After the black bear fled in panic, the forest returned to silence.
Zhang Zian's heavy breathing gradually subsided.
He had the anti-bear spray, but he still planned to escape because he couldn't bet on the success rate of the spray. If the bear was not afraid of the spray, or if the spray itself was ineffective, then wouldn't he be seeking his own death?
"Quack! Why is it suddenly quiet? Have I become a bear's poop? "Blind Richard exclaimed.
"Eek! Eek! "
Pi danced excitedly, as if it was a festival.
The other elfins wanted to come over, but they had a keen sense of smell. The spray in the air had not dissipated, and the strong smell of chili was very irritating to them.
The fallen buck struggled to get up. He shone his flashlight on it and saw that the side of its body had several bloody scratches from the bear's claws. Each of the scratches could almost reach a person's pinky finger. Fortunately, it was a deer. If it had been a human, it might have been cut open.
The wound had to be treated. Black bears liked to lick their claws, and there were a lot of bacteria on their claws. If the wound was not treated, it might get sepsis.
He took out the first aid kit from his backpack and took out a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, scissors, gauze, and disposable gloves. He tried to approach it from the back, his eyes fixed on the antlers on top of its head.
He didn't dare to approach it from the direction of its head. In case it thought he was an enemy and hit him with its antlers, he would die before he could do anything.
The buck was badly injured, and the pain from the wound made it tremble. It couldn't even stand steadily. When it saw Zhang Zian coming over, it instinctively wanted to stay away, but after taking two steps, it pulled on the wound. Its knees weakened, and it almost fell again.
Zhang Zian finally walked to its side and whispered, "I'm here to help you. Don't be afraid."
Although the buck didn't understand, its animal intuition made it vaguely feel his kindness. If he wanted to hurt it, he would have done so long ago at such a close distance.
He put on gloves, used the scissors to cut the hair near the wound, turned on the hydrogen peroxide, and poured it on the wound to disinfect the wound.
The low concentration of hydrogen peroxide did not irritate the wound, so the buck did not feel any additional pain.
Then, he rinsed off the remaining hydrogen peroxide with clean, warm water that had been filtered and boiled. Then, he wrapped gauze around its chest and abdomen many times and tied a knot. If possible, it would be best to suture the wound, but he didn't have a suitable thread. Even if he did, it would be difficult to suture the wound in the middle of the night. This was different from the situation with the minke whale. The minke whale was stranded on the beach and couldn't move much, and its skin and blubber were very thick. But if this deer was in unbearable pain, who knew how it would struggle?
Fortunately, other than trembling a little when tying the bandage, the deer was very cooperative for the rest of the time.
Zhang Zian didn't know if it was the right thing to do. Maybe it was a better choice not to interfere with the deer's life and death. After all, it was part of the park's ecological chain. If it died of sepsis, its carcass would become a stepping stone for many scavengers to survive.
After the wound was bandaged, the deer's mood seemed to have stabilized. It grunted a few times, its voice a bit like a cow's. Then, it walked to the stream and lowered its head to drink water.
At that moment, there was another sound from the woods not far away. Zhang Zian shone his flashlight over and saw that the deer that had just escaped had returned carefully. They might have heard the call of the head deer and knew that the danger had been resolved, so they came back to look for it.
After this little episode, the head deer seemed to have completely let down its guard against Zhang Zian. When Zhang Zian was counting the losses, it stayed about ten steps away from the herd. Maybe it was because of the common enemy that made him stand on the same side as them, and there was a subtle psychological change.
The tent had been kicked over by the herd of running deer. Fortunately, the fabric of the tent was very elastic and smooth, so it did not break. Only the alloy frame was deformed. If it was twisted in the opposite direction, it could still be used. This was a blessing in disguise. Otherwise, they would really have to camp out in the open.
There was no other loss.
The elfins curiously looked at the bear spray. They didn't think that such a small thing could scare away such a huge animal.
When Richard heard that the black bear had retreated, it shamelessly took the credit for itself.
"Quack! I'm the best. I was just pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger. I shook my body and leaked my dominance, and I defeated the black bear with yellow urine … "
Ow!
Before it finished speaking, there was a bear's roar in the distance of the forest. It was in the direction that the black bear had escaped.
"Oh my god!"
Richard was so scared that it flapped its wings and flew away, but it hit a branch and fell into the dead leaves on the ground. It fell so hard that it rolled its eyes.
Zhang Zian and the herd were also staring in that direction, but judging from the sound, the black bear had already run quite far away.
"Zian, the black bear's roar was full of anger. It must be holding a grudge after being defeated. Will it come back for revenge?" Old Time Tea asked worriedly.
Zhang Zian wasn't sure about this, but he encouraged everyone. "There's nothing to be afraid of. We'll deal with it when it comes. Even if it holds a grudge, so what? If we chase it away once, we can chase it away a second time, and a third time! "
He said this with confidence. The bear spray could be said to be the bear's nemesis, unless the black bear could suddenly attack. However, with the elfins here, the black bear couldn't quietly approach without being discovered by the elfins.
The bear spray could be sprayed more than a dozen times, and it would be enough for them to safely leave the forest.
The elfins felt that it made sense, so they were relieved. They had seen the violence and ferocity of the black bear with their own eyes. Even though they were naturally arrogant, they didn't want to fight a black bear head-on. It wouldn't be worth it if they got hurt.
"That girl named Megan, could she have encountered a bear?" Old Time Tea asked again.
If she had gone missing because she encountered a black bear, it was very likely that she had been bitten by a bear.
"It's hard to say, but even so, it doesn't explain why Mike didn't come back. Mike has lived on the edge of this forest for a long time. He knows the forest and the black bear, and he's a veteran who has been to the battlefield. He shouldn't have disappeared at this time, "Zhang Zian said.
Theories were just theories. No one could be sure what had actually happened. Maybe Megan had indeed encountered a black bear or some other beast and died. Mike had come to find her, only to find her dead body. In a rage, he had decided to take revenge for her, so he had taken the initiative to attack the black bear. Then, he had been killed. This was possible. When people were impulsive, they could do anything stupid.
After they were done, it was not too far from dawn. They couldn't sleep even if they wanted to, so they started preparing breakfast early. After eating, they set off early to continue tracking Mike's scent.
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