Chapter 30 29

Mary jumped up.It was getting dark, and the chill had washed away the scorching heat of the day, and she was even shivering with cold. Raphael is already dressed.He handed Mary the skirt and shirt.Had a nightmare? Mary nodded.She became a little girl again.Her father took her to watch a football match at the Olympic Stadium.Just like her father had taken her there two or three times.Suddenly, a scuffle broke out around her.People were punching and kicking like crazy, their eyes were bloodshot, and their faces were filled with murderous pleasure.She leaned towards her father in horror, but when she looked up, she saw his father's furious and distorted face.

It's really strange, she hasn't thought about going to the stadium with her father to watch the game for a long time.She still remembers the horror she felt whenever her father jumped out of his seat, slammed his wrists for a missed shot, or yelled angrily at an umpire's wrong call.On the football field, the father seemed to have become another person, not only lost his sensitivity, but also displayed a rare and frightening passion. This dream is very real.What if such a thing really happens?What if Olduma's people really sprayed this pheromone on a large football field full of people?Fifty thousand people who have become devils crowded into a narrow field?What a horrible scene!

Come on, we have to go as far as possible tonight!Raphael said. Mary quickly got dressed, followed Raphael, and walked towards the hills in the distance.Under the light of the new moon, the earth looked extraordinarily peaceful. All things are peaceful. They walked smoothly and dissipated the coldness from Mary's limbs.Under the moonlight, their target was still clearly discernible.They couldn't see the smoke, but Mary remembered the shape of the hill from which it rose.Like the night before, their march was accompanied by the endless chirping of insects and the occasional roar of an animal, as if announcing the cycle of life and death.They passed a strange place with a sharp back like the spire of a Gothic cathedral sunken into the sand.That's a termite mound.

Three hours later, as the moon approached the horizon again, they heard a strange howl in the distance, like a dry laugh. hyena!Rafael whispered to Mary quietly. Mary's heart beat faster.She learned from a TV show that hyenas are the most dangerous game animals on the African savannah.For a long time, people thought they were just carrion-eating animals.But the latest observations show that the spotted hyena is an extremely agile hunting animal, and its hunting ability even rivals the strongest animals. Even lions will come to compete for their prey. The frightening dry laugh sounded again.Mary thought the sound was much closer this time than last time.The two quickened their pace and finally ran.

Raphael pointed to a small cluster of dwarf trees several hundred meters away.Under the starry sky, they look particularly gloomy.As long as we can rush through, we can climb the tree. Mary nodded.Just when they were about to approach the forest for life-saving, they heard that malicious ridicule again.This time, it seemed that the voice was right in front of them.Mary stopped suddenly and looked around in the darkness. What's wrong?Rafael asked softly. Mary pointed to a grove of acacia trees.I think they are just ahead, and under the bushes too! At this moment, a short and thick body jumped up and seemed to want to bite something lying on the treetop.No matter what kind of animal it is, it must be difficult to escape.Although hyenas are not good at climbing, they have amazing jumping ability, and the branches of locust trees are obviously too low.

She was about to turn and walk away while the hyenas were busy hunting their prey, and they slipped away as quietly as they could.Suddenly heard a shout, the voice almost made her blood coagulate: it's a human voice!It was the child's terrified cry!