Chapter 10: Encounter with a hyena

Wang Ping's camp is on the southeastern edge of the TSNY Ngoro Nature Reserve, about 30 kilometers from the foot of the western foothills of Lol Malasin Mountain at an altitude of 3,648 meters. Further north, on the other side of the Great Rift Valley, the Serengeti Plains stretch as far as the eye can see. And on the southeast side of the plain is Ngooro Volcano.

There is no other way to get here from the Masai Grasslands than to take Highway 144, which crosses the grasslands and passes through Lake Manyara.

Secretly calculating the direction and distance, through the simple navigation map on the car, Wang Ping has basically planned the route in his mind, and has a clear location map in his mind.

The distance of 500 kilometers can be reached in less than a day if you take the highway. But on the grassland, the road conditions are much more complicated.

The off-road vehicle stops and goes, avoiding the big brothers who are obviously not easy to mess with, and in some places there will even be intermittent meadow mud swamps caused by precipitation. These situations will obviously not be marked on the map, and it is impossible for Wang Ping to understand everything about such a large grassland. When encountering this, Gu Lang could only make a detour and even get down to push the cart.

Until the evening, when the sun set, according to Wang Ping's estimate, he could not even complete half the distance of the grassland. At the same time, Xiaohua also woke up, staring directly at Gu Lang in the back seat, and let out a low roar from time to time. Gu Lang was nervous several times, and the gear was hung up incorrectly, causing the ignition to go out.

Wang Ping knew that Xiaohua was hungry.

Although Gu Lang had food in his backpack, it was just an appetizer, but it was too impractical to feed a leopard. Besides, Wang Ping also has to calculate the food consumption, and he can't let the newly acquired little brother go hungry.

knocked on the dashboard and motioned for Gu Lang to stop.

Gu Lang couldn't stand the gaze of Xiaohua behind him for a long time, and when Wang Ping signaled, he couldn't wait to step on the brakes, open the door and run out.

Wang Ping jumped out of the car from the front windshield glass with Xiaohua, pointed to the grassland in the distance, and patted Xiaohua's neck to signal it to hunt on its own.

Anyway, I can't make it to the camp today, and driving at night is also dangerous. Besides, Gu Lang was frightened all day, and Wang Ping was also afraid that he would not be able to hold on. So Wang Ping decided to camp on the spot and rest for one night before leaving.

The language barrier can sometimes be troublesome. However, Gu Lang probably understood now, and the different flat-headed brother in front of him seemed to be able to understand what he was saying.

This is already a relatively obvious conclusion that can be reached after many confessions. Gu Lang found that as long as his attitude was sincere enough, the person in front of him could actually communicate.

Although it seems ridiculous that an African animal can understand Chinese, in human society, animals with "human nature" abound, and rare does not mean that there are none. Gu Lang didn't show much surprise in this regard. Think you've met a dog like no other!

So whenever Wang Ping signaled that he had something, Gu Lang had learned to take the initiative to ask, and until Wang Ping nodded, Gu Lang would do so.

Although it seems very faceless, this is the only way not to make Wang Ping angry.

But now, Gu Lang looked at Xiaohua who was running to the depths of the grassland and Wang Ping outside the car, and secretly paid attention.

At this time, it seems that the timing is right.

But after thinking about it, when Xiaohua was carrying Wang Ping's running speed, Gu Lang was a little cowardly. After hesitating for a long time, he dispelled this tempting idea and honestly climbed to the roof of the car to dismantle the tent.

Although I was certain that I would be able to run away, I saw that it was going to be dark soon. Gu Lang wasn't sure if he would be able to run to a nearby city in a short period of time. And whether it is Wang Ping or Xiaohua, they obviously have the ability to track in the wild, once they are caught by Wang Ping again, Gu Lang dare not imagine the consequences.

After all, judging from the information queried on the Internet, a creature like Brother Pingtou seems to be very grudgeful.

Gu Lang set up the tent, found some dead branches that had dried up around and came back, and lit a bonfire on the ground. There is no lake nearby, and there are a few puddles where Gu Lang does not dare to drink the water. I could only use the stored water in the car to boil a pot, soak a bucket of instant noodles, and sit next to the campfire to eat.

Wang Ping also squatted next to the bonfire and looked at Gu Lang who was eating noodles with some envy. He glanced down at his paws and sighed in his heart. Noodles are a kind of food, and I will say goodbye to Wang Ping in the future.

went to the car and fished out another bag of beef jerky, Wang Ping returned to the campfire and ate slowly.

Gu Lang pouted. When I went out this time, I did have a lot of compressed food and jerky in my backpack. Originally, he kept it for himself, but now Gu Lang didn't dare to eat it. Both of them are carnivores, and the beef jerky is kept, which may save lives at a critical moment.

By about eight o'clock, it was completely dark. The grass sounded in the distance, and Xiaohua dragged a dead antelope and slowly walked out of the grass, looking at the bonfire here from a distance, not daring to approach.

At this time in Huaxia, it was already the second half of the night, and the number of people in the live broadcast room had already decreased greatly in the afternoon. Only a few later night owls are still holding on.

Gu Lang did not turn off the live broadcast, on the one hand, because the screen of the tablet was broken, which was not easy to operate. On the other hand, Gu Lang was on the live broadcast throughout the whole process, and if he really encountered danger, it would not be unknown to anyone.

Xiaohua finally didn't dare to approach the bonfire, and put down the antelope about twenty meters away from Wang Ping, and called out to Wang Ping in a low roar.

Wang Ping patted Xiaohua in the past, but did not accept Xiaohua's invitation to eat together. There's beef jerky here, enough for him to eat. In addition, Wang Ping did not want to eat raw meat unnecessarily, although there was a bonfire, which could be eaten after it was cooked. But in front of Gu Lang, Wang Ping didn't want to expose too many non-animal habits.

It's just that Wang Ping probably doesn't know that in Gu Lang's heart, he and monsters can almost be equated.

Returning to the campfire and continuing to nibble on beef jerky, Gu Lang dozed off with a big heart on the side, his head bowed and his head lowered. At this moment, several shrill howls were heard in the distance, echoing in the distance under the night sky.

"Roar!"

Xiaohua, who was biting the antelope meat, stood up violently and roared into the distance, instantly showing a posture of attack.

Gu Lang also woke up, subconsciously stood up, and looked at the dark night sky in the distance in disbelief.

"Hyenas!"

Wang Ping's heart trembled, and he secretly called out bad luck.

At the beginning, Wang Ping hadn't distinguished the howls. But as the sound got closer and closer, Wang Ping, who often ran missions in the wild, heard the characteristic bark of the hyena. The creepy howl is very characteristic, especially in the grasslands after dark, and it is very permeating.

Hyenas are well-known "opportunists" in the animal kingdom. In addition to hunting on their own, they often snatch prey caught by other carnivores, such as leopards and even lions. This is also the reason why Xiaohua has such a big reaction, the other party probably found it when Xiaohua was hunting, and followed it all the way to the place where Gu Lang camped.

Listening to the howls that were getting closer and closer in the distance, Wang Ping knew that the other party was calling for his companions and was about to start preparing for an attack.

Perhaps it was because of the fear of this bonfire, although the sound was getting closer and closer, but the other party did not mean to rush up for the time being.

Wang Ping could already see more and more bright spots emerging from the grass in the distance, which were the eyes of hyenas. The turquoise eyes are very dazzling in the night.

Gu Lang's nervous heart was about to jump out, and he subconsciously looked at Wang Ping.

Brother, why are you still stunned? Hurry up and give the order to run away!