no creatures larger than 1.5 meters will appear.

And below 1.5 meters, even a crocodile or a python is not fatal enough.

In this way, Chen Xu's nerves, which had been tense all the time, could relax a little.

After walking for about ten minutes, there was another "crashing" sound of water flowing ahead, and the sound was much louder than the previous creek.

"There is a river ahead!"

He opened his mouth to remind the audience, but he was actually reminding himself that in the next second, he slowly put his right hand on his waist and pulled out the machete.

The depth of the swamp is not enough for the growth of large freshwater organisms, but rivers are different, let alone 1.5 meters, as long as the river is big enough, even 6-meter estuarine crocodiles may appear.

Just like that, after passing through the last bush, Chen Xu suddenly felt his field of vision widen.

In the footage captured by the drone, he is now standing on the bank of a khaki river.

This river is very wide, at least close to 20 meters, but the water flow in the river channel is not too fast, it looks like the downstream section of the entire river.

It was precisely because the water flow was not fast enough that many tributaries in the river channel separated and spread into the nearby jungle, which formed the small swamp that Chen Xu just passed through.

The water level in the swamp rose, flowed down the mountain stream, and finally became a creek again.

The discovery of the river was good news for Chen Xu, which meant that his hunting plan could be put on the agenda earlier.

However, the most important task right now is to build a campsite.

He looked up at the sky, and the dark cloud in the distance had already started to float towards this side slowly, and in the process of drifting, it was still absorbing other clouds, as if a super heavy rainstorm was brewing.

"Time is running out, let's find a campsite near here!"

Afterwards, Chen Xu inserted the machete back, stepped into the water, and started walking to the other side of the river.

Because it was the lower reaches of the river, the current was not turbulent, and the water level was only below his knees, so he walked over easily.

On the other side, he went into the jungle again.

"To build a survival site in the tropical rainforest, you should choose to be next to the flowing water source, but you must not be too close to the river. First, the tropical rainforest has heavy rains, and the water level of the river is prone to skyrocketing, flooding the campsite."

"Secondly, the water source is a necessity for maintaining the life of living things. Human beings need it, as do other living things. If it is too close to the water source, it is easy to be noticed by wild animals who come to the river to drink water, and even be attacked. Finally, there are mosquitoes, moisture and other influences."

After finishing a few words, Chen Xu had already walked about five to sixty meters into the jungle.

He didn't stop until he found a fairly open terrain, "It's right here!"

After speaking, he began to search for materials to build a camp nearby.

Tropical rainforest plants grow densely and are rich in materials, especially shrubs and small palm plants, which are almost too numerous to count.

Compared with the beggar-level start of the rainforest survival in the past, Chen Xu now has a machete, which is much more convenient than self-made stone axes.

In ten minutes, he chopped down more than a dozen palm tree trunks as thick as a wrist.

And just as he continued to cut the vines, a black thorn-like plant full of thorns appeared in his eyes on the left front of the bush.

"This thing is good, the spikes are very hard, you can use it as a hook for fishing!"

As he said that, he also chopped off a section.

In order to fear that the rainstorm would wet the ground and it would be difficult to start a fire, Chen Xu even picked up a piece of dead wood and put it in his combat backpack as a backup at critical moments.

For these small details, the audience also has to admire.

Surviving in the wild, searching for materials is a very important link, often a detail will directly affect the quality of your living environment.

Back at the camp, dark clouds had already drifted over his head.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect or the cold air brought by the low-pressure mass. In short, Chen Xu felt that the jungle seemed much cooler for no reason.

So, he took out the windbreaker from the backpack in advance and put it on. The high-quality windbreaker fabric can barely be used as a raincoat, at least it is much better than wearing a shirt directly.

Then, he began to formally set up the camp.

"According to the requirements of the rainforest shelter, the first thing is to be strong enough to ensure that we don't collapse when we sleep, then it is to protect us from the rain to prevent us from catching a cold, and finally it is to be away from the ground to avoid the bites of ants and poisonous insects. One of these three is missing. No."

While explaining the knowledge of the shelter to the audience, Chen Xu's hands had already started to move.

Due to the approaching rainstorm, his construction speed is obviously much faster than before.

According to those requirements, he first picked the four longest palm trunks as the pillars of the entire shelter, which were rectangular and inserted into the soil in the open space.

Then, Chen Xu brought three more tree sticks, one of which was cut in half, each at a position about one meter above the ground, tied them horizontally between the four foundation pillars with a vine figure-of-eight knot, The middle is filled with other wooden sticks.

In this way, the shelves and bed boards of a campsite are all set up.

Next, he used the remaining tree sticks to make a triangular roof, which was also tied to the frame with vines.

Now, as long as the roof is covered with rainproof palm leaves, a simple tropical rainforest shelter is considered complete.

However, just as Chen Xu had just picked up the palm leaf and was about to tie it to the roof.

Suddenly, there was another loud thunder in the sky:

Boom-!

Immediately after the lingering sound, he felt a few drops of cold water hit his face.

Chapter 674 It's a New Year's Eve

It's raining!

"Damn it, it's getting off so quickly!"

"This is too bad, Master Xu is going to be poured!"

"The difficulty of the map is being upgraded... Turn on the rainy weather mode..."

When Chen Xu felt the raindrops falling on his face, he felt a "thump" in his heart. The next second, before the rain became heavier, he hurriedly put the windbreaker hat on his head.

"Heavy rain is coming, we must speed up!"

He yelled into the drone camera.

And just when he finished his sentence, the originally sparse raindrops suddenly seemed to be on the hook, and began to become more and more. In the end, it was like directly holding a basin to sprinkle water. It should be worthy of the word "downpour".

All of a sudden, the audience only heard a loud "cracking" sound, and the whole world in the drone's lens became blurred as if it was covered with a layer of water mist.

Even the [-]-axis stabilized propeller was shaken uncomfortably by the beating.

Chen Xu had no choice but to bring the drone under the canopy of an arbor, and the shooting picture improved a lot.

"Nimma, isn't the rainstorm in this tropical rainforest too heavy?"

"Borneo: I've been holding it back for half a year, and my prostate is about to explode. Now I can finally pee casually!"

"Inexplicably, I feel so sorry for Lord Xu!"

"Now I finally understand why houses are so important to people. Homes are the foundation of all survival and development!"

Chen Xu didn't care to pay attention to the barrage. After finishing the drone, he returned to his shelter and continued to lay the roof under the heavy rain.

Although the canopy of the arbor can keep out the rain, after all, there are always gaps for rain leakage, which is not as effective as the rain-proof roof built by myself, and the ground is wet and full of water, making it impossible to sleep.

"This heavy rain is too heavy, and the ordinary stacking method is useless at all, and it is easily broken up by the rainstorm. Therefore, we must use ropes or vines to tie them to the tripod on the roof!"

In the rainstorm, Chen Xu yelled and demonstrated the roof paving method to everyone in person.

He found a large number of broad-leaved plants such as palm leaves, wild banana leaves, and araceae, and cut them off together with the stems and leaves, and then used thin rattan to string them together, and finally tied them to the shelter. On the tree trunk in the middle of the triangular top.

Since they are tied to tree sticks by vines and entangled with each other, it is difficult to disperse no matter how heavy the rainstorm is.

So, Chen Xu followed this method, divided into upper, middle and lower layers, and stacked three layers in a row, and the roof on one side of the rain was paved.

The effect of blocking the rain was very good. When he stood below, only a few small raindrops leaked down the gap, which was at least much better than the canopy of the arbor.

Later, he used the same method to lay the roof on the other side.

In total, it took Chen Xu more than half an hour.

Afterwards, he retrieved the drone and hid together in the preliminary shelter.

Because he was close to the camera, the audience could clearly see that Master Xu's whole body was invisible except for the windbreaker, and the whole pair of trousers underneath were completely soaked.

So, the first thing he did when he returned to the shelter was to take off his pants!

"Wet clothes must be taken off as soon as possible, and if you continue to wear them, the water will evaporate, but it will continue to take away the temperature of your body, making it easier to catch a cold."

After saying this, Chen Xu had already taken off the pair of outdoor trousers on his body, leaving only a pair of blue and black boxer underwear inside, and the remaining two legs were exposed naked like this.

"Wow! It's time for benefits!"

"Leg play year!"

"Fuck, do you still have humanity!"

After taking off his pants, Chen Xu immediately wrung out the water and put them aside, waiting to dry.

Then, he rubbed the muscles of the legs with both hands, "By rubbing the skin with the hands, it can generate heat and prevent the legs from being exposed to cold and cause muscle spasms and cramps. The faster the friction frequency, the higher the heat generation."

"After getting a fever, shrink your body as soon as possible to minimize the exposed area of ​​your skin."

In fact, these two sentences are very simple, but many people still think in the wrong direction and post all kinds of funny barrage.

And at this moment, suddenly, there was a huge shock from behind the jungle.

And this sound is not thunder!

"What the hell! It won't be an earthquake, will it?"

"Maybe it's a flash flood!"

"True or not, Lord Xu wouldn't be so memorized, right? The shelter has just been built, and now the mountain torrents are erupting?"

Chen Xu also looked behind worriedly.

But after waiting for dozens of seconds, there was no follow-up sound.

"The sound was only heard once, so it shouldn't be a mountain torrent. In fact, the place I chose is on a high terrain, far away from the river, surrounded by dense trees, and it is basically impossible to have a mountain torrent."

"If my guess is correct, it should be that a certain tree was washed away by the heavy rain, and the loud noise should be the sound of falling to the ground."

In this regard, many viewers expressed their incomprehension.

Although the torrential rain was indeed heavy, it wouldn't be able to knock Qiao Mu down, right?

You know, the big trees in Borneo are not like the trees in the forest. They are too old, each of them is more than 15 meters high, and the trunks are so thick and big that no one can hug them.

In this regard, Chen Xu explained: "The possibility of trees being washed away by heavy rains happens from time to time in tropical rainforests. Some of these trees have actually been rotted and killed by ants and poisonous insects. The reason why they can still stand is that It is all maintained by the binding of vines."

"And the grip of vines is limited. Once the heavy rain washes down and the soil loosens, these rotten trees will naturally collapse. Therefore, this is why rainforest shelters should be built in open spaces as much as possible, away from large trees. , because I was afraid that I would be hit by a collapsed tree when I slept until midnight."

After listening to the explanation, the audience realized that the seemingly sturdy tree trunks turned out to be so unreliable.

No wonder Master Xu insisted on building a camp in the open space, but refused to go under the tree to shelter from the rain.

The scale of this torrential rain was just as Chen Xu predicted from the cumulonimbus cloud. Not only was it heavy, but it also lasted for a long time.

Seeing that more than an hour has passed, the heavy rain still seems to have no signs of stopping.

Fortunately, the heavy rain in the tropical rainforest has only rain and no wind.

Of course, in such a dense and complex jungle flora, strong winds can't blow up, and Chen Xu has prepared a windbreaker long ago, and the head and heart sockets, which contain important organs, have not been seriously wet. rain.

Otherwise, after being drenched for half an hour before and staying in this chilly environment for such a long time, he might have caught a cold long ago.

Chapter 675 This Smell Is Wrong

Even so, Chen Xu's core body temperature continued to drop.

The posture detector on the system panel shows: hypothermia of the lower limbs, moderate hunger, and exhaustion.

But there was nothing he could do. It was raining so hard that unless he burned his backpack and clothes, he couldn't make a fire at all.