Su Ran continued to control the drone to go deeper and found the missing badger.

The badger guarded the ginseng it had not finished eating tightly, as if it were its treasure.

This discovery made Su Ran feel both surprised and curious.

Badgers are animals that live underground and usually feed on insects, small mammals and plants.

However, this badger chose ginseng as its food source, which made Su Ran feel very strange.

Whenever the drone is brought close to the cave, the badger becomes extremely alert and uses sharp calls to warn the intruders.

This protective behavior shows that this badger cares deeply about its ginseng.

As time went by, Su Ran gradually understood the habits of this badger.

He found that the badger would go looking for ginseng at a specific time and bring it back to the cave. It would carefully select the best quality ginseng and then enjoy it slowly.

This behavior found Su Ran very interesting, and he began to develop a special feeling for this badger.

Su Ran decided to try to establish a connection with the badger.

He approached the burrow carefully, trying not to disturb the badger.

After several attempts, he finally succeeded in establishing a trusting relationship with the badger, which no longer made warning calls to him but instead watched him curiously.

Su Ran began to bring some extra food to the badgers, such as fruits and nuts.

He noticed that whenever he brought this food, the badgers showed great interest.

It would even take the initiative to approach Su Ran and accept his feeding.

What surprised him most was that the badger and the white-browed pit viper were fighting.

These two animals, which seemed unlikely to have any intersection, suddenly broke out into a fierce conflict for some reason.

The badger accidentally entered the territory of the white-browed pit viper.

The white-browed pit viper is a highly poisonous snake. It has a strong sense of territory and will attack any intruder without mercy.

When the badger accidentally stepped into this territory, the white-browed pit viper immediately felt threatened and quickly jumped out of the grass, ready to teach this uninvited guest a lesson. Although the badger did not want to conflict with the white-browed pit viper, it had to fight back in the face of the sudden attack.

Thus, a fierce battle began.

The badger used its sharp claws and strong body to try to force the white-browed pit viper back.

The white-browed pit viper, with its flexible body and poisonous teeth, continuously launched fierce attacks on the badger.

The battle lasted for a long time until both sides were exhausted and gradually stopped.

Although the badger was seriously injured, it still persisted and used up its last bit of strength to escape from this dangerous territory. The white-browed pit viper was also too exhausted to continue the pursuit.

Although there is no real winner in this battle, it shows the tenacity of life and the difficulty of survival. In this world where the strong prey on the weak, every life is struggling to survive.

The battle between the badger and the white-browed pit viper is just a microcosm of this.

"Neither of these two guys dare to take any more risks. It seems they are still afraid of each other."

As he spoke, Su Ran walked towards the stream not far away.

The badger followed behind, jumping around and curious about everything around it.

Su Ran walked towards the stream not far away. His steps were steady and powerful.

The badger followed behind him, its limbs jumping nimbly, as if interpreting the melody of life in the beating notes.

Its eyes sparkled with curiosity, and it was full of desire to explore everything around it.

The stream was so clear that you could see the bottom, and the aquatic plants were swaying in the water, as if showing the beauty of nature to Su Ran and the badger.

The gurgling stream makes a pleasant sound, making people feel peaceful and comfortable.

Su Ran walked to the stream, bent down and scooped up a handful of cool stream water, feeling the coolness and moisture of the water.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he could feel the breath and power of nature.

Badgers were running happily nearby, stopping from time to time to sniff the surroundings or dig the ground with their claws.

Its movements are full of energy and curiosity, as if it is looking for something new.

Su Ran couldn't help but smile as she looked at the liveliness and cuteness of the badger.

Continuing along the stream, the surrounding scenery keeps changing, sometimes dense woods, sometimes open grasslands, each exuding the charm of nature.

"Why is there a branch behind you?"

Just as Su Ran was about to reach out and remove the dead branch from the badger.

He suddenly noticed that the dead branch was moving.

He was surprised to find that it was not an ordinary dead branch, but a bug!
This unexpected discovery surprised and excited the audience.

They never thought that such a strange phenomenon would appear before their eyes.

The insect's body was so similar in color and shape to the dead branch that he was completely unaware of its presence at first.

Su Ran approached the insect cautiously, trying not to disturb it.

The bug's body is a dark brown, almost identical to the color of a dead branch, and is covered in tiny textures and spots that make it look even more realistic.

This is a self-protection mechanism of insects.

By mimicking the appearance of a dead branch, the bug is able to better hide itself from potential predators.

This camouflage technique is not uncommon in nature, and many animals use various methods to protect themselves from threats.

"This is a stick insect, a master of disguise."

Stick insects belong to the order Orthoptera of the subclass Pterygota. Their body length is generally 6-24 cm, and the largest can reach 62.4 cm. They are medium or large insects.

Most of their bodies are dark brown, with a few being green or dark green. They have a very small head with two long, silky or bead-like antennae.

The stick insect's forewings are short and its hindwings are membranous. Some stick insects have a pair of wings while others have completely degenerated and disappeared.

The well-known stick insects are also called orders. They can be roughly divided into two categories based on their body shape differences: one is the rod-shaped insect, which is the common stick insect, and the other is the leaf-shaped insect, also known as bamboo leaf insect. In fact, they all belong to the same insect.

The biggest difference between the two in appearance is that the trunk, legs, and antennae of the rod-shaped worms are slender, like natural bamboo branches; while the body of the leaf-shaped worms is flat, like leaves.

Stick insects imitate branches and leaves very accurately, and the effect is very close to reality.

Even the thorns, knots, knots, mildew spots, and even the veins of the leaves are very realistic. Most of them live in an environment with few leaves and many branches, and their growth is mainly based on imitating branches. (End of this chapter)