This is a dragon. Even if we don't catch it, taking a photo to prove its existence would be big news. It's all money!

Anyway, the purpose is to come out for fun and shoot an interesting TV series or film. Allen is very enthusiastic about this.

At worst, he could privately fund an expedition team, which wouldn't cost much.

Even if this legend is false, it would be worth it if we could discover some other new species.

As for if...if this Ningkinanka is really a dragon, will there be any relationship between Gambia and China...

It won’t matter!

Even if they are related, they are not descendants of the dragon, not even the Black Dragon!

…

With this understanding, Allen sent people to the filming location to explore the route first and to inquire about some information, mainly about the legend of the water monster Ningkinanka.

Don't mention it yet...

There is really news!

Although according to the records, witnesses who have seen Ningkinanka will be cursed and die a miserable death, but...some people still found survivors who were said to have seen Ningkinanka.

No matter why they didn’t die, according to their own statements, they “survived” after seeking treatment from people in the church.

Alan had people prepare several pictures, including giant dragons from common Western stories, four-legged beasts drawn based on the descriptions of eyewitnesses in previous materials, and a private picture that Alan specially added - the image of the Oriental Chinese dragon.

According to the identification of those witnesses, miraculously, they all pointed the image to the picture of the dragon in China.

Now...

It’s even more interesting!

Alan was sure that there was absolutely no legend of the Chinese dragon in this crappy place like Gambia, but these witnesses could point out from the pictures that the monster called Ningkinanka they had seen looked like the image of the Chinese dragon.

Is this a coincidence?

Moreover, as the scope of the village for gathering information expanded, a village chief from a small village provided information. He said that his ancestors had also seen this water monster, and even... his family had the scales of the water monster that his ancestors had secretly brought back!

The scales of Ningkinanka that have been preserved to this day!

It was because of this that Alan became even more excited, and finally asked someone to bring the scale back to him.

Although if this thing really exists, then according to the explorer's speculation, it seems to be radioactive, but Alan couldn't help but be curious. As long as he took a look at it from a distance and put it away properly, it shouldn't be a big problem.

…

"He wants to see me? To present himself to me?"

Alan raised his eyebrows. Damn... These Gambian natives are ignorant. They may not know that this thing seems to have radiation, but Alan is still very afraid of death. He doesn't want to come into close contact with these scales. When he heard what Xiao Shitou said, a trace of disgust flashed across his face.

"Master... I've seen that thing before, and I've had it tested with an instrument. It doesn't have any radiation..."

Xiao Shitou had a very painful expression on his face. Although this matter seemed a bit unreliable, foreigners were generally very interested in this kind of thing. The more mysterious it was, the more interested they were. Now that Alan was interested, Xiao Shitou could only bite the bullet and show some concern.

"No radiation?"

Alan's eyes widened, even though he could see it up close without the radiation, but... did this mean that this thing was fake?

"Call him over here!"

After impatiently instructing Little Stone, Alan patted Ajani on the shoulder and signaled her to clean up.

…

"Your Excellency, on behalf of myself and our entire village, I extend my most sincere greetings to you. May God bless the Queen!"

He was wearing a small round green hat with patterns, a colorful robe, a dark complexion, and was not fat, but rather skinny, almost skin and bones...

The village chief who was brought up by Xiao Shitou had red eyes when he saw Alan for the first time. He knelt on the ground and greeted Alan, as if the king's army had finally arrived.

Alan opened his mouth, listening to his somewhat rustic greeting, grinning, "I'm representing your village... It makes me look like a landlord who has gone to the countryside to help the poor."

This is the result of Britain's rule over them for more than 200 years. Even now, many ordinary Gambians will kneel unconsciously when they see British bigwigs.

This was his instinctive reaction, not something Alan forced him to do.

…

"Get up, where are your things?"

Alan sat sideways on a beach chair. Although he was shirtless and wore shorts, it did not affect his glorious image at all.

A head of semi-long blonde hair, pinned with a hairpin and combed back.

The essence cream that Ajani had just applied on her body made her wheat-colored skin look golden and shiny.

In addition, Alan is tall and has a good figure. In the eyes of the village chief, his current image is a bit like the god of war in ancient Greek mythology.

This is the demeanor of a noble lord from the great country of Britain.

…

The village chief rummaged around in his robe for a long time, and under Alan's disgusted gaze, he finally took out a yellowed transparent plastic bag. The small plastic bag was still sealed, and there was something inside.

Alan, who was about to take it, hesitated when he saw the packaging of the thing and winked at Xiao Shitou next to him.

Little Stone's face twitched, and with some disgust he pinched the edge of the plastic bag with the tips of his index finger and thumb, lifted it up, and handed it to Alan.

"Is this filled with Ningkinanka's scales?"

Alan couldn't see clearly through the yellowed plastic bag. There were several palm-sized, slightly curled, square, irregular "scales" inside, like plastic sheets.

It really looks like that.

It was just a little different from the colorful and glittering scales that Alan had imagined...

The few "scales" handed over by the village chief were wrinkled and thin, just like...

Just like potato chips that have been soaked in water and then dried out...

"Alright... have someone send it back to Cardiff University for testing to see what's inside!"

Now that he had the real thing in his hands, Alan seemed bored again. This thing was a little different from what he had imagined, and he was a little disappointed... But for such a strange thing, you can't just judge by its appearance. There is an old saying that a magical thing is self-deprecating...

What if this is it?

To be on the safe side, it is better to send it back to Wales and let professionals test it. Alan not only believes in these mysterious little things, he also believes in science!

"etc!"

Seeing Xiao Shitou taking the things and leaving with the village chief, Alan called Xiao Shitou again and gave him some instructions.

"Give him a reward of one thousand pounds. If he has any more news on this matter, ask him to report back to you!"

"ah?"

The village chief also heard what Alan said, and his eyes suddenly burst into a different light.

This noble lord is indeed a great nobleman, giving a thousand pounds for just one reward? ! ! !

What is Gambia's annual GDP now?

Less than a billion dollars.

The per capita income is less than four hundred dollars per year!

In such an environment, what does it mean to reward one thousand pounds at a time?

This amount of money is more than what he could earn in several years of work!

This is already a huge sum of money for him!

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! Your glory will surely..." The village chief's lips were trembling, and he wanted to kneel down again.

Alan didn't stop him. He just watched happily as the old black man kowtowed to him again before being taken away by Xiao Shitou.

…

The green spray bottle was filled with a mixture of Liushen floral water and Fengyoujing...

Three servants were beside Allen, spraying this special mosquito repellent all around in a 360-degree angle.

On the ground in the distance, there were a few objects that looked like large incense sticks, with white smoke coming out of them.

That is mosquito repellent incense for animals.

All these preparations are to ensure that Alan is not bitten by mosquitoes on both sides of the river.

The mosquitoes here in Gambia belong to the branch of African mosquitoes and are very large!

Generally, individual mosquitoes are about the size of a thumb. When they fly in groups in the sky, you can hear the buzzing sound from a long distance away, which is very creepy.

This is also the reason why the Chinese cooling oil, wind oil and floral water that Allen used to represent are so popular here. These things work well.

Further west, in some poorer areas, people still catch mosquitoes using nets, like large insect nets. One net catches a large group of mosquitoes and swatts them into a basin. When they have enough mosquitoes to fill a basin, they can make mosquito patties.

Anyway, it's black... and it smells disgusting. Alan has never eaten it, but he has seen it.

This time, the logistics team has done sufficient preparation in this regard.

The 7-person crew consists of three photographers, two bodyguards who also serve as logistics personnel, a guide, and a conductor.

The seven of them will accompany the two contestants in this group for filming.

A small group, including the two protagonists, a total of nine people, rely on the ship's communication system and communicate with walkie-talkies.

…

The plan was to have four groups of contestants in total, four men and four women, paired up in twos. In order to keep them fresh, they were not allowed to meet each other during the many days on the ship.

Just to create the unfamiliar feeling of them meeting each other for the first time in the wild.

Otherwise...if we get to know each other well on the ship, the show will be boring!

What Allen wanted was a man and a woman to be able to be honest with each other in the wild, to feel the shame, novelty and excitement.

…

Although there are four groups of contestants, they cannot be filmed one by one as it would take too much time. So Allen dispersed the crew. Everyone took the same route, but each group was separated by a certain distance and set off one day apart, creating a sense of... four teams of men and women setting out together in the wild, heading towards the same goal at the same time.

Although it's about the wild, but... this is all a script.

Because there are few people around here, there are still some large wild animals, but they were all driven away in advance by bodyguards in helicopters. The area is safe within a few days.

The only things you need to watch out for are poisonous insects and baboons.

The baboons here are smarter and more aggressive, but... no matter how aggressive they are, they are useless in the face of hot weapons.

Before they officially attack, Alan would not be so cruel as to kill these baboons first, but would just drive them away.

But if these baboons come back and cause trouble for him, that’s another story!

…

A river beach that was specially cleared.

A man and a woman smiled at each other awkwardly, then the woman lifted her short hair behind her ear and introduced herself.

The boy looks to be in his early twenties at most. Those who can participate in this kind of program are young people who are more open-minded and pursue novelty. Both parties are in their twenties. Before coming, they were only concerned about the excitement. Now that the filming has officially started and they are being watched by so many people, they should be shy or not.

"What are you standing there for? Take it off! It will be dark soon!"

Alan stood far away, holding his special little trumpet with lace on it, and started chattering.

…

The female contestant glanced around, gritted her teeth inconspicuously, and began to take off her clothes.

According to the rules, the two started from the starting point without wearing anything and could only carry a few gadgets provided by the program team.

A dagger, a small iron pot, a bundle of ropes, a waterproof lighter, and a pack of small blue pills.

When the male contestants saw that the female contestants had taken off their clothes first, they felt like they couldn't be pretentious anymore. There were so many grown men around them, what was there to be afraid of!

Take it off yourself too!

…

"Ha ha!"

Alan just laughed, but suddenly realized that this would bring a lot of pressure to the contestants in the distance, so he quickly suppressed his laughter.

Ajani was wearing a big baseball cap and wrapped tightly. She poked Alan's waist with her hand from behind.

She knew why Alan laughed just now...

The male contestant was tall and strong, and seemed to be in good shape, but when he took off his clothes, many things betrayed him, such as something shrunken like a wrinkled walnut shell and a small caterpillar.

Under normal circumstances, it shouldn't be like this, even if it's small, it shouldn't be like this.

…

The male contestant looked at the first few tools provided by the crew. The dagger was no problem. It could be used for self-defense in the wild. Even if he killed prey, he would have to use the dagger to clean up the prey.

Xiaoguo, this is understandable.

He understood ropes and lighters.

But what is this packet of little blue pills for?

I shook the blue pill in my hand and was about to ask, but the camera crew leader next to me quickly explained, "Ahem... this is a special medicine that has a relaxing and calming effect. You have lived in the city for many years, and suddenly you are living in the wild. It's okay during the day, but there are some wild animals calling in the wild at night. We are afraid that you will not be able to rest well and affect the filming, so we specially prepared this medicine for you."

"Oh?" The male contestant's eyes flickered. This medicine...is it a sedative?

"However, you can't eat too much of this, and try not to eat it during the day. It's best to eat it before going to bed."

The director of the photography team added a few more words.

"???"

So this means that this is a combination of a sedative and a sleeping pill?

It turned out to be a nobleman’s private film and television company, and even such small details were taken into consideration.

"Okay, I've got it in mind. We can start filming!"

The male contestant found a leaf from the ground, wrapped the packet of blue pills carefully, and held it tightly in his hand.

"Heh... our cameras have been on since you got here."

The conductor pointed to the camera next to him.

When the male contestant heard this, his face turned visibly red and he slightly tilted his body, looking a little unnatural.

He was facing the camera just now, and the little caterpillar was captured in the camera. This... is so embarrassing!