In order to avoid running out of food for the rest of the journey, a badger didn't even eat beef jerky. But when they were preparing to set up camp in the evening, Yuan Xiaoxiao still announced that after this meal, except for two packets of spicy strips, the food would be officially gone.
Gu Laosan sat down on the ground leaning against his backpack, humming and refusing to move. He felt that he was a useless man and was completely indifferent to the dilemma of running out of food.
In order to avoid being cut off from the outside world before arriving in Rutog County, Gu Lang, under Yuan Xiaoxiao's reminder, finally decided to live broadcast in the morning and shut down in the afternoon to save power. However, with the shutdown of the live broadcast, someone's physical strength and face were also shut down.
Once out of the camera, Gu Lao San's true colors were immediately revealed. He was almost dragged along by Yuan Xiaoxiao, and he only took a few steps while constantly mocking her. It felt like he was practicing driving in a driving school.
But as the sun was setting and it was time to set up camp and rest, someone just lay on the ground, and no matter how Yuan Xiaoxiao ridiculed him, he was no longer able to do anything.
The place where the two stopped was near another lake. There were not many other things on the plateau, but there were lakes, so there was no need to deliberately look for water sources. Lakes with a diameter of more than 1 km could be found everywhere, and there were large lakes with a diameter of nearly 10 kilometers.
Although I don't know the specific name of this lake, judging from the terrain alone, this is another strange place. The entire lakeshore is reddish-brown rocky soil, with no grass growing. Only after extending nearly 2 kilometers to the south did sparse weeds begin to appear. And 5 kilometers further south, there is a lush low mountain. The lush vegetation and colorful colors form a sharp contrast with the desolate scenery by the lake.
Wang Ping felt that there might be something fishy about this lake.
"Get up and set up the tent! Don't play dead! You act like a sissy after walking a few steps. Are you still a man?" Yuan Xiaoxiao walked to Gu Lang, kicked his leg and snorted coldly.
"Hmm..."
Gu Laosan had a half-dead expression on his face, and completely ignored the sarcasm of someone. He just rolled his eyelids and looked up at Yuan Xiaoxiao, humming: "You woman, you are becoming less and less lovely! You don't know how to be gentle with women at all!"
"Fuck...?" Yuan Xiaoxiao opened her mouth in shock for a long time, surprised that this guy actually used words like "tenderly love women" to describe himself, and she even forgot what she was going to say.
Throwing down his backpack with a groan, Gu Laosan stood up and walked to the lakeside, then he laid on the ground and scooped up some water to splash it on his face. Wang Ping was standing on the shore, staring at the bubbling water with a frown. When he heard the noise and was about to stop them, he saw someone scoop up a handful of water and drink two gulps in a row.
"Um?"
Gu Laosan's expression suddenly became strange, and then he spit out the water with a "Puh", followed by a burst of dry heaves.
"Ugh... this water... this water..."
After talking for a long time, Gu Lang still couldn't explain what was wrong with the water.
Yuan Xiaoxiao followed over after hearing the noise, took off one of her gloves, squatted by the lake, stretched out her hand to stir the water a few times, then put her finger into her mouth and sipped it, spitting it out with a "Pah", frowned and said, "This is an alkaline lake, you can't drink it!"
"I've heard of saltwater lakes, but what are alkaline lakes?" Gu Laosan, whose face and neck were red from spitting, asked while panting.
Yuan Xiaoxiao shrugged her shoulders and said nonchalantly, "Just think of this lake as being filled with soda water that exceeds the standard concentration!"
Wang Ping scratched his head, feeling a little depressed. Since this was an alkaline lake, there must be no fish, not to mention catching fish to supplement food for everyone.
Seeing that everyone ran to the lake, Xiao Si, the wolf that Yuan Xiaoxiao had put on the ground, also chased over, and stuck his head behind Wang Ping, almost pushing him into the lake.
"Go! Go play somewhere else!"
Wang Ping pushed the little wolf away and turned his gaze toward the low hills to the south, thinking about his own thoughts.
Gu Lang and Yuan Xiaoxiao, who were standing by, had already stood up and were walking back. At this moment, Gu Lao San pointed across the street and said to Yuan Xiaoxiao, "Why don't we camp over there? The plants over there are so lush, there must be water!"
"because… "
Yuan Xiaoxiao stopped, hugged her shoulders and turned to get close to Gu Laosan's face, causing someone to subconsciously tilt his head back. Yuan Xiaoxiao's eyes curved, but her expression was a smile, and she said in a strange tone: "There are high mountains and dense forests over there. Do you think there are bears?"
"you… "
After being sprayed in the face by someone's breath, Gu Lang subconsciously took a step back: "Just talk, don't be so sarcastic, it's creepy!"
But then, he was so happy that he walked to the backpack, bent down and took out a cup-shaped object, and smiled at Yuan Xiaoxiao: "Now my water purifier should come in handy, right? You thought it was cumbersome when you took it, what do you think? Do you have foresight?"
"idiot!"
Yuan Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes, simply ignored him, and walked directly towards the low hills in the south.
"Hello? Where are you going?" Gu Lang looked up and asked, "Didn't you just say there was a bear over there?"
"I'm going to collect firewood!" Yuan Xiaoxiao replied unhappily, "You'd better set up the tent before I come back!"
However, after walking a few steps, Yuan Xiaoxiao felt her trouser legs being pulled a few times. She looked down and found that a badger, who had carried the drone on his back, was pulling her trouser legs and looking up at her.
"You... what are you doing?" Yuan Xiaoxiao dared to look at the anchor coldly, but she was always wary of this guy who had taught her a lesson.
Behind him came the dry howl of Wolf Xiao Si and the voice of Gu Lao San comforting him: "Be good, little wolf, your brother is going to do some serious work, it would be inconvenient for you to follow him..."
Yuan Xiaoxiao was just wondering when she saw Wang Ping pointing in the direction of the low hill opposite and then pointing at himself.
"Do you want to go with me?" After Yuan Xiaoxiao said that, she saw a badger nodded, then shook its head, with its little paw pointing straight at her arm.
Five minutes later, Yuan Xiaoxiao, with a dark face, held a badger that didn't want to walk, and walked towards the woods in front of the hill with a pout.
When they arrived at the destination, they put the badger on the ground. Yuan Xiaoxiao went to look for dry branches in the forest, while Wang Ping walked deeper into the woods. After he was away from Yuan Xiaoxiao, he turned on the drone and flew towards the low hills.
Since there were no fish in the lake, Wang Ping decided to try his luck here and see if he could catch a rabbit or something.
From a distance, the hill looked small and low, but when we got closer, we found that the hill was not small. Large tracts of dense and lush trees, vines and wild flowers covered the entire hill. As soon as the drone approached, a bird flapped its wings and flew up from the forest.
A Tibetan fox poked its head out from a bush, its square, world-weary face warily looking at the drone overhead. Although I knew it was born with this expression, I still felt that it was unhappy about something.
“Tibetan fox… Never mind, it’s a protected species.” Wang Ping piloted the drone deeper into the forest, paying attention to all kinds of movements in the forest.
"The mandarin duck is also a protected species..."
"Deer... well, we should still protect animals!"
After flying around and around, Wang Ping landed on a tree branch when the drone gave out an alarm indicating that it was running low on battery. He looked confused and angry. “Damn it! How can there be so many protected animals in this crappy place?”