Chapter 23: Sudden Knowledge Blind Spots
At night, the moonlight is shrouded and the bonfire is slow.
Strictly speaking, camping in such inaccessible wilderness is dangerous.
The savannah at night is much more complex than during the day. In a place where there is no shelter from the woods, a gust of wind may be able to blow the tent into the sky. The rest of the snakes, rats and mosquitoes are not to mention, they must be guarded against. Most of the other predators in the middle of the food chain are also accustomed to coming out at night to hunt.
For example, almost all cats have a diurnal hunting habit, typical of night owls. Just like Xiaohua likes to nap in the car most of the day, but when night falls, she goes into the grass to forage for food.
Then there are the small, solitary animals that have the habit of foraging at night. After all, the target during the day is too big and too easy to fall into the eyes of predators. On the contrary, at night, under the cover of night, the conditions for survival will be better.
In particular, herbivorous mammals such as wild deer and antelopes are much easier to approach at night than in the wild, even if they are vigilant.
In such an environment, it is very unfriendly to outsiders like Gu Lang. After all, humans can't be like animals, and they have to support their ears when they fall asleep. That's why when camping in the wilderness, there must be a vigil at night to keep the campfire intended. Because the adjective that sleeps like a dead pig is never a pig. If danger comes, pigs will run much faster than people.
It's a pity that Gu Laosan went out alone, and there was no condition for vigil. And according to Wang Ping's observations, this thing doesn't seem to know about these experiences. If it weren't for sleeping in the same car as Xiaohua last night, the aura of the beast kept the animals around him avoiding, and it was really hard to say what would have happened.
At this point, when I met Wang Ping and Xiaohua, I don't know if it was Gu Lang's luck or bad luck.
Gu Lang seemed to be in a particularly bad mood at this moment, or he hadn't recovered yet. After hastily lighting the campfire, I didn't even prepare dinner, so I got into the sleeping bag in the tent and took a nap.
Originally, Wang Ping still wanted to wait until he rested to find a way to set his words, so that he could know his identity and occupation. After all, after the ups and downs of the mood, people have the habit of confiding, saying something bitter and sweet. Like he used to be, he liked to pull Anna to talk about his troubles when he was a child.
Especially Gu Laosan himself also has the attribute of talking, and no one pays attention to him, and he can talk endlessly.
However, seeing that Gu Lang was not in a good state at this time, Wang Ping felt that he had thought badly. Maybe it's because the gap is too big, and even the desire to talk is gone?
However, someone went to bed early, which gave Wang Ping another chance.
The drawer under the dashboard and the backpack on the back seat have been rummaged through countless times, but the strange thing is that he has never seen Gu Lang's identity documents and related things.
You must know that in foreign countries, it is not comparable to China, and sometimes the methods of law enforcers are very rough when dealing with unidentified people. Therefore, many people who travel or settle abroad will definitely carry their identity documents with them at any time. If it's really just because you didn't bring your documents to the bureau, how can this be reasonable?
Especially like Gu Lang, who also drove out by himself, at least the driver's license must be placed in the car at any time. But Wang Ping observed that there was nothing in the drawer under the dashboard except for a mobile phone with no signal at all.
Now, I don't know if this off-road vehicle was bought by Gu Lang or rented, and there is only one place left where Wang Ping has not seen it. That's the trunk.
In two days, Gu Lang only opened the trunk twice. One time was to get tools when the car was repaired, and the other time was to bandage Xiaohua, and when the bandages were not enough, I went to get a spare first aid kit.
Both times, they were in Wang Ping's blind spot. I don't know if it's a coincidence, or if Gu Lang did it on purpose.
There was a slightly heaviness of Gu Lang's breathing sound from the tent, and he didn't seem to be sleeping soundly. Wang Ping ran closer to the tent and took a look, and found Gu Lang curled up in his sleeping bag, his brows furrowed, as if he had some nightmare.
Seeing that Xiaohua would not come back for a while and a half, and there were no suspected animals around, Wang Ping thought about it, turned around and ran towards the off-road vehicle, and jumped into the car from the position of the front windshield.
At this time, it was not too late, and the campfire and the falling moonlight reflected the situation in the car at a glance. Of course, it doesn't matter if there is no light at all, Wang Ping simply loves his night vision eyes.
The trunk is closed, but that's not a problem.
Generally, the trunk structure of off-road vehicles is open, which is connected to the space in the cabin. A particular option may be to add a partition above the rear seats. But most of them don't even have partitions, and the space behind the rear seats is considered a trunk.
The reason why he didn't go in and rummage before was because Wang Ping didn't want to do it too obviously.
By the moonlight, Wang Ping climbed above the back seat and flipped in the neutral gear.
The trunk is clearly sorted. In the place where Wang Ping stayed, there were two silver metal boxes side by side. Wang Ping landed right on the box.
The style of the case is not quite the same as that of a normal suitcase, and it is much smaller than the box of gifts. It is not locked, it is just stuck with a snap. On the right-hand side of the box, there is a leather pouch and a backpack. Further inside, under the seat, Gu Lang's used tools were thrown inside.
Stretching out his claws and pressing lightly on the backpack, he could feel that it was probably clothes or something inside, and it was softer to press.
Wang Ping knew how sharp his claws were, and he usually didn't dare to rub his face, for fear of being blind or ruined. At this time, I didn't dare to push too hard, for fear of breaking the bag.
Gently hooking the buckle on the handbag with a fingernail, Wang Ping opened the handbag and looked at it.
Sure enough, all the documents that Wang Ping hadn't seen before were here. Gu Laosan was careful, and all the important things were put in the trunk. Maybe I took my handbag out of my backpack when I was looking for a spare first aid kit and forgot to put it back in.
ID cards, passports, driver's licenses are all here. In addition to some change and a bunch of bank cards, Wang Ping also saw an invoice that resembled a rental car deposit and a temporary driver's license. After all, Huaxia's driver's license is not common in every country, and car rental companies like this will help to apply for temporary road permits while providing car rental services for foreign users. However, with the current appearance of the off-road vehicle, the deposit is not to be returned, and Gu Laosan will have to pay a sum of money.
Judging by the documents, everything is normal and there is nothing strange about it.
Wang Ping finally knew that the real name of the human brother he accepted was Gu Lang, and his birthday was 5 years younger than himself, and he was only 23 this year, and he was from Hangzhou. And judging from the number and color of the bank cards in the bag, he is still a guy with a small net worth. I just don't know if it's an entrepreneur who comes out on his own, or a rich second generation who is so idle.
But what made Wang Ping most curious was naturally the two metal boxes under his feet. Just by looking at the appearance, you know that it must be something special.
The space in the trunk is very small, Wang Ping tried it, and one side of the box was just level with the rear compartment lid. The trunk cannot be opened unless it is opened.
Is it a weapon?
According to Wang Ping's guess, the closest thing that may be placed in this kind of box is probably all kinds of weapons. As Wang Ping himself knew, there were no less than 20 types of firearms that were packed in boxes of this model.
"No! this box must be opened!"
Ninety-nine steps have been taken, and I can't let this last step get stuck.
Wang Ping climbed back to the back seat with his backpack, ran out along the front windshield, and came to the back of the car.
After staring at the back cover of the car for a long time, Wang Ping resisted the urge to slap himself so as not to break his appearance.
"Paralyzed, just thinking about using a key to open the trunk, but forgetting that there is a switch in the car that can also open the trunk. It's stupid to be an animal!"
Walking on his short legs, which were less than 20 centimeters long, Wang Ping ran back into the car, found the sign of opening the trunk button on the right side of the steering wheel, and stretched out his claws to gently buckle it.
"Bang ......"
A slight rattle at the buckle of the trunk proves that the lock cylinder has been opened. Wang Ping got into it along the seat, pushed his two paws outward against the inside of the trunk, and the rear compartment lid sounded softly, slowly rising upward, and the moonlight sprinkled directly in.
Because there was still a backpack on the box on the right, Wang Ping first focused on the metal box on the left.
Opening the metal buckle, Wang Ping took a deep breath and lifted his claws to open the box.
"This ...... What the hell?"
In the moonlight, a strange contraption came out of the metal box. It looks a bit like a long, misshapen router, or one without an antenna. An external cable was plugged into a metal hole in the top and connected along the side of the box to the back of the baffle inside the car, and a row of indicators was still flashing next to it. The boxes are spaced out by foam boards, and there is a row of prismatic batteries next to them.
Wang Ping never expected that he would just probe Gu Lang's details, and he would touch his knowledge blind spot so quickly?