Chapter 102: The Dead Tribe
The crowd explored deeper into the rainforest, and the vegetation grew denser as they went deeper. Johnson slashed his machete with a wave of his arm, and as the broad blade of grass broke, a giant snake with a bulging belly coiled around the corner where the tree had fallen.
"Mom!" Xiao Hei sat down on the ground, covering his mouth with his hands. Kick your legs and feet back quickly. It wasn't until his back was pressed against Bill's thigh that he had to stop.
Johnson's fright at the front of the group intensified, and he took a step back in fear, his eyes glaring like brass bells. Blackie's screams caught the attention of the serpents, who had no way to retreat and had to seize the opportunity to attack first.
Escaping will inevitably be overtaken by the serpent, in an unfamiliar environment. It is impossible for the people who are not in good condition to run past the giant snake on two legs. It's better to take advantage of the preparation and try to see if you can fight back.
His eyes flashed with murderous intent and ferocity, and he quickly pulled out his revolver from his waist. Most of the only six bullets hit the serpent's head, and the revolver's bullet damage was limited, so only one shot into the snake's pupil made a slight contribution.
It went much smoother than expected, and the first thing the giant snake did when it was attacked was not to fight back, anyway, it raised its head and opened its mouth, and a corpse regurgitated out of the snake's stomach.
Johnson and Song Kim rushed forward with machetes in hand, one of them was a ruthless man who dared to go into the water to fight a crocodile alone, and the other was not far behind.
The two of them swung the machete with all their might, and directly cut off the head of the giant snake, and the machete was also scrapped. The headless snake sprang in place, sweeping the two to the ground.
The snake's head is cut off, and the snake's body can still move because of the conditioned reflexes in the limbs, and the nerves are controlling the body. It seemed that the danger was not very dangerous, and the two of them huddled up with their heads in their hands, and before the body of the giant snake died, they were pulled out by Bill and the others who had come back to their senses.
"Is that ......?"
Johnson knew what Song Kim meant, and nodded in a daze. "It's Vince."
"Oh my God. Didn't he fall into the river? ”
The body was Johnson's friend who called, and he thought he had fallen into the river and drowned, but he didn't expect to see his body here. Vince's corpse was evenly coated in a layer of slime, and his skin was corroded by disgusting slime, but those who knew him well could still recognize him.
Several people admired their bravery very much, and they did not complain about hating the two of them because of the previous episode. With this experience of killing the serpent, the confidence of the people to leave the rainforest has increased.
"Did it swallow Ban?"
Susan covered her mouth and endured the disgust of the corpse, and looked at Johnson with a hopeful gaze, she hoped it was the same, so that everyone would avenge Ben.
"No, it's not, it can't be the same. They can't digest their food that fast. ”
Lisa asked solemnly about something. "Didn't you say that within a few kilometers, there won't be other pythons?"
"No, it won't. Unless ......" Johnson bowed his head slightly, thoughtful in his head.
"Unless what?" Lisa hurriedly asked, this is a matter of life and death for everyone.
"Unless it's the breeding season."
"Breeding season?"
"Yes. Male snakes have territory, but when they smell the special smell of the female snake during the breeding season, they will gather from all directions. The female snake will find a suitable place to breed, and all the male snakes will find it together. ”
"Form a giant ball of breeding snakes. Earthworms and other similar creatures will have similar behaviors. Song Jin added simply.
He's digging a pit with Bill. After all, they knew each other, and they couldn't take Vince's body away, nor could they expose him to the wilderness.
"So these pythons killed two people on the way to the party?" Xiao Hei squatted on the ground retching, and raised his head in shock when he heard the words.
"Almost."
Susan regrets not being able to avenge Ben, and comfortably worries about her safety. "What kind of terrain will the female snake find? Why did it do that just now, don't normal creatures fight back first? ”
"The moist soil is soft, usually a stagnant pool or swamp, like the one Ban was passing by. These creatures are fragile when they are full of food to digest their food, but if they are in danger, they will spit out their food and attack again. ”
A few people understood that there was no need to think about killing the snake again, not to mention that the only gun had no bullets, and the chance of encountering the giant snake that had eaten was too small.
The group took out a map of the rainforest and rerouted their route, avoiding any places that might be suitable for the serpent to thrive.
"Listen to us to speed up, it's getting dark and no one wants to spend the night in the jungle. We'll have to get to the indigenous tribes as much as we can, so be careful not to be left behind! ”
Johnson found a tiny branch of a river, no deeper than his ankles, and sparsely planted sandy land on both sides. A few people followed the branch of the river, and the speed was much faster than before without the need for the leader to split the grass to open the way.
What a few people don't know is that this branch of the river is a crawl mark that Ye Guangji has walked on. If they knew, they wouldn't dare to continue exploring the depths.
"You said it was the biggest python you've ever seen, but what about the one just now?"
"Before, still."
"But this one is bigger." Susan follows Johnson's side, making inappropriate jokes, and she admits to starting to have a crush on him.
He is strong, brave and full of masculinity, coupled with the appearance of a tough guy and the heroic actions just now, which are a plus in a dangerous environment. If she was in the city, she might be tempted by the little white face, but in the dangerous rainforest, she feels more secure with a tough guy by her side.
Johnson was focused on hurrying, and the men behind him were having a hard time following. He stopped abruptly and deviated from the course to pick up the dense foliage.
"It's ...... Totem poles? ”
"That's right, we're in the right direction!"
Johnson's tense expression relaxed, this is a rare good thing that has happened in the past two days. Several people came over curiously to watch, the rough totem pole, carved with a python entanglement pattern, has a strange beauty.
"That's it! Get up to speed. ”
For the rest of the journey, everyone did not stop for a moment. Drinking water and eating are carried out in a hurry, simply take a sip and replenish a little physical strength to ensure that you will not fall behind.
"Be quiet, this could be a sacred cemetery." Song Jin motioned for everyone to be silent.
Everyone finally saw the traces of humanity, and the dry bones that had been dead for an unknown period of time were placed everywhere. Everywhere there is a tradition of respecting the dead, and everyone remains quiet and solemn, hoping to make a good impression on the indigenous people they meet.
The strange aboriginal houses amazed everyone, and this was the first time they had seen a house underground. His eyes secretly looked around, and there was not a single living person in such a large tribe.
"Stop! Be careful, something isn't right. ”
Johnson raised his hand to stop the group, and with a curly bladed machete in hand, he approached a house smartly. He found that there was a wind problem here, and it seemed that there were many prosperous houses, but most of them were old and had no signs of maintenance, and some of the mud houses had collapsed and no one cared for them.
This is one of the few large tribes in the rainforest, and it is the largest of the Shua tribes that were destroyed in the Yeguang period. At that time, he took great pains to ensure that none of the natives were left alive, leaving a dead tribal settlement.
He turned on his only flashlight, and the light shone through the hole in the mound house. He was horrified by what was inside, a scene he had never seen before. Looking back and forth at several indigenous houses, the scenes inside are very different.
"Come over and help."
"Isn't that not good?"
He beckoned everyone over, shook his head at Song Jin's concern and said nothing. Tear down the roof of a mound house to reveal what looks like a cellar. Insects and rats crawl on the bones, and these weak creatures that can be seen everywhere, doves occupy magpies' nests and make their home here.
"All dead? They're all dead! That's not a cemetery at all. ”
"Adults, old people, children, none of them are alive, what's going on here?"
Johnson looked up at Bill, and everyone knew a little bit about the Aborigines.
Facing everyone's gaze, he stubbornly explained: "I don't know, it seems that I am in danger, and no one in the entire tribe survives." It is not a flood that drowns them in their sleep, this model of a house is prone to water. ”
"No, this is high ground, and the nearby jungle is all flooded, so it's going to be okay here." For this statement, everyone obviously does not agree.
"Alright, whatever happens, let's find the canoe and get out of here immediately."
Johnson suppressed his curiosity and beckoned everyone to act. The corpse is reduced to white bones, and the time of death is bound to be very long. It is impossible for such a long-term danger to reach all people.
He had a guess in his heart that it was the people who slaughtered the entire tribe, and the bones showed a frightened posture, there must be something terrifying. However, this group worships the giant snake, and there will definitely be a way to target the giant snake, and there should be no such extermination.
"It's been too long without maintenance, the canoes are all rotten, and none of them work!"
Johnson ditches the cluttered thoughts in his mind and follows the sound to find Song Kim by the river. The wreckage of dozens of canoes, decaying and turning to dust at the slightest touch.
"Which is the Slow River?" Jack is obsessed with the Blood Orchid, and the Slow River he asks about is the river that leads directly to the Blood Orchid Picking Point.
"The one on the right, the one on the left is the Reservoir River. The Reservoir River is the fastest route back. Song Jin patted the sawdust off his hand. Straightened up and replied to Jack.
"How fast?" At this time, Lisa walked over, and her heart became tenacious under the repeated blows, and for the time being, the situation did not break down.
"You can soak in a five-star hotel in two days."
"We don't even have a boat."
Several people gathered, and the buildings of the tribe were all the same, and there was nothing to search.
"We'll build our own."
Johnson smiles confidently and takes the lead in demolishing the tribal building to prepare tough straw ropes. They were going to build a raft, and it would not be too good to go down the river, and of course they didn't have a good boat.
"It's no wonder that you won't be killed if you demolish other people's houses like this."
", that's going to have to bring them back to life."
The crowd was talking and laughing, there were two professionals there, and the gesture of building the raft went much smoother.