Where there is water, there is life, and the marshland is a large reservoir on the earth, which not only has rich biological resources, but also maintains the ecological balance of nature.

Chen Rui stood on the slope at the edge of the swamp, looking at the vast area in front of him, with no end in sight, like a swamp with a green carpet.

This marshland was once part of Lake Maien Donbe.

Like most lakes and marshes, nature has undergone subtle changes.

It is a humid region that is suitable for all kinds of plants.

The river carries sediment into the lake, because the water surface suddenly widens, the speed of the water slows down, the ability to carry sediment is weakened, and the sediment is deposited on the edge of the lake, forming a shallow, and the river carries some tiny substances, which drift to the wide area of the lake with the current and are deposited at the bottom of the lake.

Over time, the lake becomes shallower and shallower.

And at different locations in the depth of the lake, various aquatic plants gradually multiply.

In the depths of the lake, a variety of algae such as eyelid grow.

In the deep area, duckweed, water lily, water lily, etc. grow, and in the shallow water along the coast, reeds and cattails grow.

They grow and die, and a large number of decaying carcasses accumulate at the bottom of the lake, eventually forming peat.

As the bottom of the lake gradually silts down, new plants emerge and develop from all sides towards the center, and the lake becomes shallower and smaller. When the sediment in the lake increases to a certain limit, the lake with a wide surface becomes a shallow, weedy swamp.

At this time, Bablu muttered something in his mouth.

Barbara translated Bablu's words into English and said, "Baba says this swamp is called 'Mamoji'. After translating, Barbara explained to Chen Rui, "'Mamoji' means 'devil's mouth' in their language. It means that this swamp is very dangerous, deadly, and consumes many lives. ”

Chen Rui said, "To find the horror bird, you need to go deep into this swamp, which is called the 'devil's mouth' and devours many lives. Very dangerous, deadly, is there any other way for us to get into the swamp more safely? ”

Barbara translated Chen Rui's words.

Bablu grunted.

Barbara translated Babara's words and said, "Baba said yes, the tribes that live on the edge of this swamp have lived here for generations, living on the abundance of the swamp, and they are very familiar with the swamp, in the swamp. Where it is safe to pass through, where it is very dangerous, where it will trap people, they are very familiar with it, and they know it like a straight palm. ”

Chen Rui said, "Can I hire them to help me find the horror birds?" ”

Barbara translated Chen Rui's words.

Bablu nodded, grunting.

Barbara translated Bablu's words and said. "Baburu said yes, you just need to send some gifts to the chiefs of these tribes."

Chen Rui asked. "What kind of gifts do they like."

Barbara translated Chen Rui's words.

Bablu grunted.

Barbara translated Babura's words and said, "Delicate, beautiful crafts." After translating, Barbara interjected, "It's best to make them aware of the value of the object, for example." Fine gold, silverware, precious jewelry, and your fine Chinese porcelain are also very good gifts. ”

Chen Rui nodded, and finally asked, "What's the taboo about communicating with them?" lest they inadvertently anger their gods. ”

Barbara translated Chen Rui's words.

Bablu grunted.

Barbara translated Baburu's words and said, "Patriarch Baburu said, don't make disrespectful gestures to their gods or totems, don't enter places where they don't allow outsiders to enter, and also, we may enter some tribes of food and people, when you see something, don't make some excessive movements and expressions, that will anger them." ”

"Okay." Chen Rui nodded.

Baburu was very familiar with the expedition into the tribes.

Barbara acts as a translator.

Chen Rui sent all kinds of exquisite gold and silverware, ornaments, and fine porcelain to the chiefs of these tribes.

The chiefs of these tribes were very happy and willing to help find and catch the horror birds.

The chieftain, who was unwilling to help, also gave a lighter gift, and accepted the gift, and became more friendly to Chen Rui and his party from cold and slightly hostile.

In primitive tribes, giving gifts to others means that we have not come with any hostility, we have come with kindness.

If you accept a gift, you accept your kindness.

If you don't accept a gift, it means that we don't accept your kindness and you are not welcome here.

"Patriarch Kabra, is there really a terrifying bird in this swamp?" Chen Rui was next to a man wearing animal skin clothes on his lower body, revealing his dark and shiny skin, his back, shoulders, and arms were tattooed with a razor blade, his face was painted with red, black, and white mineral pigments, and his head was wearing a crown woven with garlands, tiny vines, and bird's tail feathers, decorated with malachite.

Barbara acts as an interpreter on the side.

Kabra said with great certainty, "There must be, I'll show you something." After speaking, Kabra led Chen Rui into a room, pointed to a pile of dried bones placed on a wooden shelf and said to Chen Rui, "These are the bones of the horror bird." ”

Chen Rui picked up a bone, very dry, a little calcium, full of small potholes, like corroded rocks on the bank of a river, these bones have existed for at least decades.

Chen Rui is holding a leg bone, which is the upper leg bone of a huge bird from the joint, which is equal to the leg bone part of the chicken leg.

This bone is very long, about 50 to 60 centimeters, very thick, 2 fingers wide in diameter, thicker than a human leg bone.

Comparing the proportion of bird legs, then this big bird has a single leg of more than 1.3 meters, 1.4 meters.

Birds may be more than 3 meters tall and weigh more than 200 kilograms.

A very large species of bird.

Inside the wooden shelf, there is a huge bird skull, and a beak with a very long upper beak and a very hooked and pointed part of the beak.

Only then did Chen Rui confirm the existence of the horror bird.

Chen Rui turned to Cabra and said, "How long have the bones of these terrifying birds existed? ”

Barbara translated Chen Rui's words to Cabra.

Cabra said with a hint of pride in his expression.

Barbara translated Kabra's words and said to Chen Rui, "Chief Kabra said that for more than 50 years, this terrifying bird was caught by his grandfather in the swamp with his people. (To be continued......)