In a dense rainforest everywhere, where it is completely impossible to distinguish the direction, such a conspicuous tree, Li Huan is sure that it will be almost 100% used as a reference. In other words, the Indians either don't go from here, or they must leave some mark on the tree, and it is better to look around for it.

Thinking of this, Li Huan said: "Here in the direction of 11 o'clock in the northeast, about one kilometer, there is a big tree, I think it will be used as a reference, we may find something there, let's go over and have a look." ”

Everyone glanced at each other and looked up at the sky, with such a dense canopy, how did you see the big tree in the distance? However, Li Huan's consistent performance made his words extremely credible, and on the premise of not finding a mark, everyone had to follow Li Huan's footsteps and move closer to the big tree.

Don't look at the fact that there are only two kilometers, this kilometer is nearly two hours walking.

The crowd was as dense as a swarm of flies on cow dung, beware of poisonous snakes that could emerge everywhere, and the damned Mesoamerican rainforest birdcatcher spiders on the trees, cutting through the dense vines, one foot deep and one foot shallow in the humus soil with difficulty, after more than two hours, it seemed that God could not see everyone being tossed in such a way, after a huge rhizome plant leaf was cut off, the front of everyone suddenly opened up.

"I'll ...... What a big tree!" one of the bodyguards looked up and spat on.

When people are faced with a huge tree, in addition to lamenting their own insignificance, they will also be completely impressed by the magic and beauty of nature.

As the saying goes, "it's good to enjoy the shade under a big tree", big trees not only bring material benefits to people, but also strongly affect the way people think about problems and see the world. In many countries, the top of the tree is worshipped as a sign of reverence, as a prayer for safety and good weather in the coming year, and in some places, the giant tree is treated like a god.

Li Huan: There is such a tree in front of them.

It's a giant sequoia.

Any plant, including trees, will spare no effort to ensure high growth, because faster high growth can help trees beat their competitors, obtain sufficient light in the upper canopy, and have a stronger ability to disperse seeds and fruits than tree species with absolute height advantage. Especially in the highly competitive tropical rainforests, some tree seedlings do not survive because they do not receive sufficient light.

Giant sequoia, commonly known as the Lord of the World, is the only species of the genus Giant Sequoia in the family Fir family. Large tree with a height of up to 110 meters in the place of origin and a diameter at breast height of up to 10 meters. Positive trees, which grow fast and are extremely old. The giant sequoia is the thickest of all trees, only the largest redwood, and the largest living creature on Earth. And its majestic appearance is full of shade from the canopy – as the saying goes, "a single filament does not make a thread, and a single number does not make a forest", but the giant sequoia breaks this adage.

Because this 60-meter-tall giant sequoia has as many as 34 aerial roots in addition to its main trunk, and the area covered by the canopy is about two square kilometers, making this tree look like a small forest at all, which is a living single tree.

"This tree is so big!" Even the mature and experienced Leon looked like he had seen the tree with a ghost on his face, and the other two even began to take out their mobile phones to take selfies.

Giant sequoia is native to North America, and it is not a rare tree species in North America, and it is rare that this giant sequoia grows in the tropical rainforest, and it also has a long layer of tree kings!

"Boss, how do you see that?" said Leon, "this kind of thing is in the mountains of California."

There are a lot of pulses, but I haven't seen them anywhere else. ”

"That's how I saw it. Li Huan smiled faintly: "Okay, let's look here, search carefully, and see if there are any marks left." I think if I were one of those Indians and saw such a big tree, I would definitely choose this place as one of the resting spots, everyone be careful, and don't miss anything suspicious. ”

The canopy of the giant sequoia shades the sky and the sun, and there is nothing around it to grow, only a few knee-deep weeds, which makes it much less boring and boring for those who are fed up with vines and shrubs in the jungle. As soon as Li Huan gave the order, several people went into the woods made of a tree and began to look for abnormal places inside.

Not to mention, under the search of everyone, some food packaging bags were really found around the bureau cedar, as well as the marks of black pigs and arrows marking the direction. Li Huan's guess was correct, in such a harsh environment in the rainforest, having a vacant land is equivalent to heaven, who would let go of such a good opportunity to rest.

"Okay, find the marker, let's move on. Li Huan said.

Li Huan spoke, and everyone naturally followed, but no one noticed that on the towering giant sequoia, a red dot lit up. If you look closer, you know it's a motion sensor. Behind the motion sensor, there is also a small camera with a satellite transceiver module, and at this time, this camera is slowly rotating, aiming at the direction in which Li Huan and they disappeared - Li Huan couldn't help but startle the snake and didn't take the initiative to detect the surroundings, and even he didn't find this sneaky eye.

......

The crowd didn't notice the small, hidden camera, and after retrieving the mark left behind, they slowly chased all the way forward, and once again fell into endless jungle suffering. Even Li Huan can't help this, if Li Huan knew the destination, he would have asked Wangcai to press out a way, but now they are tracking, and tracking must be sneaky.

And it must be sneaky - according to the black pig, there may be a group of more dangerous existences in the jungle than the Indians, and once they are alarmed, it may cause a lot of trouble, so Li Huan doesn't even dare to use his mental power to track on a large scale, so he can only passively look for marks all the way.

This principle is the same as the active and passive sonar of submarines, when they cannot see each other, no one dares to actively use active sonar, otherwise it will become a bright light in the dark night the moment the active sonar is turned on. In an environment where you and I don't know the situation, we can only rely on "listening" and slowly get closer to each other.

"These Indians are really bad. On the way, Leon and several bodyguards complained: "Congress should not pity them, and should take back all those preferential conditions...... Damn, these thieves, we're still going to have to wade through mountains and rivers, and before I even see my target, I already feel like I'm going to get dehydrated...... Rodman, drink carefully, save water!"

"Boss, I want to save too, but I'm already dehydrated...... This damn steamer!" said one of the bodyguards innocently holding a water bottle, "We thought it would be easy at first, we ate a lot, but we didn't bring enough water. ”

"Fuck, this vine is hard enough...... My knives are dull, give me the whetstone!" another bodyguard complained.

The crowd chased forward for more than two hours before they discovered a serious problem, there was no guide, let alone fighting in the tropical jungle, even tracking was very reluctant. The supplies prepared by Li Ang and the others were prepared according to the standard intensity activities, because they estimated that there would not be any large-scale conflicts, and the other party was just a few people, and they could solve the problem quickly if they fought.

But they really drill

When you go into the rainforest, you find that you are wrong.

The wilderness survival skills that were previously trained in the barren mountains and mountains of Citi Country are useless here. Most of Citigroup belongs to the subtropical, temperate and even cold zones, and the kind of wilderness god survival training, "survival" is the basis of training, and "field skills" are not so important. And these guys, who claim to have been trained in the elite, are stunned as soon as they enter the rainforest.

Because everything here is against them.

As soon as you lift your foot, a low rhizome will stumble over you from the humus, crossing the rhizome and barricade with low, thorny shrubs. When I cut down the bush, I found that there was a huge taro leaf blocking the view in front of me, and I was just about to raise my hand to cut off this huge leaf, but by accident, the vine hanging from the branch entangled my raised hand again......

It's a hellish experience when everything is against you.

Of course, these people have been rigorously trained, and these difficulties alone can be overcome, but the problem is that when they find that the provisions may not be enough to support them to complete this tracking, the problem arises - in this environment, if they do not maintain sufficient physical strength, the only end is only a dead end, and there is no second way.

So in less than a day, everyone was already sighing, more important than money, their own lives.

The three retired bodyguards of the Secret Service were sighing, and Li Ang frowned when he heard it, after all, everyone came voluntarily, and when he came here, he sighed, didn't that shake the hearts of the army, he couldn't help frowning: "Look at what you have become, this is the boss giving us the opportunity to make a fortune, you yourself are willing to come, and no one forced you to come, what are you doing with a sad face? Think about your own identity, think about the generosity of the boss, even the boss has not complained, what do we have to complain about? Are we afraid of the Indians, or are we afraid of drug dealers?"

"Boss, don't be kidding, Indians or drug dealers, am I the kind of person who would be scared? I'm not complaining, I'm thinking if we can go back and reorganize our supplies. The bodyguard named Rodman innocently said, "At least I don't want to die of dehydration." ”

The other two bodyguards also nodded together.

Li Ang was also silent for a while, indeed, this is a very fatal question.

Everyone underestimated the difficulty of tracking in the jungle, not to mention the endless obstacles in the jungle, just to say that the climate here is not something ordinary people can bear. Although it was already December, the temperature of the rainforest did not drop at all, and the temperature of the fermentation of humus on the ground and the temperature of the sun on the top of the canopy were all wrapped in the dense canopy. Leon raised his hand and looked at the multi-function watch, where the temperature was already as high as 48 degrees Celsius. At this temperature, everyone's body will sweat faster and accelerate dehydration, and there must be a lot of water to replenish it, otherwise once it enters a state of dehydration, let alone tracking, it will be a problem to get out of this jungle.

Because everyone was going to track down the Indians, they traveled lightly at the beginning, and compressed supplies were the main rations, which was not very weighty, but water was indeed very weighty, so they didn't bring much, which was indeed a very serious problem.

Li Ang thought for a long time, what Rodman said made sense, this was a very serious problem, he had to stop Li Huan tactfully and said: "Boss, we may be a little overbearing, I suggest we go back and resupply." ”

"Huh, go back?" Li Huan was stunned, he had been indulging in his logical speculation just now, and he hadn't heard what Li Ang and the others said.

(End of chapter)

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