Chapter 2 Amazon

Lu Liang sighed lightly: "It's a pity that Gao Ping can't come." I patted Lu Liang on the shoulder and said, "Gao Ping's injury is just right, and he can't do strenuous exercise, maybe he will go out with us next time he goes out." Lu Liang nodded, fortunately, without Yu Tiangang's dissenting guy, it should be much safer.

Gao Yanan looked at everyone and said, "I propose to let Professor Shui Xinyue be the vice captain, do you agree?" "Agreed." Everyone below said in unison. Gao Yanan smiled and said, "I knew that you agreed, Professor Shui has always led very well, and we all know it." She pointed to it and said, "Even they know." ”

Lu Liang said with a grin: "Boss, congratulations." I shook my head, all the above? It's not a good thing, it's a nuisance. Anything could happen to me in the future. It's a hard life.

Gao Yanan seemed to see my intentions, and quickly changed the topic and said, "Do you know Amazon?" ”

"I know." Zhang Qiang hurriedly said: "The Amazon jungle is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, and it has the reputation of 'the lungs of the earth'. Gao Yanan said with a smile: "Yes, this is what I want to tell you, if you want to go to a place, you should check the information, check more, and try to know it in your heart." In this way, you can not only find out how you should go and which route to take, but also know that there is no danger on this route, how to escape if there is danger, where to flee, and so on. So......" Gao Yanan pointed to the computer and said, "Check it out." ”

We turned on our computers and connected to the British Library, which is the largest database in the world, and it contains the most detailed information. Watch what is being displayed in the material. Lu Liang read it out while reading: "The Amazon basin is the largest primeval tropical rainforest in the world, and it is known as the lungs of the earth. Of the more than 20,000 known species of plants in the world, South America alone has more than 19,000 species, and 70 percent of them are in the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon is home to two-thirds of the world's total forest area. Damn, the last time I went to Xishuangbanna, I felt that the tropical rainforest was so big that I couldn't imagine that I couldn't even be a child in front of the Amazon jungle. ”

Wang Wei smiled and said, "Look at the back." The Amazon River runs through South America and originates in the Peruvian Andes Mountains, with a length of 6,440 kilometers, making it the second largest in the world after the Nile. Abundant water, 116,000 cubic meters of fresh water per second can be ......"

Li Meiting interrupted him and said, "What is one hundred and sixteen, zero zero and zero, that is, well, ten hundred...... Yes. It is 116,000 cubic meters. So much fresh water flows into the Atlantic Ocean in vain. Alas, if it were sent to Africa, the Sahara Desert would be transformed into an oasis, perhaps a savannah. ”

Lu Liang hurriedly said: "Continue to look down, look, it is one-fifth of the total amount of the world's sea, and seven of the tributaries are more than 1,600 kilometers long. The longest is the Madeira River, which is about 3,200 km. ”

"Look, here's the most important thing." Wang Wei said: "You see, the Amazon has the most animals in the world, there are more than 2,600 fish alone, and there are piranhas, you see, there are more than 1,600 kinds of birds, and there are many animals that have not been recorded, right?" Last time I heard the boss say that there is a kind of anaconda, and there are a lot of them in it. Why isn't it written? ”

Gao Yanan said lightly: "In addition to the reputation of the lungs of the earth, the Amazon also has a notoriety called 'Green Hell'. In other words, this jungle is very dangerous, like hell. If the person who enters is careless, he doesn't know how he died. ”

Wang Wei pointed to the picture and said: "Lu Liang, look, the woman here is actually not wearing clothes, wow, look at this figure." With **, this ......" snapped, Li Meiting patted his head and said, "You two perverts, can't you see the following introduction?" That's cannibalism. Do you dare to provoke such a woman? Be careful that they chop and chop you, cook it, and eat it. ”

"Holy, what the hell is this place? It's okay for fish to eat people, people here still want to eat people, and they can't let people live. Wang Wei shouted: "Why is it so dangerous here, aren't we going to die?" ”

Gao Yanan sighed softly and said, "This place is indeed dangerous, probably more dangerous than the places you have been before. There are too many uncertainties here, so we brought a lot of things with us this time, not only guns, but also a big machete for everyone to use to open the way. Of course, the saber should also be carried. There are also torches, which can repel mosquitoes and drive away animals. Water must be boiled before drinking, and cold water cannot be drunk. Bring more anti-inflammatory drugs and antivenom serums. It's too dangerous, and there are a lot of poisonous snakes. Snakes in the rainforest are venomous, so it's important to open the way. ”

Gao Yanan said that he had gone to a document, opened it and took out the contents inside, which turned out to be a map. He threw the map on the table, pointed to it and said, "This is a detailed topographic map of the Amazon basin, and these red line arrows are the routes that other countries' expeditions have entered, so we can't follow them." So we're going to find a new way. ”

We looked at the dense red lines on it and roughly counted them, and there were about fifty or sixty of them, which means that there were already fifty or sixty teams entering. These are all on the surface, like Qin Tai's tomb robbery group, they will no longer draw a route on it. They are certainly not the only ones in the tomb robbery syndicate. That time in the Qinling Ghost Cave, there were more than 20 foreign tomb robber groups, and this time should be no exception, there will only be more.

After looking at the map for a while, I pointed to the Ecuadorian border and said, "From here, over the Andes, there are no expeditions in this area." However, it is estimated that many expeditions or tomb robbers and the like will go here, so be careful about safety. Look at them, they are all down the river, and the result is that they all go to one place. It's not necessarily a big place, but it's just that big. With such a large Amazon jungle, a place like that is simply not worth visiting. ”

Gao Yanan sighed softly and said: "Affected by global warming, the Andes Mountains are not easy to walk, and the snowmelt in the mountains is already intensifying, if we go up, we will either fall into the ice crevices, or we will encounter avalanches." In fact, there were several expeditions before us, but they were all missing in the Andes. Besides, the Amazon jungle is not as big as it appears on the map. After Colombia discovered a large oil field on the edge of the Amazon jungle a few years ago, the political axes of various countries have also cut down their own borders, while exporting foreign exchange and exploring resources. So species in the Amazon jungle are also disappearing dramatically. Animals are trying to migrate from the Amazon jungle, but plants can't. ”

Leng Feng also sighed: "Yes, human beings are like this, and it will be too late to really know that the environment is important." Among these vanished species, there may be cures for cancer and AIDS. ”

I patted Leng Feng and said, "Leng Feng, don't complain, everyone knows what you said." But you also have to know that you can't let some hungry people mess with you? That's unrealistic, only when they are well fed and clothed, will they calm down and talk to you, talk about the sky, and knock your teeth. “

Leng Feng was unhappy: "What do you mean by knocking your teeth and playing?" I mean, these people don't know the important last name of the environment, you ...... Why are you messing around like this? Hate to die. ”

Gao Yanan comforted Leng Feng and said, "Leng Feng, what Professor Shui said is reasonable. In fact, we did these things back then. Have you heard of it too? How huge was the movement of opening mountains and cultivating fields and filling lakes and fields. But now? Returning farmland to forests and lakes. Although the mountains have begun to turn green and the lakes have become larger, the species that have disappeared have not returned. They disappeared, became extinct. But Professor Shui is right, these are all problems that you will only realize after you are well fed and clothed. Now it's useless for you to talk to them about these environmental issues. ”

Ye Simin looked at the map, thought for a while and said, "I agree with Professor Shui's opinion. Because the Andes Mountains are difficult to walk and dangerous, there are immovable monuments in the depths of the Andes. Where no one has touched it, it is a place of value. So the more dangerous it is, the more opportunities there are. You see, if they were to get to the Andes and have to cross most of the Amazon jungle, do you think it's possible? It takes a long time to go down the river from the mountain passes in Peru. In Ecuador, however, it is possible, but the current is very fast, and few people who have gone in have heard that few have returned. So I think it's much safer to climb a mountain than to take a boat. At least you won't run into piranhas and big crocodiles and the like. ”

Hearing Ye Simin say this, everyone agreed to cross the Andes, although the snow-capped mountains are difficult to walk, they will never encounter piranhas, big crocodiles and the like, even poisonous snakes will be rare. Even if you encounter a poisonous snake, you should be at the foot of the mountain. At least it's much safer than crossing most of the Amazon jungle.

Gao Yanan said with a smile: "Haha, you don't need me to persuade you, they all agreed, and you still said that they wouldn't agree." How about telling me to persuade and persuade? Are you relieved now? "We're stunned? Who are you talking to? I saw a certain leader of the country walk in, and said with a smile: "Crossing the Andes is our established route, but I am afraid that you will not agree, so I have not told you." Now, I can go back and do my errand. ”

We looked at each other and scolded in our hearts: "These old foxes, maybe they have tampered with the map." (To be continued.) )