At a glance, Li Fan's expression could not help changing. He knew that what he saw was not an illusion, so he felt a thrill.
Because the shadow that just flashed was obviously not an animal in the jungle, but a person.
"John, there's a shadow behind us." Li Fan directly asked for a reminder.
John's face turned white in an instant. He immediately turned around and looked around warily: "where is it? Is it the savages? "
Li Fan said: "no That How can I describe it to you... "
He slightly organized the language: "I say it's the shadow, not because I didn't see it clearly, but because it itself is dark. Yes, just lying on the tree, I doubt that the sound you heard in the morning is from it."
"What do you mean? Did you see the monkey? There are no black people in this damned place John's confusion was written on his face.
“……” Li Fan: "there are no black people in this place. Even if there are, they are definitely not indigenous here."
Even so, Li Fan is ready to fight.
Intuition tells him that things in front of him may be more dangerous than the barbarians.
"I'm like a ten-year-old child, but I'm no doubt an adult, but I'm not a dwarf. It's strange It's like a small man, and his whole body is black from head to toe. It's not the kind of skin color that black people can have, but the kind of pitch black paint can spray out. 70% may be that every inch of the body is painted with black dye, 20% is wearing a special clothing, and 10% may be He was born like this. "
Li Fan explained to John what he saw while analyzing what it was.
John nervously stopped Li Fan: "what are you going to do If it's not directly dangerous, I think we'd better not take the initiative to provoke unknown creatures and run away quickly. "
"No danger? Did he come all the way to propose to you? " Li fan can't laugh or cry.
John gradually retreated behind Li Fan and lowered himself, as if he would shoot a poisonous dart at him at any time: "Gu Tian, now is not the time to make a joke."
Li Fan couldn't help laughing: "I'll introduce someone to you some other day. You can understand what is joking..."
He couldn't help thinking of the monkey. If only he were here, this guy would never leave his gun at any time. Even if he was injured and had a gun in his hand, his combat effectiveness would not drop too much.
Unlike myself, I can only pick stones at the critical moment.
Without saying the last word, he threw out the stone in his hand. The next second, a dark shadow fell from the dense branches and fell to the ground.
John looked up and wondered, "how did you hit it? I don't see anything. "
Li Fan didn't answer the question, but just waved to John to follow. As he approached the unknown creature, he said: "I hit the leg, which can make it survive, but can't escape."
He laughed: "if it really just wants to propose to you, it can still kneel down on one knee and give you a ring."
John curled his lips: "this joke is not so funny the second time."
When they came to the tree, the scene in front of them was not so funny, because there was no sign of unknown creatures.
"Looks like it can get away with a gun in the knee?" It's John's turn to make sarcastic remarks this time.
Li Fan glanced around. The black creature was nowhere to be found. He squatted down and gazed at a small pool of black liquid on the ground. He did not dare to touch it with his hands. He just sniffed: "do you think this is its blood?"
John also observed the surrounding environment, while answering: "if it's blood, it will drip all the way when it runs away, but you see, there are no footprints, no black blood drops, even no traces of climbing the tree."
Li Fan's eyes narrowed: "so It finished hemostasis in a few seconds, and then flew out quietly, directly escaping more than 50 meters
"There's another explanation," John said casually, with a look of abandoning himself. "As long as a part of it is shot, the whole body will evaporate instantly, leaving only a little black water."
Li Fan stood up: "go on, I hope you are right."
Although he got rid of the black unidentified creature for the time being, doubts still hung over Li Fan and John.
There are many mysteries in this rainforest. Whenever their spirits relax a little, new things will appear.
Fortunately, this is not a desert. There is no big problem in getting food and water. Otherwise, under this huge psychological pressure, the basic physiological needs will not be guaranteed, and John may collapse at any time.
In the twinkling of an eye, two hours later, Li Fan and John didn't speak much during this period of time. They resumed their speed in the morning. Even if they were tired, they gritted their teeth and insisted, as if there were some unknown danger behind them.
I do not know when, the top of the head is already dark clouds rolling, it seems that a heavy rain is about to fall, at the same time, a shoal appeared in front of the two people."We have to cross the river before the heavy rain comes, or the water level will rise." John looked ahead and said.
Li Fan took a few steps into the water, then turned back and said, "now the water is only knee deep, but it may be waist deep in the middle of the river, or even can't step on it to the end. Are you sure you want to do this? I can see that it will take at least three or four hundred meters to travel on the other side of the river. Maybe it will be farther. In case it starts to rain when I get to the center of the river... "
John interrupted directly: "I know that we will be trapped in the river, and then submerged. We will go to see God soon, so we'd better stop talking and get there quickly." He said and walked forward.
Li Fan didn't say anything more and followed closely.
He knew in his heart that if it rained heavily, it would be impossible to wade across the river. There were two ways left.
One is to make a detour and go upstream to see where the water level is lower and the river channel is narrower.
But God knows which section of the river is the narrowest. Maybe this shoal is the nearest place between the two banks. Rainfall in the rainforest is very frequent, and it's normal for the water level to keep on rising.
The second way is to spend some time building a simple raft to cross the river.
But if the river is very fast after the high tide, the raft will be washed away like people. Besides, it is very easy to be struck by lightning when staying on the wide river during thunderstorm.
Of course, there is a third option. Wait until the rain stops and try again.
However, judging from the previous experiences of Li Fan and John, they would rather take a detour than stop.
The clouds were thick and low, and the thunder was deep and close. This is not a good omen. In five minutes at most, this shoal will become the bottom of the river.
Li Fan and John are only a third of the way. It's very dangerous to cross the river, but it's still too late to turn back. After they get back to the shore, at least they can choose to make a detour.