Bears are different from other wild animals in the mountains in one key way.
Other animals will flee at the sound of a gunshot—even a Mountain King.
But bears, most of them, will charge straight toward the sound of gunfire.
Chen Dalai's shot made the brown bear fling Zhang Yuanmin away, then it turned and charged murderously at him.
By then, Chen Dalai's chamber was empty. There was no time to reload, so he just ran.
As he ran, Chen Dalai cursed his luck.
Twice. He'd gone after a Xiong Cangzi twice in his life, and goddammit, both times had ended like this.
Jumping Stone Pond was nothing but rocks, without a single tree in sight. Chen Dalai could only circle the Big Stone Cliff where Zhang Yuanmin had been hiding just moments before.
But they hadn't cleared the snow beforehand, and the area around the Big Stone Cliff was buried, making running an exhausting struggle.
