After resting for a night in the camp, in the late night before dawn, Xu Qiao and the program crew planned to leave.
The group walked lightly to the open space outside the camp and gathered. The burnt bonfire was still emitting sparks from time to time, and the singing and laughter from last night seemed to still echo in their ears.
The ten-day survival journey has to continue, and encountering the indigenous tribe is just a small episode.
Not wanting to disturb the Hadzabe people too much, they left a few banknotes and some supplies in front of the camp and planned to leave.
[Are you leaving without saying hello?qaq]
[At least say goodbye to Chretien]
After everyone got on the bus, the drivers stepped on the accelerator. The sound of the engine starting suddenly sounded in the night, waking up many people.
After a while, the Hadzabis in the camp ran out one after another.
The program crew looked at each other and smiled bitterly upon seeing this. They didn't want to cause them too much trouble so they chose to leave secretly, but they didn't expect that they would still alarm them.
The Hadzabi people just stood in front of the camp and watched. A few children were still sleepy and stood beside the adults, rubbing their eyes.
The program crew rolled down the car windows and waved to them, and the Hadzabi people also waved back.
Although we didn't speak the same language and were together for only one night, everyone felt a little reluctant to leave.
Xu Qiao also got into the car and turned around to see Christian looking at him.
He seemed to want to say something, and his deep eyes were tinged with a gloomy emotion.
Gong Sheng couldn't stand the inexplicably sad atmosphere of farewell, so he told the translator to tell Christian that he would come back on the last day and asked Christian to tell the Hadzabi people.
After a while, the sky was already getting light and the sun was rising slowly from behind the mound, revealing a half orange-red arc.
The translator told Christian Gong Sheng what he had said. He nodded and said nothing more, watching Xu Qiao and the others leave.
The program team let Xu Qiao down only when they were far enough away from the indigenous tribe.
The struggle for survival continues.
The sun had risen higher and the sky was dotted with bright stars.
Xu Qiao stood on a high ground and saw from afar herds of zebras and antelopes scattered on the prairie, as well as a few acacia trees standing alone, swaying in the wind in the dim light of morning light.
The goal of survival is still water, food and shelter.
He glanced around and his eyes stopped on a group of wildebeests eating grass: "I can follow these wildebeests."
As Xu Qiao followed the wildebeest from a distance, paying attention to the movements around him, and said to the camera: "Wildebeests are very sensitive to water sources. They can even sense rain fifty kilometers away. If you follow them, the probability of finding a water source will be much greater. After finding a water source, choose a shelter near the water source, and the subsequent survival will be much easier."
Xiaowen and Daniel recorded this information with cameras.
"It's best to finish these tasks before dark." Xu Qiao quickly followed the wildebeest, breathing slightly, "On the grassland, night is when predators come out. Lions, cheetahs, etc. Without self-defense weapons such as tranquilizer guns, there is almost only one outcome when fighting them."
"So avoid traveling at night and never sleep directly on the grass. It's still early, but time is tight to find water and shelter before dark."
[Oh, it’s so hard. If I stayed in the Hadzabi tribe, ten days would pass easily.]
[Although I really want to continue to see Christian, but if it is so easy, what kind of survival is this?]
One advantage of the dry season is that the grass is not as lush, and there won't be all kinds of predators lurking in the lush grass like in the rainy season.
But Xu Qiao did not dare to relax and kept paying attention to the movements in the bushes.
The two photographers following him were fully protected, but he had no self-defense weapon except a dagger, so he had to be careful.
After following the wildebeest for a while, Xu Qiao suddenly heard a slight rubbing sound in the grass nearby. He paused and asked, "Did you hear it?"
[What what what]
[Sorry I can't hear anything]
The sound was so soft that if one didn't listen carefully it would easily be drowned out by the animal sounds coming from all directions, but Xu Qiao still noticed it.
His body tensed, his hand already touching the handle of the dagger.
There was another low sound. Xu Qiao determined the location of the sound and looked over. He saw a faint black and yellow stripe appearing among the weeds.
"It's a snake." He narrowed his eyes.
When the wild grass swayed, Xu Qiao got a clear view of the whole thing and made his judgment: "The puff adder. The most common venomous snake in Africa."
Xiaowen and Daniel followed his gaze and focused the camera on the viper in the grass. They saw that it was a one-meter-long and sturdy viper. It seemed to know that Xu Qiao had discovered it, so it coiled up tightly, with its upper body in an S shape and making a hissing sound.
The barrage of comments suddenly surged.
[Bullet screen protects the body]
[My scalp is tingling, I hate snakes the most]
[So long and thick!?]
[This snake is very poisonous. It is the number one killer in Africa. A bite can kill you within a few hours.]
The program crew following not far away also became nervous. The protective personnel picked up the anesthetic gun, and the accompanying medical staff took out the serum prepared in advance.
If Xu Qiao is bitten by this kind of snake, he must be treated immediately.
The puff adder straightened its body, ready to attack.
The audience in the live broadcast room suddenly became nervous.
At the moment the puff adder launched an attack, Xu Qiao rolled on the ground, aimed at the snake's head, and reached out directly.
The audience in the live broadcast room only felt their eyes blurred, and when they looked again, Xu Qiao had already pinched the snake's neck.
The puff adder was pinched by the neck and its tail was wrapped around his wrist, trying to strangle him and break free.
[… what happened]
[I just blinked, how come the snake ran into Xu Qiao's hand?]
[This reaction is too fast. I am shocked.]
[The technique looks strangely skilled]
The ultra-high-definition camera's motion capture is also very powerful. In the off-road vehicle, Gong Sheng called up the slow motion of the scene just now. Everyone in the car was silent when they saw the slow motion.
Fast, fierce and accurate, with no unnecessary movements.
"Teacher Xu, do you do this often..." someone in the car asked weakly.
Gong Sheng curled his lips: "Probably."
Xu Qiao looked at the puff adder in his hand. He could see venom secreted from its fangs. If he had been bitten just now, the venom would have been injected into his body.
He looked at the more than one-meter-long snake in his hand and said, "To catch a snake with bare hands, you must be familiar with the snake's nature, and the technique and movements must be quick. Press down the head with one hand and pinch the neck with the other hand to prevent it from turning around and biting you. Or you can catch the tail first and hold it upside down to tame it, but it's not good to be bitten."
[Sorry, I don't want to learn how to tame snakes...]
[I am on the verge of quitting being a fan. I really can’t stand this kind of creature. I am crying.]
[Qiao Qiao, as long as you don't deal with this kind of animal, I still love you]
Everyone was horrified when they saw Xu Qiao tightly gripping the snake's neck and using his other hand to pull free the tail that was wrapped around his wrist.
Xu Qiao held the snake tightly, walked to a nearby albizzia tree, and found a branch with a forked head.
He carefully used the forked part to hold the snake's head, then moved away a little, slowly released the snake's head, and took out the dagger.
"I'm going to let it go now. If it attacks me again, there's nothing I can do." He said as he raised the dagger.
After it was far away, Xu Qiao released the branch that was pressing against the snake's head, and the viper immediately swam away.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the snake leave.
The dagger reflecting the sunlight no longer sheds blood, which is cause for celebration.
Xu Qiao put down the dagger and said, "This kind of snake hunts small mammals and birds. I am not a suitable prey for it. I just startled it, so it intends to attack me."
"Now, it's smart enough to leave." Xu Qiao watched the snake disappear into the bushes, then turned to the camera and said casually, "Puff adders are very common in Africa because they have a strong reproductive capacity."
"They reproduce by giving birth to live young, and they are the world record holder for giving birth to the most baby snakes at one time."
[Strange knowledge has been added]
[I have a picture in my mind, trypophobia warning]
Xu Qiao continued to follow the group of wildebeests and finally found a water source before sunset. After filling the kettle with water, Xu Qiao found a suitable shelter not far away.
It was a burrow left behind by a porcupine, which was found to be abandoned.
Xu Qiao cleared the insects hiding in the cave, and used a dagger to expand the cave until a person could half lie inside. Finally, he broke off a lot of thorny acacia branches and placed them around the front of the cave. In this way, a small shelter was built.
Half leaning in the narrow shelter, Xu Qiao yawned: "Unlike in the lush rainforest, we must be careful to hide in the open grassland. If we can't find such a cave, we must find bushes or something like that to serve as cover. We can't be directly exposed in the weeds."
After resting for a night in the cave, Xu Qiao made a fire and roasted some food. The next morning, when he was about to go out to look for food, he suddenly heard the calls of antelopes not far away.
He looked out through the branches of the acacia tree and saw an antelope standing outside. It was a female antelope in labor, and the sound of her screaming sounded somewhat miserable.
Through Xiaowen and Daniel's shots, the audience could see that the little antelope in its belly did not come out for a long time.
Xu Qiao knew that the female antelope must have had a difficult birth.
After observation, it was found that the female antelope had some poor bone development and it was a difficult birth caused by a narrow pelvis.
[How miserable]
[The ewe cried miserably]
[Can the program crew go up and help?]
The female antelope's cries became more and more painful.
Xu Qiao pursed her lips as she watched the antelope giving birth with difficulty. Animal reproduction is also a form of natural selection. Unlike humans, these animals on the grassland can only rely on themselves when giving birth.
Those with poor development or difficult births are eliminated, and those that are born safely are the ones that are suitable for living healthily on this grassland.
The cries of the antelopes could be heard far away in the wilderness.
Xu Qiao lowered his eyelashes. This was a truly cruel animal world where the battle between life and death took place every day. He was just an outsider on the prairie and had no way of intervening in the scene before his eyes.
The strong prey on the weak, and the survival of the fittest. He could certainly help the antelope now, but whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, the answer had already been made clear in countless histories.
The audience watching the live broadcast felt a little bit sorry.
Some people were dissatisfied when they saw Xu Qiao's calmness.
[Don't be so cold-blooded... It's better to turn a blind eye than just stand there and watch.]
[No, how can Xu Qiao help? He is not a veterinarian and cannot deliver babies. Is it funny to say that he is cold-blooded? ? ]
[I can’t bear to watch this anymore and my tears are about to come out]
[Xu Qiao is not doing well, can't the production team give him a hand?]
[How old is the person above? ? Have you ever learned the elementary school textbook "The Way of Nature"? Don't you know that human interference in nature actually brings harm?]