The sun was moving quietly towards the southwest, and the spots of light scattered on the ground in the forest were changing their positions from time to time.
A woodpecker that came out to digest its meal flew through the woods, landed on a white pine branch, and looked curiously at the swaying grass under the tree.
From time to time, dirt and leaves were thrown out of the grass, gradually forming a small mound. In front of the mound, Wang Ping was leaning over with his furry butt sticking out, digging the dirt in front of him with his claws.
The waist bag containing the drone stood on the ground nearby. At some point, a spot of light moved over from the ground. The bracket with the blades hanging on it emitted a metallic glow in the sun.
"kiki~~?"
The woodpecker tilted its head and moved its gaze from a badger to the silver light under the tree.
The curious woodpecker fluttered its wings and flew down from the branch, landing on the ground not far from the waist bag. Probably because of the breeze, the blades of the drone turned a little, and the woodpecker narrowed its eyes, moved closer, and slowly moved the tip of its beak close to the blades.
“Bang!”
A small stone covered in dirt flew over, brushed past its sharp beak, and hit the tree trunk on the other side with a crisp sound.
"ki!"
The woodpecker was startled, screamed, and flew away with flapping wings.
There was the sound of footsteps, and a furry paw stepped on the fallen leaves, pushed aside the grass and appeared outside.
Wang Ping, his face covered in mud, glared at the woodpecker that flew back to the branch and refused to leave. He grabbed the end of a bunch of green stems with his claws, walked back to his waist bag, and sat down on the ground.
He picked up the plant and shook it in front of his eyes. Looking at the radish-shaped ginseng covered with roots underneath, a smile appeared on the badger's furry face.
"Can't you run? Run for me and see!"
"Gu~Gu~Gu!" The belly made another sound, urging the badger to eat this thing up quickly.
"Why are you in such a hurry? It's all muddy, shouldn't you wash it clean?"
Wang Ping patted his belly, stood up, wiped a paw on his body, and turned to pick up his waist bag.
"ki!"
On the branch above his head, the woodpecker, who was almost given a concussion by a badger, leaned over and screamed at Wang Ping under the tree.
Ignoring the mad bird above him, the badger put on his backpack, identified the direction, and walked leisurely into the woods. A woodpecker looked at the badger under the tree who dared to ignore him, tilted his head, flapped his wings, and followed.
Following Gu Lao San's scent and the traces he left in the forest, Wang Ping wandered around in the woods for about half an hour. He didn't find the man, but at this time he heard the sound of water splashing not far away.
Gu Lang probably heard the sound of water here as well. Wang Ping discovered that the traces left by someone here also began to become clear in direction, heading towards the sound of flowing water.
Seeing that they were almost at the ridge, the sound of water seemed to be coming from the other side of the ridge. Wang Ping quickened his pace and walked towards the ridge.
The closer we got to the ridge, the louder the sound of the water became. After walking about 200 meters, we could clearly hear the sound of a waterfall. It seemed that there was a fault in the mountain nearby.
After turning a corner, Wang Ping was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.
It is true that there is a waterfall, but it is not the waterfall flowing from this ridge over here.
In front of me was a very steep hillside. On the opposite side of the hillside, a ridge fault that seemed to be squeezed out by the mountains on both sides stood on another mountain. A two-meter-wide small waterfall splashed down from the cliff, forming a pool of water at the bottom of the cliff. A river extended from the edge of the pool, winding westward along the valley between the two mountains, and it was unknown where it led. On both sides of the river, thick trees were scattered in between, shielding the river in this valley.
However, the traces that Gu Lang left in the forest suddenly disappeared when he arrived here, which made Wang Ping very confused.
"Did this guy fall from here?"
Wang Ping stood on the ridge and took a look, then decisively denied his own guess.
It is true that the slope on this side is very steep, but it is not so steep that a person can fall down without leaving any trace. Moreover, this area is all dirt hills with dense vegetation, tall trees and thick forests, so there is no condition for a person to roll down the slope at all.
Looking down at the pool of water at the foot of the mountain, the badger secretly guessed the whereabouts of Gu Laosan.
This guy didn't even have time to drink water when he turned into a "escape machine" and left. If he came here and saw the lake at the foot of the mountain, he would definitely find a way to get down. Since there are no traces left here, maybe he changed his route himself.
Of course, if this guy knew that he would be chasing, he would stop somewhere and wait. Wang Ping was worried that Gu Laosan was stupid and would run around in the woods, and he would foolishly chase him along the route.
After such a long search, the badger is almost certain that Gu Laosan, the scoundrel, is really running around.
If you don't try to take a shortcut and use your 20-centimeter short legs to chase someone's more than one-meter long legs, who knows when you will be able to catch up.
So if someone is on the way to the lake, or has already reached the lake, there is an opportunity to shorten the distance between the two. At worst, with the existence of drones, you can also go to the lake to check first.
The little paw subconsciously touched the waist bag on his chest, and Wang Ping decided to simply modify the waist bag and make a "flight suit". Otherwise, if the remote control fell off while flying like in the hotel, he would not have time to cry.
He untied his waist bag and put it on the ground. Wang Ping opened the small bag on his chest and took out a bunch of things including his mobile phone, drone remote control, etc. He pointed the two joysticks of the remote control at the outside of the bag and roughly pointed at the position. Then Wang Ping stretched out a claw and poked two holes in the small bag.
Then put the mobile phone, portable wifi and other things back in the bag, and finally put the remote control in the bag, and extend the joystick out through two small holes on the inside.
It shook a bit, because there were a lot of things stuffed in the small bag, and the remote control was squeezed firmly in the front, but it was quite firm.
A badger unplugged the power bank that was placed with the drone with satisfaction, turned on the drone, picked up the waist bag and prepared to put it on his back. But as soon as he turned around, he saw the ginseng that he had placed aside.
Away from the soil, the upper part of the ginseng stem was a little wilted, and the bunch of small red fruits were drooping listlessly.
After thinking about it, Wang Ping bent down and picked up the ginseng, opened the space on the other side of his waist bag where the drone was placed, and stuffed the ginseng roots in it.
When Wang Ping put the bulging waist bag on his back again, a bunch of small red fruits hung down from above his head, swaying above his head like a parasol.
Tightening the Velcro on his side, Wang Ping bent down slightly, placed his two paws on the joystick in front of his chest and pushed it slightly. There was a sound of wind behind him, and his body slowly began to leave the ground.
Feeling the pulling force behind him and the stability of the drone, Wang Ping shook his head secretly.
It seems that I am wearing too many things and they are a bit overweight. I have pushed the joystick to the bottom, but the drone is only less than 5 meters off the ground.
But this height was just what he wanted. As long as he didn't have to walk, this height was acceptable. If it was higher, the badger would be a little nervous. If the battery ran out halfway, it would be a tragedy if the plane crashed and the badger died.
Maneuvering the drone to avoid the trees in the forest, Wang Ping flew down the hillside to the pool at the foot of the mountain.