Chapter 36: Reconcile the Chieftains, Beware of the Pursuit Team!
Not long after Han Long, Kitten, Liu Shan and the other three sat down on the grass, suddenly, the kitten exclaimed, "Not good! Our boxes are all based on signal trackers, and they can send signals to the Space Control Center of Science City, and the pursuit team of Science City can find us based on these signals! ”
Liu Shan said with a crying voice: "Ah! I shouldn't have run away with you! We're dead this time! ”
Han Long said calmly: "Don't panic, everyone! We take the useful stuff from the box! Then smash the box and throw it away! I feel that this island is not small, we can find a place to hide, and the pursuit team may not be able to find us! ”
Then, the three of them opened their pilot toolbox and took out their watches, maps, binoculars, flashlights, igniters, knives, weapons and bullets, water bottles, compressed biscuits, first-aid medicine kits, winter cloths, a set of field clothes, backpacks, etc.
They took off their skin-fitting suits in Akademgorodacton, put on their field suits, and put the boxes useful in various clothing pockets and backpacks. At the same time, Han Long transferred his luggage and belongings from the work box in Science City to his duffel bag.
They put all the skin-tight suits and useless stuff in Science City in those boxes, and since they weren't far from the ignition point of the UFO explosion, they ran with these boxes to the UFO residue fire and burned them!
They watched the boxes burn before they put on their backpacks and walked with their duffel bags to the mountains at the end of the coconut grove.
The moonlight was bright that night, and the three of them soon found a stone cave in the mountains to rest.
They were too tired to spread a cold cloth on the flat part of the cave, and the three of them fell asleep!
I don't know how long they slept, but all of a sudden, they were awakened by the sound of "ping-pong" rocks and a roar of "babbling"!
"! The pursuit team that captured us has arrived! Liu Shan looked at the kitten and Hanlong in horror!
"Don't panic! Everyone, take out your weapons and ammunition! We are ready to fight! Han Long calmly gave the order!
When faced with life and death, no one was ambiguous, and the three of them quickly took out their portable assault rifles from their backpacks and attached magazines to the guns.
Then, the three of them led the guy and crawled towards the entrance of the cave.
In the hidden place at the entrance of the cave, they saw shining torches at the foot of the mountain not far from the entrance of the cave, and by the light of the fire they saw a group of natives wearing only grass skirts, wearing draped hair, armed with javelins and stones, they were dancing and shouting in the direction of the cave!
Liu Shan looked at Han Long and said, "Ah Long! Kill them! ”
Han Long said calmly: "No! We only had 200 rounds of ammunition each! This island should be huge, and there must be a lot of people in this tribe! We can't kill them all! Let's try to negotiate with them! ”
The kitten said solemnly, "I'll talk to them in English!" I feel like their language is mixed with English words! ”
Hanlong nodded to the kitten, and then the kitten shouted in standard American English, "Brothers! We are scientific expeditions! Our plane crashed just now! That's why we take refuge here! We won't hurt you! We hope you don't hurt us, too! ”
After the kitten shouted, the natives fell silent, and after a while, a young aboriginal man stood at the front of the group, and he shouted in English: "Not long ago, we saw your flying machine land and explode, therefore, we are following you here!" If you are really a scientific expedition, you will send a hostage to us at once, and I will go to you and negotiate with you!" ”
The kitten looked at Han Long and said, "Brother Long! What to do? ”
Han Long smiled and said, "One of the two of you will be a hostage!" I'm in charge of negotiating with them! ”
The kitten looked at Liu Shan and said, "You go!" I will cooperate with Brother Long to negotiate with them! ”
Liu Shan said aggrievedly: "Why let me go?!" If you talk about it, I won't let them chop it into mashed meat?! I'm going to die with you! ”
The kitten stood up angrily, he glared at Liu Shan and said, "Waste! Afraid of death! Yes! I'll go! You cooperate with Brother Long! Otherwise, I won't let it go! ”
The kitten put down his weapon, and he walked out of the cave with his hands raised and walked slowly down the mountain!
The kitten walked into the native, and the young native, who laid down his weapon and ran barefoot up the cave.
When the young man entered the cave, Liu Shan was guarding the entrance of the cave with a gun!
Hanryu placed a flashlight on the stone and let it light up the entire cave!
Then, unhurriedly, Han Long sat down on a large rock, and he quietly examined the panting young man.
The man was of medium stature, with bronzed skin, a piercing gaze, and a muscular body that made him appear very strong.
Han Long pointed to the stone in front of him and said, "Young man! Sit down! Let's talk! ”
The young man naturally sat down on the stone in front of Han Long, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead and stared at Han Long!
Han Long said gently, "May I ask the name of the gentleman?" ”
The young man smiled and said, "Oh! Call me Lothar! What about you? ”
"Call me Aaron! What tribe do you belong to? Are you indigenous here? ”
"Aaron! We belong to the Yedran people. We have lived on this island for generations. I think you behave and talk a lot like the Chinese! Are you Chinese? ”
"I'm Chinese! Are you Chinese here? ”
"There used to be! There used to be a lot of Chinese laborers mining ore on our island, but now that the ore is mined, they have all moved to the Americas! We are very close to Central America! ”
"Lothar! Now we are acquaintances! You tell me, what should we do? You can leave us alone! ”
After thinking for a moment, Lothar calmly looked at Han Long and said, "Aaron! You came to our island by accident! You don't want to stay here forever! But without our help, you wouldn't have survived here, let alone left this island! Therefore, you have to pay us a fee! ”
"Say it! How much? ”
"$1,000,000!"
"Oh! Too much! We can only give you $500,000! ”
Lothar smiled and said, "Deal!" But you have to give us cash! We can't use bank cards here! ”
Han Long shook Lothar's hand and said, "Thank you! I'll pay you cash later! Can you speak on behalf of the tribe? ”
Lothar said confidently: "Of course! My father was a tribal chief! Before he died, he gave me the power of the tribe! This island is me! ”
Han Long said excitedly: "Great! Thank you, Chief! When will I give you money? ”
Lothar smiled and said, "No hurry! You are my guests! Go to my stockade, and I will treat you well! You're in my hands, and I'm afraid you'll run! ”
Then, Lothar stood outside the entrance to the cave and shouted to his men!
The content of the shouting is probably that the negotiations are successful and the hostages are released! Now they are our friends and VIPs, and everyone is back to the village to celebrate!
After the natives shouted for a while, Han Long, Kitten and Liu Shan packed up their weapons and ammunition, and they carried backpacks and duffel bags for the natives to go to their village.
When they arrived at the village, Lothar arranged for Hanlong, Kitten and Liu Shan to live in a wooden building guarded by the villagers.
Hanlong paid Lothar $500,000 in cash, leaving Hanlong with more than $300,000 in cash.
After that, Lothar invited Hanlong, Kitten and Liu Shan to eat barbecue and drink coconut wine.
After everyone was full of wine and food, Lothar sent someone to send Han Long and the other three back to the wooden building to rest.
After waking up the next morning, Han Long, Kitten and Liu Shan scooped water in the sink in the courtyard on the first floor of the wooden building, washed their faces and rinsed their mouths.
After taking care of personal hygiene, the three of them sat on the mat on the second floor of the wooden building and read the map.
The kitten pointed to the map and said, "Brother Long! The speed of the skeet was too fast last night! Now we are on an unnamed island in the Caribbean! It's very far from Antarctica! Maybe the people from Antarctic Science City won't come here to hunt us down! ”
"Kitten! We can't be careless! It wasn't difficult for us to get here and they got here easily! We're going to talk to Lothar about getting out of here! We have to get out of here as soon as possible! In the free world, we can find a safe place! ”
As soon as Han Long's words fell, the kitten went downstairs to talk to the guards.
Soon a few soldiers asked Han Long, Kitten, and Liu Shan to take their luggage and belongings for them to go.
In the courtyard of a wooden building, they met Lothar.
Lothar invited them to eat barbecue and drink coconut wine on the straw mat on the second floor, and they talked while eating.
Han Long looked at Lothar and said, "Chief Lothar! You know we've blown up the planes of the expedition! Our immediate boss must have sent someone here to find us! We don't want to fall into their hands! So we want to get out of here as soon as possible! We'll save you a lot of trouble when we leave here! ”
After Lothar put the barbecue and drank a few sips of coconut wine, he said with a little thought: "Understood! When the ore trade is normal, North American cargo ships come to our island's dock every day to load ore! In recent years, the ore trade has been very light, and there are not a few ships in a month! Well, I'll let my men go down to the island dock and ask the people at the shipping company to see when they have a boat to leave here! If there is a ship to leave, I will arrange for you to leave as soon as possible! I know you're not ordinary people, and I don't want to offend your leaders! ”
After breakfast, Lothar asked the guards to send Hanlong, Kitten, and Liu Shan to live in a rather secluded cave next to the stockade.
After settling down in the cave and the guards left, the kitten said to Hanlong, "Brother Long! I want to go scouting the island's harbor! We keep a hand for ourselves! We can't rely on these natives completely! ”
"Okay! You ask for the location of the harbor before you go! But don't expose yourself! Those whites in the harbor are more dangerous! ”
"Brother Long! You can rest assured! I just asked the guards about the location of the harbor, and the harbor is just behind this mountain! I use a telescope to observe the harbor from a distant hideaway! They can't find me! ”
After the conversation, the kitten walked out of the cave with a telescope.
Near noon, the kitten returned to the cave out of breath, and after a few sips of water, he said, "Brother Long! Brother Shan! I found dozens of armed white plainclothes men on duty guarding the harbor! There are several bulk carriers moored in the harbor, and the docks are full of various ores! Why did Lothar say that there was no ship? ”
After thinking for a moment, Han Long said, "Maybe these ships are moored in this port in advance, and they haven't received instructions to load and ship yet!" But so many whites armed here! We need to be very vigilant! ”
Liu Shan's face turned pale with fright, and he wiped the sweat on his face and said, "Ah Long! Could the pursuers of Antarctic Science City have already reached the island? Are they plotting how to capture us? ”
"Alas! It's hard to say! From now on we must remain in fighting form, and we must be ready to grab the ship and escape at any time! Han Long looked at the kitten and Liu Shan seriously.
Afterwards, the three of them began to put knives, weapons, and ammunition in a place where they could easily put them on their bodies, and carried backpacks and duffel bags on their backs, and the three of them took turns to watch out from the hidden places at the entrance of the cave.