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

Chapter 189 The Dim Sky

We need to wake Guo Mi up!

At that moment, the same thought popped into the minds of all the little bears!
The frenzied roars of the male bear outside the cave were largely blocked by the soil and snow that collapsed at the cave entrance when he forcibly retreated. However, while this soft mixture could block out sound, it could not block out a mad male bear!

The little bear raised its paws and shoved Guo Mi:

"Guo Mi, Guo Mi, wake up..."

They slept soundly in the cave with Guo Mi, and when they woke up, the male bear was already at the cave entrance. No one knew how long they had been asleep.

A few hours, a day, or several days?

The longer it went on, the deeper Guo Mi slept, and the salmon hissed hoarsely in her ear:

"Guo Mi, the male bear has spotted the cave entrance!"

Guo Mi's only response was to turn over, raise her two paws to cover her head, and cover her ears with her thick, soft paw pads.

The salmon gasped for breath, its tiny claws desperately trying to pull open a crack in the heavy claws of the fish.

After an unknown amount of time, Fishbone suddenly whispered:

"Salmon, stop for a second!"

The salmon paused, turned around, its fur all over its body disheveled, and looked at the fish skeleton with a bewildered and confused expression.

Fishbone paused for a moment, then winked towards the cave entrance and lowered his voice, saying:
"Didn't you notice? There's no sound."

In that short time, the male bear should have recovered from the pain and charged in again, trying to squeeze its head in, but not only did it not get in, it also lost its voice.

The salmon's eyes rolled stiffly, its still-confused gaze fixed on the cave entrance.

The cave fell silent, and there was no sound outside either, except for the sound of Guo Mi's breathing and the faint howling of the north wind outside, echoing each other, rising and falling.

Fishbone hesitated for a moment, then took two steps forward, but the salmon suddenly blocked his way:

"and many more!"

The little bear tilted its head in confusion, and suddenly saw two round, yellowish-green pupils in the dark cave. It also heard its older sister's voice, trying to sound calm:
"I'll go see it."

He opened his mouth, but before he could speak, the salmon had already raised its claws and walked towards the cave entrance.

She stood in front of the collapsed hole, took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, then raised her paws to start digging at the loose snow and soil mixture.

This is what Guo Mi taught them, and what they are currently best at.

The soft, mixed material was quickly dug away, and suddenly a small head popped out, its head resting on a small mound of soil!

The salmon vigorously shook the snow off its head and then looked around.

The sky had turned into a state where the sun had completely set but it wasn't completely dark yet. The whole world seemed to be shrouded in a very dim light, and you could barely see what was in front of you.

The air still carried the strong scent of the male bear, mixed with the sweet, pungent smell of blood. There were many messy marks at the entrance of the cave, as well as red, dripping marks that had seeped into the snow.

This indicates that the wound on the male bear's nose was quite serious.

A row of large footprints extended from these messy traces, along with the red bloodstains that spread into the distance.

Clearly, he has already left.

With such a large gash on its nose from a bear cub, any male bear with a shred of pride wouldn't let it go so easily, yet it left. This can only mean...

The salmon's heart sank; suddenly, another bear head appeared beside it.
"There's another bear."

The salmon was startled and hissed in a low voice:

"Why did you come out?"

Fishbone tilted its nose up and sniffed, then stopped, its expression somewhat complicated.

The salmon's eyes also held complex emotions. After a moment of silence, it whispered:

"Let's go back."

The two bear cubs tucked their heads into the hole, raising their paws to cover most of the entrance, leaving only two ventilation holes. Fishbone returned to Guo Mi's belly, leaned to the side, and rested its little head on Guo Mi's soft belly, its expression unconsciously becoming somewhat relaxed.

The salmon sat down next to Guo Mi's face and noticed that she had put her paws down again at some point and was sleeping peacefully and comfortably. It couldn't help but lower its head and rub against Guo Mi's furry bear face.

For polar bears, hunger is a daily occurrence; they spend a significant portion of their lives in a state of hunger.

The ability to withstand hunger is something every bear must adapt to.

Although the cubs are not as good at enduring hunger as the adult bears, they no longer have to travel long distances as usual. Instead, they stay in the cave for extended periods, which saves them a lot of energy.

When they are so hungry that they can't stand it anymore, they can dig out the food that Guo Mi has stored for them and eat it, which will allow them to last for a long time.

Just as planned, the salmon and fish bones stayed obediently in the hole for several days.

Even though they were well-behaved enough, after a while, the boring and dim time inside the cave became unbearable, especially since the air inside the small cave was stuffy and murky, and the little bears also became a bit restless.

Fishbone dug through the soil at the entrance of the hole, waited quietly for a while, and only slowly crawled out after confirming that there was no unusual activity outside.

The salmon lay listlessly in the hole, took a deep breath of the fresh air leaking in from the entrance, and then gave a faint reminder:
"Remember to bury it."

The fishbone had already crawled out, and its voice came through the cave entrance:

"understood."

After staying in the cave for a long time, physiological needs still need to be addressed.

This short period of time they take turns going out each day has now become the time the two little bears look forward to the most.

To avoid the smell becoming too concentrated, they would move hundreds of meters away from the cave and then cover it with snow.

This is also the longest distance they have ever traveled from the cave.

The salmon stared at the entrance of the hole until it heard the familiar sound of its little paw pads stepping on the snow, then it breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The faint light streaming in through the cave entrance dimmed, and a small paw reached in from outside, cautiously stepping down. Not touching the ground, it then extended further in, probing downwards once more.

I stepped on it this time.

The fluffy body slid down the opening of the hole, and the whole bear fell into the hole.

The salmon raised half its body and asked:
"Isn't it daylight yet?"

They never go out at the same time; they always stagger their departures, with long intervals between them, minimizing their presence as much as possible.

The fishbone sound was somewhat puzzled:

"No, it's the same as always."

Ever since I encountered that strange male bear, sometimes it's like normal night outside, and sometimes it's like dusk, and it's never lit up again.

He slumped to the ground, weakly saying:

"The night is so long, when will it be dawn?"

Without Guo Mi by his side, he felt uneasy in the darkness. Several times, in his hazy dreams, he seemed to see the eyes of a pack of wolves again.

The salmon didn't answer him, because it was a time that sounded unappealing to the bear.

She rolled on the ground and asked again:

"still there?"

This time, a glimmer of light flashed in the fishbone's eyes, and its ears twitched:
"He's still here. It seems he left for a while, but he's back now."

The salmon closed its eyes, its breath carrying a sense of tranquility.

"Ok."

We've entered polar night!

Hehe, actually, the polar night isn't like midnight, where it's completely dark for 24 hours straight.

During the polar night in most areas, what should be daytime appears as if the sun has already set, but the sky is not yet completely dark.