nbsp; Wet equatorial rainforests, never-before-heard insects chirping birds, and the smell of rotting plants in the air. The westerly glow of the w-w'w-.-fqxsw pierces through the leaves and presents a curtain of light in the scattering of water mist, and there is no more magnificent Tyndall phenomenon. Every detail here seems to come from an unfamiliar alien land, except for the rough wood in the middle of the road, which makes people feel familiar and out of place, this kind of arrangement should be the scenery of the city.

"It's time to collect tolls?" Store Manager Wan stopped the car and stretched his neck to take a look, and the back of his neck brought out a steaming moisture from the collar.

Faced with this sudden situation, Chloe's heart welled up with the excitement of a journalist and the anxiety that a girl should have. As a war correspondent, she knew that it was artificially placed, meaning that there was an ambush nearby and that clashes were imminent. But I'm not a woman or a woman. She'd been to many places with Meng, but she had never been deep into a rainforest, and she had never encountered such a situation.

Store Manager Wan opened the car door and got out of the car: "You deserve to be unlucky." Before he could finish speaking, there was a sharp whistle-like sound in the air, and before he could react, he felt as if the door had been hit by some kind of high projectile, and it made a crisp bang.

Chloe followed the sound and looked over, and the trees were so jumbled that she couldn't see anything. She turned her head to look at Store Manager Wan, only to see that he was shaking. Right next to the arm of the store manager, in front of the rearview mirror, on the windward side and at the movable joint, there was a long arrow. Chloe hadn't seen anything like this for a long time, and when she was in Holland she had heard that it was a poisoned arrow for a blowpipe.

"It's just a warning, a warning. Don't panic," said Wan to Koloi in a trembling voice, "These are Daya people, and I know them very well. Get out of the car slowly like I did, don't hide your eyes, and don't look them in the eye. ”

Chloe nodded and pulled the door open.

At the sound of the leaves, several figures in front of them shook out. Tomato △□☆ Xiao △ said that the web w-w'w-.-f'q-x-s'w'.'c'om are all young people with upper bodies, their skin covered with tattoos, and the surface is glowing with a layer of glow. He has a feather on his head and a disc on his chest. Koloi was the first to come into contact with Dayak warriors. She had learned about the indigenous group before leaving for Borly, but the first contact was nerve-wracking. To be comforted, she knew that this nation had long ceased to hunt human heads for decoration. They also carried blowpipes, but that didn't prevent them from carrying shiny O3 automatic rifles. Although the guns are frightening, they also show that they are engaged in modern warfare, and communication should not be a problem, at most the military uniforms are relatively bright and special.

She put her heart down. A distant noise caught her attention, and Chloe saw several people hanging something from the tree. In the middle of the road, there were already some dead human bodies, all of them headless. She covered her mouth in dismay, as if her judgment was not entirely correct.

Store Manager Wan walked over and stood in front of Chloe. Since he boasted that he was an Indiana Jones-like legendary character, he had to pretend to be stubborn, and there was no way out now. He turned to Koloi and said, "The corpses are from Madura. Don't be afraid, I understand everything, Daya people are still very friendly to the Chinese. Well, it should be friendly to foreigners as well. Be careful, don't look them in the eye. ”

Dayak people are always surprised.

Just as Store Manager Wan turned around and instructed Chloe, several people suddenly stepped out of his side and blocked in front of him. The group was a little older, and they were followed by several women, all with a large stack of heavy earrings hanging down their ears to their shoulders. The women hid behind the men, just like the position of Store Manager Wan and Koloy.

Chloe was a little surprised by Store Manager Wan's bravery, she always thought that lustful people must be timid, but she didn't expect Store Manager Wan to look confident.

In fact, Store Manager Wan is indeed a timid person, otherwise he would not have missed two important financial opportunities. One was just after the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, when he observed the trajectory of the abandoned wooden people drifting along the ocean currents on the merchant ship, and the other time was the way of making money for the heavy weapons store in Metlizer, both of which were important clues about the wooden people, relying on these war remnants were enough to make a windfall, but the store manager Wan just didn't dare to touch it. His timidity not only missed the opportunity to get rich, but also caused him to choose to leave the new eastern capital in disgrace after the shop he had worked so hard to run was swallowed up by Xindi.

Chloe could not have imagined that such a man would have fled a long time ago if he had his usual temperament. But Store Manager Wan is completely out of the box for her sake. In fact, he didn't know this group of Dayak warriors at all, and he didn't understand their communication, but he had only heard some rumors of dealing with them in Kuching.

He has never been so brave. In fact, even Mr. Wan himself doesn't know what the reason is, after all, a woman's beauty is not enough to arouse a man's courage. In the future, if one day Store Manager Wan recalls today's events, he may say that it is probably because of magic, incredible magic. Some women can make men frightened or even afraid, and Xindi is like that; The other kind of woman has an indescribable magic that will make men willing to sacrifice for them.

They don't even know what they have. Just like Chloe, her mind is always on her body, and the men who have made sacrifices or sacrifices for her, Chloe never notices.

Store Manager Wan moved his steps, raised his hand to press his chest, and said in Chinese-style English with a thick tongue, "Friend." We are friends, from downstream. ”

The leading Daya warrior immediately pulled out his gun: "Downstream people." Well, you have clippers! ”

Dayas also speak English, which was not influenced by the Central 6.

"Clippers? What is Clippers? Store Manager Wan could only repeat English words, and he didn't understand what the other party meant.

"A boat to and from the Stygian Mountain, a boat to and from the other side!"

"I don't know, you mean the ship. □▽○ tomato ☆ small ○ talk net w'w-w-.-f'q'x-s-w-"

"Damn it without a clipper! The downstream people should not come here, the downstream people should die, and I will kill you all. ”

Store Manager Wan didn't understand, but Chloe heard clearly. She was a little surprised and even excited when she heard the other party say "the boat to and from the other side and the Stygian Mountain", although she faced the threat of death, she was one step closer to being attacked. However, she didn't know that Store Manager Wan couldn't understand what the other party said, and thought that the chubby store manager was keeping the secret of the "Ship of the Stygian Mountain" for herself. Now that the store manager Wan was about to be shot to death, Chloe immediately stood in front of her, and the English voice in Kensington's Chelsea area almost made her a person: "Sorry, please forgive me for bothering you." Her cheerfulness and generosity infected everyone, even startling Dayak warriors.

Koloy's smile dispelled the rain and fog like sunshine, "I'm a journalist, from the Daily News Agency. We have covered your battles before. She said as she pulled the camera out of her satchel, removed the cover and flipped the switch, and looked at each other with her charming blue eyes, "We always wanted to continue to learn about your battles and let the world know about the warriors' efforts. Uh, can I take a picture? ”

The leading Daya warrior was stunned for a moment, he looked at Koloy, a little confused, and then looked at Store Manager Wan, and there was a subtle change in his heart about the other party's role: Store Manager Wan was as annoying as all the "downstream people", that is, the people in the coastal city, especially the self-righteous and confident look that he knew how to communicate with the Daya tribe, and wanted to cut off their heads when he looked at it. But Chloe was unfamiliar, white, platinum-headed, like a man from heaven. So the Daya warrior felt that Store Manager Wan was of the same kind, and he asked Store Manager Wan, "Who is this?" ”

"Friend, she's a friend too."

"Where did it come from, is it also downstream? ◇Tomato Novel Network ○◇w'w-w'.-f'q'x's-w"

"At sea, she came from the sea."

"At sea? Her boat does not work, it is useless. ”

Koloi took another step forward and beckoned Daya soldiers with his camera like a professional war correspondent: "Come, come here, let's take a picture of us closer, so that the world can see our battle." ”

Bewildered, the leader waved his hand to the side, and the Dayan warriors gathered around Koloi, making a resolute gesture of holding a steel spear at her camera. They are not isolated natives, they are warriors defending their lands like everyone else.

Chloe's liveliness has completely changed the atmosphere here. She also ran among the Daya: "Come, let's take a group photo, don't mind." "No one minds being close and close to this angelic woman.

And so the time passed.

The leader of the Dayan warriors waved his arms in surprise, and the other warriors dispersed. He pointed to the headless corpse and said to Store Manager Wan in English, "Boundary." ”

"Boundary." He repeated.

"Don't get involved, this is the battle of our Daya tribe."

With that, he took the elders and women and disappeared into the jungle on the other side of the road, while the others kept carrying more of the cut trees to the river.

Store Manager Wan wiped his sweat and asked Koloy to return to the car: "It turned out that it wasn't a roadblock, maybe it was a shipbuilding." I just heard them talk about boats, boats, and they didn't know what they were doing. ”

"They said you had a boat to and from the Stygian Mountains."

"Huh? A boat to and from the Underworld, is that all? Then I have it. ”

"Can you give it to them? There are so many. Chloe was a little surprised, and although she didn't know what a ship was to and from the Stygian Mountains, she had already likened it to a "ship to and from the other side", the key to catching up with the attack. Is that something very unimportant?

Store Manager Wan started the car again, and it was already dark. "It's not important, it's the power boat, the troops of the Central Big 6 went up the river and stayed at the Shangtang base. If the Dayas want to return to the upper reaches of the Hades, they have to go upstream, and the river is too fast these days for the power boat to sail against the current. I have this, it's at the Shangtang base. ”

"Are you saying that a boat to and from the Stygian Mountains is a boat, and the Stygian Mountains are mountains?" Chloe's astonishment and disappointment were palpable.

"yes. The Stygian Mountain is the sacred mountain of the Dayak people, that is, a mountain, in the upper reaches. It's not a mountain in the underworld. ”

"You said that the treasure you gambled on was a powered boat?"

"Every bit of the Shangtang base is a treasure, and there are many more you haven't seen." Store Manager Wan regained his spirits.

"I see."

Chloe regained his calm. It doesn't matter, maybe this clue is wrong, maybe you missed something critical. Things are still unclear, and there is no need to rush to conclusions. So far, Chloe has only been supported by the emotion of being struck, and it is about to become a belief. Faith doesn't need reason, it doesn't need logic, just like love.

"However, I have indeed heard people talk about the other side of the world." Store Manager Wan turned on the headlights, "When you arrive at the Shangtang base, I will introduce you to a person, and that person knows." ”

"Thank you in advance."

Koloi was calm, maybe tired, maybe a little disappointed with Manager Wan. She understands that she should maintain the quality of a professional journalist, not to instill her own subjective judgment, presupposition, and fantasy into her actions, and to follow objective facts.

It was getting darker, and she was sleepy.

The range illuminated by the headlights is getting narrower, and there are still dense rainforests and improvised roads ahead. Because of the sudden disappointment, Chloe became very depressed, and gradually curled up like a small animal in the rain.

"Here we are."

The front wheels turn, and the headlights sweep sideways, lighting up the scene on the left in turn. The tree suddenly disappeared, turning into a mottled billboard, painted with the white-edged red words "Welcome" in Songti, which is very characteristic of the central big 6, and many unknown photos were printed around it.

"Wait, wait! Stop now! Chloe exclaimed as if she had been electrocuted.

"What's wrong. Don't get out of the car! "It's easy to be bitten by snakes or poisonous insects at night, and there are leopards here." ”

Chloe didn't really get out of the car, she leaned on the window, looked at the billboard for a while, and then leaned back in the chair: "It's nothing, I thought I saw him, it seems that there was his shadow just now." ”

"Who?"

"No, nothing, I was dazzled just now."

"Maybe, you're too tired today."

As soon as the car jolted, the line of sight widened, and the blue-purple sky was endless. This is a lonely place in the middle of the two rivers, formerly known as Shangtang Base.