Chapter 1020 Starting a Fire (1/2)
A fleet of four cars traveled along the highway, leaving Durban behind and heading
northwest.
After about a day, the highway disappeared, but they had to continue northwest.
After another twelve hours on the road, Li Du and his company were stunned by what
they saw. A piece of primal rainforest was before them. There was not even a dirt road,
let alone a highway. Entering the rainforest in their car was impossible.
Li Du said helplessly, ”Musa, is your tribe so far away? How did you get to the Golden
Grass tribe?”
Musa replied, somewhat unintelligibly, ”Some people stayed, or walking all the
way.”
”How much further is your tribe from where we are?”
Musa shook his head, ”I hab not been through dis road, hmm, hab to got in for look.”
Chewing a piece of gum, Big Ivan said, ”Boss, are we really going in? What about the
car?”
Li Du turned back to evaluate the situation. The place was deserted, and there was
nowhere they could safely leave the car. Given the level of security in South Africa,
there would not be so much as a trace of a tire when they returned.
However, there was no other way. They had to search for the diamond crater that might
be there.
After some hesitation, Li Du said decisively, ”Let's try going in. Give it one day. If we go
in for a day and still can't find the pygmies' tribe, we will go back!”
”Leave someone behind to stand guard here?” Big Ivan suggested.
Shaking his head, Li Du said, ”Forget it, just drive the car into the rainforest and
camouflage it somewhere. We will not leave someone behind. If someone wants to
steal the car, then let them steal it, we would only lose some money. We won't put
anyone in danger because of money.”
They drove the car into the rainforest. Brother Wolf, together with Big Ivan and Godzilla,
started to camouflage the vehicle.
Wolf Brother chopped some small trees and vines. Then he secured the vines onto the
net that they had brought along in the car, making what looked like an outer covering for
the vehicles to stay in disguise. After that was done, no one would be able to see the
cars unless they stood right next to them.
After tidying up, each of them brought out a large backpack and a huge duffel bag. The
contents were some daily necessities that would be their survival kit for their 24-hour
long trip into the rainforest.
As they went deeper inside from the borders of the lush rainforest, tall trees appeared
by their side. Some were about ten meters tall, others twenty or even thirty. That area
was isolated from the world outside and was primal and untouched.
There were birds constantly flying above the group, and from time to time, they would
startle some small animals. Brother Wolf and Ah Meow led the group up front while Big
Ivan and Ah Ow brought up the rear.
There were snakes and dangerous insects within the forest. Hence, every thirty minutes
to one hour, they had to stop to apply a fresh layer of insect repellent all over
themselves.
Lu Guan was big sized, and yet a mosquito left a bite that swelled as big as a dumpling
on his arm just because he had not applied the insect repellent in time.
The mosquito bite was initially bearable, but after some time, it became incredibly itchy.
Brother Wolf forbade him from scratching and sterilized his army knife before drawing
an X with it on Lu Guan's swelling. Some thick yellowish substance oozed out from the
bite.
”Malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Everyone be careful, keep the repellent on, don't let the
mosquitoes near you,” Brother Wolf said severely as he cleaned Lu Guan's wound.
It was challenging to trek through the primitive rainforest. Brother Wolf had to slash
away the shrubs and vines and to scare away the insects and venomous snakes. He
did it to the best of his ability to create an easier path for those walking behind him.
At noon, Brother Wolf suggested that they take a break. They found a flat barren space
in the rainforest. The land there was rather dry and there was a clear river running
beside it. It was a pretty good place to put up their tent.