Zhou Jiping was trying to steady his feet when he suddenly heard Slade's bear-like footsteps. He turned his head and saw Slade rushing up with his peripheral vision. Without thinking too much, he kicked out with a back kick.
He turned his body to try and get rid of Slade's momentum - this guy's weight is too great, and his waist can't bear it.
Slade rushed forward in a hot head, but he didn't expect that Zhou Jiping could still kick with his back turned. He was kicked hard in the lower abdomen. With Zhou Jiping's turn, Slade's forward direction changed.
He threw himself on the tree that Zhou Jiping had just used to borrow strength. With a crash, his weight of more than two hundred pounds made the leaves rustle, and Slade fell to the ground exhausted.
The impact was so hard that the whole ground shook. Everyone was very frightened. I wonder what happened to Slade. Zhou Jiping was also shocked. Don't knock people into pieces? He quickly looked over and saw Slade.
De hugged the tree and slowly turned around, looking at everyone blankly. It seemed like nothing happened, and everyone felt relieved.
But suddenly, people's view of Slade changed a little, and he became head-down and sinking to the ground - no, the whole tree and the water purification truck slid down, causing a landslide! The earth cliff collapsed!
The cracks on the ground expanded at a speed visible to the human eye, and Slade disappeared from everyone's sight with a look of horror on his face. With a "click", the falling tree collided with the water purification truck. The trunk of the tree was broken, and the crown of the tree was broken.
fell into the river
It turns out that the land in East Africa is very sandy and the water in the river channel is very deep during the rainy season. The pressure of the water becomes the force that stabilizes the river embankments and cliffs. Now that the rainy season has passed, the water pressure in the river channels has disappeared, and the soil cliffs have become unsafe.
When Da Li parked the water purification truck on top of the cliff to pump water, the cliff had reached a critical point. As the water was pumped up little by little, the cliff became more and more dangerous. At this time, the only thing keeping the cliff in shape was
The tree that Slade hit. Finally, Slade's big straw hit the tree and crushed the entire cliff.
On the edge of the cliff, people screamed and became chaotic. A few people standing in front also fell down. Fortunately, they stood farther away, but they were buried in the collapsed cliff soil. They were struggling hurriedly.
Then, he shouted to the crowd for help. People rushed over to save people and quickly pulled up the few people who had fallen down. Only Slade, who was closest to the edge of the cliff, was nowhere to be seen. Even the front of the water purification truck was gone.
Most of it was also buried
"%$#@@%&$*&*#" A burst of chatter came, and several black children on the hill next to them yelled something and ran away.
"Save people, hurry up and save people!" There was no time to figure out what happened to those children. People were looking for tools to jump off the collapsed cliff top. No one fell on the soft ground, but where was Slade?
Woolen cloth?
The water purification truck crushed the tree on its side and fell sideways into the water. It was almost half buried by the soil on the cliff. The engine roared loudly. Someone stepped on the soft cliff soil and climbed over to turn off the engine to prevent the vehicle from leaking oil.
When the earth cliff collapsed due to the explosion, Slade was stuck between the tree and the water purification truck. Should he be under it now? People couldn't help but feel nervous. The tree was broken. What about people? No matter what, it's more important to save people first.
But this is an exploration team. There are not many tools such as shovels. Most people have to use their hands to plan. However, after seven or eight minutes of planting, not even a single person is seen. People's hearts are getting tighter and tighter.
Zhou Jiping was just as anxious as everyone else at this time. He had no choice but to blame himself even more. His bad luck was all that mattered. Why did he have to cause Slade to lose his life? However, no one present blamed him.
, firstly, he didn’t feel that the responsibility was his, and secondly, he was too busy saving people to care about it.
At this moment, translator Liu Chang and the indigenous guide Okonga found Zhou Jiping anxiously.
"You still have the heart to save people here, why don't you run away?"
"Ah," Zhou Jiping was confused, "I, why should I run?"
"Some indigenous children just saw you beating Slade. They have probably reported it to the tribal police. You are about to die. You'd better run away!"
Zhou Jiping still didn't understand: What does beating Slade have to do with the tribal police?
Liu Chang took a breath, straightened his thoughts, pointed at Okonga and said, "Just now Okonga came to me and said that white people have a very high status in this country. Their laws provide special protection for white people. Injuring and beating white people are punishable by law."
It doesn't matter whether it was intentional or negligent. Those children just shouted "Kill the white man" and reported it to the tribal police. Okonga also said that the tribal police in this country have great power.
There is no need to judge the case at all, and the death penalty will be executed directly, so you'd better run away."
"But, since I'm a foreigner, I can't use the laws here?"
Alas, Liu Chang sighed: "This is even worse. You don't know that in order to find oil, we have already crossed the border. Now this country is called Montaya. It is the most barbaric and backward country in East Africa. They only recognize Taiwan.
We do not recognize China. In order to come here for exploration, we can only enter the country illegally. If we are caught, we will be sentenced to a felony. Even if we are deported, we will still go to Taiwan."
Okonga looked at Zhou Jiping's puzzled look, and spoke English again, very fast, and Zhou Jiping didn't understand.
Liu Chang quickly translated: "The laws in this country are very strict. If you are caught stealing something, you will chop off your hands on the spot. The tribal police are also the most willing to deal with cases of beating white people. If they catch white people and beat them, they will kill them on the spot, and then hand over their heads to the government."
You can claim the reward now only if you leave. If the tribal police can’t catch you, there’s nothing we can do. Let’s give them some more money and the illegal border crossing can be settled.”
"How about I hide first?" Zhou Jiping said
"Hide? Where are you hiding? This is their territory. If you hide it poorly, won't everyone be unlucky?"
Seeing that Zhou Jiping still looked in vain, Okonga's voice suddenly became louder, and he shouted something to Zhou Jiping anxiously. Liu Chang quickly translated, saying: "If you are caught by the tribal police, everyone will be affected."
All Chinese people will be affected, will be sent to hard labor, and will be exhausted to death."
As soon as Liu Chang finished translating, Okonga stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Jiping's arm, and ran towards the nearest high slope. Liu Chang followed closely behind and climbed up the hillside. Okonga pointed to a small hill more than a mile away.
Village: I saw from a distance that several African natives carrying guns were rushing towards this direction led by a few children. It is estimated that they will arrive within ten minutes.
Zhou Jiping's heart suddenly went cold. It seemed to be true. Why was my luck so bad?
The three of them hurriedly came down from the mountain. Sewell, the boss of the exploration team, came up with a map and said helplessly. Liu Chang quickly translated: "Zhou, it's not your fault. I will make up for it."
Yours, but if the tribal police pursue the illegal border crossing, the entire exploration team will be ruined, all property will be confiscated, and then deported. Your compatriots will also be implicated by you, so you'd better leave quickly."
"But, where am I going?" Zhou Jiping looked helpless.
Zhou Jiping cried bitterly and said that safe production is very important, and we must always remember the lessons of blood!