Chapter 945: Hidden Danger
The trees on both sides of the river retreated backwards. The sky was clear for once in the rainy season. The orange light penetrated the thick gray clouds and shone on the river surface, flashing with glimmers.
Bifang leaned on the railing, breathing the thick water vapor in the air, and stretched his body leisurely. Facing a group of busy people, he seemed to be here for tourism.
In fact, when the preparations were completed, unless there was an emergency, a small boat like the Mary only needed to occasionally grasp the rudder.
The captain would not hand over such an important matter to a new crew member. The first mate Aquan did this.
"Have you been a soldier?" Captain Bill brought two glasses of wine and handed one out.
"Yes." Bifang glanced at the wine and raised his eyebrows, "Rice wine? Sorry, I don't drink."
Bifang didn't touch cigarettes or alcohol. At most, he would drink some alcoholic beverages, especially outside, which was even more impossible.
Bill shrugged and drank the whole cup in one gulp: "Where did you work? Huaxia? Can you tell me the number?"
"Huaxia, but the number, sorry."
"I understand."
"You too?" Bifang knew the answer, but he asked it anyway.
"Yes." Bill shrugged, also leaning on the railing, his eyes full of memories, "That was a long time ago."
Bifang smiled: "It sounds like it contains the tears and bitterness of war."
"Very insightful summary." Bill scratched his head, laughed, and then changed the subject, "I saw you carrying a long bag just now? Can you tell me what's in it?"
"It's a knife."
"Knife?" Bill looked as if he had expected it, the bag was obviously for weapons.
Bill was still somewhat wary of Bifang's sudden arrival, so he wanted to ask clearly, but fortunately Bifang didn't shy away at all, which made him relax.
"You can understand it as my hunting tool, the kind of old-school hunter who sticks to tradition."
"Well, it seems that everyone has his own hobbies."
Bill shrugged his shoulders. Seeing Bifang's frankness, he stopped dwelling on it and turned back to the captain's room.
Bifang looked at the beautiful scenery without rain on the bow, turned and left the deck, returned to his room, and took out the bag that Bill mentioned earlier.
Unzipped the zipper, revealing several knives hidden in the sheath.
Whaling harpoons and the like are old friends. Of course, there are also some short daggers as new friends, but in addition to them, there are two longer and larger blades.
One is a broad-backed straight-blade machete, and the other is a Burmese knife with an arc, including the handle, with a total length of about one meter.
Pull out the blade, covered with precise water-like patterns, cold and sharp, it is a good knife at first glance.
They are all system products.
Before every mission, Bifang would habitually check whether the system store has been updated to see if there are any good things.
It doesn't matter if you don't see the result. This time, the store is full of knives, and the strong murderous atmosphere is almost overflowing.
In the past, there were all kinds of protective gear, shoes, and pants mixed with one or two daggers, and the offensiveness was not as high as it is now.
This also made Bifang roughly know the main direction of this adventure, but he was not afraid. On the contrary, he was even eager to try.
In fact, the giant python in the movie is not as powerful as imagined. At least it can be killed by cold weapons. There have been many clips in the movie to prove this.
One is that in the savage tribe, there is a death giant python full of cold weapons.
The second is that when a giant python chased the technology boy along the cave, the black beauty outside the cave seized the opportunity and chopped off its head with a knife.
The latter is a bit incredible. After all, it is a woman, and it was beheaded with a knife. Even if it was lucky not to get stuck in any bones and just passed through the gap, it seemed a bit outrageous.
Of course, it may also be really lucky, just like people can be cut by the edge of paper under certain conditions.
However, Bifang still mainly used the first example as the most realistic comparison to avoid mistakes. Therefore, after careful selection, he chose several daggers, a machete and a Burmese knife.
There are other larger and longer knives in the store, but considering the complexity and narrowness of the rainforest environment, these two medium-sized knives are enough. Too large knives are inconvenient and affect flexibility.
The unique knives of each place are formed in long-term practice.
The Burmese knife, a Southeast Asian characteristic knife, is undoubtedly more suitable for rainforest combat. On the contrary, the Chinese Tang knife is open and closed, which is a bit difficult to use in the rainforest.
Although the Burmese knife is one meter long, its handle is long, which is suitable for two-handed grip to increase damage, and the curved arc is more suitable for chopping.
As for the machete, it is very useful for dealing with terrain with bushes.
After waving the Burmese knife, machete and the remaining daggers in the room for a while, Bifang sheathed the knife, but did not put it back in the bag. Instead, he began to equip himself gradually in order.
There is a dagger on each side of the calf, followed by the two sides of the thigh, and a whale harpoon inserted in the back waist, a total of five daggers, which can be drawn out and used at any time.
The machete and the Burmese knife are temporarily put aside. Now they are not deep into the rain forest, still driving on the river, and have not entered the jungle. They are not needed. Carrying them is too eye-catching.
An eye-catching person is often easily isolated and suspected, which is not what Bifang wants to see.
If possible, he still hopes that everyone can be harmonious.
Night.
Everyone sat around the bow, under the yellow light, enjoying the river breeze and the quiet before the storm.
The ship's doctor Ben Douglas distributed the dinner he made himself to everyone, and the others praised it.
At this time, a small hand quietly touched the fruit plate
"Hey! You've had dinner."
Captain Bill scolded Gangzi who wanted to steal fruit. Everyone smiled at this, only Bifang was in high spirits at this time.
Yes, it was during this period that the python would appear for the first time.
Because Gangzi didn't steal the fruit, he came to the top of the boat and picked the fruit on the branches extending from the shore. As a result, he found that the boat had already left after picking it, and was discovered by the python on the way to catch up.
However, Bifang didn't mean to follow Gangzi to the shore to meet the python.
In the original film, it was unknown how Gangzi could find the location of the boat by himself. He was not sure whether he could come back to find the Bloody Mary after following it.
Without anyone noticing, Bifang followed Gangzi who was angry and left to the top of the boat.
When the monkey was about to jump onto the branch to pick the fruit, he pulled it down by its tail, and picked two fruits with his other hand and stuffed them into its arms.
"Now is not a good time to go ashore."
Gangzi, who was suddenly caught, wanted to scream, but when he saw the fruit in his hand, he didn't care about it anymore and started to eat it.
"It's really worthy of being a primate, it's smart."
Bifang touched Gangzi's head and took it back to the boat.
With his participation, Gangzi might not be able to escape death like in the original film, but it's better to avoid it if possible.
When they returned to the deck with Gangzi, everyone didn't realize what happened and was still talking and laughing.
It was just that Bill was curious about when Gangzi was willing to approach Bifang, but he didn't care much.
Bifang put Gangzi down, making sure it was in his sight, and leaned on the railing, staring into the darkness.
Suddenly, the trees shook in the dark, and the animals screamed miserably, which scared everyone who was chatting.
The short technician with a hip-hop style, Burris, cursed: "Damn, what is that?"
Bill leaned against the table and scanned the darkness: "Something was eaten."
Treasurer Gordon asked: "What is it?"
"This is a jungle, everything will be hunted."
Bifang frowned.
He saw nothing.
I came back from watching Mount Everest on the 14th, but I woke up with a fever the next day after sleeping. I lay down for a day. I also thought of a place that can be modified in the new book. The plan may be delayed. I usually like to save 20 to 30 chapters before publishing. These days, I am writing a sequel while finishing the new book.