A group of people boarded the ship. As the team's security chiefs, the mercenaries were very competent, except for the playboy named York who seemed to have taken a liking to the female doctor who was not particularly beautiful but had an intellectual temperament.
Trying to talk to the other person.
The two doctors were obviously boyfriend and girlfriend, and even those in his own team couldn't stand such an intrusive behavior, but this didn't make York retreat, instead he felt even more excited!
Sure enough, most of those who can work as mercenaries are people with some mental problems. Even if they don't have it initially, they will probably have it after experiencing a few more missions.
Compared to York, who is just a little lustful and loves to play with special fetishes related to the grassland, there is the short Latin man who often wields a sharp knife, licks it with his tongue from time to time, and then shows a perverted smile, and
Alice, a female who is more powerful than the strong men in the team and has as thick body hair on her arms as men, are these two beings that ordinary people are more afraid of?
It seems that the only normal person in the team is the middle-aged man who is the boss, but who knows if this man's stability is also a disguise?
The group of people boarded this fishing boat, which was not much bigger than a small yacht, with different thoughts. Fortunately, because this fishing boat is used to receive guests rather than fishing, it has been specially modified and the space is more spacious. The decoration is not bad.
It's also clean, and although the space is a little cramped, the cockpit and the cabin below are still more than enough to accommodate the nine people now.
And although the fishing boat was an old boat for some years, it was well maintained. Under the operation of Jacques and the two, it quickly started and headed upstream of the river in the northeast direction outside the town.
The terrain of the tropical rainforest is complex and changeable, and the same is true for the river flowing through the rainforest. There are more than a dozen large tributaries distributed in the rainforest alone, not counting those small ones that cannot be actually measured.
Branches, because many branches are hidden under the rainforest, even using satellite photography, it is impossible to fully understand the complex situation of the entire water system.
Fortunately, Captain Joaquin is an old man who has been running this line all year round. He pointed to a rough hand-drawn sketch on the cockpit wall and said to the people behind him:
"I have been on boats with my father since I was seven or eight years old. Even though many rivers in the tropical rainforest are affected by heavy rains and floods every rainy season, there is still a thread to follow in my eyes. At least it is not the rainy season now.
I have walked through the big changes that happened after a rainy season and basically figured out the situation."
As he spoke, he clicked on a branch on the map.
"The location you are going to is in the middle of the rain forest. Originally, there was a main tributary that could go directly up to that location. I have sent many tourists and scientific expedition teams like you there over the years, and they all walked there.
This line.”
"But you are very unlucky. A heavy rain last year caused this large tributary, which has not changed much in more than 20 years, to be washed away. A cliff was formed from here, with a drop of more than 80 feet.
The ship will definitely not be able to pass!"
Debick, the employer who led the scientific expedition team, frowned when he heard this and asked the captain:
"So what do we do? Land and walk from there?"
"nonono!"
Joaquin immediately stretched out his index finger and waggled it and said: "That is not a good place to land, because the flood has washed away the river, causing the underground structure to be extremely unstable. If you don't want to be walking in the forest, your feet will suddenly collapse and fall into a cave or whirlpool.
, I advise you not to have the thought of logging in there."
The mercenary leader looked at the captain and said:
"Captain, you must have a solution when you say that. Stop being so pretentious and tell us about it quickly!"
Jacques smiled proudly after hearing this and said:
"Of course, since I took your money, I naturally have to do my job well. After my research, I can provide you with two new route options."
He pointed at the fork and said:
"The first one is to take a detour from another large tributary close to this tributary, then turn around and take a small tributary from here, follow the current to the upper reaches of the previous tributary, and then sail a distance of more than ten miles to reach your destination.
Recently logged in location!"
Debick looked at the route drawn by Joaquimbi, frowned and said:
"Is this route very long? Will it take more time?"
Jacques nodded: "Yes, taking this route will take more than three times the time of the originally destroyed route. We need to travel on the water for more than twenty hours, and then walk on land for three days to reach your destination.
Near the destination!”
"That's four days! Where's the second route?"
Jacques said with a look on his face that I am doing good for you:
"I recommend you choose this route. Although it is a bit far and takes longer, it is relatively safer."
But seeing Debick's unmoved gaze, he surrendered and said:
"OK! OK! The second way is to drive into the small branch of this tributary a few miles in front of the cliff, and then continuously change the water channel to reach here."
"Although it will take more time than the original destroyed route, by logging in here we only need to walk for about a day to reach the destination, and it will only take more than 20 hours if we include water and land."
The middle-aged mercenary leader heard this and asked a key question:
“Are there any risks with this route?”
Joaquin clapped his hands and said:
"Of course it's very risky. The water conditions in these small tributaries are complicated and the currents are even more turbulent. Even I have to drive carefully to avoid hitting the rocks and sinking. If it were another boat, I guess even if I knew the route, I wouldn't be able to get out of here.
area.”
"In addition, when we took this route, although the landing position was relatively close to your destination, the legendary cannibal tribe was not far from the other side of the landing point. I only briefly explored it once and did not carry out any investigation.
If you go deep, there may be some dangers on land!"
Debick looked at the middle-aged mercenary and said:
"Sears, what do you think?"
He could feel the eagerness of his employer. Obviously, the other party's need for the target of this operation was very urgent. Sears, the middle-aged mercenary captain, thought for a moment and replied:
"If it's just a one-day land journey, our Manticore team is confident in protecting the team's safety, but there are uncertain risks on this road. Therefore, you are the employer and you have the final say!"
Hearing this, Debick sneered and said to Captain Joaquin:
"Cannibal tribe? Even if there are real cannibals, they are just a group of savages. Our soldiers will tell them something with bullets, won't they, Captain Sears?"
Sears' natural answer:
"Of course sir, for the savage tribe we only need to be careful about their sneak attacks. Another automatic rifle can teach them what the gap between civilizations is!"
"Very good!" Debick nodded to Sears with satisfaction, then turned to Joaquin and said:
"Then Captain Joaquin, I choose the second route!"
Joaquin was not angry at the ridicule in Debick's previous words, but replied to what Sears just said.
"OK, you are the employer and you have the final say!"
"But you have to be careful. It will be very bumpy later. If you don't want to be thrown out of the cabin, just tie yourself to the fixed object with a rope. Uncle Joaquin is going to take you flying!"
"Also, if you get seasick, please prepare a vomit bag in advance. I don't want you to vomit on my Revenge Beauty!"
Joaquin's words made the three mercenaries except Sears collectively roll their eyes, and the Vengeful Beauty, this is just a fishing boat less than thirty feet, okay?
However, the two scientists didn't seem to care at all about these risks and route disputes. Instead, they ran to the deck with a little excitement to observe the environment on both sides of the ship from the moment they boarded the ship. They obviously had great expectations for this trip to the tropical rainforest.