silent farm

Chapter 36 The Intruder

However, when they finished their meal and were about to start their journey, the weather changed.

Thomas heard the animal's cry, looked up at the sky, looked at the occasional gap in the treetops, and said to Li Sheng, "Maybe we have to stay here temporarily. We need to find a higher place."

When they were going back and forth, there was a high place somewhere, and it was very suitable for tents and the like.

"Lee, you go find firewood. I'll set up a tent."

Li Sheng didn't object.

When he returned with some firewood, Thomas had built a simple trellis between two trees.And put some large leaves like plantains on it: "Li, come and help, tie these leaves first. Otherwise, it will leak when it rains."

Li Sheng put the firewood on the shelf below, and picked up the strips of bark that had been torn off to bind the leaves.

With the full cooperation of the two, they finally set up the shelf before the rain fell.

In the jungle, there is no need to worry about the wind blowing the water droplets.But the torrential rain was still powerful.The ground quickly integrated water, which looked like a river.

Fortunately, Thomas moved fast enough, otherwise they might have become drowned chickens now.

In the rainy jungle, the temperature was still relatively low, so Thomas lit a fire on the shelf.

It takes skill to ignite a fire on a wooden shelf, otherwise the shelf may also be ignited.First, make a simple brazier made of mud below, and then light a fire on it.

"I'm afraid it's going to rain for a while," Thomas said, washing his hands with dripping water from the leaves of the trellis.

"why?"

"It's not convective rain. Because there are no thunderstorms."

Although the frontal rain will also strike thunder in advance, but the strong convective weather is basically accompanied by thunder and lightning, and this time no thunder was heard before the rain.This shows that this is likely to be frontal rain.Frontal rain usually has a period of rain followed by lightning, or even no lightning at all.

"I hope the flood will not rise more than two meters." Li Sheng looked at the rain outside and made a joke.

Another two meters of water?That's no joke.If that was the case, most of the Silent Farm would be submerged underwater, and their place would also be flooded.Of course, maybe the entire rainforest area would more than double.

Thomas smiled bitterly and said, "I think, if the rain lasts until night, we have to go back to the farm after the rain stops." The receding flood may come again soon.

However, the heavy rain did not last long, and the front moved westward quickly, and the rain basically stopped after about two hours.

"It seems that God thinks that my wish should be granted." Thomas said with a smile when he saw the rain stopped.

It was still early and they packed their bags, but the shed ignored it.Instead of walking along the river, Thomas wanted to go inside the forest.He explained: "It has just rained heavily, and walking by the river is more dangerous, and there may be flash floods sloping down. And even if there is no danger, the road by the river is more difficult to walk."

Li Sheng thinks it is better to listen to him, he is an expert in life in the rainforest.

The air in the jungle after the rain is extremely fresh and cool, without the usual sweltering heat.The speed of the two walking was also much faster.In the evening, amidst howler monkeys roaring to send off the sunset, the two built two more small sheds for camping.

In the first half of the night, Li Sheng kept vigil.For him, the night vigil is not only a matter of staying up late, but also quite exhausting.

He needs complete control over a certain area around him to be at ease.In the rainforest, nocturnal animals such as jaguars occasionally appear, and he dare not take it lightly.So he has been sensing the surrounding situation.It's just that continuous sensing of the air is also very exhausting, and he only senses a range of about 50 meters around him.Too big, he may not be able to survive the first half of the night.

When the night watch was put on for Thomas in the middle of the night, he was terribly sleepy.The two just exchanged a few words, and Li Sheng went into the tent to rest.

Early the next morning, he was woken again by howler monkeys roaring to welcome the sunrise.He got up and complained: "The throat structure of this howler monkey is really good. If you call it that way, won't their throats really get inflamed?"

"They're natural singers, so they have to practice their throats morning and evening." Thomas had boiled water and prepared breakfast.

After Li Sheng washed up briefly, the two had breakfast, packed their bags and continued to travel north.At this point, they had entered the hilly area.The undulating terrain lengthened their path,

This morning, they encountered many animals that came out to look for food on the road, but they were mainly animals in the trees.There are macaws and there are monkeys.There are many types of monkeys in the rainforest.There are many kinds of long-tailed monkeys, spider monkeys and so on.There are even more snakes, insects, rats and ants.Li Sheng felt that entering the jungle was like entering a zoo, but the place was a bit bigger.

Li Sheng even saw a one-meter-long pink bug walking under the dead leaves on the road, and he didn't know whether to be disgusted or curious.In the morning, it was a paradise for predators. Along the way, they encountered several snakes hidden in dead leaves.And there may be more that haven't been discovered.

When Li Sheng was startled by a dead leaf snake that was startled away by the two men's huge size, Thomas said happily: "Fortunately, snakes are still very principled. As long as it is not something they can swallow, they usually Will choose to save their own venom."

"The color of this thing looks like a leaf, especially its head, which is simply a leaf." The shape and color of the dead leaf snake's head are like a leaf, and there is even a protrusion like a petiole on its snout.When they hide their bodies in dead leaves with only their heads exposed, perhaps only thermal imaging cameras can easily find them.

Thomas found two twigs that he wanted to use to scare the grass.Handed one of them to Li Sheng, and said, "It's not easy to survive in the jungle, so camouflage is very important. There may be hundreds of camouflaged animals within ten square meters. It's just that we can't recognize them with our naked eyes." Thomas Finally said jokingly. "People also learn a lot of skills from it. It's also a kind of bionics."

In the Amazon jungle, bugs and reptiles have many masters of camouflage.It's just that they didn't want to study animals, and they didn't deliberately look for those things along the way.

Before noon they had penetrated deep into the hill country.There are quite a few small rivers and streams between the hills. The brief heavy rain yesterday did not allow them to continue to flood, but the traces of the flash floods are still clearly preserved.The traces of the two sides being washed by the flood are obvious.

But now, as long as the two of these creeks want to go there, there is still a way to go there, and it takes more time to find the way.This also makes them only rely on GSP navigation to determine the direction.

In the afternoon, the two climbed over a hill and descended to a col.They heard human voices, and they couldn't understand what they were listening to.

The two looked at each other, Thomas was pleasantly surprised, but Li Sheng was a little stunned.

It turned out that the two of them had been walking for almost three days, and they had already approached the indigenous tribe unknowingly.Li Sheng took a look at the GSP instrument, and sure enough, it was not far from the place where he discovered the indigenous tribe.

But there seem to be quite a few people below. Could it be that the tribe has moved here.

Thomas whispered, "Go and see?"

Li Sheng was also curious, nodded and said, "I hope they won't find it an unforgivable offense to be watched."

The two moved forward quietly.They should be several hundred meters away from the natives, with the forest in between, they couldn't see each other, and their voices were very low.Li Sheng didn't activate the air sensor right away.

Li Sheng pushed aside a patch of grass and was really taken aback.There were actually three children hiding inside.

(End of this chapter)