People are watching American TV shows, and they are also watching American-style iaido.

These people were dressed almost identically, both men and women, covering only their vital parts. They all wore rather sinister-looking makeup and bone-like ornaments around their necks.

Ding Ze looked at it with great interest, and as he looked, he suddenly noticed a very ancient-looking totem on the trunk of a towering tree.

Take a closer look.

Good heavens, the totem depicts a large snake with three eyes.

Three-eyed Serpent?

What is this statement?

Ding Ze was very curious, so he asked the boatman to ask the tribal elder.

The tribal elder quickly offered an explanation, saying that many, many years ago, the tribe encountered some kind of crisis, and then a giant black-scaled python with three eyes appeared, helping the tribe survive and preventing its extinction.

From then on, the tribe regarded the three-eyed black python as their guardian deity.

Initially, the tribe even built a special shrine.

However, with the passage of time and the continuous migration of the tribe, most of the ancestral hall and the three-eyed black python have been lost. Today, only this totem remains.

Ding Ze listened quietly, quite interested.

There is no three-eyed black python in Anaconda, so what's going on here?

At this moment, Diamond, with his sharp eyes, whispered to Ding Ze, "That totem seems to be more than just a black python; there's also a huge tree."

Ding Ze raised an eyebrow and took a closer look.

Hey, that's really true.

The three-eyed black python looked as if it were coiling around a large tree and swimming upwards.

Having realized this, Ding Ze immediately asked the boatman to inquire with the tribal elders whether they could get a closer look at the totem.

The tribal elder said there was no problem, as long as Ding Ze and his group didn't touch the totem.

Having received a positive reply, Ding Ze didn't hesitate and immediately led Janet, Diamond, and several biologists, zoologists, and botanists over.

The tree depicted in the totem is truly extraordinary; it is crooked and twisted, like a deformity, or perhaps some strange living thing.

After staring at it for a while, and snapping a bunch of high-resolution photos, one of the zoologists—the same one who had been frightened by Ding Ze last night—suddenly spoke up, “Mr. Ding, I suspect that the tree described in the totem isn’t a real tree…”

"It might be some kind of ancient tree-like animal."

Upon hearing this, Ding Ze turned to look at the zoologist, and inexplicably felt that the tone of this trip to the Amazon seemed to have changed...

It felt like stepping into some kind of eerie novel, about to encounter all sorts of strange and supernatural things.

Hey.

So exciting.

"You're a zoologist, what kind of snake has three eyes?" Ding Ze asked with a smile.

The zoologist paused for two seconds before replying with a forced smile, "A mutated snake. I believe that if this three-eyed black python really exists, it may have existed in a place with high radiation levels back then."

Haha.

Distortions have appeared.

This is going to be even more exciting! (End of Chapter)

Chapter 378 Landing and Exploration: Ancient City Ruins

Amazon rainforest.

A primitive tribe.

After studying the totem for a while, Ding Ze and the others then visited the tribe.

It took about half an hour for the group to finish their tour of the tribe. Then, at the signal of the tribal elder, they gathered in the open space in the center of the tribe.

Afterwards, a group of primitive people brought out a lot of food that looked very primitive and had almost no appealing appearance, as a way of entertaining Ding Ze and his group.

Ding Ze looked at the food and, to be honest, he wasn't too willing to eat it. After all, who knew if he would get diarrhea or even food poisoning?

However, it wouldn't be appropriate not to eat at all, so Ding Ze ate a little.

To be honest, the taste wasn't bad, but it wasn't exactly delicious either.

The feast ended quickly, and the group of primitive people brought out various handmade decorations to sell, but instead of money, they bartered.

Objectively speaking, these decorations are quite beautiful and have a distinct tribal style.

Ding Ze smiled and teased Janet, "Ms. Austin, which one do you want? I'll give it to you."

Janet smiled brightly, "Mr. Ding, you really know how to do a lot with a little money."

"Haha, that's a must," Ding Ze laughed.

“Then I’ll give you a chance,” Janet said with a happy smile.

After making a fuss for a while, Janet bought a lot of decorations.

The group of cavemen were delighted. Finally, the tribal elders suggested painting a portrait of Dingze and Janet to bless them on their journey ahead.

Ding Ze and Janet smiled at each other and readily accepted.

The tribal elder didn't waste any time and quickly called over the tribe's painters.

Ding Ze and Janet sat obediently, letting the elderly female painter apply paint to their faces.

Time flies.

nailed it.

Ding Ze and Janet looked at each other and thought, "Hey, it's really pretty good."

Before they knew it, it was past one in the afternoon, time to continue their journey. Ding Ze and the others bid farewell to the group of primitive people and returned to the ship smoothly and without any trouble.

The fleet moved again, following the winding river, heading deeper into the river;

This journey lasted for three days, on and off.

By this time, the group had reached the middle of the Amazon rainforest. Looking around, there was an endless expanse of incredibly lush jungle in all directions.

This feeling is really quite wonderful.

Ding Ze stood on the deck, a cigarette dangling from his lips, leaning against the railing, smiling as he looked out at the water.

This section of the river is quite wide, and the water is very clear.

The riverbed is covered with lush aquatic plants that sway gently with the current, and there are also many fish swimming around.

The ship continued its voyage.

I don't know how much time passed, but suddenly, a small, pink freshwater dolphin leaped out of the water.

Upon seeing this, Janet, who was lying down, immediately jumped up and exclaimed in surprise, "What is that? It's pink!"

The words had barely been spoken when

Puff puff puff~~~

The second one, the third one... more pink freshwater dolphins jumped out one after another, looking as if they were very happy.

At this moment, the zoologist on the ship, while snapping photos, explained to Janet, "This is a freshwater dolphin species unique to the Amazon waters..."

Blah blah blah.

Janet was delighted and took Ding Ze's arm, chattering away.

Time flies.

The pink freshwater dolphins, which had been making a ruckus for a while, went away.

“Oh, that’s all,” Janet said, slightly disappointed.

Ding Ze smiled and said, "How about we go back and cast a net to catch them all and take them home?"

Janet: "...Forget it."

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Before we knew it, it was evening.

Having found a suitable location, the fleet stopped again.

Then, the boat captain didn't dare to dawdle. He took the map and found Ding Ze. "Boss, we'll be able to reach our first destination by tomorrow morning."

Over the past few days, Ding Ze and his companions haven't been entirely idle. Along the way, they've added some destinations to their journey by gathering information beforehand and listening to the local legends told by several boat captains.

The destination the boat captain mentioned was one of them.

It is said that about five or six hundred years ago, an expedition from England happened to discover the ruins of an ancient city located underground in that jungle.

The expedition team ventured deep into the ancient city, hoping to strike it rich. However, they encountered a series of bizarre events, and in the end, only one person escaped. He fled all the way to the riverbank, and after waiting for who knows how many days, he was finally found by a passing boat.

However, although the man survived, he was so frightened that he became delirious and kept talking nonsense.

Later, the captain who rescued the man checked his backpack and found a jade sculpture the size of a palm...

That jade sculpture looked very sinister. Later, a local recognized the sculpture and said that it belonged to a tribe called "Black Barrier" in the Amazon rainforest who worshipped an evil god and was once very powerful.

The news then spread rapidly.