Chapter 83: Escape
Each of the sturdy mandrills is covered in reddish-brown hair. The largest one is half the height of an adult, with a large and long ghostly face, a scarlet nose with blue and white stripes on both sides, high eyebrows, and bright black eyes that glowed with a faint green light under the dim moonlight. They bared their big mouths to reveal their sharp white teeth and let out low growls from time to time, which was very scary.
When everyone walked out of the tent and saw this scene, they were so frightened that they lost all their sleepiness.
Cheng Ye shouted quickly, "Everyone gather together, don't be left alone!"
After hearing this, everyone gathered together immediately, leaving only Jiang Wu and Rong Anzhou standing at the front. Ji Ruoxuan hurriedly shouted to the two people in front, "Brother Jiang, come here quickly!"
"No need. You guys stay here. Your brother Jiang and I will be enough." Rong Anzhou said as he reached for the dagger at his waist.
Jiang Wu didn't say anything and just raised the dagger in his hand.
Cheng Ye behind him was shocked when he saw this scene, "What are you going to do?!"
"Of course I saved you. Don't worry, they are just a few wild monkeys—"
"What wild monkey? It's an endangered species in the wild! It's a protected animal! Stop it right now!"
Cheng Ye roared and was about to rush over there. Ji Ruoxuan and Bi Yan quickly held him back, fearing that he would be captured by the mandrill.
Teng Hongfei said irritably, "Human lives are at stake, why should we care about those things? Even if we don't hurt them, they probably won't let us go!"
The cameramen of the program had already picked up their cameras when they found that the camp was surrounded by mandrills, vowing to record this thrilling moment. After listening to the arguments of several people, Da Liu, who had been holding the camera and filming Jiang Wu in the front, looked at Yang Chen hesitantly, "Then... we can't record later, right?"
Yang Chen was also in a dilemma. As the director of the show, he naturally couldn't let Jiang Wu harm these mandrills, but he also had to ensure everyone's safety.
While he was in a dilemma, Jiang Wu walked forward without hesitation, holding the knife, "If they don't intend to attack me, I can protect them."
"That's right." Rong Anzhou admired his decisiveness and agreed with a smile, "When life is in danger, humans take precedence over animals. The worst that can happen is that you just have to pay a little more in fines."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Wu suddenly paused and turned to look at him, "Fine?"
"There will be fines for illegal hunting to protect wild animals, but what we are doing is self-protection, so the most we will be fined is a small amount."
"…How much is the fine?"
"Tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands?" Rong Anzhou was not clear about this. He had encountered illegal poaching when he was on duty before, but he did not know the exact amount of the fine.
Jiang Wu was silent for a moment, then slowly put down the knife and said, "Let's think of another way."
Rong Anzhou: “…”
Ji Ruoxuan, who was trying to stop Professor Cheng, was speechless. "...Brother, how much do you need money?"
"It has nothing to do with money." Jiang Wu said seriously, "We must abide by the law."
People thought, it doesn’t matter, the knife has just been pulled out, and you come back as soon as I talk about the fine.
Teng Hongfei said angrily, "I'll pay the fine for you! Just chop me! My life is more valuable than these beasts!"
His shout seemed to have stimulated the group of mandrills. The tall mandrill in the lead suddenly roared, and the next second dozens of mandrills rushed towards them.
"ah--"
A mandrill came around behind Qiao Qiao without her knowing. Qiao Qiao screamed in fear and was about to be thrown to the ground by the mandrill. At this moment, Jiang Wuping appeared out of nowhere and kicked the mandrill away.
This instantly angered the other mandrills, and they roared and rushed towards Jiang Wuchong.
Everyone's faces changed, and Ji Ruoxuan hurriedly shouted, "Brother Jiang, run!"
However, Jiang Wu not only did not run away, but also stood there motionless. Seeing this scene, Rong Anzhou cursed under his breath and rushed over there quickly.
However, the next moment he saw Jiang Wuju picked up the dagger, his lips moved silently, and then he raised his hand and threw the dagger out. The sharp blade pierced into the ground, reflecting a silver light under the moonlight.
The next second, a mountain breeze suddenly blew through this vast mountain forest. The dense trees and low grass shrouded in moonlight were blown by the sudden mountain breeze, and countless rustling sounds accumulated together, like a low hum from the mountain.
Rong Anzhou felt an inexplicable tightness in his heart, as if something was pressing on him.
At the same time, the roars of the mandrills came to an abrupt end. The group of mandrills that were rushing towards Jiang Wuxiong seemed to have been paused. They froze in place, forming a circle around the dagger in front of Jiang Wuxiong, not daring to move forward another step.
This bizarre scene made the entire program crew stare in disbelief.
Ji Ruoxuan was about to rush up with a folding bench in his hand, but he was stunned when he saw this scene. He didn't know for a moment whether he should go up with the bench in his hand.
"…What's going on?"
“…”
No one knew what was going on, but at the moment Jiang Wu was surrounded by the group of mandrills, and no one dared to act rashly. Even Rong Anzhou chose to wait and see. The entire camp was so quiet that the only sound could be heard was the sound of trees, flowers and plants being blown by the wind.
After a while, the wind stopped and the group of mandrills began to move. They looked at their companions in suspicion, then at Jiang Wu, as if they were afraid of something.
Jiang Wu, who was surrounded in the middle, bent down, pulled out the dagger from the ground and walked back. Everyone was worried about his casual action, fearing that he would anger the mandrills again. As a result, the mandrills retreated step by step as Jiang Wu approached, tacitly making way for him.
“Fuck…” Yang Chen looked at this magical scene, as if he was back on the deserted island in the first episode. He immediately came to his senses and looked at Da Liu, “Did you take pictures of everything?!”
Da Liu hurriedly said, "Snap it!"
Yang Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "It's settled."
Over there, Jiang Wu walked slowly towards the crowd with a dagger in hand. Just as he was about to speak, a strange male voice suddenly sounded behind him -
"Who are you?"
Everyone was shocked. Ji Ruoxuan looked at the group of mandrills in horror, "Fuck! The monkeys are talking?!"
“…”
Without saying a word, she pushed his face and made him look up.
Ji Ruoxuan raised his head and looked towards the top of the woods in front of him. He saw a man in blue standing on a tree trunk and looking at them for an unknown amount of time.
Ji Ruoxuan immediately waved at the other party, "We are here to record a program. There is a mandrill biting people here. Hurry up! And call the police for us! Thank you!"
The other party was silent for a moment, and then suddenly jumped down from the tree trunk. Everyone was shocked when they saw it, because the tree trunk was about five or six meters high!
However, the man landed lightly without even spraining his ankle, and walked towards them step by step.
When the man came closer, everyone could see clearly that the blue clothes he was wearing were actually a Taoist robe. He had a bun on his head with a wooden hairpin. He was in his thirties, with a faint "川" pattern between his eyebrows. His straight facial features revealed a serious look.
"Don't come over here. These mandrills are very fierce. Be careful or they might pounce on you!" Ji Ruoxuan warned.
However, the next second they saw the Taoist priest raise his hand to his lips and whistle, and then the group of mandrills turned around and went into the jungle in groups as if they had received some orders.