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Chapter 134 Ancient Ferocious Beasts (Fourth Update)
After distributing the cards, we were preparing to descend the mountain.

Du Yu suddenly drew the dagger from his waist.

Yang Cunshen raised his longbow at some point.

"Be careful."

"It's very quiet around here."

Qin Ziwen also sensed the danger.

"Swish"

The trees above rustled, and a giant black bear, taller than a building, was hiding behind a tree, peeking out half its head, but its massive and imposing body was completely exposed.

This bear has an unusual body shape, unlike common bears. It is much taller and has very long arms.

What makes it most unique is its somewhat flat head, large pupils, short and upturned nose, and wide mouth, which makes its face appear short.

But its limbs were extremely long and slender, like a giant wearing a bear skin, staring at the crowd with a sinister gaze.

"What a damn big bear!" Li Yue raised the wooden spear in his hand.

He felt he could get through it, but he didn't know if he would get slapped afterward.

Wang Jun looked at the bear, pondered for a moment, and then exclaimed in a low voice, "Be careful, this looks like a short-faced bear."

The short-faced bear seemed to have never seen these unfamiliar humans before. It stood behind a tree, silently observing the group of tiny creatures, none of whom were even half its height.

Qin Ziwen said, "Go back into the cave and retrieve the Molotov cocktail."

The group faced the short-faced bear and slowly backed away.

Du Yu whispered in his ear, "If we can shoot him in both eyes and blind him, we should have a chance."

The two sides were too close, less than thirty meters apart.

I don't know when this short-faced bear arrived.

Qin Ziwen squinted. "Its eyes aren't that big, so it's hard to shoot."

Bears and toads attack in completely different ways, and their ferocity also differs.

The short-faced bear stared at the group, neither launching an attack nor leaving.

Suddenly, it turned its head and looked behind it.

It let out a low growl, seemingly agitated, then turned and ran away.

Soon, everyone understood why the short-faced bear had run away.

Further back, the trees shook violently.

A much larger creature, covered in long brown fur and moving slowly like a sloth, emerged from the dense forest.

It glanced at the crowd and then ignored them.

After walking to a small tree, I slowly stood up.

When it stands up, it's more than two stories high, like a small mountain.

Its thick claws gripped the tree trunk and shook it repeatedly, like breaking a sugarcane, snapping the tree in two. Then it sat on the ground, holding the branches, and slowly began to gnaw on them.

“Giant ground sloth.” Wang Jun recognized this creature, which is now extinct on Earth. It is a creature weighing over five tons, with strong and flexible forelimbs and claws that are over fifteen centimeters long.

However, since the short-faced bear has already appeared, it doesn't seem unacceptable to see the giant ground sloth as well, since both of these animals went extinct more than 10,000 years ago.

It highly overlaps with the period when early humans were active.

It is said that the extinction of these two animals was related to humans, partly due to climate change and partly due to human activities shrinking their living space.

(Image: Giant ground sloth)

Wang Jun shared his knowledge of giant ground sloths with everyone.

"So we're still the defeated foe that our ancestors hunted down." Yuan Ming was a little excited. "Captain, we not only have bows, but also Molotov cocktails. Shall we give them a try?"

Qin Ziwen observed the giant ground sloth and discovered a fatal weakness: its movements appeared somewhat slow, a common trait among many large creatures. The larger the size, the slower the movement.

Of course, he would never underestimate his opponent because of this, because although elephants may seem slow, when they are angry, their short-distance sprint speed far exceeds that of humans.

Qin Ziwu murmured, "It looks pretty big, I wonder if the meat will taste good."

After observing for a while, Qin Ziwen said, "We can try hunting."

For the short-faced bear, the giant ground sloth is too big, and it would be at a disadvantage in terms of size in a melee.

However, they have ranged attack methods, and bows and spears are the best weapons to deal with such slow-moving prey.

However, one must be wary of short-faced bears stealing prey after the giant ground sloth has been hunted.

If it launches a sneak attack without forming an encirclement, it can be easily defeated.

"Captain, should we use Molotov cocktails?" Wang Jun asked.

Qin Ziwen hesitated: "If we use a Molotov cocktail, its meat will basically be wasted. Let's see how things go first."

He looked at Wang Jun and said, "Dr. Wang, could this giant ground sloth be a case of opposites? It looks slow, but it's actually incredibly fast."

Wang Jun was also conflicted. "I'm not sure either. No one has ever seen this thing alive. We're probably the first people to see a live giant ground sloth."

At this point, Wang Jun hesitated for a moment, "However, it seems to move rather slowly, so its speed probably isn't very fast."

Qin Ziwen looked around, searching for a suitable location to launch an attack.

If we can't win a fight in a short time, we need at least a place to buy time.

The thick fur on the giant ground sloth makes it an excellent accelerant when a Molotov cocktail is thrown on it.

But unless absolutely necessary, he really didn't want to waste such a large prey; the several tons of meat on its body alone would be enough to achieve his goal of collecting meat.

Li Yue suggested, "How about we hide in the cave later? There's a narrow entrance deep inside that we can block with Molotov cocktails. And there's a waterway even deeper inside that's narrow enough that the giant ground sloth shouldn't be able to get in."

"can."

As everyone finished discussing the matter, the giant ground sloth, who was leisurely eating leaves, noticed the unusual atmosphere.

It turned its head and let out a disgruntled howl at the group of humans approaching it, "Awooo~"

The crowd took a few steps back.

Seeing the humans retreat, the giant ground sloth slowly turned its head and continued gnawing on the branch in its hand.

It gripped the branch, which was as thick as an arm, with its claws, its sharp teeth biting into the branch, and with a flick of its long tongue, stripped all the leaves off the branch.

Qin Ziwen, Du Yu, and Yang Cunshen simultaneously raised their bows and slowly approached.

When it was twenty paces away, the giant ground sloth turned its head again and roared impatiently. It was determined that if they got any closer, it would smash these humans into mincemeat. Although it was a vegetarian, it occasionally ate meat.

It's too lazy to move because fighting is very tiring. It prefers to keep eating tender leaves and sweet fruits, and occasionally steal other people's prey to supplement its protein.

Because of its large size and the fact that it cannot hibernate like a toad to reduce energy consumption, it spends most of its waking hours eating.

"Aim for the eye, shoot it blind, and it'll be easy to deal with."

"Three, two, one."

"shoot!"

The words fell.

The three arrows arrived in an instant.

The giant ground sloth, which was facing away from the crowd, paused for a moment, then suddenly roared to the sky with a shrill and frantic cry.

A black carbon fiber arrow was stuck in its right eye, and two arrows, one long and one short, were embedded in its left eye socket.

The claws loosened their grip, and the branch they were holding fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)