Li Fan couldn't see clearly for the time being, and he didn't have the strength to speak, so he could only wait.
When his vision and physical strength gradually recovered, it was already sunset, and Li Fan tried to say something to the fellow sufferer next to him with distracted eyes: "Hey, brother, do you understand what I'm saying?"
The man looked to be in his thirties, Caucasian, with half of his head bald but a scruffy beard. He raised his eyelids and glanced at Li Fan, and replied: "Oh, your medicine has worn off."
Li Fan asked: "What kind of medicine is it?"
The man said: "Of course it's an anesthetic. These natives use homemade blowguns to shoot out a small thorn, which is coated with something that can numb your body. It may be the juice of an herbal medicine, or it may be ground out by them.
Powdering, I don’t know much about it either.”
Hearing this, Li Fan instinctively touched the back of his neck, and there were indeed two small wounds there. "When was the arrow hit... I really didn't notice it."
The body has not recovered, and even the instinct to detect danger has declined.
The man sighed: "It's hard to detect. It feels like being bitten by a mosquito."
He held out his hand, "John DeSoto, you can call me John."
Li Fan reluctantly raised his arm and shook hands with him: "Gu Tian."
The situation was unclear, so he subconsciously used the vest from before.
John asked: "So, Gu Tian, you also came to explore the jungle?"
Li Fan smiled bitterly: "No, the plane crashed. Why, are you an explorer?"
I don't know why, when Li Fan faced this guy named John, he always subconsciously concealed his true situation, as if there was an intuition telling him that the man in front of him was untrustworthy.
John said: "Yes, but I have to regret to say that this expedition was not very successful."
Li Fan chuckled: "Let me guess, your compass suddenly failed at some point, and then you got lost in this area?"
"It's not just a compass, man, my friends and I are an expedition team. There are six people in total, equipped with various advanced instruments."
John's expression was ugly: "But all those things have failed since they arrived here. There is still a chaotic magnetic field here, which affects the most basic tool like the compass. In the end, the only ones that can come in handy are some of the simplest electronic instruments.
Like radio or something like that.”
Li Fan looked around: "You said there are six people, but what about the other five?"
John actually sneered, but at the same time, tears flashed in his eyes. Li Fan knew that this was not a good sign. This man might be on the verge of a mental breakdown.
Sure enough, John's answer was as sinister as his expression: "Being eaten..."
Li Fan swallowed his saliva: "By a crocodile?" He just tentatively asked for a more reasonable guess.
But John replied: "No, it was these natives."
His tone became hysterical: "We encountered an ambush from this tribe at about noon the day before yesterday. That night, Louis and Abel were dragged out. The next night, it was the turn of the other three."
He raised his head, looked at Li Fan with desperate eyes and a sad smile: "Today is the third day, I think it's my turn..."
Li Fan tried to comfort him: "Cheer up, the situation is not the worst."
"Not the worst?" John's voice suddenly became louder. Fortunately, the two natives guarding the cage not far away didn't seem to pay attention to the conversation between the two prisoners.
"My teammates who have been with me through life and death were killed alive in front of me!" John moved closer and lowered his voice, but his tone was still very manic.
"Both the people being killed and the people in cages were shouting and pleading, but they didn't stop at all. Do you have mercy on pigs, cows, and sheep? Does the butcher care about the cries of food? No.
!It’s my turn today, maybe I’ll take you with me, who knows! Gutian! Don’t you think this is not the worst case scenario?! I would rather die by myself than die in that way!
"
Li Fan waited for a while, and waited for the other party to calm down before saying, "Calm down, at least we are still alive now, and we have a chance while we are alive."
John snorted coldly and leaned against the cage weakly: "This is all my fault. I am the leader of this expedition team. My teammates entrusted their lives to me, but I killed them. I should have expected that such a day would come.
A man who is good at water drowns, and I deserve what I deserve..."
As he spoke, he began to sob, and then began to murmur and confess. If Li Fan were not here at this moment, John might only be able to say these words to the God he believes in.
Li Fan basically regained consciousness at this time, moved his body a little, and felt that there was no problem with normal activities.
He made a visual inspection and found that the cage he was in was quite small. It could hold about ten people if they were squeezed together.
The wood that made up the cage was also very strong. He knocked it a few times with his hands, and it was estimated that not even the hippopotamus could escape from this place.
The exit of the cage is surrounded by many densely woven rattans, making it impossible for people to stretch out their arms. The stuck cage door can only be opened from the outside. It seems that when these savages built this cage, they considered that it can not only close the cage, but also close it.
Wild animals must be able to contain people.
However, Li Fan is still a strong Taoist. No matter how strong the wood is, it is still wood. Even if he has no inner strength, he is completely confident that he can break the confinement with his bare hands and escape.
The premise is that his body needs to regain some strength.
He thought for a moment, then turned to John and asked: "Didn't you try to resist when these savages took your friends out of the cage?"
"Of course I tried, but they will use anesthesia. It is impossible for us to escape in the cage. After being anesthetized, we will have no ability to resist."
Li Fandao: "Then...if you want to escape, it's best to do it now, lest they start early..."
He touched it and found that the chocolate bars on his body were still there. The savages had not touched anything on him. These chocolate bars might be able to provide him with some strength.
John waved his hand nonchalantly: "Don't bother, even if I break your arm, the wood of this cage won't split."
He had really lost hope, and that venting just now might have been his final outburst.
Li Fan said helplessly: "Brother, I can't take a person on the road who has completely lost his will to live. You have to cheer up, because I can't carry you and escape after I break the cage."
John's expression suddenly changed. He stared at Li Fan's face and felt that Li Fan was not joking. The little bit of his will that had not been worn out was ignited again like a spark: "Are you serious?"