The sky was getting darker than it had been when we set off, and the temperature seemed to have dropped a bit. A gust of wind blew into the carriage, and Hill felt some coolness.

"Is it going to rain?" Hill poked his head out and looked into the sky outside the carriage, where the clouds seemed to be heavy. The wind lifted the sand on the side of the road, and the distance where it met the sky was so gray that it was impossible to tell where the sky was and where the ground was.

Large and small pools began to appear on the roadside, and some waterfowl skimmed over the water, and a few of them picked up a fish from the pond in an instant.

"Double-crested cormorant?" Kim looked at the grey-feathered waterfowl with their beautiful orange beaks and curved tips.

"You're so knowledgeable, beauty," complimented Brandon, who sat across from King.

"Hah, I guess right," Kim laughed happily, "I've been to the Everglades before, and I've seen many species of waterfowl here, but I don't remember their names quite clearly. ”

Brandon smiled as well, pointing to a pond that the truck had just passed by, and said, "Look there, it's a crocodile." ”

Following the direction that Brandon was pointing to, everyone in the carriage saw the crocodile sitting by the pond, its eyes seemed closed and its body was motionless.

"Is it dead?" Hill asked.

"No, it's just lying there resting, maybe it's just enjoying a nice lunch and is napping there." Brandon looked at the scenery behind the car, and the crocodiles by the pond gradually disappeared from his vision.

"Speaking of lunch, how long have we been on our way?" Thompson touched his stomach and suddenly asked, "I'm feeling a little hungry." ”

"Don't worry cowboy," Jason's voice drifted from the cab, "there's a Everglades crocodile farm just a short distance ahead, and we'll stop by there for lunch when we get there." ”

"There's good news for you," Jason turned his head, but his gaze fell on Ciel, "let's have dinner at noon." ”

"Extra food? Head, is it to eat crocodiles? Tom said with a smile, his question piquing everyone's interest.

"Of course, crocodile meat is very tasty," Jason said, "and if you want something else, if you can catch it here." ”

"I think the double-crested cormorant just now seems to taste very good, I don't know if it will taste better than the turkey." Ben licked his lips and swallowed the saliva from his mouth into his stomach. The people in the car were a little hungry, especially the soldiers who had gone into the prison to carry out search and rescue missions, and their physical exertion was relatively large.

"Ben, I don't mind if you try it," laughed Al, "I heard that few people in China want to eat these waterfowl. ”

"I see, let's eat crocodile meat," Ben nodded.

The animals on the side of the road began to increase, and the waterfowl flew to the railing of the carriage and looked curiously at the people in the car. There are a lot of tourists here, and the waterfowl are not too afraid of people when they see a lot. A few crocodiles lay on the road in front of them, watching the truck coming towards them from a distance, and when the truck was almost in front of them, they quickly climbed down the road, and the truck drove past and climbed back onto the road.

"Once we got to the Everglades Alligator Farm, we were not far from Route 9336, which was not in the same direction as we were going, but we could use the first half of it to make the trip smoother, otherwise the swampy environment would be very bad for the large vehicles in our fleet once we left the wide road." Jason said to the people in the carriage, "Follow Route 9336 all the way to the Paheo Oak Lookout, where we'll turn around and change direction." ”

"The terrain in the Everglades, only the northeast is barely suitable for our trucks to traverse, and the southwest is full of dense water networks and swamps, and if we go there, we have to abandon our trucks." Jason continued, "So we're going to be as close to the northeast area as possible. ”

Hearing that Jason had already made a detailed route plan, most of the people in the carriage relaxed, and everyone began to discuss the lunch that they would enjoy later.

Raindrops began to fall in the sky, some of them falling on the window panes and some drifting into the cabin.

"It's raining...... Kim stretched out his hand and used his palm to catch the falling raindrops. The raindrops fell on the palm of his hand, and Jin felt a slight coolness coming from there.

The rain began to fall more and more heavily, and there was a crackling sound on the window glass. The sky darkened, dark clouds rolled, and vision blurred. The wipers were activated, and the rain from the front window was blown aside before it could run down, and the glass was covered with rainwater again.

"Hell," Jason tapped the door, his heart starting to get irritated.

At the beginning of the trip, the sky changed, and this sudden heavy rain cast a dark cloud on everyone's hearts. Although the canopy on the carriage blocked most of the rain, the clothes of the people sitting in the back of the carriage were still wet from the rainstorm.

"Hill, you can sit with me, let's change positions, it's a little better inside," Thompson saw Hill start wiping the rain from his clothes with his hands, and he stood up and moved to the back of the car.

"Thank you, Thompson." Hill said gratefully, she sat in the position before Thompson, which was a little bit inside, and basically rained a lot less.

A bolt of lightning streaked across the dark sky, and then a rumbling thunder rang out overhead. The wind began to blow, and the rain that fell was blown at a very oblique angle, and it was inserted diagonally into the carriage and poured on the people sitting inside.

"Kim, do you feel cold?" Hill saw that Kim's face was a little pale, and his lips were trembling slightly. She held Kim in her arms, only to find that Kim's clothes were soaked.

"Jason," Hill shouted into the cab, "how long will it be before we get to the Everglades Crocodile Farm?" ”

"It's going to take a little time, baby," Jason's voice came from the front, he didn't look back, still staring intently at the road ahead, "The rain has made our vision very poor, and we have to slow down to be safe, otherwise if the car gets out of the road, the wheels will be stuck in the mud." ”

"Ciel, I can still hold on," Kim felt a little warmer in Ciel's arms, and she pulled the clothes that were attached to her body with her hand to make her body a little more comfortable.

Outside the carriage was a gray expanse, and there was water everywhere around it. The summer rain poured down like this, accompanied by rumbling thunder and lightning to the earth. The rain curtain obscured the pavement, the pond, and the resting crocodiles. The waterfowl were gone, and the creatures of the swamp seemed to have disappeared without a trace with the onset of the rainstorm.

The trucks behind turned on their fog lights one after the other, and Hill saw dense lines of rain pass through the light and dig like nails into the stagnant water on the road. Water ran down his cheeks from the wet hair on his forehead, and Hill wiped the rain from his face with his hands, leaning against the back of the carriage.

Kim rested her head on Ciel's shoulder, her eyes staring at the gun in the hand of the soldier opposite, her gaze not focused on any point. At this moment, Jin felt very uncomfortable in his body, and his clothes and pants wet by the rain were all attached to it, wrapping the whole person breathlessly. She felt her body temperature drop, a chill enveloping her from all sides, and the only warm spot on her body was the part of her body next to Hill.

Kim tried to keep her attention, desperately trying to think of people and things she knew, but the images were blurry in her consciousness.

Just as Kim was about to fall asleep, the car stopped, and the pause of the brakes pulled her back from her sleepiness.

"Here we are," Jason's voice came from the cab. When Jin heard these two words, he felt that this moment seemed to be a rainy day.

Everyone got out of the carriage and followed the soldiers to the crocodile farm, and Jason led everyone into the spacious wooden house. This is the performance hall of the crocodile field, and in addition to the open-air field in the middle, there are wooden houses covered with thick thatched grass all around. Rows of wooden benches were neatly fastened to the auditorium, on which everyone sat separately.

Sergeant Stephen and two soldiers brought down several large packages wrapped in plastic film from the truck, and the three men carried them to the wooden house and opened them one by one, took out clean blankets from them and began to distribute them to the people sitting on the benches.

Everyone took the blankets and began to wipe the rain off their bodies, and the flight attendants offered to change their wet clothes, so Jason arranged for two soldiers to build a makeshift changing room for them with blankets.

Ciel and Kim also went there, intending to change out of their wet clothes.

Jennifer's face was a little red, she stroked her forehead with one hand, and held the pillar in the wooden house with the other.

"Madam Purser, what's wrong with you?" Sigoarney, the flight attendant, noticed that something was wrong with her, so she walked over and began to inquire about Jennifer's situation with concern.

"Maybe it's a cold," Jennifer looked up and saw that it was Sigourney standing in front of her, "Can you help me go to Jason and get some cold medicine?" ”

"Okay, I'll go," Sigoarney helped Jennifer against the bench, "can you hold on?" ”

Jennifer nodded, closing her eyes, the pain in her forehead twitching her temples. She coughed a few times, and found that her limbs were a little sore, and she had no strength in her body.

Jennifer knew she was starting to have a fever, and as a purser, she knew a lot about some simple medical knowledge. She already had the feeling of catching a cold when she was in the car, but she didn't expect the fever to come so quickly.

Sigourney soon returned with cold medicine and a kettle, and she helped Jennifer to help her take the medicine.

"Ma'am, you should change out of your wet clothes, continuing to wear them on your body will only aggravate your condition." Sigourney said with concern, touching her forehead with her hand again.

"You seem to have a fever, Madam Purser."