Chapter 187: Jungle Palace (01)
The agent who had been bitten by the bullet ant could no longer walk, and the pain was as severe as being shot and then burned, and the pain was still spreading upwards, and now his entire leg was in pain.
In fact, the quilt will not die after biting it, but the pain will never be forgotten for the rest of your life, and it is from this that the bullet ant got its name, and after being bitten by it, it hurts like a bullet passing through. In the Schmidt bite pain index, bullet ants are described as bringing waves of burning, convulsions and forget-all pain, a torment can last for more than 24 hours, and there will be no abstinence in the whole process, under normal circumstances, being bitten by one or two bullet ants will not hurt life, but it is worth noting that if you are bitten by many bullet ants, it can be life-threatening.
But the problem is that now they are surrounded by dense colonies of bullet ants, although they have thick protective equipment, but it is indeed enough to be bitten by this little thing into their clothes, and they will lose their combat effectiveness for at least a day, and if they are attacked by several at the same time, they may lose their lives directly.
"Why is the insect repellent powder we brought with us useless?" The military doctor also felt strange, in order to cope with the special environment here, they specially prepared a lot of targeted protective measures, especially in terms of insect prevention, but from the situation that these bullets have appeared, these insect repellent powder has not played its due role at all.
"There is likely to be a large ant nest around here, we have occupied someone's place, hurry up." He didn't know what was going on, but he was sure that the effectiveness of this insect repellent would not be too bad, unless they had violated the ant nest and would crawl out to attack them.
Everyone immediately moved away from this area, the bullet ants were extremely aggressive, and now the range that could be seen was full of dense moving small black dots, these small things rushed over here without fear of life and death, under such a terrifying number, these soldiers armed to the teeth only had to escape, everyone knew very well how uncomfortable it was to be bitten by this thing, and they also understood that if they were bitten several times in a row, they were likely to lose their lives directly, so no one dared to despise the small things, immediately tied their clothes tightly, buckled up their insect masks and quickly escaped from here.
They ran all the way forward before they stopped to catch their breath, and the bitten agent was carried on his back, and the wound had been coated with a neutralizing ointment, although it would take more than ten or two hours to return to a normal state, and it was indeed a bit embarrassing to be forced by a swarm of ants in such a short time to enter the jungle.
"Actually, I always thought that the biggest threats in the woods were cougars and pythons, and I never paid attention to these little things......," one agent whispered, apparently unaware of Amazon.
"These gadgets are everywhere! It can even be said that it is impossible to prevent it. The military doctor tore off a big leech crawling on his clothes, "These things pose a threat to us no less than those fierce beasts, and it can even be said that they are more than equal, ants are the most common thing in the jungle, but in the Amazon ghost place, there are no big or small things, and there are dozens of ants that can kill people......"
For the jungle, these outsiders are like viruses that suddenly enter the body, and they will be rejected and devoured by the body, because they do not belong to this primitive jungle world and everything here is out of place.
Although the experience just now was a false alarm at best, it also made them deeply understand the horror of this place, and they must face up to everything they are facing now, otherwise they may die in this forest at any time, become a little insignificant nutrient that has existed in the jungle for hundreds of millions of years, and finally become a part of this ghost place and completely integrate with this place.
After experiencing the bullet ant incident, everyone seems to have a tacit understanding, no longer take the initiative to act separately, but move forward according to the standard jungle marching formation, but the safety distance between each other is smaller than outside the jungle, after all, this place is too dark, the light is not good, not to mention that there are many shelters, and if they are not careful, they will lose their way, even if they have rich experience in jungle warfare, they will not be able to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, but the difficulty of finding other people in this kind of place can be imagined, and no one wants to make trouble for themselves, It's not impossible for a person to get out alive in this kind of place, it can only be said that it's too difficult.
"How did these rebels manage to move around here?" The ghost doesn't feel that those rebels are a rabble now, these people definitely have their own survival advantages, otherwise it is impossible to survive for a long time in such a harsh environment.
"They only gather in some relatively familiar areas to operate, and they will definitely not go deep into the jungle easily, they will build towns from the edge of the jungle, with the town as the center of activity, radiating the outer edge of the jungle, although they know better than anyone how to survive in such a place, but in the case of non-necessity, they will not easily go deep into the jungle, unless they are forced to." "Many times in our eyes, their so-called deep into the jungle is just some long-term activity in the jungle, those places have a fixed life of people, the destination of our trip is in such a place, Burns set up a camp on the edge of the jungle, and repaired the road to the outside world, to ensure contact with the outside world, but also in the case of danger to go deep into the familiar jungle area to avoid the encirclement of the government army, in fact, the real admiration is the primitive tribes living in the heart of the jungle." They have lived in it for thousands of years, and no one knows it better than them, and no one knows how to survive in this kind of place better than them. ”
"No one tastes better than they know how to eat human flesh." The ghost said.
"In fact, most primitive tribes have the habit of cannibalism, but in recent years, they have begun to integrate into modern society, contact with the outside world, and are not as backward and barbaric and ignorant as we imagined." "But the real cannibals still exist, and the Amazon jungle is too big to hide, and there are too many things hidden in it that humans can't yet detect, and I hope we won't encounter them." ”
"When it is eaten, it becomes a big dung, and when it is absorbed by the trees and flowers here, it really blends into here." The ghost's words sounded a little strange.
"Satellite surveillance images can see that there is an unusual movement in the nearest rebel camp, most likely because of the gunman just now." Someone whispered a report to the military doctor.
"It's really troublesome, and if they find out, they're likely to catch up." The medic said.
"Get away as soon as possible, those guys are better than us in the jungle, they know this place better than we do, and they are likely to follow the trails we left behind, and once deep in the woods, their tracks will be difficult to be detected by satellites." Heavy Punch said cautiously, "Full speed ahead!" ”
"Hmm...... Burn the wind. The medic just nodded, did not object, and immediately gave orders to his own people.
The jungle march is very physically demanding, especially in this dark rainforest there is no way to go, in addition to weeds, rotten leaves and vines, there is a lot of moss under the feet, and this kind of place is the most favorite hiding place for snakes and some small animals, they may be attacked by deadly poisons anytime and anywhere, in order to speed up the march ghost as a pioneer, a mountain knife in his hand flew up and down, and cut a path between the criss-crossing branches, Even inadvertently hacked a nearly three-meter-long snake to death, this guy was entangled in the vines and the ghost was completely unnoticed, and it was simply cut in two, and the violently convulsive snake body fell to the ground and twisted and rolled and knocked him to the head.
"It's a poisonous snake......" Natasha said after seeing the colorful colors and triangular head of the half-snake.
"Such a big poisonous snake is indeed rare......" Natasha also felt a little incredible, in his impression the biggest poisonous snake is the king cobra, and this guy will never call it a python.
"Fortunately, this knife is fast enough, otherwise this knife will continue to slash and kill, and I guess I will be in trouble." The ghost shadow didn't expect to encounter such a situation at all, let alone encounter such a large poisonous snake.
"Is it in this pile of rattan?" The military doctor looked at the environment and said, "It's likely that you wanted to crawl through this and were bumped into by you, otherwise, how could you easily be cut in two?" It's definitely not so easy to get such a big one, and you're lucky that you didn't let it bite or get entangled in it, otherwise it's unlikely that you're still alive right now. ”
"This may be something that hasn't been discovered yet, the snake species is big enough and poisonous." The insect uses a branch snake head to nail it to the ground to prevent it from hurting people a second time.
"What's so strange about this, it's full of things that haven't been discovered yet, hurry up, don't waste time here." "It's not the first time I've been to this kind of place, don't be embarrassed here." ”
"Just curious." The worm muttered.
"I'll open the way, and you'll follow." With a heavy fist, he took the ghost's sword and walked to the front of the group.
"Put the drone." The military doctor said to his subordinates for the first time, he had always been worried about those rebels.
"This kind of place ......," the agent looked at the impermeable canopy overhead, with some embarrassment.
"Find a way, satellites play a limited role, we have to make sure to know the situation nearby, once it is discovered, it is basically impossible to get out, we must have more early warning mechanisms." The military doctor said that he has always been thoughtful.
"This kind of place, this distance, it will take five or six hours for the rebels to determine our presence and follow the trail at the fastest speed, during this time we can maximize the distance, and if nothing else, we can reach the river before dark." The ghost said.
"Be prepared." The medic waved his hand and told his men to figure out a way.
In fact, their progress was slower than expected, this jungle was indeed more difficult to deal with than they expected, it didn't take long for it to rain, the beginning of the misty drizzle dripping through the canopy didn't have to worry at all, and it didn't have much impact on their shape, but as time went by and a little bit bigger, the rain gathered in the canopy and then flowed down to a waterline, and in some places the leaves of the trees were larger, and the rain would suddenly pour down when it was unbearable, It's like being splashed with a basin of cold water on the head, and it is broken from a very high place, the impact can be imagined, if it hits the head directly, it will definitely make you dizzy.
However, they are not disgusted with this heavy rain, which can remove the traces left by them in the jungle to the greatest extent, and cause some trouble for the rebels who may catch up, but it is not so easy to completely leave these rebels who are experienced in jungle warfare.
"Keep going, get to the river, and then fix it up." The loud sound of the rain hitting the jungle was very loud, forming a loud noise, and the communication between them unconsciously increased the volume, although it was not necessary for them to have a throat intercom.
"Yes." "The march was much slower than expected, and it was unknown whether we would be able to reach the river before dark." ”
"We can't be sure if the rebels are following behind, we have to be careful and keep as far distance as possible to ensure safety, and if they find out about our presence, they will definitely shoot a large number of troops following behind, although the numerical superiority of the army in the jungle cannot be fully exploited, but it is still a big problem for us." "Actually, I'm more worried about the flooding of the river here, and if the rain continues, we will have to find a place to shelter, and if there is a flood, it will be a disaster for us." ”
Indeed, flooding in the jungle is a huge disaster, because the view is obstructed, it is difficult to spot the approaching flood, and it may be impossible to hide when the flood reaches a visible distance, so the best way to avoid being swept away by the flood in such a place is to climb to a high place to take shelter in the case of continuous rainfall, and wait for the rain to stop before leaving.
The medic looked at the rain that kept flowing down and said, "This rain is not heavy enough, it doesn't last long enough, and the recent river flooding can't wash here, so don't worry too much unless it rains for a day and a night." ”
"Alright! I hope you're right, but we should try to avoid low-lying areas. "Don't be left behind, don't be left behind, once you get separated in this case, the possibility of being found will be infinitely reduced, and I'm not in the mood to come back and find someone......"
After four hours of trekking in the rain, they finally gave up on their plan to get to the river before dark, because the water in the forest was knee-deep, and it was not an option to go on like this, and if the flood did come, they would really face the disaster......