East of Eden

Shan Mu was seriously injured and unconscious, so Sophia was handed over to be the leader of Group A.

Sophia is a doctor of medicine and one of the core scholars of the Weaver Party. The successful recovery of Xingneng after 3000 years is indispensable for her credit.She is about forty years old, with a petite figure, curly chestnut hair with full bangs, wearing red-rimmed glasses, red earrings, bright red lip gloss, a red dress and red high-heeled shoes.

Generally speaking, she is a woman who likes red very much, and although she is a little older, she still dresses in a girlish style.She is well maintained, does not look old, has a very hearty smile, and has a unique affinity.

Today is the departure day for Group A. They are fully prepared. Dr. Sophia is waiting at the gate of the WF base in a cool red off-road vehicle.

Xing and Shanuo came dragging the remaining two suitcases of luggage, Sophia lowered the car window, honked the horn and said, "Dear little brothers, hurry up~"

Sophia likes to call men "younger brothers", and the 3000-year-old Cang Xing also belongs to the category of "younger brothers" in his eyes.

After the vehicle was loaded, Xinghe Shanuo was about to take a seat in the back row, but Sophia suddenly stopped Shano and said with a smile, "Little white-haired brother, come and take the co-pilot." She patted the seat beside her.

Shano hesitated for a moment, then sat down and put on his seat belt.Sophia tapped the steering wheel with her red nails and looked at him: "Well, I really feel a lot better. A woman my age likes to see a young and handsome man like you."

Shano froze visibly, his face turned blue.

Sophia didn't forget to take care of Xing's self-esteem, she turned her head and said, "Xing is also very handsome, but it's not my type. Franka would like yours better."

Xing Ye's whole body froze, his face turned blue, as if a snake had crawled through his collar.

"But don't get me wrong, I don't have any wrong thoughts about you." Sophia brushed her hair and said proudly, "I already have a wife."

...Old, wife?

The pupils of Xing and Shanuo trembled, and they didn't dare to move. They saw a short-haired woman in a denim jacket and rivet boots walking not far away, holding a pot of green plants in her arms, and walking straight towards Sofia.Sophia shouted enthusiastically: "Oh, dear~" The short-haired woman stopped by the car window, and the two exchanged a sweet long kiss.

"The newly cultivated sage can repel insects. I wish you a smooth journey." The short-haired woman gave the potted plant to Sophia.

"You are so considerate." Sophia pinched her face with a bright smile.

The short-haired woman is named Chuanliu, a Ph.D. in biology, and also a member of WF.The two got tired of being sweet for a while, Chuanliu glanced into the car and said, "Sophia, you are lucky, the people who are traveling with you this time are all handsome guys."

"Yeah, a handsome guy can make people pleasing to the eye, and even work doesn't feel too tiring."

"Then I wish you good fortune. Remember to bring some rare animal specimens for me when I go to the tropical rainforest this time." Chuanliu stood up straight and gave a sassy salute.

"Wu Yun Changlong".Sophia also returned her a flying gift.

Dr. Sophia drove wildly. With her foot of the accelerator, the engine of the off-road vehicle roared, and it rushed out [-] meters in a blink of an eye, leaving behind billowing smoke and dust.

The scenery outside the window changed rapidly, Sophia lit a cigarette, and rested her head in one hand leisurely: "A woman of my age still thinks that a female partner is the best. As for a handsome man, it's just a vase for entertainment. That's all."

Shanuo and Cang Xing sat in silence, both were deeply impressed by the aura emanating from her.

——Dr. Sophia, it is indeed you!

a few days later.

On the edge of the Ongara rainforest.

There are still [-] kilometers to enter the forest area, and this is the last rest stop on the plain.

The shape of this rest station is very strange, like Lego blocks made up of containers and abandoned trucks. At the bottom are three long bright yellow containers, and the boxes are stacked one after another, without any rules. There is a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, with a protruding front of the car sandwiched in the middle.

The containers are of different colors, although they are rusted and faded, they still bring a huge visual impact to people.This crumbling, weird and dangerous building has more than seven floors, and on the top is a white disc-shaped satellite signal receiver.

A group of people parked the car, opened the door and walked into the rest stop, feeling as if they had entered some kind of Indian camp.

The rest station is laid with brightly colored wooden walls and floors, all furniture is made of wood, colorful glass lamps are decorated everywhere, and the air is filled with the aroma of mint.There are all kinds of people here, including carpenters and rubber workers who came to work in the rainforest, factory owners, criminals who wandered here, disabled people who lost their hands and feet due to war, and so on.

Due to the hot climate and rainy weather, the southern region has always had a small population and is one of the remote regions.It has excellent natural resources, high mountains, rain forests, waterfalls and caves. Under the protection of nature, the Su Huang government is beyond reach, so it is easy to harbor criminals and break out rebellions.

After the Battle of Kesar, the vitality of the southern region was severely damaged, and it has been calm and stable until now, but no one knows whether the fire of rebellion is still quietly growing here.

"This is the last rest stop, you can buy food and use here." Sophia said.

So Sophia and Shano searched the shelves: chocolates, compressed biscuits, instant noodles, dried meat, canned food, water, paper towels... They stuffed two whole packs, and Xing went to the front desk to book three rooms.

Xing noticed that there was a strange statue enshrined in the shrine here. A man in a white cloak was stroking the head of a giant dragon. Needless to say, the white cloak was Liang Shiheng. Its tail is black all over, except for its eyes which are a mysterious purple.

Xing was fascinated, and the boss at the front desk couldn't help explaining: "That is the patron saint of our rainforest."

"You mean Liang Shiheng?" Xing couldn't remember when Liang Shiheng expanded this business.

"No, no," the boss waved his hand, pointing to the giant dragon next to the man and said, "That's it, Yepulong, the dragon god who rules the rainforest, the weather and the moon, it is said that it is still alive, and there is only one in the world. "

Its noble black scales and purple eyes are indeed divine, like wise elders, and at the same time wild.Xing silently remembered the name, Ye Pulong, the god of the rainforest.

"That's why, you outsiders must not have bad ideas about the rainforest. If you offend Ye Pulong, you can't afford to go around!" The boss first raised his voice, and then lowered his voice: "Those Su who came to fight before Soldier Huang, hehe, isn’t it because he was cursed by a dragon..."

Xing Xin was stunned, and wanted to ask for more information, but Sophia stepped on him suddenly, put a large bag of biscuits and instant noodles on the counter, and said loudly: "Boss, check out!"

After being stomped by the high heels, Xing only felt a sharp pain and couldn't straighten his back, but he also understood Dr. Sophia's intention: there are too many people at the rest station, and it is not appropriate to ask more questions at this moment to arouse unnecessary suspicion.

After paying the bill, the three of them went to sit in the passenger bar in the rest station.They chose a corner location, and Dr. Sophia turned on the frequency jammer, which is a device to prevent others from eavesdropping. It can generate wave frequencies that cancel each other out with speech, so that people two meters away cannot hear their conversations .

"Okay, let's talk now if you have any questions." Sophia raised her legs and straightened her skirt.

"After the Battle of Kesar, Su Huang has never found the holy relics in the south, and almost abandoned the military base here, leaving only less than 300 troops." Xingsi thought, "They suddenly retreated, is it really because of Yepu The curse of the dragon?"

Shano continued: "The east and south are the places where the signal of the sacred object was first detected. For half a century, Su Huang has been staring at these two areas. First, he conducted nuclear tests in the eastern desert, and then launched the Battle of Kesar. .But Su Huang hit a wall in the south and bombed us instead, taking away our holy relics."

He smiled bitterly: "It seems that the protection work of the Yepulong tribe in the south is much better than ours."

"Yepulong Clan? Are they a race?"

"That's right, the aborigines in the rainforest worship dragons as gods, and they most worship the dark and ghostly Yepulong in mythology, so they are called the Yepulong tribe." Shanuo said, "Yepulong and my 'yin' Pigeons, like your Arthur Nion, are animal totems that protect sacred objects."

Xing suddenly realized: "So the Yepulong tribe, like the Sakuwa, is also a nation that protects sacred objects?"

Shano nodded.

After a while, Xing asked again: "What happened to Pulong's curse that night?"

This time it was Sophia's turn to explain. She said: "There is news that a strange monster appeared in the rainforest during the war, with a snake-like head, octopus-like tentacles, exposed internal organs, and hard carapace. They often show no signs. Appearing from the ground, instantly devouring people's lives, a bit like... the zombies in horror movies. Rumors say that this is Ye Pulong's curse."

Shano had some difficulty imagining the appearance of this monster: the snake's head, tentacles, and internal organs were all soft things, but they were filled in the hard carapace?Because almost all the people who saw them died, there were very few explanations about this monster, and it became more and more confusing in people's minds.

Many workers who come to log in the rainforest even light candles to worship and recite "Divine Blessing" before entering the forest.

"Probably some new species created by the Yepulong tribe." Shanuo said, "They are good at some ancient secret arts."

Sophie couldn't help but her eyes lit up, the excitement overwhelmed the fear: "Sichuan Liu and I also think it is a new species. If we meet a living one, we must take more photos of Chuan Liu. She is most interested in these!"

"..."

Xing and Shano fell silent.

At this time, there was a sudden quarrel in the ear.

I saw a dispute between two tables not far away.Sitting in the seats were four natives of the rainforest. They had bronze-colored skin, wore overalls, leather gloves, and yellow hard hats on their heads. They looked very much like the Mario brothers in ancient games.

But the men who quarreled with them were not friendly. They were thick-backed and heavy. Although they were wearing casual clothes, they were wearing military belts with Su Huang's logo engraved on the belt buckles. Even the boss didn't dare to intervene.

They are the soldiers of the left-behind troops stationed in the south!

Now it seems that their appearance is no different from that of the army ruffians. They are all the type of waving wine bottles to find someone to fight. It is probably because they have been in the humid rainforest in the south for a long time, and their psychology is unbalanced, and they have become more irritable and irritable. got angry.

"Don't you have eyes? You son of a bitch, won't you look at the road when serving water?" Su Huang's soldiers were furious.

"We've already apologized, what else do you want?"

"Kneel down and kowtow to us." The soldier grabbed the opponent by his collar and lifted him up like a chicken.

"Don't bully people too much, rascals! Bandits!"

"A group of rascals still have the face to criticize us?" The soldier puffed out his stomach and showed Su Huang's logo on his belt. "Who is it that destroys our wall every three days and comes to the military base to grow vegetables and steal iron?"

"That's because your frame occupies too much land! It should have been ours!"

The two sides should have had a long-standing grievance, and they each insisted on their own words and fought.Xing and the others sat aside to watch the battle, and did not plan to intervene. After all, in the current situation, one thing more is worse than one thing less.

I don't know how long it took, this small battle came to an end.The natives of the rainforest were defeated by the soldiers, and they left cursing and swearing with paint on their faces. The rest of the soldiers were still swinging wine bottles and smashing a few chairs in the bar to vent their anger.

People scattered and ran, and in a blink of an eye there was only Xing and his table left in the small bar, and the scene was a bit awkward.Sophia put away the frequency jammer, and gave Xing and Shano a "leave" wink. The three quickly packed their luggage and prepared to get up.

Unexpectedly, the iron tower-like body of one of the soldiers blocked their way. The man twisted his neck, squeezed his knuckles, and said:

"Have you been watching the fun here just now?"

Sophia shook her head quickly: "Sorry, we didn't see anything."

The soldiers didn't listen to her, and stretched out their hands to stop them: "You look like foreigners, what are you doing here? Suspicious people are not allowed to hang out in the rainforest."

Being interrogated before entering the forest area, it can be said that the teacher was unfavorable, and everyone secretly complained in their hearts.

Dr. Sophia, as the captain, naturally handles such emergencies.She took a deep breath, showed a friendly and harmless smile, and said with a prepared speech: "We are here to visit the deceased. There was once a female soldier who died in the Battle of Kaiser. She... ...is my sister!"