The off-road vehicle bumps through the red soil dirt road between the jungles, constantly crossing the knee-length river, splashing countless water mist and drifting in the wind, reflecting the rainbow colors in the afternoon sun.

The dirt road is surrounded by all kinds of tropical tall trees and shrubs, and the ones that can be clearly distinguished from the car are the kapok trees, oil palm trees, date palms, thornless acacia trees, and a few African gum trees.

Although April is still the dry season in Sierra Leone, the cutting down of tall economic trees has intensified the silent battle for living space of shrubs, and in just a few days, the dirt road crushed by the military truck pulling the mahogany logs has long been occupied by shrub branches and grass, and only when the rainy season arrives in May, the dirt road will be submerged by the green of the plants.

In the low roar of the engine, Anne drove the old Land Rover off-road vehicle that was about to be scrapped, closely following the off-road vehicle driven by Cindy and Carl in front of her.

Song Xiaoshuang, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, was very silent, just staring at the vast jungle outside the window in a daze, after all, Anne didn't know him as well as Liang Li, and it was not good to disturb him rashly, Anne was not stupid, the peace in the car would soon be broken, and Jerry had not yet told the first-hand new information he had.

"Well, after receiving Liang Li's briefing, according to the classified intelligence clues sent back by Liang Li, as well as our limited resources in Sierra Leone, we quickly got first-hand information, which confirmed that Ms. Zheng Hailing, who is a member of the peacekeeping police and a member of the medical team assisting Africa, from China, has indeed mysteriously disappeared from the nearby chiefdom for two days with members of medical organizations from international institutions. Far from being as peaceful as the outside world knows, the Chinese medical teams and international agencies that are helping to fight the Ebola virus are too incompetent to organize a separate search for missing people, and there is no peacekeeping force in Mali to provide support, of course, this is only a superficial phenomenon, and we all know that the situation in Africa is extremely complicated."

Jerry sitting on the third row of dilapidated benches (Jerry's Land Rover off-road model is older, and the back row is a bench with two frames inlaid with wooden planks arranged vertically on the left and right), his body rises and falls with the bumps of the off-road vehicle, looking at Liang Li, who is sitting on the opposite bench with a good face, with a thoughtful look in Danfeng eyes, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Sima Yuru, who was sitting next to Liang Li, obviously playing soy sauce, staring at him silently. After pulling the collar of the blue casual suit with one hand, he spoke quickly in pure Chinese to break the calm and oppressive atmosphere in the car.

"Jerry, we all understand this, let's talk about it"

For Jerry still can't stand the dull and oppressive atmosphere to break the silence and speak, Liang Li is not surprised, she knows that Jerry faces Annie and Song Xiaoshuang in the front row, there is great pressure in her heart, Liang Li blinked with a pair of Danfeng eyes, a slight smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and said Chinese loudly with a sense of comfort, signaling Jerry not to go around in circles anymore, Song Xiaoshuang is very annoyed now, he doesn't want to listen to anything else, just want to know Zheng Hailing's specific clues before his disappearance, as Song Xiaoshuang's side is rarely a woman who knows some of his thoughts, Liang Li knew that Song Xiaoshuang was in a depressed mood now, and kindly reminded Jerry not to bump into his muzzle.

Hearing Liang Li say this, Jerry didn't understand, his expression eased and he didn't speak, he knew that Liang Li would have something to say later, but this was very important to Jerry.

Jerry's hesitation, Liang Li knew it in his chest, Danfeng's eyes swept over the tough back of Song Xiaoshuang in the front row, and then stared at the tall Jerry to look at it again, and said heartily in the roaring noise of the engine: "We have already obtained the supporting documents from the United Nations, so now we are a special investigation staff appointed by the United Nations, and you also know that it is difficult for small planes to fly across the border (referring to the jungle border between Sierra Leone and northwestern Guinea, Liang Li, Song Xiaoshuang and a few people took a small plane from an airport in central Sierra Leone to the northwest flight, experienced a turnaround, in order to save time to use the way of parachuting, there is no large area of open space in the jungle for the plane to take off and land), in order to get the documents and work permit delayed for half a day, otherwise it will be airborne to your logging camp last night! ”

Liang Li's straightforward language Jerry still quite agrees, as a descendant of the Afrikaner mercenary family, the family has been operating in Sierra Leone for decades, and has had to be involved in the Serbian civil war, Jerry of course understands that the supporters behind Sierra Leone are the British, and the financiers behind neighboring Guinea are "romantic" French, even if Liang Li and others have the status of so-called United Nations staff, they have to go through a lot of trouble to cross Guinea from Mali to Sierra Leone urgently, and several people were still in the lonely city of the Gao Desert in Mali yesterday evening, Most of the day has been in the jungles of northern Sierra Leone, and the high efficiency of the operation is already very good, you must know that this is Africa, not London and Paris, which pay attention to work efficiency!

Jerry's body shook with the body and swayed, in fact, his heart was like a mirror, Liang Li and several people were able to open the joints so quickly, and appeared in the hot and humid tropical jungle in less than a day, the activity energy of the xxx military contracting company alone is not enough, it is obviously the joint efforts of several forces, Liang Li's xxx military contracting company, Annie's Scottish alien family, the biggest resources and power is of course the Chinese state power hidden behind Song Xiaoshuang!

Jerry has been quietly observing Liang Li and Sima Yuru beside her when Liang Li is talking, Carl said earlier that now sitting next to Liang Li is Sima Yuru who is "suspected" of playing soy sauce, this mature woman with a very good figure is very likely to be an intelligence officer of the ** intelligence system, strictly speaking she is the representative of the will of the country.

But this woman is still with Song Xiaoshuang and has not left, just like a piece of kraft candy, Jerry does not believe that there will be an extremely deep reason in it, obviously the Chinese power organs have made a lot of efforts in the entry of Liang Li and several people into Sierra Leone, at least secretly swept away a lot of tangible and invisible obstacles and resistance.

Thinking of this, Jerry's blue-gray eyes swept Song Xiaoshuang, who was in a daze in the front row, took the palm holding the armrest away from the armrest, looked at Liang Li sitting on the bench, looked a little bitter and said in Chinese in a low tone: "Liang Li, now there is very little space for mercenaries in Central Africa and Southern Africa, North Africa and the Middle East are the vast world, but this is a place where the family has been running for decades, and I have to take into account that the situation of various countries in the northern province is very complicated, Fortunately, we have some partners of interest in the chiefdom, and the feedback from various intelligence resources and sources is quite timely, and before you came, one of our important informants happened to know a lot of Zheng Hailing and several members of the international agency medical organization before they disappeared! ”

Hearing Jerry get to the point, Liang Li's eyes lit up and motioned for him to continue, Jerry continued after understanding in seconds: "She is a village-level female chief of the Taimner tribe, who studied in China in the last century, and the female chief is also very angry about Zheng Hailing's disappearance in the jungle near the village in the territory she controls, and she has already mobilized the villagers to search but found nothing, it is too difficult to find a few people in the vast jungle, because there are patients infected with Ebola virus in the village, and now her work is focused, It can only be that in the matter of cooperating with the medical team members of the international organization to save the lives of patients and avoid the spread of the virus, when they heard that there was a special person to investigate the disappearance of the personnel, the female chief said on the satellite phone that she would talk in detail after meeting, maybe there is something hidden? ”

Liang Li is a little annoyed that Jerry has only said the specific situation now, doesn't this mean that he didn't say anything? However, Liang Li's self-cultivation is not bad, she didn't glare at Jerry, Jerry was able to use resources to find clues and intelligence related to Zheng Hailing in a few hours, and it was already very good that Jerry could not have obtained such specific intelligence clues without the intelligence network that his family had worked so hard to build for decades!

Liang Li, as a high-level employee of xxx military contracting company, is quite familiar with the national situation of Sierra Leone, and also knows that Jerry's family has a deep relationship with several big chiefs in the northern province, and several fat armed black women seen in the logging camp are clearly the private armed forces trained by Jerry and Cindy and others for a certain big chief, and the village-level female chief in Jerry's words is of course within the jurisdiction of the big chief, at least on the surface?

Hearing Jerry say that things might be difficult to handle, Liang Li frowned slightly, things are obviously more complicated than expected, but since this female chief has studied in China, there should be no problem with language communication, otherwise things will be even more difficult, she can't speak the language of the Tamnai people.

Liang Li was thinking about it, Song Xiaoshuang, who had been sitting in the front passenger seat silently, turned his head sideways, and there was a strange depth in his dark eyes, looking at Jerry and saying in a low tone: "Jerry, this female chief and her village should believe in a primitive religion, and it is very likely that she is a tribal wizard!" ”

Hearing that Song Xiaoshuang finally spoke, but he said words that made people feel incredible, Sima Yuru, who was accustomed to paying attention to Song Xiaoshuang's words and deeds, didn't think about it, and blurted out a bold tone and said: "Song Xiaoshuang, does the female chief believe in primitive religion and is there anything wrong with tribal wizards?" What do you think? ”

Hearing Sima Yuru's words, which were always not on the same line as his thinking, Song Xiaoshuang's expression was solemn, and the strange light in his eyes flashed, turned his head to look at the vast jungle outside the car window, and said in a low voice: "In the last century, it was not as easy for Africans to study in China as it is now, I don't say that everyone can understand it if you think about it yourself, how can the female chief be sent to study in China if she doesn't have the ability to do it?" Starting from this point and deducing it backwards, I think that if she is really a tribal wizard and has a good appeal in the village, and she has nothing to do with the disappearance of Zheng Hailing and several members of the medical institution, it is obvious that the situation is not within her control, we must be cautious and plan before acting, and mention other things after seeing the female chief! ”

Song Xiaoshuang's words made several people in the car clearly feel an invisible depression coming, and no one spoke.

Liang Li turned to look at the jungle in front of her, and could already vaguely see a few thatched, vine or bamboo woven walls of wooden frame houses standing on a flat ground, and a few innocent and lively black children at the intersection of the flat ground were waving to the approaching off-road vehicles