Seeing that the place was empty, a few brave homeless people quietly smashed the door lock and moved in, and later saw that no one cared about it, and other homeless people also moved into the building, and by the beginning of 2018, a good skyscraper had been turned into a slum. The year before last, a homeless man knocked over an alcohol lamp while cooking, and the building was quickly set on fire. Because the building had no firefighting equipment, in just two hours, the skyscraper was reduced to ashes, collapsed with a bang, and became like this. ”

After Li Lan explained, she was embarrassed.

The ruins of the Almeida Wilton Building did not affect the mood of everyone, everyone visited the statue of Simon Bolívar, took a group photo in front of St. Paul's Cathedral, and went to the Baton Swallow Viper Research Institute in the suburbs, which was built in 1901, raising and displaying more than 2,000 species, the number of tens of thousands of various poisonous snakes, the annual production of 285 million antidote serum and the prevention of typhoid, tetanus, whooping cough, With 25 million vaccines for diphtheria and other infectious diseases, it is recognized as a world-recognized research center for poisonous snakes, which is really eye-opening.

Then they went to the craft market in the center of Republic Square, where stalls selling gems, antiques, wood carvings, leather goods, stamps, coins, and famous paintings were souvenirs.

After spending four days in São Paulo, the trio bought tickets again and flew directly to Manaus, the capital of the state of Amazonas, and then took a boat north along the Negro River to the destination of the mission, Vopes.

It took a day to get to Hoepes by boat from Manaus.

Vopez is a border city, already close to Colombia and Venezuela, and the situation is complicated. Although it is located in the Amazon plain, it is not as dense as they imagined, but it is not much different from other places, with gray concrete houses, dilapidated roads, and a mix of Indians and whites, giving people the feeling of returning to the small county town of China in the early 80s.

There was still plenty of time, and the three of them found a local tour guide named Salo. Salo told the three of them that the local hotel was too pitiful, and it was better for you foreigners to travel independently, so it was better to stay at a local friend's house of mine.

In this mission, with Guo Xiong as the captain, Guo Xiong thought about it, in a triangle like Voapes, whether he could be low-key or as low-key as possible, so he agreed.

Salo placed the three in the home of a single Indian man named Toledo, who was about thirty years old, and after a warm hug with Salo, he spoke in Quechua and told Yang Pingfan in awkward English that they would feel at home if they paid $30 each.

After solving the accommodation conditions, Guo Xiong said that he would go out to buy some things that he needed. Yang Pingfan knew what he meant, although everyone was here to do business on the surface, but in the triangle close to Colombia and Venezuela, there were still some guys to defend themselves.

Guo Xiong and Salo went out, but Yang Pingfan didn't go together, because Li Lan was seasick, and the bumps of the whole day almost made her go for half her life, and now she is still pale and can't stand steadily, Yang Pingfan chose to stay and take care of her. At the same time, while picking up the mobile phone, and the owner of the gold plate Balaqi, the Balachi on the line was very enthusiastic, asking them for detailed itinerary and address, saying that they would come to entertain in person, Yang Pingfan was unguarded, and sent the address casually.

Soon, Toledo brought a drink, which was a chilled Coca-Cola and homemade juice, a juice made from bananas, dragon fruit, golden fruit and other fruits, with ice cubes to adjust the temperature, it tasted comfortable and smooth, full of fragrance, Li Lan drank a glass, and the whole person's face improved.

The two stayed together, whispering to themselves, and after half a day, they saw Guo Xiong and Saro running back in embarrassment. Sweaty and panting, as soon as the two entered the door, Salo blocked the door and let out a long breath, "It seems that I didn't chase after me." ”

"What's the matter, you?" asked Yang Pingfan hurriedly.

Guo Xiong waved his hand and explained that he and Salo went to buy some self-defense weapons and souvenirs, and somehow they clashed with a group of people in the market, and then inexplicably fought. Who is Guo Xiong, that is a retired senior non-commissioned officer of the Marine Corps, at the moment five divided by two put them all down, but he didn't expect the other party to call more than 20 helpers, now Guo Xiong didn't dare to hold it up, so he could only take the road and escape.

Yang Pingfan thought to himself: Could it be that when he was shopping, he showed his wealth, and someone wanted to rob him halfway? He said: "Don't worry about it for the time being, what you bought, open it and take a look." ”

As soon as Guo Xiong waved his hand, Salo opened the zipper of his backpack and shook it, the mountain knife, steel pipe, thick iron chain, nunchuck, and even a thunderbolt boxing glove, Li Lan next to him was taken aback, "Old Guo, what are you doing here, this is what you are talking about self-defense weapons and souvenirs? We are going to participate in the auction, not to participate in the street fight." ”

Guo Xiong hurriedly said: "The zipper is wrong, this is the loot just now." "One snatched the backpack and re-opened the other zipper, this time yes, the jungle hunting knife, the bow and crossbow, and a double-barreled with a sawn short barrel, a shotgun, all kinds of small wood carvings, and even a grass mud horse fetal mummy, God knows what Guo Xiong bought this thing for.

Yang Pingfan picked up the hunting knife on the table, he liked this knife very much, the simple shape, the wide blade, the blade was nearly a foot long, and the back of the knife was full of crocodile tooth-like barbed blades, so it was called a crocodile hunting knife or a crocodile army dagger.

This knife is larger than the special forces paratrooper knife he used in his previous training, and can be used directly as a jungle machete in the jungle, and the crocodile teeth on the back of the knife can hinge five millimeters thick steel wire, and its blade is so sharp that even a buffalo with rough skin and thick flesh can be cut down with a knife.

This is Guo Xiong specially bought for Yang Pingfan, a strange man, who himself uses the special dagger of the American Navy SEAL Special Forces, which is small and sharp and can be thrown as a throwing knife, and it is said that it was designed by a Chinese knife maker.

At that moment, Toleka hurriedly pushed open the door and said, "What are you doing outside?

He spoke Portuguese, and Li Lan had made up for it before he came, so he could basically understand it, and asked, "Who is Baca?"

Toleica said: "It's the local underworld leader, or the Colombian guerrillas, it's simply the local emperor, you are ......"

Before he finished speaking, he seemed to hear the sound of car brakes, Toleka looked through the window, and saw three or four Toyota pickup trucks parked downstairs, and a shirtless and wild strong man with all kinds of strange patterns jumped out of the car with thirty or forty people, holding all kinds of knives, sticks and shotguns, but he didn't expect the other party to even know where he lived.

Yang Pingfan turned around and picked up his backpack, grabbed Li Lan with one hand, and said to Guo Xiong: "I can't explain it like this, let's withdraw first." ”