Carron stood on the bow of the ship and shouted to Sherron and others: "I will only wait here for 48 hours. If you don't come back after 48 hours, I will evacuate."
Norman said coldly: "If you still want to get subsequent commissions, it's best to wait a few more days."
Caron's expression immediately turned miserable: "It's not that I won't wait for you, boss, it's really too dangerous in the rainforest. It's safer to keep moving, but if you stay in one place for too long, you can easily be killed by someone in the rainforest." Something to keep an eye on."
"Find one for you!"
Dutch handed over a pistol.
Caron pouted: "In the rain forest, this thing is not as practical as a knife."
"up to you."
Dutch pulled the gun back.
The group of people stepped on muddy water up to their calves and worked hard to walk deeper into the rain forest. The towering tree canopy blocks the sky and the sun, and the weeds as tall as a person just block the view. Let alone being distracted, even if you concentrate on it, you may lose your way.
Fortunately, Norman has a small and advanced locator in his hand, which can indicate the direction at any time. In addition, Dutch and others are experienced veterans, so the only thing that hinders the team's progress is the rugged and muddy rainforest.
"At this rate, we should be able to return in less than 48 hours."
Norman said quietly to Sherron.
Xie Lun nodded, suddenly took action, and bounced a colorful spider away from Norman, and said with a smile: "There will be no accidents on the road."
Norman was startled: "What is that?"
"The beauty spider is the most common poisonous spider in the Amazon." Billy, who had always been silent, said, "Although it is not fatal, as long as it is bitten, an adult will be paralyzed within ten minutes, and may even be paralyzed. I can’t even speak.”
When Norman heard this, his face not only turned pale.
Billy looked at Sherron: "You are very powerful. This is the first time I have seen someone dare to touch something like that with my hands."
Xie Lun smiled and said: "You are also very powerful. You can see such a small spider clearly."
"Because I grew up in this environment, the rainforest is like my home."
With that said, Billy drew out his machete, stepped forward, and took over from Dutch to chop down the weeds and vines extending around him to clear the way for the team.
After walking like this for more than two hours, the ground under my feet gradually changed from muddy mud to a solid mountain road. Although it is still a little slippery, it is much easier to walk than before, and the trees have become much sparser.
Dutch looked around cautiously and frowned: "There seems to be traces of someone living here."
Norman said solemnly: "According to statistics, primitive tribes still exist in the Amazon rainforest. They live an isolated life and maintain the same living habits as their ancestors. Even..."
He laughed in a wicked way: "They also cannibalize people."
"ha?"
Except for Sherron, everyone else looked at Norman slightly sideways.
"You're kidding." Norman waved his hand, "The headhunters stopped hunting more than a hundred years ago, and the so-called headhunting has also turned into a sacrificial ritual."
"etc!"
Billy, who was leading the way, suddenly squatted down, raised his fist, and signaled the team to stop.
Everyone also crouched down quickly and carefully observed their surroundings. Dutch held the gun, walked forward with his waist crouched, and whispered: "What's going on?"
Billy didn't say anything. He stretched out his hand and gently rubbed it on the grass blades in front of him. Then he spread his fingers and looked at the red on his fingers. He brought it to his nose and smelled it. He whispered: "Human blood should not be more than 24 hours old." .”
Dutch looked at the bloody weeds and slowly looked up. At this time, there was a crisp "click" sound, and a black thing suddenly fell from the canopy of the tree, hitting Dutch just in front.
"Damn, what is that?"
Several team members at the back were so frightened that they almost fired.
Dutch frowned and looked forward, his expression immediately changed, he took a breath, turned to Norman and said, "Are you sure those natives are no longer headhunting?"
Norman frowned: "What do you mean?"
Dutch pointed forward, and several people came forward to take a look, only to see a twisted and deformed male corpse. He was short in stature and could easily tell that he was a local aborigine.
"He was not murdered."
Billy squatted next to the body and looked carefully: "The bones all over the body were shattered, the body was elongated and deformed, and there was no obvious trauma."
He turned to look at everyone: "You all should know how the python hunts, right? After it catches the prey, it will wrap the prey tightly with its body, crush all the bones of the prey and stretch it, and then open its mouth wide and feed it in one breath. Swallow it."
Norman looked at the deformed corpse, his throat felt sore, and his stomach began to churn. Others also felt horrified and raised their guns to aim around, fearing that a giant python would suddenly come out and swallow them.
"However, after a python successfully hunts, it will take a long time to digest the food, so logically, we should be safe."
Proportion was a little confused and said: "But if he was eaten by a python, why is he here again?"
"When a python encounters danger, it will spit out food to facilitate its fight or escape."
Xie Lun spoke quietly at this time.
As soon as these words came out, everyone including Billy turned blue.
A python that can swallow people is scary enough, but then there is something else that can pose a threat to the python.
"We can't stay here any longer, we have to leave quickly."
Daqi gave the order and everyone set out again. Despite walking for more than two hours, everyone except Xie Lun felt a little tired, but under the spur of the corpse, the pace became faster.
"There is an indigenous tribe nearby, and that's where we are going now."
Norman's forehead was covered with sweat. He didn't know whether it was because he was tired or because he was frightened by the corpse just now.
Ramirez stuttered a little: "It's not the headhunters you just mentioned, right?"
Norman said angrily: "I told you a long time ago that they have stopped headhunting a long time ago."
Xie Lun raised his eyebrows: "Could it be these headhunters who told you the information about Blood Orchid?"
Norman didn't feel embarrassed at all, and simply nodded and said: "Yes, only these indigenous people living in the primitive rain forest can accurately find traces of blood orchids."
The group of people walked like this for nearly an hour, and they were all exhausted. When they were out of breath, Billy, who was leading the way, found a bamboo tower made of bamboo on the roadside, with blackened skeletons placed on it. .
"This is a tribal cemetery," Norman explained, holding on to the tree trunk next to him and panting with some effort. "They believe that after death, the soul is buried underground and the soul will be pulled into hell. Only in this way can the soul be exposed to the outside world. Return to the rainforest and become one with nature.”
He took a few breaths, stepped forward, and said in a deep voice: "Although this tribe is no longer headhunting, it is still wary of outsiders, so you must not make any noise next time, and follow my command in all actions."
Looking at the bamboo towers piled with skeletons on the roadside, even mercenaries like Da Qi, who were murderous without blinking an eye, felt their scalps go numb and nodded obediently.
But when the group passed through the cemetery and entered the tribal territory, they realized that there was no need to be careful.
The ground was littered with corpses, and there were no living people left.