"What did you stop for?"
The rainforest was dark, and the man holding them hostage did not see the little monkey. He only saw Lu Lingxi stop and immediately started shouting at him.
Lu Lingxi said nothing, and quickly waved his hand at the little monkey, lowering his head and walking forward. He still remembered the little monkey's warning in the morning, and was worried that the man would recognize the little monkey. Although the little monkey was agile, the man had a gun in his hand. The little monkey understood Lu Lingxi's movements and quickly jumped onto a tree nearby. He hid behind the dense leaves. The man walked over, looked up and saw nothing.
The three of them walked forward for a while, and the man was thinking about contacting the boss. He was very familiar with this rain forest, and he could determine the correct direction even in the dark. According to their speed, they should meet up with the boss in half an hour. He was about to take out the satellite phone from his bag, and suddenly a strong wind blew behind his head. The man instinctively fell to the ground and a huge black shadow fell behind him. The man was subconsciously stunned, and Wang Chaoliang reacted very quickly and took the opportunity to pounce on him, pressing the man who was about to stand up under him.
"Xiao Xi, the gun."
Wang Chaoliang was unable to move, so after shouting, he opened his mouth and bit the man's arm holding the gun.
The man struggled to push Wang Chaoliang away, but couldn't. He suddenly became violent and punched Wang Chaoliang in the face with his other hand. Wang Chaoliang groaned, but still held on tightly and refused to let go. Lu Lingxi had already run to the man's side and fought with him for the gun.
The black shadow that attacked the man before also took the opportunity to cause trouble. It jumped onto the man's face and squeaked. It turned out to be a giant monkey half the height of a man.
"You bastard, you're looking for death."
The man cursed with gnashing teeth, and kicked his legs to try to flip the man and the monkey on top of him. In the chaos, Lu Lingxi stepped hard on the man's hand holding the gun, and the man had to let go of his hand due to the unbearable pain, and Lu Lingxi took the gun away from him. In the blink of an eye, twos and threes of black shadows jumped down from the tree, and monkeys of all sizes squeaked excitedly, pounced on the man and scratched or clawed, and a few small monkeys stood in the front, baring their teeth and grabbing unknown fruits to hit the man hard, and the man roared angrily.
Lu Lingxi held the gun but didn't know how to use it. He didn't think too much and just stuffed the gun behind his clothes. He then pulled up a vine that was as thick as a finger and looked very strong from the ground. While the man was being pinned down by the monkeys and Wang Chaoliang and couldn't get up, he went around and tied up the man's exposed legs and tied a tight knot.
"Uncle Wang."
Lu Lingxi hurriedly pulled Wang Chaoliang up and untied the ropes on him. With the help of the monkey group, the two of them tied up the man on the ground again with the ropes, and took off the man's socks and stuffed them into his mouth.
"Okay, it's okay." Wang Chaoliang's face and mouth were covered in blood. He wiped it randomly and patted Lu Lingxi soothingly.
Lu Lingxi looked at him worriedly, "Uncle Wang, are you okay?"
Wang Chaoliang laughed, "It's okay, your uncle Wang is very lucky, this little injury is nothing."
Only now did the two of them calm down completely and have the energy to talk. Lu Lingxi's heart had been pounding before, and he was just acting on instinct. Wang Chaoliang was not much better than Lu Lingxi. After all, he was old and had been beaten a lot along the way. Under the mental pressure, he almost couldn't hold on. Fortunately, he usually did a lot of outdoor work and had good physical exercise. He was also thinking about how he brought Xiaoxi out, and he had to bring Xiaoxi back completely. Relying on this idea, he was able to hold on all the way.
The two looked at the tied-up man. He looked miserable, with a badly swollen face. His clothes were torn into strips by the monkeys, and his exposed body was covered with long bloodstains. Several little monkeys were still hitting the man, as if they thought it was a fun game. The leading little monkey was the one Lu Lingxi knew. It was pointing at the man and squeaking as it hit him.
"What's going on?" Wang Chaoliang was both relieved and puzzled. "Did this person offend the monkey group before?"
It was really lucky for him and Lu Lingxi to escape. If he hadn't taken advantage of the sudden attack on the man and the help of these monkeys, it would have been impossible for him and Xiaoxi to escape from the man.
Lu Lingxi couldn't explain it clearly, but what he was sure of was that these monkeys were helpers called by the little monkey. But he didn't know why the little monkeys wanted to save him.
Squeak.
The leading monkey jumped onto the tree and shouted at the monkeys. The monkeys on the ground responded one after another. Even the little monkeys who were happily hitting people stopped and squeaked in response. The little monkey that Lu Lingxi knew squeaked and jumped into Lu Lingxi's arms. Its furry claws climbed onto Lu Lingxi's neck and rubbed against him affectionately. Lu Lingxi curved his eyes, and his heart felt unusually soft. He touched the soft fur of the little monkey. His heartbeat gradually returned to normal.
"Uncle Wang, let's call the village."
The tied man was carrying a satellite phone, which allowed him to communicate with the village.
Wang Chaoliang suddenly realized and immediately went forward to pick up the man's bag. As soon as he took out the satellite phone, the monkeys around him suddenly panicked and fled to the surrounding trees. A giant python as thick as a basin and black all over swam out of the grass silently, raised its head and spit out its tongue, looking at them coldly.
Lu Lingxi's heart sank, and he stood there, not daring to move. Even the little monkey in his arms clung to his body in fear, completely losing its previous lively look. The man on the ground sensed the abnormal atmosphere, twisted his neck and saw the giant python, and swung his body frantically, trying to get away from the giant python.
Just as the two sides were confronting each other, the leading monkey suddenly jumped up and provoked the giant python. With a shout, it threw fruits from the hands of the monkeys like raindrops onto the giant python.
"run."
Wang Chaoliang felt a rage stuck in his throat. He shouted hoarsely and ran with Lu Lingxi. The little monkey held Lu Lingxi obediently. Lu Lingxi only had time to look back at the monkeys. He watched the monkeys quickly flee to the surroundings after several waves of attacks, as if the previous attacks were to create opportunities for him and Wang Chaoliang to escape. But that man...
Lu Lingxi didn't think about it anymore, and he ran forward desperately. He didn't know how long he had been running, but he felt his heart was about to jump out of his throat. "Xiaoxi... take a break." Wang Chaoliang said intermittently, "It seems that there is no movement behind."
The two men collapsed to the ground, holding onto the tree trunk, gasping for breath.
"The snake shouldn't have followed us." Wang Chaoliang looked around in shock.
Lu Lingxi held the little monkey and looked around. It was pitch black and he couldn't see anything clearly. The little monkey held Lu Lingxi tightly with its two claws and refused to let go. Lu Lingxi knew that the little monkey was probably also scared. It was the first time he had seen such a thick and long python. "It's okay." He coaxed the little monkey like a child, and the little monkey squeaked coquettishly.
"That man..." Wang Chaoliang said this at the beginning and didn't say anything else. Although he hated drug dealers, he just wanted to hand the man over to the police, but he didn't expect to throw him to a giant python.
Lu Lingxi understood what Wang Chaoliang meant, hesitated for a while and whispered: "...He is a bad guy"
"Yes, he is a bad guy." Wang Chaoliang breathed a sigh of relief, touched Lu Lingxi's hair, and said firmly: "He is a bad guy...Xiaoxi, don't even think about it."
Lu Lingxi nodded gently. Wang Chaoliang tried to change the subject, "Xiaoxi, what kind of tree is this? It's strange, I've never seen it before."
Wang Chaoliang was talking about the tree the two of them were leaning against. Lu Lingxi didn't notice it when she was leaning against it, but now she looked in the direction Wang Chaoliang was looking and realized that the tree was as thick as seven or eight adult men, and it would probably take four or five people to surround it.
He didn't know much about trees, so he subconsciously sent out a mental scan, and a white panel floated out and appeared in front of him.
Botanical name: Copaiba serrata
Plant requirements: None
Plant survival rate: dead.
"The plant is dead. Should we use some natural power to revive it?"
The prompt at the bottom made Lu Lingxi slightly stunned. He didn't expect that this very solid tree was already dead. Although he had never heard of the name of this tree, he believed that the panel would not be wrong. At this time, it was completely dark, and Lu Lingxi couldn't see the specific situation of the tree. He thought that the tree might have just died, so it looked fine on the outside, but the problem was actually in the heart of the tree. He quickly chose yes without hesitation. It took at least hundreds of years for this tree to grow to this size, and it was a naturally evolved plant. It would be a pity if it died like this.
As he clicked OK, the little monkey in his arms suddenly became excited, grabbing Lu Lingxi's collar and squeaking, with one claw pointing in the direction of the tree. Lu Lingxi knew that animals had very sharp senses. Every time the big willow tree in Lingshui Village evolved, the animals in the village would be very excited, but the villagers didn't notice anything unusual. He touched the little monkey's furry head, and the little monkey grabbed his hand and pointed at the tree trunk and kept squeaking.
"What?" Lu Lingxi still didn't understand what the little monkey meant.
The little monkey got a little anxious, so he simply jumped onto the tree, scratched the bark for a long time, and finally found some light yellow oil on his hands, which he happily handed to Lu Lingxi. Seeing that Lu Lingxi still didn't understand, the little monkey jumped to the ground, half-crouched there, stretched out his two little paws and pretended to be warming himself by the fire.
Lu Lingxi blinked and said with a sudden inspiration, "Can this be lit?"
The little monkey bared its teeth and continued to make some fire-warming movements, then squeaked and jumped into his arms, smearing the oily stuff on its claws on his clothes. Lu Lingxi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and grabbed the little monkey's hand to stop him from moving. Although they were now free from the danger of the giant python, the only satellite phone that could contact the village had been lost during the previous escape. Unable to contact the village and unable to see anything, the two dared not continue to walk in the rain forest in the dark.
Lu Lingxi simply relaxed his mind, held the monkey's paw, and asked Wang Chaoliang what was on it. "Uncle Wang, is it resin?"
Wang Chaoliang and Lu Lingxi had similar mindsets. They could only stay the same in the face of change, so they decided to take a break. He came over and carefully identified it for a while, then shook his head uncertainly, "It's not resin. Do you smell the smell of industrial oil?"
"Industrial oil?" Lu Lingxi smelled it, but couldn't tell what industrial oil smelled like.
Wang Chaoliang laughed, "If we could light a fire and burn it, we would know. Unfortunately..."
Although the firelight made them feel more at ease, it would be troublesome if it attracted other drug dealers. They just ran around in a panic and didn't know where they ran to.
"Forget it, safety comes first." Wang Chaoliang suppressed his professional impulse and said with a wry smile: "Our lives are almost gone, and we are still thinking about this."
Lu Lingxi smiled at first, then said seriously: "I think Brother Yan will definitely find us."
It had been several hours since he and Wang Chaoliang were held hostage. He believed that Yan Yue must have known the news and was looking for him in the rain forest. As long as they didn't run into the other drug dealers, they would be able to wait for Yan Yue.
"Okay, then we two will wait for Yan Yue here."
The two of them leaned against a big tree in the dark and talked about plants. Yan Yue and his group were now standing at the place where they had encountered the giant python before.
"This is the satellite phone and torn clothes found on the ground. There are traces of human activity right in front, and there is a huge snake path and traces of people being dragged on the left. The preliminary judgment is that they encountered a giant python, one person was dragged away by the python, and the remaining two escaped." Wu Jiang looked around and quickly analyzed the previous situation. He showed the clothes he picked up to Yan Yue. "It is the clothing of the local ethnic minorities. Optimistically speaking, the one who was dragged away by the giant python is the drug dealer, and the one who escaped is your friend."
Yan Yue knew that this was just a possibility, but at this moment he was clinging to these possibilities like a drowning man. He needed someone to keep telling him that Xiaoxi was fine, Xiaoxi would definitely be fine.
While no one was paying attention, Wu Jiang asked in a low voice, "What about your snakes?"
Yan Yue shook his head. The scent of the giant python nearby was too strong. The snakes were affected and had no time to hide. They didn't dare to come near at all.
"Then let's follow the traces of the previous activities first." Wu Jiang decided.
Yan Yue nodded, turned around and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a monkey squeaking in the tree. He looked over with a flashlight and saw a monkey half a man's height hanging on the tree trunk, baring its teeth and barking at him. Yan Yue's mind moved, and the monkey had already jumped onto another tree, jumping in the direction ahead.
"Follow him." Yan Yue instinctively felt that the monkey was leading the way for them, so he took the lead and ran after the monkey.
Wu Jiang looked at Yan Yue's back in confusion, muttering: "First it was a snake, now it's a monkey, are you from a circus?" Although he was complaining in his heart, he still called his men to follow.
As they went deeper and deeper into the rainforest, Little Gray, who had been squatting on Fang Lei's shoulder, suddenly meowed.
Fang Lei was overjoyed and said hurriedly, "Xiao Hui said it's just in front."
The expression on Wu Jiang's face became even weirder.
"We're here. It's just ahead." Fang Lei said affirmatively.
The group quickly stopped. Because they were not sure which two people had escaped, they did not dare to make too much noise, fearing that if there were drug dealers among the escapees, they would take risks when they knew the police had arrived. Although Yan Yue was anxious, he could only endure it and slowly approached.
The rainforest was relatively quiet at night. The little monkey was the first to hear their footsteps and began to squeak.
Lu Lingxi looked over warily and heard faint noises of someone coming. He exchanged glances with Wang Chaoliang, suppressed his fear, and shouted, "Who is it? Don't come close, we have guns." As he spoke, he took the gun from his waist and pointed it at the jungle ahead.
The next moment, Yan Yue's ecstatic voice came, "Xiao Xi!"
"Brother Yan." Lu Lingxi blinked, then reacted and ran towards the place where the sound came from with his gun in hand.
The two were not far apart, and it would only take one or two minutes to run, but this distance was the longest distance Yan Yue had ever walked in his life. It was not until he held Lu Lingxi in his arms that he realized that he had been holding his breath until he could not even hear his heartbeat.
"Xiao Xi." Yan Yue called Lu Lingxi's name tremblingly, and tremblingly touched Lu Lingxi's face and back, as if this was the only way to make sure that his baby was in his arms. "Xiao Xi..."
"Brother Yan, I'm here." Lu Lingxi responded while hugging Yan Yue.
Yan Yue wanted to laugh, but her eyes became moist unconsciously.
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