Chapter 1519: Night Attack

The black bear is the top carnivore in the redwood forest. Neither the coyote nor the cougar is a match for the black bear. The only thing that can stand up to the black bear is the wolves, which are now rare.

Black bears like to be clean and do not excrete in their dens. They always keep their dens clean and look like a cradle, but even so they cannot fool the sense of smell of other animals and shrewd hunters.

The red deer herd may also have noticed that there are black bears nearby, but it is dark, their night vision is not good, and this place is close to the stream, after eating salt during the day, they are thirsty for water, so they plan to take the risk to spend the night here.

Zhang Zian also thought about the same, the black bear had been away for a day or two, he might not come back tonight, and his tent had already been set up, so it would not be a problem for him to run away overnight, get through tonight, and stay away from here tomorrow.

But tonight will be strictly guarded.

North American black bears are the largest black bears, much larger than the Asian black bears commonly seen in zoos in many cities in China, and they are more aggressive. They are not comparable to the lazy black bears that have been raised in zoos.

When a wild black bear slaps it, no matter whether it is a human, a dog or a red deer, it will be torn apart by the sharp claws like steel hooks, and it will lose its ability to resist. The bear's teeth have such a strong bite that it can easily bite off a person's forearm and calf.

Zhang Zian repeatedly reminded the elves, once the black bear appears, don't go up to it. The black bear has rough skin and thick flesh. If you are scratched or bitten a few times, it is just a tickle, but if you are bitten or slapped by it, at least half of it Life is gone.

Femas feels the same way. In the dream world, it fought side by side with Laocha in the barren mountains, protecting the merchants from the threat of wolves, and driving the wolves into the deep mountains. But this is because wolves are very smart. When they think that the losses of the battle outweigh the gains, they will choose to retreat wisely. But bears are different. Once a bear is injured, it will arouse wildness, rushing forward desperately, like a brazen man with a brain full of muscles.

Next, boil water, cook, rest, do what you have to do, just look up at the dark woods from time to time.

Femas volunteered to sleep outside the tent. It was responsible for guarding the bonfire. If the bonfire showed signs of extinguishing, it would wake Zhang Zian to add firewood or accelerant.

This was destined to be a sleepless night. Even if he got into his sleeping bag and lay down, Zhang Zian would still keep his eyes open. If he turned over and lay on his side, he would see other pairs of bright eyes that blinked.

Even Richard, who is blind, dare not close his eyes, just like Zhang Zian, a blind man who knows that the crisis is imminent but can only resign himself to his fate.

So it lasted through the first half of the night,

Zhang Zian, who was sleeping in his clothes, got up in the middle to add firewood. The outside of the tent was wet and cold, and there was still mist. It was fine for Femas to stay by the fire.

The herd of red deer stayed on a piece of grass by the stream, either standing or lying down. The young deer slept on their stomachs with their legs folded under their bellies, but the leading male deer just stood up and dozed off. Hearing the movement, he opened his eyes and looked in Zhang Zian's direction.

On the branch above the head, a spotted owl flickers around with its big eyes like searchlights.

After adding firewood, he continued to return to the tent.

In the second half of the night, when he thought he would be awake all night, his eyelids began to fight. One was because of the fatigue of the day, and the other was because he had unconsciously relaxed his mind. He subconsciously thought that it was not too far from dawn, and that in a few hours the time would be gone. Pass.

He didn't know when he fell asleep, but he was suddenly awakened by a loud roar, it was Femas calling, close at hand, intended to warn.

His body instinctively tried to jump up, but the sleeping bag restricted his movement and he was only halfway up.

All the elves in the tent were also awake, π creaked and shrank into the corner, and Richard squealed and screamed, flying and bumping into a mess.

He didn't care about getting out of the sleeping bag, and first unzipped the zippers of the tent, so that Fina, Laocha and Vladimir could leave the tent first, so that the bears could not come and dig them out.

He waited for them to rush out of the tent before he crawled out of the sleeping bag.

Before dawn, the bonfire was already weak, and Femas kept barking in the direction of the herd of deer.

The deer were also barking, the bucks loud, the does sharp, shadows in the grass, all running about in the dark.

Zhang Zian turned on the tactical flashlight, and a bright and highly concentrated beam pierced the darkness, shining straight into the woods, locking onto a huge dark figure.

Sure enough, it was an adult male black bear, with a visual weight of nearly 400 kilograms. He was an out-and-out forest killer.

The black bear spouted white gas, taking advantage of the weakness of the deer herd's poor eyesight at night, and launched an attack from the downwind, roaring loudly.

Regardless of the black bear's weight, it doesn't run slowly at all. No matter it encounters thorns or branches blocking the way, it rushes directly. However, the deer panicked in the dark and were driven by the black bear to the direction where the woods are denser, that is, the direction of the tent. The direction, the denser the woods, the more difficult it is for deer to escape.

The leading buck, in particular, bravely stayed behind to confront the black bear, shaking his twig-like antlers to protect the doe and young. If the opponent was a single coyote, wolf or cougar, it would Even if it has the strength to fight, it is not impossible to win, but the opponent is a male adult black bear, and its resistance is just like a car.

"Get out of the way! Hide behind a tree!" Zhang Zian shouted.

He wasn't shouting to the buck, who couldn't understand him anyway, he was shouting to the elves, because the frightened herd was running towards the tent, and if a doe or fawn hit him, at least a broken bone , maybe he was knocked unconscious and then trampled directly; if he was hit by a young buck with long horns... he would probably be disembowelled on the spot.

After shouting, he set an example by leaping to the back of the nearest tree, using the tree trunk to block his body, and pulling Pi and Richard along the way.

The other elves reacted more quickly and moved more sensitively. They understood the danger they were about to face, and hid behind the trees or jumped up the trees to avoid the impact of this wave of deer.

The running deer stomped on the bonfire and kicked over the tent, but fortunately they didn't step on the backpack, otherwise the drone would have been scrapped.

After the herd of deer crossed the border, Zhang Zian poked his head out from behind the tree and looked in the direction of the black bear.

The leading male deer covered the deer group and escaped successfully. It knew that it was no match for the black bear, and if it dragged on, it would be a dead end, so it turned around and ran this way.

Since the bonfire was extinguished, the only light in the woods was Zhang Zian's flashlight beam.

The buck had just run a few steps, but heard a click, and its tall antlers were twisted together with the low branches.

It screamed and fell on its back.