The group of people were walking in the rainforest where the roads were difficult or there were no roads at all, but this area was indeed, as their captain Joaquin said before, easier to walk than the normal rainforest area.
"Maybe it has something to do with the underground soil quality and structure here! It seems to be close to the soil layer of a general forest, unlike the previous rain forest areas where most of the fragile humus layers were there."
The male doctor, one of the two scientists in the team, squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil and said.
He and his girlfriend are both biologists and have some understanding of geology but are not that proficient in it, so they did a rough analysis.
But Captain Joaquin, who was walking in front, turned back and said:
"I think it may be related to the legendary cannibal tribe. It is possible that ancient primitive tribes lived here, and they have brought some changes to the surrounding environment over the years, making this place more suitable for human activities!"
After hearing what Joaquin said, the male doctor was noncommittal, but the female doctor said with some agreement:
"The captain's statement is very scientific. Human activities can indeed change the environment. Even if the indigenous people do not open up wasteland for planting or build bridges and pave roads, they only leave behind excrement and ashes from fires.
As long as it accumulates over a long period of time, the soil in an area will be more like the outside environment!"
After hearing what the female doctor said, Sears, the mercenary captain who seemed rough but was actually very careful, stared at the ground beneath his feet for a few times, and suddenly felt a sense of alarm.
Playboy York, on the other hand, walked behind the female doctor with a smile on his face, staring at the woman with peach blossom eyes full of admiration and echoed:
"What Dr. Jones said seems to make sense! Doctor, do you think there will be indigenous tribes in this area?"
When the female doctor surnamed Jones heard this, she didn't seem to feel York's fiery gaze, and she replied straightforwardly:
"Judging from the surrounding environment, the soil here is different from the usual tropical rain forest, and the trees are slightly sparse. I think the possibility of human activities in this area is more than 50%. Of course, it may be many years."
There were human activities in the past, and these changes in the environment are just the remnants of their past."
The boyfriend next to Dr. Jones also looked completely unaware that the top of his head was about to turn green, and said seriously:
"I just saw some creatures around that are obviously tropical areas, but more like common creatures in ordinary tropical or subtropical forests. These should be brought here by birds, animals or air currents, indicating that the environment here is different from the real rain forest.
, can make them suitable for growing here. Of course, it is not ruled out that these plants have adapted to the rainforest environment, but I think the former speculation is more likely to be correct."
Listening to the words of these three people, Sears became even more vigilant and quietly made a hidden gesture to Alice and the wretched man Lopez.
The two of them suddenly stared at each other, receiving the boss's signal. They remained calm on the surface, but secretly they were already on guard.
As for the boy from York, he is currently busy flirting with the female doctor, or it is a one-sided flirtation, and he has not noticed the hint from his boss at all.
Sears simply ignored the criticism. Anyway, it was enough for him to have three people in the team who were vigilant. He was very confident in the strength of himself and his teammates. Even York, an unreliable boy, would not lose to those in a real fight.
Excellent special forces, and he, Alice, and Lopez have been wandering between life and death all year round, and have developed an instinctive combat intuition. This intuition has played a role in many missions, allowing them to successfully
Get away.
I think this time will be no exception.
To be honest, if Clarkston Biomedical Company hadn't given too much, and the employer was a pharmaceutical giant called Bald Eagle, they couldn't afford to offend such a force. Sears really didn't want to lead the team to the tropical rainforest of Brenizhou Island.
Doing tasks in such a harsh environment.
The mission environments that mercenaries like them dislike the most are deserts and water. Both of these places are environments where they cannot exert their combat effectiveness and survival ability. Once they are in a desperate situation, even if their strength exceeds that of most humans, after all
It is not beyond the limits of human ability. You will die of thirst without water, and you will drown if you soak in water for a long time.
Although Sears also hates the environment of the tropical rain forest, it is better than the above two places. The most troublesome dangers are just the complex terrain and various poisonous insects and beasts, but at least there is solid ground underfoot, and there is no danger.
Lack of water and food sources.
Just as these thoughts were passing through Sybil's mind, he, who had never forgotten to stay vigilant, suddenly turned to the left, and then heard a slight muffled sound in the trees behind him.
Alice, who was sharp-eyed, saw that it was a long and slender thing with tiny feathers hanging from its tail. Her eyes instantly shrank because the thing was clearly a sharpened bone needle.
"Enemy attack!"
After Sears dodged the sneak attack by some mistake, he also shouted a warning.
All this happened in an instant, and several other people in the team still didn't react inexplicably!
Except for a few mercenaries, only Zhang Lin immediately reacted that the team had been attacked by a sneak attack, and the target was obviously Sears, the tallest among them, who had a unique pedigree.
However, he controlled his evasive movements in time, and like the others, he pretended to be stunned and looked towards Sears.
As the first sneak attack failed, the forest not far away suddenly recalled a strange scream and the sound of the body hitting the branches and leaves of the plants.
Soon everyone saw the appearance of a group of savages wearing simple woven fabrics. They were almost naked, and some were even dressed in vines and leaves. Their exposed skin also showed an unusual brown-red color.
These savages in primitive costumes had strange oil paint on their faces, and each of them charged at them with a short hair or an ax made of stone or bone tied to a branch.
At this moment everyone reacted, and immediately some people screamed in fear and wanted to run away and hide.
But he was immediately interrupted by Sears yelling:
"Get down, get down, stay put!" At the same time, he slapped the male doctor who was still stunned in front of him to the ground.
The remaining people subconsciously obeyed the command of the majestic mercenary captain. At that moment, the three members of the scientific expedition team and two people from Joaquin's side all fell to the ground, while the four mercenaries were squatting and looking for bunkers.
Dodge, and at the same time, the weapon in hand is already ready to be activated.
"Whoosh..."
"Bang bang bang..."
The moment everyone lay down, short spears or stones flew over from the savages. If the experienced mercenary captain hadn't reminded them, this wave of weapon projection alone would have brought more than just a blow to the team.
One casualty.
The mercenaries' counterattack was also very effective. The three of them, including York, the golden-haired man who reacted immediately, immediately raised their guns and aimed at the enemy's figure, firing a wave of bursts.
Although it was a burst fire, the automatic rifles in the hands of several people still fired nearly a hundred rounds of bullets. This was still a suppressive attack. After all, although the ammunition they carried was sufficient, it was not unlimited.
Even if it was a hurried counterattack by the mercenaries, rather than a steady state of aiming and shooting, with the four people's hands that have been trained on the battlefield for many years, this wave instantly knocked down at least a dozen savages, and their lives were harvested on the spot.
There were only five or six of them, and even if the rest did not die at the time, they had lost their combat effectiveness and would still die if they did not receive effective treatment in the end.