In addition to taking Bill Johnson with him, Qin Rongshuai did not bring any additional personnel, and flew directly to West Africa on Alexander's private plane, and landed at Yamoussoukro Airport, the capital of Côte d'Ivoire.

Then, under the arrangement of the local Covennas Group staff, take an off-road vehicle to the rainforest.

After two days of bumping on a muddy dirt road, the convoy stopped for a brief trim after arriving at a local tribe on the edge of the rainforest.

This tribe is a crossroads of primitive and civilized, and people who travel to the rainforest often stop here, replenish supplies, hire guides, and renovate here when returning from the rainforest.

So the tribe rarely saw something modern, such as generators and electric lights, such as communication towers, such as rudimentary hospitals, such as hotels, car repairs, and churches that sold food and water.

Qin Rongshuai even saw the "H" letter mark wrapped in a circle on the square in front of the church, which was a simple helipad.

Here Qin Rongshuai met another expedition team that was about to enter the tropical rainforest, and in this small tribe, he happened to meet the assistant researcher named Susan.

Compared with the scale of only a few people on Qin Rongshuai's side, the opponent's team can be described as spectacular.

There are more than a dozen botanists, biologists, medical experts and other professionals, and the leader is a veteran non-commissioned officer of a foreign mercenary group who has been deep into the rainforest many times, and even if there are insiders in this rainforest, they still hire people from several tribes as guides.

However, what Qin Rongshuai noticed was that the vast majority of the expedition were well-trained soldiers, and everyone was heavily armed and carried a large amount of weapons and ammunition.

The team didn't look like they were going into the rainforest for a scientific expedition, but rather like they were preparing for war.

"Boss." Bill Johnson also noticed that this group of people was unusual, and suggested with some nervousness, "That group of people doesn't look like good stubble, I'm afraid they are engaged in black operations, we better stay away from these people." ”

"It's okay, we're here for a scientific expedition." Qin Rongshuai said calmly, "It's good to avoid them directly, I'm not a person who likes to cause trouble." ”

Early the next morning, the huge expedition team on the opposite side set off on the road, and the long convoy drove into the jungle under the guidance of the guide.

After an hour, Qin Rongshuai got up slowly, and while eating breakfast, he watched Bill Johnson and the guide arguing, and after paying a dollar bill, the guide happily counted the money and turned around and ran away.

After a few minutes, the guide returned to the village with several elephants, and the black man named Tuqam showed his white teeth, patted the elephant's head happily and said, "Let's ride this, this one is faster than steel wheels." ”

Qin Rongshuai looked at Bill Johnson with some surprise, and the other party nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

Qin Rongshuai still felt quite new to the way of traveling by riding an elephant, jumped on the elephant's back in a happy mood, and followed Tukam into the jungle with a good look.

At first, the elephant walks slowly along the path between the jungle and is a little anxious, but as it gradually moves deeper into the heart of the rainforest, the role of the elephant becomes apparent.

The elephant easily navigated through the branches of the vines, knocking directly into the lush foliage, and did not need to be laboriously used to open the way with a machete, just careful not to be knocked down by the branches that extended on both sides.

The jungle is very hot and humid, and you have to be careful of all kinds of terrifying animals, blood-sucking leeches, highly poisonous insects, mosquitoes, and giant pythons swimming by at all times.

Sometimes a black and white colobus monkey jumps out of the tree and lands on the back of an elephant and sits at the person, grinning with its teeth.

Qin Rongshuai casually used fruit to send away this little thing, and the monkey who got the sweetness lay on it but refused to leave.

Qin Rongshuai, who was teasing the monkey, suddenly felt a little strange, and a cool breeze blew on his face, which blew on his sweaty face, which was extremely comfortable and cool.

But after a long time, I felt an indescribable smell of rot in the wind. Bill Johnson took a few more puffs, and immediately retched, as if his lungs were about to twitch, and he was lying on the back of an elephant coughing and vomiting.

Qin Rongshuai immediately took out a protective helmet and buckled it up for Bill Johnson, the oxygen in the helmet quickly relieved him, and the clever guide Tukam had already covered his mouth and nose with strips of cloth soaked in herbal juice.

Bill Johnson grabbed Tucam and angrily asked, "What kind of shit is this?" ”

"Swamp, we're going into the swamp!" Tukam gestured loudly, "It's a curse in the swamp, and everyone who goes in there will do it." ”

Qin Rongshuai immediately understood what was going on, it was the poisonous gas from the decay of animals and plants that had accumulated in the swamp for many years.

When they reached the edge of the swamp, the elephants could no longer move on, so the group jumped down, and Tuqam rewarded the elephants with fruit, leaving them to stay on the edge of the swamp and move on their own until the group returned.

There was a gray mist hanging over the swamp, and it was impossible to see anything from a few meters away, and listened intently to the strange silence here.

The reeds here take on a strange dark red color, and the vast expanse looks very strange, like a sea of blood. The boots rubbed against the reeds and made a soft clattering sound.

Pushing aside the reeds, there was a shallow layer of water underneath, and if you looked closely, the water was also scarlet, as if blood was dripping in the water and flowing in all directions.

"The water here is cursed, you can't drink it, and if you drink it, you'll get worms." Tuqam warned with a serious expression.

Qin Rongshuai nodded, made a gesture, and the T-1000 who followed behind immediately took out a test tube, sampled and sealed the water from the swamp, and put it in a travel bag.

The group had not gone far when they suddenly heard a desolate and frightened elephant neighing behind them, as if they had encountered some horror.

When everyone turned to look, they saw that the huge African elephant was completely overturned to the ground, splashed a splash, and soon stopped moving.

Then there was a rustling sound in the reeds, and a black image was seen as a rushing river rushing towards it.

The guide Tukam's face turned pale with fright, and he turned around and ran away without saying a word, not even caring about his boss.

Qin Rongshuai had super eyesight, and he could see at a glance that the true face of that large black shadow was a group of huge leeches.

The group of leeches was the size of a football ball, densely packed together, and an elephant was instantly sucked dry by them, and then turned its head to aim at the people in the swamp.

Bill Johnson was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he reached out to pull his boss, "Run!" ”

Qin Rongshuai's eyes narrowed, and he casually took out the flamethrower and pulled the trigger on the swarm of leeches rushing in.

The long fire dragon stretched out four or five meters away, roasting a large area of leeches directly, and the air was suddenly filled with a strange fragrance.

The surging leech swarm was immediately contained, and the swarm of insects, which had originally devoured everything, turned around and scattered, as if shocked by the power of the flames.

Bill Johnson had just breathed a sigh of relief and was about to turn around and call out to the fleeing guide.

Suddenly, a huge figure burst out of the swamp, the size of a truck, and swallowed it towards Tuqam.