Searching for someone in northern Myanmar, and you call that earning tuition fees?

"Bang—!!!"

The sound of the bamboo raft hitting the water was not like a boat entering the water, but more like a slap hard onto a concrete surface.

The immense force of the rebound surged violently up the bamboo. Su Ming let out a muffled groan, his knees buckling as if crushed. But he gritted his teeth, and with a powerful thrust of his waist and stance, he managed to stomp the force under his feet, his feet firmly planted on the raft like nails.

Others don't have such good basic skills.

Ling Qiao shielded the medicine girl tightly, her back slamming heavily against the bamboo tube. She groaned, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of her mouth. Jerry, on the other hand, bounced half a meter into the air before crashing back down, his flabby white flesh trembling in the downpour.

"My tailbone! It's shattered! It must be dust! I want to go home to my mom..." Jerry screamed, gripping the rope tightly. Just as they were about to crash into something, he cried out in terror, "Brother Su! Brake! Slam on the brakes! There's a tree ahead!"

He didn't need to remind them at all.

After the flood peak passed, the river channel was no longer a river channel, but a meat grinder.

The murky yellow water was mixed with uprooted giant trees, dead pigs, and even half a collapsed thatched roof. The bamboo raft spun wildly among these deadly floating objects, like a Lego toy thrown into a washing machine.

"Over there! Fire!" came the hoarse roar of Venomous Fang from the shore.

"Da da da da!"

Bullets struck the water's surface, sending up rows of deadly jets of water, like the dorsal fins of sharks, biting at the raft's rear and chasing after it.

"Straight to the left!" Su Ming roared, plunging his long bamboo pole into the water in an attempt to use it to change direction.

But the current was too strong, and the bamboo pole bent into a full bow the moment it touched the bottom. The huge rebound force almost threw Su Ming away.

"Not enough strength!" Ling Qiao gritted her teeth, wanting to get up to help, but the medicine girl in her arms was so light that she would be swept away if she let go.

"Fatty! Get over here and get over here!" Su Ming didn't even look at him before kicking Jerry's big butt.

"I'm Jerry—ouch!"

Jerry, like a giant ball of flesh, rolled to the left side of the bamboo raft thanks to Su Ming's force. His 300-pound weight became a stabilizing force at that moment, causing the raft to suddenly sink and cut into the water from the side, barely avoiding a dead tree trunk that swept across it.

However, the dead tree was not empty.

A soaking wet wild macaque was perched desperately on a treetop. As the bamboo raft passed by, the monkey's survival instinct kicked out, and with a squeak, it landed precisely on Jerry's bare back.

"Ah!! A ghost! I'm possessed by a water ghost!"

Jerry felt a chill down his back, followed by a sharp pain—the monkey's claws had dug directly into his flesh in an attempt to hold on.

"Don't move! That's your new seatbelt!" Su Ming said coldly.

"It's grabbing my flesh! It wants to eat my pork belly sashimi!" Jerry cried out in pain, tears streaming down his face, but he didn't dare let go.

"Squeak squeak squeak!" The monkey was also terrified, baring its teeth and letting out a series of sharp roars at the gunfire on the shore.

Not just monkeys.

As the floodwaters receded, all the animals fled, and the cliffs on both sides of the river were crowded with animals seeking refuge.

As the bamboo raft plunged into the narrow canyon, the cliffs on both sides were teeming with all sorts of creatures, their roars and howls filling the air.

Su Ming's eyes sharpened, and he stared intently ahead.

Ahead lay a massive rock in the middle of the river, its elevated position making it the only island in the floodwaters. But it wasn't a lifeline; it was hell.

Hundreds of brightly colored venomous snakes were entangled together, along with two wild boars and a clouded leopard with a broken leg. They reached a bizarre ceasefire agreement in this small area.

But the venomous bullets shattered this peace.

A stray bullet shattered a corner of the stone in the river with a "bang".

"roar--!!"

The clouded leopard was struck by falling rocks and let out a furious roar. That roar was the starting gun; the entire island instantly erupted into chaos.

Looking at the chaos ahead, a crazy idea surged into Su Ming's mind.

"Ling Qiao, bow your head!"

"What are you trying to do?!"

"Using someone else to do the dirty work."

Su Ming suddenly pushed off with the bamboo pole, and the bamboo raft did not avoid the rock in the middle of the river, but crashed straight into the rock crawling with poisonous snakes and wild beasts!

"Are you crazy! Those are full of snakes!" Jerry was so frightened by the sight of the writhing, tangled creatures that he almost threw the monkey off his back.

"Collide!"

"boom!"

The bow of the bamboo raft slammed hard against the edge of the river stone.

The immense impact caused the bamboo raft to shake violently, but with this force, the raft suddenly veered and was pushed by the current to a hidden tributary on the right.

The "residents" on the river rock were startled by the impact and the gunshots from the shore, and they all chose to jump into the water to escape.

The scene before them sent chills down the spines of the mercenaries who had chased them to the shore.

Dozens of enraged venomous snakes and two wild boars paddling wildly were swept downstream to the shallows at the foot of the mercenaries.

"Fuck! It's a banded krait!"

"Ah! My leg!"

"Fire! Forget about the boat! Shoot the pig! Shoot the pig!"

The shore instantly descended into chaos. The gunfire shifted from rhythmic bursts to frantic, indiscriminate spray.

Su Ming wiped the mud off his face, looked at the chaotic enemy behind him, and sneered.

In Su Ming's eyes, nature has no good or evil, only those who block his way, who are all enemies.

Ling Qiao looked at Su Ming with surprise and suspicion: "You expected this all along?"

"I don't know," Su Ming said honestly. "But I know that when a flood comes, animals in low-lying areas will definitely run to higher ground. That road is a necessary route, so it's normal for them to run into each other."

"Squeak!" The monkey on Jerry's back also sensed the advantage on this side, and bared its teeth and let out a triumphant squeak at the enemy who were in chaos on the shore.

Ling Qiao didn't relax. She pointed upstream and said in a deep voice, "Don't be too happy yet, listen carefully."

Amidst the wind and rain, a faint mechanical roar could be heard.

The sound was deep and powerful, with an overwhelming arrogance that easily drowned out the roar of the flood.

Su Ming's face darkened.

"Buzzing—"

A camouflaged, armed hovercraft, resembling a giant steel water strider, ignored the driftwood and undercurrents in the water, billowing water mist as it emerged from the bend upstream.

At the bow of the ship, a large, black M2 Browning heavy machine gun was pointed directly at them.

The monkey on Jerry's back immediately fell silent, burying its head in Jerry's fleshy folds and trembling.

Jerry closed his eyes in despair and muttered to himself.

"It's over. Now, not only me, but even the monkey on my back is going to meet God."