Deep affection knows no origin; remember the polar bear's love for you.

Chapter 146 Two races so different they can't even communicate

Guo Mi didn't deliberately try to kill the wolf, Xia Tian was too busy to do so.

The white wolf pack is a rare large-scale pack among Arctic wolves, with a large number of members.

But now there are six wolf corpses in total. Including the wolf killed that night, the wolf pack has lost more than half of its members and is severely weakened. Winter will probably be difficult for them.

Guo Mi hadn't eaten anything properly for several days, and the wolf carcass lying on the ground was indeed the best choice.

She walked up to one of them, squinted at the wolf lying on the ground, looked up at the sky with a weary expression, and asked herself in her heart:
Wolves don't really look that much like dogs, right?

Dogs and cats make up the majority of pets in human society, and a large portion of the world's population simply cannot accept eating them.

Guo Mi was one of them.

She grew up with her family's German Shepherd when she was young, so it's impossible to categorize this species as food.

Just thinking about it makes my stomach cramp.

The Arctic wolf looks almost like a giant dog, and Guo Mi felt she needed to mentally prepare herself before biting down.

She stood before the wolf's carcass, her mouth slightly open, her eyes closed, taking a deep breath into her lungs and slowly exhaling, forcefully suppressing the nausea.

"You can't bear it?" The male bear's voice suddenly rang in my ears.

Guo Mi opened her eyes and found Caesar standing beside her, his mouth and chest covered in wolf blood, with streaks of blood still clinging to his teeth.

His eyes were cold as he asked further:
"They want to kill you, but you can't bring yourself to do it?"

Guo Mi said inexplicably:

"of course not……"

"I see it!" Caesar whispered.
"You clearly had the chance to break its back with one swipe of your claw, but you changed your mind! They are prey, and you are the same in their eyes. If the wolves had the chance, they wouldn't have hesitated to bite your throat like you have!"

His eyes were cold as he spoke, word by word:

"You pay the price for showing pity to those who shouldn't be pitied."

Guo Mi knew what he meant by "price," and her ears twitched slightly, a stinging pain spreading through her.

Now she knew what Caesar was angry about, and it was a reasonable reason, but...

She closed her eyes, not really wanting to argue with Caesar, and simply explained:
“I did not change my mind out of pity.”

"what is that?"

Caesar couldn't believe that if it weren't for pity, why would he let go of a prey that was perfectly capable of killing him?
Guo Mi took a deep breath because she couldn't accept her bestial side and didn't want to face the maddening sensation of being stimulated by the splattered blood and flesh.

She didn't understand whether she was human or a bear!

The feeling of her heart pounding with excitement from the biting and fighting, the sensation of her blood boiling, was both unfamiliar and frightening.

However, she had to face all of this alone, unable to tell anyone or confide in anyone.

She was inexplicably ripped from her original world, and the rationality that she was supposed to uphold now seemed ridiculous and incomprehensible.

That tightness in my chest returned; not only did my eyes feel foggy, but my ears also felt like they were plugged with cotton.

The whole world seemed to be shrouded in a thick fog, everything was blurry, and it was also like being covered by a thick, transparent plastic sheet. The rain fell from the sky, the white fog blurred the view, and the sound of raindrops hitting the ground was chaotic.

Even though she could see clearly outside, he isolated her from the outside world.

Guo Mi's pent-up frustration was about to burst forth, and she coldly said to Caesar:
"I don't need to prove anything to you; the choice is my own!"

She lay on the ground in distress, then covered her head with her paws, as if refusing to communicate. Caesar watched her silently, not missing the misty gloom shrouding her eyes. After an unknown amount of time, he lowered his head and licked the notch in her ear again.

Guo Mi shuddered, her ears stood up, and her whole body stiffened.

Caesar seemed completely oblivious, and eventually even sat down and focused intently on licking Guo Mi's ear.

The giant fluffy ball, seemingly calm on the surface, was actually inwardly seething with excitement!

Guo Mi was lost in thought, wondering how long Caesar would stop licking her wounds. Then again, do polar bears have a habit of licking each other's wounds?
She tilted her head to try to avoid it, but the male bear, who had anticipated this, raised its paw and blocked her way, leaving her frozen in place.

Caesar licked the blood off her ears and stopped, leaving her behind before returning to the wolf carcass he had been tearing at. He lay down and continued to rip at the flesh of the corpse.

The morning mist gradually began to dissipate, and the thick moisture in the air disappeared, leaving only the sound of Caesar devouring wolf meat with great relish.

Guo Mi sat there blankly, staring at a single point with lifeless eyes.

"boom--"

With a muffled thud, she snapped back to reality, only to find Caesar dragging the wolf's carcass in front of her, uttering a single, succinct word:

"eat."

Guo Mi's gaze slowly moved to the wolf carcass in front of her. The carcass had been half-eaten, with bones and organs exposed to the air, and its gray eyes staring blankly at her.

The shock of this horrific scene was undeniably powerful.

Whether it was because wolves and dogs looked almost identical, or because she was still shaken by her previous bloodlust, Guo Mi had no appetite and refused his offer.

"I'm not hungry now."

Caesar's gaze fell on her forepaws, which were supporting most of her body weight. Beneath the thick fur, there was a barely perceptible tremor.

Even sitting down felt exhausting, how could I not be hungry?

"You're the one who killed that wolf," Caesar reminded him.

Guo Mi paused, then quickly understood what he meant.

Indeed, now that we've already taken drastic measures, it would be hypocritical and pointless to complain about not being able to eat.

"You're a bear, they're wolves, two species so different they can't even communicate, how can they understand each other? If you want pity, wait until you can survive. You're starving to death, don't think about anything unnecessary..."

Caesar still believed that Guo Mi was acting out of pity, after all, in the bear world, what Guo Mi was struggling with was just a normal instinct.

He found it strange that Guo Mi had never hesitated when hunting before, and was even more able to observe and study than them. Why did she change her behavior when she encountered wolves?
What's the difference between wolves and the reindeer she hunts?

Little did Guo Mi know that all of her attention was focused on Caesar's statement, "two races so different that they can't even communicate."

These words were like a bucket of cold water, teaching her from beginning to end.

"Two species that can't even communicate" could refer to wolves and bears, but it could also be referring to humans.

Now, even if someone stands in front of her, their first instinct upon seeing her will be to run away and drive her away. Wasn't this already proven with that human before?

Even if she wanted to talk to them, or even just coexist peacefully in the same space, it would be a pipe dream.

She is now just a bear, and to survive, she must live like a bear.

They couldn't eat anything that looked like a dog, and they were afraid of turning into wild animals, so they gave up resisting.

Every species faces various constraints and challenges in its survival in the world, so why should she impose those constraints on herself?

Guo Mi looked at the wolf with its eyes wide open in death, suppressed the urge to vomit churning in her stomach, closed her eyes, and bit down!