Chapter 7 Traces of Civilization

It is very common for the prey to be snatched. When they worked hard to track down the prey, they found that the immobile prey had been eaten by lions or hyenas. Whenever this time, they could only return empty-handed.

Seeing that the chief had already arrived in front of the antelope, but at this moment, a figure suddenly jumped out of the nearby grass and threw the eland to the ground.

Gao Yang was at the back, and he could see clearly that it was a leopard that threw down the antelope, but at this time the chief and the leopard were almost face to face, no matter whether the chief wanted to or not, they were fighting for food with the leopard.

Gao Yang soon understood why the leopard, which usually avoids humans, dared to confront the five of them, because this leopard was already very old, its ability to hunt had declined a lot, and now it was very thin from hunger and lost its ability to move. The big antelope has a fatal attraction to the old leopard, and the very hungry old leopard will not give up the food that is in its mouth.

The distance was too close and the situation was very dangerous. The leopard opened its mouth and let out a deep roar. The chief stood less than two meters away from the leopard, opened his arms, and slowly backed away, while the rest, including Gao Yang The people inside are also slowly retreating.

It is very dangerous to grab food from a hungry leopard, even if the leopard is old and weak, especially at such an almost face-to-face distance, the explosive power of four-limbed animals is simply unimaginable, even if there are five people They can't provoke the leopard at this time, they can only retreat to a safe distance, and then they can scare the leopard away safely.

Just when the chief was slowly retreating, the leopard suddenly let go of the antelope under its paws, and rushed towards the chief like a flash of lightning.

The chief just reached and retracted his outstretched arms to protect his neck before he was thrown to the ground by the leopard.

The huge leopard tilted its head, opened its mouth and took a bite at the chief's throat. It grabbed the chief and refused to let go. Fortunately, the chief protected his neck in time, so the leopard did not bite his throat.

Seeing the chief fell to the ground, Gao Yang let out a loud roar, clenched the hunting knife in his hand and rushed forward, and the three people in front of him also stabbed their spears one after another, the leopard was stabbed After being hit, he let go of the chief in his mouth, and threw himself forward again, leaving five deep scratch marks on a man's thigh, before finally turning around and running away.

Gao Yang was terrified and angry, his heart was full of coolness, the leopard was one of the top predators in Africa, and the prey bitten by the neck by the leopard had almost no chance of surviving.

The chief covered his neck with one hand, and blood kept leaking from his fingers. Several people were already frightened and just stood there shouting. Only Gao Yang was calm. He ran to the chief and stretched out his hand to break the chief. Covering his neck with his hand, he glanced at the chief's injury.

The chief protected his throat in time, and the leopard did not bite through his throat, but the long canines of the leopard left two deep blood holes on the back right side of the chief's neck, which were bleeding out. In addition, the leopard left a row of deep tooth marks on the chief's right arm.

Gao Yang took a deep breath, stretched out his hand to cover the wound on the chief's neck, his mind was in a mess for a while, he tried his best to think about how to save the chief's life, but the more he thought about it, the more panicked he became , because no matter from which point of view, the chief is dead.

Fortunately in misfortune, the leopard did not bite through the chief's throat, nor did he bite through the chief's main artery. As long as the minimum surgical operation can be obtained, the chief can stop the bleeding, but now, the chief can only slowly die due to blood loss. If you die more, even if you are lucky, the blood will stop by itself, but the subsequent wound infection will still cause the chief to die after a long period of pain.

As a carnivore, leopards carry too many bacteria and viruses in their mouths and paws. Whether it is bitten by teeth or scratched by cheetah's sharp claws, it does not matter the size of the wound, as long as there is no antibiotics, it is absolutely fatal.

During the three years together day and night, Gao Yang had a very deep affection for the chief. He was fine just now, but in a blink of an eye, he could only watch the chief die.

The chief also knew that his life would not be too long, he pushed Gao Yang's hand away, stood up slowly, shook his head at Gao Yang, and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't cry, I'm already very old Yes, we will all have this day, Big Baal, if you don't die, you are the chief, if you die, then let the little Baal be the chief, well, don't cry, we will take the big The antelope is done, eat something here, and then take the meat home."

"Dad, you're not going to die, you're definitely not going to die, wow."

It was the youngest Cousteau who spoke, he was only about 14 or 15 years old, and he was not as open to life and death as his brothers. After he finished speaking, he finally started to cry loudly,

After hearing what the chief said, Gao Yang remembered that Da Baal, the eldest son of the chief, was also scratched by a leopard, which also meant that Da Baal would probably get infected and die.

Gao Yang lost his mind and said: "No, it shouldn't be like this, there must be a way, there must be a way to save you, let me think about it, you don't talk, let me think about it."

The chief lost a lot of blood, and with a sad face, he wobbled and sat down again.

"Baizi, there is no other way. No one can escape the death brought by the leopard."

Gao Yang couldn't think about it, he could only watch the chief die, which made him extremely irritable. After panting heavily and turning around in place for a few times, Gao Yang finally couldn't bear it anymore, roared, and walked towards the place where the leopard disappeared. Running in the direction.

Gao Yang knew that catching up with the leopard would be useless, but he still wanted to find the damned leopard, kill it, and avenge the chief. Only in this way could he feel better.

Gao Yang lowered his head and ran quickly following the marks left by the leopard. The leopard was stabbed a few times, and the blood dripping from the wound provided him with a very clear signpost.

Not long after running, that is, after three to five minutes, Gao Yang, who had been running wildly with his head down, suddenly stopped. He stared blankly at the traces that should not have appeared on the grass, but suddenly appeared, and his mind went blank.

The marks on the grass are ruts, or tire marks, and they are obviously not left by one car, but by a convoy of at least four or five cars. This long-lost mark made Gao Yang unable to believe his own for a while. Eye.

"White boy, stop, we can't go now, we have to take care of Papa and Big Baal."

The shouts and footsteps behind him made Gao Yang wake up from his short-term absent-mindedness. It was as if an electric current passed through his body. After shivering uncontrollably, Gao Yang suddenly turned his head and faced the little Baal and Ku who were following him. Stowe shouted hoarsely: "Go back, go back quickly."

After yelling, Gao Yang had no time to explain to Baal and Cousteau, who were confused about the situation, and turned around and ran back to the chief at a faster speed.

"Chief, don't leave here, you wait for me here, you and Big Baal are saved, I found out..."

When Gao Yang excitedly wanted to tell the chief that he was saved, he somehow discovered something, because there is no such word as tire print in the language of the Akuri tribe.

"I found a trail to find white people, white people like me, they have, uh, strange herbs, they can save you and big Baal, you don't leave here, wait for me, I'll find those white people .”

Only then did Baal Jr. and Cousteau understand what had happened. Knowing that the chief and Baal the Big were saved, everyone was of course only excited.

"Cousteau, stay and help Dad and Big Baal, and the white boy and I will go find those white people."

"No, you can't run as fast as me. My name is Cheetah. I'll go with the white boy. You stay behind to protect the injured father and Big Baal. You are stronger than me."

"Shut up both of you, I'll go myself, listen, if you hear gunshots, run, know what gunshots are? Chief, you heard gunshots, didn't you? If you heard gunshots Just leave here, don't wait for me to come back, if you don't hear the gunshots, just wait for me here, but you have to be careful, do you understand?"

The chief shook his head and reached out to grab the excited Gao Yang, "Don't go, you don't know who those people are, they are very evil, you will die."

Gao Yang pushed the chief's hand away, and said with a smile: "If I don't come back by this time tomorrow, you can go back by yourself. Don't worry chief, you know that I am the same person as them, and I will be fine."

The chief was a little moved, and after hesitating for a moment, he finally nodded.

"I even forgot that you are also a strange white man, well, you go, let Cousteau go with you, you must be careful."

At this time, Cousteau shouted excitedly: "Bai boy, I will go with you. If there is anything, I can help you."

Gao Yang thought about it, and decided to take Cousteau with him, so that if something happened, someone could report it, so without hesitation, Gao Yang took Cousteau and ran along the tire tracks.

It is easy to tell the driving direction of the car from the ruts on the grass, and Gao Yang can also tell that the ruts have not been left for a long time. If you are lucky, you may be able to find the team in a short time.

Although worried, Gao Yang only trotted along the ruts without daring to exert too much force. He had to control his rhythm so as not to fail. You must know that he had run dozens of kilometers today without eating anything.

Cousteau's speed was much faster than Gao Yang's, so that Gao Yang had to call Cousteau back frequently to prevent the distance between the two of them from being too far apart. In the language of the Akuri tribe, Baal means lion , and Cousteau means cheetah, as the name suggests, although Cousteau is the youngest, he is indeed the fastest runner.