Chapter 484 Return to the Shelter
The shrill screams echoed in his ears. Bifang closed his mouth and nose tightly, and pressed his body tightly against the rock wall.
In the camera, in a cave filled with gray smoke, a large number of densely packed black shadows were rapidly wriggling, sharp hissing sounds were getting closer and closer, and finally they suddenly rushed out of the cave.
The wind whistled in my ears.
Thousands of black bats formed a black storm, circling and flying in the dense forest. Several of them rushed into the drone and got close to its face, allowing the audience to clearly see these little guys with sharp teeth and mouths.
The entire sky was flooded with bats. The black storm hovered in the woods for more than half a minute before gradually dissipating, like diluted ink, seeping into the green forest.
Only when the roaring sound in his ears stopped did Bi Fang open his eyes and breathe a sigh of relief.
"Bats are actually very timid and generally don't attack humans." Bifang held a torch and entered the cave. "People are afraid of bats because of their appearance and the viruses they bring."
"Bats are the main hosts for Hendra virus, Marburg virus, SARS-CoV virus, rabies virus."
[Except for Rabies, I don’t know any of the others]
[Isn’t rabies caused by dog bites? ]
[Another day without culture]
"Although rabies is mainly transmitted to humans through domesticated dogs, that's because mad dogs have more chances to sink their teeth into humans than wild animals, but bats are also one of the main reservoirs of rabies virus."
Bifang walked in the cave and explained: "Also, don't underestimate the small size of bats. In fact, their teeth are very sharp. Although we have smoked away most of the bats, there may still be a few hiding in the corners. So we must take the best protection before entering the cave and don't take off our clothes."
For this reason, Bifang did not take off his raincoat, for fear of being suddenly bitten by a bat.
The entrance to the cave is not small, on the contrary, it is very large, otherwise it would not allow a big creature like the white-lipped bison to enter.
Perhaps because of the continuous rain, the cave was very humid and hot, with puddles everywhere.
After walking a few steps inside, Bifang avoided the puddle, reached out to touch the rock wall, and felt the rough gravel on his fingertips.
Rub some on the tip of your tongue.
"Pooh!"
Bifang quickly spat out the sand in his mouth and rinsed his mouth.
The audience was eagerly waiting.
【How is it ? 】
What does it smell like?
[Is it salt? Is it salt? ]
Sweet or salty?
Bifang stared at the camera, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly smiled widely.
“Salty!”
【Awesome!!! 】
[Invincible! Fang Shen is invincible! ]
[Finally, finally I found the salt! The storm is crying! ]
[The little milk bottle with a beard is presented to the anchor as a gift of wolf hair * 1.0000000——Can you bring more? I also want to try it]
The light golden wolf hair fell in the live broadcast room like rain, floating down.
[Holy crap, 10 million wolf hairs? 10,000 yuan? Awesome, did you buy it or save it?]
[Of course I did it, how could I possibly save up 10,000 yuan for you?]
[Prince Mu gave the host a spaceship*1. ——Bring more and try the flavor.]
【Catch a big guy with your backhand! 】
The audience cheered as they saw Bifang go through so much hardship and spend three full days finally following the white-lipped buffalo to find the mineral salt.
[It’s too hard to find salt]
This is everyone’s first impression. Even Bifang’s search for salt was so difficult and dangerous, let alone those ancient people.
No wonder salt has to be government-run. It may seem insignificant, but it is the lifeline.
Bifang took out two leaves, scraped one and caught the other, and carefully collected them on the wall. Large grains of debris fell down, and when the veins of the leaves that caught the salt were stretched, they were poured into a thin bamboo tube.
After much difficulty in finding the rare mineral salt, Bifang collected a lot of it, almost half of it piled up in bamboo joints as thick as two fingers, which was far more than the amount required for consumption.
However, Bifang also saw the barrage, and he did want to bring more back.
After collecting all the information, Bifang walked a few more steps into the cave. After a few dozen steps, he saw broken stalactite columns, which seemed to have been broken by something.
Bifang joked: "Maybe it's the white-limbed buffalo?"
The cave is completely different from the rainforest. In the rainforest there are all kinds of insects and bird calls, but in the cave there is nothing.
It was dead silent.
It was pitch black in all directions, and only the torch in Bifang's hand could barely illuminate the area under his feet. If he turned around, he could see the slender lizard tail disappearing in the firelight, which was extremely terrifying.
Even Bifang was unwilling to continue exploring. The firelight was not as bright as a flashlight, and the range it could illuminate was too small. There was no sense of security at all.
Fortunately, a cliff successfully blocked his desire to explore further.
After walking fifty meters into the cave, a cliff appeared. Bifang stretched the torch down, but could not see the bottom at all. It was pitch black at the bottom, and there seemed to be endless black fog rolling.
[There is a hidden road ahead]
[There was a liar before]
It's time to jump
I kicked a stone with my foot. After a long silence, the stone fell to the ground, and the crisp sound echoed in the cave.
Bifang was surprised: "The fall time is about three seconds. The height of this cliff is probably more than 40 meters. Let's leave and not explore this time."
Not all caves have strange creatures.
Bifang had no desire to explore this extremely dangerous cave with little reward. He briefly explained it to the audience and then returned the same way.
[If we don't continue, we might discover some unknown creatures.]
[Do you think unknown creatures are cabbages?]
[Have you seen Journey to the Center of the Earth? Why not go down here? You might see dinosaurs.]
After exiting the cave, the vision finally became bright again. Bifang squinted his eyes and quickly adapted.
“Now that we have collected a lot of salt, we have to return to the original shelter.”
Although they were far away from the shelter, Bifang didn't want to give up easily. He and Leonardo had spent an entire afternoon building that shelter.
In terms of comfort and firmness, it is much better than the temporary structures built by individuals.
The construction goal at that time was to be habitable for at least one month. If Bifang had to do it alone, it would take at least a whole day.
Instead of this, it would be better to spend a day to get back.
"It's around two or three in the afternoon now. Although it took us nearly three days to find the salt mine, it was because of the rain and the fact that we had to follow the white-lipped buffalo, which slowed us down. I also made obvious marks along the way. If everything goes well, we may be able to return in one day."
Bifang found his bark frame at the entrance of the cave, loosened the vines on his body, re-installed a few more to tighten it, and wrapped it around his shoulder blades a few more times, wrapped it with thick leaves, and then carried it on his back.
"My shoulders really hurt after carrying the frame all day. It's too heavy. If it weren't for the raincoat, my shoulders would probably have blisters."
Just think about it, rattan is inherently hard, and carrying a school bag for a normal day is tiring enough, let alone the original bark frame that is not filled with soft material.
The air is a bit hot and humid after the rain, and the temperature is obviously getting hotter day by day.
Bifang wiped the sweat from his forehead and followed the signs on the trees, heading towards the place where he started.
"I hope it doesn't take too long."
