Chapter 147 Mosquito Repellent
Lu Zhan jumped up, broke off a branch and handed it to Chu Qiao. The insects that were buzzing in Chu Qiao's ears immediately flew away.
Chu Qiao lowered his head and smelled the leaves. It didn't smell pungent, which was much better than having mud splattered on his face.
Chu Qiao glanced at Lu Zhan and said, "This is actually quite useful."
Lu Zhan: "I've already said it, I'm not a burden."
Chu Qiao didn't bother to watch his smug look. He shook the branch and said, "We have to speed up and find our campsite for tonight. We've already gone deep into the grasslands, and wild animals may appear at any time."
Lu Zhan nodded, and as they walked, they kept looking around, ahead, behind, and in the trees. Cheetahs, lions, and other wild animals might appear in the grass or overhead at any time.
The sky in the west turned rose red, and the entire grassland gradually darkened. Chu Qiao took out the remaining rat meat from the morning and handed the morning dew to Lu Zhan.
Lu Zhan: "You eat first, and give me the rest."
Chu Qiao stuffed it into her hand and said, "That's all I have. Don't waste time."
After eating, the two of them continued walking non-stop while eating.
With the gentle wind and the dry heat on the grassland at night, Lu Zhan gradually felt uneasy and his steps became smaller and smaller.
Chu Qiao saw Lu Zhan's defensive posture and said with a smile, "Don't be so nervous. At least there are two of us. Even if we encounter a wild beast, we are not completely powerless."
Lu Zhan nodded, but his nerves were not completely relaxed.
Suddenly, a few large trees appeared in the grass that was half a person's height. Chu Qiao pointed ahead and said, "That tree is more hidden."
Compared to the endless grassland, trees can give the two people a greater sense of security. More importantly, except for cats, other wild animals cannot climb trees, which means they will have another way to survive.
When netizens in the live broadcast room saw that Mr. Chu was starving, they immediately felt distressed.
"Master Chu is going to be hungry today."
“It’s good to find a place.”
"Ah, as expected, surviving in the wilderness is not something humans can do."
"Oh my god, I saw today that a foreign platform also launched a wilderness survival program."
"No way, besides Master Chu, who else would dare to do this business?"
"Brother Feng gave Chu Qiao 1,000 bottles of Coke—for Chu Ye to drink when he calls."
"Panda Panpan gave Chu Qiao a plane - the thing Mr. Chu fears least is going hungry. I hope Mr. Chu will do something big tomorrow."
"Lucky doll gives Chu Qiao 100 bottles of Coke - be careful of big cats at night."
Chu Qiao thanked Feng Ge and Panda separately, glancing at the screen. Other people's wilderness livestreams were none of her business. But the number of fans in the livestream room had been hovering around 300,000, a long way from 800,000.
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After giving the reward, Li Pan immediately exited the live broadcast room and called Chen Ao.
Chen Ao picked up the phone and said unhappily, "Just pretend that what happened last night never happened."
Li Pan was silent for a while before he spoke: "Let's not talk about that for now. There's a platform overseas called Beast that also started live broadcasting in the wilderness. Did you know about it?"
Chen Ao paused holding the phone: "When?"
"Today, someone posted this in the comments section. I did a search and found out this person arrived in South Africa almost at the same time as Chu Qiao."
“Who is the anchor?”
"I saw that the host was a foreigner named Ike. I heard he was a retired special forces soldier."
Chen Ao said calmly, "Let's wait and see. We welcome healthy competition."
"I'm afraid the other party doesn't think so."
Chen Ao's voice turned cold: "I will make preparations."
Chu Qiao was cutting branches here. She stacked the cut branches one by one against the wall. The branches formed a circle around the trunk, leaving a small gap in the middle. This was where they would rest today.
For safety, Chu Qiao lit a fire two meters away from the shelter.
"Master Chu, this is unnecessary."
"It's 40 degrees Celsius, why are you lighting a fire?"
"There's nothing to bake."
Chu Qiao added wood to the fire while saying to the drone, "Because of the heat, this fire is far from the shelter, but it has to be lit. The light from the fire can still scare away many wild animals."
"Little Chicken: Master Chu, the animals are coming. It's just right. Catch them and eat them."
"I think so."
Chu Qiao glanced at the light screen to see who was behind Chu Suo's idea.
"Master Ji, please don't hurt me. The nocturnal animals that roam around at night are probably not antelopes or zebras."
Lu Zhan was cutting something with a knife in the distance, but his attention was on Chu Qiao. He shouted towards him, "Master Ji, brains are a good thing."
Chu Qiao rolled his eyes at Lu Zhan, who was clearly trying to provoke a fight, and quickly changed the subject: "Doctor Lu, what are you doing?"
Lu Zhan: "It will be fine in a moment."
Chu Qiao made an OK gesture, returned to the shelter and looked up at the sky.
The drone's camera flipped to follow her gaze and shot towards the sky.
Countless stars are twinkling in the sky, and what is even more magical is that a milky white light band is shining in the sky. Compared with artificially made fireworks, the sky at this time looks mysterious and powerful.
"Master Chu, it's worth it to be hungry."
"What a nice view."
"Is that the Milky Way?"
Chu Qiao pointed upwards and said, "That silver, bright band of light is the Milky Way. The Milky Way is caused by the light of countless stars."
The vast and boundless sky made the entire live broadcast room quiet. Everyone forgot their worries and concentrated on appreciating this mysterious scene.
Chu Qiao tried hard to find Mars in the Milky Way, but found that he could not identify it at all.
Lu Zhan came over and sat next to him.
"This is for you."
Chu Qiao was awakened by Lu Zhan's voice. He looked down and saw a leaf covered in a lot of green sticky liquid. "Huh?"
She lowered her head and sniffed. It was the same smell as the mosquito repellent tree during the day.
"Homemade mosquito repellent?"
Lu Zhan waved the mosquito repellent branch with his right hand, which was only the stem left. "It's inconvenient to hold the branch all the time. Rub this juice on your body. As long as you don't take a shower, no mosquitoes should bite you within three days."
Chu Qiao was stunned. No wonder he hadn't been seen just now. It turned out that he had crushed the leaves of the mosquito repellent tree he had collected during the day and made mosquito repellent liquid.
Chu Qiao glanced at Lu Zhan's shirt and saw a large wet mark on it.
Chu Qiao pointed at the green marks and asked, "Master Chu, are you using your own clothes as filter cloth?"
"It's all green anyway, so you won't be able to tell tomorrow."
"Doctor Lu, you've made progress."
Lu Zhan turned his head away awkwardly: "Wipe it on quickly, it will be dry in a moment."
Chu Qiao dipped his finger into the sticky liquid. There wasn't even a speck of leaf residue in it. Chu Qiao raised an eyebrow and said, "Thank you."
As he spoke, Chu Qiao evenly spread the liquid on the exposed skin of his body.
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