Chapter 18: Into the Rainforest
When it was Qin Zhen's turn, although he was also frightened by the rushing and roaring river, he would be somewhat stronger than Lao Gu. At least not the pig-killing howl.
The moment you go down the zipline, it's really a feeling of speed. Qin Zhen made a smart choice not to look down at the roaring river. Instead, he raised his head and looked at the blue curtain that would not appear in the city.
Looking up at the sky and the wind whistling in my ears, it really felt like I was about to fly to heaven.
After Qin Zhen also arrived on the other side, Tashi quickly followed neatly.
In order to allow the "stimulated" Lao Gu to calm down, Qin Zhenjian and everyone rested in place for a while. After all, they've come a long way. If you walk in the jungle for three days like this, you will definitely spend the night in the jungle. When you think of blood-sucking locusts, venomous snakes of no species, and all kinds of snakes, insects, rats, and ants...... Qin Zhen felt uncomfortable all over.
Lao Gu didn't even have the strength to scold Qin Zhen at this time, he just kept pointing at Qin Zhen with his finger, and it felt really resentful.
Crossing the Brahmaputra means that they will soon be in the rainforest. Qin Zhen asked Tashi what they would do when it got dark.
Tashi said: "Actually, it's not impossible, but I don't know if it will work...... It depends on luck. ”
"Oh? How do you say that? As soon as Qin Zhen heard that their problem of sleeping on the street could still be solved, he immediately came to his senses.
Tashi said with some distress: "Actually, in the depths of the rainforest, there are sometimes some mountain people who live by hunting or picking rare plants in the rainforest. They have treehouses, which were built by the mountain people to repel insects and snakes. It's relatively safe. Merely...... The mountain people here are more wild, and it is difficult to lend us a treehouse. ”
After listening to it, Qin Zhen always felt that what Tashi said was like an indigenous Indian tribe in the Amazon rainforest?!
But since someone has a place to live, then everything is negotiable. It's up to people! It's a big deal to give the mountain people a little more money, just to spend the night, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Therefore, Qin Zhen did not take the question that Tashi said to heart, but felt a lot more down-to-earth. There are people in this rainforest, and it is great news for them.
After resting for a while, Qin Zhen tightened his trouser legs and cuff straps again, and then reminded Lao Gu who was sitting on the side. Enough rest, it's time to go.
Lao Gu was still resentful of Qin Zhen's previous behavior. So at this moment, looking at Qin Zhen's eyes, there was still the anger of wanting to kill. However, Qin Zhen completely ignored Lao Gu's anger, and as if nothing had happened, he pulled Lao Gu to keep up with Tashi and Tsering. Step by step, we walked deeper into the rainforest.
The dirt path beneath your feet began to become more and more irregular, and the surrounding trees became more and more dense. It's different from the dense forest of the Demon Lord's Ghost Gate Mountain. This is a real rainforest. The terrain is complex and varied. Dark and damp. Most people will feel dizzy as soon as they walk in. The trees that shade the sky and the sun make people feel oppressive and blurry.
In this forest, there are quiet ponds, rushing streams, and waterfalls of different heights. Towering ancient trees, tangled vines, and lush flowers and plants are intertwined to create this rainforest landscape of various forms.
Probably only here, twenty minutes away. The difference between the upper and lower elevations can be several kilometers. It is this strange geographical environment that has formed a very unique landform here.
The grass at the foot of the trail is covered with a small white flower, which can be seen almost everywhere. Tashi said the small flower, which resembles anemone, can be seen everywhere from 100 meters above sea level to 5,000 meters above sea level. This is a plant with a very strong vitality.
When it came to the tenacious vitality, Qin Zhen unconsciously remembered the locust. It's an extremely tenacious species! It's just that so far, I don't know if they didn't pay attention or didn't run into it...... Anyway, the legendary big locust hasn't been found yet. Of course, if you can, it's better not to see each other all the way, never to see each other.
One of the most important features of rainforests is that there are no clear boundaries between vegetation. In the rainforest, there are usually three or five or seven layers of dense vegetation, and even above the 100 meters, there are thousands of ancient trees supporting each other like tents. Layer after layer is intertwined and entangled, natural and integrated.
Qin Zhen carefully paid attention to the vines and grasses under his feet, and from time to time observed whether there were any things attached to their bodies that they shouldn't have...... As for this grasshopper in Motuo, they have been 'famous for a long time, and they have been like thunder in their ears', but they have never seen it alive, and they don't know what it is like. So Qin Zhen now has a somewhat somewhat grassy feel like a soldier. Looking at the dark green grass and trees on this ground, I don't think it's normal.
Lao Gu was a little confused at this time, and he couldn't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest. Coupled with the sweltering heat and humidity of the rainforest, it is inevitable that people will feel impetuous. So at this moment, while wiping his sweat, he asked Tashi and Tsering with grinned teeth: "I said, little brother, how do you all distinguish the direction in this bird place?" Do you still know which way we're going? It's a secondary thing that we can't get out, and if you don't get home in the end, that's a big problem. ”
Tashi turned his head and smiled innocently and said, "Yes, every tree here is telling us the direction we are walking, we won't get lost, don't worry!" So saying, he took the branch and went out again. He did this to prevent puddles or swamps covered in foliage, and to prevent "uninvited guests" hiding under the vegetation......
Lao Gu still didn't understand too much, and he didn't understand what Tashi meant when he said that the big tree could guide the direction. Jiang Qi briefly explained to Lao Gu at this time: "Big trees usually have lush branches and leaves on the south side, and their bark is smooth; The northern side is sparsely foliage and coarse bark. The south is dense and the north is scarce, just remember this. ”
Lao Gu looked around in surprise and asked, "Don't you think it's the same everywhere here?" The old tree covers the big tree, the big tree covers the small tree, the small tree covers the grass, and there is a vine in the grass. Where do you see that there is a dense and a thin? I find that sometimes I really have to believe that different eyes see the world differently! ”
knew that he couldn't tell Lao Gu about this issue, so no one simply bothered with him on this topic.
The deeper you go into the rainforest, the more you realize that there are indeed human traces here. For example, the bamboo basket hanging on the tree, the hemp rope tied between the trees, and so on. Is there really an "indigenous people" here?
Just as Qin Zhen was carefully studying the "man-made traces" here, Lao Gu, who had been in front, suddenly stopped and couldn't leave. His face was a little pale, he stretched out his hand and pointed to Tsering who was exploring the path in front of him, and said with a slight trembling: "Brother, brother... You, don't go...... There's a loach on your back, on your back......"
Qin Zhen was stunned when he heard this! Loach? How can loaches pop up in this place?!
Although he was surprised, he also knew that although Lao Gu was not doing the right thing, he would never talk nonsense and joke at this time. Thinking of this, Qin Zhen hurriedly took two steps forward to take a look. Really! On the clothes on Tsering's back, he is ...... at the moment There's something the size of a loach on my stomach! The brownish stripes on the back, characteristic of slimy mollusks...... Needless to say, it must be the legendary Great Locust......
As soon as Tsering heard Gu Jie's voice change behind him, he immediately realized that something must have fallen on his body. He stood unhurriedly, then glanced at Tashi.
Tashi raised his hand and motioned for everyone to stay out of the way. Then he slowly walked around behind Tsering, raised the thick wooden branch in his hand, aimed at the leech the size of a loach, and smashed it hard!
It can be seen that Tashi's purpose is to knock it down, not to shoot it to death. Besides, this thing can't be killed.
Since the locust was only attached to Tsering's clothes and had not yet penetrated into the skin, it was knocked to the ground at once! After that, Tashi quickly pulled out a small scythe from his back and stuck the big locust directly into the ground! Immediately afterwards, he put on a large glove and grabbed three handfuls of quicklime from a cloth bag on his body, and sprinkled them all on the locust's body!
The locust kept writhing, and even the little scythe was about to lose control of it. But fortunately, the effect of the lime was stronger, and soon, the big locust was "burned" to death.
Looking at the disgusting corpse on the ground, Tashi and Tsering didn't have much reaction, but Qin Zhen and the others were completely stupid! How can something like a leech grow that big?! And where exactly did it fall on Tsering, none of them saw it! Except for the dense trees, I haven't encountered puddles and mud bogs along the way. It seems that this is really a drought locust...... And it's a large drought locust...... No wonder Lao Gu called it "loach".
Lao Gu looked at the corpses on the ground in a daze, and completely understood the point of Tashi asking them to tie their cuffs and trouser legs. At this moment, he was very shocked and muttered to himself at the corpse of the locust on the ground, "...... This thing can grow so big!! ”
When Tashi and Tsering heard Lao Gu's exclamation, they both waved their hands and said, "This is not the biggest. Let's just say that we've seen a lot more than that. ”
Old Gu was taken aback and asked, "This is not the biggest??" How big is that? ”
Tsering rolled his eyes, pondered for a moment and said, "It's about the size of two slots......"
“……”
Tsering's words made everyone laugh. The shadow caused by this horrific and disgusting episode just now has also been slightly reduced. However, after seeing the true face of the rainforest locusts, they could no longer relax. (To be continued......)