"It's a bit strange..." Qi Xia whispered, "I thought that in a 'physical elimination game', there would be complex arenas to continuously eliminate the participants."

"You're right," Qiao Jiajin nodded, also looking at the square arena and the iron plate in the center, his expression filled with confusion. "How are we supposed to be eliminated here?"

Just as he finished speaking, the large iron gate in front of them vibrated and slowly opened.

"Hmm?" The chubby middle-aged man saw the gate open and looked puzzled. "What is this? Are we supposed to go forward?"

As the gate fully opened, a countdown appeared on the wall.

It seemed that the game was really starting.

"What's going on?"

Everyone looked at each other, completely unaware of the situation in front of them.

But in the next second, a deep, muffled roar came from inside the gate.

That sound... was not human.

"Oh my..." Qiao Jiajin's hair stood on end, "Is this a joke?"

A pitch-black, enormous creature walked out from the gate. It stood on its hind legs, its mouth slightly open, drooling continuously. Its eyes looked as if it hadn't eaten for three days.

After the bear completely walked out of the iron gate, the gate closed behind it.

"This is... a bear?!" Qiao Jiajin took a step back involuntarily. If the opponent was a human, he was confident in fighting them, but the opponent turned out to be a bear as tall as a person.

Qi Xia took a closer look and his face turned serious. This bear was a "black bear", with a distinct white crescent moon pattern on its neck. However, this black bear was much larger than usual.

Normally, the height of a black bear would rarely exceed that of a human, ranging from about 1.6 to 1.8 meters. But this one looked to be at least two meters tall, extremely intimidating.

"Ah!"

A girl was about to scream, but she instinctively covered her mouth, though her voice still leaked out.

This sudden silence not only startled everyone, but also surprised the black bear.

After a brief pause, the black bear let out a deeper growl, as if it had been provoked.

"What the hell is this ghost game!" the middle-aged man wailed and shouted, then turned around and ran. However, after three steps, he froze in place.

He realized that the stairs they had descended were no longer there.

Behind them was just a high wall, with no way out.

The middle-aged man seemed to have lost his mind and sat down on the ground. "It's over... we're dead... we're doomed..."

"Oh my... what should we do?" Qiao Jiajin turned his head to look at Qi Xia. "This is no longer something that can be won with physical strength."

"It's not easy..." Qi Xia's expression also became heavy.

Why did the opponent have to be a bear?

The close-range attacking power of a bear was even greater than that of a tiger or a lion, and this limited area was its perfect hunting ground.

As they watched the huge black bear approach them step by step, the two young girls closest to it were already too scared to move.

"Play dead, quickly!" the middle-aged man sitting on the ground shouted, "There's still a chance of survival if you encounter a bear and play dead!"

This shout brought the two girls in the front back to their senses. They immediately lay down on the ground, trembling all over, and closed their eyes.

"No!" Qi Xia also shouted, "Get up! Run!"

But the two girls didn't listen to Qi Xia at all and remained motionless on the ground.

Seeing someone playing dead, the rest of the people also lay down in all directions. Now, only Qi Xia, Qiao Jiajin, and a slightly chubby girl were left standing in the field.

"Hey, kid, isn't playing dead the right thing to do?" Qiao Jiajin asked seriously, "Shouldn't we play dead when we encounter a bear?"

"If it were a brown bear, playing dead would still have a chance of survival, but not with a black bear!" Qi Xia shook his head seriously. "Brown bears don't eat humans, they only attack humans to protect their territory. When they think that the dead humans pose no threat to them, they will stop attacking. But black bears are different. In extreme hunger, they will eat humans!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the huge black bear approached one of the girls playing dead and sniffed her face with its nose.

"Foolish..." Qi Xia realized it was not good. Even if humans gave their all to escape from a black bear, they would still have a slim chance of survival, let alone lying on the ground waiting to die.

Indeed, the black bear sniffed for a few seconds, then suddenly opened its mouth and bit the girl's neck.

The girl let out a scream, but it abruptly stopped, stuck in her throat and unable to come out.

She frantically pounded the black bear with her hands, but it felt like hitting a solid sandbag.

Instead of letting go, the black bear extended its front paw and firmly patted the girl's chest.

Her chest visibly collapsed, as if all her bones were broken.

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The girl spewed out a mouthful of blood and went completely still.

Seeing this scene, Qi Xia's heart seemed to skip a beat.

He had only seen news of animals attacking humans on his phone, but had never witnessed it firsthand. This scene was simply a massacre.

Everyone, regardless of gender, gasped in shock.

At this moment, they finally realized that playing dead was useless, and they scattered in all directions to escape.

Although humans were the rulers of the Earth, they were completely defenseless against these indigenous creatures.

Without tools and weapons, how could they fight against this bear?

Wait a minute... tools and weapons?

Qi Xia suddenly thought of the iron plate in the center of the arena, which was the same size as a table.

Who said there were no tools and weapons here? Didn't the organizers leave something here?

"Qiao Jiajin, we need to get that iron plate!" Qi Xia said, "Although we don't know what it is, it looks like it can protect us.""Damn...you really know how to pick 'em..." Qiao Jiajin glanced at the iron plate almost under the black bear's foot, and said reluctantly, "That thing is out of stock for now, would you like to choose something else, sir?"

"Cut the crap!" Qi Xia said, "If we don't use that iron plate to block the black bear, our death is just a matter of time."

"Alright..." Qiao Jiajin seemed to have made up his mind, "I'll distract the black bear, you go get the iron plate."

"Distract...?" Although Qi Xia hesitated a bit, he knew this was the only solution at the moment, "The black bear can run up to 48 kilometers per hour, you can't outrun it, try to hold it off as much as you can."

"I got it." Qiao Jiajin nodded.

The two discussed their strategy and then split up.

Qiao Jiajin slowly approached the black bear, then suddenly shouted, "Hey! Dumbass!"

The black bear was taken aback, lifting its head to look at him, its eyes filled with cautious murderous intent.

It took a slow step forward, seemingly testing the waters. Qiao Jiajin, however, was not polite, and also took a step forward.

This move seemed to make the beast in front of him hesitate, it couldn't gauge Qiao Jiajin's depth.

"Stupid beast, want to have a go with me?" Qiao Jiajin squeezed out a smile, waved his hand at himself, "Come hit me."

Although the black bear didn't understand human language, it was clearly provoked by Qiao Jiajin's attitude.

It slowly stood up on its hind legs, making itself look bigger.

"Roar——"

The black bear roared, as if to boost its own momentum, and the rotten smell from its mouth sprayed out.

The huge roar echoed in the not-so-large field, making everyone's hair stand on end.

Qiao Jiajin slowly broke out in a cold sweat, feeling like he had provoked something formidable.