Brown bears are arguably the toughest and most intelligent predators.

Human flesh is undoubtedly the most delicious for carnivores, and in modern times, if a wild animal shows signs of eating a man, it will not hesitate to exterminate it.

Although this desert is a no-man's land, it is not uninhabited, and who knows which unlucky person strayed into it before and was used as food ration by brown bears.

"Set up camp in place, be on duty in two shifts tonight, pay attention when collecting firewood, and once you find the traces of the bear, you must rush back in time to report."

It is getting westerly, and even if you can't walk out of this valley overnight, it is better to rest in place. There were more than thirty people in the caravan, and even if the bear came, there was nothing to fear.

Everyone set up camp on the spot, lit a bonfire, and after finishing the meal early, the people on duty hurriedly rested, and the dozen or so people on duty sat around the fire and kept vigil quietly.

Wear a jacket in the morning, wear yarn in the afternoon, and eat watermelon around the stove in the evening.

In October, the desert has a great temperature difference between day and night, and as the sun continues to set in the west, the mountain breeze lingers in the valley, and even a fire is hard to stop the cold.

The sunset in the northwest often lasts for an hour, and the sky is half bright and half dark in the evening.

"Brother-in-law, I've heard people say that when you encounter a bear, you can escape by lying on the ground and pretending to be dead, is it true?" Liu Xiang'er asked while holding a cup of hot tea while roasting the fire.

Song Che said lightly: "Fake." Whether the bear eats you or not depends on whether it is hungry or not...... Bears tend to forage for food during this early winter season, storing fat for hibernation. For bears, the best fat is meat, and if you don't resist, you will fall into its arms;

And the bear is an extremely intelligent animal, it will approach you carelessly, seemingly harmless to humans and animals, and when it finds that you have no weapon at hand and does not pose a threat to it, it will suddenly attack and knock you to the ground;

But it won't kill you, it will eat you alive, which can be described as extremely cruel. This is why everyone should be extremely vigilant, in the wild, encountering tigers and wolves can scare them away, but the more the bear scares it, the more crazy it becomes. ”

Liu Xiang'er's face was pale: "Terrible, terrible, really terrible, I must shrink into my brother-in-law's arms tonight to be able to sleep." ”

Lu Jingxiang disagreed: "Boss, you can't help but take the bear too seriously, but it's just a beast, there are so many of us, are you afraid that you can't kill it?" ”

Song Che shook his head, thinking that when he was in Shi Malin, he encountered two white-fronted tigers, even if he was a master like Jiang Yuntian, he would not be able to deal with them, let alone them.

The bear's sebum is generally an inch thick, and even Song Che's musket may not be able to shoot it through, let alone an ordinary bow and crossbow.

If they do encounter the bear head-on, they will definitely have to fight it head-to-head with their swords, and even if they can kill it in the end, someone will inevitably be injured.

"You must not take the brown bear lightly, it is long, the skin is thick, it stands upright and is two heads taller than a human capital, and a slap can smash a person's head, and this mountain ravine is huge, we don't know the number of bears yet, be careful, you can't be wrong."

"In our hometown, there is even a story of 'Grandma Bear', saying that it is a black bear that has become a sperm, disguised as the owner's house, they will not only imitate people's movements, but also know how to knock on the door, especially in the deep mountains and old forests, if you encounter a knock in the middle of the night, most of them are 'Grandma Bear'."

"Huh? And this kind of thing? It's horrible! ”

"The more you talk about it, the more mysterious it becomes, you have heard that Mr. Storyteller has a lot of ambitions, right? I've only heard of 'Bear Child', but I've never heard of 'Grandma Bear'. ”

"It's true." Song Che said: "In Tibetan rumors, there is a kind of 'human-faced bear' that has white hair on its chest and stands upright to be the size of a human. When the sun goes down, they put cow dung on their heads, whistle as they go, and greet the shepherds passing by, and if you are attracted to them, they will probably be eaten by them......"

At this moment, when the sun was setting, everyone was listening intently to Song Che telling horror stories-

Suddenly!

"Brother-in-law......" Liu Xiang'er hugged Song Che's arm tightly.

Song Che raised his eyebrows, "Scaring you?" ”

"It's not...... Look over there, is it a man-bear? Liu Xiang'er trembled and pointed into the distance.

Song Che looked in the direction she was pointing, and on the hillside not far away, there was really a "humanoid" standing upright, the sun had set into the horizon, and the "humanoid" was facing away from the sunset, and it couldn't see what it looked like, it seemed to be monitoring everything in the valley.

Song Che suddenly felt creepy, and hurriedly picked up the telescope to look at it, I don't know if I don't know it, I was startled when I saw it, it was really a black brown bear!

"Let's go slaughter it!" Lu Jingxiang greeted the swordsmen.

"Don't be busy, don't be busy!" Song Che hurriedly stopped: "This area is the territory of the bear, speaking of which, we have broken into its territory, just drive it away, don't make it crazy." ”

He drew his musket, aimed at the hillside and fired a shot, which echoed through the valley, and the man-bear was also startled by the sudden sound, and he bent on his body and hurried up the hillside, but after a moment it disappeared from everyone's view.

"......Huh" Song Che took a long breath, cold sweat was oozing from his forehead, and he turned his head and smiled bitterly at everyone: "Look, I didn't lie to you, it's really dangerous to encounter a bear in a no-man's land." It will be less likely to be seen later when it gets dark, so everyone should be extra careful during the vigil. ”

Gradually.

Night fell completely.

There is no moon or stars tonight, the only light is the fire, the cool breeze in the valley swishing, "rustling" from time to time, and occasionally a few wolf howls can be heard.

Everyone stared at the surroundings, not daring to slack off.

In the middle of the night, the duty officer is replaced.

Song Che was still able to resist the sleepiness and took Liu Xiang'er back to the tent to rest.

The next morning, just after dawn, the caravan set out for the valley as soon as possible.

But before he had gone far, a puddle of fresh bear dung was noticed by Song Che, and it was obvious that the bear had not left last night, and it had been monitoring the caravan in the dark.

Being targeted by a bear makes me feel creepy just thinking about it.

Song Che couldn't help but let the caravan speed up, thinking that if he left Xiong's territory, it would not chase him anymore.

"Rustle......" The hill suddenly rolled down some stones. Song Che looked back inadvertently, a gray brown bear was hiding behind the hillside, its dark brown fur blended almost perfectly with the dirt slope, and it really couldn't be found if you didn't look carefully.

"Smack!"

Song Che fired another shot, scaring the brown bear back again.

Two hours later, the caravan walked out of the valley and into the desert plain.

"Brother-in-law, it's still following us!" Liu Xiang'er held the binoculars, and her little face was full of horror.

The bear followed out of the valley, swaying from side to side with its head down, approaching the caravan carelessly, and from time to time it would raise its head, slow down when it was near, and trot two steps when it was far away.

The caravan had long since left its territory, but it was still trailing, and it was clear that the predators were already on the move.

Case.

"Then find a way to kill it."

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