Chapter 20: The Arctic Trip (Encountering a Bear Again)
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After spending the night by the lake, facing the morning breeze and stepping on the morning light, after catching a few unnamed fish from the lake and eating them raw, Cheng Fan set off north.
The distance is long, and the wind blowing from the ocean is blocked by the mountains, which makes the temperature in this area not high all year round, with eight months of the year in the cold season and very long winters.
Warm months are only brief throughout the year.
Although Cheng Fan arrived at the time of the warm season, it was already the end of the warm season, and as he walked further north on this land, the more he felt the definite change in temperature.
The grass on the grassland is still lush, the mountains and forests in the distance are still lush, and the small rivers meandering and flowing on the fields.
Cheng Fan stared at a grass beside him, he saw that the tip part of the blade of grass had begun to wither, bringing a little yellowing, he remembered a not very good thing, he remembered that the departure from the island of birth was at the end of May, about the estimated time of wandering in the sea and wandering on land, then he went all the way to the North Pole at this time, which happened to be the most unsuitable time of the year to go to the North Pole.
In other words, he will definitely meet the polar night!
Even, maybe the polar night has begun at this moment, and the scope of the polar night is slowly expanding, and if he continues to go like this, it is equivalent to taking the initiative to devote himself to the dark night for half a year.
"Why don't you turn around and go back now?"
Standing in place, his claws unconsciously pinched off the grass, and such an idea flashed in Cheng Fan's head.
After thinking about it carefully, he shook his head again, what kind of international joke are you making, you have been running for so many months, and you want to stop this beast in a single polar night? Isn't it just that there is no light for half a year, and you can't see the sun? It's not that this beast can't see clearly in the dark!
Cheng Fan slapped him hard, continued, and walked north, Lao Tzu was going to see the reindeer, and Lao Tzu was going to compare with the polar bear!
Thinking like this, Cheng Fan flicked his tail and disappeared into the grass.
For four days in a row, Cheng Fan walked through the grassland, this grassland is not small, it is originally across the east and west, so he walked north, he was crossing the width of the grassland, and he had not really seen the vastness of the grassland.
He chased rabbits, wolves, foxes and fishes on the grasslands.
Speaking of foxes, it was the first time in Cheng Fan's life that he had seen a wild fox up close, and this kind of fox is the most widely distributed and most common red fox.
He didn't want to taste the fox, but it took him a day to catch one.
After carefully looking at the fox up and down, Cheng Fan plucked a few fox furs with bad intentions and let the fox go.
This is a male fox, after getting out of Cheng Fan's clutches, he didn't dare to turn back and quickly disappeared into the grassland, for fear that this strange monster would catch himself back.
If this fox is smart enough to talk to Cheng Fan, he will definitely scold this guy for being a bastard pervert, a hooligan among beasts, and a super beast.
Because this guy caught it, turned over its belly, and carefully studied some of the fox's structures for a while, such as its little dingding, and when it was released, he not only plucked its hair, but also did not forget to play it a few times.
Through the grasslands, again the mountains.
Cheng Fan stood on a grassy slope and looked at the rolling mountains, which stood one by one, blocking the wind and water vapor blowing from the eastern ocean, resulting in less than 400 millimeters of annual precipitation.
In terms of precipitation, it should be a semi-arid area, but this land is densely woven with a network of inland rivers and many small natural lakes that nourish the earth, but in fact it is not arid and water-deficient.
Walking back into the mountain forest, Cheng Fan felt that the types of vegetation here had changed a lot.
The sun shines through the not dense forest, although the sun shines on his body, Cheng Fan does not feel warm at all, and even has a kind of chill.
He felt that the farther north he went, the colder the weather became, the scarcity of flora and fauna, the forests in the mountains were almost all coniferous forests, and the other plants that grew were all relatively hardy vegetation, and there were not many traces of animal activity, occasionally he could see some feces and footprints left by wolves, and sometimes he could see squirrels jumping around on the branches.
This is indeed an undeveloped and untouched primitive area, but the natural nature does not mean that the environment here is not harsh.
The eight months of the year are cold winters, and the summers are short, only two months, so the snow and ice in some places do not melt all year round.
In winter, food becomes more scarce and precious, and the animals here do their best to survive.
During the winter months, when food is at its most scarce, some timid animals go crazy with hunger and turn into ferocious beasts.
Although it is a pristine area with beautiful natural scenery, it is also a cruel place of struggle for survival.
Cheng Fan went deep into the mountains and forests, his food is not lacking, although the mountains are continuous, but there are many small rivers and lakes in the mountains, and it is not yet winter, the lakes and rivers are not frozen, and there is a good source of food.
Today, by a river, with high mountains on both sides, a wide river flows between the two mountains, wide but not deep, and flows very smoothly through a rocky valley.
Cheng Fan was fishing in the river, and there were already more than a dozen fish of different sizes on the shore, which was the harvest of his hard work, and at a distance of dozens of meters from him, a brown bear stared at him on the riverside, roaring and roaring from time to time, shaking its front legs, as if declaring that this was its territory.
Where did the monster come from, get out of here for Uncle Bear (Aunt Bear)!
Cheng Fan didn't have time to pay attention to it, the brown bear has a wide distribution range, and it is found in most places in the world, when he entered the mountains, he found traces of bear activity, and it is not surprising that he will pass through the territory of a bear and just bump into it.
The brown bear rushed down from the mountain when Cheng Fan had caught seven or eight fish, and it thought Cheng Fan was an intruder and wanted to rob it of its territory.
Cheng Fan ignored it, this Uncle Bear was not in such a good mood, "Roar", it roared irritably, rushed towards Cheng Fan, who was catching fish, and ran wildly all the way, stepping on a large splash of water.
The little monster sighed in the river very humanely, it seems that today in addition to fish, another food will have to be added to the recipe.
It is said that bear's paws and honey go well together, and I remember that when I came, I saw that there were bees in the woods, and I had to look for them later.
It's just that he remembered that he had memorized a text before, called "You can't have both bear paws and fish" or something, and he wants to try it today, what if he has both?
Holding the wooden stick in his hand that was used to hit the water surface and stun the fish, Cheng Fan remembered the sentence "call you bear face", and immediately did not hesitate, rushed straight over, and hit the head with a stick, only to hear the "bang", and really shouted heavily on the brown bear's face.
"Crunch"
The wooden stick itself was brittle, and the force of this stick was so great that it seemed that tears were about to burst out of the brown bear's eyes.
It hurts!
The wooden stick was broken in two on the brown bear's head, Cheng Fan turned sideways to avoid the brown bear that pounced, threw away the broken wooden stick casually, and looked at the straight marks on the brown bear's face, and could think that this thing was indeed very painful to be beaten with a stick.