It was five in the morning.
The sky had yet to brighten when Bi Fang got up, washed up, rolled up his sleeves, and inserted the freshly wiped hunting knife into his waistband.
Jerry, who hadn't had much to do the past few days, also crawled out of his little nest and directly burrowed into a backpack.
With everything ready, Bi Fang went to the cheetah's room, opened the iron gate, dragged the sleeping cheetah up, and with Old Barry's help, they too took a sightseeing car and left the conservation center, heading for the savanna.
Harley sat in the back seat, its fur fluttering in the breeze, facing into the wind, its eyes squeezed into slits, yawning non-stop, revealing a pair of sturdy fangs.
After yesterday's "trust" test, this ti Bi Fang didn't grab hold of Harley's scruff and let it swing back and forth on the car.
"This is good," Bi Fang said.
The conservation center completely disappeared from view as Bi Fang asked Barry to stop the car, picked up his backpack, and leaped directly onto the ground, propping himself on the railing.
Harley, who had just woken up from sleep, also beca fully alert in the breeze and jumped down from the back seat as soon as he saw.
"Look how cute it is," Barry said as he got out of the car, held Harley's head, and gave it a good rub, followed by a barrage of kisses on its face.
Not until Harley could no longer bear it and broke free did Barry laugh heartily.
This separation ant that Harley was to return to the wild. Although Harley had been implanted with a tracking chip, barring any accidents, this might be their last encounter.
"Cheetahs belong to the savanna, and only to the savanna. It might die from hunting in the future, or be killed by other creatures, and face all sorts of dangers. But the one thing it definitely shouldn't do is die of old age in a zoo," Barry said.
Old Barry stroked Harley's head for one last ti, feeling very sentintal. He had watched Harley grow from the size of a palm at birth to half the size of a person at eighteen months old, witnessed it go from being bottle-fed to sprouting sharp teeth capable of tearing at.
"You think you'll et lots and lots of female cheetahs, have lots and lots of cheetah cubs, and greatly expand your cheetah family," he mumbled to himself, his beard trembling.
"I'll leave the rest to you."
After he finished speaking, Barry didn't say any more, sighed, got back into the car, stepped on the gas, and drove off in the opposite direction.
The tires rolled over the grass without leaving a trace.
Harley couldn't understand what Old Barry had said, but as he watched the car drive away, he cried out a few tis. Seeing that Bi Fang gave no response, he stood up, paced back and forth for a while, and only when the car had completely disappeared from view did he squat down again.
Bi Fang stroked its head and then placed the backpack on the ground, opened the zipper, and Jerry crawled up onto his shoulder from his knee.
He held back the curious Harley that was beside him.
Three drones automatically flew out of the pack, positioning themselves in different directions.
When the initial drone flew right above, capturing the image of a man and a cheetah in full view,
the live broadcast officially began!
In an instant, fans of Master Fang from all over the world, across continents and countries, all received the broadcast notification.
The Wolf Fang poster unfurled like a curtain.
Millions of people on the internet ford a tidal wave, flooding towards the live stream, one wave after another.
Day, night, early morning, midnight.
On the subway, inside offices, in bedrooms, in dorms.
No matter the ti or place, people crawled out of their beds and sat upright, gathering their spirits and turning their attention to their small electronic screens.
The wilderness was vast, and a gentle breeze whispered through it.
Dawn spilled its light, and a dazzling golden glow flowed over the African Savanna in the sumr.
A very familiar voice ca from the various speakers and earphones, so familiar that everyone imdiately knew whose opening speech it was; they knew a story was about to unfold in the uninhabited wilderness.
"Looking back at the course of human evolution, if our ancestors had not had the courage for adventure and imagination, the boldness to innovate and the willingness to sacrifice their grand chest and magnificent passion, humans would not have surfed the seas in canoes and explored the endless mysteries across the oceans."
"Human curiosity begets the urge for adventure; human adventure ignites the torch of civilization."
"Adventure isn't solely found in nature's oceans and mountains, deserts and swamps, but also in the densely populated cities."
"I am Bi Fang, a professional outdoor explorer, and this ti, we have co to Kenya."
On the screen, Bi Fang squatted on the grass, stroking the cheetah from the nape of its neck down to its back with his left hand, delivering his opening speech for the live broadcast to his audience.
In an instant, all the viewers were swept up in excitent.
Prior to today, Bi Fang had spent six days establishing a relationship with Harley, the cheetah. Everyone knew what was going to happen in this broadcast and had been eagerly awaiting it. Now, it was finally happening.
[It's starting, it's starting!]
[Here cos the big mont!]
[The African savanna, ah, since the day Old Fang started live broadcasting, I knew he'd definitely return here (dog's head)]
[Are we about to go hand-to-hand with lions? Don't chicken out, go for it! One punch each!]
[Sword Fairy Without Onions has beco Emperor in the live chat!]
[Odd, opening with Emperor again? There must be almost a hundred Emperors in Master Fang's domain by now, right?]
[I hereby declare that Master Fang is the world's most aweso broadcaster. Who disagrees, who agrees?]
[I agree!]
[Cheetah, my cheetah, hehehe]
[Jerry, my Jerry, hehehe]
Bi Fang stood up, thanked everyone for their support, and then turned his gaze to the sunrise on the horizon.
It was six o'clock in the morning, the sun had just risen, and the entire savannah was filled with vibrant natural light.
A cool breeze blew, refreshing and delightful.
"I know you all have been waiting a long ti for this live stream, and have been looking forward to seeing Harley run across the savanna for a while now; fortunately, that mont has arrived."
"This is Africa's tropical savanna, lying on both the southern and northern sides of Africa's tropical rainforest, forming a horseshoe shape around the entire rainforest from the equatorial region of the eastern highlands and the western part of Madagascar."
"The entire savanna spans one-third of the total area of Africa and is the world's largest tropical savanna region. It stretches from the Southern Hemisphere across to the Northern Hemisphere, allowing you to see the African savanna in the Northern Hemisphere in its dry season while the Southern Hemisphere is in its wet season."
"And vice versa."
"The main cause is that the climate of Africa's tropical savanna in the Northern Hemisphere is controlled by the Equatorial low-pressure belt when in season, and the climate of the Southern Hemisphere's tropical savanna is controlled by the southeast trade winds."
"And when the climate of Africa's tropical savanna in the Northern Hemisphere is controlled by the northeast trade winds, the climate of the Southern Hemisphere's tropical savanna is again dominated by the Equatorial low-pressure belt."
Bi Fang zipped up his backpack, slung it on his back, and walked across the savanna with Harley.
Gambian Pouched Rat stood on Bi Fang's shoulder, sniffing the scent molecules in the air to gauge whether the surroundings were safe.
Faced with an unfamiliar environnt, the cheetah, which had never strayed too far from human sight, felt the vastness and terror of nature for the first ti and followed closely behind Bi Fang, not wanting to take even a single step away.
In the past, there were always at least two people appearing in nature, but now, on this vast savanna, there was only one man, one leopard, and one rat.
"The plants on Africa's tropical savannas all have xerophytic characteristics, so most are grasses of the family Poaceae; their height generally ranges between 1 to 3 ters, and they have narrow, vertically growing leaves to minimize excessive transpiration of water."
"That's why we can see the entire savanna at a glance, as if we were on the ocean, able to see the open horizon at a single look."
"Here, there are only sparsely scattered solitary or clumped trees, with leaves that are small and tough; so can move and orient themselves to minimize light exposure."
"The bark of these trees becos very thick, and so have large, stout trunks. This structure allows the trees to survive the dry season by storing large amounts of water to sustain life processes."
"So of the representative tree species include the Acacia Tree, Baobab Tree..."
"On this savanna, the wet and dry seasons present starkly different landscapes."
"During the wet season, the plants are lush and teeming with new life; co the dry season, all is withering away, leaving the land yellowed and sere. The savanna is ho to many ungulate mammals, such as various antelopes, giraffes, zebras, as well as predators like lions and leopards, with termites being the most nurous of the insects."
Bi Fang was advancing in a direction perpendicular to the sun.
This mission was not just about helping Harley the cheetah return to the wild, but also to bring it back to the very place where it was first discovered.
That place was in the northern part of the South African Great Plains, aning Bi Fang would need to lead Harley across the entire South African Great Plains.
"My current location is in Kenya, the famous 'Heart of Africa.' I believe that anyone who likes watching wildlife programs is well familiar with this country, even to the point of knowing it like the back of their hand, thanks to the renowned Kenya Conservation Area situated here."
"Not only that, but based on human skull fossils excavated here, this location is also considered the earliest cradle of humankind according to current research."
"By the 7th century AD, Arab traders appeared in the coastal cities of Kenya. Zheng He, during his voyages in the Ming Dynasty, had even visited Mombasa in Kenya."
"Furthermore, the Great Rift Valley is also found within Kenya; this place can definitely be described as a treasure trove."
"And I don't know if you all rember the Maasai People I've ntioned before—they reside here in Kenya."
Bi Fang often shared intriguing facts in his livestreams; upon his reminder, many viewers suddenly recalled what he had said.
[Didn't Master Fang say Maasai People have great eyesight?]
[Isn't it the one where they hunt lions for their coming-of-age ritual?]
[Why do I rember it being about hunting sharks?]
[Bro, you're mixing things up; the shark hunting thing was what Master Fang said about so Nibo-sothing people when he crossed Nemo Point]
[It's lanesia (laugh-cry emoji)]
[Oh right, that's the one]
Seeing the comnts, Bi Fang nearly laughed out loud and explained smilingly.
"There are 44 ethnic groups in Kenya, with a relatively even distribution of population among them. The Kikuyu people have the highest proportion, but the most famous are the Maasai Tribe, because of their unique adult initiation rituals and their fierce traditional values."
"The adult initiation ceremony for Maasai n involves hunting down a lion."
"At dawn, the warriors set out from their villages ard with spears and shields to partake in the coming-of-age ritual, and a select few, the village's most experienced hunters, are chosen to witness the ceremony."
"Hunting under the watchful eyes of these veterans is no easy feat, especially since the Maasai Tribes only allow the hunting of young, healthy male lions, avoiding female lions as well as old, weak, or sick ones, ensuring the rite of passage is completed through one's own strength."
"But as lion populations have dwindled in modern tis, this custom has fallen out of practice; now, many Maasai n passionately keep cattle because ten cattle can fetch another wife."
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[Noticing the Elents Again]
[Going into Details Again]
Bi Fang naturally knew what the viewers were thinking and explained without concern, "This tribe practices polygamy, Maasai boys start braiding their hair from a young age, and when a girl gets married, she needs to shave her head completely."
"Moreover, the President of Kenya officially legalized polygamy in 2014."
"At that ti, there was a man from the Kanyamwa Tribe nad Akuku who had 130 wives. Starting from the age of 21, he married his last wife at 79. Over fifty-eight years, his 130 wives gave birth to 210 children, which in turn produced 1800 grandchildren."
[Wow]
[Ti to change nationalities]
[Do you think you can find a girlfriend just by changing countries? (Dog's head)]
"In addition, when it cos to sprinting events, Jamaica produces famous nas — everyone knows Lightning Bolt. But if you look at long-distance running, it's definitely Kenya, which has long dominated the long-distance running championships."
"These Kenyan long-distance runners are mostly from the Kalenjin People, and over 70% of the dals in long-distance running are won by athletes of this tribe."
"This tribe lives at high altitudes all year round, with an amazing lung capacity. They have very small ankles and long leg bones and are relatively thin in the lower body, making them more suited for running."
"Earlier on, due to a lack of material foundation and inadequate nutrition, it was difficult to show their true strength. As the economy developed and they could get enough to eat, the Kalenjin People's talent for long-distance running fully exploded."
"For long-distance running events over 800 ters, it's mainly the Kalenjin People who are champions. Among them, the famous long-distance runner Ronoh broke four world records in less than three months."
Before the official start of the livestream, Bi Fang introduced the African Savannah and also introduced Kenya.
On one hand, it was necessary; on the other hand, it was a little bit of promotion for Kenya.
Having been invited over and given the privilege of starting the fire to destroy ivory, Bi Fang naturally reciprocated the favor by speaking well of them and introducing them in more detail.
That way, if there are similar events in other places next ti, perhaps involving lions, tigers, elephants, or whatever else, they might also co to him.
It's like making a living.
After finishing the background introduction, Bi Fang refocused his attention and returned to the event itself.
"I think everyone is clear about the task this ti, but to prevent any new viewers from being unaware, I will simply repeat it."
"The task is to travel across the entire South African Great Plains, help Cheetah Harley return to its holand, and during the journey, train its hunting skills so that a cheetah, which has grown up with humans since childhood, can successfully integrate into nature."
"But let's talk about hunting later. The first challenge we're facing now is obtaining water resources."
"It's October now, which belongs to the sumr of the Southern Hemisphere and is also the dry season on the South African Great Plains. It won't be until about half a month later, around mid-October, that the rainy season will begin."
"Although it isn't hot in Kenya, in places with a shortage of water resources, the climate isn't necessarily hot. As I've ntioned before, Antarctica is extrely cold, yet it has the least rainfall, even less than deserts, making it a white desert."
"Normally, I might teach you thods such as covering plants with plastic bags to conveniently and quickly obtain water through transpiration."
"Or simply finding tubers with rich juice."
"But now, my teaching target is not just the audience in front of the screen, but also this cheetah beside ."
Bi Fang stretched out his hand and petted the cheetah's head.
Harley was actually quite tall, with slender limbs, so his standing posture was about a ter in height, which made it easy to reach his head.
"Cheetahs aren't going to learn how to use plastic bags or identify water-rich plants."
"So this ti, I'm going to teach you sothing different."
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