Fortunately, Bai Jing and the others were taking care of Yu Wanwan, so they didn't walk very fast and had only just left the forest.

Yu Wanwan sat on the snake's tail, drinking water from a bamboo tube.

Because he was worried about Yu Wanwan getting too much sun, Mo Zhou found her a large leaf, and immediately replaced it with a new one once the leaf wilted.

Even so, Yu Wanwan was visibly darker and looked haggard.

She now misses the days in the cave so much, so comfortable and familiar.

Around noon, the group stopped to prepare for lunch.

Bai Jing went to find firewood, Fei Han cleaned the ingredients, and Mo Zhou, as a means of cooling off, diligently leaned against Yu Wanwan to help her cool down.

They had stepped onto the plains, and the trees around them began to dwindle dramatically.

Perhaps because of the different ecological environment and forest, a kind of black, round worm grows on the trees here. It is as big as a fist and makes a sharp sound like a cicada's chirp.

There can be thousands or even more of these insects on a single tree, densely packed together, appearing as a dark mass from a distance.

Most importantly, their voices were all colliding and making a terrible racket, so much so that Yu Wanwan couldn't even take a nap.

Seeing this, Mo Zhou slammed his snake tail heavily against the tree trunk, causing the tree to shake violently. However, the black insects seemed to be stuck to the tree, and none of them fell off no matter what they did.

Mo Zhou frowned, a look of displeasure flashing across his face, and was about to uproot the tree when Yu Wanwan quickly stopped him, saying, "Mo Zhou, don't destroy the ecosystem."

Sensing the soft female, the snake's tail swayed. Mo Zhou asked, puzzled, "What is ecology?"

Yu Wanwan hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

How do you explain this?

She thought for a moment and then said, "Just don't pull up the trees."

"But the bugs on the tree are bothering you."

Yu Wanwan shook her head: "It's okay, we'll leave soon anyway."

Although we've stopped uprooting the trees, these insects are still a real nuisance.

Yu Wanwan thought for a moment and took out a slingshot from her bag.

Aim, draw the bow, and with a whoosh, a black insect is shot down.

Upon seeing this, Mo Zhou immediately clapped enthusiastically and even gave Yu Wanwan a big kiss on the cheek: "Wanwan is amazing!"

She smiled shyly.

These past few days, she's been sitting on the snake's tail, and because she's so bored, she often shoots at it with a slingshot.

These insects are now round and big, making them perfect targets.