The next morning, Jiang Ran took Zeng Pei to find the iron birch tree as agreed.
However, the iron birch tree is worthy of the name of the king of wood. It is three times harder than oak and twice as hard as steel. Even though Jiang Ran and Zeng Pei tried their best, they still failed to take it away.
"I'm sorry," Jiang Ran said. "To cut down the trunk of an iron birch tree, you usually have to use a high-end chainsaw. We have too few tools, and none of them are very suitable."
"What are you apologizing for?" Zeng Pei was so excited that he almost jumped up and down. "Doesn't this just prove that its hardness is unique? It seems that this material is even better than what I found before. It's perfect for making a mecha's energy frame!"
Jiang Ran: “…”
I almost forgot about her research geekiness.
Zeng Pei didn't hesitate at all. After marking it on the map, he asked Jiang Ran in detail about the various characteristics of the iron birch tree. He planned to make a special trip for it after the competition was over.
Jiang Ran watched her busying around and was unable to lend a hand to help. After a while, Zeng Pei wiped the sweat from her forehead and said that she had taken care of everything.
Jiang Ran glanced up at the tree.
At about the same height as his neck, Zeng Pei drew a thick and heavy circle around the tree trunk, and even drew a bow on it.
Although this behavior is a bit strange, Zeng Pei, as a top mechanical engineer, has excellent drawing skills. The bow is vivid and beautiful, and even the upturned tail is drawn vividly, as if it is about to spread its wings and fly.
but……
"What is the meaning of this bow?" Jiang Ran couldn't help but ask.
"This is a symbol," Zeng Pei replied seriously, "it means I have bound this tree to me."
Is this the magic brush Ma Liang in the interstellar era?
Jiang Ran reached out and touched the knot on the tree in confusion, only then he was sure that it was really just a painting.
"How can this help?" Jiang Ran was puzzled. "Besides, hasn't the Earth been deserted for thousands of years without anyone setting foot on it?"
"No one came before, so who knows if anyone will come in the future?" Zeng Pei said cautiously. "What if someone watches our live broadcast and sets their sights on this tree? I'm warning them not to take my property."
"……OK."
It can be said to be very rigorous.
Find a tree, take a test, mark...
It took quite a while, and it was almost noon now. The scorching sun was high in the sky, and the sunlight shining through the thick shade was still terribly hot.
Jiang Ran calculated that it was time to return to the camp, and Zeng Pei of course did not say anything.
On the way out, Jiang Ran reminded Zeng Pei that the iron birch was a rare tree species in the Earth Era. Although it has been much more prosperous now after thousands of years of free reproduction, it should not be used excessively.
"Don't worry about that, I'm a professional."
Zeng Pei assured his audience, "The sustainable development of energy materials is a must in our industry. No one will exhaust all resources."
Jiang Ran finally felt relieved.
Although a lot of old knowledge was lost in the interstellar age, there was a lot of progress in development thinking.
It is also a great blessing for mankind.
When he returned to the camp, Jiang Ran saw Bai Zhiyong from a distance.
He sat there unobtrusively under the "Welcome Home" banner, playing with his little orchid through the glass cover, and there was not a single person in sight within a ten-foot radius of him.
Jiang Ran walked up to him and greeted him, and Bai Zhiyong just said "hmm" without even raising his head.
Jiang Ran didn't feel offended, but just felt that his expression was different. Just as he was about to ask what was wrong, someone happened to pass by.
The man seemed to want to leave the base, but when he saw Bai Zhiyong stuck in the middle, he paused for a long time. In the end, he would rather squeeze out from the bushes several steps away than walk out through the main exit.
Looking in the direction he chose, Jiang Ran discovered that many thorny bushes over there had fallen down. It was obvious that they had been trampled by many people, and there was even a hint of a new path being opened up.
Jiang Ran sat next to Bai Zhiyong with amusement: "Are you sitting here on purpose to block the road?
"I'm sitting here, so I'm taking up even one-fifth of the entrance or exit?" Bai Zhi said sarcastically, "There's such a large area of empty space on both sides! They're not blind! They don't want to take the main road, but insist on taking the risk to test the thorn pile. Can you blame me for that?"
Jiang Ran understood.
This person is just holding back his anger and waiting to vent it.
"How did they provoke you?"
"How did they provoke me? You should ask them how they didn't provoke me!"
"Yes, yes, yes," Jiang Ran asked, "Then may I ask Mr. Bai, Professor Bai, what on earth did those ignorant little creatures do wrong to make you so angry?"
"They were saying bad things about Xiao Lanhua behind her back! I heard it!" Bai Zhiyong found it a little unbelievable. "This is a joke. Do they think Xiao Lanhua doesn't have anyone behind her?"
Bai Zhiyong was so angry that his face swelled up like a pufferfish.
The blood rushed up in excitement, and even the neck turned crimson.
"So you're venting your anger on Xiao Lanhua's behalf now?"
Bai Zhi hummed twice in response, then asked in disbelief, "Do you know what they said?"
"Oh?" Jiang Ran was very cooperative. "What did they say?"
"They said I brought Little Orchid to the competition on purpose, to trick them into eating mushrooms and poison them! They killed without spilling blood, what a ruthless person!"
Bai Zhiyong grew angrier as he spoke. "That's fine, but they also said my little orchid is also highly poisonous. If they really couldn't resist the temptation and attacked it, they would die an even more horrible death... What nonsense! Don't I know about my little orchid? But they all took it seriously and spread it around like it was real. It makes me so angry..."
Jiang Ran looked at Bai Zhiyong who was talking incessantly, and his expression became complicated for a moment.
If we ignore the facts and only look at the results, the rumors spread by the players are not groundless.
Regardless of whether the orchid itself is poisonous, its allure is truly unique. After all, even Ren Xiayang has been interested in it.
That's not right either.
Jiang Ran changed his mind.
Has Ren Xiayang never been interested in any delicious food or drink?
By this calculation, Xiao Lanhua was really wronged.
Jiang Ran: "That's too much! What nonsense!"
Bai Zhiyong: “That’s right!”
Jiang Ran: "How can straw mushrooms be poisonous?"
Bai Zhiyong: “…”
"I spoke too quickly." Jiang Ran gave him an apologetic smile, "Don't take it seriously."
"No." Bai Zhiyong slowly raised his head and looked at Jiang Ran with a death stare, "Say it again."
To repeat it is of course impossible.
Who knows what else this guy can do?
Jiang Ran pulled Bai Zhiyong's arm and said, "It's time for dinner. Aren't you hungry yet? Let's go eat!"
However, Bai Zhiyong remained motionless: "Don't change the subject. Repeat what you just said first."
"I just said..."
Jiang Ran thought quickly: "I can help you and Xiao Lanhua vent your anger!"
This actually piqued Bai Zhiyong's interest: "How are you going to help us vent our anger?"
Jiang Ran immediately moved closer and whispered to him the plan he had come up with on the spur of the moment.
When she finished speaking, Bai Zhiyong was still unsatisfied, as if he had already imagined the funny scene.
"Okay." Bai Zhiyong agreed reluctantly, "Let's do as you say."
The hours after lunch are the hottest of the day, and the most ferocious animals in the Amazon will not choose to come out to forage at this time because almost all the small animals are hiding.
Animals need to escape the heat, and humans are no exception.
As soon as they finished lunch, Fu Bo and Ji Fang immediately took the lead in climbing up the tree house and lying on the wooden beam bottom, using their hands as pillows and leaves as blankets. They looked very comfortable.
The others looked on with envy, and a few followed suit and climbed up, but most of them just stared at it eagerly, and then chased each other to find Jiang Ran.
Perhaps it was because of the fire in the base last night, which attracted many poisonous mosquitoes in the middle of the night.
I felt nothing while I was asleep, but upon waking I felt completely unwell. Aside from a few people like Fu Bo who had protective gear, and others like Jiang Ran and Ji Fang who had taken mosquito repellent measures beforehand, everyone else was bitten, their faces swollen.
However, Jiang Ran had first agreed to Zeng Pei to accompany her to find the iron birch tree in the morning, and could only promise to look for them on the way back to see if there were any suitable mosquito repellent herbs.
A group of people gathered together and waited for the whole morning, but they were waiting in vain. When someone finally came back, it was already lunch time, so they finally found the opportunity to come and ask her.
"Xiao Jiang Jie, have you found anything to repel insects and mosquitoes?"
The exposed parts of the person who was hit in the head were red and swollen, and even a pustule as big as a glass marble appeared in the corner of his eye.
"Save us, Sister Jiang!" they cried. "It's so itchy and painful, we can't even sleep well!"
Fu Bo poked his head out from the tree and said, "Keep your voices down! You're disturbing my sleep!" He then retracted his head after saying that.
Seeing that Fu Bo was not affected at all and could sleep peacefully and comfortably, the victims felt even more sad and showed expressions of pain as if they were overwhelmed.
"Maybe it's because this place is a bit remote, I couldn't find the right herbs..."
Everyone was suddenly struck by lightning, and the last glimmer of hope on their faces gradually disappeared: "So, are we hopeless?"
In the crowd, a person wrapped in cloth strips cried, "Wow, I look so ugly. I don't want to be on the live broadcast like this..."
"Although we haven't found any herbal remedies," Jiang Ran comforted everyone, "it's not completely untreatable."
"What can we do?" With the unexpected turn of events, everyone was so excited that they almost jumped up on the spot.
"This method... is a bit disgusting."
"Disgusting? What could be more disgusting than the bags all over my body right now?"
"Sister Xiao Jiang, just tell us! We can all accept it!"
"Okay then." Jiang Ran said as he took out a metal can, "What's inside is something that can heal you."
"Huh?" Everyone was confused. "Didn't they say they didn't find any herbs..."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Ran opened the lid of the jar and placed the jar upside down on a smooth stone.
Everyone looked towards the mouth of the jar. They were full of anticipation for their life-saving medicine, and their faces showed eager expressions.
The next second, swarms of ants crawled out of the jar.
Jiang Ran blocked the surroundings with pieces of wood. They couldn't find a way out and could only feel around on the rocks in a daze.
"Sister Xiao Jiang, are the medicines you mentioned ants?"
"Wait, that's a bit disgusting... Are you going to eat these ants?"
"this……"
"No need to eat it."
Jiang Ran used a piece of wood to crush all the ants that had crawled onto the rocks. He explained, "This is a traditional remedy from the Earth Era. It's a way of treating insects with insects. It involves applying the juice of crushed ants to the skin for treatment."
Everyone: “…”
It doesn't sound much better than eating ants.
In the interstellar age, various harmless methods of repelling insects have long been mature. People have rarely seen these small and disgusting things since they were born. Coming to the Amazon this time is already an eye-opener. Now they have to smear their corpses and body fluids on themselves?
Just thinking about it makes people shudder.
"Okay, I'm ready." Jiang Ran crushed all the ants he had collected, dipped a piece of wood in the juice, and asked, "Who goes first?"
Everyone looked at each other, their faces filled with difficult and bitter expressions, but no one spoke for a while. After a long while, someone stood up and said, "Let me go first."
"Not bad, you have courage." Jiang Ran praised, "I'll give you a snack tonight!"
"Thank you, Sister Jiang..." But the expression on her face did not seem very happy.
After the first person applied the insect liquid, no second person took over.
This method of insect control was unheard of, and everyone did not turn away out of trust in Jiang Ran. Now that they had the first guinea pig, of course others would rather see the results first before deciding whether to treat it themselves.
However, after just a few minutes, the little white mouse ran to the side and vomited.
Everyone was very nervous: "Sister Jiang, will this method have side effects on the stomach and intestines? Why didn't you tell us?"
Jiang Ran was speechless: "Don't worry, it has no side effects on the stomach and intestines, only psychological side effects."
"He simply finds those things disgusting."
"oh……"
After a while, when the initial nausea wore off, the mouse looked much more normal.
Not only did he not experience any rejection reaction, but after gradually getting used to it, he even smelled his own skin and said, "It smells a bit nice, like a refreshing mint."
Jiang Ran: "...You adapt quite quickly."
He touched his head and laughed a few times.
Seeing that the little white mouse had survived successfully, everyone who was still suffering from itching all over their bodies could no longer sit still.
Soon someone else stood up and said, "Sister Jiang! I want treatment too!"
Once there is one, there will be two, and then there will be three. Soon, people who wanted treatment surrounded Jiang Ran.
She had to enforce order: "Line up! Come one by one! The raw materials are limited, and if they run out, those who haven't made their turn yet are not allowed to make a noise!"
When they heard the word "limited", even the few people who were watching at the end couldn't wait any longer.
That's right! How could they have forgotten? Jiang Ran only brought back a small can of ants, how could it be enough for so many people? Someone must have been left out!
This time no one was left behind, and everyone rushed to surround Jiang Ran.
The first mouse that was cured sat on the stone bench with his legs crossed, looking at the others who had been hesitant and stammering with interest, feeling very proud in his heart.
He still has the best vision! Really, what's so bad about believing what Sister Jiang said? Now you're at a disadvantage, right?
Later, the ant juice was indeed not enough.
Jiang Ran did not go to pick ants himself, but instead taught everyone to find ant nests on the trees, and asked them to put their hands into the nests, and then crush the ants when their arms were covered with them.
By the time everyone was almost cured, the sun had already tilted a lot.
The days of midsummer are long, the cicadas are chirping, and the woods are becoming increasingly noisy.
Those who were taking a nap woke up one after another.
When Ji Fang climbed down the rope ladder, he happened to see the last group of people smearing juice on their arms, so he asked them curiously what they were doing.
The other party proudly explained it to him, including but not limited to this magical treatment and the wonderful fragrance after the treatment.
After a long speech, he paused and said, "Don't look down on ants, they are really effective!"
However, Ji Fang was very confused: "But aren't the thyme leaves that Sister Jiang used to treat me everywhere here?"
The other party laughed: "Stop lying!"
Ji Fang's expression was sincere, and he didn't look like he was lying at all.
When the two were confronting each other, Bai Zhiyong happened to stroll past slowly.
He had watched the show behind the bushes all afternoon, and now his satisfaction was at its peak.
Hearing the arguing, he said with a smile: "You also believe what Jiang Ran said? You are so naive."
The victim, increasingly aware of something being wrong, responded: "..."
"But you don't have to be too sad. Aren't your red and swollen cysts healed? That means the treatment is effective."
Bai Zhiyong was full of revenge and loved to rub salt into other people's wounds: "It's just that the treatment method is a little tortuous, don't take it to heart~"
victim:"……"
If you said this without the lingering sound at the end, maybe I would believe you a little more.
Although the number of members was increasing, the competition was about to end and the base only needed one more day, so it did not expand much and was still not too big.
This meant that it was not difficult to find someone in the base, and the angry victim soon arrived at Jiang Ran's door.
Jiang Ran confessed: "Every wrong has its perpetrator. You spread rumors about Xiao Lanhua and Bai Zhiyong, and he was so angry that he wanted revenge. Isn't that understandable?"
The other party knew that he was also wrong, and his voice became softer, but he still tried to argue: "Then you should have come out in the open! Why did you lie to us? I, I thought..."
"It's not all lies."
"What's the meaning?"
Jiang Ran explained, "The mosquitoes you encountered were more venomous than the ones Ji Fang encountered initially, and the affected area of your skin was also larger. Add to that the delay of half a day, and your situation is far more serious than Ji Fang's."
"you mean……"
"So thyme leaves may not be effective in treating insects. Serious illnesses require strong medicine. Ant juice is the most suitable."
The victim hesitated, wanting to believe but not quite daring to, "But you've already lied to me once, why should I trust you again..."
"I can testify for her." Zeng Pei climbed down the rope ladder after hearing this. "She collected those ants on the way back to the camp, and she didn't do it after discussing it with Bai Zhiyong."
The victim's stiff shoulders relaxed suddenly: "So that's how it is..."
Jiang Ran was not very happy: "But the fundamental reason for this matter is that you have too little experience."
victim:"……"
Help! Not only was I deceived, but I was also humiliated?
"How much thyme grows within a kilometer of the camp? How common is it? Even if it wasn't effective in the later stages of the disease, if you had picked it earlier as a preventative measure, or crushed it and applied it in the morning, how could it have become so serious?"
"Life in the camp is too easy. You always feel like you have someone to rely on, and you become less and less sensitive to external threats. This won't work. You can rely on me this time, but what about the next competition? And the one after that?"
"What happened with Bai Zhiyong was just an opportunity. You should have learned a lesson long ago."
He spoke a long paragraph without pausing for a moment, but the "victim" didn't dare to say a word in reply.
He knew that what Jiang Ran said was right. In the past two days, everyone's original vigilance had become less and less. It had become a habit to look for Jiang Ran when there was something, but they almost never took the initiative to try to solve it on their own.
If they continue like this, maybe they can get through the game smoothly, but when danger comes in the future, they will be the first to be defeated.
If Jiang Ran hadn't given them a wake-up call, how long would they have remained in a daze?
He smiled bitterly, knowing that only when he was in real danger would he become aware of it.
"I understand." His tone became much more respectful. "I will convey your message to everyone."
"Okay," Jiang Ran waved his hand, "I'll wait and see."
After the people had gone far away, Jiang Ran looked at Zeng Pei unhappily.
The other party was laughing, as if he didn't notice her bad mood at all.
Jiang Ran asked: "Why did you come out?"
Zeng Pei took two steps forward and put his arm around her shoulders. "I thought you needed help! I didn't know you were already prepared and didn't need me at all."
Jiang Ran paused and did not refute.
It is better to rely on yourself than on others. To the end of this adventure, you must be alone.
When surviving in the wild, you never know which will come first, an accident or tomorrow.
Although this scene is very touching...
Although this goal is very lofty...
But I still want to say...
Is thyme common? Is it common?
I've been to many places in my life, but I've never seen a plant like this before...
【I feel like I’ve been implied by TAT】
[Are you short-sighted? Just give me your ID number.]
【Hahahaha, laughing to death】
There was laughter in the live broadcast room for a while, but it was mainly about playing memes and discussing.
However, it wasn't long before questioning voices began to emerge.
[Is there anyone who actually believes in Jiang Ranli's erudite persona? ]
[It's obvious that they discussed the script with the production team before the competition, right?]
[Facts have proven that as long as the method is in place, any dark history can be whitewashed :) ]
[Just one question, do you remember the wild boar incident on Jiang Ran's first day in the Amazon?]
[At the time, she was trying to show off by saying that the comment was wrong. Later, it was revealed that the original comment was said by a famous person in the history department of the United Nations University.]
[Based on this incident alone, is Jiang Ran just faking it? Can you guarantee that the rest of her popular science content is also true? ? ?]
The previous words had not caused any impact, but as soon as the barrage mentioned wild boar, it immediately evoked the audience's memories.
While Jiang Ran's dark past was somewhat publicized, the overlap between the entertainment industry and the wilderness survival show was minimal, and most viewers of the show were still unaware of the specifics. However, when the competition itself was brought up, they knew everything about it. The wild boar incident was such a heated debate, and they still remembered a lot about it.
For a while, the tone in the live broadcast room gradually changed, and fewer people spoke up for Jiang Ran.
However, not long after, several new comments completely reversed the situation.
[Um... If you're talking about the wild boar incident, I was the one who posted that comment. You can search my comment history, which should prove it...]
[Hmm... It's just a little embarrassing. If you guys don't bring it up, I wouldn't want to talk about it...]
[I was so angry after that incident, and the professor was actually my advisor, so I told him about it...]
[Well, that's awkward. The professor said that speech was quite a while ago, and since the ancient Earth was discovered in recent years, the academic community has updated many areas of knowledge, including... you know what I mean, right?]
[The specific content belongs to the confidential project field, I can’t say more]
Please don’t ask me for details, I’m really embarrassed…
As soon as the barrage came out, the entire live broadcast room exploded.
This news was too explosive. Whether it was the confidential topic or the extreme reversal, it set the audience on edge. For a while, the barrage of comments was faster than a machine, and the haters who were slapped in the face on the spot did not dare to say a word.
Netizens were so enthusiastic that even though the person involved repeatedly refused to be questioned, many people still asked him questions. He kept quiet for a long time, but in the end, he couldn't help but come out and add another one.
【One last thing, really just one sentence】
The professor thought Jiang Ran and I were close friends and told me to invite her to this year's summit.
【Anonymous】
The person involved disappeared completely, but the live broadcast room became even more lively.
[Even though this shouldn’t be the case…it’s really funny hahahahahahaha]
[That smiley face is so essential, it says it all hahahahahahahaha]
If he had to pay compensation for emotional distress for making someone laugh until their stomach hurt, he would probably be bankrupt by now, haha ...
【……】
Almost immediately, the value in the top column of the live broadcast room, which symbolizes popularity, quickly rebounded from a huge negative value.
Before nightfall, several new tree houses were built in the camp for the new members to live in.
This wave didn't worry Jiang Ran at all.
After Zeng Pei found the mecha materials she wanted, she had nothing better to do, so she wandered around the base. She'd somehow become interested in treehouses. She was a mechanical engineer, so she knew the key pivot points at a glance when she got the blueprints. She also helped oversee the construction of these treehouses.
After the tree house was built, Zeng Pei even took her optimized drawings to find Jiang Ran, and the two chatted for a long time and were still not satisfied.
The hunting team led by Ren Xiayang has already set out on a full mission, and they returned today almost an hour earlier than scheduled.
They didn't know when they started chatting with Bai Zhiyong, and no one paid attention to Xiao Lanhua and Ant anymore. They still greeted each other happily when they met.
That’s not right. You can’t say that no one pays attention to Xiao Lanhua.
At least Bai Zhiyong was still very concerned. For example, now he kissed the glass cover where the small orchid was stored.
This scene was captured by Jiang Ran.
Jiang Ran's tracking ball has now completely become her personal camera.
The audience who cried frequently in the live broadcast room once played a meme.
Question: In whose live broadcast room is Jiang Ran least likely to appear?
The answer was quite incredible—it was Jiang Ran himself.
Of course, Jiang Ran herself would not pay attention to these comments. She was flipping through the photos she had taken in the past few days -
Ji Fang and Fu Bo sleeping in the tree house, the red-fronted Amazon parrots playing with green leaves, everyone busy at work in the camp, Bai Zhi kissing the glass cover of the small orchid...
Everything we experience will eventually pass, but photography will leave a trace.
Whether it’s the feelings written on people’s faces, the beauty of the sky and the earth, or the wealth and chaos created by humans.
"Jiang Ran! What are you doing? Come over here and help!"
Jiang Ran looked up and saw that it was Fu Bo and the logistics team who had just returned after collecting firewood.
During the day, she suggested that a bonfire party be held on the last night of the competition. Fu Bo didn't say anything at the time, but the matter was handled smoothly.
They came back carrying sacks.
"Here I come!" Jiang Ran let go of the ball, took a few steps forward and put his hand on the edge of the sack, "Hiss... It's so heavy."
Fu Bo panted heavily: "It's you who said... to light a bonfire, otherwise, why would we need so much."
"It's the last night, so it feels like a ritual."
"Tsk, if it wasn't a parting moment, I wouldn't have agreed."
“…”
After dinner, night fell.
The bonfire was lit and burning brightly.
It was midsummer, and even in the rainforest it was very hot. However, the night was different from the day. In the wilderness without the shelter of houses and bricks and tiles, it was very cold at night. Even in the hottest summer, it could easily freeze people into a severe cold.
The cool breeze at night was offset by the heat from the bonfire, making everyone sitting around it feel very comfortable.
"Sister Xiao Jiang, is this the bonfire party you mentioned?"
"Yes, the bonfire party is a celebration ceremony for the Earth Era, but the bonfire has just been lit, and the party hasn't started yet."
"So, do we need to do anything? Or should we just sit here and warm ourselves by the fire?"
"Of course it's not just about roasting a fire." Jiang Ran was amused. "We can sing, dance, chat... there are many things we can do around the campfire."
However, everyone looked at each other and no one spoke.
Jiang Ran thought about it and felt that this was not surprising.
In the interstellar age, a lifestyle of staying at home has long become a common phenomenon, and social activities are much less than in the Earth era. It is normal that everyone is not used to this way of celebration.
It seems that everyone needs a host.
Jiang Ran looked around and knew that no one else could take the blame, so he sighed and took on the task himself.
"Does anyone have any talents or special skills?"
Answering questions was much easier than responding to a conversation, and everyone immediately started chatting at once, creating a lot of noise.
Jiang Ran was trying hard to distinguish what was being said at first, but after a while he became overwhelmed and had to ask everyone to be quiet, and then take turns according to their seats.
After setting the rules, Jiang Ran looked at everyone expectantly.
Zeng Pei was the first one to come. She thought for a moment and said, "I'm good at making mechas and repairing machinery. If you come to me to do it, I can give you a friendly price."
Someone nearby immediately started to make a noise: "Engineer Zeng! Can I also give you a friendly price when I ask you?"
Zeng Pei glanced at him and said, "I'm sorry, according to the rules, please come to my studio and place your order. I don't have too many orders at the moment, and I only have appointments until next spring."
Jiang Ran: "...next."
Fu Bo was the second one, and he happily shared: "I'm good at playing games, and playing games is also my hobby! My dream is to become a game interaction designer..."
"But you studied law at the United Nations University." Jiang Ran interrupted him coldly.
"This is a sad story," Fu Bo sighed deeply, "It's a long story, and it has to start from..."
"It's a long story, so let's not get into it... Next one!"
The third one was Bai Zhiyong. His eyes sparkled. He had just opened his mouth to say the word "little" when Jiang Ran knew what he was going to say and interrupted him again coldly: "Next."
Then there is Ren Xiayang.
He has accompanied Jiang Ran in rescuing people several times, and the hunting team he led has never made any mistakes. He currently has a good image in Jiang Ran's mind.
Jiang Ran was full of expectations for him, but when he opened his mouth, he only talked about his love and pursuit of various foods from beginning to end, and even analyzed the psychological mechanism of his love.
Jiang Ran: “…”
Jiang Ran listened to everyone's talent introduction with difficulty, and in the end his face was left with a haggard look.
These... people in the interstellar age are really... quite unique.
It seems like the talent show route is definitely not going to work. I need to find a simpler and more popular show that everyone can do...
Jiang Ran didn't think too long before he came up with a solution.
There is no one who doesn’t know how to tell a story, right?
But when it really started, everyone clamored for her to demonstrate first.
Jiang Ran didn't care about the order, so he took the lead in telling everyone a story.
She narrated the story: "A long time ago, there was a photographer. While he was shooting in the wild, a huge brown bear broke into his tent. As a professional photographer, his reaction at that moment was not to run away, but to use his camera to take a precious photo - that was the last photo of his life."
The story was over, but a few people in the audience were obviously not very happy.
Fu Bo knew that she liked photography, and the story was told by a photographer, so he couldn't help but worry: "Could the story you're telling be about you..."
Jiang Ran laughed twice and said, "Don't think too much about it. It's just a story. It's even semi-fictional."
"…fictional?"
"Yes," Jiang Ran said, "The photographer was indeed attacked by a brown bear, but he didn't leave behind such a photo. Of course, the photo in the story does exist, but it was synthesized using software for a competition at the time."
"And the most valuable thing is that although this story was a misunderstanding, it had a huge impact. After that, the profession of outdoor photographer gradually entered the public eye."
With this said, the story became much more complete, and those who had previously worried that the story was related to Jiang Ran himself were relieved.
Jiang Ran finished his demonstration, and now it was the turn of others to tell stories.
Everyone’s story is generally not long, and the protagonist is mostly themselves.
Soon the round was over, and Fu Bo continued to pester Jiang Ran: "We are all telling our own stories, but you are taking advantage of the situation and telling us something that happened in the past. Isn't that bad?"
Jiang Ran almost laughed out loud. Fu Bo was the first one to urge her to demonstrate, but now he has completely forgotten it.
However, with Fu Bo taking the lead, many people also joined in the fun. Jiang Ran thought about it and decided not to refuse.
"Okay, I'll tell you another one."
Jiang Ran's eyes moved, and she said, "A long time ago, there were two photographers. Let's call them A and B. They were classmates and good friends, sharing the same interests. This kind of fate is rare, so most photographers go out into the wild alone, but they always hang out together."
"Unfortunately, their sleep schedules are so different. A is a nocturnal creature, while B is a mortal. B has always wanted to normalize A's sleep schedule, so she persisted for many years. Every morning at 7 o'clock, she would knock on A's door. When A covered his head with the quilt and refused to pay attention, she would use her climbing claws to climb onto his balcony, break into the room, and pull off the quilt, shouting as she did so, 'What time is it! Get up! The sun doesn't want to shine on you!'"
"Tit for tat, they later went to Africa to film hippos feeding. One night, when B lay in the tent with her eyes closed and refused to get up, A untied her sleeping bag and yelled, 'The moon doesn't even want to shine on you!' Unfortunately, B was too thick-skinned. No matter how much she urged and harassed him, she still managed to sleep soundly. When she woke up the next day, she blamed A for not calling her carefully."
Fu Bo asked, "Are you finished?"
Jiang Ran said, "That's it."
"But this story has no ending?"
"The ending..." Jiang Ran thought for a while before saying with a smile
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