"Robert, that's the Pahelocchi Lookout," Jeremy said, pointing to a row of log colored boardwalks in the distance. "That's where the major said the meeting point is."

"Is the Panheochi Lookout a row of wooden boards erected on the marsh?" Robert looked over there, unsure. "Are you mistaken?"

"Did you see the end of that plank road?" Jeremy said, "Look at your eyes. I'm worried that even beautiful girls can't attract your attention."

"Oh, that guy like a lighthouse?" Robert said, "I didn't see it because it was blocked by trees."

"How far are we from the Flamingo Tourist Center?" Kevin takes care of Jennifer and Mason in the back compartment, and Sigourney is beside the two patients. She has been watching Jennifer and Mason.

"It's less than 30 miles away, Mr. Co pilot," Jeremy said. "How are the ladies?"

"Not so good," Kevin looked back at Jennifer and Mason. "So I suggest you speed up a little."

"OK," Robert increased the throttle, the truck engine roared, and several frightened water birds suddenly flew out of the roadside woods. After flying out of the woods, they saw that the noisy things were gradually going away, so they fell back to the ground and began to walk leisurely to find food.

The truck to the Flamingo Tourist Center was more than ten miles away from the motorcade behind it. The wheels of the truck drove past a lake. A water bird who happened to catch a frog jumped into the lake. It held the frog in its mouth, leaving only one leg of the frog outside. The waterfowl fluttered in the lake, causing ripples on the surface of the lake.

Robert's truck drove past the West Lake beside Changhu Village, and Jason's motorcade also arrived at the observation tower of Paheozi.

The truck of the team stopped in the parking lot outside the plank road. When everyone got off, many people began to look at the nearby scenery curiously.

The parking lot is located in a green shade, and there is a path directly leading to it from Highway 9336. The whole parking lot is like a circular runway, enclosing a green area in the middle. From the parking lot to the observation deck, there are two plank roads with a length of several tens of meters, one of which is set up on the water pool in the marsh, the other one passes through a forest and crosses a stone stream in the middle.

Jason arranged someone to set up a guard post at the entrance of the plank road from the parking lot to the observation deck, and left several soldiers here to take charge of the guard work. Others followed him to the plank road and walked towards the lookout.

The plank road across the water berth is full of traces of years. The wooden handrails have been polished very smooth. The wood standing in the water below the plank road is covered with moss, and the water is covered with water plants.

The water in the marsh is very clear. Looking down through the water, you can see many fish swimming in the water, and occasionally there are large crocodiles hiding among the water plants.

Several water birds stopped on the handrails of the plank road. They were not afraid of people at all. A girl from a scientific research group took out a camera and began to take pictures near them. The water birds looked at her curiously. One even approached to touch the camera lens with her beak.

In the distant swamp, two crocodiles were lying on a raised stone to rest with their eyes closed. A white water bird swam over a meter away from them. As you get deeper and deeper into the plank road, more and more American alligators can be observed in the water beside the plank road. To everyone's surprise, these alligators and waterfowl can live together peacefully here.

At the end of the plank road is the lookout stand, and the people in the motorcade come to the lookout stand along the winding road ahead. The observation tower of Paheochi is divided into two layers. Except for the four meter high plinth below, the height of the first layer has exceeded that of the surrounding trees. This floor is a round platform, and the top of the platform is a rain cover of the same area as the platform. The middle part is a spiral metal staircase, along which you can climb to the upper floor of the observation tower.

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This observatory is about 10 meters high. From a distance, it looks like a chimney rising from the forest. At the top of the observatory is a round observation room. The walls of the observation room are all made up of glass windows. Standing in front of the window on the second floor, you can have a panoramic view of the nearby marsh.

"The water in this marsh comes from Okeechobee waters," Dr. Mario told Martin. "They will eventually flow to the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of Florida."

"As you said before, there are great changes here," Dr. Martin said. "In fact, I don't really like the way it is now. I feel a little more commercial."

"Well, thanks to Ernest Coe," said Dr. Mario, holding the railing on the first floor of the observatory and looking into the distance, "without his persistence and efforts, it would have been buried and built into a reinforced concrete city."

"It is nature that protects human beings," Dr. Martin said, standing beside him, putting his hands on the railing and blinking. "It is human beings that destroy nature."

"Sometimes I really feel that human beings are a group of viruses that live on the earth. We devour the earth's resources greedily and kill other animals that live on the planet like us," Dr. Martin continued

"Thankfully, human beings are still very small in front of nature," Dr. Mario smiled. "The government has been shouting the slogan of protecting nature. In fact, it is human beings who really need to protect."

"Ha ha," Dr. Mario's words made Martin laugh. "I remember when I was in college, I used the same words to refute my classmates. At that time, all people felt that the earth was very dangerous. They thought that the nuclear bombs of all countries in the world could destroy the earth dozens of times if they were concentrated."

"It should be possible to destroy human beings dozens of times," Dr. Mario said. "The earth is still the original earth. The only difference is that some species will be replaced."

"That's right," Dr. Martin nodded.

"Doctor, do you want to go up and have a look?" When Hill came to the spiral staircase, she saw the two heads of the scientific research team standing by the railing on the first floor talking, "This is really amazing."

"Go ahead, beautiful lady," Dr. Mario nodded to Hill. "I'm old. It's hard to climb these stairs."

"I don't want to go up there either. I have to make a cup of coffee later," Dr. Martin smiled. "If there is no coffee, I always feel that there is less flavor in my mouth."

"Then Kim and I will go up," Hill said as he climbed up the ladder.

The soldiers began to sit down and rest on the first floor of the lookout and the nearby plank road. They sat together in groups and talked. Some people started shooting crocodiles and waterfowls in the marsh with guns, but Jason soon stopped them.

"Ammunition is for life, not for fun." Jason shouted at them.

Today's task of the team has been completed. These people will wait for Kevin at the observation deck as agreed and they will return from the Flamingo Tourist Center. As the time approached noon, Stephen brought field rations from the other side of the plank road.

"Major," a soldier shouted, "can we continue to eat crocodile meat at noon?"

"Sure," Jason said. "If you want to eat, you have to catch it yourself. By the way, no guns are allowed."

"Ha ha ha," bursts of laughter rang from the lookout stand.

Kevin's truck finally stopped outside the main entrance of the Flamingo Tourist Center, where the river flows into the Gulf of Florida. Not far away is the broad sea, where there are all kinds of sea birds. The scenery is as beautiful as a picture.

On the left side of the tourist center is a large campsite, where there are several hiking routes. Visitors who came here before will camp here, because here you can see the sunrise and sunset of Florida Bay.

Several RV parked at the edge of the campsite, the body of which was already in a state of disrepair. There was still some garbage left on the grassland of the campsite. There were no corpses or zombies nearby.

"Sigourney, you stay in the car to take care of Jennifer and Mason," Kevin said as he jumped out of the car. He bypassed the cab and said to the soldiers inside, "Let's find the hospital here quickly."

"OK," Robert and Jeremy jumped out of the car with guns. They walked in front of them, and Kevin followed them closely.

The entrance to the Flamingo Tourist Center is a gas station, which seems to have experienced a robbery. The refueling machines are all on the ground, and some gasoline leaks out, mixing with the soil on the ground, making the color of this ground darker than the surrounding. There are several damaged cars parked at the entrance of the gas station, which block most of the entrance.

"Is it safe to leave some women in the car?" Jeremy asked.

"There are too few people assigned by the major," Kevin said. "It's not convenient to take them to the hospital."

"Well, I came to the Flamingo Tourist Center mainly for you. You have the final say." Robert said to Kevin.

The three men walked carefully through the gas station and then came to a vacant lot. This was a parking lot, where several box trucks were parked in the corner of the parking lot.

"Let's go and have a look. It's strange," said Robert, going to check it.

"How strange?" Kevin was a little disgusted with the extraneous activities of these soldiers. "Those vehicles can be seen as delivering goods here."

"Let's hurry to find the hospital." Kevin urged, "Jennifer and Mason are suffering every second now."

Kevin said that he had already walked ahead, and the three continued to walk along the road outside the parking lot to the south of the tourist center. None of them noticed that several pairs of eyes were watching their every move behind the glass window of a building in the distance.