Volume 2: Chapter 56 - The Adventures of a Black Boy

--Mysterious rainforests, deserts and savannahs; There are many deserts, grasslands, and forest beasts and poisonous snakes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info。。。。。 That's right, this is central Africa, a very pristine forest, desert, grassland。。。。。。 Now, Mary and Mike will once again take you on an adventure to the rainforests, deserts and grasslands, in search of the unknown world of deserts, grasslands and rainforests。。。。。。

-- A small stealth spacecraft lifted off from the underwater city on the west coast of the United States, and then it flew over the Arctic Circle, and then flew to the edge of Antarctica, where penguins live in colonies, and then flew over the vast Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean and entered the grasslands and deserts of a vast desert in central and western Africa, and from an altitude of 2,000 overlooking flamingos, African chimpanzees, East African steppe wolves, lions, elephants, zebras, bison, deer, and other large forests, lakes, rivers, and desert edges, which migrate in drought and rainy seasons, and live in groups。。。。。。 A few hours later, the small stealth ship mysteriously flew to the tranquil and dangerous banks of the Zaire River.

-- Mbandaka is the capital of the Equateur province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which straddles the city at the equator and has an unusually hot climate. The Zaire River, which flows through the city, is more than 2,000 meters wide and flows slowly downstream into the sea. This wide river, the upper reaches of the territory of Zaire is called the Zaire River, and after flowing downstream, it becomes the boundary river between the Congo and Zaire, so it is also called the Congo River. It is the fourth largest river in the world, but it has the second largest flow in the world due to its location in a tropical rainforest area with abundant rainfall.

On both sides of the river is an endless stretch of primeval forest, where humus and red sand soil are discharged into the river with tropical rainstorms, and the water is completely reddish-brown, like the color of paper mill wastewater. Looking upstream, the river is like a giant reddish-brown streamer, cutting through the green bushes and stretching to the horizon. Nature's ingenuity has created the unique and primitive scenery of Africa's vast deserts, grasslands and forests. There are no boats in sight on the wide river, and the river flows slowly and quietly, which is completely different from the fast-flowing Brahmaputra River and the busy Ganges and Yangtze rivers, giving people a sense of tranquility and mystery. Strangely, standing by the river, they saw piles of unidentified floating objects from time to time. An elder of a black indigenous tribe who has lived here for many years told them that they were vines and plants such as aquatic plants that had drifted upstream, and that they were only about half a meter above the water, but there were still 8 to 10 meters or even more than 10 meters long underwater. As they drifted, they gradually sank completely into the water, "insidiously diving" down. If the speedboat encounters these terrible aquatic weeds, the propeller will be tightly entangled, and the speedboat will be dragged downstream by the aquatic weeds, and finally slowly dragged down by the sinking aquatic weeds. You know, there are a lot of crocodiles, anacondas, and piranhas in this river, and it is very dangerous for people to fall into the water. It is rumored that the local elder had a 16-year-old son, a black boy, who once overturned into the water because of a small wooden boat, and a large crocodile escaped from the water, and the young man was in a hurry to ride on the crocodile's back and choke the crocodile neck with both hands, and actually drifted downstream for more than ten kilometers。。。。。。 The man-eating crocodile finally sank to the bottom of the water, and the brave boy went ashore safely. The elders of the local indigenous tribes said: This is the reason why such a wide river is only occasionally visited by small wooden boats and amphibious jet skis, and is not navigable. He also said that the timber they harvested was transported from the forest area along the river by tying up wooden rafts......