Song Shuhang didn't expect that the wooden figurine he had casually picked up back then would come in handy today!
According to Northern River's Loose Cultivator's explanation, the wooden figurine was a scouting-type puppet, something akin to a modern reconnaissance drone, but with even better performance.
Once it was activated, the scouting-type wooden figurine could assume the appearance of the user and share its senses with them. The user could see, smell, and listen to things through the wooden figurine. The only flaw was that the pain the wooden figurine felt would also be transmitted to the body of the user. But it couldn't be helped. After all, it was a low-level scouting puppet, and it couldn't be perfect in every aspect.
Northern River's Loose Cultivator's repairing skills were pretty good.