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Chapter 124 Reunion with an Old Friend!
That means we'll eat together!

Summer fell silent upon hearing their plan. The original purpose of the poison test was to prevent the other animal from getting sick. Now that they were eating together, wouldn't the argument just now be meaningless?

A little brat is a little brat.

The mother bear sighed deeply, feeling a mixture of amusement and disbelief.

Looking down, I saw that the bear cub at my feet was tense all over, its eyes fixed intently on the two bear cubs not far away. But that wasn't enough, so I stood up to watch.

She can't stand for long periods of time, so even when you support her with your paws, she still watches intently!
Summer wondered if she had recognized them; these were the only two friends she had briefly spent time with.

This was her first pregnancy, and she only gave birth to this one bear cub.

A single-birth bear cub is destined to have a lonely childhood, and if it is born to a mother, it will also live alone for most of its adult life.

Playing with those two bear cubs for a short time was already an extremely special situation.

So even though the little bear had an excess of energy, Xia Tian did her best to be patient with this little guy who had no brothers or sisters.

Now she sees her little friend again.

The little bear cub watched envy as two bear cubs in the distance argued and then happily sat together, sharing the berries and seeds they had dug up.

Summer took in her expression.

However, the bear has not yet appeared. Even though she knows that it is almost impossible for a bear other than Guo Mi to appear, she still cannot let her guard down.

Looking around, I tried to find the big bear nearby, but even after the two bear cubs not far away had almost finished eating the berries, the big bear still hadn't appeared.

Summer's doubts grew exponentially; she now suspected that Guo Mi had indeed abandoned the two bear cubs.

The ground squirrel's storage room had a lot of food seeds, and most of them had hard shells. After opening one or two of the salmon and fishbone seeds, it was found that it didn't yield much food and instead took a lot of effort, so it had to give up on most of the seeds.

As people get older, their appetite increases exponentially.

The stock in a ground squirrel's warehouse is not even enough to satisfy its hunger.

Undeterred, they dug along the hole they had previously discovered, but this time they were unlucky and dug for a long time without finding a second warehouse.

The two bear cubs had to accept the fact that the ground squirrel only had one warehouse.

Despite being starving, the little bear copied Guo Mi's actions and dug another hole, burying the remaining inedible fruit back in.

Such behavior does them no good, but the beautiful memories of Guo Mi give them support.

Like Guo Mi, the two little bears also helped the ground squirrel tamp down the earthen walls of the newly dug warehouse.

Perhaps nature still showed mercy to its young, and a glimmer of hope, hidden beneath the despair, was revealed.

When a breeze carried the scent of another animal, all the bears present raised their heads, catching every whiff of information in the air.

The bear cubs, who have relied on Guo Mi for a long time, have a keen sense of smell, but they always forget to use it.

They didn't pay special attention to every smell they detected, causing them to miss out on many things.

The prolonged hunger has forced them to use their innate talents, but not completely.

Otherwise, they wouldn't still be unaware that another adult bear, "watching them like hawks," has appeared around them.

—Even if it was because they were already being wary and consciously trying to hide their scent before summer approached.

Twenty seconds after Xia Tian caught the scent of the rabbit, the two bear cubs barely noticed. Seeing the two little ones already following the scent in the distance, Xia Tian looked down at her cubs' innocent gazes, and her eyes twitched.

Whether it was to confirm whether Guo Mi was there or not, or to let the little bear cubs see how bears of the same age hunt, Xia Tian took her little bear cubs and followed along for various reasons.

Surprisingly, the source of the rabbit's scent was quite far away.

If it weren't for the sudden change in wind direction, the little bear probably wouldn't have noticed the lingering scent.

For animals with a keen sense of smell, every change in wind direction brings new opportunities, and a skilled hunter will seize these opportunities.

After about two kilometers, the somewhat rugged surroundings gradually became open and bright.

Even in the summer, one couldn't help but marvel at the little bear's good luck.

Rabbits like to build their nests in such places, and these environments often house more than one litter of rabbits, who frequently live in large groups. If one attempt fails, there will be another hunt.

The scent carried away by the wind from the litter of rabbits was about seventeen, which is extremely small for a rabbit colony.

Such a vast area; in the summer, they guessed there must be more than just these.

There's no need to worry about the rabbits smelling anything; they rely on hearing more than smell for survival.

The salmon and fish bones stopped far away from the rabbits, stood up and carefully observed them until they could see exactly how many rabbits there were.

"They run very fast."

The salmon lowered its raised forepaws and turned to speak to the fish skeleton.

Fishbone sat down again, looking troubled, and said:
"They seem to be even better runners than reindeer."

The inexperienced bear cubs didn't know the right way to deal with this small, fast-running animal. In their memory, the only animal that matched this speed was the reindeer that Guo Mi had hunted.

“We can try the method Guo Mi used to hunt reindeer,” the salmon suggested.

Fishbone looked somewhat troubled, glancing left and right:
"But there is no water source nearby."

The hunting plan was abruptly halted halfway through.

After a while, the salmon suddenly said again:

"Perhaps you can become that source of water!"

……

Once the environment becomes more open, the wind will pick up and the wind direction will change rapidly, making it difficult to hide the smell.

Summer once again caught a familiar yet unusual scent amidst this jumble of aromas.

The scent was well concealed, but the mother bear with cubs was far more experienced than the two naive little bears.

No matter how well it was hidden, she still managed to find its trail:
The source of the smell was not far away, it was nearby.

Summer turned her head and looked at the two little bears whispering to each other, thought for a while, and then led her cubs to follow the scent.

Sure enough, at the end of the scent was a giant furry ball peeking out and occasionally moving with the wind.

This summer, it was discovered before it even got close.

The mother bear, realizing this, stopped in her tracks. She watched as the giant, furry ball turned around, its face contorted in a ferocious grimace, baring its fangs. When it saw her clearly, it froze for a second or two, then its previously malevolent eyes suddenly cleared, finally sparkling, and it cried out in delight:
"Summer?! What are you doing here?!"