About 20 meters east of the base, in the woods, there is an old banyan tree with a huge crown. Under the tree are thick fallen leaves and small bushes. The fallen leaves pile up under the tree for many years, and you step on them with one foot deep and one foot shallow. If you turn over the humus under the fallen leaves, the various small insects living in it will definitely make you scream.
At this time, Gu Lang was leaning against the trunk of the big banyan tree, with fallen leaves sitting under his butt, staring at Wang Ping and Xiaohua.
Wang Ping could feel his gaze. Not only Wang Ping, Gu Lang's gaze was not shy at all, even Xiaohua could feel it, and she glared back at him with some displeasure.
Compared with Xiaohua's "clear conscience", Wang Ping felt a little embarrassed.
In fact, many of Gu Laosan's injuries could have been avoided. For example, the big bump on the back of his head was caused by Wang Ping hitting the rear door when he drove past a dirt bump without slowing down.
There was a large patch of blue needle marks on his arm, which were made by Wang Ping during the day. If he hadn't used so much force, it might have been better. I don't know if it had hit the bone, but when the needle was pulled out, it was indeed a little crooked.
Of course, most of the minor wounds were caused by Xiaohua, and Wang Ping was at most responsible for inappropriate command. For example, when Gu Lang was dragged from the tent to the car, Gu Lang's back, thighs and buttocks were scratched by gravel and thorns on the grass, leaving many bloody marks.
And because of the fever, Gu Lao San's skin is very sensitive now, and even the slightest bump may cause large bruises. And Gu Lang has been bumped a lot along the way. To be frank, if he takes off his clothes now, if you don't look closely at the bruises on his body, you might think he's a tattooed gangster.
Only Gu Lang himself could understand what he was thinking at this moment.
Along the way, he seemed to be in a coma, but after waking up, Gu Lang's mind was not completely without any memory.
Although it was a bit confusing, he still had a vague impression of Xiaohua dragging him into the car and Wang Ping feeding him. However, his mind was in a daze at the time and his body was not aware of anything, so he thought he was just dreaming.
Besides, this place is obviously not the place where I camped before. I remember that there was no such a large forest nearby. Then how did I get here? It can't be that I met a kind person who drove me here
Gu Lang was not sure about the rest, but if they really encountered humans, the two before him would never appear again.
"My life was saved by two animals?" Gu Lang smiled bitterly in his heart, not knowing what decision to make now.
Gu Lang had always felt that if he really wanted to find a chance to get away, it shouldn't be too difficult. After all, when it comes to playing tricks on people, animals are definitely no match for humans. It was just that he developed a high fever halfway through the journey, which was indeed something he had not expected.
But what was even more unexpected was that Wang Ping would actually save him, the "hostage".
“Forget it. It’s not easy for these two. After escaping from the circus, they probably don’t even know how to survive in the wild. If there is a chance, we should find a way to send them to the zoo! After all, they are provided with food and shelter, and they don’t have to work.” Gu Lang was secretly paying attention.
“Bang!”
In the quiet woods, the sound of crisp slaps was heard.
Wang Ping and Xiao Hua turned around and looked at Gu Lang, who had his hands on his face and looked annoyed.
I don't know if it's because of the fur or the beast's unique murderous aura. Gu Lang found that there were very few mosquitoes flying around the two. On the contrary, almost all the mosquitoes around were running towards him.
In just a short while, several big lumps were bitten on Gu Lang's hands and face, which made someone extremely angry.
If he really had to stay here overnight, Gu Lang was worried that he would be sucked dry by mosquitoes.
“Snap!”
A broken branch of a bush was thrown at Gu Lang's feet, with a few lavender wild flowers blooming on it.
With Gu Lang's pitifully limited knowledge, he certainly didn't know that this was the geranium that can be found everywhere in South Africa, also known as the legendary mosquito repellent plant.
Geranium is a shrubby plant that happens to be found in the bushes nearby.
The reason why mosquitoes didn't get close to Wang Ping and Xiaohua was not because of some ridiculous murderous aura, but because of the geraniums around them.
Gu Lang looked at Wang Ping throwing wild flowers at him, and was silent for a moment. He picked up the wild flower branches at his feet and used them as a fan, waving them around his body. This guy probably thought that Wang Ping disliked the noise he made and asked him to use this to swat mosquitoes.
"Idiot!" A badger turned his head away speechlessly and didn't look at him.
Except for Xiaohua, the other three had their own thoughts. After hiding for about two hours, Xiaohua began to doze off, but there was still no movement in the base. It seemed that the enemy was not coming here.
At this time, a hint of dawn had appeared on the horizon, and the scenery in the woods also became much clearer.
A strange "cooing" sound was heard, and Wang Ping turned around to see Gu Lang's embarrassed face.
"Well… "
Gu Lang laughed dryly and pointed to his stomach: "It's hungry..."
If you are hungry, just cook! Wang Ping shrugged his shoulders twice, which made Gu Lang stunned.
Wang Ping patted Xiaohua's head gently, stood up, brushed off the dirt and grass on his body, pushed aside the bushes and walked out.
In the woods, the sound of unknown birds chirping could be heard one after another. In the distance, the sound of wind breaking branches could be heard intermittently, which sounded very similar to the sound of animals stepping on dead leaves.
He didn't feel it at night, but at this moment, watching Wang Ping walking away, Gu Lang always felt uneasy, as if something was always watching him from behind.
Not daring to stay under the tree any longer, Gu Lang threw away the wild flower in his hand, endured the pain in his body, and hurriedly followed Wang Ping to the open space in the distance. Xiaohua was left alone under the tree, she looked up and glanced at the two of them, then continued to doze off on the ground.
Wang Ping took a curved route and avoided the off-road vehicle on the open space.
Gu Lang, who was behind him, saw the small shadow on the ground next to the car through the skylight. He looked a little unnatural, leaned over and grabbed a handful of fallen leaves from the ground, walked to the side of the car and covered the small shadow. Unfortunately, there were no tools around, so he should have dug a hole and buried it.
Wang Ping was also hungry.
Gu Lang was fed several times by him, but he really didn't eat much. The bag of beef jerky had been digested to the last drop.
There was nothing in the backpack on the car except a few packets of instant noodles that had been broken into pieces and canned food that had been mixed together.
The day dawned very quickly. In the distance, a few dark clouds on the horizon were tinged with a layer of gold by the sunlight below the horizon. It might rain during the day.
Gu Lang looked around the stronghold, which was the first time he noticed it since he woke up.
The man-made houses were so obvious that they couldn't be more obvious, and the courtyard was covered with a layer of sand. But looking around, it didn't seem like a village with people, but more like the wooden houses of night watchmen in the mountains that I had seen when I was a child in my hometown.
Wang Ping didn't want to eat the remaining food in the backpack, so he ignored Gu Lang who was able to move freely and turned to walk towards the river beach, intending to try his luck and see if he could catch a fish.
Gu Lang walked into the dormitory of the security team on the north side. Wang Ping, who had just walked out of the open space, heard his exclamation, which was full of surprise. Obviously, he found the medicine in the infirmary.
About 200 meters northwest of the base, there is a small lake, 100 meters long and less than 50 meters wide, surrounded by large areas of gravel and overgrown with weeds.
The rivers on both sides pass through here, creating a buffer. The lush water plants at the bottom of the lake make the lake surface look green. Animals from nearby often come to the lake to drink water. Occasionally, a few hippos will come from the swamps in the distance to take a shower, and then stay here under the disdainful eyes of other animals.
When Wang Ping arrived at the lake, the hippopotamus did not come, but there were a few wildebeests drinking water on the other side. When they saw Wang Ping, they seemed to be stunned for a moment, probably considering whether to retreat immediately.
However, with the lake 50 meters wide between us, I don't think it can get across.
In just a moment, several wildebeests lowered their heads to continue drinking water.
Wang Ping was probably in a good mood at this time. He stood by the lake and looked down. The image of a flat-headed tiger was reflected on the water.
Squinting his eyes with some discomfort, Wang Ping stretched out his claws to muddy the water surface, then put his claws into the underwater weeds and waited quietly.
"Perhaps, I should first catch an earthworm and thread it through the tip of my claw to make a fishhook?"
Looking at the rising sun in the distance, Wang Ping was thinking about this and that.