The garbage on the Congo River was especially abundant, causing the fast response boat to move cautiously in the dark...
Joe Ga asked the captain about the time needed to rendezvous with 'Grey Wolf,' and the reply was that it might take another four to six hours.
He lay down on the aft deck with Qiao Liang, gazing up at the stars while drinking beer, and they eventually fell asleep.
Luckily, both of them were covered in mosquito-repellent witch medicine; otherwise, sleeping out in an open spot for four hours like this would essentially have turned them into free blood donors for Africa.
.........
As Joe rested, "Silt" arrived at a Mud People Tribe village with Night Tiger and the Ferryman.
The Mud People's village was located beside a narrow tributary of the Congo River. The village itself was built upon a clearing on the riverbank...