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Chapter 221 [Ritual]

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Chapter 210 Five [Ceremony]

The rain is still falling, but the momentum has been much smaller.

Chen Nuo and others had already put on military waterproof raincoats. The surrounding mercenaries were still busy searching the entire camp carefully. Everyone looked very vigilant and solemn.

The search range began to expand beyond the outpost camp.

With an automatic rifle hanging on her shoulder, Selena personally joined the search team, and as if she had discovered something, she led a team of people to search deeply in the southeast direction.

In the team of seven capable people, some people consciously began to spread out and search for something...

Chen Nuo didn't move, just stood under a tent, standing beside Varnell, staring at a reverse direction, as if he was in a trance.

And Ryoko Sato, who was obviously very nervous, did not dare to leave Chen Nuo's side, always staying within three or five meters of him.

After a while, the gray cat Blake came back. He got into the tent, took off the hood of the raincoat, exhaled, then unzipped the raincoat and put down the gray cat in his arms.

"Have you found it again?" Varnell asked.

"I didn't find anything, everything in the camp was neatly arranged, there was no sign of damage or chaos.

If, as you said, these people left on their own initiative, then they must have left in an orderly manner, rather than being evacuated in an emergency. "

There is one detail that everyone has not said, but everyone knows it well.

Just ...

If the advance team here is voluntarily evacuating, then in any case, they will at least use communication equipment to contact the main force and issue a notice.

"The communication equipment is in good condition, without damage or failure." Varnell shook his head and said, "It has been inspected.

Moreover, when they left, they did not take anything with them, only their personal weapons and ammunition, as well as a small amount of ammunition reserves.But I didn't bring any sustenance, food, water, all left. "

Soon, Bonfrey and the professor also returned.

"I didn't find it." Bonfrey spoke first without waiting for Varnell to ask.

The professor also shook his head: "I also didn't find... there are no traces of any ability who fought, or left traces of using abilities."

Varnell's eyes gradually became more and more ugly.

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There were seventeen people in the missing advance team.

The fifteen elite mercenaries of the Steel Fire Company are proficient in the use of weapons and have good combat skills. They are all experienced veterans and have the ability to survive in the jungle above the standard.

Also missing at the same time were two soldiers who were not from the mercenary company, but the local indigenous guides who came here with the advance team.

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"Where's the sea monster?" the gray cat suddenly asked.

Bonfrey shook his head and said, "I finally saw Mr. Kraken and the golden bird looking northward, and a few mercenaries with them."

"It's all to blame for this heavy rain." The professor sighed: "It's been raining so heavily for more than two hours, and even if there are any traces on the ground, footsteps or vegetation, it can easily be covered and damaged by the heavy rain. .It's hard to find any valuable clues."

Varnell sighed and asked in a deep voice, "Mr. Harvey, what do you think?"

"..."

"Harvey?" Vanel frowned and looked at Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo withdrew his gaze and looked back at Varnell.

"What are you looking at?" Bonfrey frowned.

Chen Nuo's face was expressionless, and he stretched out his hand and pointed to the place where his eyes were just now.

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In the distance, about 20 meters outside the camp, next to the soil slope under a big tree.

One of the indigenous guides in the team, who had taken off his shirt, knelt on the ground with his hands raised to the sky.

With a dagger in his mouth, his eyes were tightly closed, as if he was muttering something in his mouth.

Chen Nuo recognized that this indigenous guide was brought out of the village when his team set out.

When we were camping last night, the guy who cut the crocodile meat was exactly this person.

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Bonfrey asked, "What is he doing?"

"I don't know, what kind of prayer ceremony might it be?" Varnell frowned: "One of the two guides brought by the advance team is his brother.

These guides were hired in the village from which we departed. "

The professor squinted for a while, and suddenly said, "This seems to be a ritual of sacrifice."

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The native guide stood up, he quickly picked up some stones from the ground, and quickly placed a circle with various large and small stones on the ground.

Then he turned around and walked to the big tree, took off the dagger in his mouth, and quickly cut a few pieces of bark from the big tree.

This guy, put this bark in a very respectful gesture, carefully placed his hands in the stone circle, then knelt on the ground, took out something to make a fire from his arms, and began to try to ignite the bark .

Although the rain has been much smaller, it is still falling closely. This kind of practice of making fire in the rain is undoubtedly a bit stupid.

But the guide seemed very paranoid, trying to ignite the bark that had been wet by the rain.

Seeing this, Chen Nuo suddenly stepped out of the tent and walked in the direction of the guide.

"Harvey?" Bonfrey asked, and followed.

The professor followed without hesitation, followed by Sato Ryoko.

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"Use this." Chen Nuo stood behind the guide and handed over a windproof lighter. He spoke Portuguese, a common language among Brazilians.

The guide looked back at him, looked at the lighter in Chen Nuo's hand, and shook his head.

Then, this guy stood up, walked under the pine tree again, turned around, and after careful observation, he quickly took out the dagger and cut it on the trunk.

Soon, he cut a mass of tree knots with pine resin, walked to the stone pile again, put the pine resin knot on the bark, and continued to light it.

With pine resin, finally, after more than a minute, the fire was lit.

The burning of the pine resin gave off black smoke, and the bark soon burned with difficulty.

The fire was small, swaying in the fine rain in the stone circle.

The aboriginal guide knelt on the ground again, protecting his hands, and began to quickly mutter something in the native language.

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"It's a prayer ritual to the sun god."

Chen Nuo didn't look back, but he recognized the professor by listening to the voice.

The professor stood behind Chen Nuo, staring at the aboriginal guide and the stone circle with fire in front of him: "The stone circle on the ground is round, representing the sun, and the fire in the middle represents the power of the sun.

This is a religion handed down from ancient America, but it remains in some rural villages.There has been a massive belief in God in the cities of the country...well, it was brought by us Europeans. "

"Yes, at the cost of destroying the Aztecs." Chen Nuo smiled lightly and replied.

Hundreds of years ago, Spanish missionaries and a handful of people conquered the last ancient civilization in South America: the Aztecs.

It's a musket, and...

Smallpox virus.

After tens of millions of people died, the Aztec Empire, the last ancient civilization in South America, was buried in the flames of war.

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"The religion that the Aztecs worshiped was polytheism, they worshiped many gods, each different tribe had its own gods, and then all their gods were added together to form a religious system, with a complete set of religions. mythology.

The native should believe in the sun god. "

Following the deep voice of the professor, the native guide quickly stood up.

In the stone circle, the bark has been completely burned, and the fire is gradually weakening...

The native quickly stretched out his left hand, grabbed the dagger in his left hand, and wiped it hard.

Soon, blood dripped into the last flame...

The aboriginal's speech became more and more rapid...

Finally, he suddenly opened his eyes, then quickly put the dagger in his waist to pick it up, bent over to straighten his shoes, turned his head and glanced at Chen Nuo and the others who were standing not far away looking at him.

The aboriginal guide raised his finger in one direction, and then ran out quickly like a dexterous ape! !

Chen Nuo's eyes lit up!
He immediately followed. Seeing that the professor and Bonfrey wanted to come with you, Chen Nuo quickly shouted: "Bonfrey, stay in the camp! The camp can't be incapable! I can go with the professor!"

Then he shouted to Ryoko Sato again in Japanese: "Ryoko! Stay with Varnell!"

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【More later~】

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(End of this chapter)