The Sacred Spring Chapter 19: The Devil's Horn (1)
The tropical rainforest is hot and rainy all year round, relying on the vitality of the Amazon River, which is also known as the lungs of the earth. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed that in the midst of the life of the Amazon jungle, there would be such a hill of death, the Malik Lair.
Rather than tired and thirsty, it was the Cremo savages who followed us all the way to the real big trouble, these savages were of low intelligence and inferior weapons, but they were very good at fighting guerrilla warfare, and often when we were resting, they ran out to sneak attack, and disappeared again when we were ready to fight back. We had no rest all night, and we had to keep an eye out for them, and by the early hours of the morning, when everyone was disturbed by sleepiness, Wang Qingzheng leaned against the tree and said that he would rest a little, and he fell asleep in the blink of an eye. The bald lady carried him after us, and walked very hard. Fortunately, at dawn, we finally made it to the Malik Lair, a barren mountain terrain that was visually incomparable.
It was surrounded by lush greenery, and only its bare body stood in the depths of the jungle like a skeleton stripped of flesh and blood, blood vessels and nerves. The geology under our feet was noticeably different from that below, with fine limestone all over the ground. Lin Fang pointed to the peak and said, "The highest place should be the resting place of the previous Cremo witch doctors, if you are interested, you can go up and have a look, and take a rest by the way." We'll have to climb the mountain later, and when we reach the valley below, we'll be out of the Cremo territory completely-
We walked all night, and at this moment we arrived at the Malik lair, and finally we were temporarily safe, and we no longer had to worry about the pursuit of the Cremo savages, and one by one we withdrew the spirit of fighting and lay down on the spot.
The ground was full of stones, and it was inevitable that I would feel a little panicked when I lay down, but a few of us walked for a day and a night, and at this moment we were so exhausted that we couldn't bother to find a flat place to rest. However, Lin Fang is more energetic than a few of us, probably because of work, he often lives in the jungle and is used to the hot and sultry environment here. She sat down under a sun-drenched rock to drink water and rest, keeping a short distance from us. In fact, I also have some questions about her identity, how could a young botanist be able to lead a team into the jungle alone, and judging from the situation described by little Cadillon, the equipment she carried was very valuable, but now she can't see any of them, and as for the accompanying staff in her mouth, there is no one alive or dead. The most important thing is that in the face of unexpected situations, her decisiveness and calmness, not to mention ordinary people, even people with many years of military experience, should be ashamed. It's a pity that we have no proof of death at the moment, so we can only wait and see what happens except to believe her words.
Thinking about it, I couldn't resist the sleepiness, so I closed my eyes and fell asleep. I slept so soundly that I didn't even bother to dream, and when I opened my eyes again, the sun was already setting. I shook the gravel off my head and got up, and saw a few other people lighting an alcohol stove on the leeward of the mountainside. When the fat man saw that I was awake, he trotted all the way over, and his mouth was full of biscuit dregs: "Old Hu, let's go down the mountain to get some game and come back." The rations that Wang Puyuan prepared for us were too deceitful, full of compressed biscuits and bagged vegetable powder. I can figure it out, why did the Americans fight Vietnam for so long, just because of this level of food, and they didn't get beaten down by others.
I said, "It's not as exaggerated as you say, you see that a few of them don't eat quite deliciously-
The fat man said: "They are used to eating foreign garbage and don't understand the essence of our Chinese cuisine." If you don't believe it, it's fucking human-eating! -
I suspiciously opened a pack of compressed biscuits, this thing was heavy in my hand, a small square piece, not big, but weighed up to the weight of bricks, looking at the appearance of yellow, it is estimated that the taste is not much better. I tried to bite and knock my teeth. Afraid of showing the fat man a joke, I took another bite, and finally gnawed off a small piece, rolled it into my mouth and chewed it a few times, there was no special taste, and the taste was a little scummy. If I had to describe it, it was a plasterboard that would fill my stomach. In fact, compressed biscuits are not as bad as the fat man said, when he was on the battlefield, he lacked food and clothing, and when the military food was broken, he couldn't even eat such gypsum board. However, before entering the forest, the fat man has repeatedly mentioned that he wants to try American game, which is rich in products and a paradise for animals and plants, and we have come all the way, and have encountered many pheasants and lynxes and other animals, for the fat man who has no meat and is not happy, it is indeed a bit cruel to rely on a few packs of compressed biscuits in a backpack to satisfy hunger. However, this trip is not a sightseeing tour, let alone a camping barbecue. There are a large number of Cremo savages waiting to attack us at the bottom of the mountain, and the team of the fierce rival bamboo poles does not know where they have traveled, whether they have surpassed us. Going down the mountain to hunt at this moment will only add to the trouble.
I said to the fat man: "Our current situation is more complicated, more things are better than less things, and when you cross the Devil's Bridge, I will give you what you want to eat, and the wine and fat are greatly there-
The fat man also knew that he couldn't care too much about it at the moment, so he took out the biscuit and took a big bite: "I'm just casually talking, this thing is not as unpalatable as I imagined, and I get used to it when I chew it." It's very treatable in extraordinary times. But Lao Hu, do you think we should find a chance to go to the top of the peak to have a look. I just watched the stars at night and found that the feng shui here is different, which is very worth studying-
I've known him for almost half my life, and I've never heard of him reading feng shui. couldn't help laughing: "You kid complained a lot before, where is the gluttonous worm in the stomach, it's clearly thinking about the funeral goods of the Cremo witch doctor-
The fat man straightened his face and pretended to be deep: "I said that I had picked up the talisman and hung the seal in the golden basin to wash my hands, and my gold talisman had already been thrown into the Sea of Japan, how could I still worry about the foreigner's bright weapon!" I just saw that the topography of this place was special and incompatible with the surrounding environment, so I wanted to take this opportunity to learn a little more feng shui knowledge from Commander Hu and respond to the call for continuous learning and progress. You misunderstood me like this, it makes me very heartbroken, very heartbroken. Hu Bayi, if I am blocked today because of this tone, you are the **naked executioner-
I saw that the fat man began to complain, and hurriedly stopped him: "Okay brother, whatever you say is what you say-I glanced at the bald scoop and the others around the alcohol stove again, and turned back to explain to the fat man: "After eating later, let's talk about walking, and then go around from the back." But let's talk about the front, after entering, it's a look, don't take a stitch from the people-
The fat thief laughed, then stood up, patted his stomach, and said loudly: "Lao Hu, this meal is very rich, I have a little support." What about you? -
I had no choice but to follow his tone and reply: "Yes, Lao Wang, I am also a little supportive." What to do? ——
Then let's find a place to take a walk, take a walk after dinner to help digestion -
That's a great idea, so let's go for a walk in the mountains! -
We walked towards the top of the mountain while talking nonsense, Qin Siyan stood up and waved vigorously at us: "Shopkeeper, I'm also a little supportive, you wait for me-
The fat man and I pretended not to hear at first, and quickened the pace of our feet, but we didn't expect the unenlightened barrister to catch up on his own. The fat man was so angry with him that his teeth itched, and it was not good to attack in front of everyone, so he secretly said to me: "Why don't we find a place and knock this kid out before going up?" When the time comes, if someone asks, they will say that they were hit by falling rocks on the mountain-
I said, "He doesn't have much grudge against us, so it's better to do less of this kind of immoral thing." If he wants to follow, let him follow, and in a while, let's tell more stories about zongzi eating people on the road, to scare and scare him-
So if he wasn't afraid, why don't he follow us to see the tomb of the witch doctor? ——
This can't blame the brother for being ruthless, giving him a brick and making him dizzy-
Look at you, sooner or later, you have to smash it, why bother making up stories to scare him! ——
This is called saluting first and then soldiering. Let's do everything we can to smash it with a clear conscience-
Commander Hu, I didn't expect your ideological level to break through so quickly and reach a record high-