Chapter 1: Palatri (I)

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The vine-twined, lush Amazon jungle holds countless secrets that can give us a glimpse into ancient civilizations from time immemorial. We know very little about the planet, and researchers don't know how many unknown discoveries remain to be made in the Amazon. As technology advances and tools like satellite maps become more popular, many people want to try their luck and discover places that have not yet been discovered by others. Satellite maps are a tool that many archaeologists are boldly using, and they continue to be of great help to researchers in various ways.

Three years later! A dense rainforest region in southeastern Peru

"The Palatri Pyramid is a pyramid of the world's most controversial kind, you must be careful this time, in fact, no one has ever set foot here" Lin Nan, who was black-lined, covered with a Kevlar vest, and brown pants, parked the dinghy rented from the locals, and tied the boat to a nearby tree with anxiety, and then turned to his son Linsey and said.

18-year-old Lin Xi graduated from high school, is 183 tall, weighs 70 kilograms, and is wearing the same clothes as Li Nan, looking a little heroic. Completely took off the youthfulness of the teenager, a sunny smile appeared on Lin Xi's face, squinted his slender eyes and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the no man's land, and the meandering of the Amazon River, wearing a transparent unilateral glasses on the straight bridge of the nose (really only one eye has lenses), this is his hair small, Mo Zhi invented smart glasses, which show air humidity, the distribution and concentration of various gases, the glasses are connected to the computer in the bag behind him, the computer can adjust the display situation, and the buttons on the eyes can be fine-tuned, It is also possible to roughly distinguish the species of plants and animals (which are known, of course).

Look at the outfit of the two of them, it is not like an adventure at all, but the two large backpacks of nearly 35 kilograms on Lin Xi's legs are not tourist supplies, military tents, compasses, water bottles, mountaineering pickaxes and rock climbing equipment hanging from their waists, and the most exaggerated thing is that there is a civilian desert eagle in the holster on the waist, which is specially prepared for Lin Xi, which cost Lin Nan 2400 knives of high-grade goods, and Lin's father has a civilian USP semi-automatic pistol pinned to the holster on his waist.

A military dagger on the side of the military boot was safely placed within reach, the most comfortable position in the chest pocket of the vest carried flint, Swiss army knife, lighter and other things, and there was a high-explosive grenade in Linxi's breast pocket in case of emergency, both of them were wearing black marching caps, and those who knew the industry knew at a glance that this equipment was not something that should be brought for travel.

Since he was a child, his father took Lin Xi to travel to various places in the world during the winter and summer vacations, to explore unknown secrets, and adventures also brought Lin Xi a strong physique and flexible skills, skilled in the use of various extreme tools and scientific research equipment, and the use of firearms and fighting is also quite proficient.

I don't know what the reason is, in the past few years, Lin Xi's physical fitness has inexplicably undergone some changes, first of all, the endurance problem, the high-intensity exercise is only slightly sweating, and the hearing and eyesight are amazing, and as he wished, he was admitted to Kyoto University and applied for the natural science discipline biology major.

It stands to reason that the father and son were not equipped with guns in the past, and even if they were matched, they were equipped with civilian hunting rifles, which shows that this time they are fully prepared for an in-depth expedition.

"The scenery here is really good, the old man is not good, the smell of a big wetland, the air humidity here is really big, it's hard to imagine that someone has lived here before." Lynsey's accent should speak the Kyoto dialect of the Northeast, which sounds with a unique style

Lin Xi glanced at the air humidity index on his glasses, wiped the sweat on his forehead, shook his hand carelessly, and helped his father carry the backpack, and then picked up his backpack and carried it on his shoulder. After doing all this, he turned around and said behind him

"Uncle Su, how is it? Is the body able to eat? I'll carry your bag for you."

I forgot to introduce them this time it is a group of 3 people, the man surnamed Su is a native of Haishi, has a common hobby with his father, a well-known botanist in China, and ordinary scholars are weak but have an elegant temperament, family history, and have a daughter, named Su Su.

"Okay, okay, you two are pretending to be cool, I'll take my time, besides, my bag is not as heavy as the two of you, and besides, do you two use such a full armament" Su Qin said, carrying his backpack on his back, wading across the river to the shore.

The Amazon rainforest is hot and humid almost all year round, with temperatures of around 33°C during the day and 23°C at night. It was Su Qin's body that was very unbearable.

"You may not believe it, but in the 21st century, there are still primitive tribes that have been isolated from the outside world for centuries. Recently, an expedition discovered a tribe in the Amazon and photographed them by plane. A tribe isolated deep in the rainforest, who knows what kind of customs they have, and how few people disappear in the Amazon every year? The two of us carried guns just in case, separated for centuries Who knows if they eat people or not, if they eat people, we can't run, can't we still give ourselves a bit" Lin Nan's personality is the same as Lin Xi's, and he can still make fun of Su Qin at this time.

"Hey! You old coffin, Xiaoxi, don't learn from your father, your father's brain is watt" Su Qin seemed to be angry.

"Old man, you see that you have brought out all the Shanghainese dialect that Uncle Su is angry about," Lin Xi smiled and watched the two brothers fight.

"Okay, let's go, let's set the location of the camp before dark, I don't know if the campfire is good or not, Xiaoxi, you bring solid fuel, right" Lin Nan tied the boat and set a place on the satellite map.

"Don't worry, it's in the bag."

All 3 of them have a lot of experience in rainforest exploration, so without further ado, follow the destination, the direction of travel is the deep jungle 55 kilometers from the river Palateri, when walking in the jungle, remember to stay away from the river as much as possible, because large beasts, alligators, pythons are usually also waiting for their prey to come to the door by the river, and in the most lush areas of the Amazon, the vegetation overhead is dense. In fact, 99% of the sunlight is blocked by the vegetation in these high places, and the surface is unusually dark, but it provides an environment for many interesting and even funny plants and animals.

Lin Xi encountered a kind of self-exploding tree when he was peeing, and it was unfortunate that this self-detonating tree had reached the season of spreading seeds, and at this time it was a tragedy, Lin Xi's reaction could be said to be fast, but he was also stabbed by a tree thorn, although it did not hurt his muscles and bones, but also made him disgraced, which made Su Qin and Lin Nan laugh more than once.

I walked in the dark and damp jungle, about 10 hours or so, and finally found a vacant land about 15 kilometers away from the destination before dark, and decided to set up camp, because the jungle is difficult to walk, and there is no road at all in many places, so it took 10 hours to walk less than 40 kilometers, which is still Mozhi's glasses to help a lot.

"Old man, you and Uncle Su can build a tent, I'll go collect firewood and get some game by the way." After Lin Xi finished speaking, he didn't wait for Lin Nan to answer, so he carried a military dagger into the woods, and Lin's father also knew that his son had a depth of work, so he just admonished.

As soon as he left his father and Uncle Su, Lin Xi's gaze immediately became sharp, and he disappeared near the clearing in a few flashes.

Lin Xi was like an ape in the woods for a few tosses and turns, and then returned to the vicinity of the tree that had just exploded, and just now he heard the death screams of the animals nearby, and was stabbed by the explosion tree in a daze, otherwise Lin Xi's skills would not have been so embarrassed.

"Woo, woo" followed the sound and found the source of the sound not far from the dense bushes, because the leaves blocked the sunlight, so the visibility was not high, but a nearly 25-foot-long behemoth still came into Linxi's eyes, the Amazon python, I saw that it was tightly wrapped around a huge and toned creature, and the dying cry came from the mouth of the creature, Linxi's position seemed to be able to hear the sound of the huge creature's bones bursting, and it turned out that the huge creature was a jaguar.

And at the scene of the two giant beasts fighting, a small black jaguar around the python kept howling, wanting to go up and bite, the glasses prompted, this is a small jaguar with black disease, the probability of this situation in the jaguar family is only 6%, the python's tail swept lightly, and the little jaguar that was ready to bite swept away, fortunately, the python went all out to deal with the big jaguar, and there was not much spare energy to care about it, otherwise the little jaguar could be killed with all his strength.

When Lin Xi saw it, he secretly sighed that the jaguar was hopeless, turned around and walked in the direction of the camp, at this time, he saw that the jaguar's eyes showed a reluctant look, and he was not struggling, but looked at the little jaguar, and his eyes flashed with nostalgia and reluctance.

"Ahh Sigh Linsey walked to the little jaguar, carried it away from the battle scene, the moment he picked up the little jaguar, the jaguar let out a long breath and never moved again, the little jaguar seemed to understand the meaning of this roar, desperately struggled in Linxi's arms, and the young paws were also frantically scratched on Linxi's body, but to no avail, the black lining on Linxi's body did not know what material it was, not even the slightest trace, but was scratched out of the hand A few blood marks, at this time the python also felt the death of the jaguar, Open its death jaws and prepare a good meal.

As if knowing that the struggle would be useless, the little jaguar gave up, and Linsey carried it and turned and walked in the direction of the camp.

Just as the python was enjoying his undisturbed meal, there was a loud noise, startling countless birds, and the 0.45 caliber bullet with huge kinetic energy tore the python's head, and after bursting out a cloud of blood mist, the forest returned to tranquility, in fact, Lin Xi could turn around and leave, he also did the same, he was born as a student biology, and he also knew that the law of the jungle was the law of the jungle, but he did it, because he felt that it was very cruel for him to watch others (animals) eat when he was hungry, nothing more.

The little jaguar also lay quietly in Lin Xi's arms, intercepted Father Lin and Su Qin, who were holding USPs and shotguns, halfway, and returned to the camp together.

"You kid, the next time you encounter something like this, come back to me and your dad first, don't act alone, you don't need a personal hero for jungle operations." While eating, listening to Lin Xi finish telling what happened, Su Qin turned on the preaching mode.

"That's it! Come on! Lao Su, you see that you are muttering a lot, more annoying than Linxi, when did you become a broken mouth, this kid is clever all day, and he runs faster than anyone else when he encounters danger, don't worry, not to mention that I haven't encountered anything in the north and south with me, and I still have the ability to save my life. "Father Lin knows his son's ability very well.

"Hey.. I know, isn't there no danger, if there is danger, don't worry, I will definitely scream for help as soon as possible, Uncle Su, you can rest assured" Lin Xi had a hippie smile on his face. Tear the instant jerky in your hand into strips and feed the little jaguar.

"Black jaguar cubs are rare, the kid still picks up a treasure, this little thing has grown up, how about the kid, let your Uncle Su exert some energy and bring it back to China?" Father Lin saw the love in his son's eyes and said.

"No, let's let it go. Of course, it's also to let me be free, if I bring a fart worm a day, I'm not annoyed to death, I haven't lived to understand it, and I still feed a big cat. I'm going to be sent to the zoo in my freshman year, and I'm so annoyed."

"Well, life will always find a way out" Su Qin said a famous quote from the movie Jurassic Park, and seemed to agree with Linxi's words

"It's not too early, let's go to bed first, Xiaoxi, you keep watch on the eve of the night," Lin Nan said after glancing at the blackened old watch in his hand

The forest is a place where vigil is necessary, and it is easy to be dangerous otherwise.

"You and Konishi go to sleep first, I'll keep watch on the night before, just to summarize the plant samples collected today." Su Qin collected several plant samples along the way today, which he had only seen in books before, and he was still a little excited to see the real thing for the first time.

"Okay, Uncle Su, call me when you are sleepy" After Lin Xi finished speaking, he followed his father into the marching tent, and the little jaguar did not go far, but lay down next to the tent, the animal has always had a fear of fire, so he chose a place far away from the fire, squinted and lay down, looking like a black kitten.

"Sand.... Sand.... Hmm" Hearing the voice of the little beautiful tiger in the middle of the night, Lin Xi opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes were full of light, he listened attentively, and then hunched over and climbed out of the tent, at this time Father Lin also opened his eyes, with an inquiring look in his eyes, Lin Xi made a gesture, and Father Lin got up.

After getting out of the tent, he found that Su Qin fell asleep at some point, probably because he was too tired during the day, he fell asleep while holding his notebook and leaning on Lin Xi's backpack, and he didn't call Lin Xi to come out to keep vigil, and only a small flame was still burning in the fire in the bonfire.

The little jaguar paced to Lin Xi's side, and roared at the place they had been before, Lin Xi made a gesture for Father Lin to wake up Su Qin, and he took the jaguar into the jungle, and his figure disappeared into the firelight, looked around, picked a tall tree and climbed up like an ape, only a slight gasp and a pair of bright eyes were left in the darkness, and the night was silent only the rustle of the wind blowing the leaves, Su Qin also woke up at this time, hugged the shotgun and lay on the ground and waited as Father Lin.

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