"He's right, we should get some new vehicles, it's really too dangerous just now......" Custer replied, and he was also in a cold sweat in the co-pilot.

Although they know that they will never die in such a low-altitude crash with the protection of high-level armor, no one will like this feeling of shaking in the rain.

"Okay, but we'll have to wait until the next time we return to the Mass Effect world. Shen Chao also knew that their current level of vehicles had begun to show shortcomings, and it was difficult to adapt to their future needs.

Of the proven worlds, the Mass Effect world had the highest level of vehicles, and he was going to prioritize that the next time he returned.

After landing, Shen Chao directly sent the helicopter back to the crossing area of the base, and then he led his team members into the rainforest next to him in a standard jungle rush formation.

They all put on their helmets before entering the rainforest, and they all checked that the armor was airtight. Make sure you don't get harmed by any of the poisonous creatures in the jungle in the dark.

The rainforest is full of dangers, and none of them want to have close contact with all kinds of poisonous insects in the forest. After entering the rainforest, they all turned on the night vision gear on their helmets.

Although it is only about 4 kilometers away from the target, the road here is still difficult to walk, and in the heavy rain, the ground in the rainforest is like glue, and stepping into it is not only unstable to stand, but also difficult to move.

Although the rain does not block their view, it does affect their perception of their surroundings. As soon as he walked less than a kilometer, Shen Chao felt a wave of unease, and usually this feeling meant danger.

He looked at the team behind him, and Custer used sign language to indicate that he also sensed that something was wrong, and Alice and Dr. Neville didn't say it explicitly, but it looked like something was wrong.

Shen Chao then made a stop gesture, then replaced the plasma rifle in his hand with a broadsword shotgun, they gathered into a cover formation, Shen Chao turned on the multi-tool, and used the drone to perform a burst of tomography scanning of the nearby area.

Before. Their drones have been searching the forest for potential threats with low-light identification and infrared cameras. The tomography was slow, and they waited 3 minutes for the results.

It turned out that more than 100 meters in front of them, there was a giant python looking in their direction, and it could not be seen by infrared rays. But the tomography found it. This should be its territory. Seeing this, Shen Chao was relieved.

Although Monty Python is very dangerous in the movie, the threat to them is very low. And there is such a thing as hunting giant pythons in the goal of their mission this time.

Right now, since I happened to run into one. It also saves them the trouble of looking everywhere on their own. Seeing this, Shen Chao immediately commanded several people to disperse and use pre-prepared tactics to capture this giant python.

Several people dispersed, blocking the possible escape route of this giant python from different directions. Shen Chao took out a rather large syringe from his backpack, turned on the armor's concealment system, and then slowly approached the giant python from the side.

Shen Chao was not prepared to fight hand-to-hand with this giant python. Or spend time building a God-knowing-success trap. At the heart of their previous hunting plan was rapid anesthesia.

He was holding a tranquilizer specifically for cold-blooded animals, which could theoretically quickly anesthetize a large crocodile or a python in front of him. Shen Chao slowly approached his target, and in the dark night, he slowly saw his prey.

It is a giant python with a body diameter of more than half a meter and a length of more than 15 meters. After opening your mouth, swallowing a person is estimated to be quite easy. After getting closer, Shen Chao stopped less than ten meters away from it. …,

Animals' senses are generally more sensitive than humans, and Shen Chao is not prepared to disturb it too early. He dehired stealth mode and made a gesture behind a tree in the direction of Custer.

Custer, a few dozen meters away, used night vision after seeing his instructions. Immediately controlled a drone and fired a flare at the vicinity of the python. Succeeded in attracting the attention of the python.

Seeing this, Shen Chao immediately rushed out from behind the tree and teleported to the python's head, and before the python could react, he pierced the syringe towards a main blood vessel.

After quickly injecting the tranquilizer into it, Shen Chao didn't wait for the giant python to turn around and attack him. Immediately jumped off the body of the python. Quickly disappeared into the jungle.

The giant python that was attacked by him followed his direction into the jungle, but it was unable to find Shen Chao. And the tranquilizers are starting to work. The python slowed down and eventually collapsed to the ground four minutes later.

Shen Chao jumped from a nearby tree at this time. and a few other people walked quietly in a circle. Shen Chao quickly climbed the tree after entering the jungle just now to avoid hand-to-hand combat with the giant python.

Although according to his feelings just now, hand-to-hand combat is also his own chance of winning, but Dr. Neville wants a living snake, not a corpse with internal injuries or death.

They had been observing the python from a safe distance, and sure enough, although the python was huge, its resistance to medicine was no different from that of an ordinary python.

After a few people cautiously approached, when they were only 5 meters away from the python, Shen Chao let Custer and Alice stay where they were, and he and Dr. Neville carefully leaned in with their weapons.

After getting closer, Shen Chao carefully scanned the python with a universal tool, and after seeing the python's very slow heartbeat, he relieved his heart, the python was indeed anesthetized.

"Let's see...... It's a male. Dr. Neville said after examining the python carefully. He first confirmed the gender of the python, and in their original plan, they were going to capture the two pythons.

"Not bad, no external injuries, good health...... Dr. Neville carefully examined the giant python, one by one to confirm that it was eligible to enter his chamber.

"Can you bring it back?" Shen Chao asked beside him, what he was most concerned about was whether this giant python was qualified or not.

"No problem, but we'll have to do further drug tests when we get back." Dr. Neville held his forehead and thought about it for a moment, and finally came to a conclusion, and then Shen Chao opened the space-time gate again and sent the giant python back to the base.

He returned to the Crossing Zone with Dr. Neville and put on the python's body with a pair of restraints they had custom-made earlier. To put it simply, the restraint is a segmented lever that prevents the bound python from writhing its body.

After doing this, they returned to the same place through the space-time gate that Shen Chao had not closed. There were no exceptions to this in their subsequent journeys.

After stepping out of the muddy road, they finally reached the place where the blood orchid grows. This place is very similar to the scene in the movie, it is a vertical pit that is more than ten meters deep.

The cave was covered with various vegetation, and dozens of clusters of blood orchids grew on unstable platforms inside the pit. The only difference from in the movie is that there is not a large number of pythons gathered here at this time.

Shen Chao lowered the several drones they released to a nearby low-altitude alert and arranged a defensive line. The female python was not found, so they were not sure when the male pythons would gather here, so the necessary defenses had to be done first.

After making sure it was safe, they pulled two ropes and hung into the hole. Shen Chao tied the rope, then held his weapon and began to descend. Dr. Neville followed down another rope. …,

Dr. Neville needs to carefully survey the habitat of the blood orchid before he can begin sampling. The entrance to the cave was only 4 or 5 meters away from where the blood orchid was, and he and Dr. Neville landed there smoothly.

Alice and Custer are on guard at the entrance of the deep pit to keep them safe in front of and behind them. After the rope descended in front of a pile of blood orchids, Shen Chao took off his helmet. Dr. Neville, who was next to him, took off his helmet as well.

Looking at the piece of blood orchid in front of them, they were all a little surprised. The reason is very simple, the volume of these blood orchids is much larger than that on the table in the movie, the smallest is half a meter high, the flower hub is 20 centimeters wide, and it is just an ordinary petal the size of a maple leaf. Zheng Gehua looks as big as a household fan.

Dr. Neville took out a temperature and humidity detector, a video camera, and a small shovel from the backpack behind him...... A series of tools are starting to be examined in earnest, and they need to accurately investigate environmental factors such as soil composition, temperature and humidity changes, precipitation, etc.

This is so that they can successfully cultivate Jiang Xuelan after bringing it back to the base. It is very likely that they will not be able to cultivate a normal blood orchid just by bringing it back, and they need to confirm the specific environmental conditions here, so that they can replicate it perfectly when they go back.

Seeing that the doctor had already started his research, Shen Chao reached the cave and examined it carefully, confirming that there was no threat, and then he returned to the cave entrance and crawled back to the ground.

After a few minutes, Dr. Neville climbed up as well, after checking the operation of all the equipment. They set up a tent nearby and began to wait for the results.

According to Dr. Neville's speculation, it would take at least 2 days for them to collect enough jù to leave, that is, they would not be able to leave until the rain stopped.

And, even if this heavy rain stopped immediately, they would have to wait another whole day before leaving. They need to collect the entire environment of the pit before they can leave.

This is the hard work of scientific research, you have to collect accurate numbers in the field first-hand, and only then can you ensure that when you carry out your research, there is a possibility of success.

Shen Chao arranged a three-shift night duty plan, he, Alice and Custer were responsible for taking turns to keep watch, and Dr. Neville was responsible for collecting the number of jù throughout the process.

It rained all night, and that's how they spent the first night of their crossing. In the morning, when it was Shen Chao's turn to sentry, the sky finally cleared. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )