"This damn rain," Matt grumbled back to the fire.

"What did the Major say?" Kevin asked.

"He said a lot, but he didn't say anything." Matt glanced at where Jennifer was lying, "We can't leave if the rain doesn't stop, and Jason doesn't agree to go back to the base, and he doesn't want to go to the hospital in Homestead." ”

"And he means to maintain the status quo?" Kevin's eyebrows furrowed, "If I had to say, if it was his guy who was sick, or that chick named Hill, I bet Jason would have decisively chosen between the two options." ”

"Perhaps, Homestead may indeed be dangerous as he says, but I can't figure out why he wouldn't agree if he went back to base." "When I told us before we left, I objected, and Jason ignored me like a dictator. ”

"We've become insignificant to Jason," Kevin sighed, "after all, he doesn't need us to fly for him later." ”

"We should have stayed at the base when we were supposed to stay," Kevin continued, "and that way Jennifer wouldn't have gotten sick on the road." ”

When Kevin said this, he regretted that he didn't insist on staying at the base at that time. If they stayed in the base, when Jason and the others left, he and Matt would be almost the emperors of the base, and the safe environment and beautiful flight attendants there would be much more comfortable than this journey with no future in sight.

"Today Jason can ignore Jennifer's condition, and tomorrow he can ignore the accident that happened to us," Matt said firmly, "We have to stand up for Jennifer and fight for ourselves." ”

"You're right, I've got your back, Matt." Kevin said that he wished that someone could step up so that he could just hide behind him, and no matter what the final outcome was, he would have room and leeway to turn around.

"When are you going to go to Jason again?" Kevin asked.

"Wait and see, wait for the rain to lighten," Matt looked out of the house, where it was still pouring rain.

"Thompson, tell us the story of how you caught the crocodile," the team called out to Thompson, several female researchers were interested in the cowboy, and it would happen that everyone was well fed and drunk, and there was nothing to do.

"Haha, I'd love to tell you about catching crocodiles," Thompson sat down next to the fire on the side of the research group, he picked up a stick and helped them spread some of the firewood from the fire, so that the height of the flames was lowered a little, "It's not easy to catch these big guys, this weather can provide them with the best camouflage, as long as they don't want to move, we can hardly spot them in the first place with our eyes alone." ”

"And how did you find these crocodiles?" Selena asked Thompson what shocked her when they brought back the crocodiles, each of which was longer than her entire person, and she had heard that there were large ones that were close to 5 meters long.

"Rely on this," Thompson pulled out something resembling a telescope from his backpack beside him, and he picked it up and put it in front of him, "This is an infrared thermal imager, and those crocodiles are very cunning, they hide in the stagnant water and do not move, and when other animals approach, they pounce on it and bite their prey." With this we don't have to worry about being attacked by them, we can spot them from a distance of a few meters. ”

The image in the infrared thermal imager is Selena's body, Thompson first saw it, his face was slightly embarrassed, and after he finished speaking, he took the infrared thermal imager from his eyes and prepared to stuff it back into the bag.

"It's amazing, show me," Selena said toward Thompson, reaching for the thermal imaging camera.

"Well, be careful, this is a sophisticated military instrument." Thompson was reluctant, but handed it over.

"Huh," Selena held up the infrared thermal imager in front of her eyes, and the lens of the infrared thermal imaging camera was facing Thompson, "What's that?" ”

As soon as the words came out, Selena suddenly realized something, her face turned red, she quickly took off the infrared thermal imager, returned it to Thompson's hand, and then turned her face away, a little afraid to look at Thompson.

"Hehe," seeing Selena's expression, Thompson also guessed what she had just seen, and had to scratch his head in embarrassment.

"What's wrong with you? Selena," Dr. Martin saw Selena's face flush and thought she was feeling unwell.

"Doctor, I'm fine," Selena said quickly, "it's time for you to tell the story, Thompson." ”

"Okay, okay," Selena's urging voice pulled Thompson out of his embarrassment.

"Here's the thing......"

On the other side of the audience area, Sigourney looked over to the scientific group's fire, where an exclamation could be heard.

"Ahem, ahem," Jennifer on the bench was covered with a blanket, she coughed twice and opened her eyes slightly.

"Sigourney?" Hearing Jennifer's faint voice, Sigourney looked back happily, "Are you awake, ma'am, feeling better?" ”

"Where is this?" Jennifer asked, her voice faint, the skin on her lips curled up a little from dryness.

"This is the Everglades Crocodile Farm, I'm going to pour you some water," Sigourney got up to pour water for Jennifer, but Jennifer's hand grabbed the corner of her clothes.

"How long did I sleep?" Jennifer continued to ask, her consciousness not yet fully awake, but she felt that her head still hurt, and her throat too, as if it was on fire, "What about the others?" ”

"You've been sleeping for over an hour, ma'am," Sigourney paused, "they're all around, and Mr. Matt went to the Major just now to discuss your condition. ”

"Well, I'm still feeling a little uncomfortable, especially my head hurts," Jennifer rubbed her forehead with her hand, "go get me some water, and some food." ”

"Okay, wait a minute." Sigourney helped Jennifer put the blanket back on and poured water for her.

"Ms. Jennifer is awake!" Sigourne came to Matt's side with a glass of water and told him the news.

"Great, how's it going?" Matt felt a little lighter when he heard the news that Jennifer had woken up, and he followed Sigourney towards the bench where Jennifer was lying.

"Still not feeling well, Ms. Jennifer said her head and throat hurt." Sigoarney said, and she walked over quickly, reached the glass in front of Jennifer, and helped her sit up with one hand, helping her to drink.

"Jennifer," Matt looked surprised when he saw Jennifer awake.

"Matt," Jennifer smiled slightly as she saw Matt approaching.

"Are you feeling better?" Matt asked, "When the rain is a little lighter, I'll talk to Jason again, I can't let your condition continue to be delayed." ”

"Thank you, Matt," Jennifer asked, looking around, "is everyone else alright?" ”

"All right, don't worry," Matt said, "everyone is worried about your condition and hope you can pick yourself up again." ”

"Matt, there's bad news," Kevin hurriedly walked over, he saw Jennifer who had woken up, and his face also showed a look of joy, "Jennifer, you're awake!" ”

"Well, what's the bad news?" Jennifer nodded at Kevin and asked.

"It's Mason, she had a cough just now," Kevin said, "Christine took her temperature and found that she had a low-grade fever, but now that she had taken medicine, Christine was taking care of her." ”

"God is really unfair, why are we again," Matt's heart was very depressed, and the joy of Jennifer waking up just now was also diluted.

"No, I'll go to Jason right away." Matt clenched his fists and said to Kevin and Sigourney, "You guys take care of Jennifer here, and I'll go to Jason and ask for an explanation." ”

Looking at Matt's departing back, Kevin's eyes rolled in his sockets, and the corners of his mouth turned upwards imperceptibly.

"Major," Matt found Jason, who saw him sitting in front of a map carefully circled around it, "I hope you've got a good idea, I have bad news here." ”

"Mr. Captain, what's the bad news?" Jason's head began to hurt again when he heard Matt's voice, and he already felt a little impatient in his heart, but when he heard Matt say bad news, Jason had to brace himself and listen to what he was going to say.

"One of our guys is sick again," said Matt, "it's Mason, this girl was fine before, and she's going to start coughing, and we've just checked her temperature, and it's a low-grade fever." ”

"I strongly urge you to take us back to base and wait until Jennifer and Mason have recovered before making any plans to leave." Matt pressed a hand against the map, his eyes fixed on Jason, and his tone was resolute.

"Please take your hands off, Mr. Captain, and be careful of crushing my map." Jason said coldly, "You know, I only have this one in my hand right now." ”

"And what do you mean?" Matt asked, "Sitting here like a and waiting?" ”

"If you're here to quarrel with me, I don't mind if we both use our fists to settle our differences," Jason glared at Matt, the man's words and some actions were already challenging the bottom line of his patience, and the reason why he hadn't had a seizure yet, Jason was also in line with the idea that everyone was a companion and should be in the same boat along the way.

"I do have a solution, if you want to hear it," Jason pointed to the chair opposite, "just sit down there for me." ”

"Say it," Matt was a little less angry when Jason said he had a solution, and he sat down across from Jason to hear what he was going to say next.

"Everything must wait until the rain stops, that's the rule and the limit," Jason said, pointing to the map, "We're going to go to the Paheo Lookout next, and when we get here, I'll give you two men and a truck, and you arrange for the sick to follow them south along Route 9336, where there's a hospital at the Flamingo Visitor Center." ”

Hearing Jason say that there was a hospital there, Matt's eyes began to light up.

"I don't care what to do when I get to the hospital, it's said that even normal surgery can be done there," Jason tapped his finger on the corner of the map, "We'll be waiting for you at the Paheoch Lookout, but only for a day at most, and then you'll have to get back quickly." ”