Chapter 103: Jack's Betrayal
Xiao Tie was holding a skull, bouncing back and forth between the branches, as if cheering everyone on. Except for Lisa's unexpected person, when he saw Xiao Tie's cute appearance, Gu Jun showed a bright smile.
After a few busy hours, the crowd built a raft that was large enough. Enough for everyone to lie down and rest together, and plenty of space to move. Even if there is danger in the river, the wide space is enough for everyone to dodge and counterattack.
Jack washed his face with some cold well water at the well dug by the tribe's natives. I wanted to go back and help immediately, and look for something that could be used on the road in the mound house with the others.
He suddenly noticed a pattern on the side of the stone well, and pushed away the weeds on the side of the well, revealing a relief of a giant python wrapped around a blood orchid. Looking up, I saw Susan kneading the straw rope.
"Susan. Come! ”
"Do you think this looks like anything?"
"Oh my God, the Flower of Immortality!"
Susan's exclamation attracted the attention of the neighbors, and Bill and Lisa walked over and stood by without making a rash noise.
"Now I know why those snakes are so big!"
"What?" Bill sat resting on the floor, and what Jack said he didn't immediately understand.
"Pythons continue to grow until they die, and these Johnsons have seen the biggest pythons ......"
"Because they live longer!"
A person who speaks beautifully is like a teacher who needs to understand students to respond from time to time, and Susan does a good job of this.
"That's right, because the Flower of Immortality entered the food chain, and these snakes surpassed the Haflik limit. The composition of the flower worked as we expected, and this is not a theory but a real realization. That's the proof, the confirmation of your research results. ”
"That's the proof? It's just a fun anecdote at best! Lisa's words were full of disdain, and she couldn't see the two of them smug at all.
"Then let's go pick flowers and prove it all!"
"You're crazy!"
"Do you know how close we are to those flowers?"
Jack hurriedly found the map and analyzed it for several people: "The place where the blood orchid was found is here, and the slow river is close to the second bay. We'll pass by. ”
He smiled happily and thought that his plan was very reasonable. He himself was extremely short of money, but he didn't think that others were not so urgent. The blood orchid has a seven-year cycle, as long as you keep the secret, you can send more people to find it in the next seven years.
"We won't pass through, we're going to go through the Reservoir River. If we continue to walk the slow river, it will take a week to get out, and the reservoir river will only take two days. I don't want to wait that long before I can take a hot shower. ”
"It's not up to you to decide." In fact, he understands that everyone other than him wants to leave quickly.
"Jack. You can come back next time. ”
Bill didn't want the already disunited team to stalemate, and according to the opinion of the majority, he tactfully admonished Jack.
"Next time? Come back in seven years, what if the flowers are gone? What if someone decides to reclaim this jungle? Others don't understand the value of the Blood Orchid. It's our only chance, you know. We're all here, do you really want to give up, all the years of hard work are in vain? ”
"Listen to me, you know I've got your back. We've faced a lot of hardships together, but I'm not going to go into that jungle. ”
"It's so direct!" Xiao Hei also walked over, holding a scimitar of unknown material, and was equally reluctant to pick the blood orchid.
"Thank you."
Lisa thanked everyone for their support, and the consensus was clear, excluding Jack as an outlier.
"This is my expedition, and Susan and I are going to pick blood orchids."
"Nope! I'm not going. Susan suddenly felt that Jack was a little baffled, and she never promised to go any further.
Johnson was handling something not far away, and when he heard the movement here, he stopped his movements and pricked up his ears to listen.
"Don't be stupid, Susan. Please, this is greater than penicillin, this must cure disease. People will live longer and younger. If you don't get it, it's too inhuman! ”
"Two people have died!"
"Scientists are meant to take risks. There are many infectious diseases that cannot be treated without risk, and we are all aware of these dangers. ”
Jack's lack of concern for his companion's death angered Susan. She decided to reveal the secrets she knew so that everyone could see him for what he was.
"We thought we knew until you started making decisions behind our backs."
"Heh, what did you say?"
"He raised the price by 50,000 to let Johnson continue to walk the Slow River, and he knew very well that the Slow River was dangerous."
"Oh my God."
"What!"
Suddenly hearing this news, several people were shocked, followed by anger and disbelief. If it weren't for the way to leave now, maybe a few people would rush up and tear Jack alive.
"Is this true?"
In the face of Bill's questioning, Jack lowered his head and gathered up the map, not knowing how to answer.
"I'm also here for the adventure."
"You're doing it for your future!"
Susan did not hesitate to tear away his covers, leaving him embarrassed in the face of everyone's gaze. He walked up to Susan angrily, and if it weren't for the fierce eyes of everyone, maybe the slap would have landed on Susan's face.
"Listen, you're my assistant! I! No need for your opinion. I have the right to make my own decisions. The suppressed and hideous countenance, the sudden roar, made Susan unconsciously take a step back.
Jack yelled and turned to leave, Susan was a calm and assertive woman, and she used Jack's previous rebuttal to Lisa.
"We're in the rainforest, and we have to listen to your words at this time. I'm just your assistant, that's all! ”
"Looks like someone isn't listening to you." Lisa stabbed Jack in the heart, and he glanced back at the few people present, judging the situation and trying to leave.
Johnson, who was paying attention to this place, hooked the corners of his mouth upward, and when he informed Susan of the deal with Jack, he thought of the current scene.
This time it was always dead, and the incident of leaving the rainforest would not end so easily, and all his responsibility was thrown on Jack.
After the supplies in the indigenous tribes were collected, the things were placed on the rafts by the river, and they waited for everyone to rest for the night, and then they would leave immediately tomorrow morning.
Chanson stood by the fire, his bare upper body. Holding his cheek in one hand and holding a short knife against his neck in the other.
"What are you doing?"
"Haven't you ever seen a man shaving?" Johnson slashed hard, and the stubble rubbed against the blade with a sound, which looked like suicide by wiping his neck to outsiders.
"It may have been sharper before you killed the alligator, but obviously not now."
"It's a caiman."
Susan sat next to her, thinking about what she could talk about. Noticing the tattoo on the other's arm, she pointed to it and asked, "What does that mean?" ”
"The 'new beginning' is the Chinese language, the mystical oriental culture. I got it when I was a soldier. ”
The tattoo is on the arm, and the four large characters 'Minecraft' are arranged vertically, and the dark cyan has various square patterns. Obviously, the tattoo artist doesn't understand Oriental culture and is still an MC fan.
"Why are you here?"
"It's a long story."
"I'm not in a hurry to leave right now, anyway."
Johnson sat down, the distance between the two was not too close and not too far, to the extent that they could barely exchange breaths.
"That's what happened, I was supposed to be in the special forces. I've seen and done things that I want to forget. Sometimes people do wrong things for the sake of justice, but justice is not simply a thing. ”
"It's not that long!"
"yes."
Because of the recollection, the depressed mood has been relaxed a lot, which is all the credit of the people in front of me. Susan is one of the best beauties, just looking at it is pleasing to the eye.
"I came here after I retired and bought the Bloody Mary just to start a new life......"
The two chatted happily, and they would talk late when they saw that posture. Bill rests in a pavilion, sits on the floor and takes out the lockbox, and continues to try to decipher the code, finally finding something to do.
The box was soon opened, containing a revolver and a satellite phone with a half-charge battery. Behind him, Jack walked in.
"Listen to me."
"There's not much to say."
"As soon as someone calls, the adventure is over! I just asked for a few more hours, and we wanted to go along the Slow River and call for help after picking the blood orchids. Jack looked sincere, but he didn't look at it.
"Don't think about it, I'm going to get everyone out."
"You have to think clearly, you're going to be a billionaire, do you really want to give up on this?" The ferocity in his eyes almost overflowed, and the killing intent kept flashing in his eyes.
"I don't care about money, I just want to live." Bill didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore and pressed the number to make a satellite call.
Jack holds the jar of stone spiders in his hands behind his back, and while Bill is not looking, he pours the stone spiders on the other man's arm. The stone spider had been hungry for a long time, and the moment he got out of trouble, he instinctively bit Bill's arm.
He retracted the stone spider into the jar, and the bite on his arm was swollen with a bulge the size of a pigeon's egg. The burning pain caused Bill to clutch his arm, and his body gradually became unresponsive, and began to stiffen petrified from the affected area.
"What are you doing?"
Jack tries to snatch the phone, but lifts Bill's entire body and fails to snatch the phone. He picked up the revolver in the case and aimed it at Bill's head.
Remembering the many years of friendship between the two, and the fact that the gunshots might be the same as the attention of others, he put away his pistol and walked away quickly.
Most of Bill's upper body was already stiff, and he did keep falling as he tried to get out. Move your legs before your body stiffens completely, so that your upper body rests against the pillar, and your closed mouth makes a sound-like life-saving sound.
It was raining heavily, and people everywhere were looking for shelter. A pavilion is a good choice. Johnson and Susan came together, saw Bill who had fallen to the ground, and quickly stepped forward to check.
"Bill? You okay? ”
"Uh-huh, uh-huh......"
"What's the matter, tell me quickly!"