Chapter 825: The Headbutt King's Decline
Under Alpha's hooves was a pile of densely packed pottery fragments.
Looking up, the pieces are inserted between the cracks of the rocks, and from a distance it looks like a mountain of pottery jars.
The pottery jars at the foot of the mountain are often trampled by wild camels, and not even a piece larger than the size of a palm can be found. Only by going higher can you see larger ones, but they are not complete.
"In 1917, explorers accidentally discovered about 300 pottery jars in a hill 250 kilometers southwest of Dakhla, most of which had been broken or had holes drilled in them."
"This confirms the legend that the Dakhla people found water storage warehouses while chasing the bandits. Obviously, the pursuers broke these jars to cut off the bandits' hope of making a comeback. Without water resources, it is difficult to move in the desert."
The so-called black bandits are the Tubu people who travel across the desert to rob.
Because their skin color was darker due to tanning, they were called black robbers. They occasionally rushed into the oasis of Egypt from the west, and after a lightning-fast robbery, they disappeared into the desert.
The most hated bandits among them are the Dakhla people.
The Dakhla Oasis is located in Egypt's New Valley Province. It is one of the seven major oases in Egypt's Western Desert. It is about 80 kilometers long from east to west and about 20 kilometers wide from north to south. It is one of the most charming oases in Egypt and is favored by pirates.
Therefore, the two sides have long-standing grievances and have engaged in protracted fighting and struggles.
The elusive bandits set up supply points in many secret places, and Dahra went to destroy these supply points.
"Prince Kemal al-Din visited the place in 1924 and named it Abu Baras, which means the father of clay pots, and the name has been used ever since."
Bifang turned over, stepped on the gravel, squatted down and looked carefully at the fragments of the pottery jar.
These pottery jars are quite plain, with no patterns on them at all, only a few with some colors and brown patterns like children's sketches.
Judging from these patterns alone, it is hard to say with a clear conscience that it has any great value.
It doesn’t look good, the material is average, and it has no special meaning.
Coupled with the huge number of them, the audience has a deeper understanding of what Bifang meant by "worthless". No wonder they are piled up here.
The Dachi Oasis is located deep in the desert, but it is not a remote place. Every year, there are still a few tourists and some indigenous people who come here.
It is a huge number accumulated over hundreds of years, but the Taoguan Mountain has not disappeared, which is a testament to this.
However, although it is not worth much, the audience is very interested.
One advantage of watching Bifang’s live broadcast is that there is a certain probability of winning a prize.
The prizes could be spears, daggers, tools used by the Fangshen in the wilderness, or the teeth, bones, and fur of captured prey.
Among them, daggers and animal teeth are the most popular. They are handsome, majestic and very commemorative. Every time someone draws them, it always arouses widespread envy, jealousy and hatred.
For a while, Bifang heard from his assistant that he saw someone selling his prizes on the Internet. A beast tooth could be sold for thousands of dollars, and a flint dagger could easily sell for tens of thousands of dollars.
It’s not clear whether the prize is real or fake, as animal teeth are too easy to fake.
Even if it is a real tooth, whether it was hunted by Bifang is another matter. He has no habit of giving himself a certificate. It is just an entertainment activity for everyone to have fun.
Unfortunately, the probability of winning is extremely small, because the denominator is too large. With millions of viewers drawing together, the probability is lower than winning the sports lottery, but fortunately there is no shady deal, so one is one.
[Can Master Fang bring some fragments? We can draw a lottery and give them to us]
[Yes, yes, I'll make a copy for my collection]
[You're talking as if you could win the lottery]
[With a one in ten thousand chance, you might just get lucky]
[People should always keep some illusions and not let their lives become dull]
Seeing that everyone was begging, Bifang didn't mind taking a few more things with him. He picked some small patterned pieces on the Pottery Jar Mountain and put them in his bag, preparing to go back and give them to his fans.
Really love your fans.
Seeing this scene, the audience was overjoyed and cheered in the live broadcast room.
【Long live Fangshen! 】
[Is this what it means to pamper fans? I love you, it has to be Fang Shen]
[The flying Henan people presented the anchor Big Bone *66— —It has to be my brother Fang]
[Brother Daren gave the anchor a spaceship*1. ——Love it.]
[Sharpening the knife, now I won’t hide the fact from you that I am actually European]
[I look like I'm from Africa]
The fragments chosen by Bifang are all small in size and have patterns, so as to ensure that the number is as large as possible without being too heavy, so that all the pieces can be evenly distributed.
Although Alpha will bear the brunt of the burden in the end, Alpha is not a perpetual motion machine and its ability to bear the burden needs to be considered.
Ostrich meat, water, various trophies, plus the fact that he is an adult male, the Alpha's burden is not small.
An adult male camel can carry 200 kilograms, but if it is to be walked for a long time, it is best to keep the weight below 150 kilograms.
Bifang took up most of it by himself, there were ten kilograms of water and dozens of pieces of ostrich meat, so there was not much quota left.
Bifang let it rest and replenish supplies more and more frequently, and the route was to walk as close to the oasis in its memory as possible.
After selecting the fragments, Bifang climbed up along the exposed rocks on Taojar Mountain and saw many patterns on the wall halfway up the mountain.
These patterns are different from murals. The ones Bifang saw before were painted on the wall, while the ones here are traces carved out of stone.
"In 1926, when Prince Kemal al-Din returned to this place, he discovered rock paintings left by ancient humans halfway up the Taowan Mountain, including lactating cattle, hunting antelopes, and portraits of people in costumes, which are what we see now."
"This shows that in ancient times the area was a land with abundant water and grass suitable for grazing and hunting."
Bifang slid his fingertips lightly across the mural, feeling the unevenness of the rock layers, as if he could feel the brushstrokes of the sculptor thousands of years later.
What a magnificent sight it was.
There are herds of cattle and horses on the grassland, and birds are singing and dancing. There is no scorching sun, only beautiful scenery.
"Based on the map, the explorers at that time analyzed and concluded that the journey from Abu Baras, also known as the Pot Mountain, to the Dakhla Oasis should be the last third of the pirates' journey, and further down should be the legendary Zazulla Oasis."
"And there should be a hidden water supply point on this reverse extension line, otherwise it would not be able to support a large force rushing in and out as fast as the wind."
"Subsequent explorations indeed found abandoned wells with intermittent water at roughly equal distances, and further ahead we found dried-up river channels, which confirmed the correctness of this idea."
"It's just that there are some places that we haven't found yet. Maybe they have been buried by sand. This is not surprising in the Sahara. Maybe a sandstorm could bury some small relics underground forever."
“And the Tubu markings found on these pots seem to suggest that the Black Bandits came from Dutch.”
"But modern testing of pottery fragments in recent years has been surprising. Some of the fragments were fired in 1500 BC, completely overturning the original speculation."
"This seems to be the remains and evidence of an extensive trade network across the desert during the Pharaoh era. Perhaps the pirates simply discovered and utilized the remaining trade routes and expanded them, confusing us."
"All these signs prove that Dutch has left a significant mark in history. Whether it is the ancient merchant land or the supply point for pirates, it is inevitable to go there , which shows its importance."
[I don't quite understand but seems to be very awesome]
[Fang Shen knows a lot about history, including stories about various adventurers]
[I've never heard of this before. Is this the legendary academic master?]
As for the little stories that Bifang came up with, everyone had nothing to think about except admiration.
Profound knowledge always adds a unique personal charm to both men and women.
[I have a hard time memorizing the years in history books, let alone telling stories.]
[Is this the world of the strong?]
[Explorers appreciate each other, hahaha]
Bifang stood on the rock and admired it for a while. He felt so hot from the sun that he could hardly stand. After looking around, he was satisfied and was about to return along the same route. But when he looked down, he was immediately delighted.
Alpha, who had been staying in the same place, disappeared.
It's not like he ran away.
After two months of getting along, although the beginning of their acquaintance was not very good, their relationship has been almost established. Alpha is no different from a normal domestic camel and will not run around even if he is not tied up temporarily.
The one who disappeared at this time was Alpha, who had gone to the other side of the river at some point and was pursuing a female mate.
It seemed that the drone also noticed this scene and found it particularly interesting, so it gave an exclusive long shot that made many viewers laugh out loud.
A female camel kneels on the ground in a sitting position, while Alpha takes a big sitting position, with his two front legs clamped on both sides of the female camel's chest, and the great harmony of life begins.
Under the rhythmic beats, the decorations on Alpha's body jingled, which was quite interesting.
Perhaps it is precisely because of all the fancy decorations that Alpha can hook up with a mate so quickly.
Animals don't rely entirely on hormones. Great harmony still requires mutual affection.
Bifang smiled and sighed helplessly: "We can only wait for it to be over. Male camels are still quite irritable at this stage. It will come back on its own when it is done."
[Isn't it said that the estrus period is from January to April? ]
[I can tell from the first glance that I didn’t listen carefully. Fang Shen also said that because it is a tropical area, it is possible for it to occur outside of the estrus period.]
[Alpha is big, so he is considered handsome among animals, right? ]
[I can’t take it anymore. I am dying of laughter. What should Fang Shen do now? ]
How long will it take?
[I remember that snakes take twelve hours at a time]
[Xu Xian is so terrifying]
"Most mammals don't take long to do this. Humans are already the best among them. Most animals can't compare to them. This time it's only a few minutes at most."
I don’t know if it was because Alpha was a veteran and he got the hang of it very quickly, but it took less than half an hour for Bifang to go up and down and the job was almost over.
Alpha snorted, stood up and shook his hair, seeming a little depressed.
All in all, it probably took less than a quarter of an hour from the beginning of the flirting to the end, proving that Bifang's words were true. It really embarrassed Luotuo. Fortunately, Luotuo didn't care about these things.
The audience in the barrage laughed even louder.
[It's over. The Headbutt King will also have a day of decline.]
[Can I still ride this?]
[This is so cool, I’m going to die of laughter, hahahaha]
The audience mocked mercilessly, but some noticed something different.
[Why do there seem to be only dromedary camels here?]
[Yeah, I didn’t see any Bactrian camels]
"Because there are no Bactrian camels in the Sahara."
It is inconvenient to pass through the Blackwater River due to the obstruction of the Nile crocodiles.
Bifang whistled, and Alpha, who was still thinking about the aftertaste, moved his ears, and finally waded across slowly.
"From a geographical point of view, Bactrian camels are only found in Asia, and this is mainly due to environmental reasons."
"Dromedaries are mainly distributed in tropical regions, especially in tropical desert climate zones, such as the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Sahara Desert in North Africa."
"Bactrian camels are mainly distributed in temperate continental climate zones, especially temperate desert climate zones, such as Northwest my country and Central Asia."
"Although they seem similar, the dromedary and the double-humped camel are different in number of humps. In fact, there are still differences. The dromedary is taller and can walk and run in the desert. It can transport goods and people."
"Bactrian camels have short, thick limbs, which are better suited for walking on gravel and snow."
"The lack of fossils from several transitional periods in camel evolution has resulted in an incomplete evolutionary tree."
"From the fossils that have been discovered, the earliest ones that appeared 35 million years ago were called prototheriums. These prototheriums were about 1 meter long and had no bulge on their backs. Later, prototheriums evolved into ancient camels. The pseudo-camels that appeared 3 million years ago had bulges on their backs."
"The study found that these ancient camels first lived in North America and later migrated to Asia or the Middle East and Africa. Because the grasslands were already occupied by herbivores at that time, the camels went to the marginal deserts where competition was poor."
"Both Bactrian camels and dromedary camels are descendants of the same primitive camel, but in order to adapt to the environment, they have made some more subtle adjustments, allowing the former to adapt to cold deserts and the latter to adapt to hot deserts."
[Damn, there is actually a difference]
[I didn’t expect that. I thought Bactrian camels and dromedary camels were similar, but they are actually different? ]
[Another day of learning, I will go out and brag about it later]
Alpha waded over. The Nile crocodile in the river floated on the water, looking at the huge creature, unmoved.
This is something they can't afford to offend.
When Alpha came back to Bifang, his lethargy was almost visibly evident, with his eyebrows drooping as if he had not slept for a long time.
Bifang patted its head, trying to cheer it up, but it was of no use.
Seeing its miserable state, Bifang felt too embarrassed to ride on it again and could only hold the reins and walk out of the canyon.
