Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Sure enough, I don’t know if there’s something wrong with the flower, the butterfly, or both.

But now is not the time to analyze these things. Lin Xia quickly found the animal medicine and fed it to Ah Huang. One minute later, Ah Huang was back to his lively self.

This time, it didn't dare to get close to the butterflies and flowers. It huddled at Lin Xia's feet, whining and acting coquettishly.

Looking at the butterflies flying among the flowers again, Lin Xia guessed that the poison that could knock down Ah Huang so quickly must be very strong. Let's see if Da Zhuang knows about it!

At this time, Lin Xia remembered, where is Dazhuang?

When I turned around to look around, I found that this guy was smart enough to hide far away, stretching his head to look over here but not coming close.

By the way, isn't Da Zhuang not afraid of poison? He eats poisonous insects without blinking, so why is he hiding so far away now?

It seems that this poison is very special. Lin Xia decided to take Ah Huang away from here first to avoid being poisoned again. She took Ah Huang to where Da Zhuang was and told him to stay still. After experiencing a life-and-death test, Ah Huang was very obedient.

Then she waved to Da Zhuang, indicating that Da Zhuang should go with her to check out the flowers and butterflies. Lin Xia had protective clothing to protect her in all directions, so she was not afraid.

Da Zhuang understood what Lin Xia meant, but he refused to move forward, clearly hiding himself.

"Da Zhuang, aren't you usually not afraid of poisonous insects? Why are you so abnormal today?" Lin Xia asked curiously.

Da Zhuang whimpered twice, with a hint of fear in his eyes.

Lin Xia thought to herself that these butterflies and flowers must be quite poisonous. Now that she had come across them, she must find a way to bring some back for Dot to study.

I opened my backpack and searched through the existing tools. I decided to use this one!

After thinking it over, Lin Xia took out the spray net that Huo An had given her before, and walked carefully towards the flowers, trying not to disturb the butterflies in the flowers. After aiming at the target, she directly launched the spray net.

This spray net was given to him by Huo An as a gift for his feedback on the effectiveness of his protective suit. Its actual purpose was to catch small fish and shrimps in the river, but now it seems that it is also very effective in catching these flying butterflies!

After tightening the spray net and dragging it back, several butterflies caught in the net flew around in panic. This time, Lin Xia took out the largest sealed container given by Dotte, carefully made a small hole in the net, aimed at the container, drove the butterflies in, and then quickly sealed it.

After properly putting away the utensils, Lin Xia took out the collecting tools, selected suitable branches and leaves, bouquets, etc., collected several branches respectively, packed them in storage bags and put them away.

After doing all this, Lin Xia walked towards Da Zhuang and Ah Huang, ready to move on. Ah Huang also ran over happily, wagging his tail. Lin Xia habitually touched Ah Huang's head and was about to say "clear the way", but then~

Ah Huang fell down shaking like a sieve again. Lin Xia's outstretched hand froze in mid-air. She looked up at Da Zhuang who was standing away from her again. It seemed that her hand was stuck with poisonous pollen or some unknown substance carried by the butterfly, which caused this situation.

After being fed animal medicine to recover again, Ah Huang learned his lesson this time. He no longer dared to approach Lin Xia casually and followed Da Zhuang closely.

Since he didn't know which parts of his body were still stained with poisonous substances, Lin Xia had to change the direction of his exploration and look for a water source first. He had to deal with anything that might have stuck to his hands and clothes.

So we used the remote control to reset the search target for the exploration robot, giving priority to finding water sources.

Soon, the robot reported back several places, including streams, springs, and lakes. . . . .

Speaking of this lake, Lin Xia remembered, isn’t this the lake where she met the crocodile before?

So Lin Xia decided to go here. The lake is big enough and the surrounding terrain is flat. Let's set up a tent and camp here at night!

After thinking it over, this time Lin Xia led the way in front, with Da Zhuang and Ah Huang following behind.

Following the route provided by the robot, Lin Xia successfully brought Da Zhuang and A Huang to the lake. Perhaps because there was no threat from the big crocodile, there were many small animals drinking water by the lake at this moment.

Because he was carrying an unknown poison, in order not to pollute the water source, Lin Xia found a safe and open place and dug a relatively large shallow pit about 50 cm deep. He found a large bucket from the space, drew several buckets of water from the lake, and poured them into the huge water storage barrel that Lin Xia placed beside the pit.

Then he took off all the clothes except the protective suit, put them in sealed bags and put them into the space. Then he stood in the pit and washed the protective suit directly with lake water, and the dirty water flowed directly into the pit.

The lake water was cool and clear, making Lin Xia feel refreshed. After washing several times, she called the death-fearing and experienced Da Zhuang to come over to make sure the shoes were clean. Then, Lin Xia climbed out of the shallow pit and rinsed her shoes several more times before they were completely clean.

Afterwards, Lin Xia filled the hole with the soil he had dug out previously, believing that he had done his best to reduce the harm of the poison to the small animals.

There were only animals and plants here, and no human traces. Lin Xia was not in a hurry to put on his outer clothes. He just put on his slim protective suit and found an open space with his back against the mountain wall. He put up his tent and prepared to wait for the water on the protective suit to evaporate before putting on his outer clothes.

After setting up the tent, Lin Xia still pulled a circle of protective electric fence around the tent to prevent animals from attacking the tent at night. However, it was not dark yet, so Lin Xia left a hole as an entrance and exit and did not close it for the time being.

After finishing, Lin Xia came to the lake again. After all the trouble of fetching water, there were no more small animals drinking water near the lake. However, from the real-time images just sent back by the exploration robot, Lin Xia found that this lake was really not small. It was about dozens of kilometers long from here. There was a narrow river section in the middle, which was only about one or two meters wide, and the widest section was nearly one or two hundred square meters.

Various animals can often be seen drinking water on both sides of the river, either alone or in groups. In some places, the water grass grows very lush, even higher than the water surface, forming a green ocean. In this green grass, there are many nests of water birds such as wild ducks. These nests are usually built with some hay and branches. Although they look simple, they are very warm. Water birds lay eggs and hatch here, giving birth to new life. When the sun shines on the water, the sparkling scene is intoxicating, as if the whole world has become beautiful and peaceful.

This place is not far from the place where Da Zhuang took Lin Xia to dig Cordyceps and ginseng before. Lin Xia poked Da Zhuang, and the meaning was obvious - are there any other good stuff?

Da Zhuang...

Da Zhuang did have quite a few treasures in stock, but since he was someone’s pet now, even though he was unwilling, he still took Lin Xia to have a look.

Following Da Zhuang all the way to a cliff, after passing a bend, Lin Xia couldn't help but widen her eyes at the scene in front of her -

“So many Ganoderma lucidum?”

That’s right, in the mountain wall that Da Zhuang brought Lin Xia to, there were two Ganoderma lucidums visible to the naked eye that were no smaller than the one Lin Xia had picked before, and there were also several Ganoderma lucidums of different sizes! This was simply a gathering place for Ganoderma lucidum!

These ganoderma grow in the cracks of the mountain walls. Their shapes and colors are different, but without exception, they all exude a mysterious and attractive atmosphere. Lin Xia couldn't help but feel happy. She didn't expect Da Zhuang to know such a treasure-like place.

Some of these Ganoderma lucidum are bright red, as dazzling as flames; some are dark purple, emitting a noble and mysterious light; and some are golden yellow, as dazzling as the sunlight falling on the earth.

Lin Xia excitedly picked up the tools and prepared to pick these precious Ganoderma lucidum. These Ganoderma lucidum not only have extremely high medicinal value, but also can be sold at a high price in the market. However, just as he started to pick them, he suddenly hesitated.

When I was picking that Ganoderma lucidum before, I encountered a small poisonous snake. With such a large area of ​​Ganoderma lucidum, would there be more powerful guardian animals?