In summer, the Amazon rainforest is in the dry season, and as usual, rain is relatively scarce.

Yesterday, however, the sun was still shining, and when the professor woke up early in the morning, it had already rained heavily.

After a brief packing of his prospecting gear, he unfurled his umbrella and followed the owner of the house, stepping on the mud and hurried towards another place.

"Wake up early, Professor. ”

The destination was a spacious cowshed, and it was the yacht pilot who spoke, leaning under the eaves of the doorway with his chest crossed, with a toothpick in his mouth.

"Early. ”

As he spoke, the professor approached the driver and was about to push the door in, but was stopped by the latter.

"The weather is very abnormal today, is it that the gods are angry?"

"No matter what, it won't affect the transaction between us, and besides, I've already paid for it. ”

"Okay, but there's one more problem. It rained for half a day, and I don't know when it will end. The rainforest is even less safe now. ”

"Aren't you going to stay on the yacht? ”

Laughing softly, the driver said no more, and let the professor push the door open.

"Why say those unflattering things?"

It was the owner of the house where the professor was staying, and he spoke Portuguese as he walked slowly to the driver.

"Be nosy. ”

The driver spoke Portuguese as well, and at the same time, he took out two banknotes from his pocket and slapped them on the outstretched hand of the owner.

"A group of people, two houses, two money, you really know how to do business. Did you have a good time last night?"

"Needless to say?"

"Hehe, you're quite good at making money, just make up a lie, and squeeze them so hard that they are so poor that they move out of the hotel and can only spend the night in this village. ”

"The Yankees, a herd of white-skinned pigs, deserve to be slaughtered. Besides, if you really let these guys who don't understand the market play around, you may not know how many diseases you will contract when you look back. Cool them for a night, and it will be considered a good deed. ”

"You're happy enough, lend me the rest of the money to play." ”

"What about gambling money?"

"That's what I love. ”

"There are only eight left, and you don't think you have enough fingers?"

"I know what you're thinking, don't worry, I have a feeling, my luck must be good these days, and I will definitely return it to you with interest." ”

"No way, get out! Lao Tzu still wants to play for another night, if there is a loan or not, I don't want it!"

Seeing that the driver did not leave any room for negotiation, the owner of the house who touched the gray nose had to leave in a huff. Before leaving, he was so angry that he gave the driver's back a middle finger.

"Moo. ”

Maybe it was the sound of talking outside the house, or it could be the movement of a group of young people packing their luggage, and the herd of cattle woke up and called one after another. Coupled with the repeated complaints, the cowshed was extremely noisy for a while. Looking at the young man who was the first to go out, frustrating with the hay on his body, the driver smiled contemptuously and spit out the toothpick in his mouth.

The open space outside the house was soon filled with umbrellas, and under the umbrellas were a group of young people with gloomy faces. Until now, they are still complaining about not only not having fun at all, but also being forced to move to the countryside last night. The muttering barely stopped.

"Are you here for a vacation?"

They fell silent.

"Keep up!"

Glancing angrily, the professor walked towards the river, not far away, where the yacht was moored.

"Why did the professor suddenly get so angry? ”

The last young man in the line, when he passed by the driver, asked casually, and he didn't expect a response, but he unexpectedly got a reply from the driver.

"I don't know, maybe it's because you don't have enough money for your research? ”

"Not enough? How could it be?

The driver shrugged his shoulders, smiled without saying a word, shrunk under the group's umbrella, and rushed to the professor's side.

"As a temporary condition, if the rain does not stop, we have to get out before the river floods ashore. ”

He thought that it was a matter of personal safety, and this professor would at least consider it seriously, but he didn't want to, as soon as the words came out, the other party suddenly stood still, and the team also stopped. Seeing the professor staring at him expressionlessly, and at the same time a bundle of eyes on him, he suddenly felt uncomfortable. However, when it comes to his own life, he will not make concessions no matter what.

"Whether you say yes or not, I'll be gone. ”

"You say this to my students. ”

The professor walked towards the yacht without looking back, and the team resumed its progress.

"Phew, who's going to pick up your stall!"

At the back of the line, the driver looked at the professor's back from a distance and muttered a few words in Portuguese.

"Click!"

Suddenly, a thunderbolt hit a palm tree next to it, and the team stagnated, and he was also excited, and he didn't say much more.

Heavy rain is pouring and there is already turbulence on the river. When a group of people came to the shore, the yacht in front of them was shaking slightly, and the young people's hearts were furious.

"Professor, isn't it all about traveling in this kind of weather?"

Inquiries came from the back of the line, but there was no response. Seeing that the classmates in front of them had already boarded the yacht, these few who spoke out could only follow hard.

"Bless me, God the Father, protect me, souls of nature, watch over me, spirits of ancestors!"

Before starting the yacht, the pilot pulled out a bunch of religious symbols out of nowhere. After experiencing the unseasonal torrential rain and the thunder and lightning that almost hit him, these two strange things, he originally only used the gods as a tool to collect money, and now he has become extremely pious.

"Believe in so many gods at the same time, aren't you afraid that they will do it yourself before they help you?"

Professors who believe in God scoff at this. The driver ignored them, put them on his body, and set off on the yacht on his own.

"Don't you want to know what you saw yesterday?"

On the way, the driver said coldly. The professor, who was about to return to his seat, suddenly paused when he heard this.

"You know?"

"Hehe, although I live in the town, I know no less about the strange things around this than those villagers. ”

"For example?"

"For example, the two guys you saw yesterday, according to me, are either wild ghosts or obscene gods. ”

As he spoke, the driver's eyes widened and his voice trembled, but to his disappointment, the professor did not show a hint of fear.

"That's all?"

"Isn't that enough?"

"If that's all there is to it, I hope your statement is true. ”

This pervert!

The driver swore to himself that he would never talk to the professor again.

"O gods, isn't the weather an omen of calamity? Isn't the thunder and lightning striking at me a warning to me? Thank you, gods, that I finally know now. This professor is the source of calamity, and I must stay away from him!"

Seeing that the driver was rubbing the symbols again, muttering unintelligible words in his mouth, the professor shook his head. Back in his seat, he took out the map and GPS locator, compared the directions, and began to point the driver around, intending to make his way through the intricate network of rivers to the closest landing site to his target.

The wind and rain outside were loud, and the crowd occasionally had a few conversations, and the voices were also suppressed, and for a while, the cabin was extremely dull. In a moment the snoring arose, and the young men who had spent the night in the cowshed were now somewhat sleepy, and even those who had not fallen asleep were yawning incessantly.

"Stop! That's it! Yes, yes, lean to the side! Okay, it's time for the students to get up!"

I don't know how long it took, but the young people, who were sleeping soundly, woke up rubbing their eyes to the professor's shouting. At this time, the rain was still raging outside, and some people looked at their watches and suddenly exclaimed incredible, the time displayed on it showed that they had slept from early morning to almost noon.

Up to this point, the rain had not subsided, but the river had become more and more rapid, and the hull of the ship had swayed more than they had set out. Some of them were seasick, and as soon as they woke up, they moved open the window, poked their heads out, and desperately dumped the food scraps that poured up their throats, looking extremely painful.

Unease began to creep in.

"Bang dang!"

The yacht began to anchor, and the driver stood on the side of the ship near the shore, like a solid nail, swaying back and forth, but his feet did not move. The wind blew, and his soaked coat, like a dry and light flag, still hunted.

"It's worse than we thought!Why don't you go back first!I'll bring you here when the rain stops!" he shouted to the professor as he stepped out of the cabin.

The sound passed through the rain curtain and reached the professor's ears, which was already faint, and after careful listening, he replied in the same loud voice: "No! I can't delay any longer!"

"Let's go back!" the driver shook his teeth and added, "Big deal, I'll give you a free ride next time!"

"It's not about the money!"

The professor answered without hesitation, but it also made the driver hate it.

"Alright then! Three hours! including the time you have to walk back and forth!"

"Six hours! at least until sunset!"

"No! It's not business! There's no room for bargaining!"

With his fists clenched, the professor didn't say a word, and after meeting the driver's eyes for a moment, seeing that the other party had no intention of retreating, he finally unloaded his momentum and turned around and walked into the cabin.

"Do you have all the equipment?"

"Bring it all. ”

"Rain shelters, isolation nets. ”

"It's all there. ”

"Okay, then keep up!"

On the shore, the driver pulled down the folding ladder on the boat. The ladder, which was supposed to be placed almost vertically, is now parallel to the ground and becomes a bridge. One by one, under the guidance of the professor, the students staggered off the boat, and their heads and feet fell into the mud as soon as they came ashore. Finally pulled it out, they had to repeat the same action in the next step, and it was very difficult to walk on the road.

Seeing the team marching towards the depths of the forest, the outline of the professor in front of him was blurred, and the driver held his hands into horns and shouted loudly: "What is the reason for you to be so stubborn?"

"Special reasons!"

The professor was not honest, and the driver couldn't help it, and he grabbed the other man's shoulder as he saw the last young man passing by.

"Remember! If you encounter danger later, don't listen to this old stubborn word again, run as fast as you can, come back quickly, you know?"

"Yes, got it. ”

"Spread this to your classmates, and don't let your professors know. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Go ahead!"

After speaking, he patted the student's brain and watched the other party walk into the forest.