Chapter 1081: Encountering a Black Bear on the Road

Yan Furong was talking to the people in the Live Broadcast Room while walking, and thus wasn't as sensitive to his surroundings.

As he passed through a forest, the subtitles in the Live Broadcast Room suddenly all changed to: bear, bear…

After seeing the subtitles through his glasses, Yan Furong gradually slowed his actions, then slowly turned to look.

A bear's vision is relatively poor; it won't suddenly strike, but needs time to confirm its prey, constantly probing, before attacking.

But that doesn't mean black bears are easy to fool.

Its sense of smell is extremely keen, its hearing excellent, and it can even sense changes in the surrounding environment through its skin and fur.

Trying to escape a bear's mouth is harder than climbing to heaven.

Good vision lets you dodge, but with excellent smell and hearing plus superb perception, you have nowhere to hide.

Playing dead is merely a visual deception; it can only fool a bear that feels no threat and isn't hungry.

When it perceives a threat or is hungry.

It will toy with you, pushing and pulling, licking and biting,

When Yan Furong turned around, the black bear had already started walking toward him, appearing slow, but this was a probe.

If you turn and run, it will instantly recognize you as prey; if you make no move, it will keep probing; if you dare to advance and attack, it will immediately retaliate, then choose to flee or maul you depending on the situation.

The textbook response is to raise both hands, let out a roar to make yourself look big and strong, not easy to bully; after intimidating the opponent, slowly retreat.

If the opponent feels you're not to be messed with, it will let you go.

After all, attacking a creature larger than yourself is a dangerous undertaking.

Bears are omnivores and, under normal circumstances, do not prey on large animals.

Yan Furong didn't choose that; instead he shouted loudly, showing great excitement, and charged at the black bear.

The black bear was thrown off by this sudden situation; this guy doesn't play by common sense.

It hesitated a moment, then turned and ran away.

It chose not to attack.

Mainly because it isn't hungry, has no cubs, and isn't in heat.

It's not worth fighting to the death with a fool.

After running a few meters, perhaps feeling a bit embarrassed, it stopped and let out a burst of angry roars.

Yan Furong refused to show weakness, also letting out a roar; then his right prosthetic leg exerted force, and with a leap he sprang forward, charging at the black bear.

Even if the black bear were blind, it could see this guy's explosive power.

However, after being repeatedly provoked, it felt it had to strike to uphold the bear's dignity.

Roar………

It rose onto its hind legs, raised both paws, and angrily slapped at Yan Furong.

This is its signature move: pig blocks pig, tiger blocks tiger.

Yan Furong faced the black bear, turned his prosthetic leg to avoid its two strong fore paws, and kicked hard at its head.

Instantly the black bear let out a dog-like wail and then fled in a flash.

Yan Furong didn't pursue this time.

The people in the Live Broadcast Room were dumbfounded again.

"Is this what a prosthetic can do? One kick sends a bear flying?"

"The cyber world can no longer be stopped."

"By the way, Yan Furong's prosthetic leg battery is too awesome—how long has it been used?"

"Could it be that its kinetic energy recovery is incredibly impressive?"

"He's carrying a half-backpack of power banks; he probably hasn't used them much, or only minimally."

"Anyway, it's awesome—don't worry about the battery; this kick has fifty years of skill."

…………

At this moment Yan Furong also spoke.

"Just now was a mistaken demonstration."

"The black bear's characteristics are………………"

(Pat pat, similar to what was said above, no need to repeat.)

"So if you encounter a black bear in the wild, the correct approach is to intimidate it, letting it know you're not to be messed with."

"That is, the bluff we humans often use."

"After intimidating the opponent, then slowly retreat."

"In our human terms, it's like everyone being big brothers, each stepping back a bit, giving each other face so we can meet again later."

"If he doesn't give face at this point, just keep bragging, boosting momentum—you damn well better not give face and be shameless."

"Yang Lao said it well—most of the world's problems can be solved in our daily lives."

"If you show weakness, it will bully you to death; if you display a give‑it‑all spirit, it will wimp out."

"This is also called winning without fighting."

"Most of the world's knowledge is just a summary of life; there's nothing too profound."

Live Broadcast Room.

"Then what were you just doing?"

Yan Furong tidied up a bit, then continued on his way.

"I said before that this road is dangerous, so when we leave the mountains we need many people together to make it work."

"Just now, I did this to protect this mountain‑exit route."

"Only by making them fear humans will they not threaten travelers on this road."

Moreover, wild animals have a problem: if they have eaten people, it's easy to put people on their menu.

Later, if more people go to Xiantaicun via this road, it will specially guard this road and eat buffet.

We are not allowed to have guns, and this creature is also a protected animal.

You guys are troublesome to handle.

I'll keep it simple: beat it up when we meet, and gradually it won't dare approach this road.

Here I solemnly warn those who come later.

When walking in the deep mountains, littering food is prohibited, feeding animals is prohibited, littering garbage is prohibited.

Everything related to food, you must take out whatever you brought in.

Don't let this road become a food source, otherwise who knows how many people will be harmed.

Such people who don't follow the rules are not welcome in Xiantaicun; entering Xiantaicun will also get you expelled.

Such people, when encountering danger, neither Xiantaicun nor I will carry out rescue.

Such people's deaths are not regrettable.

Yan Furong lacks the dedication spirit of Daxia soldiers.

He only saves those who ought to be saved.

This is the experience he summed up from his mercenary career, and it has already sunk deep into his bones.

Excessive kindness is also a kind of evil.

He has seen more than once that good intentions bring disaster.

Once, he had a teammate who felt pity for the locals and left them some money.

Soon after, that family was all gone, because of that money.

Once, a teammate rescued a child, and the child directly detonated a bomb hidden in his pants near their squad.

The Qian Long Mercenaries have made it to today, paving the way with blood and lives.

In his view, those who break the rules are enemies and disasters; not killing them is already good enough, why save them?

What are you thinking?!

He has been away from here too long, making it hard to understand Daxia's soldier spirit.

Yan Furong's words make many people uncomfortable.

We went to Xiantaicun to support you, but the result was that they treated us like enemies.

What do you mean?