Survival of the Nation: My luck was a tiny bit worse.

What was that sound?

All three of them were startled and stared intently in the direction from which the commotion came.

Farhan immediately lay down on the ground and listened for a while with his ear pressed against the ground.

"Something's coming, and it's huge!"

How big?

"Much bigger than a porcupine!"

The three of them immediately exchanged a glance.

What else is there to say?

Run!

The porcupine's carcass was still stuck in the trap, but they couldn't care less about that now.

Farhan took the lead, and the three of them crouched down and headed deeper into the woods.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The footsteps grew closer.

The ground vibrations became increasingly noticeable.

Hassan glanced back—

In the woods, a large tree suddenly leaned to one side, as if it had been pushed aside by some enormous force.

Immediately, a foot as tall as a tree stomped down—

"boom!"

A loud bang.

The shockwave made the people on the ground jump.

It was a huge bear—several times the height of a tree, with very thick limbs.

Its body was covered with long, dark brown fur, which was covered with dirt and leaves.

The most terrifying thing is its front paws.

Each claw is half a meter long, curved like a sickle, and gleams with a cold light.

It walked to the edge of the trap and looked down at the still convulsing porcupine carcass inside.

Then it stretched out its paws and scooped the porcupine out of the pit like it was scooping dumplings.

"roar--!!"

One roar after another echoed, shaking the entire mountain.

Hassan and his two companions had already run several dozen meters, but the roar still made their eardrums ache.

Farhan's face turned deathly pale: "Damn it, that's a mutated bear king!"

Haishan, breathless from running, cried out, "Never mind what it is, run!"

Although the Bear King didn't rush to catch up immediately—

It saw the ready-made food in the trap, grabbed the porcupine with a swipe of its paw, and threw it into its mouth.

Mutant porcupines, their backs are covered in poisonous quills, and if a human gets pricked by one, it can take a month or more to recover.

But the bear king ate it, crunching it twice in its mouth, just like it was eating Doritos.

The three Pakistani soldiers were stunned.

"Do people really eat porcupine like that???"

"I thought he was eating sea urchins without peeling them!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Run!"

Although the bear king ate with great relish.

But this does not mean it is safe.

Hassan soon discovered—

More bears began to appear in the surrounding woods.

Although it wasn't one of those giants that stood four or five meters tall, it was still much larger than an average bear.

They surrounded us from all directions, their eyes glowing a faint green light in the darkness.

Hassan exclaimed, "We're surrounded!"

Farhan and Haishen cursed in unison and were forced to stop in their tracks.

The three stood back to back, gripping their spears, watching the approaching shadows.

One head, two heads, three heads...

A total of eight mutated black bears.

Haishan muttered under her breath, "Can we beat them?"

Farhan shook his head. "Even one would be difficult."

Let alone this mutated black bear, even a regular black bear on Earth would be tough for three adults to handle.

"I think our connection with the forbidden area probably ends here."

"Don't rush, let's stall for time."

"That's true. If we can get a different one and trigger a 10,000x multiplier, even if the three of us die, it'll be a win."

Hassan gripped the spear tightly, his knuckles turning white.

Damn it, bad luck!

How could there be such a dangerous creature around here?

How strange!

They've been here for a long time and have never seen so many mutated black bears before!

Let alone mutated black bears, I've hardly ever seen any non-mutated ones either.

However, since life and death are already decided.

Even if I die, I'll take a few people down with me!

The three held their breath, prepared to die.

Just then.

"Whoosh!"

An arrow pierced the air and struck the lead black bear precisely in the eye.

"roar!!!"

The black bear, in pain, shook its head frantically.

Immediately afterwards, a white figure darted out of the woods like lightning.

Its speed was astonishing; it drew an arc in mid-air and flashed across the black bear's back!

"Whoosh!"

Several deep, bone-revealing bloodstains instantly appeared on the black bear's back.

"roar--!!"

Enraged, the black bear swung its paws, flinging the load off its back.

The white figure did a somersault in the air and landed steadily on the ground.

It's a lynx.

A lynx as large as a lion.

His entire body was pure white, and his large amber eyes were filled with murderous intent.

Haishan stared in surprise, "What is this thing?"

Farhan rubbed his eyes. "This is... a lynx?"

What a huge lynx!

Another mutant?

No, where did this thing come from?

While the three were still stunned, the lion-sized lynx rolled over and charged at the black bear again.

Enraged, the black bear turned and lashed out at the white light!

The white light moved nimbly, almost slipping out from between the black bear's claws.

At this moment, more black bears reacted and surrounded the white light.

The white light remained calm and unhurried, stepping on the head of one of the black bears and leaping up, circling the entire encirclement like a blade of light.

"Sizzle!"

The black bears' bodies looked as if they had been cut into pieces, their flesh mangled and bloody.

"Aww—"

The black bears roared in unison in pain.

The black bears that had just tried to surround and kill the three Pakistani soldiers fell one after another.

The white light then landed on the belly of one of the black bears, elegantly licking its blood-soaked paws.

"..."

The three Pakistanis looked at each other, their eyes fixed on the lynx.

"This...this guy saved us?"

"My goodness, that lynx is huge! And it's very aggressive!"

"Lynxes can be more ferocious than leopards... why would they save us?"

Although the three breathed a sigh of relief, they remained wary.

The large white lynx seemed too lazy to even look at them, and simply lay down on the belly of the black bear carcass and yawned.

Looks like they're waiting for something—

What are you waiting for?

At that moment, there was another commotion in the bushes.

This time the commotion was much smaller; it sounded like someone was running this way.

"South, South, slow down!"

"Holy crap... I'm exhausted from running!"

Dragon Language.

They seem to be from China.

The three Pakistani soldiers exchanged glances instinctively.

Oh, so you're from China, that explains it!

Soon, a person rushed out of the bushes.

He was tall, sweating profusely, panting heavily, and very handsome.

"Huh—you suddenly ran so fast... uh?"

When Ou Yun looked up, he saw three bewildered people standing in front of him.

And then there was Nanbei, who yawned again.

And the ground was littered with black bear carcasses.

"Oh……"

Ou Yun wondered, "Were you just attacked by these black bears?"

He wondered why there were so many national announcements all at once.