After continuing to trek under the scorching sun for a while, Liu Danqing, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and pointed ahead happily.

"You see, there's a fold and a depression over there, and if you look closely, you can see that some leaves appear in places that resemble grass, and it should be a low-lying area, and hopefully you can find a source of water there. ”

Xiao Weiwei listened to Liu Danqing's narration, her spirits perked up, and she said: "Then what are you going to stop, hurry up, keep going, I'm dying of thirst." ”

At this time, the last sip of water in their bottles had been drunk, and they were in great pain as they hurried under the scorching sun and the heat of about thirty-five degrees.

And now the temperature continues to rise, it is now about 10 o'clock in the morning, and by 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the temperature will rise to nearly 40 degrees, and if you still don't find a water source by then, let alone rush, even if you hide in the shade, the rate of water loss will still be very fast.

Liu Danqing said as he walked forward: "Weiwei, now we have to cheer up, if there is a water source, then there will be many animals coming to drink water, which means a lot of food for carnivores." ”

At the edge of the low-lying place, the terrain was slightly higher, and when the two of them walked to the small dirt slope at the highest point, even Xiao Weiwei couldn't help but burst out with a foul word.

It is indeed a low-lying area, and in the middle of the low-lying area there is a small pond with a diameter of more than 20 meters, and on the edge of the pond, there are seven or eight wildebeests, five antelopes, a wild boar, and a few small animals that cannot see their shapes are drinking water.

It's peaceful!

On the side of the hill, about three or four hundred meters away from the pool, three lionesses were lying on the grass, looking at the flesh by the pond.

But these are not the most frustrating for the two.

What hurts them the most is that there is now a large group of animals in the pond that are happily scrubbing.

"TNND, these guys have amazing noses. Xiao Weiwei complained: "A good pool of water, it is stirred up like mud, they use this place as a paddling pool." ”

There were 14 African elephants, the largest of which was a male elephant, even if he stood in the center of the pool, with half of his belly submerged in the water, and the part that was above the surface of the water was still more than a meter.

Fourteen African elephants, like fourteen giant mixers, stir the water in the pool, and from time to time they raise their noses and squirt streams of water onto their bodies, bringing a burst of coolness to themselves.

"I'll take a look, and I've seen that this herd of elephants is really big, and it looks like a castle. ”

"The Asian elephants I rode in Bangkok are like little dolls!"

"These African elephants are called elephants, and their ears are as big as a small round table. ”

"Beast, this is the beast, I feel shocked when I watch the video. ”

These are the African savannah elephants in the genus African Loxodons, with adult African males reaching heights of 3.5 meters and heights of up to 4.1 meters, body lengths of more than 7 meters, and maximum of 10 meters. The weight is about 4 to 5 tons, and the heaviest recorded is 10 tons. Their teeth have a maximum recorded weight of 102.7 kg.

Liu Danqing looked at the group of African elephants and said depressedly, "Sister, this group of African elephants is in the pool, we have to think carefully about it if we want to get water." ”

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Danqing finally had a plan.

He found and took out a wire, and tied the car auxiliary tank to the end of his spear.

Then he found a river bank opposite the lions, far away from the elephants, and took Xiao Weiwei slowly to a place three meters away from the river, and slowly stretched the auxiliary tank into the lake.

As the gurgling blisters rose, Liu Danqing explained: "When you get water in Africa, don't crouch or bend down until you have to, this posture will make predators think you are their prey and attack from behind." ”

"Even if you don't have any tools, it's a good idea to quickly hold some water in your hand and then stand up and drink it, and the most taboo thing is to stick your head to the water and drink it, which is when the vigilance is the lowest and the protection is the worst, in addition to the attack from behind, the attack in the water can also happen. ”

After saying two sentences, the water surface was no longer bubbling, Liu Danqing slowly withdrew the auxiliary water tank and retreated to a high place with Xiao Weiwei.

"Weiwei, you are on guard, I'll wash this sub-tank. ”

Liu Danqing untied the auxiliary water tank from the tail of the spear, closed the lid, and began to shake it vigorously, making a sound of "coaxing and coaxing".

"This tank was originally filled with water and antifreeze, and yesterday I checked it, and the antifreeze used in this car is glycerin, which is glycerin, which is good news, compared to methanol, ethanol and ethylene glycol, glycerin is undoubtedly much less toxic, because it basically does not use any additives. ”

In fact, the full name of antifreeze is called antifreeze coolant, in addition to antifreeze and cooling function, and glycerin antifreeze is a kind of high boiling point, cooling performance is very good, in addition to the expensive point, it is very suitable for the climate of Africa. ”

"Even though glycerin is safer, we still rinse the water tank in the auxiliary tank to be on the safe side, so that there are no chemical residues that will cause us to have diarrhea. ”

After shaking for a while, Liu Danqing poured out all the muddy water in the auxiliary water tank, then put the mouth of the water tank to his nose and smelled it, and then handed it to Xiao Weiwei and said, "Weiwei, you smell it, there is still a smell." ”

"There is no taste. Xiao Weiwei sniffed it, and handed the auxiliary water tank back to Liu Danqing.

Liu Danqing nodded, and began to tie the auxiliary tank back to the tail of the spear again.

"Alright, now let's go down one more time, fill it with water, and then retreat, and get out of this place, where there are lionesses, there may be male lions, and this is probably the center of a lion colony's territory. ”

Walking to the pool again, Liu Danqing kept muttering something, and Xiao San dedicated himself to amplifying Liu Danqing's voice and transmitting it to the live broadcast room.

"Little elephant, don't look at me, don't be curious, please, please......"

It seems that this guy was frightened by the curious little elephant in Myanmar, for fear that there are also small African savannah elephants who have been curious here.

A baby elephant with a height of more than two meters asks if you are afraid!

If you are not afraid, then the elephant with a height of four meters and a body length of 8 meters will ask you if you are afraid.

Didn't you see the lioness looking at the herbivores by the pond helplessly, but they didn't dare to pounce?

If these giant creatures are angered, they will enjoy the ravages of savage ramlashes and war trampling.

The male lion and the other female lions in the pack may just feel out of sight and run away to hang out somewhere else.

When the water surface stopped bubbling, Liu Danqing withdrew his spear, left the pool with a slight smile, and continued to walk towards the west.

They have to take advantage of the temperature has not yet reached the highest, and then rush for a while, and wait until about twelve o'clock, the sun will be the most intense, and the temperature will also reach the highest stage, this situation will continue until half past two to three o'clock in the afternoon, this time of rushing, it is worth the loss.

Turning over an undulating terrain again, a grove of overgrown weeds appeared in front of the two of them, looking like two worlds from the savanna they had been in last night.

"HOHO, I finally found the grove, Weiwei, let's go in, be careful, especially pay attention to the trees, if there are leopards. ”

Liu Danqing commanded Xiao Weiwei, and while using the spear in his hand to flick the knee-high weeds, he took the lead in stepping into this grove.

"It's so cool. ”

Xiao Weiwei, who stepped into the shade of the trees, sighed that although she had passed through the shade of the trees one after another just now, those who had rushed by under the sun knew that the feeling of constantly going in and out of the sun and the shade of the trees was completely different from being in the shade all the time.

What's more, the temperature in the woods will also be slightly higher than outside, so Xiao Weiwei couldn't help but sigh.

The grove was not wide, and the two of them only walked for more than ten minutes, and then they faintly saw that there was another smooth road ahead.

Liu Danqing looked ahead and sighed: "Forget it, Weiwei, let's not hurry up for now, let's find a place to stay for a while, with such a big sun, it's not easy for us to go out in a hurry." ”

"It's good there, the ground is flat, let's clean it up, find some firewood to make a fire, and boil the water. ”

The two of them walked to a hollow in the middle of the forest, which was between several large trees, one of which was very luxuriant, and the crown of the tree was very extended, so that there was a large clearing under the tree.

"Put this sub-tank on the ground and let the water settle inside. Liu Danqing first put the auxiliary water tank next to the tree, and then put down the blanket containing a lot of elephant poop

Then, the two of them used their spears to flick aside the grass under the tree, and then pulled out their knives to remove the weeds from the ground.

"Weiwei, let's go get some firewood, I'll cut down the tree, you take a spear to guard, go out, safety first." ”

Xiao Weiwei agreed in a funny way, carrying a spear and following Liu Danqing around the clearing to collect dry firewood.

"Oh, yes, a dead tree!"

Xiao Weiwei, who was looking around, made a discovery and said directly forward.

Liu Danqing threw a cut branch into the pyre on the ground, looked up and looked in the direction of Xiao Weiwei's finger, only to see a dead tree falling on a tilt, but it was not falling.

This tree is different from the surrounding trees, there are no leaves on it, but because it is blocked by several big trees in front of it, Liu Danqing did not find it just now.

Walking to the dead tree, Liu Danqing knocked on the body of the tree with a knife and said with a smile: "Oh, it's really good, in addition to the dead branches on it can make a fire, there may also be snacks in the trunk." ”

"Snacks?" Xiao Weiwei was stunned, suddenly thought of something, and wondered: "Qingqing said that the snacks you said can't be that, right?"

"Yes, that's it!"

"Huh! said the disgusting one. Xiao Weiwei said with a look of disgust.

Liu Danqing said with a smile: "But they are nutritious and taste good!"

(End of chapter)