Gwen was studying at Osborn Company, working as an intern guide, explaining things to visiting students.
Although a bit sudden, Gwen's appearance was not entirely unexpected. But what about Jessica?
After an inquiry, it was learned that Jessica's father was a private detective contracted by Osborn Company, and due to some issues, Jessica's father had her go in his place.
Before dark, the team set off.
Because nearly a day had been wasted, Mark, the person in charge of this mission for Osborn Company, demanded they take the shortest route.
However, the guide, Jin Song, demanded double remuneration! "It's the rainy season now, and the water level in the river is several times higher than usual. Some low-lying areas are flooded, and the place you mentioned is full of unpredictable dangers!"
"Hey, buddy, you have hundreds of soldiers protecting you, what are you afraid of? Don't tell me... you're a coward. Hahaha," Colonel Tuode joked.
Jin Song sneered and said indifferently, "You are the benefactors, do as you please, but I also used to be in the Marine Corps, so I kindly advise you not to go too deep."
"Triple! If you can reach the destination by tomorrow, I'll give you triple remuneration," Mark said impatiently.
Jin Song was not pleased by the increased remuneration and said strangely, "Unless you're flying a plane, it will take at least three days to get there."
"What? Three days?! Those blood orchids only have one week left in their blooming period. If we miss it, we'll have to wait another seven years! Seven years!" Mark was clearly dissatisfied with the words of this so-called senior guide.
However, after the argument, no conclusion was reached, and the route remained the same.
When it was late at night, Mark discussed with two technical personnel in the cabin. They found the closest route to the destination via satellite map, which would only take a few hours to cross and arrive by tomorrow morning.
Mark found Colonel Tuode and had all the ships change their routes without notifying the guide, Jin Song.
However, before dawn, during the darkest period, a large waterfall appeared ahead of their course.
Only then did Mark hastily wake up Jin Song.
Although Jin Song was very angry, what was done was done. The only way now was to hold on tightly to the ship.
Dozens of ships plunged into the deep pool from a waterfall several hundred meters high.
Colonel Tuode lost nearly half of his soldiers, and their bodies floated on the river.
Moreover, there were also crocodile groups below, dozens of three-meter-long Giant Tooth Crocodiles, dragging those bodies into the water.
Almost all ships were damaged and could no longer sail. Colonel Tuode and his party had to go ashore and travel through the jungle by land.
And this would take more than four days.
Mark's proposal was met with resistance, and Colonel Tuode, having lost nearly half of his men, also glared at him.
Lin Fan helped Jessica and Gwen ashore.
Ding! Joining the Military mission completed.
Reward: Military Rank Promotion and System attachment.
Military Rank: Private.
Merit: 010.
Mission Update: (Side Quest) Help the Marine Corps clear all unknown leeches. Reward: Worker Bee variant Decomposer.
Bloodthirsty leeches are creatures that inhabit rivers, but in the Amazon Rainforest, in this tributary river, due to the special ecosystem created by blood orchids, all creatures have mutated.
Initially, only large snakes were fortunate enough to eat blood orchids, but later the snake pit collapsed, and the blood orchid seeds there began to spread, leading to a surge in blood orchid production years later.
Herbivores ate blood orchids, carnivores ate herbivores, and insects like mosquitoes bit carnivores, cycling through the ecosystem and creating a unique blood orchid Ecosystem.
Originally, the creatures in the primeval jungle posed a huge threat to humans, and now, strengthened by blood orchids, no one knows how many dangers there are.
After understanding the mission, Lin Fan thought to himself, was he supposed to play the Medic this time?
At this moment, a Marine Corps soldier let out a scream. His skin turned pale and quickly withered, and his voice weakened.
Seeing this, Jin Song immediately shouted, "It's leeches! Pull up his clothes, quick!"
The soldier next to him immediately pulled up his clothes, revealing many palm-sized, dark red, terrifying creatures with many small sharp teeth attached to his back.
Jin Song took out a lighter, intending to remove these leeches based on his experience, but his method was wrong. These were no longer ordinary leeches.
Sure enough, when the leeches touched the fire, they frantically burrowed into the soldier's body. Their bodies, burned by the fire, immediately homogenized with the soldier's flesh and blood to repair themselves.
Jin Song's eyes widened.
He had never seen such leeches!
At this moment, many soldiers found those leeches on their backs as well. If they tried to pull them off with their hands, the leeches would burrow even deeper into their flesh.
But the terrifying thing was that their Weakness would only appear after reaching a certain stage. For example, after losing half of their body's Water.
Before that, there was no pain from the leech's sharp teeth biting them!
This was a highly effective neural anesthetic toxin.
Lin Fan observed this leech through God's Eye. God's Eye completed the analysis of the leech within a few seconds.
Giant Sucking Leech: Survives by attaching to the surface of living organisms, absorbing blood from the organism to reproduce. The neurotoxin in its body has high neural paralysis. When damaged, it will homogenize with the host's body to take over and repair itself. It fears toxins.