Zhan Pengfei's sudden reminder made Qi Xiaoyan feel an itch on her scalp...

Thinking it was a leaf, she reached out to remove it, but Liu Sisi immediately stopped her.

She took a closer look and realized that it wasn't a leaf at all, but a black spider hiding in Qi Xiaoyan's hair.

Since there's only a little red at the tail and the rest is mostly black, you really can't see it unless you look closely.

"Xiaoyan, don't move! Feng, come quick, isn't this Black Widow?"

Upon hearing the name Black Widow, Ye Feng quickly took two steps forward, as there are basically no non-venomous spiders in the Amazon.

Because these creatures are smaller than snakes, they often catch people off guard and climb onto them without them even realizing it.

Therefore, among the indigenous people of the Amazon, more people die in the jungle each year from spiders than from snakes.

After observing it carefully for a while, Ye Feng casually broke off a small twig from the side and gently picked the spider out of his hair.

"This isn't a Black Widow, it's a distant relative. It's called a redback spider because it has some red spots on its back."

It is not as toxic as the Black Widow, but a bite still produces a strong neurotoxin.

The symptoms are nausea and vomiting, muscle pain and cramps, similar to a feeling we experience when affected by a magnetic field.

With that, Ye Feng flicked his wrist, sending the spider flying.

"This reminds me that spiders are much harder to guard against than venomous snakes."

These little gadgets are incredibly effective at hide-and-seek; many people get bitten without even realizing it.

They might not even know what's happening when the poison takes effect.

You still remember those old pigskin leg wraps, right?

Everyone shook their heads...

"No."

Actually, dried pigskin isn't very heavy, so they usually keep it.

"Quick! Cut the pigskin to the right size and put it over your head, just make sure it doesn't block the camera lens."

After Ye Feng finished speaking, everyone immediately began to act.

They had a pair of scissors, which weren't hard to make: just poke two holes in the pigskin, thread some vines through it, and tie it around their heads.

It can protect you from mosquitoes overhead and also provide shelter from the rain.

Ye Feng then took out a blue hat and put it on his head.

This was stolen from Horford's little brother, and it came in handy.

After they finished, the group continued along the route...

Hiking on the mountain path was much more physically demanding than expected. In just over half an hour, apart from Tang Weiwei, Zhan Pengwu, and Fu Changxiong, they had all walked.

Everyone else was panting and sweating profusely.

However, less than ten minutes later, Liu Sisi heard the sound of running water.

Based on the source of the sound, Ye Feng determined that it was exactly the direction he needed to take.

The group followed the sound and, in less than ten minutes, arrived at a quiet little riverbank…

At this moment, they are at the bottom of a downhill slope.

Three or four meters below them, there was a stream about six meters wide, flowing slowly downstream.

The water was pitch black, and nothing could be seen underwater.

The opposite bank is also downhill, and judging by the height, it is clearly one or two meters lower than where they are.

Ye Feng took out the white watch and examined it closely...

This appears to be the junction between two mountains, and also the dividing line.

It was a necessary route for Ye Feng's planned route. Once they reached the other side and crossed the mountain, they would enter the so-called low-lying plain.

This means that the mountain road will become the jungle highway we used to travel.

From the sky, the two mountains look like a cone-shaped cake that has been split in two, one large and one small.

The river is shaped like a "V" funnel, and it seems to get narrower as the water flows downstream.

"Brother, it's almost time... let's hurry and cross the river."

Fu Changxiong also held a watch in his hand, constantly watching the time.

There are 8 minutes left until 10 o'clock...

Ye Feng turned his head and glanced at the woods behind him. The trees were thick and there were many weeds and plants, making it easy to hide.

If we stay here, and the other side catches up, we'll be at their vantage point.

With no safe haven on their side, it was essentially a do-or-die situation.

He didn't want to stay in this passive, deadly situation for long.

"Don't rush, have you forgotten the mistakes we made before? There's a method to crossing a river."

It's completely invisible underwater; swimming directly across would be very dangerous.

Don't be fooled by its narrow width; the water is dark and deep, far more dangerous than the mangrove forest we passed through.

Upon hearing this, Zhan Pengwu looked at the stream below with some skepticism.

"Hey bro, do you have some kind of psychological trauma like me?"

"No way, it's such a big river, I could just dive right across."

"Then what?"

Ye Feng replied to him calmly...

"Look at this row on the other side, it's basically all moss-covered stones, and the angle is so steep, how are you going to get up there?"

Zhan Pengwu squinted, tilting his head forward to carefully scan the row of houses on the opposite bank several times. He found it was indeed the case…

It seems to be due to the river water soaking and the ebb and flow of tides over the years.

The rocks along the river surface are mostly smooth stones, at least 1.7 meters high from the bank, and at a vertical angle of about 85 degrees.

Swimming across is easy, but there are no footholds to climb, and it's difficult to exert force in the water, so it's simply impossible to get up smoothly.

"Hiss~"

Zhan Pengwu scratched his head, looking bewildered. Things seemed to be more complicated than he had imagined.

"Why is this place so eerie? There are all sorts of strange things everywhere."

"Amazon itself is a wicked place."

Ye Feng frowned, staring intently at the dark underwater surface, a chilling and sinister feeling creeping over him.

Past experience had always served as a warning to him: bad things would happen whenever he ventured into the unknown.

This is true in swamps, and it's also true in magnetic fields; I've escaped death many times.

This water is as black as ink; I must not risk my life.

He immediately had Fu Changxiong bring out a hemp rope, and then took a steel gallbladder from Qi Xiaojie…

After being tied up, it was placed directly underwater to test the water depth.

Ye Feng had anticipated that the water here would be deep, but he hadn't expected it to be this deep.

He let out the rope for at least ten seconds before the steel bladder tied to one end touched the bottom of the water.

Moreover, during this time, he was quite certain that he felt a slight impact from the steel bladder.

It was obvious that something in the water was attacking the steel tank or the rope, and there was more than one of them.

Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Ye Feng immediately pulled the rope back.

Before they had been pulling for long, a force suddenly came from the rope.

The rope suddenly taut and slowly moved into the distance.

Something had bitten the rope.

"Hey!"

Ye Feng was pulled and stumbled, but fortunately Zhan Pengwu and Tang Weiwei reacted quickly and grabbed his shoulders.

Otherwise, you might really get dragged into this...

Ye Feng felt his entire worldview had been completely shattered at this moment…

That's a hemp rope! How hungry does this fish have to be to eat this stuff?