Chapter 100 - 94: Wandering Alone in the Apocalypse_2
At that moment, Lin Wu felt having a living Shana wasn’t too bad.
After retracing the path for 5 minutes, Lin Wu discovered the secret: the bamboo forest had the ability to conceal a pathway at night. He had passed by this place before without noticing another path; it was almost missed even on his return.
However, which one was the ’another path’?
Lin Wu walked down the left path for a while, then turned back. He tried the right path, only to return to the fork again, feeling as if he’d walked both. Continuing his trial, he ventured further along the left path; this time, he didn’t retreat, and a hulking black bear appeared on the road. Neither man nor bear expected to encounter the other here, both equally startled.
Lin Wu knew that you must not run when encountering a bear in the wild; with intimidation from loud shouts and beating one’s chest, there might be a chance to scare the black bear away. But with zombies around, though few, what if the shouting didn’t scare the bear and instead attracted a horde of zombies? Lin Wu had witnessed black bears and zombies signing a non-aggression pact in the wilderness.
With the Silencer in his left hand and the right hand empty, Lin Wu cautiously stepped forward. The black bear, on alert, took a step back. As Lin Wu advanced, the bear retreated. Since the path was winding, the bear bumped its rump against the bamboo and instinctively stepped forward, prompting Lin Wu to retreat subconsciously.
Cold sweat ran down the brows of both man and bear: what to do? I’m in a panic, but I can’t show that I’m panicking. I’m scared; I can’t let the bear (or man) know I’m scared.
Lin Wu reached into his backpack and took out a piece of beef jerky, bit off the packaging, and threw it in front of the black bear: "Brother, here’s the toll, please let me pass."
The black bear loved the beef jerky after a bite and lunged at Lin Wu without hesitation: "Take them all out." Bandits didn’t plan to rob you, a poor ghost, but you insist on giving them gold for your release; how could the bandits let you go?