Chapter 271 - Native!

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nPerhaps because they knew that Bell’s adventure in Amazon was about to end, the audience in the live-stream was very active.

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nThey kept asking Bell questions.

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nThe closer they were to Manaus City, the less dangerous it would be.

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nBecause this area was already a tourist area.

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nDangerous creatures like jaguars and black caiman had long been cleaned up.

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nTherefore, Bell relaxed a little.

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nHe focused more on answering.

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n“The entire Amazon rainforest is huge.

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nThere are more than a hundred native tribes of various sizes.

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nOf course, this does not include some secluded tribes that have yet to be discovered.”

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n“Most of the 100 or so indigenous tribes have been assimilated by the civilized world.

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nOnly five tribes still maintain their primitive habits.

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nThey live in the hinterland of the Amazon rainforest, isolated from the world.

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nIt is also because of this that they are not assimilated by modern society. ”

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nBell frowned as he said this.

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n“Actually, if there’s no need, I’m not willing to interact with those native tribes.

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nLanguage barrier is only a part of the problem. The most important thing is that when you communicate with them, you don’t even know if your actions will suddenly offend their inexplicable rules.”

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n“In the minds of these natives, there is no law or morality.

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nEven if you are killed, no one will hold them responsible. ”

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nIn the current world, such an isolated tribe seemed to be an independent existence.

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nBell had once seen a news article about a British photographer who had taken a helicopter to the Amazon rainforest. In the end, the helicopter malfunctioned halfway and the pilot and photographer had to parachute to survive.

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nThe place where their parachutes landed was the location of an indigenous tribe.

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nIn the end, because of the pattern on the photographer’s T-shirt, the primitive tribes thought that this was an insult to their ancestors and cruelly killed him.

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nFortunately, the pilot was driven out of the tribe. Otherwise, no one would have known about this.

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nThree days later, the rescue team found the pilot.

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nWhat was even more shocking was that the court did not register this murder.

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nThe reason was simple. The primitive tribes refused to integrate into the civilized world. They could not be judged by the moral standards of the civilized world, let alone restrained by the law.

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nIt was something like their rules were their rules.

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nWhen Bell heard this news, he also found it unbelievable. After all, in this world, the only people who were not punished for killing were mental patients. But now, there was another type of people, which was the primitive indigenous tribes.

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nAs time passed, the trees in the rainforest began to thin.

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nOf course, this was not caused by nature.

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nInstead, traces of man-made cutting could be seen.

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nBrazil’s timber export industry was huge.

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nA large portion of the wood was sold to the United States.

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nThe source of so much wood was naturally the Amazon rainforest.

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nAt this moment, there were thick tree stumps everywhere.

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nSitting on a tree stump, Bell rested for a moment.

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nHe looked ahead and said, “According to my estimation, we should encounter some Indians after walking for about ten kilometers.

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nThe Indians are like the Inuit.

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nThey have long been assimilated by civilized society.

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nMore than 80% of the tour guides in Manaus City are Indians.

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nTheir daily lives depend on the government’s help and being a guide in the local area.”

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nMost of the Amazon Indians were in Brazil.

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nTheir current situation was actually very similar to the Inuit.

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nBut the more intelligent Inuit had already begun to move to the city.

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nMost of the people who still lived in the rainforest relied on government relief.

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nBut even so, their lives were still much better than before.

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nThe tourism industry was advanced now, and a large number of tourists came here every year to experience the mystery and excitement of the primeval forest.

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nThe famous Indians were naturally sought after by everyone.

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nMany of the local tourists would buy some traditional handicrafts from the Indians.

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nThis was also a source of income for them.

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nUnder the hot sun, the temperature in the rainforest rose rapidly.

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nAt noon, it could even reach 35 °C.

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nBell rested for a moment and did not delay. He stood up and prepared to set off again.

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nBecause a large number of trees had been cut down and there were not many trees to block the sun, Bell was already covered in sweat.

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nEven so, Bell did not forget to chat with the audience in the live-stream.

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nAfter moving for about an hour, a few wooden houses appeared in front of Bell.

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nNot far from the wooden houses, there were a few Indian women washing clothes.

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nThey were chatting with a smile while washing.

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nFrom the looks of it, they were not much different from the modern women.

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nThe few of them were not too surprised to see Bell.

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nThey only revealed a trace of curiosity, not understanding why a child like Bell would walk out of the rainforest.

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n“Do you see that? The women in front of us are Indians, but they have long entered the civilized society. There are all kinds of appliances in the house.”

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nBell walked closer.

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nAt this moment, Bell saw an old pickup truck parked in front of one of the wooden houses.

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nIt was unknown how many years this car had been used. The paint on the outside had already begun to fall off, revealing the rusty body of the car.

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nBell suddenly remembered that when he escaped from Shennongjia, the ranger’s truck seemed to be similar.

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nIn fact, not only did Bell feel this way, but even some of the audience in the live-stream felt the same.

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nBell quickly walked toward a hut.

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nHe asked tentatively. “Is anyone there?”

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nA burly man walked out to take a look and said in broken English, “There’s nothing left to sell here.”

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nBell was stunned. Then, he realized that this uncle was treating him as a tourist who was buying traditional handicrafts.

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nThis was indeed a phenomenon that is not common elsewhere in Brazil.

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nMany Brazilians did not speak English.

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nBecause this was once a Portuguese colony.

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nTherefore, Portuguese was their main language.

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nThe interesting thing was that the proportion of the Indians who knew English was higher than the native Brazilians.

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nThis was mainly because they had to deal with tourists from all over the world.

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nOriginally, Bell’s English was not good, but he had gained the language proficiency skill.

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nTherefore, it was not a problem to communicate.

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n“I’m not here to buy handicrafts. I want to ask if you can drop me off at Manaus City.”

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nAfraid that the other party did not understand, Bell gestured with his hand.

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nHowever, this uncle in front of him was clearly not easy to get along with. He did understand the meaning, and he understood it very well.

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nThe man stretched out a palm.

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n“Five hundred dollars!”

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