[ WP ] Recently a new tribe was discovered in a rainforest that has never been seen before . Rather than being behind the rest of the world technologically , they are far more advanced .

Emma and I ventured through the dense forest. After walking for about a mile we came across a clearing. 
 
 We stopped walking. `` Whoa,'' said Emma. Neither of us spoke for a few moments. In the clearing were several buildings – not grass huts or animal-skin yurts, but honest-to-god, modern *buildings* made of wood, stone, and metal. 
 
 In the clearing stood a network of thirty-foot tall cubic buildings conencted by a series of tubes at the top. Between the buildings were roads teeming with pedestrians and vehicles that looked like Smart Cars but more compact. Barely a foot separated the minicars from each other, but they were whizzing by at breakneck speeds without crashing into each other. 
 
 `` This is n't a military base or something, is it?'' asked Emma. `` Did we get the coordinates wrong?'' 
 
 I checked my GPS. `` No, we're definitely in the right place.'' 
 
 Emma led the way towards the closest building and knocked. The door slid open to reveal an olive-skinned man in a plain blue shirt and khaki pants. Emma said something that was presumably a greeting in one of the nearby tribal languages. 
 
 The man cocked his head to the side. `` I'm sorry, what?'' he asked, in perfect English. 
 
 `` Oh, sorry,'' said Emma. `` I did n't realize you spoke English.'' 
 
 `` I do n't.'' He smiled and tapped an earpiece that looked like a metallic bluetooth headset. `` Come on in.'' He turned and beckoned us to follow. 
 
 He spoke as he walked. `` We've been keeping tabs on the rest of humanity for some time. And we figured it was about time we met, before it's too late.'' 
 
 I looked at Emma, then back at the man. ``'Rest of humanity? *Too late? *' I think you may have us mistaken with someone else. We're with SanCorp. We're scouting out this location for, erm, research purposes. We had no idea there was a settlement here until just now. There's probably something wrong with our GPS.'' 
 
 The man led us into an empty room. He tapped a switch on the wall, and the room lit up. A panel on the floor slid open, and a table and three chairs rose out of the opening. We all took a seat at the table. 
 
 `` I know exactly who you are,'' said the man. `` There's a reason we chose to reveal ourselves to you two in particular.'' 
 
 `` Okay,'' I said. `` And that is?'' 
 
 `` We industrialized thousands of years ago, while the rest of the world was still rubbing sticks together to make fire. We could have become conquerors. That was never our impulse. Instead, we concealed ourselves here and allowed the rest of humanity to progress at its own pace. But the world now stands on the precipice of disaster, and we had no choice but to intervene.'' 
 
 `` Disaster? What the heck are you talking about?'' I asked. 
 
 `` Ecological collapse. Your organization is at the forefront of it,'' he said. `` And you two are going to help us fix it.''
