Chapter 802 Rapidly Heating Up
The desert at night is no more beautiful than the desert during the day. It may not be as scorching as during the day, nor as boundless as during the day, but it is the peak period of activity for many dangerous creatures.
Wolves, scorpions, venomous snakes.
The harsher the living environment, the stronger and more lethal the survival abilities of the creatures within it are. When facing humans who have no ability to protect themselves, the aggression they display is undoubtedly deadly.
However, compared to the harsh environment, the most terrifying thing is still the loneliness in one's heart.
The more vast the universe is, the smaller human beings become.
The unobstructed sky reveals its full appearance, and the strong sense of nothingness releases the inner loneliness a hundredfold.
Everyone has their own fear hidden deep in their hearts, which is aroused by the backdrop of the darkness and the endless galaxy, and they almost pop up one after another.
Anyone who is not strong enough in heart will be discouraged when facing this world alone.
Unfortunately, the person who hesitated would never be the current Bifang. If he had taken risks again and again and had a little weakness and fear in his heart, his grave would have been covered with grass long ago.
The stars were twinkling in the sky, so bright that they did not affect the travelers' journey at all. Bifang could even see his own shadow and the camel's shadow on the sand dunes. The silvery-white sand under his feet looked like bright dry snow, and walking on it was like walking on a thick wool blanket.
Camels have thick fur and are naturally not afraid of low temperatures. However, Bifang felt a little cold and also felt the reality of existence in this cold.
The desert night is soft, the red flames turn into silver sand, and the sparkling Milky Way is about to be blown down by the wind.
Wolves and poisonous scorpions cannot scare Bifang. Compared with the fierce and fiery daytime of the desert, the starry night of the desert is really gentle and moving.
The valley is full of wind, the sky is full of stars, that silent deep blue, with yearning in loneliness.
Most of the viewers in the live broadcast room followed here from Point Nemo. The starry sky there is just as bright, but the nature in the northern hemisphere is different from the starry sky in the southern hemisphere, and the desert is ultimately different from the ocean.
Having crossed half the globe, from the ocean to the desert, it now has a completely different flavor.
[It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a pure starry sky. The last time I saw it was when I was a kid, with my grandfather…]
【This sky is a luxury for everyone living in the city. 】
[The one in Qaidam Desert is also good. It's obvious that I haven't watched enough of Fang Shen's live broadcasts (dog head)]
[Indeed, step up the efforts!!! Pay some attention to Lao Fang! ]
[The old friend is gone, but the starry sky leaves a different feeling. ]
[Yeah, it's fucking beautiful]
"For thousands of years, we have been fascinated by the majesty of the sun, the brightness of the moon and the splendor of the stars."
"In addition to heralding the passage of time and geographical location, these mysterious celestial bodies also nourish our endless imagination."
"From the Mayans thousands of years ago who used their naked eyes to observe the starry sky to predict the future, to now we have invented the 'Sky Eye', which can take human vision to incredibly far places."
"We are always trying to understand more about the universe, the planet we live on, and where we are going."
At some point, Bifang had a straight wooden stick in his hand which he used as a crutch. While leading the camel, he told everyone the secrets of the starry sky.
It’s just that the audience’s focus seems to be a little different.
Where did this piece of wood come from?
[Fuck, it’s a divine tree stick! ]
【By the way, where did this thing come from? 】
[It's Fang Shen's two-dimensional butt! ]
[To be honest, there was no Tree Stick in the last season, so my youth is over]
"This one?" Bifang raised the long stick in his hand. The grip was unexpectedly good. He pointed to the road he had walked before. There were still clear footprints on the gravel . "I just picked it up under the sand over there. It's hard wood. The length and feel are pretty good. It feels very comfortable, so I took it away."
"Maybe it was dropped by a traveler or something."
[Don’t pick up random things]
[Ape shit, this is monkey shit]
By the early morning of the next day, the silver sand finally turned into a desert, and the ground underfoot turned solid again. Various shrubs could be seen here and there in the field of vision.
Bifang found a huge rock as shelter. After checking to see if there were any poisonous insects or snakes, he cleaned up the nearby rubble, took out a huge wooden nail from his backpack, rummaged through the rubble, found a hammer stone of suitable size, and was about to hammer the wooden nail into the ground, but the nail didn't go in, and the rock was broken in two with the first hit.
The gray-white rock split neatly in two, slipped from his hand, and fell to the ground with a loud bang.
[Stone: I crack]
[It's over. Fang Shen has discovered that he is a superhuman.]
[The strong in the wilderness, so terrifying]
"Due to the large temperature difference between day and night, the rocks on the surface of the Sahara will continue to expand and contract due to heat and cold, and will fall apart. The broken rocks will be weathered into gravel and sand of various sizes. The fine sand will be blown to lower places by the wind and piled up into sand dunes, while the gravel will remain nearby and become the Gobi Desert."
"Sometimes a stone that looks intact on the surface may have many dark lines inside, and will break under the slightest force. We just need to find a new one."
After turning over the rubble, Bifang continued to smash it, and this time there was no problem.
A wooden stake nearly half a meter long was inserted into the soil little by little, and Bifang poured some water on the ground in the middle.
"In the past, when building houses in rural areas, some people may have seen contractors use various unique skills to help you 'save money', such as the water ramming method."
"Since water can penetrate any hole, after the water is poured in, the sand, gravel and soil will absorb the water and become tightly combined together. They will use this method to lay the foundation."
"This is of course wrong and non-standard, because once the soil moisture is lost, the soil density requirement for backfill will not be met, and subsidence will still occur over time. However, there is no problem if we use it in a short period of time."
Bifang mixed the water and shook the wooden pillar, but it did not move at all, and was very firm, so he tied a piece of brightly colored cloth on it.
"It is very difficult to tame a camel, because once a camel becomes agitated, even a dozen people cannot stop it, so we have to train an operant conditioning reflex that can calm the camel down."
What is operant conditioning?
[Simply understand it as a conditioned reflex (covering the face)]
[Give rewards to those who do well, and then increase the probability of the behavior, that's probably it]
【All are big guys】
[I understand. It’s Camel’s PUA]
"Many camel breeders would initially drive a brightly coloured wooden stake wrapped in red thread deep into the ground to tie their camels."
"At first, the untamed camel would keep resisting and desperately pull the rope, trying to completely pull the small wooden stake out of the ground. Of course, this was impossible. A nail half a meter deep would be difficult to pull out by pulling it sideways."
"After repeated attempts and repeated failures, the camel will gradually come to believe that the piece of wood with a cloth tied to it is invincible."
"At this time, if you stick a piece of wood tied with the same cloth into the ground, not too deep, the camel will circle around the stick instead of trying to pull it out, thus successfully creating a conditioned reflex."
"Sandstorms are common in the desert. When a sandstorm suddenly strikes, some camel caravan members will quickly stick a wooden stick into the ground and tie ."
"When the owner of the camel caravan was swept away by a huge sandstorm, the huge camels would often lie firmly around the small sticks, guarding them closely."
【Diablo】
【This is PUA!!!】
"In order to speed up the process, we also need to add some reward links to help form an inherent cognition."
After doing all this, Bifang tied the camel to a wooden stake, not with the reins on its nose, but with another one on its body, and then took off the blindfold.
When some light was restored in its vision, the camel began to struggle after being stunned for a few seconds, but the wooden stake was firmly stuck in the ground without any shaking.
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the tired camel reduced its struggling intensity.
After confirming the stability of the wooden stake, Bifang leaned on the stone, turned off the live broadcast, and took a nap for several hours.
When Bifang woke up again, it was already noon from the early morning of the next day. The air became sultry again, and he could see heat waves in the distance when he opened his eyes.
The live broadcast was turned on, and when the number of viewers gradually stabilized, Bifang walked out from the shadow of the stone, his eyes narrowed, and the sand on his body fell off.
The male camel, which was over two meters tall, squatted in the same place. The wooden stake was still the same wooden stake, without any change.
But when Bifang approached, the giant beast quickly stood up and began to struggle again.
Bifang was not discouraged. This was all expected. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "Today is only the first day. We still have two days. Don't worry. Today we will also start the lying training."
"All camels must be trained to lie down. First, tie a rope to its front legs, and then pull it hard from its spine over its head. The left front leg cannot bear the force, and then you can pull or push it hard, and the camel will kneel down."
"Or you can use a rope to tie the lower legs of the two hind legs and pull it to make it lie down."
"Whichever method you use, you have to hold the reins, push the camel's head down, and shout commands to make it kneel down."
"After it gets used to kneeling, you only need to push its head inwards, gently pull the reins, give a command or make a gesture, and it will automatically lie down."
"This is not only to make the camel kneel down for easier riding, but also to have a sense of obedience."
【I understand, it’s still PUA】
[Can training be called PUA? (dog head)]
[Fang Shen must be a good dog trainer]
【I want to be Fang Shen's dog (love)】
[Taste it, it’s so sexy]
"When a camel is one year old, it is easy to tame it by tying its legs and putting on a halter. But if it is an adult, it needs to be put on a nose halter and a halter, and practiced behind a trained adult camel, with one person leading the camel in front and another driving it from behind, so that the camel can learn more easily."
"But we don't have any trained camels, so it will take more work."
After covering the huge camel's eyes with a lasso, Bifang untied the rope, led the camel to the shadow of the boulder, and began to train it to pull.
Just as he said, Bifang tied the camel's legs with a rope, then held its head and pulled the reins.
When they saw the huge camel actually kneel down under the pull of Bifang , the audience in the live broadcast room immediately cheered.
But Bifang knew that this was just the beginning.
Now it is blindfolded training, and then there will be open-eye training, each step is more complicated and difficult than the previous one.
"The training of animals, especially wild animals, is a process that requires a lot of patience, so don't be impatient or take it lightly. Pay attention to their small movements and be careful of them getting angry."
"Be careful that it stops suddenly, retreats, or loses its temper, which may cause the nostril to be pierced and the nose cap to fall out."
"Like a dromedary, it usually stamps its feet and runs to show that it's unhappy, and it also spits and kicks its legs. When you see these movements happening, you should know that it's time to rest."
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Bifang, who had made the camel stand up and kneel down countless times, brought the camel back to the wooden stake, tied the reins again, and took off the blindfold.
There are sufficient supplies, water and food to last more than three days, but the camels still need to eat and graze.
There are only two ways to make animals obedient.
One is to rely on deterrence, whipping, intimidation, and physical pain, just like a tiger in a circus, but you have to be careful that one day it may bare its teeth at you.
The other is to let the animal understand what it should do, and after doing it, its life will be much better than its original life in the wild. It is a survival choice with more benefits than disadvantages, just like a pet cat that yearns for living outside the window. After a month of wind and rain, it will go home obediently.
As a positive anchor, Bifang would certainly not choose the first option, as it does not conform to his moral concepts.
"I didn't look closely before, but now I realize that this camel is really big. Even among normal male camels, it is big."
Bifang put his hands on his hips and looked at the camel that was struggling again, examining it carefully.
"Its hump is also very swollen, which means it eats well. We don't have to worry about food and water issues for now. But this doesn't mean it doesn't need to eat. After each successful training, we need to give it certain rewards to make it willing to be tamed."
"It's more troublesome to eat well."
Bifang stroked his chin. If he couldn't provide a better life than before, it would create certain obstacles for him to tame the camel.
afternoon.
Bifang came to the camel with a bundle of hay of various shapes and colors and a large amount of fruits. This was the result of his busy work for nearly an afternoon.
If there is someone here who is familiar with desert plants, they will definitely be able to recognize what these hays and plants are.
Camel hair, camel thorn, dum palm fruit and desert gourd.
As the names suggest, the first two are camels’ favorite foods, and the latter two are fruits that Bifang found with great difficulty.
Fortunately, there is still mud land nearby, there are still many plants, and there are one or two trees growing occasionally, otherwise it would be difficult to feed this big guy in front of us.
Bifang even picked the fresher and tenderer parts on purpose, and was sweating profusely from exhaustion.
He picked a reddish-brown fruit and put it in his mouth to chew. The juice overflowed and gave off a sweet smell.
"The fruit of the Dum palm. People living in the Sahara Desert often use its peel to make molasses. I don't know why, but it doesn't seem to be that sweet to me, but it tastes okay."
“And this, the wild desert gourd, a member of the watermelon family that grows abundantly in the Sahara Desert.”
Bifang picked up another melon the size of half his head and weighed it in his hand.
"Its roots, leaves and fruit store large amounts of water year-round and are a good source of food and water for any desert animals that can break through the rind, and its large yellow flowers are also edible."
[Camel: I have never eaten such a sumptuous meal in my life]
[Is it the last meal of the execution (dog head)?]
[Feed them first before you start, right?]
[That's not right. I think I heard someone say last time that watermelons in the desert are poisonous. Can they really be eaten?]
[Good fellow, you don’t believe in Fang Shen? Heresy! ]
[I seem to have heard that you should not eat watermelons in the desert because they are poisonous]
"That's another matter. The watermelon you're talking about is a medicinal watermelon. If you cut it open, you'll find that it's full of cotton-like fruit with no moisture at all. It's indeed poisonous, but it's also used by locals to treat stomach problems."
"The watermelon in my hand is called Kaffir Watermelon. It is native to the African desert. It is grown as food in the local desert area and even used as a source of water in the dry season. It is also used by the indigenous people for bathing."
"The locals call it 'Chama'. This thing has been cultivated in ancient Egypt at least four thousand years ago. Now it is not only in Africa, but also in many other places. It is regarded as a kind of plant. In the southern plains of the Ugly Country, it is also called pine melon and grapefruit melon."
Bifang split the melon open, and the flesh inside was also white, but it was not white cotton wool. Instead, it was tiny particles like a normal watermelon, full of moisture, but not sweet at all, and even had a bitter taste.
"The pulp of this thing can not only be used to replenish water, but also protect against the sun and keep you hydrated. Some people even say that you can survive in the desert for six weeks relying only on chama."
Bifang grabbed a handful of fruit pulp, squeezed out the water and applied it directly on his face and arms, and immediately felt a cool feeling.
"Medicinal watermelons and Kaffir watermelons do look very similar, almost identical. Even the color of the flesh is similar, but one has cotton wool inside, while the other is the same as a normal watermelon. It's easy to tell them apart."
"And Kaffir watermelon is actually more common, but most marketing accounts don't talk about it. They are more used to exaggerating things, such as avoiding desert watermelons. Everyone to listen to them. Even if the medicinal watermelon is poisonous, it is useful in itself and can kill bacteria and reduce inflammation."
Camels are tolerant of roughage and can eat short, sparse, highly lignified shrubs with small thorny leaves that other livestock do not eat. They can also eat various coarse straws, twigs, and dead grass. Therefore, they can survive for a long time in harsh environments such as the Gobi Desert.
But being able to endure hardship doesn’t mean you have to endure it.
Although people can enjoy big meals of meat and fish, no one really likes to eat coarse vegetables unless health does not allow it.
For camels, this big bundle of food from Bifang is like the delicious fish and meat that humans eat, and even includes desserts and fruits. It is a complete benefit.
It had vomited once before, and then it did eat something after escaping, but its stomach was still empty. After just a few attempts, the camel gave up struggling and started chewing with big mouthfuls.
In the next two days, Bifang continued with the training of lying down on a leash and was fed on time every day.
For animals, apart from reproduction, nothing is more important than eating.
As for reproduction, the camels, which just ended their breeding season two months ago, said they have no worldly desires.
The relationship between the two quickly heated up over the delicious food.
