It was extremely hot in the rainforest, and soon Beckenbauer was sweating profusely. Danilova also wiped the sweat from her forehead from time to time.
Lu Ming felt nothing.
The two investigators and the pilot were left near the helicopter. Otherwise, it would be difficult for them to go deep and they would suffer from heatstroke every minute.
The sweltering heat is not the scariest thing. What is scary is that there are all kinds of strange and dangerous animals lurking in the rainforest. There are also a large number of insects that spread diseases. The plants are always covered with big biting ants, and there are often wet leaves on the ground.
Slippery, soft mud and rotten wood, tangled vines and tangled creeping plants made walking more difficult.
Not to mention the omnipresent miasma.
The infantry walkie-talkies have lost signal.
It was only a few kilometers into the rainforest from the stop.
"Are you okay?" Lu Ming asked Beckenbauer.
Think about it, if the crashed helicopter made an emergency landing in the jungle, even if several team members were not injured at the time, it would be difficult to survive in such an environment.
They would still have a chance of survival if they stayed where they were, but the problem is, even if they were alive at the time, they would think that staying where they were was just sitting there and waiting for death, and they would definitely want to find a way back.
"We're not far from the Devil's River!" Lu Ming said.
Now we just hope that after they arrive at the docking station and refuel, they will fly south to the Devil's River according to the planned route, and then fly upstream along the Devil's River, the largest tributary, to find the source of the change.
In this case, if something happened to them by the river, if they were still alive and rushed back, they would meet a few of them.
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The Devil's River rumbles to the west. Although this is considered upstream from the entire Devil's River Basin, the river is still several kilometers wide. The water is extremely turbid, black and yellow. I wonder if there are mines or the like upstream where minerals are incorporated.
into the river.
However, as it reaches the lower reaches, many tributaries converge and the river water becomes clear. Both sides of the Devil's River in the rain forest are also the main gathering places for tribes. Most of the tribes living in the rain forest live along the river. Otherwise, it would be impossible to survive and continue.
Although the river here is turbid and there are many invisible dangers such as swamps and mire on the shore, the air is much fresher than deep in the rain forest, at least not so unbearable.
"Shh!" Lu Ming suddenly made a gesture.
Danilova understood and quickly followed Lu Ming and hid behind a boulder on the shore. Beckenbauer was a little slower.
Upstream, there is a small black dot floating over.
As we got closer, we saw it was a hovercraft with three or four figures on it, even wearing gas masks.
Looking at the black military uniforms worn by several people, Lu Ming's heart sank slightly. What he had been worried about finally became a reality.
They are the military police of the giant corporate world, and the badge on their chest represents the "white blood cell cluster".
The role of white blood cells in the human body is to maintain the body's immunity, engulf and destroy invading bacteria and pathogens, etc.
The white blood cell cluster in the world of giants has a similar function. It discovers unknown places and comes to explore and eradicate pathogens that may invade the new world.
The current in the upper reaches of the Devil's River is so fast that without machine power, it would be almost impossible to paddle against the current from the lower reaches.
But you can go downstream from the upstream.
The only thing the world of giants has in common with this continent is that the shipbuilding industry is not very developed.
"Catch them and ask who they are!" Lu Ming made a gesture.
Danilova nodded and stood up slowly.
The white blood cell soldiers had been looking around with binoculars. At this time, they immediately paddled towards the shore on this side.
Danilova jumped into the water with a splash and disappeared.
After seeing no one floating for a long time, several white blood cells soldiers seemed a little surprised. At this moment, the hovercraft suddenly rolled over, as if it was pushed by some huge creature in the sea.
All the WBC soldiers fell into the water, but no one screamed.
They were all very good at swimming, but without exception, they were knocked unconscious for no apparent reason after swimming a few times.
Seeing Danilova dragging four people ashore as easily as dragging four paper figures, Beckenbauer was secretly speechless.
"These people are a bit weird!" Beckenbauer quickly noticed the clues.
Several people were tied up and put their hands on the shore, but after slowly waking up, their faces were all dull, showing no panic. They just looked at Lu Ming and the others.
Moreover, this kind of indifference is not a disguise, they really don't seem to be surprised or scared.
A small jumping fireball suddenly appeared in Beckenbauer's hand.
Several people looked at this scene with surprised faces.
Beckenbauer asked coldly: "Tell me, where are you from?"
The expressions of several people returned to their dull expressions.
Over there, Danilova arranged their equipment one by one.
Including the assault rifle, he fiddled with it a few times and said, "It's about the same technological level as ours."
Lu Ming nodded: "That's okay." He hasn't talked to Danilova about the New World yet, but he will tell her later.
"A cluster of white blood cells, right? Who is your dispatcher?" Lu Ming suddenly asked.
Their language is somewhat similar to an ancient dialect in the Northern Territory. Lu Ming was able to understand their language after spending some time with the first prisoner he captured at that time, a fisherman, and he is even more proficient in speaking it now.
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Danilova and Beckenbauer were both surprised, but neither spoke.
Several white blood cell soldiers were even more shocked and looked at Lu Ming.
Lu Ming said calmly: "I am White Blood Cell Buck 29036. I was entrusted by the chief engineer to lurk here. Don't worry, they can't understand the language between us."
Among the predecessors of the white blood cell cluster, 29036 from Bucks City is very famous because he once went into the ice and snow alone and found out that it was extremely barren. Only then did the group conclude a peace treaty with the barbarians. For this purpose, he
Great work has been done.
He was a legendary figure, but he later disappeared for no reason.
It turns out that the pathogen has been lurking in this place for a long time.
Also, the General Engineering Department probably discovered this place a long time ago, and it was probably this senior who discovered it.
They are just little explorers and are not qualified to know this.
Although they have been taught since childhood, they have no admiration complex and have always suppressed their emotions and become numb and calm.
But at this moment, everyone felt a little happy.
"The communication between here and the Engineering Department is not smooth. I will find an opportunity to let you escape later. You can help me bring the message back."
After hearing Lu Ming's words, several people nodded.
Lu Ming continued: "Oh, we are here to find some soldiers. Have you noticed the soldiers riding in the helicopter? If found, execute them as soon as possible."
"Yes, planes are not allowed at the entrance to this new world. Their helicopter crashed. Three pathogens were discovered by the second team and have been executed. Heretics who do not speak the same language as us must be executed!" Several people said in unison.
report.
Lu Ming nodded and asked again: "It's too difficult to contact the group headquarters here. Where are you now? I want to think about how to cooperate."
"Our progress is very slow. Only the second team was ordered to explore!" Several people responded in unison like robots.
Lu Ming nodded slightly, made a gesture to Danilova, and then turned around.
Several people didn't even hum. When Lu Ming turned around again, they had turned into dead bodies.
If they are kept alive and taken back, sooner or later Sonia's intelligence agencies such as Secretariat 6 will understand their language.
It is not difficult to interrogate the content of the conversation with yourself.
"Three of our people have been killed!" Lu Ming sighed and said, "We are back!" As he spoke, he looked at Beckenbauer.
Without blinking an eyelid, Beckenbauer nodded lightly: "Yes!" without asking any more questions.
Lu Ming pondered and said: "Let's go to the first neighboring tribe downstream and mobilize some people to set up defenses there. They will also come with hovercrafts. If a few come, let's get rid of a few and try to delay them from detecting our true location.
At the time of intelligence, they are a group of viruses that have no respect for life. Their goal is to assimilate everything. It would be best to make them retreat in spite of difficulties."