Chapter 71 (1/2)

Chapter 71: Entering the Forest

That night, Zhou Jian went to the Brazilian Jungle Hunter a.s.sociation. His purpose of coming here was to rent the helicopter. No matter how powerful a jungle hunter was, it’s still difficult to own an a.s.sault helicopter. Usually, those who could afford this would have quit a long time ago. After all, this career involved betting one’s own life, but there were still some desperadoes who were born liking to take risks. For them, jungle hunting was not a way to make a living but an enjoyment.

In the beginning of the last century, the science and technology of the a.s.sault helicopter were controlled by a few military powers. Usually, the military a.s.sault helicopters of various countries including China such as the Z-9 and Z-8 were just improvements upon the basic helicopter. There was a very big gap compared to the overseas helicopters like the Apache, the Alligator, the Cobra and other a.s.sault helicopters.

Afterward, the catastrophe erupted and mankind’s armament level had a very big enhancement. Even so, the jungle warfare of using a.s.sault helicopters wasn’t something that the Jungle Hunter a.s.sociation could use, or even needed to.

The a.s.sault helicopter that the Hunter a.s.sociation used was also a modified version. It’s probably equivalent to China’s Z-9, but its endurance ability was a lot stronger. Its maximum range was about 1500 miles. It sounded very far but because the trip to the Amazon forest was a round-trip, and there needs to be a reserved flight time to search. Therefore, this type of helicopter that the jungle hunters used to rescue could only penetrate up to 700 miles deep into the Amazon forest.

Zhou Jian arrived at the Jungle Hunter a.s.sociation and went through the formalities. He paid US$15,000 deposit and smoothly rented an a.s.sault helicopter. If he needed to fully utilize the 700 miles to pick him up, then the travel expenses incurred would be over $13,000.

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A small airplane carrying only 35 people onboard rumbled across the horizon. The appearance of this airplane was not much, but its construction cost went beyond comparison to the Boeing 767 airplane of the 20th century. The special characteristics of its metal alloy turbine blades were enough to resist the impact of a group of birds flying at Mach 1. If it’s an ordinary plane that hit the high-speed group of birds, the engine turbine blades would be damaged and may even cause a crash landing and might even burst into flames.

In addition, this airplane rain protection system was very good. The Amazon rainforest averaged about seven days of rain in the week. And often, the rain was dense and there were big thunderstorms. A general pa.s.senger airplane would be grounded under heavy rain. This wasn’t due to the fear of being struck by lightning. Actually, it didn’t matter if the plane went through a thunderstorm and was struck by lightning. This was because the airplane sh.e.l.l conductivity was very good. The strong currents would naturally flow around and would not cause any harm to the interior. At most, it would just cause some damages to the wireless apparatus.

Because the interior enveloped everyone, the pa.s.sengers situated insight would naturally not feel anything. This principle was the same as when the bird was standing on top of the high tension wire.

Because the distance between the bird’s two feet was very short, the potential difference was very small. So, even if a powerful current pa.s.sed through the high tension wire, the bird would still be safe.

But when the plane was flying in the rain, not only would the rain impacted the pilot’s line of sight, the jet engine would also have burnout from inhaling too many raindrops. In addition, the air current and the thick cloud formation would cause turbulence to the airplane. So an airplane would be grounded if the rain was too big.

But the Jungle Hunter a.s.sociation re-equipped the airplane using an improved military jet engine. In front of the engine was a super revolving turbo fan which could cast off the majority of the raindrops and ice sludges. Other small bits would also be scattered off to the side and to the internal engine bypa.s.s and subsequently, would be heated by the turbojet. Therefore, there was no harm to fly under the thunderstorm.

Besides this, onboard the airplane, there was also a GT5 Vulcan heavy machine gun that could fire 6000 rounds a minute as well as a Cobra series tracking missile.

This type of airplane was transformed from an ordinary airplane by the Brazilian FBH Bounty Hunter Company. It’s specifically used to s.h.i.+p the jungle hunters, and the airplane’s engine technology and weapon system were directly bought from the US.

The plane quickly flew to the center of the Amazon rainforest. Zhou Jian looked at the GPS on his wrist and pressed the bell above his seat.

“Getting off the plane?” The only air stewardess...o...b..ard the plane had on a surprised look as she looked at Zhou Jian. The young man in front of her was only 20 years old at most and his stature wasn’t even st.u.r.dy. He actually chose to get off the plane here but this was the most dangerous section of the Amazon forest. Getting down here would almost be equal to committing suicide.

“Em.” Zhou Jian nodded.

“Are you sure you want to get off here? Below here was the famous Amazon death triangle.”

“Yes.” Zhou Jian lightly replied. He didn’t pay any attention to the other jungle hunters that were sitting together with him, who were looking surprised or pitied at him. Several of the jungle hunters were talking in Portuguese. Although Zhou Jian could not understand them but he could approximately guess correctly what they were discussing on, whether he had a mental illness or was an idiot.

“Sir. Although you can freely choose where to get off the airplane, but I must tell you. In my one-year time of serving the FBH Corporation, I had only seen two pa.s.sengers getting off the airplane here. As far as I know, they both died. According to the Jungle Hunter a.s.sociation’s statistic, the mortality rate of those who get off the airplane here was more than 85%. The remaining 15%, fortunately, survived because they insisted on not continuing their descent but instead signaled for the rescue helicopter to take them to leave. But the maximum range for the rescue helicopter was only 700 miles, but from here to the Norris city was actually over 1100 miles, i.e., you must walk in this 400 miles to….”

“Thank you for your advice. I had already checked the information before I board the plane.” This stewardess’ heart was quite good. Zhou Jian interrupted her with a friendly smile. After all, the speed of this plane was very fast and by the time the air stewardess finished saying, he might miss out on the disembarking location.

“All right.” The air stewardess no longer attempted to convince Zhou Jian, but she informed the pilot to open the cabin door through the intercom.

Zhou Jian took his parachute and left his seat. No matter what glance the bounty hunters were throwing at him, he walked to the cabin door with large strides.

The strong breeze whistle as it pulled his hair. The large stretch of the green sea under his foot was the Amazon forest.

The symbol of the virgin forest had now became the killing h.e.l.l but was also the heavenly desire. A countless number of jungle hunters rushed to the Amazon with the expectation of becoming rich overnight but for most people, they could only bury their bones here.

Zhou Jian clenched his teeth and jumped.

The small pa.s.senger plane did not fly very high. Shortly after Zhou Jian had jumped, he heard a whistling across his ears and his parachute was successfully open.