I don't know how long I slept, but a slight sound made Lin Rui suddenly alert. @樂@文@小@说|This is the slight crunch sound of footsteps breaking dead branches on the ground, and animals do not make such sounds. Because the claws of animals are soft, this sound is only made when wearing military boots with hard soles.

Lin Rui suddenly woke up, clinged his body to a branch of the big tree, and gently pulled out the dagger he wore under his ribs. There were indeed people approaching in the darkness, and there was more than one. Lin Rui was hiding in the tree, his palms already sweating slightly. A sharp and heavy battle dagger, the entire body is matte, and there is no light in the dark. But it is much more deadly and dangerous.

The people below scattered forward, shaking the flashlights and lighting fixtures in their hands, and whispering some words that Lin Rui didn't understand at all. Between the flickering of light and shadow, Lin Rui saw the weapons they were carrying behind them. It's the rebels under General Dunby!

These people should have been notified by the guards of the mining area and rushed to search for Lin Rui overnight. Fortunately, Lin Rui was alert, took the first step to consider this problem, and climbed the tree to rest. Avoid temporary panic and be found out of any movement. The armed rebels didn't seem to realize that the person they were searching for was above their heads, but instead bent over and carefully stared ahead and walked over.

Lin Rui breathed a sigh of relief slightly, if it was not necessary, he really didn't want to cause unnecessary battles. Now that the enemy is outnumbered, it is very unwise to take the initiative to start a fight. I just don't know how long these rebels will have to search this area.

Lin Rui gently moved his body on the tree, making himself more close to the branches. Just like a cicada clinging to a tree on a summer night, as long as it doesn't actively chirp, no one will notice its existence. The rebels' search passed quickly, and just as Lin Rui was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he noticed someone approaching in the distance. Lin Rui secretly cursed his bad luck, because he found that the person who approached this time was likely to be a member of the mysterious force.

They are far more cautious and careful than those rebels. Lin Rui noticed that they did not use flashlights and other lighting devices, which indicated that these people were better equipped and were probably equipped with low-light night vision devices or thermal imagers specially used for night battles. If it was the latter, then Lin Rui would be easy to spot. The temperature emitted by his body would make him appear in the thermal imager a bright area.

Even if he hid well, as long as someone raised his head slightly, he could easily find a person hiding in the tree, and then he would attract a flurry of shooting. To make matters worse, the gunfire will attract more enemies. Thinking of this, Lin Rui felt that his scalp was tight, and he realized that he couldn't stay in the tree like this anymore, and he had to quickly find a way to slip away.

So Lin Rui no longer hesitated, put the weapon behind his back, and slid down the trunk of the tree silently. But under the tree, it means that he is easier to find. He didn't dare to linger any longer, and moved lightly to the left, for there was a pool of water that he might use for a while.

Just when Lin Rui came to the pond lightly, he was dumbfounded again. Because this pond looks quite small, but it is too shallow. The water depth of twenty or thirty centimeters is not enough for him to dive to hide his body. Lin Rui's heart jumped wildly, according to his estimates, those enemy troops would only be able to search here in five minutes at most, and he would have nothing to hide at that time.

In a hurry, Lin Rui turned his heart sideways, picked up the mud in the pond with both hands, painted his head and face all over his face, and rolled in the mud a few times. It wasn't until he made sure that he was a clay figure covered in sticky mud that he hurriedly rolled to the side and squatted down and quietly took out the AK47.

Although he didn't want to make too much of a fuss, once these militants found themselves, a fierce battle was inevitable, and he couldn't care so much. The only hope now is this cold mud on their bodies, maybe they will be able to hide the heat from their bodies, so that the militants will not find themselves so easily. Thermal imagers need to sense heat to show different contours of objects, and the higher the temperature, the higher the light emitted. Theoretically, as long as his skin temperature is not read out by the thermal imager, then he will not be detected.

But whether this body of mud can isolate the heat emitted from his body, and whether this is effective or not, Lin Rui's heart is also beating a drum. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Lin Rui picked up the AK47 in his hand and was ready to shoot first after he was exposed. His fingers were already pressed to the trigger, but his heart was already beating to his throat.

Maybe this cold and sticky mud really had an effect, and the search team didn't find Lin Rui crouching in the grass on the side, but continued to walk forward cautiously. Quietly waiting for them to disappear into the jungle at night, Lin Rui breathed a sigh of relief as if he had collapsed, and his life was once again picked up.

If he was discovered just now, Lin Rui would have to go through a bitter battle, even if he could clear out this small search team smoothly, it was difficult to guarantee that he would retreat under the attack of more teams. But he was in a hurry and saved himself. And the stinking mud in this pond really saved his life.

After about half an hour, the militants and the rebels converged, and it was clear that they had found nothing and had to retreat.

After all these people were withdrawn, Lin Rui could be regarded as completely relaxed. The relaxation after the high level of mental tension, and the cold muddy water all over his body, coupled with the cold wind that carried the chill of the night, made him fall asleep in a drowsy way. When he woke up, Lin Rui felt that his whole body was aching. Injured left hand, wrist swollen beyond shape, and dizziness severely. Lin Rui found that after barely walking a few steps, he was wheezing heavily, and he was constantly shaking.

Shivering cold during the early summer season in Africa is definitely not a normal phenomenon. Lin Rui knew that he was sick, and he had continuous chills, fever, sweating, headache, muscle pain, and tiredness. This is a typical malaria symptom. Malaria, an ancient disease, is still one of the biggest killers of mankind today, and one of the main deadly diseases in Africa, where sanitation is relatively poor.

Lin Rui suddenly felt very sad, maybe he would die in this strange African jungle after experiencing a bloody battle and a thrilling escape. And the cause of death is not a bullet, but a disease. Perhaps the top three characteristics of Africa are not gold, diamonds, and ivory. Rather, it is hunger, war, and disease.

Leaning under a tree with difficulty, he took out the individual first-aid kit he was carrying. There are a few anti-inflammatory pills in it, which may be able to relieve yourself of some symptoms.

After taking the medicine, Lin Rui got up again and walked towards the outside of the woods. He looked at the GPS display and knew he was heading north. This is not the way back, but it is the closest way out of rebel-held districts. But he had to make his way through an even more barren African wilderness. He didn't know if he would be able to drag his heavy body out of the wasteland. But he had to give it a try. Because it's the only viable way out of it compared to staying here.

He pulled himself together and tried to make contact again with the communicator on his helmet. There is still no response, and the communication master server is still under maintenance. Lin Rui seemed to have guessed this result, so he couldn't talk about being disappointed. Rather than sit and wait for rescue, it is better to fight for survival alone. In any case, if he wants to survive, he must do everything possible to get out of this rebel-held area. So, with some staggering, he got back on the road and walked towards the wasteland north of the jungle.

It's a quintessential African wilderness, calm and barren, teeming with life with acacia trees in the distance and the occasional wildlife encounter. But Lin Rui has no intention of appreciating this magnificent scenery, if a person is already sick, but he is still in the mood to appreciate these, then it can only mean that he is not seriously ill. But Lin Rui felt that he was about to die.

If it weren't for his extraordinary physique and strong will, he wouldn't even be able to get out of this wasteland. But Lin Rui relied on his own feet, dragged his sick body, and spent a whole day through this desert. When he saw the African villages looming in the distance, he couldn't hold on any longer. The breath he had been holding back finally let out, and then he fell headlong to the ground, completely mixed up.

When he woke up, he found himself in this African village. He didn't know how many days he had been sleeping, but he felt that his symptoms were much lighter. He was surrounded by a group of black people, like some local tribe, who had painted something white on their dark faces, revealing only two large piercing eyes, like a face mask. The long hair is braided into long, neat and fine braids, which are held in place with earth grease without breaking apart, and are inlaid with silver copper rings of colorful beads and glittering. Some of them shaved the sides of their heads and wore long braids in the middle, while others wore the long hair of beasts on their long braids and wore two pieces of red and black striped cloth.

Seeing that Lin Rui woke up, these people were all talking to each other, but it was obviously some kind of tribal language. Lin Rui didn't understand a word. But it seems that he was saved by the villagers of these African tribes. Lin Rui shook his head and said with some difficulty, "Do you have water?" he made a gesture ......to drink water and repeated in English.

One of the older black men nodded and handed him a bowl-like container with some liquids in it. Lin Rui took it and drank it all, and after drinking it, he frowned slightly, because what he drank was not like water, but like milk, but compared with milk, it had a bloody salty taste. It turned out to be a bowl of milk mixed with cow's blood.

Seeing that Lin Rui drank the bloody milk without even frowning, these black men all showed surprise and joy on their faces, and said loudly, "Morani!"