Chapter 719 Disagreement arises
Chapter 719 Disagreement arises
Although programmer Xiao Hei and Hei Mei Ge'er were very afraid of the legendary "descendants of the headhunters", they had no other choice but to leave here and go to the village where the Ropa tribe lived.
Afterwards, the group followed a tributary to find the village of the Ropa tribe.
Captain Bill led the way, chopping down branches in front with a machete to clear a path for the people behind.
Suddenly, a body fell from a tree in front. The body was mottled and had signs of corrosion, and was covered with various sticky liquids.
When the people following Captain Bill saw this scene, they were immediately frightened and screamed out, and retreated one after another.
Captain Bill quickly recognized the other party's identity: "Shit, this is Livingston!"
Livingston was Captain Bill's friend, the guy who had agreed to pick them up by boat.
Xiao Hei panicked again: "Oh my God, how could he become like this?"
"He must have been swallowed by a giant python."
Ms. Shan was also panicked when she heard this: "If he was swallowed by the python, how come he was spit out again?"
Captain Bill walked around the corpse and began to explain to everyone: "After swallowing the food, the python becomes inconvenient to move and becomes quite vulnerable. Once it encounters danger, it will choose to spit out the food and attack again."
"Oh my god, is this the one that swallowed Ben before?"
"Impossible, this can't be the same python."
"But didn't you say before that two giant pythons wouldn't appear at the same time within a few kilometers?"
Captain Bill thought for a moment before he spoke: "Under normal circumstances, these pythons really don't gather together. Unless, unless it's mating season. Male pythons have their own territories, but when the mating season comes, female pythons will send out special signals to attract male pythons to mate. After that, they will find a dark and humid place to reproduce."
Heihei collapsed again after hearing this: "Oh my god, are you saying there are a lot of giant pythons having a party nearby? God, what should I do?"
Captain Bill continued to move forward, splitting branches with his machete, and said casually: "Listen, guys, it's getting dark now, we have to get to the village as soon as possible, everyone must follow up and don't fall behind. I don't want anyone to get into trouble again."
Afterwards, the group continued to move forward and soon saw some stone statues in the jungle ahead. When they got closer, they saw a wooden shrine at the entrance of the village, on which were placed many skulls and thigh bones. Not far away was a complete skeleton, which was fixed by several spears stuck in the ground, in a posture of raising its head to pray to the sky.
Everyone in the expedition team was a little horrified, but Achuan said, "Don't be afraid, this is their holy place for worship."
As soon as he finished speaking, Achuan saw the corpse of a giant python in the village ahead. There were many spears stuck in the corpse. The middle of the giant python's corpse was dug open, revealing a human body.
Obviously, the giant python attacked the village and ate people. It was later discovered by the villagers of the Ropa tribe. The villagers fought hard with the python. Although they finally killed the python, many people died and they failed to save the villager who was swallowed by the python.
Shan couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh my God, Bill, didn't you say that the previous python was the biggest one you had ever seen? How come this one is even bigger than that one?"
"God knows, fortunately it is dead."
Lu Cheng looked at the surroundings and said, "It seems that there is no one in this village, and there are no boats on the river at the entrance of the village. The villagers who are still alive in the village should have left by boat. I'm afraid we need to make a boat ourselves."
Bill nodded. "That's the only way. Fortunately, it's only two days away from the nearest city downstream. After two days, we can take a shower and have a good meal in a five-star hotel downstream, and then go our separate ways."
Ge Er nodded: "That's great, I don't want to stay here for even a quarter of an hour."
Seeing that everyone was eager to leave and no one mentioned looking for the blood orchid, Byron did not say anything, but a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.
Then, everyone started to take action, dismantling the houses in the village and preparing to build a raft.
At this moment, Byron suddenly found a special red relief on the stone beside a water tank. Judging from its shape, it was a blood orchid.
Then, Byron immediately called Shan over: "Hey, look, is this a blood orchid?"
Shan observed it carefully, then nodded and said, "Yes, this should be the blood orchid."
Upon hearing this, the people around also came over.
Byron said excitedly, "Guys, since there is a relief of blood orchid in this village, it proves that the villagers have seen blood orchid. Moreover, the giant pythons we saw before should have eaten blood orchids, which caused mutations and broke the Hayfrick limit!
What does this mean? Do you know? This means that our research is not just a fantasy, but a real thing. The blood orchid is the fountain of youth!"
Ge Er at the side couldn't help but say: "This is just a strange story. Byron, you are crazy! Two people have died!"
Byron took out a map and said, "Do you know how close we are to the blood orchid now? There are two rivers in front of us, one is the Naman River and the other is the Toku River. As long as we continue to go forward along the Naman River and turn a corner, we will find the blood orchid!"
Ge Er was the first to object. "No way. If we continue along the Naman River, we will have to stay in the jungle for another week. This is really too dangerous. I don't want to take a shower after a week."
Byron put away the map and said, "It's not up to you to decide!"
Gordon also advised: "Byron, Jack Byron, maybe we can go back first and come back when we are fully prepared."
"Go back first? That's easy for you to say. The next time will be seven years later. Seven years later, maybe the jungle has been cut down, maybe the place where the blood orchid was planted has become a rice field, and there will be no fountain of youth in this world anymore!"
Gordon played the emotional card again: "Byron, we founded the company together and have been through so many difficulties together. I can support you in anything normally, but I really can't do that this time. None of us want to go into the jungle again."
Shan also said, "That's right, we don't want to go either."
Jack Byron looked at the rest of the people again, and they all had the same expression.
Lu Cheng didn't say anything either, just sat aside.
Byron began to get excited: "Do you know what you are doing? You are giving up a great discovery that can affect all mankind. This is the blood orchid, which can create the fountain of youth and affect the whole world. Isn't it just taking a risk? Which great scientific experiment is risk-free? If scientists are unwilling to take risks, how can they solve polio? How can they solve various medical problems?
My God, if such a precious thing cannot be discovered as soon as possible and used for human experiments, it would be a waste of natural resources. "
Shan couldn't help but say, "Byron, don't make yourself sound so great. Don't think I don't know that it was you who gave someone an extra $50,000 to allow him to continue the expedition when the rainstorm came. This doctor died because of your decision."
Everyone was furious when they heard this: "Oh my God? Is this true?"
"I just want to finish this expedition."
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