At night, the bonfire slowly burns.
In the middle of the valley in front of Wolf Mountain, Gu Lang used the stones he had picked up to build a circle of stone platforms to block the sparks from being blown away by the wind. On the campfire, a rabbit was strung up and slowly turning over the flames.
Except for the rabbit, no other prey was brought back.
After all, among these, only rabbits were confirmed by Gu Lang to be non-protected animals, and he didn't dare to eat the other species. If the wolf king looked back, the picky eating problem of a certain biped would be completely confirmed.
At this time, the surface of the rabbit meat was sizzling with oil, dripping into the flames from time to time. Gu Lang held the paratrooper knife, sliced off the burnt parts, and then took out the sauce and brushed it on. The sauce seeped into the meat under the scorching flames, and the aroma filled the air. The angry wolf Xiao Si jumped on the ground and shouted at the rabbit, his voice almost hoarse.
At the foot of the mountain not far to the north of the bonfire, there were seven pools of water less than 100 meters in size, distributed like the Big Dipper in the forest within a range of 2 kilometers. At the southeasternmost pool, a figure was squatting there washing his hands.
The grass behind the figure rustled and footsteps approached.
Yuan Xiaoxiao tilted her head slightly, her hands moving without stopping, and she quietly touched a stone under the water and held it in her hand. As she was on guard, she saw the badger's night vision eyes, which were particularly bright at night.
The stone in the hand under the water surface loosened silently, but someone didn't want to pay attention to Wang Ping at this moment.
Yuan Xiaoxiao, who was not disguised, was a little aloof and not as warm and innocent as she was when we first met. Of course, this was not necessarily her true self. Perhaps she had been pretending so much that she herself did not know what kind of person she was.
He shook the water off his hands and was about to get up and leave, but a badger pulled his sleeve.
Yuan Xiaoxiao frowned and looked over, only then did she discover that the badger had a flashlight tucked under its other little arm. Against its small body, the flashlight looked particularly large. When it saw her turn around, it picked it up and held it in its two little paws and handed it to her.
Wang Ping himself was actually quite surprised. Why would he care about this suspected poacher? But for some reason, when everyone happily came back to set up camp and ate one of the rabbits, Yuan Xiaoxiao came to the woods alone. Her back looked a little desolate and lost.
Thinking that the forest was full of roots and thick grass, and it was hard to see clearly in the dark, and she might fall and get her face broken, so the badger took out a flashlight from his backpack and gave it to her.
Wang Ping attributed this to the fact that he was too kind. The saying "Don't hurt the lives of ants when sweeping the floor, and cherish the moths that fly around the lamp" might have applied to him.
Yuan Xiaoxiao took the flashlight with a look of surprise on her face. She was about to say thank you, but when she pressed the switch, the flashlight did not light up. It seemed that not only the tablet computer, but also the last household appliance in Gu Laosan's luggage had run out of power.
The expression of surprise and slight joy turned into speechlessness in an instant. Yuan Xiaoxiao put down the flashlight and glared at the badger with a stern face.
Wang Ping: …
This is really... a bit embarrassing.
Reaching out his paw to grab the flashlight from Yuan Xiaoxiao's hand, Wang Ping raised one paw and clapped it vigorously. The flashlight made a "bang bang" sound, but it didn't seem to want to light up.
"Okay, stop filming! It's just out of battery."
Yuan Xiaoxiao reached out and took back the flashlight that was about to be destroyed by the badger, and stood up and walked back. However, in the direction that the badger could not see, the smile on her face flashed and disappeared.
Wang Ping scratched his head and followed Yuan Xiaoxiao. But at this moment, a faint wolf howl came from the Wolf Mountain behind him.
"Are there wolves in this mountain?" Wang Ping looked back. "Could it be the wolf king and his gang?"
The howling from Wolf Mountain did not alert Wang Ping. In addition, the sound was too far away, so neither Yuan Xiaoxiao nor Gu Lang heard it. So after eating and drinking, some kept watch while others slept, in harmony.
At midnight, the moon climbed across the sky, casting a silver frost on the valley. Yuan Xiaoxiao came out of the tent to replace Gu Lang, poking the campfire with a branch in boredom.
Having to travel during the day and not sleeping well at night, after a few days, Yuan Xiaoxiao felt a little tired. She kept yawning and her eyelids were fighting each other.
A small snoring sound was heard, and Yuan Xiaoxiao glanced at the two backpacks piled not far from the campfire, her lips slightly curled.
The snoring sound was not coming from Gu Lang in the tent, but from a badger.
Since losing the Wrangler, a mobile fortress that protected him from wind and rain, Wang Ping simply slept on his backpack every night. While staying away from Gu Laosan's "minefield", he could also prevent Yuan Xiaoxiao from running away with the food in the middle of the night.
But now the food was gone, so the badger simply put the remaining rabbit under his head.
This was also the reason why Yuan Xiaoxiao curled her lips. Even if she didn't understand before, now she could see that the badger was on guard against her.
"Small-minded little beast!" As he cursed in his heart, the little bit of emotion he had felt in the woods before instantly vanished.
A gust of night wind blew by, and the flames sank with a whoosh, and a few sparks flew out. At the same time, the woods to the north were shaking, and the branches and leaves were rustling. But vaguely, Yuan Xiaoxiao seemed to hear a sound different from the sound of wind blowing the leaves.
But within a few seconds, the sounds of breaking branches and footsteps wading through the grass began to emanate from the forest. Yuan Xiaoxiao stood up and looked. Pairs of bright green eyes appeared in the darkness of the forest. At first glance, there were nearly hundreds of them.
"hiss…"
Yuan Xiaoxiao's brows furrowed tightly, and her scalp suddenly felt numb.
"Gu...Gu Lang! Gu Lang, get up quickly!"
There was a tremor in his voice and his hands were moving non-stop, hurriedly adding dry firewood to the fire to make the bonfire burn brighter. At the same time, he took out a short branch and threw it at a badger that was snoring.
The snoring stopped instantly. Wang Ping rubbed his eyes and just sat up, he heard Yuan Xiaoxiao calling Gu Lang with a trembling voice.
My nose and ears twitched at the same time, and a sense of threat came over me.
He looked across the campfire towards the woods opposite. With the badger's eyesight, he could immediately see the shadowy figures inside.
It's the wolves again!
Unlike the guys led by the Wolf King, in Wang Ping's vision, the fur color of the wild wolves in the forest is generally darker, and some are even close to black. If you insist on distinguishing, the wolf pack led by the Wolf King can be regarded as a white wolf pack, but the one in front of him is a black wolf pack.
"Oh my god, this is so difficult. Why are there so many?" Wang Ping groaned in his heart.
There were at least 40 or 50 wild wolves in the woods. If a fight broke out, two claws would not be enough to defeat four mouths. A good badger would not be able to withstand so many wolves. Moreover, there were three "burdens" on his side.
"We have to find a place to hide quickly. This place is too open. If we fight, Gu Laosan will die!"
Wang Ping turned around and picked up Wolf Xiaosi. Just as he was about to go find Gu Laosan, he saw Yuan Xiaoxiao had already opened the tent curtain and pulled him up.
"What are you doing...I just fell asleep..."
Gu Laosan scratched his head and sat on his sleeping bag, mumbling while putting on his shoes. Yuan Xiaoxiao turned back, glanced at a badger, then took the paratrooper knife on the side of the backpack in front of him and put on the backpack.
Obviously, she and Wang Ping had the same idea. There were too many wild wolves. If the bonfire lost its deterrent effect, staying in this open area would be tantamount to waiting for death.
After thinking about it, Wang Ping walked over and handed Wolf Xiaosi to her.
At this moment, Gu Laosan, who had put on his shoes, muttered and walked out of the tent, but went straight to the north.
"I'll go and spread some..."
Seeing someone suddenly freeze as if he had been hit by a pressure point, Wang Ping immediately had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Xiu'er, stay calm!"