Chapter 33: The Night Without Words
About twenty meters to the east of the stronghold, in the woods, there was an old banyan tree with a huge crown, and under the tree was thick fallen leaves and small patches of bushes. Perennial fallen leaves are piled up under the tree, and stepping on them is one foot deep and one foot shallow. If you turn over the layer of humus under the fallen leaves, the various small insects that live in it will definitely make people scream.
At this time, Gu Lang was leaning on the trunk of the big banyan tree, with fallen leaves sitting under his buttocks, staring at Wang Ping and Xiaohua with dead eyes.
Wang Ping could feel his gaze. Not only Wang Ping, Gu Lang's gaze did not mean to evade at all, even Xiaohua could feel it, and glared back at him a few times with some unhappiness.
Compared with Xiaohua's "clear conscience", Wang Ping is a little embarrassed.
In fact, many wounds on Gu Laosan's body can be avoided. For example, a large bag on the back of his head was knocked on the back door by Wang Ping without slowing down when he drove past a dirt bag.
There was also a large piece of needle eye on his arm at this time, which Wang Ping had just pierced during the day. If I hadn't pushed as hard at the time, maybe it would have been better. I don't know if it was pierced to the bone, but when I pulled it out anyway, the needle was indeed a little crooked.
Of course, more small wounds were caused by Xiaohua, and Wang Ping was at most misdirected. For example, when Gu Lang was dragged from the tent to the car at the beginning, Gu Lang's back, thighs, and buttocks were marked with a lot of blood marks by the gravel and spikes on the grass.
And because of the fever, Gu Laosan's skin is very sensitive now, and a slight bump may cause a large bruise. And Gu Lang just bumped into it a few times along the way? To put it bluntly, if he took off his clothes now, and didn't look carefully at the bruises on his body, he would still think it was a tattooed underworld boss.
Gu Lang's thoughts at this time can only be understood by himself.
Along the way, it seemed that he had been in a coma, but after waking up at this moment, Gu Lang was not completely devoid of any memories in his mind.
Although it was a little chaotic, Xiaohua dragged him into the car, and Wang Ping fed him something in his mouth, which had a vague impression. It's just that my mind was muddy at the time, and my body didn't feel anything, and I thought I was just dreaming.
Besides, this is obviously not the place where I used to set up my tent and camp, and I remember that there was no such a large forest nearby. Then it's very problematic how I got here, it can't be that I met a kind person who drove me over, right?
Other Gu Lang didn't dare to be sure, but if he really encountered a human being, it would be impossible for these two to appear again.
"Was your life saved by two animals?" Gu Lang smiled bitterly in his heart, not knowing what decision to make now.
Gu Lang always felt that if he really wanted to find a chance to get out, it shouldn't be too difficult. After all, when it comes to scheming, animals can never be the opponents of humans. It's just that he has a high fever halfway through, which he really didn't expect.
What was even more unexpected was that Wang Ping would actually save him, a "hostage".
"Forget it, these two are not easy either. If you escape from the circus, you don't even know how to survive in the wild, right? If you have the chance, you might as well find a way to send it to the zoo! Gu Lang secretly paid attention.
"Smack!"
In the quiet forest, a crisp slap sounded.
Wang Ping and Xiaohua turned their heads and looked at Gu Lang, who was full of irritability with his hands on his face.
I don't know if it's because of the fur covering it, or because of the murderous aura peculiar to the beast. Gu Lang found that there were very few mosquitoes flying around these two. On the contrary, almost all the mosquitoes around them, rushed to themselves.
In just a short period of time, Gu Lang's hands and face were bitten out of several large bags, which made someone extremely irritable.
If he really wanted to stay here overnight, Gu Lang was very worried about whether he would be sucked dry by mosquitoes.
"Smack!"
A broken shrub branch was thrown at Gu Lang's feet, and a few lilac wildflowers bloomed on it.
Gu Lang's little pitiful cognition, of course, he didn't know that this was the geranium that can be seen everywhere in South Africa, which is the legendary mosquito repellent grass.
Geranium geranium is a shrub-like genus of flowers and herbs, found right in nearby bushes.
The reason why the mosquitoes didn't get close to Wang Ping and Xiaohua was not some kind of murderous aura, but the geraniums beside the two of them.
Gu Lang looked at Wang Ping, who threw the wildflowers over, was silent for a moment, picked up the wildflower branches at his feet, used them as fans, and waved them around his body. This thing probably thought that Wang Ping thought he was making a sound, so he used this to whip mosquitoes.
"Idiot!" a badger turned his head speechlessly, not looking at him.
These three have their own thoughts, except for the little flower. After hiding for about two hours, Xiaohua began to nap, but there was no movement in the stronghold. It seems that the other party is not here for this.
At this time, a trace of fish belly white has appeared on the horizon. The scenery in the woods also seemed much clearer.
A strange "cooing" sound sounded, and Wang Ping turned his head to see Gu Lang's embarrassed face.
"Uh......"
Gu Lang smiled dryly and pointed to his stomach: "It's hungry......"
Cook when you're hungry! Wang Ping's small shoulders behind him shrugged twice, and Gu Lang was stunned for a moment.
Gently patting Xiaohua's head, Wang Ping stood up, patted the dirt and grass clippings on his body, brushed aside the bushes and walked out.
In the woods, unknown birdsong appeared one after another. In the distance, the sound of the wind breaking branches was heard intermittently, sounding very similar to the sound of animals stepping on dead leaves.
I didn't think it at night, but at this moment, watching Wang Ping walk away, Gu Lang always felt a feeling of unsteadyness, as if there was something staring at him behind him.
Not daring to stay under the tree anymore and throwing away the wildflowers in his hand, Gu Lang endured the pain in his body and hurriedly followed Wang Ping to the open space in the distance. Xiaohua was left under the tree, looked up and glanced at the two of them, and then slumped on the ground.
Wang Ping took an arc route, bypassing the position of the off-road vehicle in the open field.
Gu Lang behind him saw the small lump of shadows on the ground next to the car through the skylight, his expression was a little unnatural, he leaned over and grabbed a large handful of fallen leaves from the ground, walked to the side of the car and covered the small lump. It's a pity that there are no tools around, in fact, they should have dug a pit and buried it.
Wang Ping was also hungry.
Gu Lang was fed and replenished by him a few times halfway, but he really didn't eat much himself. The bag of beef jerky had already been digested by this time.
In the backpack on the car, there was nothing but a few packets of instant noodles crumbled into slag and canned food mixed into a lump.
The speed of dawn is very fast, and in the distance, a few dark clouds on the horizon are now dyed with a layer of gold by the sun below the horizon, and it is not sure that it may rain during the day.
Gu Lang looked at the stronghold that he had noticed for the first time since he woke up.
The artificial houses that are so obvious that they could not be more obvious, and the courtyards are covered with a layer of sand. But if you look around, it doesn't look like a populated village, but like the wooden house of a night watchman in the mountains and forests that I saw in my hometown when I was a child.
Wang Ping didn't want to eat the food left in his backpack, so he didn't care about Gu Lang, who was already able to move freely, and turned around and walked towards the river beach, intending to try his luck and see if he could get a fish back.
Gu Lang walked into the dormitory of the security team on the north side, and Wang Ping, who had just walked out of the open space, heard his exclamation, revealing a smell of surprise. Apparently, he had found the medicine in the infirmary.
There is a small lake about 200 meters northwest of the colony. 100 meters long and less than 50 meters wide, surrounded by large gravel fields, overgrown with weeds.
The river on both sides passes through here, and there will be a buffer. The water and grass at the bottom of the lake are abundant, giving the lake a turquoise appearance. Nearby animals often come to the lake to drink. Occasionally, a few hippos would sneak up from the swamp in the distance to take a shower, and then stay here under the disgusting eyes of other animals.
When Wang Ping came to the lake, the hippos did not come, but there were a few wildebeest on the other side drinking water. Seeing Wang Ping, the other party seemed to be stunned for a moment, probably considering whether to retreat immediately.
However, across the 50-meter-wide lake, this goods can't get by.
In an instant, several wildebeest lowered their heads again and began to drink.
Wang Ping was probably in a good mood at this time, standing by the lake and looking down, the image of a flat-headed brother was reflected on the water surface.
Some unaccustomed to squeezing his eyes, Wang Ping stretched out his claws to muddy the surface of the water, and then put his paws into the aquatic grass under the water, waiting quietly.
"Perhaps, you should catch an earthworm and put it on the tip of your claws to make a hook?"
Looking at the rising sun in the distance, Wang Ping thought about whether he had a match or not.