211. Trekking Alone (1)
It is said that the reason why Gao Xi rode out of the city so consciously was not because he had agreed with Gao Ran in advance, but because he himself deliberately glanced at him when Gao Ran left in the morning, so he took it upon himself to speculate on the hint she might want to give him: let him find a way to leave Dong Mansion (Dong Tianyi's private residence) as soon as possible. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Tiange was born in Gao Xi, because of his "profession", he has already been trained to be very good at capturing all kinds of hints that people may convey when their eyes change subtly, plus he and Gao Ran have been getting along for more than four years, this tacit understanding, he is confident that he still has it! Otherwise, he would not be worthy of staying by her side!
So, not long after Gao Ran and Zhao Yi left on the front foot, Gao Xi quietly left the Dong Mansion alone on the back foot - and did so, without alarming anyone in the house.
And after he left the city, he knew that the first thing he had to do was to find out Gao Ran's whereabouts as soon as possible and rush to meet her as soon as possible.
However, the truth is that although the two men almost went out of the city one after the other, they each chose very different directions of travel.
As a result, it may be difficult for them to meet each other by luck alone in a short period of time. But fortunately, Gao Xi had already expected this. Therefore, he actually didn't plan to find out Gao Ran's current whereabouts just by luck from the beginning.
While Gao Ran was walking slowly and leisurely towards the interior, Gao Xi was speeding all the way in the direction of a coastal port in the nearest banana country. ――Because there is one of the many strongholds that the Heavenly Pavilion has gradually established in the territory of Jiao Province in recent years. It's just that if you weren't a person in the Heavenly Pavilion, it would be difficult to find and follow the unique mark of the Heavenly Pavilion to find the location of the secret stronghold.
And this mark, Gao Xi had actually noticed it as early as yesterday when he followed Dong Tianyi into the city, and had already decided at that time: no matter when Gao Ran was going to leave Dong's house, he would have to find an opportunity to follow those marks alone to go to the stronghold of the Tiange branch closest to the city. He planned to make some arrangements in advance, so that Gao Ran could have more convenience and necessary security during his travel in Banana Country.
But he didn't expect that Gao Ran's movements were so fast! Early in the morning, he was very unusually forced to pull Zhao Yi out of the door......
The Dong family in the Dong Mansion may not know that with Gao Ran's usual temperament, she would be like this, and it was obviously abnormal! But how could Gao Xi not know? And it was precisely because he knew that she was very abnormal when she did this, so he was even more convinced of his own judgment!
Therefore, at this moment, compared to his original plans, Gao Xi knew that the first thing he had to do now was to use the power of that Heavenly Pavilion branch to find Gao Ran as soon as possible!
And just as Gao Xi was hurrying to the stronghold of the Tiange Branch, on the other side, Gao Ran, who had gone out early in the morning and had been walking all morning under the scorching sun without stopping, even though she had internal strength to protect her body, at this moment she still felt that her body was almost at the limit of her physical strength! She felt that it was better to quickly find a shady place where the sun could not be exposed to the sun, especially not directly, and stop for a while. It would be nice to drink some more water!
But when she looked around, she thought that if she could persist in climbing a hill not far away, and into the dense forest on the top of the mountain, perhaps she would be able to take advantage of the shade there, to avoid the sun's rays, and to rest for a while. Then, after the most poisonous hours of sunlight, it was not too late for her to set out. - Anyway, she didn't expect to walk on foot to get to the next city before sunset. In that case, it is better to walk slowly, and then when the night is getting dark, find a safer shelter nearby and spend the night - for example, simply sleeping in a leafy tree.
For some reason, Gao Ran has a very strong feeling at the moment: she just feels that even if she can't get to the next city today, she will definitely be able to go tomorrow!
So at this moment, she was really not in a hurry at all.
But the problem is, if she wants to find some water to drink quickly...... That's probably a bit unrealistic......
Gao Ran made her preliminary judgment based on her preliminary observation of the surrounding environment as far as her eyes could see: she felt that if she could find some edible wild fruits in that dense forest, it would already be very good!
"Heaven forbid, may I have so good luck! At least, if I can find some wild fruits to quench my thirst! Perhaps, when I have crossed the mountain, there may be a river on the other side of the mountain? Even if there is no river, there will be a fine spring!
"I think that if the trees on the mountain can grow so densely, it means that there must be a water source in this area! Even if there is no river, the brook or the spring must always be the same?! Moreover, if there were only a fine spring, then the trees would not have grown all over the mountain with the fine spring alone! It was still so dense and the leaves were so big...... The sun is so shining, but they don't worry about losing their moisture at all. This means that it must have rained a lot in this area! And it rains abundantly! Otherwise, they would not have grown so luxuriantly! And the further you go to the top of the mountain, the better the trees will grow...... Of course, this should also have something to do with the moderate height of the mountain...... After all, it's a 'hill'......
"Well, it must be like this! I may just be unlucky enough to just happen to be raining...... Not even a drizzle......
"No, I can't think like that! If it really rains, won't it be very inconvenient for me to walk?! Originally, the weeds growing on the side of the dirt road were enough to annoy me! If it rained...... Won't I be going to lament my bad luck again?!
"Alas, it's really hard to do both......"
Gao Ran unconsciously folded her hands and stroked her heart in a "prayer" (her usual prayer action), while unconsciously muttering to herself, while always forcing herself to continue walking and not stopping!
Although she was so tired at the moment that she wanted to sit down and rest on the spot, she knew that she couldn't! She knew that if she stopped at this moment, even if she didn't sit down, her body would take the opportunity to stand still, and she would never want to go any further!--she would rather just stand like this until she had enough rest. But the problem is that under such a poisonous exposure to the sun, with her physique, coupled with such an extremely dehydrated and tired physical condition, it is impossible for her to stand under the scorching sun for too long!
Therefore, rest is a small matter, but life is a big matter! Even if it is just to survive, Gao Ran must choose to keep going, and he can't stop until he reaches his destination!
Gao Ran gritted her teeth and insisted on taking heavy steps, almost dragging along the way! In this way, she slowly "dragged" to the top of the hill -- from the sparse and mottled shade at the foot of the mountain, she slowly climbed step by step to the most dense and shady shade at the top of the mountain.
Fortunately, the terrain in this area is basically relatively flat, and even this hill, its slope is actually relatively gentle, and it is not as steep and steep as the mountains she has climbed in Yunxiangguo (although the height of this hill is still a bit high, but compared to the mountains in Yunxiangguo, it can only be regarded as a "small mountain"), otherwise, with Gao Ran's current physical condition, it is really impossible for her to insist on "climbing" to the top of this mountain in one breath.
At this moment, Gao Ran was so tired that she really wanted to sit on the ground directly!-Although she really wanted to do this in her heart, but this time, she consciously had more eyes, and did not do it immediately, but specially sprinkled some "drug repellent powder" on the place where she was about to sit......
The so-called "detoxification powder" is actually a kind of anti-drug powder made by Gao Ran. As the name suggests, the main function of this poisonous powder is: as soon as animals and plants with some toxicity come into contact with this powder, most of their own toxicity will be canceled out! Because when Gao Ran developed this poisonous powder, he mainly aimed at the composition of the most basic part of the toxicity of almost all poisons in the world. She believes that "everything is inseparable", so she is confident that as long as the toxicity of the lowest and most basic layer of the poison is greatly canceled, then even if she will still be accidentally injured by the unknown poison she does not yet know, with the anti-toxicity of her body that has now avoided the poison, she does not have to worry about being harmed. At most, it's just a little bit of pain. But as long as she handled it carefully and bandaged it well, it would only take a while, and her body's ability to heal itself would allow the wound to heal.
If she really accidentally let herself get hurt, I'm afraid that in addition to saving herself, she can't expect anyone else to come to save her at the first time! Even if she can use the holy relic to ask Zhao Yi who doesn't know where at the moment for help, she must have the ability to make herself last until he arrives, right?! Otherwise, even if he comes, he can't save a dead person!
Therefore, at this moment, even though he was exhausted, Gao Ran still forced himself to tighten the last vigilant nerve and not let himself take it lightly.