bookrebus Chapter 252 Nizi's Second Uncle Meets Black Bear
Chapter 252 Nizi's Second Uncle Meets Black Bear
The figure was lying face down on the ground, so its face was not visible.
Song Desheng was closest to the figure, and his curiosity led him to pat the figure and shout, "Hey, can you get up?"
He called out for a while, but received no response. He then moved his dog-skin hat to the side, grabbed the man's shoulders with both hands, and forcefully turned him over.
It would have been better if it hadn't been flipped over. Once it was right, an old man's face appeared, with most of his scalp missing and a strange, eerie tilted head posture.
The old man's scalp was completely torn open, and his neck was crooked and hanging to one side; it was clear he wouldn't survive.
Anyone who sees a mountain dweller torn apart by a bear for the first time will feel a chill run down their spine, the coldness from the soles of their feet will instantly spread to their face and neck, and their whole body will tremble as if electrocuted, a terror from the depths of their soul.
Song Desheng was so frightened that he screamed "Ah!" and took two steps back before falling into a snowdrift.
"Holy crap! Someone's dead."
He was a city kid; going into the mountains was just a hobby for him. He'd only ever seen dead hunting dogs with Li Ju'an, never a dead person. This fright terrified him so much that his crotch was soaked with sweat.
Lu Zhiqiang had originally intended to tease Song Desheng about his screams, but when he got closer and saw the dead body, his face turned deathly pale and his entire face turned ashen.
Li Ju'an and Lu Jinyang followed. Old Zhang from the security department peeked out and said, "Isn't this Nizi's second uncle? What's he doing in these mountains?"
The girl Old Zhang was referring to was Zhao Pao's distant niece from Yingtun. They had gone into the mountains with Zhao Pao several times and had also attended several banquets in Yingtun with him, so they had met this old man. Old Zhang sighed, shook his head, and said, "What a tragedy. This old man has fallen on hard times, how did he end up stealing timber and getting torn apart by wild animals?"
Seeing the tear marks on the old man's scalp and the large animal paw prints in the snow, the group knew pretty much what had happened. It was a black bear. And a black bear that didn't stay in its barn, but wandered around aimlessly in the winter.
Black bears that don't hibernate are rare, but they do exist. In winter, black bears don't hibernate; instead, they search for food to replenish their lost energy, which is why they may attack humans.
The hunting dogs ahead barked even louder, and the tiger's roar was extremely fierce. The group knew that the dogs must have encountered a bear. Otherwise, given the tiger's nature, wouldn't it have pounced on any wild animal it encountered and viciously bit it? Only the tall and agile black bear kept the tiger from making any rash moves.
Li Ju'an led the hunters to check their bullets, snapped the guns to their faces, and chased after the hunting dogs.
When they were still 800 meters away from the hounds, they heard an angry roar from the black bear ahead.
Cough! Cough!
The low-frequency roar of the beast, carrying an imposing and domineering aura, sent a chill down Lin Mu's spine.
No matter how many times Li Ju'an had heard the bear's roar, he could still feel the fear from the depths of his soul when he heard it again. It was the predator's imposing aura. He growled, "They're coming out. Get your guns ready."
Black bears are incredibly fast. Although 800 meters seems like a long distance, the speed at which a black bear pounces allows it to leap more than ten meters in a single bound, closing the distance to 100 meters in just a few steps. It would only take a minute for it to charge right up to you.
Lu Zhiqiang dared not let his mind wander any longer. He was panting heavily as he gripped his Type 54 pistol tightly, crouched behind the large blue stone slab, rested the gun on it, and crouched down behind it. Next to him was Lu Jinyang, whose U-type revolver had an even thicker barrel. He was close to his cousin, looking extremely nervous, his heart pounding so hard it felt like it was about to jump out of his throat.
Suddenly, the hunting dogs stopped barking, and Li Ju'an fired a shot forward.
Bang! The loud gunshot startled the wild beast, which broke free from the encirclement of the hunting dogs and headed straight for the direction from which the gunshot had come.
Lu Zhiqiang and Lu Jinyang stared nervously ahead, Lu Jinyang's hands trembling uncontrollably. Suddenly, President Lin charged out with a huge black bear.
The black bear, when standing upright, was taller than a large adult man. It had a patch of white crescent-shaped hair in front of its black chest fur. It charged angrily, leaping towards the bluestone slab.
The black bear leaped up with a nimble pounce, soaring more than ten meters off the ground, and in a few quick movements, it was on its way to the hunters.
Lu Zhiqiang and Lu Jinyang were still hiding behind the bluestone slab when the black bear suddenly rushed out. In the instant, only one thought was in Lu Jinyang's mind: Damn it, all our preparations were for nothing!
The two brothers had their guns raised, but before they could even pull the trigger, they saw the black bear charging towards them. The only thought that popped into their minds was: run!
When faced with a wild animal at close range, he didn't even bother to fire a shot; his mind was consumed by fear, and all he could think about was escaping. Before entering the mountains, Lu Jinyang had mentally rehearsed countless times how he would face the beast, how he would pull the trigger, how he would reload in front of it, and how he and Lu Zhiqiang would take it down. But reality was harsh.
Lu Jinyang yelled, his scalp tingling uncontrollably, his hair standing on end. He couldn't even fire a single bullet from his ugly revolver before turning and running. Lu Zhiqiang had already sensed the black bear charging towards him, right in his face. He could also smell the pungent, irritating stench of its breath and the foul odor emanating from it. He darted to the side.
Li Ju'an, Lao Qin, and Lao Zhang were firing bullets at Hei Xiazi without restraint.
boom! boom! boom!
The intense gunfire of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle reverberated, with sparks exploding from the muzzle. Li Ju'an was also very close to the black bear. He fired all the bullets from his Type 56 semi-automatic rifle without changing the magazine, and switched weapons from behind, directly taking out a shotgun with a hanging barrel.
At close range, the shotgun unleashed its power, firing a barrage of shots at Hei Xiazi's head. Squatting beside him was Song Desheng. Song Desheng had initially tried to turn and run as well.
He had only ever followed Li Ju'an through the bear enclosures. The black bears that were woken up from the enclosures were all sickly and dizzy, still half-asleep, with drowsy eyes and very slow movements. But this black bear that wasn't in the enclosure was agile and nimble, its leaping posture was far more graceful than any of the bears that were in the enclosure.
His knees trembled immediately, and his legs went weak. He thought to himself, "I'm going to see my great-grandmother."
Song Desheng wasn't unwilling to escape; his legs were too weak with fear to stand. His medium-sized single-shot bullet was incredibly powerful, and he unleashed a barrage of shots at Hei Xiazi's chest and lungs, pulling the trigger repeatedly.
A dense barrage of gunfire erupted, like a hail of bullets. Old Qin and Old Zhang's pump-action shotguns, also using slugs, were specifically designed for bear hunting. The experienced hunters remained calm in the face of the wild beast, each shot hitting its target in the heart and lungs, causing the black bear to open its mouth, tilt its head back, and howl in furious pain.
But the black bear was still incredibly strong. The many bullets that had entered its heart and lungs had enraged the bear, and its strength and momentum only increased.