A group of people, led by Polotar, descended to the bottom of the basin.The cliffs made of red sandstone are criss-crossed, and a stone step leads directly to the bottom of the valley from top to bottom.The place they reached was a corner of the square basin, which was so steep that even wild monkeys could not climb it.
They were unharmed, and the eccentric German seemed very pleased with their presence.
"I never dreamed to meet white people here. Please! Try this special special drink 'Shushah'."
The German poured some viscous liquid into the coconut shell for Zama to drink.
"Everyone should have heard the story of ape wine when you were young, right? Since I came here, I found that the 'ape wine' here is really a good wine in the world. This wine is fermented by chimpanzees using wild grapes, figs and other fruits in tree holes. It’s done. Just take a sip and you’ll get the feeling of ascending to immortality. Hahahahaha! That’s why I named this place ‘Ape Wine Village’.”
He gave everyone the starched bread he had broken open, and he drank the "ape wine" while smoking a narcotic tobacco leaf called "Dagga", which was similar to hashish.After half a round of drinking, both parties were slightly tipsy.Polotard gradually became a little dazed.Looking at his half-white hair, he is estimated to be nearly fifty years old, but his eyes full of fortitude still shine brightly in his drunken state.
During the question and answer, Polotar began to talk about how he came here.
"I am a sergeant, serving in the German Army in Africa. I was defeated in the First Battle of Thangka in March 1916. At that time, my subordinates and I didn't know where to retreat, so we had to go north along the way and came to Victor Ya. This is really a tragic journey that cannot be looked back. One person fell down, two people fell down... In the end, there were only six or seven people left in the team of nearly a hundred people. Some comrades in arms died of fever, and some died of The mouth of a poisonous snake and beast..."
"Somehow we escaped to this place. The British didn't come after us. They probably thought we were running into the 'devil's urinal' and we were dead. But we didn't. We survived like Robinson Robinson. War I don't know when it will end, and now I even have children. Hahahaha, of course our wives are those natives."
As he spoke, Polotard suddenly stared at Norra in fascination.Probably because of the magic smoke, he slurred his speech, and his tone became very frivolous.
"The year before last, a missionary from Makota came in by mistake. He was a German. When he saw that I was also a German, he told me about the outside world. The missionary said that the war was over and that Germany was now the Nazi Party. This is the first time I have heard of the Nazi Party. Speaking of which, this missionary has a special mission. It turns out that he is a missionary on the surface, but he is actually a spy. He is doing propaganda for the Nazis and stealing at the same time. Intelligence work. I told him what happened to me. All the troops were wiped out, some of them were all nonsense, and I made up a story for him, and then pointed out the direction for him to return to the tribe. In short, I just wanted to tell him It's a very dangerous place here, it's a dead end to keep going, it's wiser to go back. But I made a pact with this man. You know, I'm always a proud German citizen wherever I am, as long as The motherland calls, and I will not hesitate."
When this African Robinson talked about the key points, everyone felt that there was a meaningful expression on his face.Everyone had a premonition that something bad was happening.Polotar didn't care, and continued to say:
"I promised him that when necessary, such as when fighting with Britain and France, the water source of the Nile River will be blocked. Why do you want to do this? If the source of the Nile River, the mother river of Egypt, is cut off, the Nile River must be cut off. Drying up, and this will inevitably lead to insufficient agricultural irrigation, leading to a major famine. At that time, even the boats will not be able to open, and their traffic will be paralyzed. Immediately afterwards, there will be turmoil in the country. Let's see how Misr's chaebols and the British army deal with this What a mess. Hahahaha!"
There are often muffled explosions in the sky.Every night, powdered soapstone and other ores had to be thrown to prevent the cloud of insects over the Devil's Urinal Pool.That's the truth about hearing "smoke chimes" in Makotay.Duoduo is not afraid of planes, perhaps because he lives nearby and is used to the planes that often fly over the sky.
Then, who is flying the plane to throw the insecticide powder?
The crowd asked Polotard about this.
Polotar proudly told the crowd that a former British Air Force pilot had killed his colleagues in Kenya, stole a reconnaissance plane and fled here to become their partner.He often used planes to attack railway surveying teams, so they never lacked pesticides and gasoline.
Duoduo has fallen asleep.Polotar's eyes wandered over Norra's hand, as if licking her snowy skin with his eyes.This obscene attitude has touched the bottom line of a lady.Suddenly, Polotard laughed loudly and said:
"Got it! I'm the one who blocked the water of the Nile. Hahahahahaha! You must be thinking I'm an exiled madman with wide eyes! It doesn't matter what you think. But there are both weapons and explosives here , and the liaison plane will come once a month. It is the Italian SM. 81 Bat transport plane. It uses the air line of North African Airlines. There are also warehouses, airports and hangars here. These facilities are all covered with camouflage. It's absolutely undetectable from high altitude."
The faces of the team members were pale. They felt that their lives were threatened, and maybe they would die tonight.The expedition team that entered the "devil's urinal" before survived, and it must have been killed by the German guy in front of him here.He will definitely not let you go back to the country if he tells you such secrets that are related to the rise and fall of the country.Everyone was silent as if they were dead, and even Kako, who was experienced, also shut up.
Zama is a psychiatrist with a different perspective of observation.He listened carefully to Polotar's words, and found that he was speaking in a hurry, saying what he thought of, and his thinking was extremely active.This is one of the symptoms of a psychopath.
Generally, when a person is released after being quarantined for half a month, it is difficult to tell whether what he said is true or not.Polotar's experience in the past twenty years and the secret missions of missionary spies may not be true, not to mention that he has smoked a lot of hashish just now.
But now it's like a madman holding a knife to your neck.Once he goes crazy, no matter what he says is true or not, you will die... Polotar's story is too dramatic, defecting pilots and so on, it always feels out of tune with the primitive jungle.Things like blocking the river course and cutting off the source are simply the product of madmen's fantasy.The madman who reigned supreme in the Ape Wine Palace probably thought that he was a high priest, thinking that he could scare the naive and ignorant believers by speaking nonsense about the devil's troubles.
When Polotar finished speaking, he ordered the five people (plus Dodo) to be taken into the hut and locked up.Although everyone was imprisoned, no one stood guard at the door, the hut was not locked, and their weapons and ammunition were not even collected.This is not because Polotar underestimated the enemy, because this basin is a big prison.The only way to the outside world is the stone steps, and there are naturally people guarding them strictly.
At night in the heart of Africa, the temperature in the mountains drops to freezing along with the sense of desperation.The toad and the cricket played a mournful duet, and the hyena bellowed now and again in the distant forest.Is this the last night in this world?They were so worried that no one spoke.
It's all the bad luck brought by you, the catastrophe!Yang E stared fiercely at Zama.
At dawn, Zama discovered a strange thing.This event may seem trivial on the surface, but it means a lot to Zama.Nora in the room suddenly spoke.She spoke German and began to talk to herself in a lazy tone.
"Tomorrow, only that girl will be left, and the rest will be killed. Be as humane as possible, and poison them to death with medicine."
This is amazing!Norra spoke like a man.I saw that her tone was calm, without cadence, as if she was reading aloud.But what surprised Zama most was knowing that Norla didn't speak German at all.A girl who doesn't understand German suddenly speaks fluent German, and Zama thinks she has misheard.He stared intently at Norra.
"Norla! Wake up!"
There is something violent in the depths of Nora's pupils. Could it be that she is so melancholy that she is insane?Just listen to her continue to say in German:
"Don't let them get away."
"Don't worry, they won't run away until their weapons are confiscated. Besides, there are guards on the stone steps. If they want to run, they can only go to Makotai, which is also our territory."
A steady stream of palpitating monologues poured out of her mouth.The threatening yin in the room is like a curse of death.
Norla paused, and then said: "They probably don't know that there is a secret passage in the buffalo shed. What time is it? Three o'clock—two hours."
Who is Nora imitating?
Zama stared at Norra motionlessly, he twisted his neck, but surprisingly, Norra twisted his neck like him.Zama was thoughtful, and this time he tried to pout, and Nora did repeat his previous action and pouted.Zama seemed to understand, and hugged Nora fiercely.The two of them were face to face like this, weeping sobbingly, tears hanging on their faces like a small waterfall.
"Ah, what's wrong with you?!"
Kako originally thought that Zama was as calm as himself, but seeing his uncharacteristic behavior, he thought that he was dying and his mind was in chaos.Zama at this moment is not even calm, not even normal, just like a young man who has successfully confessed his love, crying and laughing, looking at a loss and dancing wildly.But Zama is not crazy, he is extremely happy and "crazy", and it is because of extreme ecstasy that he is involved in this great whirlpool of sorrow and joy, constantly screaming and screaming.
Lata disease!Turns out it was Norla's Malay ancestry that gave her Lata disease!Lata disease is a genetic psychiatric disorder unique to females in Malaysia.what!I finally understood why she said that with Yang that night.And now Norla's sudden attack has saved our lives... The initial symptoms of "Lata disease" are just some physiological abnormalities.When the patient has a clear consciousness, he will subconsciously imitate other people's language and repeat other people's actions.This is a manifestation of reverse language and reverse movement.The scene of that night couldn't help reappearing in Zama's mind.
Zama remembers Yang whispering to Nora at that time: "Do you love me?" Nora also asked Yang if she loved her.It seems that Norra is just repeating the question, and she is just imitating Yang's actions when she hugs Yang.
Those scandals that do not conform to the image of a lady are just the manifestations of imitation.Alas, Norla turned out to be of Malay descent.Malaysians intermarried with Madagascar aborigines many generations ago.After so many years, this unique Malay disease manifested itself in Norla.
What a disaster brought about by blood, Norla is indeed not a purebred white.But now how could she speak German, which she didn't understand, in the silence of the cabin?This should be a miracle performed by reverse language.During the onset of the illness, Norla had exceptionally keen hearing, so she could clearly hear those distant sounds that were difficult for ordinary people to catch.
Two of Polotard's men had just passed the hut, for Zama heard their booted footsteps.Nora's imitation must be those two people.And the tunnel in the buffalo shed mentioned by the two men was their only escape route.
All the mysteries surrounding Norra are solved.The dual personality, charm technique, etc. are all non-existent, and the reason that brought the five people here is nothing more than Norla's pitiful madness.Zama's love that was about to be wiped out is now revived, and he can't help crying with joy.In an instant, he found an urgent matter that needed to be dealt with.
"Gentlemen, we may be saved. Anyway, let's go to the buffalo barn first."
In order to prevent the guards from being disturbed by Norla's chatter, she could only temporarily block her mouth.They brought Duoduo to the buffalo shed, and there was indeed a winding and secret passage inside.The five people used this secret passage to escape from this terrible "ape wine town".
The morning light shines on the sea of trees.In order to avoid being chased and killed, they could only flee in the opposite direction of Makotai.A group of people gradually approached the dense forest near the "devil's urinal".
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