".....Do we really have to climb mountains the whole way?"
Ansheng glanced sideways at the Qinling Mountain Range, showing a subtle expression as he looked at the Monkey King and Fungal Parasitic Beast.
"From here to the primeval forest, there is still some distance that requires a ride. Once you leave the development zone and reach the forest area, walking is indeed necessary," said the Snake Woman with a peculiar expression.
The instant look of disappointment on the raccoon master's face clearly showed he did not want to climb mountains.
But there was no other choice; even the best off-road vehicle cannot speed up a vertical slope, and the environment in the mountain forest changes rapidly, driving into the mountains would most likely mean carrying the off-road vehicle while climbing.
"Wait for me here for a bit."
Ansheng thought it over, then turned and ran to the student dwelling area of the Xinxing Agricultural Science College, borrowing a rattan basket from the beam of a homestay. Under the watch of the Snake Woman and Monkey King, the raccoon master climbed aboard a vehicle, picked up a large plant protection drone, and hopped off the flatbed truck.
The sci-fi-looking square box gradually transformed into a plant protection drone with a maximum takeoff weight of 150 kg as the raccoon master opened it.
The raccoon master secured the rattan basket to it.
"Raccoon master..... Doing this, aren't you afraid it might be unsafe after takeoff?"
"Unsafe? Wouldn't I know that?" The raccoon master waved his hand dismissively with a disinterested look.
When it comes to mountain climbing experience, Ansheng feels he is not inferior to the Forest Ranger at all.
Back when starting a business, living in the mountains for a new tea variety or to cultivate a tea garden was normal.
The scariest things in the mountains weren't the wild animals, but the bugs hidden in dead leaves and branches, or centipedes as long as an arm crawling off the bed, or the small black and white snakes leading people to trouble.
Back then, with no conditions, even hanging mosquito nets in the mountains needed double layers to prevent those little cuties from snuggling in.
Now with that all changed, Ansheng didn't want to experience the slimy feeling of slugs between his toes.
"Buzz buzz buzz——"
The 62-inch carbon fiber rotor of the plant protection drone roared, and the little fox sitting inside the rattan basket gripped the controller and took off vertically into the sky.
"........"
Snake Woman and Monkey King stared wide-eyed, exchanged glances, then said, "Does raccoon master... know how to pilot these large drones? Does he have a license?"
"Do you think he cares about those? Hurry up and catch up! Be careful, don't let anyone take pictures and upload them to the music platform, claiming animal abuse." Snake Woman rubbed her forehead and said.
The raccoon master's idea was pretty good.
Just a bit ridiculous.
The Crested Ibis Ecological Garden is part of the scenic area, although the current location is close to the forest's edge, there might be some hikers wandering around here.
Knowing it's the raccoon master slacking off.
Otherwise, people might think someone is abusing a fox.
......
"Firefox plugin installation successful."
Ansheng, nestled in the rattan basket, saw the controller screen display images and the high-precision map and couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up for his cleverness.
Walking cannot be as fast as driving, but the speed of flying which completely disregards terrain is quicker than both.
Although Ansheng has never used this drone model, he had used a T30 model in a previous life, both products from DJ company with the same operating system.
Knowing the destination, Ansheng directly controlled the drone towards Golden Thread Gorge.
But shortly after entering the Golden Thread Gorge area, Ansheng didn't even have time to stop when he saw a very strange scene from the screen he held.
"Squeak squeak...."
Several macaques lay in the forest with faces full of agony, the ground scattered with stones, wood pieces, and a half-dismantled model cabin.
"Were they... constructing a miniature model?"
Sitting in the drone, Ansheng, upon seeing the monkey group and scattered materials, instinctively thought of a very odd notion.
Could this group of mischievous monkeys be planning to build their own home?
"Squeak squeak squeak! Squeak squeak!"
Before Ansheng could think further, waves of angry macaque calls echoed in the forest, the particularly robust Monkey King landed on the forest floor, raised its arms, and slapped the lazy monkey with a palm.
Monkey King's slap on the lazy macaque's head produced a loud sound.
The pained macaque clutched its head and crawled desperately on the ground, timidly looking at the Monkey King: "Squeak squeak squeak....."
"Great King..... can't manage to build it, it'll collapse." The miserable-looking macaque pointed at the collapsed model house.
"I don't care where you came from, keep thinking! If you can't figure out how to construct the Dragon Palace to present to Lord Dragon King, explain it to him yourselves—suck toes!" Monkey King bellowed angrily, shouting at the baffled engineering monkeys.
The "squeak" of rage shook the forest, frightening the birds to take flight.
Once the words "Lord Dragon King" came out, the monkeys who were initially slacking off shrank their necks, seemingly recalling something terrifying, they languidly rose, looked at the scattered stones, showing visible desperation.
Building is a profound science, involving materials and mechanics among many other practical applications.
Macaques simply lack this foundation, all they can do is scratch their ears and think, feeling their scalps going numb in front of the model.
They even felt their brains boiling and if they lifted their skulls, steam might come out.
"Buzz buzz...."
In the sky, the plant protection drone slowly descended, and the whirlwind and humming sound from the rotors interrupted the macaque group's stalemate. Monkey King instinctively looked skyward, seeing a strange object hovering, momentarily froze.
"Hey! Brother!"
Ansheng's head popped out from the rattan basket, both paws on the basket edge, loudly speaking to the monkeys:
"I just overheard from up there, you mentioned some Lord Dragon King in the forest, can you elaborate?"
"A fox flying in the sky?"
Monkey King's face was shocked, it turned to flee, never having seen a winged fox before.
"Squeak squeak squeak——"
As the drone landed and whipped up a whirlwind, it blew away the stone-built miniature model.
The faces of the monkeys fell like the sky collapsing, clutching their cheeks, their once pink faces instantly turned pale.
"Where are you running off to?"
Ansheng jumped down from the rattan basket, picked up a piece of wood from the forest floor, and directly threw it at Monkey King, hitting its buttocks and causing it to stumble and fall.
Monkey King fell flat, sliding a distance, its butt raised high, with a look of bewilderment and confusion.
"Keep running, I'll discount your monkey head mushrooms!"
The raccoon master kicked them, flipping Monkey King to the side on the ground, making a series of squeals:
"Hurry up and tell me, who is the Dragon King? What slope can its mouth corner reach?"
"Also! Have you ever seen a crested ibis?"
"Can't tell, and you'll be flying away!"
The monkeys in front displayed extraordinary intelligence, even knowing to build a small model to test mechanical properties before constructing a formal building.
Though Ansheng was unclear about what the monkeys meant by their Dragon King.
He sensed that he must have come to the right place.
To just stroll around and encounter such mischievous monkeys, if he continued to dig deeper, wouldn't his Wish Power Value explode?