"What should I do?" By this time, Hans had already regarded Zhu Yu as his backbone.
Zhu Yu thought for a while and said:
"Let's cross the river! Can you swim?"
Ran Jie and Qin Fei nodded at the same time.
Hans looked at the tributary that was more than twenty meters wide and said hesitantly:
"Although the river is not wide, it...may be quite deep. My skills are not very good."
Mira also whispered:
"My skills are not very good either..."
"Cut the branches!" This time it was Ran Jie who made the decision, "Qin Fei and I will drag you across the river!"
What was cut down were a few arms-thick branches. Zhu Yu took out ropes and tied them together, using them as rafts to provide buoyancy and for Ran Jie and Qin Fei to pull people.
Hans and Mira were not completely incapable of swimming. They could flop a few times while holding the raft, as long as they made sure not to fall.
Zhu Yu also has good water skills, but he thinks he is not as good as those two, as long as he can protect himself.
It took some effort to chop the wood, but the ants have already caught up!
"Get into the water!" Zhu Yu shouted, and several other people immediately carried the raft into the water.
The location they chose was still dozens of meters away from the fork. Although the water flow here was not as fast as the fork, it was not slow either.
But there was no time left to choose a good place further up.
The depth of the water reached the chest at the beginning, and it was estimated that it would be at least two meters further forward, and the middle position could be three or four meters. Zhu Yu glanced with his eyes and found nothing ferocious underneath, so he urged everyone to swim quickly.
However, as soon as he swam to the middle, the water upstream started churning. Zhu Yu saw that it was a crocodile that jumped out of nowhere and bit Hans who was swimming in the water!
"careful!"
Zhu Yu took out the shovel from his backpack and chopped it into the crocodile underwater!
The shovel struck the crocodile, but was blocked by the thick skin. Instead, it annoyed the crocodile, and it rolled towards Zhu Yu!
Zhu Yu hurriedly dodged, but he was far less flexible underwater than on land. He could barely avoid the flesh, but his clothes were torn by the crocodile!
"Hurry up!" Ran Jie and Qin Fei wanted to come over to help, Zhu Yu shouted hurriedly.
Only by going ashore can we escape the real danger.
This crocodile is only two meters long and is not a big threat.
Zhu Yu knew that the shovel was useless, so he put it away. With a flash of inspiration, he thought of the black dagger and immediately took it out from the space!
The crocodile had already readjusted its direction under the water, staring at Zhu Yu and pounced again!
Zhu Yu gritted his teeth and endured it. When the crocodile was about to bite him, he dodged slightly, and then stabbed the crocodile directly in the eye with the dagger!
Like slicing tofu, the dagger pierced all the way in!
Zhu Yu drew out his dagger. The crocodile did not die immediately, but he knew that this person was not easy to mess with, so he swung his tail and swam slowly towards the river bank.
These people breathed a sigh of relief, quickened their pace, and soon swam to the other side.
Once ashore, everyone felt it was safe.
"Look!" Ran Jie pointed to the other side with a solemn expression and said.
Others looked over one after another and were surprised to find that the crocodile had landed on the shore but was not moving.
Apparently dead.
At this time, the group of ants had also arrived at the shore, discovered this "delicious food", and immediately surrounded it!
Within seven or eight minutes, only the skeleton of a crocodile weighing dozens of kilograms was left!
And that skeleton is also shrinking rapidly!
A minute later, the skeleton disappeared!
Even the blood-stained soil and grass blades disappeared, as if the crocodile had never existed!
If this is surrounded by a swarm of ants...
How many people can imagine what the consequences will be!
At this moment, Mira screamed:
"Crossing the river! Ants crossing the river!"
They were surprised to find that some of the ants were clever enough to use the leaves!
Some ants dragged leaves and climbed on them, while other ants dragged the leaves and threw them into the river.
But there were too many ants on the leaves, and they were quickly knocked over by the water waves, and the ants also fell into the water.
Although they won't sink to the bottom, ants can't swim, which finally made these people relieved.
However, after a while, the ant changed again!
Ant groups the size of footballs quickly formed on the other side of the river, and then quickly rushed down the river!
These ants hug each other tightly. Although the river water can occasionally wash away some ants on the periphery, there are not many!
The ant group was rolling, although it was not very fast, it was rushing towards this side!
But they were too light after all, and the river water quickly rushed each ant group to the middle of the river. By this time, they had entered the main stream, and the stronger current engulfed the ant groups.
What Zhu Yu expected happened!
Next, those ants formed a larger ant group, which was as big as an adult's arms!
"Let's go!" Zhu Yu knew he couldn't wait any longer, so he immediately urged these people to move forward.
"Where to go?" Hans was already desperate. "They will soon find a way to cross the river and will keep chasing us... I don't want to leave, I'm too tired..."
"Let's go!" Zhu Yu thought for a while and said, "Let's walk along the river for a while. As long as we find a fallen tree that is thick enough, we can make a raft and swim across the river. Those ants will not be able to cross the river anyway."
The other people’s eyes lit up!
"Yes! As long as we can cross this big river, no matter how powerful those ants are, they won't be able to cross it!"
Ran Jie said confidently, "Don't worry, we have never been afraid of an armed swim of fifty kilometers. The river is only one or two hundred meters wide, no problem!"
Although he said this, others didn't think so!
After all, the river looks very deep, and there are many dangerous creatures in the river. Who knows if you will encounter things like piranhas?
But where can we find other solutions now?
Fortunately, there was a river that could block the ants' journey. These people stopped running and regained their strength as they walked.
Qin Fei asked the question that everyone has always wanted to ask:
"Why are they still chasing us when we gave that thing to ants?"
"Maybe there is a smell, and we are delicious in their eyes." Zhu Yu guessed.
Everyone else looked at Mira.
Mira was a little nervous.
Zhu Yu smiled:
"Don't worry, I won't leave you alone. After all, we have lived and died together."
Ran Jie also smiled and said: "That's right, you and our comrades are almost the same. This wave is not a loss!"
After walking forward for about a kilometer, several people found a tree trunk that was about 70 to 80 centimeters in diameter and more than three meters long.
"That's it!" Zhu Yu scanned the river up and down. This time he really didn't find anything "big", so he said, "Let's just use it!"
The others didn't want to leave anymore. Zhu Yu took out his dagger and cut a flat surface on the tree and a place for people to hold on to. Ran Jie looked at it with eyes burning and asked:
"Boss, I haven't seen this dagger before. Did you dig it out?"
"Yes!" Zhu Yu handed over the dagger, "Try?"
Ran Jie cut it a few times and praised:
"It's really sharp, I don't know what material it is made of."
"It should be meteorite." Zhu Yu guessed, "Not everyone in ancient times could come up with a good material that can cut iron like mud. It's so sharp, I'm afraid only meteorite can be used."
The simple version of the canoe was ready, and the few people didn't wait any longer. They quickly pushed the wood down the river, and then used their hands and feet to paddle toward the other side.
"What is that?" Qin Fei turned his head inadvertently and suddenly saw a black cloud approaching rapidly in the sky, and he asked immediately.
"That's... a flying ant!" Zhu Yu was startled!
Those things are obviously aimed at people like myself!
Several people suddenly felt a strong sense of powerlessness!
On this river, with neither the sky nor the ground, and encountering such a group of flying ants, isn't this looking for death?
Zhu Yu stared at the "black cloud", wondering how he could survive.
"They will come over later, let's splash water, or if it doesn't work, just dive into the water!" Zhu Yu reminded. In fact, he thought everyone knew that if this thing's wings touch the water, it will definitely not be able to fly in a short time.
It's a pity - if it doesn't work, you have to take out the spray cans in your space, but it will be more troublesome to explain later.
But life is more important, let’s talk about other things!
The black clouds were getting closer and closer, and when they were almost about to pounce down, suddenly a large group of dragonfly-like insects flew out of the water, all as big as fingers, and pounced on the flying ants!
He hugged each other and took those flying ants away as a delicious meal!
Although the number of dragonflies is not as large as that of flying ants, with such a formation, how can the flying ants care about following the scent in search of food?
It's important to escape!
Is this originally fatal crisis resolved?
It was as if a few people were in a dream, and they didn't recover for several seconds!
Hans suddenly spoke:
"Zhu, bringing you here to look for treasures this time is the most correct choice I have made in my life! Only you can bring me such good luck again and again!"
Hans once again attributed this to Zhu Yu's good luck.
Everyone else also looked at Zhu Yu with strange eyes.
"Okay, let's talk about luck or bad luck." Zhu Yu couldn't stand the look in his eyes and said:
"Let's cross the river quickly. Otherwise, no one can guarantee whether something will appear in the river again."
Ran Jie suddenly pointed to the sky and said:
"I feel like I don't have to cross the river."
The others looked up and were surprised to see groups of large dragonflies chasing the flying ants towards the way they came.
And over there, isn't that where the predatory ants are?
"Would you like to go back and take a look?" Zhu Yu suddenly became excited.
Not to mention the luggage, Pumiti is still there!
I don’t know if I can escape the ants’ pursuit.
But you have to go and take a look before you feel at ease.
"Then let's go back and take a look!" Hans also said, "Our documents are all in the luggage. Without those things, we will be in a lot of trouble!"
Now that both of them have said it, let’s row back.
Fortunately, we didn't paddle far out and we landed quickly.
Once ashore, the log was left on the bank, intending to cross the river again if things went wrong.
I walked carefully back to the fork of the river, but I didn't see any ants.
Instead, they saw large groups of dragonflies continuing to fly in the direction they came from. Occasionally, a few would land, catch lone ants and fly away in their arms.
Apparently, the ants either flew away or were eaten.
"So many dead ones!" Zhu Yu's sharp eyes immediately saw clusters of drowned ants floating in the water by the river, which had not been washed away.
Occasionally, small fish come to eat.
What a feast!
Seeing this scene, everyone else felt relieved.
Ran Jie sighed:
"Sure enough, one thing brings another. If there are ants, there will be dragonflies that eat the ants. Not to mention, this nature is quite harmonious."
"Let's go, there should be no danger." Zhu Yu waved his hand, and several people walked upstream this time, walked to the shallow water, and fell directly into it.
Remembering the general direction, they took a shortcut, but they were still cautious, with the idea of turning around and running away if something went wrong.
In this way, we walked all the way to the ruins. The sky had darkened, but we didn't see any ants again.
However, a large group of dragonflies were hovering in the sky, which made them feel at ease.
Walking back to the camping place, I didn’t see Pumiti.
Everyone else looked at the backpack, and Zhu Yu shouted loudly:
"Pumiti! Pumiti!"
After shouting a few times, no one was seen. Zhu Yu thought to himself, he couldn't really be eaten, right?
But that’s not right. Even if you get eaten, at least you still have clothes and stuff, right?
He went over to pack his luggage. Obviously he couldn't stay here overnight today.
At this moment, a person suddenly ran through the jungle, it was Pumiti!
Seeing Zhu Yu, he grinned, then ran over quickly, jumped directly in front of Zhu Yu, and kowtowed to the ground!
Zhu Yu hurriedly asked him to get up, and the others also packed their luggage. Zhu Yu asked Mira to translate and talked while walking.
"He said he heard you calling his name in a very urgent tone. He knew there was danger. Just as he was about to chase after you, he saw those underground demons - they should be ants, and then they ran into the jungle!"
"But he didn't run far and found that those things didn't go this way, so he stayed in the tree and waited for us to come back."
Zhu Yu sighed, this is really an honest person!
The group walked almost two kilometers away from the ruins before stopping to camp.
In the middle, Mira found a special place to wash her hands properly.
After Pumiti learned about this, he also squeezed out the juice from some plants and applied it on Mira's hands, saying that it could eliminate the special smell.
Even so, when camping, at Zhu Yu's request, Pumiti found some pungent plants, placed them around the camp, and lit several fires.
Only in this way can everyone feel a little safer.
Dinner was entirely catered by Pumiti - the rest of the group was just fine not to mention exhausted.
After the meal, no one chatted, Pumiti was on duty, and the others took a quick rest.
Fortunately, the night was uneventful.
When he got up the next day, Zhu Yu said to Hans:
"Mr. Hans, it's too dangerous in the jungle. I think we should go back."
Hans also knew that if he continued to search, he might lose his life here, so he nodded.
Everyone else breathed a sigh of relief and could finally go back!
Zhu Yu led the rest of the route - he had very comprehensive map information about this place in his mind.
Although I won’t be able to memorize the entire Amazon jungle, I can still find my way back!
