Not sure whether it was a comfort or a mockery, Wang Ping said what he wanted to say in his heart, turned around and prepared to follow the scent of someone.
However, just after taking two steps, an idea suddenly popped up in my mind uncontrollably.
"Brother, I think I have defeated a black bear, right? Do you want to take a picture as a souvenir?"
The more he thought about it, the more the badger couldn't suppress the thoughts that were stirring in his heart.
He simply took off his vest and stood his waist bag on the ground. Wang Ping took out Gu Laosan's mobile phone, turned on the camera, found an angle for the black bear by the stream, and set a 10-second delay to shoot.
Putting the phone on the ground against his waist bag, Wang Ping quickly ran back to the black bear, leaned against its head, and raised his little arm to make a biceps gesture.
With a soft "click" sound, the image of a honey badger standing next to a black bear and pretending to be cool was frozen in the phone.
He ran back to pick up his phone, looked at the first photo of his "badger life", grinned silently, put on his waist bag and set off again.
Someone's scent and tracks followed the stream all the way out toward the southwest ridge.
A badger that originally wanted to fly for a while by drone was afraid of losing its trace, so it had to walk on the ground honestly.
However, Wang Ping remembered that the drone's battery life was short, so he plugged in a power bank halfway through the journey. He just didn't know if this thing could fully charge the drone.
There is still no consensus on the limit of a person running at full speed. Of course, the debate among experts is not about how far a person can run, but what is the limit of human beings.
Anyway, if Wang Ping himself was in human physical condition, he could run 20 kilometers with a load. Of course, this was the result of long-term training. A badger thought that with Gu Laosan's physique, he would have to kneel on the ground and vomit before running two kilometers.
However, the slap in the face came too fast, like a tornado. In fact, Wang Ping followed someone's scent and walked two kilometers in the forest, but still did not see Gu Lao San.
At this time, no one knew whether someone’s “Xiu’er” was still online, but without the navigation and mobile phone, Gu Lang’s route became detour as expected.
Wang Ping was 100% sure that this guy had lost his way in the woods again.
"Where on earth did you go?"
Looking at the sun shining into the forest through the treetops, Wang Ping sighed a little depressed and found a shady tree to rest for a while.
Walking like this made the badger tired. It was a blessing that Gu Laosan could hold on.
"Gurgle~~"
The small belly under the waist bag on the chest made two noises, reminding the badger that it was time to find some more food.
In this environment, the most physically demanding thing was still traveling. Especially since Wang Ping was still not used to running on all fours, he just walked with his two short legs, taking one deep step and one shallow step.
It's not that Wang Ping still cares about the behavior of animals running on all fours. In fact, in order to save time, he had already tried running on all fours. But the badger had never really experienced how animals use their limbs to stabilize their bodies. So sometimes he could run, but most of the time, he would turn sideways after running a few steps and then fall to the ground.
For Wang Ping, walking on all fours is much more difficult than climbing a tree with all fours.
"Hey, it would be nice if Dahei was here."
Ignoring his belly's protest, Wang Ping leaned against the tree and thought to himself.
“Gu~!!”
Seeing that Wang Ping dared to ignore him, his stomach growled even louder and his tone became tougher, as if he was ready to fight if they had a disagreement.
"Fuck! Can't you let me rest for a while?"
Wang Ping slapped his belly angrily, cursed inwardly, stood up helplessly, and looked around in confusion.
Where can I find food in this remote place? I can't just catch insects to eat, right
Standing in the woods and looking around, a badger was wondering whether he should look for squirrels or something nearby, when his sight was suddenly attracted by a plant among a fern under the shade of a tree.
I noticed it because there was a bunch of pea-sized red fruits growing on the top of the plant. The bright red color was particularly eye-catching among the emerald green.
"Is this thing... edible?"
Wang Ping came over, pushed aside the leaves of the surrounding plants, and looked at the plant.
Below the red fruit, there is a circle of green leaves similar to mint leaves, connected at the ends. Some branches have five leaves on them, forming a five-pointed star shape.
"By the way, is this thing poisonous?"
Although his original form is a flat-headed fox, the flat-headed fox is only immune to snake venom. It is questionable whether it can be immune to poisonous flowers and plants.
"By the way, buddy has internet, why don't you ask someone?"
Wang Ping thought about it and took out Gu Laosan’s cell phone from his waist bag.
"Who should I ask?"
Wang Ping didn't dare to ask about Gu Laosan's circle of friends. If someone mentioned it to him later, it would be difficult to smooth over the matter. It would be best to ask those netizens with whom he had no personal relationship.
Wang Ping opened his phone and looked at the row of app icons on the screen. When he saw Penguin Chat, his eyes lit up.
He stuck out his tongue and clicked the icon. As expected, Gu Laosan's Penguin account was automatically logged in. As soon as he entered the page, there were several group chats and avatars flashing.
Wang Ping opened a group chat called "Old Drivers Departure", raised his phone, took a photo of the plant across from him, and sent it to the group. He then opened the chat box, tapped the screen with the tip of his tongue, and typed three words one letter at a time: "What is this?"
"Cat-kun: Is this ginseng?"
"Le Wuya: It is ginseng for sure. It is probably farmed. Wild ginseng doesn't look like this."
"Xiangwei: Hey, doesn't someone always brag about his good health? Now he's taking supplements?"
So this is what ginseng looks like? It's really informative.
Wang Ping raised his eyelids, glanced at the group chat, stuck out his tongue, clicked on the chat box, and typed "thank you" twice. Just as he was about to click send, the badger hesitated for a moment and deleted the word "thank you". He stuck out his tongue, typed the words "get out", and then clicked send.
Without paying attention to what the people in the group said, Wang Ping put his phone back into his waist bag and walked closer to the ginseng.
"I've often heard old people say, 'This thing can run? I'd like to see it for myself!'"
“Gugu!!”
There was an urgent echo from the belly, urging the badger to act quickly.
On the other side, Gu Laosan was panting and sweating profusely as he stopped in a forest. Looking at the identical environment all around him, he felt like crying but had no tears.
As for what happened before, it's not like someone who has a blackout after drinking has no memory of anything. But remembering is one thing, but the specific route he took during his escape, he really can't remember.
He raised his hand to glance at the watch on his wrist, then looked up at the top of his head. The sun outside the treetops was hanging in the sky behind him, looking at his miserable appearance with a gloating look.
"Well, the Greater Khingan Range is east of the Beijing meridian. At noon, the sun is south-west, so the direction in front of me should be northeast..." Gu Lao San muttered to himself, "So... so... damn it, so which direction should I go?"