In the middle of the night, Song Xiaoshuang, dressed in a gray-and-white robe, got out of a taxi, looked at the curtain of a room on the second floor of a two-story building still lit in the earthen wall of the expedition team's base camp, walked a few steps to the metal gate facing the street, and pressed a button calling the door on the earthen wall.

The low electric bell rang, the footsteps in the courtyard sounded rapidly, and then a narrow window was opened on the gate, and the Arab handyman in a robe, most of his face was crowded next to the window, with little lighting, after seeing that it was Song Xiaoshuang, who was already very familiar with the door, he closed the window on the door, and opened the door back a crack while speaking Arabic, and after seeing Song Xiaoshuang walk in, he closed the door again, and didn't care about Song Xiaoshuang, turned around and walked to the brick and concrete bungalow on the side.

There are several bungalows, there are kitchens and laundry rooms, large bathrooms separate for men and women, and the rest are the bedrooms of several male and female handymen, one for one person, Isabel is still good for these hired handymen, the two-story building where the scientists and guides in the expedition team live is also a room for one person, all of which are brick and concrete structure rooms Strictly speaking, there is no difference at all, some of the eggs hurt that the toilet is built separately in the shade of two tall acacia trees in the corner of the courtyard, and the people who live upstairs are a little inconvenient.

Song Xiaoshuang knew that the handyman was waiting to open the door for him, and regardless of the handyman, he walked slowly through the sandy floor of the courtyard to the staircase leading to the second floor on the side of the two-story brick and concrete building.

This is a city in the African desert where the conditions are not as developed as those of the developed areas, Isabel takes care of the small money, the seemingly huge courtyard does not even have street lamps for lighting, there is no monitoring equipment, there are several modified off-road vehicles parked in the courtyard, and the earthen wall is only two meters high for decorative effect.

If there was a thief who wanted to run into the courtyard and steal something, Isabel's tranquilizer gun would make him remember, not to mention a powerful wizard like Uncle Issam.

There was a small sonic vibration sensor lamp at the corner of the stairs, but Song Xiaoshuang had gone up and down the stairs many times by himself, because his movements were as gentle as a wild cat, and this lamp had never been lit when he passed by alone.

Just went up to the second floor, wearing sandals on her feet, wearing pink pajamas and black hair in a little messy, and the Arab girl Emina, who came with a yawn in her mouth, drank too much and was ready to go down the stairs to the toilet to release water, and saw Song Xiaoshuang quietly appearing beside her, without the slightest surprise, and said in Chinese with a mouth full of wine: "Song Xiaoshuang, you just came back?" If you don't come back, I guess Isabel will go to the consulate at dawn to fish for people, we drank a lot of beer after you were taken away, Uncle Issam was drunk by us, Isabel was in a very bad mood, I saw that her room was still lit, I heard the bell of the door, ready to leave the expedition team? ”

Song Xiaoshuang's eyes swept over the pink pajamas on Emina's body, and his expression was a little jokingly whispered to Amina's ear: "You will know after you can't go, go to the toilet and put water pay attention, the last time Issam went to the toilet at night, a tree cobra fell from the branch of the acacia tree, and was later driven away by the uncle, there is a bird's nest on a tree that may be to steal birds' eggs!" ”

"Really? You're not lying? ”

When Emina heard Song Xiaoshuang say this, she couldn't stop pressing her palm on her chest and blurted out a few words, the tree cobra is a subspecies of cobra, much more poisonous than the average cobra, but it is very rare in the desert area, and the expedition team has not prepared many antidotes for this, and Amina doesn't want to be bitten by the tree cobra.

"That snake did exist, but Uncle Issam later caught it and put it in the wild with a cloth belt, don't listen to Song Xiaoshuang scaring you here, I'll go with you to be afraid of what!"

Before Emina's voice fell, the deep Chinese voice of her good partner Wu Dai sounded behind her, Wu Dai wore shorts and sweatshirt hair bun untied casually scattered behind her head without the slightest image to speak of, Wu Dai did not finish her words and pulled up Amina, and walked down the stairs, she spoke louder, and the sound wave sensing small light at the corner of the stairs immediately lit up.

Song Xiaoshuang's eyes retracted from the backs of the two women who walked down the stairs quickly, and walked along the corridor on the second floor to the door of the room with the lights on.

There was no need to go to the door of the room, Song Xiaoshuang's spiritual power had already detected through the wall, and Isabel, who was wearing an off-white expedition uniform in the room, sat at the square table in the corner of the room with a sleepy look in her eyes.

On the square table, all kinds of necessary reference books and large-capacity laptops were originally placed against the wall, and even Isabel herself thought she was very fan, Song Xiaoshuang also felt that she was very fan, and the five-inch photo frame of Isabel riding a rhinoceros walking on the African savannah was collected, Song Xiaoshuang was stunned and knew that Isabel should have received the task, and she might have to lead the group out of Attar in a few days.

At this time, in addition to a plate of fried cakes with date fruits made by Uncle Issam himself, there was also a plate of roast mutton on the table, and two old military flat kettles, which were familiar to Song Xiaoshuang for holding wine, Song Xiaoshuang did not hesitate to push open the unlocked door and walked into the room quickly.

"Song Xiaoshuang, when will you go back to China? If you leave in two or three days, I can still send you, the exclusive office will come to the mission, and in a few days my team will go to South America, and the rescue investigation will record a relic of ancient human culture deep in the dense forest, where copper mining is going to be made, damn the government bigwigs, damn the UN bureaucracy, I won't think of a field expedition like us until the last step, but I can't help but go, and if I don't go, I won't have a chance! ”

Seeing Song Xiaoshuang cover the door of the room and walk to the table to find a chair to sit down, looking at her with soft eyes, Isabel suddenly broke out, a little annoyed and whispered in Chinese, whining in front of Song Xiaoshuang, Isabel felt that she was a good friend of Song Xiaoshuang or the kind of one who lived and died together, and it felt much better to say these things in front of Song Xiaoshuang.

Song Xiaoshuang picked up a flat kettle and unscrewed the lid, poured a few sips of special red wine into his mouth, and instantly felt that the fatigue caused by dealing with people in the consulate for a long time disappeared from his body, and the energy obtained by his body was higher than eating a few catties of pancakes.

"Will Uncle Issam go to South America with you?"

Song Xiaoshuang raised the flat kettle with wine in his hand and shook it, signaling Isabel to pick up another flat kettle with white wine to drink, after seeing Isabel really unscrew the lid of the kettle and take a sip of the white wine in the kettle, Song Xiaoshuang put down the flat kettle, walked to the wall and picked up an eight-pound kettle, poured some steaming boiling water in a small tin basin resting on a wooden shelf (the tin water basin is specially used to wash hands before meals, people living in desert cities, the only place to use chopsticks is a Chinese restaurant), After putting his hand in and washing it, he poured water on his face and rubbed the dust, walked out of the door with the basin and poured it into the sink in the hallway, turned back and brought the door to the door, remembered a question, put down the basin and looked at Isabel and said quickly.

Maybe it was because she felt better after drinking the wine, or maybe it was more because she had vented her negative emotions, Isabel put down the flat jug of wine, and quickly picked up a pancake from the plate and stuffed it into her mouth.

Seeing Song Xiaoshuang walking back to ask, Isabel swallowed the pancake in her mouth, and said with a solemn expression: "Uncle Issam is proficient in Arabic and native Berber, French and Spanish are very fluent, can speak Portuguese and English, and is now stepping up to learn Chinese, in this point has far exceeded the definition of the guide, the uncle originally wanted to go back to the tribe with other Berber guides, it was the old virgin director of the exclusive office who specially called the satellite phone and talked directly with Uncle Issam for a long time, I also moved my dad out, and because of the situation, the uncle agreed to get a salary increase, and you already know the story, so I won't say more! ”

"Is it dangerous to go to the jungles of South America? Otherwise, the wine supplier won't let the old guy be your assistant! ”

Song Xiaoshuang sat on the chair, after a few strokes of the palm of his hand on a large plate of roast mutton, his fingers buckled on the roast mutton, and a large plate of roast mutton was broken into many small pieces.

is familiar with Uncle Issam and Isabelle, and Song Xiaoshuang knows a lot of Uncle Issam's stories.

When Uncle Issam was young, he was the deputy battalion sergeant major of a paratrooper battalion of the French Foreign Legion, leading a detachment of the paratrooper battalion in that era of change and turmoil in Africa to carry out a raid on a military base to rescue important people.

As a result, the mercenaries of a certain country set a trap to prepare for total annihilation, and successfully completed the task after a bloody battle, but several people who left behind the cover, including Uncle Issam, were surrounded by heavy surrounding, at that time Isabel's parents were only work partners, and there was no family organization at all, and they happened to do field research activities nearby, and successfully covered Uncle Issam out of danger with the identity of a scientist, and several other sergeants from the paratrooper battalion were unfortunately caught and killed by the mercenaries.

Later, Uncle Issam was prosecuted by a military court, accused of running away and killing other sergeants, but fortunately, the other sergeants in the paratrooper camp testified that if it weren't for Uncle Issam and a few sergeants, the mission could not be completed at all, and the uncle was acquitted and left the Foreign Legion after the contract expired, and went to Isabel's parents' wine farm as a farm worker for several years, and when the uncle left France and returned to the African tribe, Isabel was already a few years old and a little Lori.

When Song Xiaoshuang heard Isabel say that he was going to South America, Uncle Issam also went with him, he felt that there was danger and asked directly, Uncle Issam not only served as a sergeant major when he was young, his main identity was a tribal wizard, and his ability should not be underestimated, if there is no potential danger, Uncle Issam will not go to South America, it is not a desert, and he will not be a guide if he goes, he can only be Isabelle's assistant and part-time bodyguard.

"It's just that I heard that there are also tribal wizards in the area that is going to be opened up as a copper mine, and Uncle Issam feels much better in the entire expedition team, and you also know that this world does not always rely on guns to solve problems, and Uncle's rich experience in the use of wild animals and plants will allow us to avoid many very poisonous plants and animals!"

Isabel reached out and picked up a piece of roast lamb from the crushed pieces, looked at the thoughtful Song Xiaoshuang, and said what Song Xiaoshuang wanted to know.