Chapter 42 Chapter 41: The Frog Swamp

All the people raised their heads, and this was a strange sight that they would never forget for the rest of their lives—the rainbow sword shone dazzlingly, the chill was overwhelming, the air above condensed and crystallized, and snowflakes fell one after another.These people who lived on the equator had never seen real snowflakes in their entire lives, and even the host and the illusion performers just now had expressions of surprise on their faces. Some people knelt down and opened their arms, looking at the snowflakes in the air and muttering to themselves. Dora squeezed out of the crowd, Linfeng took her hand, and left the Old Town Square with Hawthorne.

Hawthorne has done scientific tests on the Rainbow Sword, but none of the instruments can measure how low the temperature of the Rainbow Sword is. As long as the instrument is close to the Rainbow Sword, it will freeze.The lowest temperature in the universe - absolute zero.There is no place in the solar system that has this temperature, and it is impossible for humans to create this temperature, they can only approach it infinitely.Absolute zero exists in the universe outside the solar system. In the depths of interstellar space, in places unknown to human beings, there are icy celestial bodies with extremely low temperatures. Hawthorne speculates that the rainbow sword is probably the core of icy celestial bodies. Traveled light years and fell on the earth.

Take a 9-hour bus ride from the old city of Quito to Putumayo.This is a small town, with dilapidated brick houses and gray roads, surrounded by the Amazon rainforest.In the past, when the flood season came, the river would overflow the town, and this place became an empty city.Since the Colombian government discovered oil in this area, it has raised the terrain and built flood control dams. The small town has slowly developed, but what has replaced it is the reduction of forests and the destruction of the ecological system.Known as the lungs of the earth, the Amazon rainforest covers 5% of the earth's surface, produces 20% of the world's oxygen, 30% of biological species and 1/5 of the fresh water on the earth's surface. is receding at an area of ​​7,700 square miles per year.

Hawthorne hired a man-made Indian canoe, the hull of which was hollowed out from a log, about twenty feet in length and two feet in breadth, which was just large enough for three or four persons and their belongings. Hawthorne opened the electronic map on the Iridium satellite phone and said: "The Amazon River Basin covers an area of ​​6.22 million square kilometers, accounting for about 35% of the South American continent, including most or part of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and other countries. territory." Linfeng said: "Equivalent to two-thirds of China's land area, such a large area, how to find it?"

Hawthorne said: "On the world map, the Amazon River Basin is from 5 degrees north latitude to 20 degrees south latitude, and from 80 degrees west longitude to 50 degrees west longitude. When you open the map of the Amazon River Basin, you can also narrow down the range in turn according to this cross coordinate, and finally It shrinks down to a point, and that's where God directs us to go." After simple calculations, Hawthorne used a PDA stylus to click on the electronic map of the Amazon River Basin. The point was immediately enlarged, but only some dotted lines could be seen without any relevant information.Hawthorne asked the old Indian who chartered the boat. The old man shook his head, saying that he had never been to that place, and told Hawthorne that five menacing people had also inquired about it an hour ago.

Linfeng carefully inquired about the appearance of those people, and said: "These five people are probably the warden and the others." Hawthorne said: "As expected, they also came. It seems that we need to consult experts." Hawthorne made a phone call, and the other party told him that those dotted lines on the electronic map meant unexplored places, places that the mappers had never visited, a mysterious and unknown world hidden in the forest, and there was no such thing on satellite maps or computers. If you find any relevant information, perhaps, there is only one region on the earth that hides so many secrets in its hinterland.

Huo Sang could only smile wryly, and handed the phone to Linfeng. What Linfeng heard was Professor Lu Li's voice, which made him happy like a child. After parting, there was no news from the other party, and they missed each other very much.Professor Lu Li told Linfeng on the phone that the Qinshihuang Mausoleum Museum has been completed and is waiting for their triumphant return.Dora also greeted Professor Lu Li on the phone. Professor Lu Li said that no matter whether the end of the world is true or not, two meteorites have been found so far, and the last remaining meteorite should be found as soon as possible.

After hanging up the phone, Hawthorne said: "We must hurry up. I can think of it, and Dr. Sloppy can think of it. We must rush to reach the position of God's coordinates ahead of them." The three of them boarded the canoe and paddled in the wind. This is the area with the most tributaries of the Amazon River, dotted with rivers all over it, the scenery on both sides is beautiful, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and Dora can't help humming. A pink cloud passed over the river, and then a green cloud passed slowly over their heads. Dora exclaimed, unable to believe her eyes, "Grandpa, look, there's a pink cloud, and there's a green one."

Hawthorne said: "It's a butterfly, there are hundreds of millions of butterflies, and this butterfly can walk. The green cloud is formed by parakeets. In the Amazon jungle, there are clouds of any color-red Yes, yellow, and even colorful ones, you will know when you see the parrot cloud and the 鵎鵼云. You will think a colorful painting, floating in the air, but we'd better not see the black color clouds." The canoe entered a water lane with lush grass on the bank. A green horned lizard ran across the water and stopped on the reeds. The sound of oars was heard. The horned lizard thought it was in some danger, and its eyes spurted blood. Spray one meter away and spray six times in a row.Linfeng saw a large log in front of him blocking his way, and when the boat approached, he realized that it was a green Amazon anaconda—the largest snake in the world, which was ten meters long and as thick as a grown man's torso.The water flow was slow, and Linfeng parked the boat on the shore, waiting for the big snake to swim past, but the big snake didn't move. It turned out that it was waiting for an opportunity to hunt caimans.An unlucky crocodile swam back into the water from the shore. The Amazon anaconda opened its mouth wide, bit the caiman, twisted its body around it, and after swallowing it, ripples appeared on the water surface. Trying to swim away as quickly as possible, but it just ate a crocodile, huge and slow.A group of fish swam up from the bottom of the water, jumping in groups on the surface of the water. They bared their teeth and swarmed towards the Amazon anaconda. It only took 10 minutes. The world's largest python and the crocodile just swallowed it all It turned into a skeleton and slowly sank from the river.

Linfeng and Dora were shocked to see that a boa constrictor swallowed a crocodile, but was eaten by a small fish in an instant. Hawthorne told them that this small fish is greedy and cruel by nature, it is called sawtooth salmon, and there is also a frightening name called piranha.No matter whether it is an animal or a person, as long as the skin is scratched in the water, the saw trout will immediately jump at the smell of blood. This kind of fish is very short, only one foot, and looks as gentle and docile as a perch; When he opened his mouth, two rows of semicircular teeth were exposed, showing a fierce look, and the teeth were as sharp as razors.Whether it is a crocodile or an anaconda, if they run slowly, they will become a skeleton.More than one canoeist had their fingers snapped off by saw trout as they fished them out of the water.All it takes is one bite, and the finger-cutting operation is done, and the strength of the jaws of the sawfish is unbelievable.

Linfeng paddled carefully, not daring to disturb them, and after a while, the boat sailed into the Amazon River.When they reached the main channel, the Amazon River became as wide as the sea, and their boat was like a leaf, sinking and sinking in the turbulent waves.The scenery on the shore has also become beautiful and colorful, dazzling. The nearby river bank is full of blooming trees, and the blooming flower trees are colorful.Waterfowl perch on the trees. There are many kinds of birds, different colors, melodious and well-arranged songs, which make the forest full of vitality.A tall flowering tree is a paradise for birds. The most amazing thing is the tropical giant stork in America. This giant bird is as tall as a person. It flies down with its wings spread like a glider, and it walks on the river bank with dignity and elegance. step. Facing the wind, he was exhausted from paddling, but the scenery on the shore made him feel refreshed. Dora suddenly pointed to the front, and Hawthorne yelled "Oops", a big wave as high as a city wall rolled over. It is more appropriate to call it a tsunami than a big wave.This kind of wave is majestic and magnificent. A white wall quickly passed by, and the surging tide came in front of us. The boat was rolled up by the waves, and then sent smoothly into a swamp. This kind of swamp is formed when the river overflows the embankment, and the trees are all submerged in the water. There is silence in the depths of the swamp, vines are covered with big trees, and sometimes the purple flower vines hanging down must be separated by hand. A pond is connected to a pond. All the ponds are as green as jade, clear to the bottom, and the small fish at the bottom of the river can be seen at a glance. Hawthorne turned on the electronic map on the satellite phone, and after confirming the location, they caught a few big butterflies in the swamp, tied them to the bow of the boat with ropes, and let them drag the boat forward.Linfeng told Dora that how to pull the rope and guide the butterfly in the right direction is actually no different from driving a carriage. Dora said, "Shut up, I will, as if you used to drive butterflies." Linfeng chuckled: "Don't talk about butterflies, when I escaped from the Solomon Islands, I had the experience of driving a whale." Hawthorne said: "I don't know where the warden and his gang are, but they must be on their way." Dora said: "I hate them and hope they are caught by the cannibals in the jungle. Grandpa, what are the cannibals like?" In the silent swamp, there was a sudden cry of frogs, and then all the frogs cried out.In this swamp, the chorus of hundreds of millions of frogs and toads is equally hair-raising and deafening. Their cries sometimes resemble thunder, sometimes whimper and moan, and sometimes sharp and piercing, one after another, continuously. There are all kinds of frogs lying on the surface of the swamp where the boat passed. This place is simply the kingdom of frogs.Many frogs ran away when they saw the boat. Only a kind of yellow-brown toad lay on the duckweed without moving. They had hairs on their bodies and looked extremely ugly. It made a popping sound like popping beans, with white stubble exposed, trying to scare off intruders. Hawthorne said the toad, called the fractured frog, would break its own bones when threatened.Some animals use self-mutilation to defend themselves, such as geckos cutting off their tails and salamanders letting their ribs penetrate the skin.At this time, there was a wooden boat floating downstream in the swamp like a ghost. There were seven black people in the boat, but none of them rowed.They didn't move, Linfeng couldn't help but be more vigilant, holding the fireworks knife tightly in his hand.Even across the water, their voices could not be heard.The ship slowly approached silently, a chill spread along the veins, and the three of Hawthorne were shocked by an inexplicable fear.As they got closer, Linfeng wiped his eyes and watched carefully, the few people remained motionless, the fog in the swamp was getting thicker, Linfeng opened his eyes wide, this time he could see clearly, and Dora also screamed—the seven people Neither has a head. Seven headless men were sitting on the boat, and this strange boat passed by the boat of Hawthorne and others.