More than half an hour later, the sound of footsteps and voices wading through the grass were heard from the other side of the stream, as if complaining about the already difficult mountain road and the fact that they had encountered a stream.
Wang Ping had already walked around the cave twice. When he heard the noise, he came out and called out, urging the two to come over. If nothing unexpected happened, there was already a suitable camping site for tonight. He also had a guess about the origin of the cave.
It was over two meters high, with regular edges and corners, and traces of excavation. In particular, after the cave extended three meters, it turned 90 degrees to the left along the bottom of the boulder, opening up another 10-square-meter space. There were caves on the wall that had similar storage functions, and even a ventilation hole on the outside. If this wasn't artificially excavated, a certain badger would be willing to eat shit live.
Combined with the information about the Grampians, this is obviously an indigenous relic, and nature doesn't have the time to play with building blocks. However, it should not be too old, otherwise it would not be so neatly built.
Long before Wolf Xiaosi ran back to look for people, a heated discussion had already begun in the live broadcast room from Wang Ping's perspective.
Some people say that this is definitely a cave of primitive people, while others claim that this is the living habit of the indigenous people of Southeast Asia. Some netizens with wild imaginations also said that it was impossible for tools to carve the rock into this state at that time, and it must be a hermit who escaped the war in modern times.
Some even said that this was a stronghold built by the Japanese, and that there might be weapons buried underground. For a while, the comments were all mixed up, and people were almost quarreling.
Of course, another way to infer the age is to see if there are any murals in the cave and what type they are. Take a photo and search it on Baidu, and you will know which period the cave belongs to.
However, Wang Ping had never been interested in this kind of "dead thing". He just saw traces of smoke and fire on the top of the cave and judged that it should be possible to make a fire here.
As long as you can make a fire, you can set up camp and rest. Nothing else matters.
Wang An exclaimed from the stream, followed by the sound of wading through the stream. When Wang Ping ran around the foot of the mountain to see, he saw Gu Lang holding Wang An and stepping onto the grass on the other side. Wolf Xiao Si followed the legs of a salted fish, wagging his tail. After catching a glimpse of a badger, he paused, looked up and called out to Wang An in the arms of a person, wagging his tail even more frequently.
"What the hell? Old Third Gu is really bold, and he's addicted to hugging?"
The same doubts as the badger are shared by those staunch "sword-drawing faction" in the live broadcast room. They are full of admiration for the young lady and hate to see such scenes.
"Gu Laosan, draw your sword!"
"Draw your sword, the last one standing is worthy of the goddess"
"Let go of that goddess! Let me come"
"You guys are just being stubborn. My little sister has an injured foot. How can she get here by herself?"
"The anchor is clearly taking advantage"
"Now that we're on shore, why don't you let go?"
Wang Ping had imagined the conversation that might take place between the two in this situation.
For example, Wang An would slap someone in the face as soon as he stepped on the ground, and then yell, "Who the hell asked you to hug me?" Or he would consider the actual situation and say thank you generously. Or he would be a little shy and half-heartedly let someone hug him.
Of course, Wang Ping was most afraid of the last one. If these two people really got together in front of him, he wouldn't know who to hit first.
However, none of the above scenarios are more far-fetched than the real reality.
As Wang An stretched out one foot and stepped on the ground again, he first turned his head to look at the stream full of smooth stones, then pulled the shoulder strap of his backpack to tidy it up, and then put his thumb in front of the nostrils of a salted fish and shouted: "Fuck, you can walk so steadily without looking at the road, you are awesome!"
"… "
A badger raised his little black paw and pressed his throbbing temple. Suddenly, he felt a little dizzy.
There were so many people in the live studio who were so upset that Wang Ping couldn't bear to watch. I don't know who this girl learned this from. She kept saying "Fuck" and "Laozi". She didn't inherit any of the politeness of the "Wang family".
"ha…"
Gu Laosan was probably the only one who felt happy. He touched the back of his head, grinned foolishly, and spoke modestly.
“Oooooh!”
An inexplicable roar suddenly resounded through the forest, startling a flock of birds and animals, and the forest suddenly became lively. The two turned their heads at the same time and saw a badger standing on the top of a pile of rocks that was as high as a person not far away. It glared at the two of them with an unhappy face, and its little paw pointed impatiently at the corner of the hillside.
"What did the boss find out?"
“Go and take a look!”
The two of them automatically filtered out the unpleasantness in the badger's cry and slowly walked forward.
Wolf Xiao Si followed Wang An with his head lowered, pretending that he didn't exist. However, when he passed the pile of rocks, a small black claw suddenly appeared on his collar, pinched his mouth and dragged him to the side.
"Woo..."
The wolf struggled for a moment, but the cry was stuck in its throat. Seeing that Wang An and the others didn't notice the movement behind them, it rolled its eyes, stared at the ground with a guilty look, and lowered its head.
"Hehe, have your wings grown strong? You've learned to complain, right?" A badger smiled and bared his little white teeth.
"Xiao Si is going to be beaten again"
"You useless boss, just beat up the anchor. Xiao Si is so cute, why beat her up?"
"Stinky Pingping, let Xiao Si go"
"Isn't it just that I'm a little more lively?"
"Geshu forgot to bring his knife to reward the anchor with 5 rockets..."
"Going out with the boss is a mistake"
"Song Niuniu's mother gave the anchor a yacht x6 as a reward..."
On the other side, Gu Laosan and Wang An turned around the foot of the mountain and saw the wide cave. They were also stunned like the badger at the beginning, and did not even notice the sudden sound of reward from the backpack. Naturally, they also ignored the whimpering cry of Wolf Xiaosi from the woods behind them.
"Bang"
Wang An raised his hand, took off his heavy backpack, and let out a long sigh.
When the last rays of the sun disappeared and the woods became completely dark, a faint yellow light could be seen from the cave.
In the woods, a furry figure wearing a camouflage cap walked towards the cave in the darkness. On his small shoulders was a branch, with a few palm-sized perch strung on the bent end.
Gu Laosan had finished broadcasting and was lighting the dry firewood he had picked up in the cave to build a bonfire. Wang An sat on the side leaning against her backpack, looking up at the top of the cave with a somewhat distracted gaze. Wolf Xiaosi lay beside her legs, seemingly asleep.
Because the ground in the cave was all rocky, the two men simply didn't set up a tent, but just took out their sleeping bags and spread them on the ground.
Wang Ping carried a few fish to the cave entrance. Before he could go in, he heard a sudden scream from a salted fish. When he turned the corner, he saw Gu Lao San in the firelight, holding his nose and crying. Wang An sat beside him with an embarrassed look on his face, holding out his hand and apologizing non-stop.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was distracted just now. It was a complete misunderstanding! You... you too, at least say hello before you touch me..."
"Hmm?" A badger looked at Gu Laosan with a cold face, "Touch her? In this desolate mountain, alone with a man and a woman, what do you want to do?"
"Ouch..." Gu Laosan looked at Wang An with tears in his eyes. After a long while, he suppressed the sourness in his nose and said aggrievedly: "I saw that your feet were swollen again, so I wanted to help you raise them higher to relieve the pain. You are too sensitive..."
"Oh, my bad, my bad!"
Wang An smiled bitterly, looked around, and then grabbed the awakened wolf Xiao Si, put his foot on it, and laughed awkwardly: "See, it's better now! This is a conditioned reflex I developed when I practiced Taekwondo... Haha, I once kicked my mom, and my dad beat me up... uh..."
The cave suddenly became quiet, and Wang An's smile gradually faded.
“Snap!”
A few small fish were thrown into Gu Lang's hands. The badger suddenly lost the mood to cause trouble and turned around and walked silently to a dark corner.