Chapter 1056 Olduvai Gorge
During the video call, Rossi’s old face also showed a bit of haggard, “I can try to communicate with the senior officials of Tanzania and try to buy some more time.
But given the positions of both parties, it’s best not to have too high expectations for this.”
Jubal glanced at it. At that time, it was already 10 pm local time, and his brows had already been twisted into the Chinese character "Sichuan" unconsciously. "That means that according to the most pessimistic estimate, we have less than 12 hours left?"
Rossi Point Nodding, the two old men were silent for a long time in front of the screen. Finally, they sighed together. Jubal said goodbye helplessly and closed the computer screen.
They were currently in the office of the local police station. He and Jack were the only ones left in the room. The others were watching Detective Bolino's interrogation of Toomer Makani in the interrogation room next door.
Aubrey had a guess that Elijah had engaged in a "backdoor listing" in the local area and pried away the followers of this "pastor".
Is it possible that he could use the same technique to build his "Garden of Eden" in a village or near a camp that has accepted Tumo Makani's mission to facilitate the transportation of supplies?
So now a group of people are gathering in the interrogation room, hoping to get the most likely result from this guy and his two men.
The office was lit with mosquito-repellent incense, but there were still unknown flying insects, driven by their phototaxis, that kept hitting the incandescent bulbs and making crisp snapping sounds. Soon a dense circle of corpses lay on the ground. .
Jubal stared blankly at those tireless little flying insects, wondering if he was thinking of something, and he sighed again after a long time.
"Okay, don't sigh, there will always be a way." Jack comforted casually.
Actually, he was also upset. When he was in China, he was used to handling cases smoothly. Not to mention that he didn't encounter any big cases in the LAPD. After joining the FBI and becoming a member of the BAU team, he was rarely picked up by people other than the case. Things are holding you back.
As expected, the "World Police" is just a boast, and it is nothing like "Lighthouse".
Aubrey excitedly pushed open the door, and the door panel set off a stream of air that blew the insect corpses all over the floor, "Found it."
"Where?" Jubal snapped the pencil in his hand.
"There was a camp in Olduvai Gorge, where one-third of Toomer Makani's mutinous men came from, just east of Lake Victoria."
Aubrey Drawing a circle on the map on the table explained, "In the African origin theory of anthropology, Olduvai Canyon is regarded as the cradle of mankind, and Elijah likely wanted to rebuild his 'Garden of Eden' there."
Old Muto followed closely behind him, beating his chest hard, "I know a shortcut that will definitely allow us to arrive before dawn."
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Olduvai Gorge is an east-west canyon in the famous East African Rift Valley, with a length of 50 kilometers and a depth of 900 meters. However, its bottom is not the desolate cliffs and rugged rocks that people imagine, but a large flat land full of life.
This is not so much the "Garden of Eden" for cultists as it is a holy place for archaeologists, paleontologists and anthropologists.
Scientists have discovered here the footprints left by primitive humans 3.6 million years ago, the fossils of the "Australopithecus species" 1.75 million years ago, and the fossils of "Homo habilis", which is regarded as the ancestor of human beings.
The last point on the sighting route map drawn by Jack and Hannah is less than 60 kilometers away.
But without Tumo Makani’s confession and Old Muto, who is familiar with the local situation, to lead the way, it is estimated that even if the army is dispatched for a while, it will not be able to reach this place.
After passing through a dense green gauze tent, Jack turned off his flashlight and lay down next to Old Muto.
"Try this, it's sweet." The old man casually folded a long pole from his side and handed it over. Jack took a look under the dim moonlight and found that this thing looked familiar. It was long and thin, like sugar cane but not sugar cane. He seemed to have eaten it often when he was a child. It seemed to be called Lu Su in the south, but people in the north called it sweet stick or second generation. sugar cane.
The dense green gauze tent in front of me is full of these things.
Jack didn’t know that the real name of this thing is sweet sorghum, and its origin is Africa.
When the sweet sorghum is grown, it is as sweet as sugar cane, and it is not as toothsome to eat. It is one of Jack’s fond childhood memories.
Unfortunately, he was not in the mood at this time. He chewed two pieces of meat in one mouthful to replenish water. Soon the green gauze tent shook again, and a quick black shadow flashed in front of the two of them.
The black boy under Old Muto bared his teeth at the two of them, and then reported in a low voice.
Jack listened hard for a long time, and finally Old Muto helped translate, "They found the yellow bus and parked it next to the camp.
There was a small car in the camp There were no other buildings in the church, and there was a circle of tents around the church. Because someone was keeping vigil around the campfire, the scouts did not get too close.
Your men secretly sabotaged the bus starter and stayed nearby waiting for you to pass. ”
Because of the fear of alerting the enemy and the lack of team communicators, everyone was divided into three groups.
Clay reported that he was brave and went out with the scouts under Old Muto. Jack and Old Muto Tuo was in the middle to coordinate and deliver the news, while Jubal stayed at the end with the others.
After the two discussed it, Jack followed Yi Bai to find Clay, while the old Muto, who was familiar with the terrain, turned back to organize.
The wanted criminal team has a total of 5 people on this trip. Detective Bolino brought two capable men, plus Old Muto and his militiamen, there are less than 20 in total. People.
Counting 22 American tourists and the local followers Elijah tricked into the camp opposite, the number was almost twice as many.
A forceful attack is definitely not possible, but it is not impossible to defeat them. Going in now is still a sneak attack, and the combat effectiveness of Old Muto and the militiamen he personally trained is definitely not weak.
There are just too many people in the camp, and it is very easy to cause chaos if the situation cannot be controlled immediately.
Although most of the cult members died without mercy, at least the 10 abducted women and little Nicholas, who was only 7 years old, were innocent.
After a while inside the green gauze tent, Jack faintly saw the light of the fire. Clay, with his face smeared with pitch-black camouflage ointment, was lying behind a big rock to monitor two people sitting at the campfire. Lao Hei was taking a nap next to him.
There was a circle of simple horse-proofing stakes around the camp, and inside was a wooden fence less than one person tall. It looked like it had just been completed, and the gate hadn't even had time to be installed.
The small church in the middle is a serious concrete structure. In two rooms, you can even see the outdoor air conditioner unit under the window sill.
Obviously it is impossible to have a serious power supply in a place like this, but there is no sound of a generator running nearby. It is probably that it is either not turned on or has not been installed yet.
(End of this chapter)