685. Chapter 685: Tripwire Trap
A few days later, Lin Rui stepped into the African jungle with six team members and a female doctor accompanying the team. The fastest updated novels successfully traverse the minefields of the African inland jungles and find their way through the inaccessible dense rainforests on the banks of the Congo River, often desperately, relying on satellites to find their way.
The area where they are located is a hundred kilometers of muddy swamps, covered with lush vegetation and ferns. There are many birds and beasts, poisonous snakes are infested, and the air is humid and hot. There are no roads, and it is extremely difficult to get into the hinterland.
There are no tigers, lions, wolves and other beasts, and buffaloes, orangutans, monkeys and other animals are not afraid of people. And the natural environment is extremely pristine, as if nothing has changed since the Mesozoic Era.
"How far is it to get to that damn destination?" Sergei said with some bitterness, "this place is like the planet Pandora. In addition to trees, it is still trees. β
"And damn bugs and snakes. Jason used the jungle machete in his hand to cut down a small green snake that was clinging to a tree, which was an arboreal venomous snake. They can often be found in the jungle.
"What are the people of this country doing, why can't we make a decent road?" Wang Haoze shrugged, "so that we don't have to abandon our off-road vehicles and hike through this rotten forest." β
"Most of the warlords here are busy fighting another warlord, and they generally believe that war is more important than development. In fact, the United Nations would have to spend a lot of money a year just to maintain the area, enough for them to build several major roads. Shogishi shrugged. "But our strong African brothers believe that a path to development is nowhere near as a collection of firearms that can be used to fight wars. β
Jason wields the machete in his hand and clears his way through the jungle. "But I have to say that this is too slow, and we will have to walk for a few days to get to our destination. It is hard to believe that today, with the high development of technology, our mode of warfare has degenerated to the pre-World War II stage, which relied on two feet.
Can't the U.S. military send a helicopter to help us cross this damn jungle? You know, during the Vietnam War, we already relied on helicopters to fight in the jungle and mountains. β
"They've done that, and the U.S. military in the first few operations has done it this way, but it has failed. The worst one was when it was hit by a Stinger anti-aircraft missile while flying at low altitude, and the helicopter exploded and disintegrated in the air, killing all of them. Lin Rui said slowly, "The place where the accident happened is less than twenty kilometers away from us. Do you still expect to rely on helicopters now?"
"That's right, no one knows what is in this jungle. The safest way is to scout on foot and not let go of any suspicious clues. Shogishi agreed.
"But there is no road here, how do they get in and out?" Wang Haoze frowned. "And to set up a biochemical virus room, they need a lot of material support. β
"It's probably also by helicopters. Jason replied. "Or maybe there are other roads leading to their camp. β
"Maybe. Lin Rui cut down a vine, then put away the knife in his hand, "Okay, Jason, rest for a while." Jason put away his machete as well, sat down nearby, and refilled a little water. Opening a path in the rainforest is a strenuous task, and it is very physically taxing.
"I don't feel right, it seems too quiet here." β
"You're a suspicious Chinese. Sergei shook his head and said, "It's already deep in the jungle, and it's not normal if there's any movement." β
"That's not what I meant. Jiang An frowned, "This is the tropical rainforest of the Congo Basin, and there should be a lot of birds, but there are very few flocks of birds in this area. β
"What does this mean?" Sergey said with a frown.
"Animals are very reflexive, and if there is a lot of human activity in the area, it can disturb the birds and make them look for another habitat. "Shogan said slowly.
"Makes sense. Especially when there are large helicopters taking off and landing, the loud roar is enough to make all the animals around them shy away. Lin Rui nodded, "I think we'd better be more vigilant now." Maybe we're already in some key areas. His words made the hearts of all the team members heavy.
After a short rest, they began to move on, and in a relatively empty place in the jungle, Lin Rui suddenly stopped his feet and made a gesture behind him to stop moving.
All the team members stopped, half-crouched on the side of the bushes, alertly around. "What's wrong, what did you find?" said Shogishi in a low voice.
"No, it just doesn't feel right. Lin Rui said in a low voice, "This open area in the jungle seems very abrupt. β
Turning the shore in front of him, it was just a clearing that was not very large. There were no clumps of trees or vines, just nothing special on the ground, just leaves from the forest. "What's wrong?"
"With such a climate, and the amount of precipitation, it is impossible not to grow plants here. The clearing was a bit unusually abrupt. Lin Rui said cautiously, "Maybe it's a trap." You all wait, I'll go"
Jason nodded, lowering his voice, "Be careful." β
Lin Rui's slowed pace moved forward slowly, and then he squatted down and carefully examined the face. Suddenly, he noticed a very thin and hidden line. He couldn't help but gasp, tripping mines?! no, it doesn't seem like it. It's more like some kind of trigger-style trap. He made a gesture backwards, and the team members got the signal and withdrew in both directions.
Lin Rui squatted down, then frowned slightly, he could now be sure that this was not a mine, and the mine would not use such a delicate tripwire structure. He stirred the tripwires with the gun in his hand, and then the whole person leaped to one side, and almost at the same time a row of sharpened wooden stakes fell from his head.
It was deeply inserted in the position where Lin Rui was standing just now. This change took everyone by surprise. The stakes were all sharpened at one end and stones tied to the sides to increase their weight. The force of the guide's fall was so great that it was all submerged in the dirt at once. If Lin Rui hadn't been prepared just now, he would definitely be nailed to the ground by this row of sharp wooden stakes.
It's a well-laid trap.
Lin Rui turned over and got up from the ground, beckoned the other team members to come over, and squatted down together to trap the strange trap.
"Be careful, it's a tripwire trap, it's delicately done. Maybe there will be more in the vicinity, and from now on everyone must be vigilant. Every step can be dangerous. Lin Rui said in a low voice.
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