Alaska Gold Rush Diary

Chapter 107 Leo's Kindness

Chapter 108 Leo's Kindness

Just as Zhou Xin was about to be bitten by the crocodile and dragged into the water, suddenly, a figure pounced over and swung a spear into the crocodile's throat.

That was Leo; seeing the critical situation, he practically leaped up.

The spear plunged straight into the crocodile's throat, instantly halting its momentum.

With a spear stuck in its mouth, as if it had been swabbed in the throat, the crocodile sank straight into the river.

This all-out attack saved Zhou Xin.

However, Leo exerted too much force and lost his balance, falling forward into the river!

Zhou Xin's expression changed drastically, and he quickly reached out to pull her back.

Fortunately, they were very close, and he managed to grab Leo's arm.

He used all his strength to drag Leo onto the raft.

Before the two could even celebrate their narrow escape, Leo grabbed a long pole and rowed frantically, while Zhou Xin gripped his pistol and stared intently at the river.

He would empty his gun whenever there was any abnormality on the river.

Fortunately, the crocodile was forced to have its throat swab removed, and the spear was deeply embedded in its throat, rendering it unable to hunt the three again.

The raft finally reached the shore, and the three people and the wolf quickly jumped ashore.

They ran a little further before lying down on the ground, panting heavily.

"Even though you can't understand what I'm saying, I still want to tell you that you saved my life, thank you!"

After things calmed down, Zhou Xin solemnly expressed his gratitude to Leo.

He knew that if Leo hadn't helped him, he would have been bitten by the crocodile and dragged into the river.

Leo had risked his life to save him; if he hadn't caught him and Leo had fallen into the river, he would almost certainly have died.

Zhou Xin said "thank you" in the indigenous language at the end.

Leo looked at him with a simple and honest smile.

Zhou Xin was deeply moved. Although these indigenous people looked wild and primitive, most of them were indeed very pure and kind.

If they consider you a friend, they will be like Leo, willing to give up their lives for you.

After this incident, Zhou Xin understood why Evans was willing to give up everything in civilized society and return to tribal life.

The rest of the trip went smoothly without any major incidents, except for almost being bitten by a large centipede.

That day, they were suddenly blocked by a barbed wire fence.

Leo gestured wildly at Zhou Xin, and Zhou Xin actually understood that they had reached the border of Gaia.

The barbed wire fence in front of us was three or four meters high, and the top was covered with spikes, apparently to prevent illegal immigrants from crossing the border.

Then, Leo walked north along the barbed wire fence.

After walking for seven or eight kilometers, they finally arrived at a makeshift checkpoint.

There were only three armed soldiers at the checkpoint, clearly the border guards.

Zhou Xin felt a little uneasy, afraid that they would discover something was wrong with him.

However, as Evans said, these border guards completely let the jungle natives do as they pleased, letting the three pass through the checkpoint without even asking them any questions.

In fact, even if the border guards knew that the locals were carrying smuggled goods, they would turn a blind eye.

Because the status of indigenous tribes is quite special, they exist outside of civilization, do not belong to any country, and are not subject to any laws.

On the contrary, the country here has introduced many laws and regulations to protect indigenous tribes in order to protect them.

Even if they are caught smuggling goods, at most the goods will be confiscated, and the indigenous people will not be punished.

Because everyone knows that the locals who smuggle goods are simply being used by others; they have no interest in these things themselves. However, if the border guards anger the locals, they may face retaliation.

For this reason, the border guards adopted the principle of "better to let the guilty go free than to arrest the innocent," and almost completely ignored the indigenous people.

After successfully crossing the border, Zhou Xin breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that success was within reach.

However, they were still five or six days away from the rendezvous point they had agreed upon with Edward, and the entire route was through primeval forest.

Edward had contacted him via satellite phone yesterday, and he and Alo had arrived at the rendezvous point on the edge of the Suriname jungle.

Zhou Xin had originally thought that now that he had successfully crossed the border, Leo and the others could go back.

But Leo and his companion were very enthusiastic and said they would take Zhou Xin to his destination before turning back.

Unable to refuse their kind offer, and considering the immense difficulty he would face carrying dozens of kilograms of gold through the jungle alone, he did not turn down their kindness.

Through their shared journey and Leo's life-saving act, Zhou Xin developed a deep friendship with the two natives.

Despite the language barrier, they laughed and joked all the way, their arms around each other's shoulders.

Moreover, Zhou Xin used his cooking skills to prepare many dishes that the two of them had never experienced before, which made them very happy.

Their only two ways of preparing food, especially meat, are boiling and grilling.

Although they do use some natural spices, they simply mix them together roughly without any method or technique.

That's why the food they make is both fishy and smelly.

When they discovered that the same food, after being processed by Zhou Xinqi's unique cooking methods, became a hundred times more delicious, they felt as if they had opened the door to a new world.

From then on, the task of cooking food fell entirely on Zhou Xin's shoulders.

Zhou Xin was also very happy to cook all kinds of delicious food for them, because this was the only way he could repay these kind-hearted locals.

That day, the three were traveling through the jungle when suddenly Logan fired a warning shot. Then, four men carrying AK47s rushed out of the forest ahead and surrounded the three.

Logan crouched down in a defensive posture, and Zhou Xin immediately signaled it not to make any rash moves.

Zhou Xin was very puzzled. He never expected to encounter people from a civilized society in this remote primeval forest, especially one carrying modern weapons.

Judging from their attire, they couldn't possibly be border guards.

"So they really are just a few savages. Let them go." The leader looked at Zhou Xin and his group and said to his companion in English.

"Wait, maybe we can use them to ship goods out!"

"Look at how stupid they are, do you think they could do something like that?"

"Let's give it a try. I heard the border guards don't care about them at all, and they certainly won't search them!"

"But these savages don't seem to speak human language. How are we supposed to communicate with them?"

"Let's not think about that now, let's take them back first!"

Listening to the group talking amongst themselves, Zhou Xin secretly cursed his bad luck.

He never expected that with less than three days left to travel, they would encounter drug dealers hiding in the jungle!