The Congo River meanders and flows into the plains and jungles in its upper reaches.

In this flat area, the river is divided into numerous tributaries, forming a huge fan-shaped river network, and the dense tributaries and rivers also bring an extremely rich ecological environment to this rainforest.

Along one of the tributaries, Yang Zi and his raft finally entered the dense forest area after a short half of a day of free drifting.

There is no trace of human activity here, and it is surrounded by pristine rainforest landscapes, where all kinds of wild animals inhabit here, and apes and birds chirp.

Leaving the main channel, the river slowed down, and when they arrived, their rafts could no longer move with the power of the current.

Seeing that the speed of the boat was slowing down, the captain of the boat confirmed the route with Sima again, and then came to the stern of the boat to turn on the power, and the raft, with the help of the propellers, began to speed up and head towards the depths of the forest.

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"Da Da Da ......"

The noise of the motor resounded across the river, and Yang Zi looked around the riverbank while looking at the gradually darkening sky, with a somewhat sad expression on his face.

Their trip today was not smooth, as the rainy season had passed early this year and the water level was lower than expected.

The route planned by the boat boss before encountered the problem of the river running aground and impassable twice in a row.

The raft went around the rainforest for an afternoon, but the trip was less than two-thirds of the way as expected.

It was also doomed that they would not be able to reach their destination tonight.

Since the plan could not catch up with the changes, in order to have a better campsite, everyone had no choice but to rush to the road, but took advantage of the fact that it was not too late to start searching along the riverbank, hoping to find a suitable tent place.

In the rainforest, the ground is mostly wet, and in some places it is even soft mud.

Camping on this kind of ground, snakes, insects, rats and ants are frequented by them, and the feeling of humidity alone cannot make people sleep peacefully.

In order to choose a good place to live, everyone has been looking along the river for more than half an hour, but all the way down, the scenery and environment on the shore have hardly changed, and Wood has gone ashore several times to check but has not been able to find a suitable place.

Could it be that a few of them really want to spend the night on the boat tonight? Looking at the small raft, Yang Zi felt a little headache.

If they really have to sleep on the boat, except for the two girls in the houseboat, who are lucky enough to rest with Sima, the old men will all have to feed the mosquitoes outside.

Because the boat was small and full of equipment and spare fuel, there was probably only enough space for them to sleep on a few blankets.

If you want to set up a tent, you can do it, but if you think about five or six old men sleeping in a double tent, it will probably taste even more sour.

"Brother De, there is a gap in the woods in front, and the trees don't seem to be so dense, let's go up and have a look!"

Sweeping away the terrifying images in his mind, Yang Zi saw a sparse patch of land in the woods in front of him, and hurriedly greeted Wood on the side.

The other party obviously didn't want to rest on the boat, and after taking a few glances at the environment, he began to beckon the boatman to lean towards the shore.

With the motor on, the raft can travel at a very considerable speed, and it will take a few tens of meters to reach it.

Yang Zi waited for the boat to dock, and after the boatman anchored and fixed, he rushed to the river bank with great expectations, ready to explore the surroundings to see if he could find a suitable campsite.

Leaving the river bank and walking through the outer forest, the clearing he had observed in front of him soon appeared in front of him, but unfortunately, this was not the camping spot he had expected, but a wetland full of puddles.

The area is very open, with large and small puddles distributed in it, and the colorful weeds on the ground are very beautiful.

But no matter how good-looking it is, if you can't camp, it's useless!" Yang Zi depressedly stepped on a meadow next to him, intending to vent the sullenness in his heart.

But this foot stepped on it, but it scared him a lot.

I saw that the ground around the meadow began to rise and fall continuously after he stepped on this foot, like ripples in the water, swaying and spreading far away.

This inconspicuous puddle wetland is actually a legendary forbidden land for humans and beasts, a rainforest swamp!

With a gasp, Yang Zi retreated dozens of meters almost like a conditional reaction, until he stepped on the relatively hard mud ground, and his heart became steady.

Even so, he felt that he was scared into a cold sweat behind his back, just now he was really lucky, he didn't fall directly into the swamp, but stepped on the grass with a bit of buoyancy.

Otherwise, with the danger of this rainforest swamp, it is estimated that it will be difficult to climb out once he falls in, even if his physical fitness is twice as strong.

"Yang Zi, why are you standing here stupidly? Didn't you find a suitable place?"

As soon as he was relieved, Wood rushed from behind with a rifle on his shoulder.

"Brother De, don't go over yet, there's a swamp ahead!

Damn! It scared me a lot just now, and the dangers in this rainforest are really a bit unguardable. ”

Taking a breath, Yang Zi stopped Wood, who was about to move forward, and couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.

"Swamp?"

Wood confirmed suspiciously, and after finding that Yang Zi was solemn all the way, he didn't dare to act rashly anymore, and began to ask the other party in detail.

"It's a swamp!"

Cautiously approaching the edge of the swamp again, Wood took a look at his surroundings, and after poking the grass a few times next to him, he quickly confirmed Yang Zi's discovery.

However, this discovery did not help, at most it told the government to mark it on a map and warn future adventurers to be safe, and their camping site for today is still unfounded.

After wandering around in a depressed circle and finding nothing else, Yang Zi and the others began to return to the riverbank, intending to leave this place to look for the next place.

"Woo... Woo......"

Suddenly, just as the two of them were about to leave the swamp, Yang Zi heard a whispered cry.

The sound was somewhat like the cry of pain of a large animal when it was injured, but it was so faint that he might not have been able to hear it if it hadn't been quiet.

"Brother De, there seems to be a call over there, do you hear it?"

"It's just the sounds of animals in the rainforest, what's so strange, I'm getting tired of hearing them these days. ”

Wood was a little unimpressed by Yang Zi's fuss.

"Uh! I just feel like the voice is a little different, like that kind of cry for help.

I've had dogs before, and it's the sound of them every time they call for help, so why don't we take a look?"

"The jungle in the forest, we can't just meddle in this.

If you have the energy, you might as well find a place to camp early! I haven't slept anywhere yet, who else do I want to borrow a nest from!"

“…… Alright!"

Although he was still curious about the cries, after hearing Wood say this, Yang Zi thought about it, so he didn't insist any longer, and the two left the edge of the swamp, intending to return along the same route.

But at this moment, several loud voices came from nearby, this time the sound was very high-pitched and of different sizes, obviously from a group of animals.

The most important thing is that Yang Zi and Wood heard the source of the sound at the same time, this should be a herd of elephants!

As the undisputed overlord of the jungle, it must be an emergency to make such a restless sound from the elephant herd.

The two who heard the call stopped, looked at each other and did not argue anymore, and ran towards the source of the sound with a tacit understanding.