Chapter 154: Needing to reunite (1/2)
A cold wind whistled along Alex's eyelashes.
The sound of moving water woke him up, and he sluggishly stood up and looked around.
He instantly recalled his situation and frantically stood up.
'A strong man came by and launched us into the sky...'
He looked around and observed his surroundings.
This wasn't any place he recognized.
It was a small, straw hut, and the foundations underneath seemed to be...
'Mangroves?' This was a strange architectural choice in his opinion.
”Binh, the visit to the doctor has made our financial situation even harder, I'm not sure it was worth it...” Alex heard an unfamiliar female voice from outside the small doors of the hut.
A man replied, ”Chau-em, one day, the goddess of fortune shall pay out her karmic debts to us, what if the man drowned in the river and died?”
”You're right....”
Alex slowly approached the door, and unexpectedly, the two beyond it opened the door.
The two seemed to be spouses, and they had an average appearance.
They held a heavy bucket, and inside of it, plenty of big and small fish bounced around, searching hopelessly for the nearest source of water.
The man was stunned to see him and fervently exclaimed, ”Are you okay?”
”I'm very well okay, but, where is this?” Alex was confused.
This time, the shorter woman replied, ”We're on the outskirts of Mekong.”
”Chau-em, he drifted off along the delta, he might not know of this place.”
Surprisingly, Alex vaguely knew of the name.
The Mekong was the name of a large delta in Southeast Asia.
It hosted impressing fishing and trading ports back in the modern world.
However, that was the least of his concerns now, and one problem arose.
If this was the Mekong Delta he knew of, then he was in...
”Vietnam?!” Alex exclaimed, and his eyes widened.
He frantically left the hut and looked at their surroundings.
Unexpectedly, the entire structure was built on a raging river.
'That explains the sounds...'
There were many such structures around, and they were connected by small canals.
However, beyond the unusual architecture, the biggest indicator of his different location was the climate.
Lush and dense forestry expanded inland, and strange and diverse animal species roamed around.
This was not all close to the mild climate of Qiantang and the coast of the East Sea, but a full-on rainforest tropical climate.
As he breathed heavily and repeatedly looked at this landscape, he felt a hand on his shoulders.
”It seems you are still feeling agitated, come in.” This was the man from earlier.
”What happened? I don't remember coming here...” Alex confusingly asked the man.
In the depths of his mind, terror crept up.