After a few gunshots, two hyenas that were eating the corpse were killed. The rest of the hyenas scattered, and Valentin walked over with his people.
There was a pile of burned ashes on the ground, as well as a carcass of a hyena that had been roasted and looked ugly. The hyenas just now were eating the carcass of this hyena. No need for the tracking expert to say anything, he also knew that his target was here last night.
spent the night.
Feeling something under his feet, Valentin kicked it with his feet, and two cartridge cases were exposed. Valentin squatted down, took the two cartridge cases in his palms and looked at them. They were two pistol cartridge cases.
The guy he was tracking killed the hyena with a pistol. Valentin already had a preliminary understanding of Owen's weapons. Owen probably didn't have a long weapon in his hand, otherwise he wouldn't have used a 9mm pistol to defend himself.
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Owen and Rachel, who were walking on the grassland, suddenly heard several gunshots. They looked at each other with a hint of solemnity in their eyes.
The gunfire was not far away from them, and Owen didn't believe in coincidences, so the person who fired could only be the pursuer behind them.
The two speeded up and continued moving forward. Soon it was afternoon again. Owen and Rachel didn't know how far they had walked. They found a cave and looked at the sky. It was going to be dark soon. They were on the African savannah.
Going out at night was like seeking death, so Owen and Rachel decided to rest here for the night.
Entering the cave, it is very dry and is an ideal place to spend the night, but the animals obviously think so too. The ground is full of rhinoceros and bison hoof prints. Both animals are very territorial animals.
They will kill intruders without hesitation.
"We'd better find something to block the entrance to the cave..."
Under Rachel's command, Owen cut down a lot of thorny branches to block the entrance of the cave. They piled the branches as densely as possible. These branches could provide a certain degree of protection.
"We're out of mosquito repellent, I'll go get some..."
There was only a small bottle of Owen's mosquito repellent in the emergency bag, but it was used up quickly and has almost reached the bottom now.
People who have never been to Africa will never know how terrible mosquitoes are there. Mosquitoes always rank first among the animals that kill people on earth. Mosquitoes live by sucking blood, but they themselves carry malaria parasites and other viruses.
The best transmission route, people who have been nailed by it are likely to suffer from malaria, Japanese encephalitis, filariasis and dengue fever. Malaria alone kills 1 million Africans every year.
Owen followed Rachel through the woods outside, and Rachel quickly found some grass.
"These are ghost needles. After burning, they can be used to repel mosquitoes..."
Rachel seized the opportunity and asked Owen for advice. Owen also picked up some dry branches as materials for lighting a fire at night. The experience last night told them that there must be a fire at night.
Compared with the branches blocking the entrance of the cave, it was not that easy to collect dead branches. Owen spent a long time wandering around the entrance of the cave before collecting some.
Rachel was dealing with the branches at the entrance of the cave. She tried her best to push the sharp thorns out and block most of the entrance, leaving only one person large enough to get close. After everyone entered, she sealed it with branches from the inside.
Owen searched among the weeds, hoping to find more dead branches. Yesterday they were guarding a dead tree. There was an endless supply of dry firewood, but there were no dead trees here.
While searching, Owen's eyes lit up and he saw a dead branch as thick as an arm. Owen walked over excitedly and picked up the dead branch, but unexpectedly, his hand suddenly hurt.
Owen threw away the branch, jumped back and saw a big brown snake coiled on the ground, with its body raised and its head making an S-shaped gesture towards Owen.
Owen looked at the bite wound. There were two deep tooth marks on the wound, bleeding with blood. The one that attacked him just now was a viper, which was poisonous.
Rachel, who heard the noise, rushed over and saw the wound on Owen's hand.
"Oh my god, come in with me, I hope we have the corresponding serum..."
Being attacked by a venomous snake in the wild is not a good thing. Rachel took Owen back to the cave and began to rummage in the emergency bag. After a while, she found two. After just checking, Rachel said: "Damn, only
Cobras and vipers..."
Owen couldn't hear anything at this time. He only felt the wound on his hand was extremely painful and blood was oozing out.
Rachel was a doctor and had extensive field experience. She took out Owen's dagger and roasted it on the fire, then whispered: "Hold it..."
Owen nodded, and Rachel opened the wound with the tip of the knife. Owen shivered in pain. The snake venom seemed to amplify his senses. The few times just now were nothing at all, but this time it almost hurt him.
fainted.
After opening the wound, Rachel found a condom from the emergency kit, stretched it out and put it on the wound, sucking up the blood with her mouth through the condom.
In the wild, condoms can play a huge role. They can be used as a container to hold water when there is no water. When injured, they can be tied around the wound to slow down the blood flow. In cases like Owen's, they can also isolate snake venom.
Otherwise, if Rachel gives Owen drugs and blood like this, if Rachel has ulcers in her mouth, Rachel will be poisoned first before Owen is poisoned to death.
Rachel took a sip, then spit out the poisonous blood next to her. She repeated this process more than a dozen times before stopping. Then she cleaned the wound with water from the bottle, then sprinkled anti-inflammatory powder and injected snake venom serum.
They didn't have the corresponding viper antivenom on hand, so they could only inject the two serums near the wound, hoping to have some initial effect.
Finally, Rachel found a new condom, cut off both ends and put it on the wound. The condom fell on Owen's hand to prevent the wound from being contaminated.
At this time, Owen's left hand had already swollen into a steamed bun. Owen felt dizzy and had no strength all over his body.
As night fell, Rachel lit a fire and burned the devil's needles in the fire. This method was very effective. The special smell dispersed the mosquitoes around it.
Owen's injuries became more and more serious. He could barely move half of his body, and even breathing became a little difficult. Rachel was taking care of him. Owen's mind was dizzy, and he felt as if he was about to die.
Same.
The cave is very quiet, with the occasional crackle of fire burning.
There were gradually more sounds outside the cave. From time to time, the sound of wild beasts could be heard running by. Rachel stirred up the firewood a little more. After a while, it suddenly became quiet outside. Rachel was a little strange, so she looked outside by the light of the fire.
, then she discovered that there were six pairs of reflective eyes in the dark wilderness.
Is it a lion, or six heads...
Rachel's expression was solemn, and he tightened his grip on the gun in his hand.
Owen could feel her nervousness, but he was in a bad state and struggled to speak.
The next second, the branches at the door moved. The lions were scratching the branches. They wanted to come in...
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I'm going out of town for two days over the weekend, so there's no update, so don't wait.