Chapter 89: Chapter 89: Dust Devil
Birds are always fast flyers, and eagles are undoubtedly the best among them.
However, master often had Tuanzi race with birds, and if she won, she’d get roast chicken, duck, and fish to eat. She was always highly motivated.
At this moment, Tuanzi seemed to see several roast ducks flying back and forth in front of her. Each one looked delicious.
For the sake of food, charge!
She harnessed her inner strength, and although she appeared somewhat chubby, her body became as light as a swallow and she ’whizzed’ ahead.
While she often touched down lightly on the sand, her silhouette was already so fast it was nothing but a blur.
She ran away, and the eagle fiercely pursued.
The cameraman stubbornly held his position, his lens ceaselessly following Tuanzi and the eagle’s figures, causing him to spin in circles.
He spun in small circles, while Tuanzi and the eagle spun in large circles, just barely keeping up.
Initially, he was able to capture Tuanzi and the eagle with the naked eye, but later he had to spin the camera quickly, and capturing the figures depended entirely on luck.
The initial comments on the video.
[Admire the cameraman]
[This is what professional responsibility is all about]
[Thumbs up for you]
[Amazing, they’re flying so fast]
[Eagles fly fast, but Miaomiao flies even faster]
[Several times the eagle nearly pecked Miaomiao]
[Why is it relentlessly chasing a kid?]
[Not sure, some animals are just like ’you stare at me, I’ll bite you’]
Later comments on the video.
[Stop spinning, I’m so dizzy]
[Dizzy, want to vomit]
[I can’t see anything, all a blur]
[Tuanzi teases the eagle, cameraman teases us, right?]
Round after round, again and again.
The cameraman got tired, the audience got tired, and the eagle got tired.
The eagle’s flying speed visibly slowed.
Tuanzi stopped on a low saxaul tree, and surprisingly, the slender branches could bear her weight.
With her face full of yellow sand, Tuanzi provocatively said: "Is that all you’ve got? Want to chase a few more rounds?"
The eagle screeched, signaling the intent to attack.
It felt Tuanzi’s provocation.
A new chase battle began.
[The cameraman seems to be spinning slower]
[The eagle’s flying speed has slowed]
[It used to be the eagle catching the chick, now it’s Tuanzi teasing the eagle]
[This has to be Miaomiao’s highlight moment since joining the show]
Neither Qinggong nor Xingyi Boxing, Tai Chi Boxing nor Eight Trigrams Palm, blade techniques or otherwise, compare to having an opponent.
It’s only against the backdrop of an opponent that her expertise in Qinggong and inner strength shines.
[Just this snippet released, who dares say Miaomiao isn’t a martial arts master?]
[Don’t use that title, or some hater will say she doesn’t have an official Military Dao Rank]
[Sigh, Miaomiao loses because of her age; how is she so young?]
[Being small isn’t bad! Little bundle, easy to pinch]
[Gu Cheng: Death glare.jpg]
[Small has its perks, proving her endless potential; with this talent and diligent practice, five or ten years later, imagine how formidable she’ll be]
Some viewers even shared the program clips, instantly drawing a huge wave of traffic.
Upon first seeing these clips, netizens were thinking, it must be photoshopped; current programs are crazily desperate for traffic!
But once they clicked into the live stream, they were all astounded.
Having spun quite a few rounds more, the cameraman had reached the end of his enthusiasm.
The eagle also decided to give up on this chubby human and spread its wings to fly away.
As it wanted to leave, Tuanzi wasn’t having it.
"Don’t run, you haven’t explained why you were attacking Miaomiao."
Tuanzi mimicked the eagle’s movements, flapped her arms, and quickly chased after it.
"Don’t run away!"
"Play with Miaomiao!"
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
[I can’t believe I saw the phrase ’fleeing in panic’ on an eagle]
[Eagle: Can’t win, must run]
[Transformed into human chasing eagle, Miaomiao indeed never disappoints]
[Wait, they’re flying further away, cameraman, aren’t you going to chase them?]
[Cameraman: Tired, too tired]
Indeed, the cameraman was tired.
He decided to stay put, with the camera lens aimed in Miaomiao’s departing direction.
As long as he’s willing to wait, the little guest is bound to return.
[Wait, letting Miaomiao, a child, go into the desert like this isn’t ideal]
[Yeah, better send someone to check things out]
[Why hasn’t she returned yet?]
Director Chen, who was closely monitoring the situation, hurriedly sent staff to check.
At that moment, staff and the audience heard Tuanzi’s screams.
"Ah ah ah!"
"Run fast!"
In the blink of an eye, a flying Tuanzi entered the camera frame.
She was flying especially fast, occasionally touching down lightly.
"Run quickly, a dust devil is coming!"
[Dust devil? Tornado, right?]
[Not a tornado, it’s a dust devil, typically a small whirlwind that forms in the desert in summer afternoons, a diameter of just a few meters with a small impact range, dispersing in a few minutes]
[I don’t see anything]
[Wait, what is that]
Everyone in the live room saw behind Tuanzi a small dust column, tens of meters high, swirling fiercely.
It looks fine from a distance, but when the dust column gets closer, it seems quite large.
To humans, anything ten meters high is gigantic, let alone when it’s already over fifty meters.
[Cameraman, why are you lingering, run]
[Dust devils aren’t very destructive, as long as you’re not standing in the center of the swirl, generally you’re fine]
[But, light-weight people still need to avoid it, and avoid areas with loose objects that might be swept up to prevent being hit]
Tuanzi ’ah ah ah’ flew back and seeing the cameraman still aiming the lens at her, swiftly landed, grabbed him by the collar and ran.
The cameraman was carrying the camera, his two legs dragged on the ground, constantly making ’thump thump thump’ sounds.
She was flying too low.
The cameraman left at the campsite also aimed his camera in this direction.
Director Chen’s expression changed.
"Everyone, find shelter and hide!"
"It’s not very dangerous, don’t panic!"
Gu Cheng knew something was off when he heard the screams; he quickly put down the construction materials, ran out to look, and his face changed too.
"Miaomiao!"
A sand-covered Tuanzi saw her big brother and immediately let go, ’thud!’—she landed in his arms, dumping sand all over Gu Cheng.
"Brother, quick, run!"
Gu Cheng scooped his sister up and ran.
He had researched possible conditions in this desert before coming.
Dust devils aren’t considered highly destructive, and this dust devil is at most medium-sized; they just need to find tall and sturdy cover.
The staff and guests quickly hid behind the bus.
Tuanzi, looking like a little mud monkey, poked her head out, wanting to observe the situation with the dust devil.
She had never seen a dust devil before, it was the system that reminded her.
Luckily the not-so-large dust devil dispersed within a minute upon approaching the campsite.
The bad news was, some empty cans and light objects they hadn’t collected were taken away.
Tuanzi reached out her little paw in grief and anger, "My bowl!"