Chapter 372: Survivors
Half an hour later, Captain Jack found a suitable anchorage, and by this time it was already dark. He drove the barge to the shore and stopped. Jumping to the shore with a rope and tying it to a large tree.
They are swimming against the current, it is the rainy season, the river is very fast, and if you don't secure the barge, you won't know where it will be swept by the current tomorrow morning.
After a simple dinner, everyone went to rest, in this barren mountain and wild place, there is no wireless signal, and everyone's mobile phones have become decorations. Captain Nick took this situation into account and deliberately brought a satellite receiver. But for some reason, it didn't work, they lost contact with the outside world completely.
As an explorer who often wanders around, everyone has long been accustomed to this situation. The world is so big, there are no surprises, and anything strange can happen, and it is not worth making a fuss about at all.
Everyone brought camping gear with them, and the barge was very small and smelly, with only a few narrow bunk beds. Adventurers jumped ashore, chose a campsite, and pitched their tents on it.
Tang Chengxuan didn't have any experience in surviving in the wild, but fortunately, Goodwell was often outside, and he prepared a piece of equipment for him, and all kinds of things were very complete. Cultivators above the foundation building period usually have storage equipment, and it is very convenient to travel or something. It's just that, in order to hide people's eyes, everyone carries a big travel bag.
Seeing that his passengers were so well prepared, Captain Jack just smiled, didn't say anything more, and said hello to his assistant. Just go back to your room and rest. There were only two people on this barge, he and his assistant, and there were several small rooms on board. Since the guests are not resting on the ship, it is just right for them.
Set up a tent. After chatting casually, everyone entered their tents and cultivated. No one knows what will happen tomorrow when you enter the target area, and you must make sure that you are in the best possible condition to deal with the dangers that may come at any time.
The life of an adventurer, though colorful. However, the danger is also very high, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the sand. This is what is often said, risk is directly proportional to return, and the greater the risk, the higher the return. Of course, only if you can survive.
There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, everyone packed up their equipment and ate a little dry food casually. They got on the boat together. Captain Jack got up early, was ready to go, and waited until everyone had come up. Soon the boat departed.
Soon after, the sun rose and illuminated the surrounding scenery exceptionally brightly. The place where they are now is very remote, inaccessible to people, and everything remains as nature is. On both sides of the river are rolling hills, but they are not very high and not very steep. A wide variety of tropical plants. It grows freely there, and the whole thing is a sea of green.
In the midst of the dense forests on both sides of the river. There are a lot of animals that move around there. Tang Chengxuan quietly exerted his divine sense. After a little scanning, I found that most of them, I don't know them, and they are probably special varieties here.
Suddenly, in Tang Chengxuan's divine consciousness, two people, a man and a woman, appeared. There were many scars on their faces and hands, and their clothes were in tatters. Looking at their appearance, they are two white young people, estimated that they are not very old, only in their twenties. He was near a cliff in front of him, climbing hard.
In such a barren mountain and wild place, such two people suddenly appeared, which couldn't help but make Tang Chengxuan very strange. Could it be that they are also the same as themselves, they have come to this place to explore and hunt for treasures? But looking at their appearance, they are just ordinary people, although their physical fitness is good, they have not undergone any cultivation.
Otherwise, such a small cliff is estimated to be only a dozen meters high. Any cultivator in the Qi refining period could easily climb over the past. Where is it used like this, with both hands and feet.
The woman was holding a vine in her hand and tried to climb it with her strength, but the vine suddenly broke, and she slid down. If it weren't for the man who followed behind, he reacted in time and reached out to help. The woman was bound to fall, and there was a mess of rocks underneath, and even if she was lucky enough not to die, injuries were inevitable.
Seeing such a scene, Tang Chengxuan was even more puzzled, who were these two people, and why did they appear here? Do you want to tell Nick and the others of the expedition about this situation? He thought about it for a while, and then rejected this idea.
The cliff where the two men were located was about a kilometer away from the barge. Generally, cultivators in the foundation building period have the maximum range of their divine consciousness below five hundred meters. Nick, the leader of the expedition, was a master of the seventh layer of the foundation building period, and his divine sense strength was about four hundred meters.
Among these people, only Tang Chengxuan's cultivation was the highest, reaching the Gathering Spirit Period. The exercises he cultivated had strengthened his divine sense, more than twice as much as that of ordinary cultivators, reaching a range of two thousand meters, so that he could discover it in advance.
Anyway, the barge was heading in that direction, and after a little while, it would reach the vicinity of that cliff. When the time comes, they will naturally find these two people, and they don't need to say anything, so as not to cause extraneous branches, but they are not beautiful.
After making up his mind, Tang Chengxuan no longer paid attention to those two people, but removed his divine sense and scanned other places. He wanted to see if there would be any other humans in this place. The result was disappointing, as he didn't find any other humans within his reach, just a lot of strange animals.
In such an inaccessible place, there is hardly any noise except the sound of the wind and the flow of the river. The sound of the barge's motor is very abrupt in this place. Soon after, the barge sailed to the vicinity of the cliff, and the two men, a man and a woman, had climbed the cliff by this time. He heard a voice from afar, and shouted loudly in this direction, still waving his arms.
Nick, the leader of the expedition, was exploring the surrounding area, and was the first to spot them, and he took a closer look, and also saw that these two people were not cultivators. But it is very strange to appear in this place, this is not a scenic spot, and ordinary people will not come here at all.
In the primeval forest, there are almost no roads, and there are all kinds of ferocious beasts, and you can only get here by boat. But this place, far from the location on the map, was already very close, and Nick himself would not believe that they were not coming for that kind of thing.
Could it be that the news had already leaked out? In just a split second, Nick had a lot of questions in mind. At this time, Captain Jack also found the two people, he didn't care so much, just drove the boat to the shore and let the two people get on the boat.
The members of the expedition looked at the two newcomers with curious eyes, and as the leader of the team, Nick first asked, "Who are you and why are you here? Don't tell me you're here for a tourist, this place has no scenery in the rainy season except for the muddy river." ”
The two people who came up looked very embarrassed, and the woman said in a hoarse voice, "Can you give us a little food first, we haven't eaten all day." ”
The two women in the team were soft-hearted, took out some dry food and water, and handed them to the two of them, so that they could satisfy their hunger first. The two of them devoured it, and soon ate all the dry food, and looked at everyone with unfinished eyes, obviously not full, hoping that everyone would give more.
Nick said, "You haven't eaten for a long time, you can't eat too much at once, and I'll give it to you later." Now, you answer my question first. ”
The man and woman looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then told where they came from. It turned out that they belonged to a private research institute in the United States, and by chance, their boss got a miracle drug and handed it over to them for research.
Due to the small number of samples, although some results have been achieved, there is no way to transfer them to the experimental stage. They immediately reported the situation to the boss, hoping that the boss could provide more research materials. And swore to the boss that he would get great results.
Capitalists are mercenary, and the boss was no exception, and after being persuaded by his subordinates, he sent capable men to investigate the specific source of this drug. Eventually, they found Borneo and soon found the lucky one.
It cost a sum of money, and they learned very detailed information from that person's mouth. Compared to the simple drawings that Captain Nick got, it was much more detailed. The information was quickly fed back to the boss, who, after some careful preparation, organized a research expedition to Borneo to conduct research on the ground.
Their goal is very clear, first of all, to find the origin of the drug and obtain sufficient research materials. Secondly, it is necessary to study the growth of this drug, the requirements for the environment, etc., to see if it can be cultivated artificially. Modern technology is very developed, as long as you are willing to spend money, what kind of environment can be simulated.
However, they came very unfortunately, and it happened to coincide with the rainy season in Borneo, and the continuous heavy rains caused the river to swell and flood. In this season, few people were willing to sail, and after a lot of twists and turns, they finally found a shipowner who was willing to accept the task.
With a little preparation, they set off quickly, three days earlier at noon. After more than a day of sailing, they reached the vicinity of the target area, but bad luck followed. (To be continued)