"Odecas, is your map reliable?"
"Shut up!"
Ms. Angel lowered her head to observe the details of the map. However, this map was too old, and the mapper might have been careless, causing many details to be lost.
After they entered the rainforest, they could no longer find their way out and were trapped among the lush trees and vines.
In Zhou Jinru's eyes, he was the most wicked navigator he had ever seen. He could easily drive the car into the river.
Odecas was unhappy and threw the old map at the doctor with a straight face: "Since the doctor has a good idea, it's up to you now."
Zhou Jinru turned to look at Ke'obai: "Xiao Ke, how do you think we should go?"
The Pero man tilted his head. It would be too difficult for her to make a choice like finding the way.
However, she was not helpless.
Xiao Ke took out her ax and threw it into the air. After a few seconds, she pointed in a direction: "Let's go this way!"
Gumi said: "Xiao Ke, are you sure this is the way?"
"Um!"
Zhou Jinru was also very frightened, because the direction the ax pointed was a pond with relatively clear water. To get there, they had to take a long detour or simply wade through the water.
Okay, since Xiao Mo said to go this way, let's go.
Zhou Jinru bent down and said, "You ride on me for a moment, and I will carry you over first."
Odekas opened his mouth wide. He didn't expect that these two people were so unreliable and really wanted to wade across the pond.
"Don't worry, I can see the bottom of the pond, it's very shallow, don't worry."
Xiao Ke was riding on the doctor's neck, raising the ax in his right hand and pointing forward: "Let's go!"
thump.
Crash.
Help...
…
"I was wrong, I was really wrong. The pond that looks shallow is actually full of mud at the bottom."
Zhou Jinru sat on the ground with a heartbroken expression.
There is no doubt that the two people who tried to enter the water were soaked, but they did not gain anything. When Xiao Ke was jumping, he accidentally grabbed a suitcase, which was an unexpected gain.
Odekas unscrewed Zhou Jinru's clothes expressionlessly and hung them on a tree branch next to him. Gumi was busy collecting materials that could be used to light a fire. It was getting late and it was time to find a place to camp.
The Perot man didn't take the matter of falling into the water to heart at all. He was staring at the suitcase with interest, gesturing with the ax in his hand, intending to pry open the lock.
No one has walked in this place for many years. The ownerless things that fall here belong to whoever sees them.
Ms. Angel pointed at Xiao Ke: "Do you want to help her make up her mind?"
"Xiao Ke, come to me."
Xiao Ke ran to the doctor obediently, wagging his tail gently.
Taking the ax from the girl's hand, Zhou Jinru threw it casually. The weapon accurately hit the suitcase, smashing the lock part. Some water seeped out of it, but nothing happened.
"Go and have a look."
Without him having to say anything, Xiao Ke immediately took the suitcase over and opened it in front of everyone. Unfortunately, it was filled with soaked clothes and documents.
Zhou Jinru used a branch to push aside the rotten cloth, and found that there was something hard hidden at the bottom. Soon, a blood-red handicraft appeared in front of them, blooming with magnificent colors under the light of the fire.
This is a diamond, or a blood diamond enough to cause a regional conflict.
It's unimaginable that it would sink in the water with these clothes. The person who originally held it must have suffered.
"Xiaoji, put it away quickly."
Zhou Jinru's words aroused Odecas' surprise: "You have no interest at all?"
"Ha, if I want it, there will be a lot of rich people willing to donate their wealth. In your heart, am I such a despicable person?"
"At least not a good person."
Zhou Jinru didn't know Ms. Angel well enough, so he didn't ask any more questions, and didn't care if she gave up her inner thoughts.
Not long after they set up camp, the temporary camp received two uninvited guests.
"Guys, are you also traveling businessmen?"
The visitor cast an inquiring look, and Zhou Jinru nodded: "You too?"
"More or less, we are several caravans united together. If possible, I hope you can come with us."
With such an invitation, Zhou Jinru had no reason to refuse and immediately agreed.
The four people put out the fire together, got water to soak the black ash thoroughly, dug a hole and filled it with mud, and followed the two traveling businessmen to their camp.
"Wow, how many are there?"
"It is estimated that there will be two to three hundred people."
After observing for a moment, Odekas said softly: "With more than three hundred people, it's hard to imagine that there would be such a large-scale joint caravan in Sargon."
"Let's go sit by the fire and get some food. I think Xiao Mo is already hungry."
Sizzling meat was roasting next to the fire, and people sitting around were telling stories.
Sitting next to Zhou Jinru was a man with a melancholy face. His coat was dirty and one sleeve was missing from his leather jacket. He was holding a lunch box filled with hot water and slowly fiddled with it with a spoon.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
The man raised his head and glanced at Zhou Jinru, and whispered: "I was kicked out of my hometown town. The Originium water pump in the town was broken. I went out to look for parts to repair the water pump. I walked a long way and finally found all the parts. and tools, but unexpectedly contracted Originium Disease, and even though the water pump had been repaired, I was still forced to leave my hometown.”
"You can find a new way of life somewhere else."
The man shook his head and said sadly: "My story is over."
He threw a backpack next to him at Zhou Jinru's feet, indicating that he could take it away, and then the man left alone.
"Maybe……"
Zhou Jinru picked up his backpack and found an 80% new monocular telescope, a still usable pan, and several unopened bottles of vanilla root beer.
The telescope was taken away by Xiao Ke, the pan was given to Gumi, and the vanilla root beer was given to the businessman by the fire by the angel lady.
The generous caravan members shared their lunch boxes, which were mostly fried foods with high salt and calories, and were paired with small packets of tomato sauce. They tasted good but were unhealthy.
When it was time to rest, Zhou Jinru and others were assigned to a simple shack, which was quite strong in Carters style.
Four single sleeping bags were spread out on mats and they prepared to spend the night.
Before going to bed, Peiluo nuzzled up to Zhou Jinru's side and humped like a caterpillar.
"What?"
"Can't sleep."
"Let me tell you a story."
Xiao Ke blinked and nodded vigorously, but her energy was not enough to last until the end of the story, and she soon fell asleep next to the doctor.
The night passed.
Breakfast is roasted legba and dried plantain fruits provided by the caravan, and the drink is dried cactus tea.
Accompanied by the jingling bells of the pack animals, they arrived at their first foothold in the rain forest at noon.
