Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 156: Calamity Python Strikes

"Su Yan, Yun Qing, are you there?" Lu Ke shouted, as they were only a few hundred meters away from the lakeside. Lu Ke thought that if their camp was nearby, they should be able to hear her.

"Maybe they went hunting. Everyone’s trying to accumulate points now." Xu Yi said to Lu Ke. She had been shouting for several minutes, if Su Yan and Yun Qing heard, they would have responded by now.

Lu Ke nodded, thinking Xu Yi made sense. After all, it was already past eight in the morning, going out was quite normal.

"Shall we search for their camp first?" Lu Ke asked, considering that meant they might have to wait until the evening. This decision had to be made by Xu Yi as it could delay them for a day.

"Sure, let’s check by the lakeside first, find their camp, and wait for them to return." Xu Yi responded to Lu Ke. How could he miss this opportunity?

He hadn’t seen Su Yan for over a month, and he had longed to meet her again.

Then, the two of them walked toward the lakeside.

Before long, they reached the lake.

"The water here is so clear, and there are so many fish," Lu Ke said excitedly, but the fish she saw were quite small, not even the size of her thumb.

Along the way, Xu Yi and Lu Ke had already picked up some firewood.

So, Lu Ke directly took out a steel pot and fetched some water.

In no time, Xu Yi got a fire going.

"You boil the water here, I’ll go check over there, their camp shouldn’t be too far from here." Xu Yi thought, this lake could not only provide Su Yan and Yun Qing with water, but also likely plenty of food.

If it were him, he would choose a slightly higher spot by the lake to set up the camp.

"Sure, give me the bamboo tubes and the plastic bag." Lu Ke said, since they’ve already started boiling water, they might as well fill up all the containers.

Xu Yi nodded and handed the bamboo tubes and plastic bag to Lu Ke.

Then, Xu Yi came to a place marked with a cross made of stones and the names of Su Yan and Yun Qing.

"So many fish scales?" At the lakeside, Xu Yi saw a lot of fish scales and couldn’t help but grin. This proved that Su Yan and Yun Qing frequently killed fish here, so their camp must be nearby.

Even if it wasn’t, it meant that this was the nearest spot to their camp, where they would slaughter fish. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

People, if they can, will always stay close to home. They won’t go further than necessary.

So, Xu Yi turned around and walked toward the forest.

Soon, Xu Yi discovered a small path, showing obvious signs of frequent use.

Thus, Xu Yi followed the path.

Lu Ke saw Xu Yi heading into the forest but wasn’t worried. She thought Xu Yi might have discovered something, prompting him to go into the woods.

Meanwhile, Xu Yi followed the path upward, and after about twenty minutes, he saw a cliff.

Besides the cliff, Xu Yi also saw a fence.

"They’re actually here, is this cave on the cliff Su Yan and Yun Qing’s camp?" Xu Yi said as he quickly walked over.

The gate of the fence was open, and once inside, Xu Yi found the place very clean, with a permanent fire pit, a circle made with stones.

In addition, there was a simple ladder to climb to the upper cave.

However, Xu Yi didn’t climb up.

The fire pit was cold, indicating no fire had been set in the last few hours.

Yet, what attracted Xu Yi the most was a row of numbers on the rock wall, followed by a unit—days.

The bottom number was 27.

days?

But today was already their 37th day on this planet.

"Ten days, were they eliminated?" Xu Yi remembered, on the night of the 27th day, because of a rainstorm, many groups gave up the challenge.

It seemed now, Su Yan and Yun Qing didn’t complete their territory task and were eliminated.

Xu Yi hadn’t expected this result.

"Su Yan, it seems Xu Yi is still having a hard time accepting it," Yun Qing said, looking at Xu Yi on the screen and feeling a bit emotional.

She hadn’t expected Xu Yi to find their camp so quickly, and by looking at the numbers on the rock, to know when they were eliminated.

She thought Xu Yi must be feeling even worse.

Clearly, he found the camp, thought he could finally meet the person he liked.

But what did he find out? The news of their elimination.

"Xu Yi is really impressive, finding our camp so quickly," Su Yan said, with a somewhat stiff expression.

Then, they saw Xu Yi climbing up the ladder.

"It seems they’ve already confiscated our tools. I hoped Xu Yi could find them and it could help them a little," Su Yan continued.

Xu Yi entered the cave, finding it empty, as if it had been cleaned out.

However, he found an inscription on the wall: Team 233, Su Yan, Yun Qing, Must Win.

Xu Yi let out a sigh of relief. He remembered this team had voluntarily forfeited. This meant they had safely left the planet.

"So you were Team 233, and indeed got eliminated that night," Xu Yi murmured and then returned to the ground.

Since they had been eliminated, there was no reason to stay here.

After all, Lu Ke didn’t know about this, and he had to go back and tell her.

Xu Yi knew if Lu Ke found out Su Yan and Yun Qing were eliminated, she would surely be upset.

Xu Yi quickly headed back to the lakeside, ready to share the news with Lu Ke.

As he exited the forest, Xu Yi saw a huge shadow in the lake moving towards the shore.

The direction it moved towards was exactly where Lu Ke was boiling water.

"Run, Lu Ke, run towards me!" Xu Yi shouted at the top of his lungs.

Hearing him, Lu Ke immediately grabbed the nearby short crossbow and sprinted towards Xu Yi.

Xu Yi also ran towards Lu Ke. Although not knowing what the thing in the water was, Xu Yi knew it would be hard to deal with.

Before Lu Ke could run for a minute, a black shadow emerged from the water, rushing towards her.

"Su Yan, that’s the Calamity Python..." Yun Qing exclaimed with wide eyes, watching the ’monster’ emerge from the lake.

They had searched for 52 hours for the Calamity Python, and it was right under their noses all along, and they had no idea.

"Run, run!" Su Yan clenched her fists and shouted excitedly.

If Lu Ke got bitten by that Calamity Python, the consequences would be unimaginable.

It might even swallow her whole.

After all, that Calamity Python was enormous in size.