Chapter 4 Tropical Rainforest 04



"I'm asking for your advice," Jiang Ran pondered Fu Bo's unwillingness to be outdone. "Those questions are so strange, I don't really understand them."

Fu Bo was happy. This is what she meant.

Jiang Ran was so clueless that she didn't even know the key points of the test questions, which was consistent with her previous personality as a "stupid beauty".

"Okay, then I'll tell you about it."

Fu Bo raised his chin proudly: "Do you still remember the question of the first question?"

Jiang Ran remembered it clearly: "Fire-making tools."

"Bingo~" Fu Bo snapped his fingers.

"Don't underestimate this seemingly simple question. It's actually the most detailed and easiest part to make mistakes in: how to use outdoor tools and how to choose your luggage."

"This is a bit abstract, and you might not understand it. Let me show you some pictures."

Jiang Ran nodded, and stretched his neck slightly with some curiosity, waiting for him to find the picture. However, the next second he saw Fu Bo click on the wilderness survival game on his computer.

Jiang Ran: “…”

"Come, come, take a look."

Fu Bo pointed to the left side of the package: "These are water purification tools."

Then he pointed to the right and said, "These are tools for making fire."

"..." Jiang Ran praised reluctantly, "So professional."

"Of course!" Fu Boyu unknowingly opened a new scene and said, "This is a bow drill fire pit. Look, aren't those pieces of wood in the middle long and narrow, like sticks?"

Jiang Ran read it five or six times: "If you insist on saying so..."

"It does look a lot like it, doesn't it?" Fu Bo said, growing increasingly excited. "Although I don't know what 'iron' means, a stick is just a simple shape, and it can certainly be used to drill wood and make fire. So, 'iron stick' is definitely the right answer for this question!"

The more Jiang Ran listened, the more he felt something was wrong, and he kept wanting to say something but stopped himself.

There seems to be something wrong with this judgment method.

"Let's look at the second question..."

"Wait." Jiang Ran finally interrupted him.

"What's wrong?" Fu Bo raised his head in confusion.

"I think the answer to the first question can be discussed further..."

"What do you mean?" Fu Bo asked with a frown, "Do you think what I said is wrong?"

Jiang Ran thought for two seconds: "This..."

"bite--"

Suddenly, a sound came from the mechanical tablet.

"Just in time, the quiz results are out," Fu Bo glanced at her, "no need to discuss, let's just speak with our strength."

As Fu Bo spoke, he withdrew his gaze and turned to his latest message notification.

He took a deep breath and slowly stretched out his finger to touch the red dot, but just when he was about to touch it, he suddenly stopped.

Although he made a solemn promise to Jiang Ran, Fu Bo was not very confident of getting a high score.

When he was doing the test just now, he had been guessing a lot, and his confidence came more from the object of comparison -

He felt that no matter how bad he was, he couldn't be worse than Jiang Ran, a well-known "handsome idiot".

Thinking of this, Fu Bo resolutely clicked on the message.

Congratulations on scoring 60 points in this quiz and ranking 9th overall.

"See? I'm in the top ten!" Fu Bo was very excited and glanced at Jiang Ran arrogantly, "You're in the last place..."

"It shouldn't be the last one," Jiang Ran pointed at his number 1 with his finger, "It seems okay?"

Fu Bo's words were completely lost in his throat.

If the first place can still be justified, then the first place won with full marks is truly beyond reproach.

"Didn't you say you didn't even understand the question?" Fu Bo gritted his teeth.

"You may have misunderstood," Jiang Ran said with an apologetic smile. "What I meant was that I don't understand why such a question is worth asking."

The implication is that the question is too simple.

Fu Bo was so angry that he was speechless. After a while, he said angrily: "Even if I fail or get humiliated to death, I will never believe a word you say again!" He said this and left without waiting for Jiang Ran to catch up.

However, as soon as Fu Bo left, the other contestants who had been watching for a long time rushed over and surrounded Jiang Ran.

The first one to speak was Bai Zhiyong, who looked a little embarrassed: "Can I ask you a few questions?"

"certainly."

"From what you said just now, the correct answer to the first question is not 'iron rod', right?"

Jiang Ran nodded: "That's right."

"But when I heard my friend's analysis of the bow-drill method of making fire, it actually made some sense... What do you think is wrong with this answer?"

There are so many questions like this, but of course we can’t say that.

Jiang Ran thought for a moment and chose an entry point: "Do you know the substance 'iron'?"

Bai Zhi's eyes lit up: "I've never heard of that."

"That's it," Jiang Ran explained. "It's a metal with a very high hardness. It can't be twisted or bent by human power alone. Therefore, the 'iron rod' can't be used as a 'bow' to assist in rotation. At the same time, the surface of formed iron products is very smooth, so if the 'iron rod' is used as the small cone that causes friction fire, there will also be a problem of insufficient friction."

"So 'iron rods' aren't suitable for making fire," Bai Zhiyong suddenly realized. "You understand it very well."

If this had been said in the past, Jiang Ran would have agreed without any pressure, but now she was surrounded by people from three directions, and she didn't know how to respond.

After explaining how to use "ice" to start a fire, someone else asked the question "Should you sleep on the grass or on a tree when outdoors?"

Speaking of this, Jiang Ran became interested——

Although the option of "on a tree" seems very unreliable, not to mention whether a person will fall down if he falls asleep, not everyone has the skill of climbing a tree.

You know, the big trees in the wild are not like the small trees planted in the courtyards of ordinary houses. They are hundreds or thousands of years old. If you really climb to the high branches, you have to climb at least ten meters. The fear of heights alone can discourage many people.

However, the correct answer is indeed this seemingly unreliable "on the tree".

"The temperature difference between day and night in the wild is huge, and the temperature drops dramatically at night. The ground is colder than the air," Jiang Ran explained patiently. "If you can't find a suitable cave or other place to avoid the rain in the wild, you'd rather stay in a tree than sleep on the grass. You must ensure that your body is completely isolated from the ground..."

"I know that!" Ren Xiayang beside him was very excited. "If you sleep on the grass for a night, you will be like a popsicle when you wake up the next day."

Jiang Ran smiled and nodded: "That's right, although it sounds a bit exaggerated, the reality will only be worse than this."

After Ren Xiayang started the discussion, everyone quickly started discussing the topic, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

When everyone was having a great time, Jiang Ran became distracted.

This question reminded her of the past. When she and her friends went to the Peruvian rainforest to photograph parakeets, they had spent a lot of time in trees to avoid wild animals and other reasons.

Jiang Ran didn't have any other problems except that he was a little afraid of heights. Every time he was hanging on the tree, he wanted to look down but didn't dare to. The most difficult time was when he hung on the tree trunk for more than half an hour. It took him two full months to get used to it completely.

At that time, her friends laughed at her. Jiang Ran, who usually looked so arrogant and never missed any lessons, was so terrible when climbing a tree. Did she need a climbing claw to help?

Thinking of this, Jiang Ran suddenly felt that he should go and visit the places he had been before, but on second thought, even if the scene remained the same, the people who accompanied him at the beginning were no longer there after all.

It had been a few days since she'd traveled to the interstellar era, but it wasn't until now that she suddenly felt a sense of fragmentation. Although she was surrounded by many people, Jiang Ran suddenly felt as if she were trapped on an isolated island.

At that moment, an idea even flashed through Jiang Ran's mind -

If she dies again, will she still have a chance to go back?

Fortunately, Jiang Ran did not think too deeply about this issue, as her thoughts were interrupted by a pair of sneaky eyes.

Fu Bo, who had just said that he would never listen to a word she said, suddenly turned back and hid in the crowd, looking over here furtively.

As soon as Jiang Ran noticed him, Fu Bo immediately turned his head away.

He pretended as if nothing had happened, not realizing how conspicuous he was. Jiang Ran was immediately amused by his attempt to cover up his mistake.

Maybe this era is not bad, and I can try to integrate into it.

Jiang Ran thought with a smile.

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Fu Bo: It smells so good!

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