Chapter 44

The originally neat formation almost instantly disintegrated, and everyone scattered in all directions, but the black bear only pursued Little Glasses.

"Over, over, over..." Little Glasses muttered in despair as he stumbled around the room, "Mom... I'm really going to die this time..."

Within ten steps, the black bear had already cornered Little Glasses against the wall.

Little Glasses' legs completely gave out, and he collapsed to the ground, unable to move an inch.

Leaning against the wall, he turned his head and saw a terrifying black face filling his vision.

Ugly, ferocious, and stinking.

The black bear extended its nose and sniffed Little Glasses' face.

Little Glasses' face turned pale, and he stared blankly ahead, not daring to move even as the black bear's mouth approached his neck.

"Mom..." Little Glasses muttered, "I can't go back... Mom... don't wait for me..."

The black bear opened its mouth, emitting a rotten smell, just as it was about to bite down, Qiao Jiajin, who was lying on the ground, suddenly shouted.

"Hey!! Time's up!! Damn!! Are you going to cheat?!! Stop killing people!!"

Everyone turned their heads, and sure enough, the electronic clock on the wall had ended its countdown, stopping at "0."

The next second, the iron gate in the distance suddenly opened, and the black bear was taken aback.

Then, a powerful force erupted from the iron gate, and the black bear, like a piece of paper fluttering in the wind, let out a painful howl and was quickly dragged into the gate by an invisible force.

The game was over.

Everyone survived.

"It's... over..." After a few minutes, a girl finally said shakily, "The black bear is gone..."

The girls slowly stood up, hugging each other, tears of joy streaming down their faces.

Little Glasses seemed to be in shock, only able to sit on the ground, breathing heavily.

"Damn..." Qiao Jiajin moved his sore body, holding his abdomen and said with a tired face, "It was really tough, thanks to your 'Eagle Catching Chickens' trick."

Qi Xia stood up without speaking, but his expression was somewhat worried.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Jiajin asked.

"Do you think..." Qi Xia asked, "they survived?"

"They..."

Qiao Jiajin naturally knew Qi Xia was referring to Tian Tian and Lin Ge, but he didn't dare to speculate.

No one knew what had happened in the other room.

Were they in the same situation, being chased by a black bear?

Could their teammates unite and come up with the "Eagle Catching Chickens" strategy?

Everyone turned around and saw that the stairs they had come from had reappeared behind them.

"Let's not think about it, let's go and see." Qiao Jiajin patted Qi Xia's shoulder, "Let's go."

Lao Lu helped Little Glasses up, and the group supported each other as they slowly climbed the stairs, returning to the room where the chairs were placed.

The bull stood there quietly, waiting for their "victory."

"Nine survivors?" The bull paused slightly, "Not bad."

"Damn..." Qiao Jiajin muttered, "One day I'll beat these people up."

"Please wait a moment, the people from the other room have not returned yet." The bull waved his hand at the group, gesturing for them to sit down.

The group didn't hesitate and sat down on the chairs. For those who had narrowly escaped death, nothing here was more terrifying than the black bear.

After about two minutes, Qiao Jiajin couldn't sit still anymore.

"Hey, Old Bull. Has their game not ended yet?"

"You both started at the same time, so it should be over now, but they haven't returned yet."

"What...?" Qi Xia frowned, feeling a headache coming on. He quickly held his forehead and asked the bull, "If the game is over and no one has returned, doesn't that mean they're all dead...?"

"I don't know." The bull shook his head, "Please wait a moment, don't be anxious."

Saying it was not urgent, but who could really not be anxious?

This time, the teams were randomly mixed, meaning that almost everyone in the room had teammates in the other group.

Qi Xia turned his head and saw Little Glasses sitting not far in front of him, whispering to a middle-aged man beside him.

"What?! How can that be?!" The middle-aged man exclaimed.

Little Glasses quickly waved his hand and explained in a low voice.

"No, no, I disagree!" The middle-aged man shook his head vigorously, "No way."

He turned his head and met Qi Xia's gaze, but immediately looked away as if he hadn't seen anything, then continued in a low voice, "If that's the case, I'll have to let Zhang Shan decide for me!"

"Hmph." Qi Xia sneered, roughly guessing the content of their conversation.

After waiting for about five to six minutes, the group finally heard heavy footsteps gradually approaching from a nearby door.

"They're here..."

Following these footsteps, more footsteps could be heard.

It seemed that this group also had a significant number of survivors.

A large man slowly emerged from the dark door, his face stern. He quickly scanned the room and a smile slowly appeared on his face: "Damn... you're all alive?"

"Zhang Shan! Zhang Shan!" Little Glasses ran up excitedly, "Great! You're okay... Holy shit!!!"

Little Glasses shouted and quickly took a step back.

The scene before him was truly horrifying.

Earlier, the large man named Zhang Shan was standing in the darkness, and his full appearance was not visible.

But as he moved into the light, the terrifying wounds on his body became apparent.

His body was covered in blood, with three deep claw marks on his chest. He was holding two black objects in his right arm, like thick branches.

Tian Tian and Lin Ge also gradually appeared from the door.

"Beautiful girls!" Qiao Jiajin looked them over, "Are you okay?"

"We're fine..." Tian Tian smiled bitterly, "How about you?"

"Still the same." Qiao Jiajin shook his head helplessly, "Thanks to Qi Xia's trick, we survived."

"Huh?" Tian Tian looked at Qi Xia in disbelief, "This game could be won by Qi Xia?"

Lin Ge also found it hard to believe: "Qiao Jiajin, didn't you say you would handle the 'bull' game on your own?"

"Damn, don't mention it..." Qiao Jiajin grumbled, "If it were a person, it would be fine, but it was a black bear! Who in this world can beat a black bear?"

Tian Tian and Lin Ge exchanged glances and said hesitantly, "Maybe... someone could really kill a bear..."

Hearing this, Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin looked at the strong man named Zhang Shan.

Could he... have killed the bear?

They saw more of his teammates emerge, and they counted exactly ten people.

Clearly, no one in their group had died.

Zhang Shan threw the two objects he was holding under his arm to the ground and sat down on a chair, exhausted: "Damn... Old Bull, you really went all out, even preparing a 'bear'?"

Everyone looked down and saw that what he had thrown to the ground were not branches, but two bloody black bear forearms.