'Goo-dong, goo-dong'

After taking two sips of water, Liu Rui put the kettle back in its place, looked up at the sky that was so hidden by the dense forest that there was no longer a trace of sunlight visible, took a deep breath and continued to follow the team in front.

It has been the second day since joining the expedition team and following into Xiaoqingshan, and Liu Rui finally experienced a new feeling that was completely different from the past.

Some stimulating, some exhausting, more of a feeling of being completely in nature.

Since entering the deep mountains, Liu Rui has found that the stone beads in his mind seem to come to life, and they are constantly absorbing a substance that is free in the air. Liu Rui could even feel that the scope of the space was expanding at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.

Perhaps, this mysterious substance should be the aura written in the novel.

In modern society, due to industrial pollution and over-exploitation of human beings, the aura of the prosperous world is thin, and it is impossible for Shizhu to sense it at all. The Shennong space can only expand slowly by absorbing the aura generated by the plants planted in the space.

But after entering the depths of the jungle, this area that has not been set foot in and developed by too many people, the rich aura suddenly brought the stone beads to life and absorbed them to their heart's content.

"Maybe it's a good choice to go into the mountains this time!" Feeling the warm breath emanating from the stone beads in his mind, Liu Rui said secretly.

The first day in the mountains was naturally lackluster, because most of the outskirts of Xiaoqingshan were small villages, as well as the mountains opened up by the villagers. Because of the frequent human activities, most of the animals that the team members can see on the roadside are common species such as pheasants, hares, and squirrels. For these expedition team members who have been in the field all year round and are accustomed to seeing rare wild animals, these small animals really can't attract too much attention from them. As for Liu Rui, I don't know how many of these things I have eaten, so naturally I am used to seeing them.

For thousands of years, because of the existence of the Ancient Tea Horse Road, there are many small villages scattered along the route, and they used to rely on this lifeline to survive, slowly taking root among the mountains.

Although the Ancient Tea Horse Road has disappeared in the long river of history, these stilted buildings and wooden buildings with unique national characteristics are still hidden in the green sea. These mountain people relied on the prey of Xiaoqingshan and the few acres of thin fields opened up in the river valley area, and lived a difficult but happy life.

Along the mountain path carved by the mountain people and the horse gang between the mountains for thousands of years, the expedition team of ten people was like an outing, all the way forward, the only thing that was a little unpleasant was the backpack on their backs. After entering the mountain from Shangliang Village, you can still see those villages looming in the mountains from time to time, and hear the moving songs coming from the bamboo forest.

The singing and the beautiful scenery along the way make the expedition team feel like they are in a fairyland on earth, perhaps, only in Xiaoqingshan, where there has been no industrial pollution and tourism development has not started, can we see such a pristine natural beauty, right?

Because the main destination of the expedition team, 'Eagle Sorrow Stream', is located in an inaccessible area in the depths of Xiaoqing Mountain, and there is no direct route from Shangliang Village to 'Eagle Sorrow Stream', so the expedition team's itinerary is a bit troublesome.

They had to cross the Xiaotong River first, walk west along the periphery of Xiaoqingshan, go around a large circle, and then turn south and go straight to the 'Eagle Sorrow Stream'.

There is no way to do it, because Xiaoqingshan and even the entire verdant mountain range are affected by the orogeny, the folds are tight, the faults are bundled, and the cliffs can be seen everywhere. Some of the sites were close in a straight line on the map, but it was very difficult to cross them on foot, so the expedition team took the safest way to move forward under the leadership of Wang Huaan, who was familiar with the local situation.

After bidding farewell to the camping village this morning, the group began to step into the primeval jungle that has been rarely visited by people for thousands of years. Because Xiaoqingshan is located at the junction of the tropics and subtropics, the annual precipitation is abundant, the sun is abundant, and the vegetation here is lush, which is simply a little unexpected for the expedition team.

After entering Xiaoqingshan, the road became more and more difficult.

As long as no one travels the mountain roads for a month, weeds and vines will cover the paths as if they had never appeared. Wang Huaan, who was walking in front, had to hold a bright machete, cut through thorns and thorns, and open a road that could barely pass for the team behind him.

Although the machete made of alloy is extremely sharp, the vines that are intertwined with each other are not so easy to deal with, and Wang Huaan's physical exertion is very large, and he has to be replaced by someone else to open the way in less than an hour.

Because of his age, Liu Rui was surrounded by everyone in the center of the team, intentionally or unintentionally, and did not suffer any hardships for the time being.

But after entering the dense forest, the standard mosquito repellent brought by the members of the expedition team began to work against the poisonous mosquitoes in the dense forest, and a crisis ensued.

Seeing this, Liu Rui naturally took out the medicine he brought and asked everyone to wipe it on.

"Fourth uncle, I'll try it too!" Seeing that everyone was busy rubbing medicine, Liu Rui took the opportunity to walk to the front of the team and pleaded with Wang Huaan.

"Well, here you go!" Wang Huaan, who originally wanted to refuse, saw Liu Rui's firm eyes, changed his words again, and said, "Be careful!" ”

Taking the machete in Wang Huaan's hand, Liu Rui took a deep breath, raised it and slashed towards the two entwined rattans in front of him.

The 'click' rattan broke in response, but Liu Rui's right hand was also shocked by a huge rebound force and his arm was numb.

Wang Huaan watched from the side, and he couldn't stop nodding, and said in his heart that this kind of performance can be regarded as a posture of often working at home. If you don't have any experience with knives, it's not a question of whether you can cut the rattan smoothly, but whether the machete will bounce off and hit your head.

"You should save two more points and be more decisive when you shoot!" Standing behind Liu Rui, Wang Huaan began to explain to Liu Rui, hoping that he could find that feeling of ease as soon as possible.

Liu Rui nodded, closed his eyes and recalled the situation when he had made the knife just now, and after a while, Liu Rui finally grasped the feeling of making a move and opened his eyes. Liu Rui's hand rose and fell, and the snow-white knife mark was particularly dazzling in the dark jungle.

This time, the rattan in front of him was like a rotten winter melon, and it had no power to parry, and it fell in response! After having the first successful experience, Liu Rui's confidence increased greatly, and he began to wield a machete, following the direction pointed out by Wang Huaan, all the way forward.

Seeing Liu Rui get started quickly, Wang Huaan smiled slightly, picked up a small sickle, and followed Liu Rui to do some work to check and fill in the gaps.

Just when Liu Rui and Wang Huaguo were busy in front, the expedition team members in the middle of the team had already wiped the mosquito repellent and felt its benefits within the first time.

The mosquitoes that had been buzzing around them seemed to disappear without a trace in a moment, as if they had never appeared. The bite of the flower mosquito will leave a large bag of itching and pain, but after the mosquito repellent is rubbed up, Yu Shanwei and the others suddenly feel a kind of coolness, and the uncomfortable and abnormal feeling just now immediately dissipated without a trace.

The good effect of mosquito repellent has to make Yu Shanwei admit that sometimes, the backwardness of the process does not mean that the efficacy is low, and the world is very magical.

At this time, some team members looked at Liu Rui's gaze, no longer the taste of soy sauce, perhaps in their hearts, Liu Rui is gradually playing his own role.

In fact, the relationship between people is often slowly changed in some small details. The previous team members regarded Liu Rui as a supernumerary guide at most, but now they are at least a member of the team.

As the team gradually went deeper into Xiaoqingshan, there were more and more varieties of animals and plants that everyone could see, and some rare species began to appear in the sight of the team members.

At the beginning, the goal of the expedition team was very clear, that is, to go deep into the small green mountains and confirm the fact that the turtles live in the 'Eagle Sorrow Stream'. Therefore, Xu Wenchang, the only botanist in the team, was in an awkward position in the team, and his existence was just to see if there was a chance to encounter some rare plant varieties during this expedition?

Because the team has been shuttling through the dense forest, many ferns have grown in these shades that cannot be exposed to sunlight, which surprised Xu Wenchang.

In a dense forest, Xu Wenchang found several ferns belonging to the hoof cover fern family, and he was so happy that he immediately took out the equipment he carried with him, and began to collect samples and make simple specimens.

In addition, the team also saw patches of wild dove trees in a mountain col, which made Xu Wenchang even more excited. According to him, it's a pity that it's close to October now, and it's not the season for the dove trees to bloom, otherwise you will see a beautiful scenery. After noting down the coordinates of the location of the Tung Forest, the team left. After all, the content of this scientific expedition is mainly turtles, and other discoveries can only be recorded first, and then go back to conduct in-depth investigation and research.

Because the team had to climb mountains and wade through rivers and open up paths that no one had ever walked before, the march was slow. Judging from the satellite map, they walked all day, and the distance in a straight line was only ten kilometers.

However, in this short period of ten kilometers, various rare animal and plant varieties appeared one after another, constantly stimulating the nerves of the expedition members. Even the well-informed Yu Shanwei vaguely felt as if he had broken into a huge treasure trove.

Since some of the vegetation that is already endangered to the outside world is easily visible here, this indicates that this area is rarely touched by humans. Does the well-preserved vegetation mean that there will be more secrets in the depths of Xiaoqingshan?

In this regard, everyone's hearts are full of expectations!

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