Arctic survival, starting in hell at minus fifty degrees Celsius

After the meal, Sun Chengwu wrapped the roasted rabbit meat tightly in a seal's stomach and took it to a snowdrift about ten steps away from the tent, sheltered from the wind.

After it was buried, a flat stone was placed on top of it.

A slipknot was placed on top of the stone.

He was determined to catch the thief who stole their food tonight.

It was past nine o'clock in the evening, and the sun was about to set.

The crowd huddled inside the tent, wrapped in whatever they could to keep warm, trying to conserve their body heat by curling up as much as possible.

The fire outside the tent flickered, and even with the windproof wall built, the cold wind still seeped through the cracks in the stones, causing the flames to sway constantly.

Sun Chengwu huddled behind a large, sheltered rock, his eyes fixed intently on the snowdrift where he buried his food.

The cold wind howled, whipping up snowflakes that stung my face like needles.

Time stretched out endlessly in the silence and cold, and Sun Chengwu remained motionless like a stone.

After an unknown amount of time, just as his eyelids were starting to feel heavy, a very faint rustling sound entered Sun Chengwu's ears.

The drowsiness vanished instantly, and Sun Chengwu squinted, staring intently at the snow-covered ground ahead.

In the shadows beside the burial site, a snow-white creature cautiously peeked out, revealing its head.

Its pointed ears perked up, it walked and stopped, its nose constantly sniffing.

Sun Chengwu saw it clearly; it was an Arctic fox.

It circled the snowdrift, avoiding several patches of snow that looked unstable, and slowly approached the burial spot where the stones were pressing down.

One front paw carefully stepped onto the seemingly flat snow surface.

rustle……

With a soft sound, the noose buried under the snow suddenly tightened as the Arctic fox moved, tightly binding its forelegs.

Aww...

A piercing scream, like that of a baby crying, shattered the silence, and the fox's claws pawed wildly, twisting and turning erratically.

Sun Chengwu quickly rushed out from behind the rock, arrived in front of the Arctic fox, raised his spear, and fiercely stabbed it into the Arctic fox's abdomen.

He didn't try to grab it with his hands, because if he accidentally got bitten by an Arctic fox, he would have no recourse.

puff...

The spear pierced the Arctic fox's abdomen, pinning its body to the snow.

The Arctic fox was not dead yet, struggling incessantly, its limbs scattering snow powder everywhere.

Sun Chengwu squatted down, picked up a stone, and smashed it hard against the Arctic fox's head several times.

The Arctic fox's body began to twitch, its snow-white fur turning red, and after a while, its struggles lessened considerably.

Sun Chengwu smashed it down again, flattening the Arctic fox's head before stopping.

He stood up, panting heavily, white breath coming from his mouth, and holding the Arctic fox by the tail.

Just then, Sun Chengwu caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye.

He turned his head and saw a black shadow suddenly rushing towards him from the woods.

"roar!"

With a roar, the brown bear opened its mouth wide, and white steam spread from its mouth. Sun Chengwu even had the illusion that he could smell the stench coming from the brown bear's mouth.

Time stretched out, as if it had slowed down in an instant.

Sun Chengwu acted swiftly, abandoning the Arctic fox and turning to flee.

The Arctic fox crashed onto the brown bear, which pinned the fox down with its paws and opened its mouth to bite.

Soon, the Arctic fox was torn to pieces, and the brown bear swallowed its entrails, its mouth and nose covered in red blood.

The Arctic fox delayed them for a moment, and Sun Chengwu ran back to the camp and shook everyone vigorously, shouting, "Wake up, everyone wake up! The brown bear is coming!"

Everyone jolted awake, their eyes filled with fear.

Sun Chengwu glanced back and saw that the brown bear hadn't caught up yet and was still there eating the Arctic fox's carcass.

They didn't have much time left. Sun Chengwu took the military knife from Lin Can's hand and whispered, "We definitely can't kill this brown bear, but we can't let it wreak havoc on our camp. When it charges at us, you all go there and don't run. Shout at it together and see if you can scare it away."

Sun Chengwu once read about a case in a book where a man encountered a brown bear in the wild and scared it away by shouting wildly.

However, those brown bears never lack food, and this one in front of us is clearly hungry. I wonder if we can scare it away.

But it's a one-time thing to try.

The brown bear ate the Arctic fox and then slowly made its way towards the snow den where the food was hidden.

Sun Chengwu slowly approached, picked up a clump of snow, and threw it at the brown bear.

What seemed like a reckless act was actually their attempt to save their lives.

In this weather, they don't know when they'll catch prey again. If they don't keep the little food they have left, they'll all starve to death.

A snowball hit the brown bear on the head, and the bear shook its head and stared at Sun Chengwu.

It stood upright, its skin wrinkled from not eating for so long, and its three-meter height required one to look up to see its large mouth.

This feeling of pressure made Gao Yang's calves feel weak.

He mustered his courage, threw another snowball at the brown bear, and shouted, "You beast, come here!"

The brown bear was indeed enraged and charged at Sun Chengwu.

Sun Chengwu fled in a panic.

While passing the campfire, I suddenly slipped and slid off.

The brown bear pounced, kicking away the windproof stone wall and roaring as it swatted away the burning fire, scattering sticks and charcoal everywhere and leaving glimmers of light on the snow.

At this moment, everyone stood on the rock and threw snowballs at the brown bear, making various shouts and strange noises.

The brown bear raised its head and saw four people above it who were taller than it and roared louder. Its weak body instinctively took two steps back.

Seeing this, Sun Chengwu exclaimed happily, "Keep shouting! Don't stop!"

"You beast! Get out!"

"Get out of here!"

Amidst the shouts of the crowd, the brown bear panicked and crouched down, adopting an attack posture.

Perhaps because it had just eaten an Arctic fox, it did not choose to fight the group and instead turned and ran away.

Animals are often more terrified when they encounter creatures that are taller or have a louder roar than themselves.

Especially since it has never seen a human before.

Since we won't starve to death, we shouldn't risk our lives.

Animals are very protective of their lives and will avoid getting hurt if possible.

In the wild, being injured means losing the ability to hunt, which is tantamount to death.

The group chased the brown bear away and climbed off the rock, their legs almost giving way.

They don't want to experience that terrifying ordeal a second time.

Lin Can said breathlessly, "I travel a lot and have experienced a lot of dangers, but this is the first time I've had something this exciting."

Sun Chengwu was also terrified, his face pale, and said, "Don't rush to wake up, light a fire first, and none of us should sleep tonight, lest it come back later."

They rebuilt the stone wall around the fire and gathered up the firewood and hay.

Sun Chengwu took out the simple tinderbox, opened it, and gently blew on it.

To his surprise, no light came on.