Survive in the Wilderness with Celebrities

Chapter 96: There is no gain without risk (4 more, please subscribe)

Meng Chao immediately looked around to see if his guess was correct.

After a walk around, Meng Chao saw many footprints and feces left by animals.

"So, there really is a mountain spring?" An Yifei also squatted down.

In front of her was some feces left by rabbits or goats.

However, judging from the condition of the feces, it must have been left behind a long time ago.

"It should be the place in front, but the water is cut off now." As he said that, Meng Chao took An Yifei to a low-lying area in front.

There was a puddle-like area, and there was still some moisture in it.

"Yes, there should have been a mountain spring here before, but now there is no water." Meng Chao observed it and poked it a few times with his javelin.

The soil is very soft and contains some moisture.

"Why did the spring water run out?" An Yifei asked in confusion.

"Some mountain springs are seasonal. They have water in seasons with abundant rainfall, but they stop flowing when there is little rainfall," Meng Chao explained.

This was obviously the first time An Yifei had heard of this, and she immediately revealed an expression of 'how can this be possible'.

"So, it's not surprising to see cats and wild boars here?" An Yifei also reacted and began to ask for advice humbly.

"Yes, look at these footprints, they were left by wild boars, and the water puddles were also dug up by wild boars." Meng Chao gestured.

"The wild boar came here looking for water but couldn't find any, so it found our shelter."

"It is very likely that our water source did not exist originally, and it only appeared after an earthquake."

"Perhaps this is also the reason why the spring has dried up. It's very likely."

An Yifei nodded frequently, feeling that Meng Chao's analysis made a lot of sense.

Soon, she showed a worried expression: "Wouldn't our camp be very dangerous? Animals that can't find water here will go to our camp?"

Meng Chao shook his head, a faint smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

"Risks sometimes represent benefits. As long as we set more traps nearby, we may be able to harvest some prey."

"Even if there are wild boars on this island, there won't be many of them." Meng Chao was certain that these wild boars should have been released by the program team, and there was no way they would be given the opportunity to reproduce in large numbers.

He even suspected that the program team would sterilize the wild boars to prevent them from over-breeding.

The ecology of a small isolated island is actually very fragile and can easily collapse due to the invasion of alien species.

"That makes sense. As long as there are enough traps, the ones who need to worry about the danger are the wild animals, not us." An Yifei said with a happy expression.

These wild animals are food. If they do not threaten your safety, the more the better.

"There are many traces of animals left here. It is very likely that other animals will come here to find water to drink. I will set up a few traps later. There is still at least half an hour before dark." As he said this, Meng Chao prepared to get up and leave.

An Yifei hurriedly caught up with Meng Chao, ready to act with him.

By following Meng Chao, I can learn some knowledge that I never knew before, knowledge that can be used in the wilderness.

And she has decided that after the show is over, she and Meng Chao will go on a seven-day wilderness challenge to challenge even harsher environments.

On his way back, Meng Chao picked up the chopped sticks and did not collect the branches.

When we returned to the camp, Ma Dongseok was chatting with Lee Ji-eun.

"I have something to tell you." Meng Chao was ready to tell everyone the situation as soon as he came back. Hearing Meng Chao's seriousness, even Cai Fankun, who was lying in the shelter, sat up.

"My sister and I found a dried-up spring in the direction of the toilet, and we also found traces left by wild boars and other animals."

"I guess the wild boars and the cats that appeared today were all heading for that water source, so they appeared at our water source to drink water and leave feces."

After Meng Chao finished speaking, he glanced around at everyone.

"Will it be dangerous here?" Cai Fankun suddenly became nervous. He was the person who least wanted to be hurt.

If he wanted to, he would have gotten himself out by getting injured long ago.

"That is definitely a little risky, but risks and benefits coexist. We can set traps, not only to protect ourselves, but also to get prey."

"Of course, for safety reasons, we can also build a stone wall around the shelter for protection."

Today is only the 4th day, and there are 26 days left.

Apart from food, the shelter doesn't require much time to build, and you can indeed take the time to build a stone wall to protect everyone's safety at night.

Wild animals rarely move around during the day, and it is much safer during the day than at night.

After these four days, everyone gradually adapted to the situation and had the conditions and foundation to build a stone wall.

When Cai Fankun heard about building a stone wall, he couldn't help but shrink his neck.

He was not willing to do this kind of heavy physical work at all.

"Then we can just set up a trap. Building a stone wall is a huge project. It may not be completed by the time we return." Cai Fankun expressed his opinion immediately.

"Let's set up a few traps first, and we'll see what happens with the wall later." Meng Chao didn't say anything definite.

Anything can happen in the wilderness. If you don’t do it now, you may need to do it later.

Of course, Meng Chao didn't want to spend a lot of time and energy on this. He would rather do something else to improve his proficiency and enhance his strength and various skills.

"If you two have a good rest, come with me to get those branches back. There is not much firewood left in the camp." As he said that, Meng Chao took the brown ropes and prepared to set the trap.

Ma Dongxi didn't waste any time and took action directly.

"Let's go. You don't want to lie here like a waste and let us do all the work, do you?" Ma Dongxi stared at Cai Fankun with an unhappy face.

Cai Fankun didn't say anything, but just stood up silently.

Something seemed to have happened between the two of them, which made Cai Fankun dare not respond to Ma Dongxi.

Meng Chao first took Ma and Cai to the location of the branches, and then he and An Yifei went to the dried-up spring.

After selecting several places nearby, Meng Chao began to set traps and prepared to teach An Yifei how to set traps.

This small noose trap allows her to operate it herself.

Time passed little by little and the sky gradually darkened.

Meng Chao successfully set up three noose traps, and An Yifei also set up her first noose trap.

She tested it twice more, and was able to successfully trap the fish each time, so she placed the yam in the middle of the trap.

"I hope these traps can give us a surprise, like catching a rabbit or something, so that we can eat delicious roasted rabbit meat tomorrow." An Yifei was very satisfied with Meng Chao's rabbit meat. It was the kind that she wanted to eat again after having tasted it.

(End of this chapter)