According to the pre-formulated action plan, Li Sanduo's group stayed behind to defend the ship, and the other two groups would be grouped to explore and advance in the north and northeast directions respectively with this point as the center.

On the small hill, everyone used the compass in their hands to determine the direction and set off, and agreed that both the expedition and the remaining teams should use walkie-talkies to communicate with each other every ten minutes.

Before leaving, Gu Jin also sent the news through the walkie-talkie in a timely manner, and he repeatedly emphasized that everyone in the search team should keep each other within visual range, and never be too far apart, let alone alone.

In addition, Li Sanduo also asked everyone after the departure to record their progress in their hearts, and at the same time to mark the direction of departure from this stream.

It's a must-have for field exploration, and although the terrain in front of you isn't complicated, it's easy to get lost in the rolling hills, grass and palm trees, and the featureless terrain.

Obviously, the creek is the only landmark at the moment, and with this landmark as a reference, it is possible for the search team to know how far they have traveled, and to return the way they came.

Half an hour after the departure of the groups, Xu Zhi's group sent an unsettling news through the intercom, they found several human corpses in a clearing, and they were fresh. What's even more terrifying is that these corpses don't have heads! Xu Zhiqiang endured the nausea of vomiting, and informed the other teams on the walkie-talkie that the head was obviously cut off alive by a blunt object, considering that there was no historical record of the use of metal weapons in this era of Australian aborigines, it was preliminarily judged that the murder weapon that cut off the head was a stone axe or something.

Judging from the dress, it should be a warrior among the natives, these people are all young and middle-aged, and each of them has a variety of strange patterns on their bodies, most of these patterns are scars deliberately made on the skin, in patches on the back, chest and thighs, of course, there are also on the face, it looks quite crazy, and these scars are old, obviously for many years.

"This is the consequence of the Chengding ceremony, when the boys of the tribe are seven or eight years old, they will be dragged to a sacrificial place by adults, and they will be cut out one by one with sharp stones or mussel shells, which is very cruel, and obviously they will not be anesthetic.

The natives believed that only boys who survived the pain of their wounds and did not die of bleeding and suppuration were entitled to live......"

Zhu Beiguo said to his teammates next to him after getting the news.

"Don't talk about Brother Zhu, it hurts to think about it......"

Irush next to him replied with concern.

So at this time, Zhu Beiguo, who was leading another group to explore eastward along the stream, immediately responded to Xu Zhi on the walkie-talkie and said that it was left by Cheng Dingli, and when the indigenous children grow up to a certain age, adults will carve various patterns on the child's chest and back with sharp shells, which is the kind of living and bloody direct cutting, and only after completing this ritual will the boy be accepted by the tribe.

At this time, Xu Zhi responded that these men also had various patterns painted with paint, bright and weird, and Zhu Beiguo responded that if it was fresh, it meant that the tribe was currently at war.

At this time, Xu Zhi immediately responded, obviously it is not a skirmish, it is estimated that there has just been a tribal war or something like that in this area, so you should be very careful, although we have powerful firearms, but the ammunition is limited, and in the event of a large-scale conflict, people will rush up in waves, and it is estimated that we will not be able to withstand it.

Gu Jin also took the walkie-talkie at this time and listened carefully to the situation report transmitted by the relay, but his focus was different from everyone, Gu Jin immediately instructed everyone on the walkie-talkie that they must be optimistic about the sapper shovel in their hands.

Gu Jin explained, this thing is an artifact in the eyes of the natives, if it is seen by the natives, and the covetousness rises, maybe it will really attack it in groups, and it will desperately rob you!

After listening to it, everyone thought about it, and felt that what Captain Gu said was indeed very right, the natives generally would not snatch the AK47 in their hands, because in the minds of the natives, there was no concept of firearms at all, let alone that firearms were more powerful than the military shovel, and the natives would not even think that AK47 was a weapon!

However, the sapper shovel is different, everyone knows what that shape can do.

The search lasted for more than an hour, and the two directions of Zhu and Xu's teams extended about three kilometers forward, and it took so long to move forward, mainly because of caution and nervousness, everyone walked quite slowly, and they covered each other to move forward.

Moreover, the exploration team did not walk in a straight line, because this was a search for the mining area, and basically took a zigzag route, so although the distance in a straight line was only three kilometers, the actual mileage was quite a lot.

By 4 p.m., Xu Zhi's team on the North Road had finally found an area of bare laterite---- one of the hallmarks of bauxite, but at the same time they had found two small hills with multiple headless remains.

However, so far, Xu Zhi has not encountered any living natives, and has not found any signs of human activity such as cooking smoke.

However, it is still certain that there are quite a few natives here, and there may indeed be wars!

Since the bare red clay was found, according to Cao Limei's explanation, it was necessary to bring back the specimen.

Theoretically, of course, the more collection points there are, the larger the coverage, the better, and it is best to find a crystalline mineral with a slight blue-green color, and of course, these collection activities should also be carried out according to the actual situation.

At this time, Zhu Beiguo's team was also going deep inland along the creek, walking about three kilometers, although they did not find the mine, but they also found some rocks emerging from the grass, Zhu Beiguo knew that the famous mine should not be far from the sporadic and limited geological knowledge taught to him by his wife.

At this time, Li Sanduo reminded Xu Zhi's team on the walkie-talkie that they should immediately make signs and collect a few specimens nearby, and after collecting a few specimens nearby, do not stay and return to the starting point of the creek immediately.

The point is that this area doesn't look very peaceful at the moment, and it looks like it's getting late, and it's not a place to stay for a long time. Half an hour later, Captain Gu also sent an order: all the teams are closed, and each team immediately retreats to the hill along the same route and returns to the mother ship before dark.

So the two teams immediately withdrew their troops, and half an hour later, all the exploration team members gathered safely on the hill, and then boarded the boat and rowed back, at this moment, a large flock of birds rose from the palm grove in the distance......

Eight p.m., Nicole Crew Cafeteria.

Except for a few people who were on duty on the Pride, most of the crew was gathered here, and Captain Gu was calling everyone for a meeting.

Although the exploration team did not see the natives in the past two days, there were always various situations, and Captain Gu felt that it was now necessary for everyone to discuss what they had seen and heard during the day, so as to determine the action plan of the wharf.

The first day of the landing operation yielded a lot of results, such as the discovery of the famous bauxite open-pit mining site, the discovery of a stream that could penetrate deep into the land, and the search for a distance of about two or three kilometers in both directions.

It seems that the whole operation is going well, but the three sites with multiple headless remains are the most talked about topic.

Obviously, the headless corpse raised some concerns about whether the expedition would go smoothly, and after some disturbed discussions, everyone turned their attention to Dr. Zhu, who was recognized as a consultant on humanities, history, culture, folklore, and folklore.

Zhu Beiguo was very calm about these things, and he responded that out of professional interest, he had soaked in the computer reference room for a long time before leaving, and had done his homework on the history of Australian aborigines---- and there were many articles and works on this subject in the reference room.