"What, crossing the swamp at night?" said Sergei, turning a little pale, and shaking his head, "this is not going to work, boss, this is simply playing with his life. ”

"yes, it's really not good, let's go head-on. In our power, these people can't stop us. Yelena frowned.

"But we are outnumbered, and the target is still in their hands. We're going to get casualties, and the militants in the town are going to be alert right away. As soon as they take Alexei hostage, we will be very passive.

Crossing the swamp may seem dangerous, but the danger is predictable. Foreseeable can be avoided. This is much safer than the uncertainty of a frontal armed rush. Lin Rui said in a low voice.

"I see what you mean. However, it is not a wise thing to touch in the swamp in this black light. A few more crocodiles would wipe out our team. Sergei shook his head.

"There are no crocodiles here, because it has something to do with the formation of this swamp. Because the marshland was originally an industrial area, the early pollution was serious, and the soil contained certain toxic substances, not to mention that crocodiles could not survive, and small fish and shrimp could not survive. Jiang Jian said in a low voice. "It's a dead swamp. ”

"Damn, the more you talk about it, the more I don't dare. Sandro frowned.

"Don't worry, you will follow me when the time comes. Lin Rui said in a low voice, "I'll take you through." ”

"Well, you're the boss. But I'm really going to hug your thighs. Sergei whispered.

After more than an hour, they found the town, which was like an island in the swamp. Except for a reinforced road. The rest of the place is almost soaked in water, which is why this place is abandoned. However, most of the buildings in the town are concrete buildings left over from the last century, which should have been an oil refinery or something, and you can still see huge rusty oil tanks.

Access to the town is done unless you go through the road at the entrance, where several checkpoints have been set up. They are all armed men with loaded guns, and there is really not much possibility if they want to charge hard without alerting the others. Now it seems that Lin Rui's decision is still wise, and crossing this swamp should be the only feasible way.

After the O2 team members got out of the car in a hidden place, they covered it with bushes and branches and camouflage nets.

"Sandro, Sergey, Yelena, you guys stay behind and guard the car. Once we have rescued our target, you must quickly pick us up. Lin Rui said in a low voice.

"Well, I really don't want to swim in the swamp. Sergei smiled bitterly.

"How far is this swamp from town?" said Crazy Horse with a frown as he sorted out his gear.

"More than four kilometers. Snake Eyes put down the rangefinder in his hand.

"Damn, we're going to walk four kilometers in this mud?" Rose said helplessly, "It's like going back to South America." ”

"Stop whining, keep up. Lin Rui picked up the gun, turned around and walked down the swamp. He sharpened a twig with his saber and used it to explore solid ground or shallow muddy water. Because there are often ponds formed by clumps of plants in the swamp, these floating layers composed of broken leaves, lake grass, and soil have different thicknesses, strengths, and supporting forces, and it is easy to have accidents when walking on them.

"As you pass, everyone should search their own route and not repeat my footprints. Because it is always stepped on in one place, the weight is added to a line, and it is easy to be dangerous. When you have to walk in a single line, try to keep the distance away to prevent gravity from being too concentrated, and you should also try to use protruding mounds as much as possible. Lin Rui whispered as he walked through the chest-high muddy water.

"If you come across a place with bright greenery, you should take a detour because it is either humid or has a thin floating layer, and there is likely to be a mud pond underneath. Walk around here as much as possible to avoid excessive vibration.

The quagmire is generally found in swampy or damp, soft and muddy wilderness areas. When you see a black flat ground with no grass, you should be even more careful. At the same time, keep an eye out for cyan sphagnum bogs. Sometimes, moss fills the surface of the bog like a carpet, which is the most dangerous trap.

If you have to walk through a muddy place, you should walk along the high ground where trees grow or step on the heather grass, because both the trees and the heather grow on hard ground. If you are not sure which way to go, you can throw a few boulders forward to see if the ground is hard. Or stomp vigorously, if the ground trembles, it is likely to be a mud pool, and you should take a detour. Lin Rui looked back at the team members as he walked, and then made sure that the team members were following before continuing forward.

The swamp water was cold and had a rancid smell that was simply disgusting. Every time I stepped on it, black muddy water flooded up, giving off an even more unpleasant smell.

"Damn, after these four kilometers, I'm sure I'll be able to stink those Secret Society guys to death without having to shoot them. Snakeeye whispered. The muddy water was already up to his shoulders, and it seemed to be soft underfoot. God knows if it will sink at any time.

"It's pretty good, at least not in the cold weather. If it's in a vast swampy area, the biggest threat is the wet and cold weather. If your clothes get wet and exposed to the cold wind, you will easily freeze. Sergei whispered, "It's good that this is not Russia." ”

The setting sun retracts its last tentacles, and the land will quickly be engulfed in darkness. A remnant ray of sunlight spilled through the misty air onto the damp ground, and visibility around it was further reduced.

"Hey, go down that way. Crazy Horse whispered.

"What?" Lin Rui frowned.

"Listen to me. That's the way of elephants. "Crazy Horse has a long history of fighting in Africa, and he's sure it.

"Elephant Dao?" Lin Rui frowned, "What's that?"

"In Africa, there are often wolves, deer, zebras and other animals passing through the swamps, and the green and flat turf makes them unable to extricate themselves from the first step on them, and they become victims of the terrible swamps.

Some African elephants also often walk through swamps that look green on the surface, but are actually deep muddy underneath the thin surface. But it's surprising that the elephants, with their large bodies, rarely get stuck in the swamp. They walked leisurely through the swamps.

Because elephants have their own signposts as they pass through these terrible swamps. These signs are small groves of trees in the marshland, and every herd of elephants that they walk through the marsh must follow these bushes, and as they pass through the bushes, the elephants use their strong snouts to break and pluck off the branches and leaves on one side of the bushes.

Every herd of elephants is like this, so over time there is a phenomenon in many dangerous swamps: there is a line of trees that cross the swamp, and they tend to be leafy on one side and bare on the other, with hardly any branches, and walk along such bushes, often avoiding the terrible quagmire of many dangerous places, and then walking peacefully through the swamp. This is the Elephant Road, the Elephant Road. Crazy Horse whispered.

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