It was just a toad, but after mutating, it had become so powerful.

In the depths of the rainforest, there were even more terrifying creatures. If their genes had mutated, it was simply unimaginable.

The immense fear had already made them want to retreat.

However, Charles stopped them.

Charles held the cold submachine gun horizontally in front of his chest. There was a murderous look on his face. It seemed that whoever dared to leave would be shot.

"No one is allowed to leave without the boss's order."

"Big Brother, it's too dangerous. We really can't go any further," Diana said.

Alice, who was beside him, also came out to dissuade them. Everyone was scared. No one knew whether what awaited them was the great road of light or the bottomless abyss.

Perhaps what awaited them was not money, not a pagoda, not immortality, but the god of death. Who wouldn't be afraid?

Johnson coughed twice and began to soften his stance. "I don't want to stay in this godforsaken place either."

"But as you can see, I can't delay any longer. If there are other possibilities, I also want everyone to leave safely. How about this, I'll double the reward from before, twenty million US dollars!"

In this world, although money was not omnipotent, it could arouse the deepest desires of people.

The people that were initially clamoring to leave suddenly fell silent.

They showed they could move forward.

Alex also hoped that they could move forward. After all, if he followed them, he would find the legendary Coiling Serpent Pagoda.

After moving forward for two hours, Bill cried out, "Damn it, there's no way forward."

Their guide Harden, who was walking in front, also stopped because there was a muddy puddle in front of them. There were many branches, and it was impossible to go through.

Harden hesitated for a moment and said, "The puddle doesn't look deep. We can cut off the vines in front, and maybe we can cross it."

Diana widened her eyes and looked shocked. "Are you crazy? Who knows how deep the water is? The water here is so muddy. If there is something, it can wait until we reach the center and then take the opportunity to eat us."

Bill said, "Yeah, maybe there is a group of hungry piranhas waiting for us down there. If we go down, they will turn us into white bones."

Everyone's heart sank at the mention of piranhas.

Byron shook his head. "It's impossible. Piranhas live in the flowing water to find food. They won't stay in this small enclosed puddle."

"It couldn't work either. Even if there are no piranhas, what if there are crocodiles? They might swallow us whole."

Bill's face filled with fear. Captain Charles interrupted, "The crocodiles in the Amazon rainforest are all caimans. Their average body length is only 1.5 meters. They can't have such a big mouth."

Jack said, "If we go from the other side, how long will it take?"

The water here was dark and rippled like a devil with a huge mouth.

He was also feeling weak inside.

"It's hard to say. Vines block the end of the pool, so we can't accurately judge it. It could be a few kilometers, or it could be dozens of kilometers. If we take a detour, the risk we'll take is even greater. Hurry up and make a decision. If we hesitate, the water will go deeper because it's still raining."

There was no time.

The mysterious ruins would only open on rainy days because the rain was the holy water that washed away sins. It was written in the Dragon Snake tribe's book, and the mysterious ruins hid in the Dragon Snake tribe's territory.

Only when it rained would the ruins appear; nobody knew why.

This rainy season would last for about half a month. Johnson and his team had used seven days on the way here, and now there were only seven days left.

If they missed this opportunity, they would have to wait another thirty years. They had no time.

At that time, Johnson would already be dead.

Therefore, he had to cherish this opportunity.

Johnson glanced at everyone's faces and said firmly to captain Charles, "We'll take the water route and cross at the fastest speed. The pool here isn't deep. It shouldn't be a problem if we are careful."

Everyone slowly went into the water and looked around. Bill walked at the end of the team while swearing. His eyes were staring into the water, afraid that some monsters would jump out and eat him.

The water wasn't deep. It just reached their chests; they were relieved.

"Please don't have any monsters. God bless me. God Bless Me." Bill prayed with both hands.

"Ah!"

At this time, Bill's shout came. Charles turned his head and shouted, "What's wrong?"

Everyone also turned their heads. Bill scratched his head awkwardly. "It seems like I tripped over something. There seems to be something in the water."

"Coward, we're all here. If there's something in the water, could it be a branch?" Jack teased.

Everyone laughed and turned back to ignore him.

"I told you, there is something. You don't believe me. I am a coward, but I. . . Ah!"

There was another scream. Charles was angered. He was about to teach this coward a lesson, but he saw a shocking scene.

A colossal snake tail swayed and then sank into the water.

Bill had disappeared. There was a layer of blood on the water surface, slowly spreading.

"God, what is that!" Byron said in fear.

Charles looked at the place where the snake tail disappeared and urged, "It's a python. Go quickly."

Johnson and the others climbed onto the shore. They looked at the puddle in shock. The water surface had calmed down, and the giant snake had disappeared.

Charles also climbed onto the shore and fired crazily into the water to vent his anger. In a short time, he had already lost two mates.

Bill was dead.

Everyone knew in their hearts that the python must have swallowed him.

He was barely alive.

Sure enough, as they went deeper, another person died, and they were still some distance away from the end.

In other words, more people would die next.

Who could it be?

They looked at each other; no one knew.

...

Ten minutes later, Alex arrived at the puddle that the expedition team had just crossed.

"There seems to be a faint smell of blood," Alex thought as he swam along with the smell of blood.

"There seems to be a big guy hunting in this puddle, but it seems to have left now."

Alex was a little disappointed. A big guy usually meant more evolution points. If he had come earlier, he might have met that big guy.

If it had swallowed it, it could have gone a step further.

"Huh? Could this be the mark that showed it left?"

The big guy did not leave by water. Instead, it climbed onto the shore.

Alex was looking at the crushing mark; some giant snake should have left it.

This kind of significant mark was undeniable. There was a gully in the middle, and both sides were flat. It was effortless to track.

Alex crawled along the mark for seven to eight hundred meters and saw a giant python that was more than ten meters long coiled in the grass.

The middle of the giant python was bulging. It looked like it had just swallowed its prey and had not digested it yet.

"This python grew so strong. Could it be because of the Coiling Serpent Pagoda?" Alex thought.