Chapter 868 Parasite of the Myrrh Tree

The clods of soil were thrown out and fell to the ground. Countless fine particles were shaken off by the dry soil and scattered in the air, raising a thin layer of yellow mist.

Soon, a big hole was dug out, and everyone saw that underneath the originally inconspicuous roots, there was actually an extremely huge rhizome, flat and oval, resembling an oversized curling stone.

After the hard soil on the surface was excavated, the soil below became loose. Upon seeing this, Bi Fang inserted his dagger into the ground, dug directly with his hands, and finally lifted the entire rhizome out of the ground.

Harley, who was behind him, stood up and walked forward. He lowered his head and sniffed, but didn't smell the smell he wanted. He screamed a few times and continued to lie down on the ground, tilting his head to see what Bifang was trying to fix.

"This thing is quite heavy and a bit laborious."

Bi Fang took out a large piece of rhizome, placed it on the ground, patted the dust on his hands, then pulled out his dagger and dug into the rhizome. The hard steel collided with the wood, making a dull banging sound.

Amid the dull background sounds, Bi Fang raised his eyes at the drone and said.

"I wonder if you have heard of Namibia."

[I have watched The Legend of Namibia, and the polar bear in it was deeply affected (eating watermelon)]

【The Golden Compass, right】

[Is there a possibility that the movie is called The Chronicles of Narnia]

[It’s not normal to remember incorrectly, and human memory is not a reliable thing (it’s also strong to be unsure)]

"Anyway, in my impression, Namibia's popularity should be as good as Kenya's. It belongs to the T1 echelon and is as famous as Egypt."

"I went to South America from Point Nemo before, and then when I took a plane to the Sahara Desert, I overlooked Namibia through the port window. It is also an amazingly beautiful place."

"The desert there is not yellow, but red."

The beauty of Namibia can be described as "stunning".

Namib Desert, one of the oldest and most beautiful deserts in the world

Because the gravel is rich in iron, after oxidation, the surface of the desert turns red.

"Oxidized red" changes in color throughout the day as the angle of sunlight changes.

The most magical thing is when the sun shines slantingly in the early morning or dusk, the sunny side is bright red and the backside is as deep as ink.

The two distinct colors have a shocking impact, shaking the heart and mind. Every arc and every shadow is flashing with a breathtaking arc.

It happened to be dusk when Bifang flew over. He sat on the porthole and looked down at the light and darkness cut out by the narrow back of the sand dune. Half of the sides were red and the other half was black. The red was charming and the black was calm.

The red desert, carved over 80 million years, glows with charming colors and soft lines under the sunlight.

Bi Fang has always regretted that Namibia was not included in his route across the Sahara. Of course, that is not the focus of his talk now.

"In the Mariental region of Namibia, there lives a primitive tribe called the Bushmen. They have lived on that land for nearly 20,000 years."

Twenty thousand years!

The audience was stunned when they heard this number.

【Did you make a mistake, twenty thousand years?】

[Did Fang Shen make a mistake? Are you sure it’s not two thousand years? 】

"How could I make a slip of the tongue on such a matter? It's because of this that the Bushmen are considered the oldest indigenous inhabitants."

"Bushmen are also called 'San people'. The colonists from Central China named them Bushman. Bushman is our Chinese transliteration. It originally meant people living in the bushes. It describes Bushmen."

The living conditions of the Man people have now become a consensus term for them."

"As a special group, they are the most primitive people in Africa. Most of them live in Namibia, and a small number live in Botswana and Zimbabwe."

"Until more than 20 years ago, the Bushmen were still in the prehistoric period and almost no one knew about them."

“The earliest I know about the Bushmen is from an article published in Ugly Magazine. It was probably in the 1990s. A young female scholar came to the tribe where the Bushmen live in Botswana and stayed there.

Three months.”

"She pointed out in an academic paper that the Bushmen's living conditions are harsh and they are in danger of extinction. She called on the country's political circles to urge the Botswana government to return the jungle they occupy to the Bushmen."

[I guess Lao Chou refused (dog head)]

[There is no oil underground, how can we control whether you can survive or not?]

Seeing the barrage, Bi Fang shook his head: "No, Lao Chou really intervened. At that time, Lao Chou directly wrote a speech."

"Then when Bo Guo heard what Lao Chou said, he immediately made a plan to return the jungle to the Bushmen."

"But not long after the Bushmen happily moved to their original territory, geologists announced that diamond minerals that shocked the world had been discovered in the jungle they had just moved out of."

【!!!】

[It turns out it’s not oil, it’s diamonds!]

[My mother, this move is too damaging]

"Whether there is something fishy about this, I can't tell, but one of the most popular topics for travelers on the African continent is the Bushmen."

Under the cutting of the dagger, a large amount of debris fell from the rhizome, revealing the white rhizome tissue. At the same time, everyone also saw the milky white sap emerging from it, which was obviously sufficient water.

"They live in the most barren and desolate desert areas. As the earliest overlords of this land, they make a living by hunting and collecting plant roots, stems and wild fruits just like they did in the Paleolithic Age. They have no fixed residence and often travel with their abilities.

Move your place of residence where you catch prey.”

“In order to obtain the water and food they need for survival, the Bushmen often live together in groups in the summer. In winter, when water and food cannot meet their needs, they begin to move in different directions as a family unit, looking everywhere.

food and water. But some Bushmen were forced to concentrate around their only water source during the driest season of winter."

"Since we make a living by hunting, we naturally have skills in hunting that other ethnic groups don't have. Similarly, we also have many unique skills in survival."

"Like the Sherpas and Bajau people, the Bushmen themselves are very thirsty, to the point of being thirsty to a certain extent, and they have a wealth of knowledge about which plants they can eat and which can replenish water."

"Just like the rhizome I'm digging now, it actually comes from their survival skills. Otherwise, no one would be able to know from a small beard emerging from the ground that there are plants below that can replenish moisture."

"The Bushmen would cut the roots into small pieces and squeeze the juice from them and drink them."

"What you have to do is use a stone or a dagger to scrape off the shavings, then grab a handful and squeeze hard, point your thumb to your mouth and wait."

【Humanoid self-propelled encyclopedia, so scary!】

[I often wonder whether a person’s brain capacity is limited]

[This sense of erudition is really fascinating]

[I’ve always found boys who know more to be particularly attractive (screaming)]

Bi Fang wiped his hands and held the large amount of chips he had just cut in his hands. He raised his head and squeezed it down. A small stream of water flowed down his thumb and fell into his mouth.

It's cool and delicious, with a refreshing feeling.

"It tastes much better than the groundwater just now, with a special fragrance."

"In fact, this water-rich plant is not only known to humans, but also to some animals, so after digging it out, the Bushmen will find an acacia tree nearby, then pull out its branches, cover them near the roots, and then

Bury the rhizome back and reuse it after a while when it has grown.”

Bi Fang looked around and successfully found an acacia tree.

Use a dagger to cut off the branches, drag them to the rhizome, and carefully bury them above the rhizome.

"Acacia is very common in Africa. It is actually a plant of the legume family. We also have some relatives in our country, such as the acacia tree that is common in parks. We can often see it in botanical gardens, street trees and other scenes."

"In addition, mimosa and the wild locust trees on the mountain are also members of the same family as the acacia."

"In the south of our country, there is still a kind of shrub-like acacia, and the local people still eat its young leaves as wild vegetables. Do you still remember the smelly vegetables I ate in the Banna rainforest? That is the Acaciaceae family.

of."

"Of course, they are completely different in Africa."

"In order to survive in the cruel local living environment, as food for herbivores, they have been fighting to coexist with herbivores for millions of years."

"As the most common type of tree in the savanna, acacias have thorns. All kinds of acacias have various thorns."

"Look at this, before the leaves grow up, the thorns grow quite long. The thorns can protect the young leaves first and prevent some animals from climbing the trees. There will also be many thorns on their trunks, allowing animals to climb.

Not coming up."

"There are also some acacias that don't have such long thorns, but they have a kind of barb-hook thorns, which are also very powerful."

Bi Fang inserted the branch into the ground, then adjusted the direction, and finally wrapped the entire rhizome.

"That's probably it."

After doing all this, Bi Fang clapped his hands: "In fact, we can't come back again. Let all these things stay here like this. Maybe some tourists who come here will see it in the future and use it."

[Animal: You are amazing, you are noble]

[Where are my large rhizomes? Where did my large rhizomes go?]

[Old Fang: Are they my treasures? If you want them, I can give them all to you. Go find them, everything in the world is there! 】

[This begins the prairie era! 】

Bi Fang took Harley and walked north on the grassland.

As they walked deeper and deeper, the entire grassland seemed to become more and more lively.

All kinds of hunters appear, from insects to poisonous snakes, from animals to birds, which is eye-opening.
To be continued...