Rebirth in 1972: Redemption in Changbai Mountain

Two bear roars, one loud and one soft, echoed almost simultaneously from inside the cave. Then the commotion inside intensified, and it sounded like a bear screaming in agony.

"Everyone, be careful! There are two bears inside, one of them might be a bear cub. You..." Wang Shouye immediately judged the number of bears inside based on his experience and reminded his apprentices, but unfortunately, the second half of his sentence was covered by the sound of falling snow.

Boom! A huge chunk of ice and snow fell vertically from the mountaintop, crashing down at the foot of the mountain and blocking half of the cave entrance.

Fortunately, the mountaintop of this cave was not high and had no slope, so a large avalanche was not formed; otherwise, it might have buried Zhou Rui and the others.

Gu Shaofeng was the only one who was unlucky. The shockwave from the falling snow pushed him back several steps, leaving him covered in shattered ice shards.

Wang Zhen and Zhang Shitou both turned to look, fearing that something might happen to Gu Shaofeng. Only Wang Shouye and Zhou Rui remained unmoved, staring intently at the cave entrance.

A sharp scream rang out from inside, then the sound gradually intensified. It seemed that a black bear was moving out.

With a loud bang, a black figure crashed through the meter-high snow wall blocking the cave entrance in an abnormal manner and rolled several times on the snow.

Less than a second later, an even taller figure burst out of the cave, stood upright as soon as it emerged, and roared angrily, pounding its chest.

throat……

Bang, bang bang bang.

Five gunshots rang out in succession, and snowflakes flew around the dark figure who rolled out. The figure, who had risen by human effort, had a bullet hole in his head and a snowflake popped out of his chest before falling backward, half of his body wedged in the cave entrance.

Zhou Rui swiftly pulled back the bolt, aiming at the dark figure that had rolled out earlier. The figure was clearly a black bear, but it wasn't dead yet and was running away.

bang, bang, bang...

Another series of gunshots rang out, exploding into snowflakes on Hei Xiazi's back.

Bang! Bang! Black Bear finally collapsed after running twenty or thirty meters. The dogs behind him all ran out and rushed towards Black Bear in the distance.

This time, Wang Shouye didn't give any orders. Instead, he picked up his rifle, strode to the cave entrance, and pointed the muzzle of his Gardran semi-automatic rifle directly at the enormous head.

Bang... The sound drifted into the cave and echoed.

After the gunshots, the tension in the air subsided, leaving only the distant sounds of dogs tearing and barking.

"Damn, that's so exciting! I didn't expect there to actually be a black bear and a bear inside." Gu Shaofeng was extremely excited; there was nothing more exciting than a buy-one-get-one-free deal. He'd hit the jackpot! He'd hit the jackpot!

*Slap.* Gu Shaofeng was in the middle of a heated argument when he received a heavy slap on the head.

"You have the nerve to say that. If you hadn't rushed out so recklessly, causing Zhenzi and Shitou to be distracted by worrying about you, the first black bear wouldn't have failed to be killed immediately."

"If something goes wrong, and Black Bear pounces on us, we'll either be dead or seriously injured."

Wang Shouye gave Gu Shaofeng a stern lecture, which frightened Gu Shaofeng so much that he lowered his head and dared not speak.

Wang Zhen and Zhang Shitou hurriedly walked towards the black bear surrounded by the dogs in the distance, afraid of being caught in the crossfire. After all, the black bear was their target, and they were also responsible for not killing it immediately.

When Zhou Rui arrived at the cave entrance, he looked at the enormous body stuck inside. It was no smaller than the bear he and Gu Shaofeng had fought before; it was another behemoth.

However, it still cannot compare to the Bear King that Wang Shouye spoke of.

"Uncle Wang, let's get it out. I'm afraid its bile will be absorbed if we leave it too long. This bear is too big; I can't get it out by myself."

Wang Shouye turned around and looked at himself, then relaxed his tense expression.

"Go and bring the mule over. I'll go get a rope from my bag and lasso the bear. We'll pull it together."

After Wang Shouye left, Gu Shaofeng looked up and walked to Zhou Rui's side: "Thanks, Rui-wa."

His voice was so soft it was almost inaudible, and he made a strange face, as if thanking Zhou Rui for rescuing him from his master's nagging. There was no trace of the dejected look he had just had when he was being scolded.

"That's shameless." Zhou Rui rolled his eyes and muttered under his breath.

Zhou Rui led the big mule Mao Dazhuang over, tied the rope around the brown bear, and then left two other ropes for Wang Shouye and Gu Shaofeng to pull as an aid.

"Giddy up!" Zhou Rui slapped Mao Dazhuang's buttocks, and the rope immediately tightened, but it didn't move on the first try.

"drive."

Wang Shouye and Gu Shaofeng also exerted force at the same time, and their feet slipped a little. Zhou Rui quickly walked to Wang Shouye's side and held the rope tightly with both hands.

The brown bear slowly slid out.

"Shaofeng, you handle the bear. Ruiwa, go find some firewood. Oh, and bring plenty of damp firewood to properly fumigate the cave; we'll be staying there tonight."

"Am I going to deal with the bear all by myself? Why?" Gu Shaofeng scratched the back of his head. This brown bear was too big. How long would it take for one person to finish?

Wang Shouye glared at him fiercely; this eldest apprentice really deserved a beating. Whenever he ordered Zhang Shitou to do something, Shitou never asked why; he just did it.

"Because of what you did wrong today, we're all in danger. Hurry up and finish, no dinner until you're done. I'm going to check on Zhenzi and Shitou."

After Wang Shouye had walked away, Gu Shaofeng looked at Zhou Rui.

Zhou Rui shrugged and spread his hands: "I'm going to chop firewood. You can do it yourself."

Gu Shaofeng silently watched Zhou Rui's back, thinking that Zhou Rui couldn't hear him, and muttered to himself.

"That Ruiwa is so disloyal. He didn't even try to put in a good word for me with my master. Otherwise, he could have helped me deal with the bear."

Unexpectedly, Zhou Rui suddenly turned around, clenched his right fist, and swung it downwards: "Keep it up, keep going."

Duh, duh, duh...

There were too many rocks on the ground, and hardly any firewood. They finally found a tree as thick as Zhou Rui's thigh, but the knife wasn't very effective, and it took them a long time to cut a small notch.

"Sigh, an axe is still the best tool for chopping wood." Zhou Rui glanced at the blade; it was sharp, but it wasn't his specialty.

It's a pity that the axe they brought was left for Gu Shaofeng to chop the bear paw; otherwise, it would have taken at least twice as long.

Zhou Rui stared at the gap in the tree, an idea flashed through his mind, and he put away his dagger.

"Give it a try," Zhou Rui muttered to himself.

Zhou Rui squatted in a half-horse stance, then suddenly exerted force in his waist and lunged forward, thud... his shoulder slammed hard against the tree trunk.

Crackling, popping, snapping... boom.

The tree eventually couldn't withstand the pressure and collapsed with a crash.

"Not bad." Zhou Rui didn't expect that he just wanted to test how far his modified body could go, and in the end he actually knocked down the big tree trunk.