In the morning, instead of the crisp chirping of birds, they heard --

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A large group of black-haired monkeys appeared on the branches, their tails with white hairs raised high in protest, baring their teeth and screaming at them, shaking the branches desperately, and occasionally throwing leftover fruit down.

Is this driving them away?

Ansu raised her eyebrows and reached out to catch a smashed fruit, which was only damaged by the skin and had not been bitten. Ansu picked up a smashed fruit from the ground and shot it at one of the most screaming monkeys, but she only scared it and didn't mean to hurt it. The fruit brushed past the monkey's side, startling it, and you could see that the hair on its body exploded.

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It cried even more rapidly, and the branches shook violently, and not only the fruit shook down, but also the leaves of the tree. Ansu nimbly caught all the fruits, and then picked the good ones and put them in the bag. Li Kai and the others also picked up the fruits on the ground to provoke the monkeys, so a golden fruit rain fell. They were cheerfully picked up below. By the time the monkeys realized that their tricks had not worked, Ansu had already accumulated a bag of fruit and were ready to leave. The monkeys could only scream at Ansu from the trees, and no longer threw fruit.

"Oh, thank you so much, now we have breakfast." Li Kai said with a smile.

Simon lifted the bag of fruit and nodded, "Well, I guess it's all for lunch." ”

Ansu led them to the creek they found last night, and it was not only them who got up early, but also some small animals and birds went to the water's edge to drink, but as soon as they saw Ansu and them, they immediately burrowed into the thick fern bushes.

They washed their faces with the cool water of the stream, and immediately felt refreshed. Simon picked a few large leaves, then poured out all the fruits in the bag, and Sun Cheng picked out the ones that were edible.

The fruit comes in a variety of colors: yellow, green, purple, red...... Some of the shapes are round, fusiform, pear-shaped, or irregular, and Sun Tong touches and smells each of the fruits, and finally only the yellow and purple fruits are edible. The green and red ones are not yet fully ripe. Sun Cheng picked out the green fruit, broke it open, and rubbed his thumb on the white flesh, sticky and slippery, and sniffed it closely, with a fragrance.

"Wash off the original liquid and apply this to your body, the effect is better." Sun Cheng handed the green fruit to Li Kai and Simon. Ansu also took one, she liked the cool smell like mint, which made her clearer.

The four of them finished eating the fruit by the stream, drank some water, rested, and continued on their way. Ansu made a name for himself and headed east. This time it did not follow the water flow, for the brook flowed southward, and they went all the way east, so they had to pass through this narrow glade.

The jungle in front is even denser, the canopy of trees blocks almost all the sunlight like a green greenhouse, and the vegetation on the ground is sparse, covered with thick dead branches and leaves. All kinds of vines strive to cling to the tall trees, some as thick as arms, others as flat as a plank, and all kinds of vines are intertwined like a tangled ball of hair. The aerial roots on the arbor hang down to the ground one by one, forming a forest of solitary trees, and the thick plate-like roots are almost a person's height. Some trees are not only covered with vines, but also mosses and even orchids that grow on them, and their long and narrow leaves can be seen from below.

The vines were like a large net in front of them, and worst of all, some of them were covered with spikes, like steel needles. They had traveled through many kinds of jungles, but they had never seen such a difficult jungle to walk through. Part of the reason may be that now they barely borrow any tools to cross the jungle, and they used to be prepared to enter the jungle. In the past, it was a bit reliant on high-tech equipment, unlike now when facing the jungle. In the past few years of alienation, everyone has survived without relying on high-tech equipment, proving that they have a tenacious will and the ability to adapt to the environment. This will help them continue to overcome the difficulties on the way forward.

"Be careful not to get stabbed by these black spikes." Sun Cheng leaned closer to the spikes and looked at them and reminded, "It causes muscle paralysis." ”

Sun Tong noticed the white bones exposed in the rotting leaves, and for small animals, this paralysis may cause them to suffer cardiac arrest, kill them directly, and let them fall to the ground as fertilizer.

An Su first entered this vine forest, and unlike the fresh and corrupt smell outside, it was humid and stuffy, without a trace of wind, and the rotten breath lingered on the tip of his nose all the time. The dead branches and fallen leaves creaked under their feet, and occasionally small insects crawled out from under the fallen leaves, but fortunately they did not turn back and bite them. Ansu carefully chose the place to stay, the soles of their feet were uncomfortable with stones or bones, although they were used to walking barefoot, but the soles of their feet without any protection were still the most vulnerable.

A small group of ants crawled over the rotting leaves, their bodies flaming red, only the antennae and teeth black. Each ant is almost the size of a little finger, lined up like a small red snake crawling on the ground. They carry not only the leaves, rhizomes, and fruits of plants, but also the carcasses of insects and even small animals. When Ansule spotted them, they were moving sideways with a rat weighing about a few pounds. Ansule cautiously stepped over them.

"It's jungle fire ants, hot-tempered and aggressive, be careful not to step on them." Sun reminded him, "They are comparable to killer bees. ”

They carefully stepped over the fire ants, trying not to disturb them. A few fire ants sensitively stopped, wiggling their tentacles, not noticing danger before moving on.

Everything looks the same in the jungle, except for the changes in light and shadow between the leaves to show the passage of time. They sweat profusely in the sweltering heat, the sweat takes the moisture out of their bodies, and they start to feel dry mouth. The metal ball could only store less than two hundred milliliters of water, and it had already been drunk. They need more water.

Ansu was searching for the water vines she had once seen, this kind of vine would not come out of the water if she cut it once, and it would only flow out if she had to cut it on the top and the hole below, although it tasted astringent, but it could quench her thirst.

"Wait." Sun Yan suddenly said loudly. (To be continued.) )