Chapter 9: Dried Blood
In a bush about thirty meters away, a sturdy four-legged creature was cautiously poking its head out.
And not far in front of it, a small deer was drinking in the stream with its back to Fu Jixianli.
Despite its vigilance, occasionally prissing its ears to keep an eye on what was happening around it, it still didn't notice the danger that was approaching behind itβprobably because the bear was so focused on hunting that it didn't notice the two humans on the other side.
Fu Jixian was not sure of the breed of the deer, but he could be sure that the bear must be a brown bear.
The brown bear is supposed to be an omnivorous animal, but it is still more inclined to eat meat than grass. It's just that the bear is not a lion and a tiger, it is much heavier, and it is almost impossible to hunt a deer, a creature known for its speed and agility.
So this bear is very smart, and it is likely to be in a squatting drinking point - "Voldemort's" record has nothing to do with skill, it is obtained by patience, position, and insidiousness.
Under Fu Jixianli's reminder, Wu Nei followed closely and also noticed the bear. Takeuchi was startled at first by the creature that could slap his head into bloom, and then he slowly raised the shotgun in his hand and aimed the muzzle at the brown bear's head.
But at this moment, Fu Jixianli stretched out his left hand and pressed the barrel of the opponent's gun...... The man stared ahead with sparkling eyes, as if expecting the bear's next move.
The brown bear continued to move slowly towards the target, and when it approached the prey five meters step by step and cautiously, as if entering the "hunting range", it suddenly exerted force on all four legs, and in an instant the movement changed from silent to rough and violent, and the painting style changed abruptly, and the deer was bitten on the back of the neck before it had time to react.
At the same time, the bear's exaggerated weight slammed into the past without reservation.
A bear and a deer rolled down the steep slope in an instant.
Fu Jixian walked quickly to the place where they fell, and from the top down, this place was not so much a hillside as a cliff...... The vertical height is more than fifteen meters, and the slope is at least seventy-five degrees.
The bear fell straight down. If it is a human, it is very likely to fall to death directly at this height, but the vitality of a bear is different from that of a human.
Under the cover of the trees, Fu Jixianli saw that the bear was dragging the deer that had died into the depths of the forest.
"It's the first time I've seen the 'laws of nature' play out at such a close distance, how can I say that...... It feels a little cute and touching. Fu Jixian said with admiration.
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Wu Neiton, who followed behind him, was speechless.
The poor deer and the bear are terrible, how can they be cute?
"That brown bear should be less than two years old, not yet an adult, under normal circumstances, it should follow the mother bear."
When he saw the full picture of the brown bear, Fu Jixianli also discovered that it was not as big as he imagined, and it should be just a "small bear...... If it were an adult bear, the hunt would have been even more brutal. β
"Mr. Fu Jixian...... Do you like bears a lot? β
Just now, Fu Ji Xianli suppressed Wu Nei's shotgun, so the latter had such doubts.
Of course, Takeuchi doesn't shoot at will in the forest, but there is always a reason to stop it immediately.
"It's not that I like brown bears, it's just ...... Most people like large mammals that look furry, but only from a distance. β
If it weren't for the fact that he had the ability to protect himself, Fu Ji Xianli would definitely approve of Takeuchi's behavior of directly raising a gun when he saw a bear, and a wild bear and a bear in the zoo are completely different things.
But because he was sure that he would not be in danger, Fu Jixian would certainly have a kind of love for brown bears like small animals.
Ordinary people have little chance of really coming into contact with such creatures, on the one hand, they are very dangerous, and on the other hand, almost all large birds of prey and beasts of prey are "prison beasts".
"I wanted to be like Kevin Richardson when I was a kid, but it's the same as I want to be an astronaut...... As you can see, now I'm not an astronaut, but I'm bound to the surface of the earth by gravity. β
It wasn't until the bear's figure completely disappeared that Fu Ji Xianli stopped looking.
"Mr. Fu Jixian, have you made any corresponding efforts for what you 'want to be'?" Takeuchi blurted out a very rude question.
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It's a bit heart-wrenching.
"It's very easy to set goals, but more than 90 percent of people don't take action on their goals. Compared with the goal, what is simpler is the temporary 'yearning', to put it bluntly, the imagination is always sinless and infinite, so it is colorful. Fu Jixian seems to have some kind of explanation.
People have the desire to create and hope to achieve something, but this may only stop at the psychological level, as for the action aspect...... There are more than 5.9 billion salted fish among the six billion people on earth.
"So what...... Who is Kevin? β
"For you...... Equivalent to a person from another world. Shall we continue to rest here, the bear should not come back, after all, it has already got its prey. Fu Jixian turned the conversation back to business.
Well-fed brown bears will certainly not actively contact humans, for four-legged creatures like bears, upright walking humans are tantamount to "aliens", under the aesthetic of bears, humans are so ugly that they will go crazy at the first sight, so that the bear will return again when it is full of food and support - there is certainly no such stage as "full and supported" in the bear's life.
"It's over here, it's getting completely dark."
Takeuchi agreed with Fu Jixian's judgment that it would take time to find another suitable campsite, so they decided to camp here as originally planned.
Next, they began to set up the "camp", the most important of which was to light a bonfire...... Although it's summer, a campfire is needed to ward off nighttime moisture, insects, snakes and beasts.
There was no problem with the temperature, and Fu Jixian spent the night in a simple tent.
Early the next morning, the two of them had a hasty meal and continued towards their destination.
"Speaking of which, since we're deep in the forest, it's not inconceivable to see one or two human remains, but we didn't see anything along the way."
As a "holy land", it seems that thousands of people die in this forest every year, and Fu Jixian remembers the pictures he saw on the Internet in his previous life, but they didn't seem to be the same as what he saw now.
"The sea of trees on Mt. Fuji is huge, and we're just moving in a line."
"That's right."
Compared to the scope of the forest, Fu Jixian's scope is only a small part of it. But the problem didn't stop there, the deeper he went into the forest, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that there were fewer and fewer active animals.
"When will we be able to get there?"
"It's about two or three hours away, and we'll be there at noon, but it's moving, so maybe we'll have to take time to find out exactly where it is......"
At this point, Takeuchi, who had been walking in front of him and leading the way, suddenly stopped, and at the same time his footsteps stopped a little abruptly.
"What's wrong?"
After realizing the other party's abnormality, Fu Ji Xianli took a step forward, and then he also followed to discover the situation in a low-lying place in front of him......
In the midst of the lush, terrifying forest, there was a withered yellow.
And in the midst of that unusually toned wither, a mysterious pattern drawn on the ground was revealed.