The Marshal’s Wife is The Real Boss

Translated by Frozenmirage

It took Zhou You half a day to recover his physical strength. 

At noon, the sun was shining and the temperature rose rapidly. The rabbit skin last night could no longer be worn, so he put in his backpack and walked out of the cave shirtless.

The corpse of the big python was still at the entrance of the cave, piled up like a small mound. 

Zhou You walked around to see if there were any valuable spoils to take away. But as soon as he got close, he saw a wolf raised its head from behind the snake’s belly and bared his teeth viciously at him.

Zhou You recognized it as the original owner of the cave, the injured old wolf. 

He took two steps back and waved his hand, “Don’t be angry. Brother you eat first, I’ll wait here.”

The old wolf tore the snake’s belly with his teeth, took the snake gall and swallowed it, and then ate a few bites of the snake meat.

Zhou You didn’t know if it was his illusion. He seemed to see a fluorescent light on the old wolf, and it soon disappeared.

After the old wolf was full, it turned around and limped into the woods. 

Zhou You shouted at it, “Hey, I just borrowed your cave for a night, you don’t need to move.”

Naturally, the old wolf didn’t understand human’s words, and it didn’t care whether Zhou You left or not. 

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Zhou You walked around the snake and wanted to peel off the snake’s skin and take it away, but the tool was not suitable. He had to give up and leave here carrying a backpack.

Not long after he left, two giant tigers with long fangs came after smelling the python’s corpse, and all the wild animals around the cave who wanted to have a share of the meal were afraid to move.

One of the yellow spotted tigers opened the belly of the snake and saw that the snake gall had been taken first. It immediately roared and scared the wild animals around it to flee.

Zhou You also heard the roar of the tiger. No matter whether he could beat it or not, human beings were always afraid of beasts, so he hastened his pace and continued to go north.

On the third day, Zhou You finally saw an abandoned road. The road was full of holes, and the roots of countless vegetation broke through the soil. 

If it were not for some sections of the road still intact, Zhou You would hardly recognize that this was once a highway.

“Beijing-Taiwan Expressway… I actually came here. There should be towns nearby. Even if they are covered by forests, there should be ruins left. I still have to find some supplies. Maybe I will meet humans.”

After finding the road, Zhou You began to walk along the highway. When there was no road, he climbed to the top of the tree to confirm the direction before continuing walking.

Thanks to the cultivation of this skill, he ran as light as a swallow. Otherwise, with the speed of normal human beings, he could not get out of this mountain range in a year.

There were a lot of beasts along the road. Zhou You tried not to disturb them and ran as soon as he could. Otherwise, once he got caught, he would have to fight hard to escape.

After avoiding the attack of a group of flying birds, he found a rusty bicycle on the way that was still usable. 

Thus, Zhou You experienced the thrill of riding in the jungle.

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After a long ride, he could gradually see some abandoned vehicles and buildings. He was excited to finally see some traces of human beings.

“Yohoo~ Is anyone here?” Shouting along the way, the voice echoed among the peaks, and the only response to him was the voice of animals.

“Hey, there’s a city ahead?!” His bicycle was abandoned halfway. There were many places  without roads that could not be passed by it.

There was a section of the city wall under the shade of greenery in front. This kind of building was not like the style of ten years ago, it should be built later.

He walked along the city wall for a while, and then he saw a large gap on the wall. Inside, vegetation was everywhere, this city obviously had been abandoned.

He walked in through the gap and saw a relatively complete small town. The scale was not large, but the houses were well arranged. 

Some houses were still intact, but there was no single person, only insects sprang out of the grass from time to time.

Zhou You pushed open the door of a house. The steel door made a creaking sound when pushed. 

As soon as the door opened, a wild cat came out of the house, trying to scratch Zhou You’s face with its sharp claws. 

Zhou You blocked its first round of attacks with the army knife, and then picked up a wooden stick on the ground and beat it away.

“Fortunately, it’s just a cat. Its size is about to catch up with a leopard.” 

There was simple furniture in the house. The owner clearly didn’t care about furniture, for Zhou You now, it was already good if he could still use the house.

The houses here were all two stories. Zhou You went around several houses and found damp books from ten years ago and some broken pots.

The only thing he found still useful was a thermos cup, first, used it to replace a kettle.

The town was supposed to be surrounded by city walls, but now the wall was destroyed, he wondered what beast attacked this town long ago.

Zhou You searched around again and found there was not a single human skeleton. Perhaps they were taken away by a beast or everyone successfully fled from beast attack, hopefully it was the latter.

He found a suitcase in a dilapidated building, which contained several sets of clean clothes, shoes and socks, exactly what he needed the most.

There were also a few packs of cigarettes and a small knife in the suitcase. From these things, it could be seen how chaotic the situation was at that time. Ordinary people had to carry weapons when they went out.

Some daily necessities were also found sporadically in other houses. There was even a plastic bag containing toothpaste, toothbrush and towels.

Even if it’s expired, Zhou You put all of it into the suitcase.

After visiting the houses in the town, his suitcase was also full of things. Except for food, he collected a lot of daily necessities. At least for a while, he would not live like a savage.

It was about to get dark and Zhou You planned to spend the night here. 

He hadn’t lived in a building for a long time. Although it was a dilapidated building, it was more comfortable than living in a cave, and as long as the doors and windows were blocked, he could sleep peacefully and soundly.

No matter how loud the animals were outside, the noisy environment would not affect his rest.

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