The Top Fishing
Chapter 648 - 278: Black Bear Arrives_2

Chapter 648: Chapter 278: Black Bear Arrives_2

Apart from anything else, just these food reserves, if eaten conservatively, could get him through the next fifty days or so.

But with these smoked fish reserves, Lin Yang was far from satisfied. As he said in his live stream, it wasn’t just about surviving two months in this place; it was about living well, not merely avoiding starvation.

With food in his pocket, his heart wasn’t panicked. He spent another two days increasing his stock of dried fish from around fifty to a hundred.

As the old saying goes, don’t put all your eggs in one basket. To prevent theft of food from the cellar when he left his camp, Lin Yang adopted the same strategy.

He stored half of the dried fish in a cellar sealed with a large rock, and the remaining half near the lake area. He cut down three pine trees from a few meters off the ground, creating an open triangular platform.

The chopped-off treetops were then crafted into a simple ladder.

After laying pine branches on the platform for storing the smoked fish, he covered them with more pine branches to block out sunlight, ensuring they wouldn’t spoil from high temperatures and also protecting them from most ground-dwelling animals.

Every day, when he went to the lake to fetch water for cooking, Lin Yang would carry his fishing gear. If he caught fresh fish, he wouldn’t touch the reserves. If the catch was poor, he’d just use some of the dried fish for cooking. This went on for a few days without incident.

However, after living in the surroundings for a long time, misfortune was bound to strike,

One morning, while Lin Yang was operating his live stream to check the snares around his territory, he spotted a large figure from afar, standing on its hind legs scratching itself under a pine tree.

Wow, it was a bear.

Lin Yang instantly crouched down and raised the drone to over thirty meters in height.

"What’s going on, streamer?"

"What’s up? Why did you suddenly stop talking?"

"Just now, it seemed like there was someone in the distance? It was dark, and the camera swept past without a clear view."

Lin Yang feigned calmness, pulled out the military knife hanging from his waist, and after taking a few deep breaths, he adjusted the drone’s camera and whispered, "It’s a bear, scratching a tree upwind."

After the adjustment, the camera soon showed a close-up of the Black Bear.

The creature stood over one and a half meters tall, covered in black fur, with a V-shaped white crescent under its neck.

"Damn, there’s actually a Black Bear near the camp."

"It’s so big, must be an adult bear, right?"

"Be careful, streamer; blind bears are extremely dangerous."

"Let’s do this. No need to eat just fish and rabbit every day. Try some bear paw."

Lin Yang, keeping his voice low, said, "This Black Bear must be an adult. Black bears are not on the protected list, and hunting is permitted, but I only have simple self-defense weapons now, no chance to confront it.

However, I’m lucky this time. I’m downwind, and it hasn’t noticed me. For safety’s sake, it’s better not to provoke it for now. Let’s head back to camp and think of another plan."

While speaking, Lin Yang slowly bent down and backed away until he was fifty meters from the Black Bear, only then allowing himself to relax slightly.

In less than a minute, his back was drenched in cold sweat.

Lin Yang might have appeared composed, but inside, he was incredibly anxious. This was no joking matter.

To put it seriously, encountering an adult Black Bear without a powerful weapon can be life-threatening for an ordinary person.

If it were a mid-sized animal like a Wolf Weasel, he would be relatively confident about his safety. But if a bear came to the camp, it would be different. Even a relatively small Black Bear, an adult male, could weigh from 60 to 200kg.

The one he saw, about a meter and a half tall, likely weighed over 200kg with ease.

The Swiss army knife Lin Yang held, more for self-defense and functionality, might not even breach the bear’s defenses in a struggle, let alone inflict effective damage.

Having retreated to the edge of his field of vision, Lin Yang finally found a rock to sit on, catching his breath with his heart still pounding in his chest.

"Damn, that was too dangerous earlier. Lucky for me, I wasn’t noticed," he said, panting, his heart thumping like a drum in his chest.

"Just let it go like that? What a pity."

"That Black Bear doesn’t seem as big as the ones I remember from TV—they look like small tanks, but not as dark in color."

"The guy above might be silly; you’re talking about a Brown Bear, which is two sizes bigger. Even this size of an adult Black Bear is extremely dangerous unless the streamer has a shotgun. Better not to provoke it unnecessarily."

"Right, safety first. The streamer should just stick to catching rabbits and eating dried fish, maybe gather some lichen berries. That’s not bad either. Why provoke it? Survival in the wild is all about laying low. Even if you kill it but get injured, it’s not worth it, let alone the greater risks."

There were still sensible people among the viewers, beyond those who just enjoyed watching the fuss; many urged Lin Yang to prioritize his safety.

Lin Yang also responded, "You’re all right. Without considering firearms, it’s very difficult for one person to win against an adult Black Bear. Avoiding it is the best choice.

But I have some worries. Generally speaking, a Black Bear’s territorial radius should exceed thirty kilometers. I’m not sure if my current location is within its territory or if it’s just passing through."

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