Chapter 61: Being Dragged Down

In the gloomy forest, Hu Hao leaned against a tree, clutching his forehead. He breathed deeply, trying to increase his blood oxygen levels, but he still felt dizzy. He hadn’t yet come to terms with everything that had happened today, especially seeing his old friend frozen like an ice stick, which made him feel like the world was spinning.

Hu Hao felt as if he were in a dream, hoping to wake up to see his wife and child in their warm bed and not the cursed snow, snow, and more of his mother’s snow! This snow left people feeling helpless.

Shivering, Hu Hao glanced at the orange firelight not far away, found a secluded corner to relieve himself, and finally let his tense bladder relax. Suddenly, he saw a dark shadow standing outside the copilot seat, occasionally moving.

“Damn it! What the hell is that?”

The snowstorm was too heavy for Hu Hao to see what strange thing was lurking near the copilot seat. He quickly fastened his belt, transitioning from walking to jogging.

However, five meters away from the vehicle and with the help of the faint firelight, Hu Hao saw what it was, and his steps faltered.

Seemingly sensing the arrival of a human, a pair of green eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness, and the erect black hair fluttered in the snowy wind.

Damn!

It really was a “damn thing”!

A gray wolf!

Hu Hao felt a sudden tightness in his bladder. He hadn’t had the chance to relieve himself before, but now the urge was almost uncontrollable!

Damn it!

Hu Hao wanted to escape, but he didn’t expect the wolf to stay by the copilot side after glancing at him. The wolf started to pant, and its breath sent an overpowering heatwave straight to Hu Hao’s head, making his face flushed. Without thinking, Hu Hao charged at it.

How dare this beast!

“Get the hell away from me!” Hu Hao’s eyes were bloodshot, but before he could get close, the gray wolf had already reacted. It pounced on Hu Hao, knocking him down, and bit into his arm.

“Ahhh!”

A miserable scream resounded through the forest.

Hearing the scream, Bi Fang hurried over. However, when he arrived, he only saw a dark shadow disappearing quickly into the snowstorm.

The viewers in the live broadcast room were all frightened by the massive shadow, sending a flurry of bullet screens asking questions.

Holy crap, what the hell is that? It’s so huge!

A wolf, right? It must be a wolf, right?

Damn, are wolves this big? It’s way bigger than a dog, right?

No shit! You really think wolves are like dogs? They’re not even in the same league!

So, what do we do now?

On the other side, Zheng Tianfang and the middle-aged man had already arrived earlier, dropping the wooden sticks in their hands and helping the panting Hu Hao up.

If it weren’t for their timely arrival, startling the gray wolf away, Hu Hao might be done for.

“Are you okay?” Bi Fang looked at Hu Hao.

Still shaken, Hu Hao gasped for cold air. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and even though his whitened lips trembled, he still checked his hand. Surprised to find that he was only bitten on the clothes, he shook his head. “It’s okay. My clothes are thick, and it only bit into the clothes.”

Hearing this, Bi Fang breathed a sigh of relief. A wolf’s bite force is close to 300 kg. If it had bitten into Hu Hao’s arm, a fracture would be almost certain, compounded by severe infection afterward, making it very likely that Hu Hao wouldn’t make it out of this snowy forest alive.

Beside him, Wu Mingtao, limping with a stick, looked at Bi Fang in despair. “What was that? A ground wolf? Why… why is it so big?”

Zheng Tianfang also looked at Bi Fang, seemingly hoping to hear a different answer, even if it was just that the creature was a dog, he would believe it without question.

Bi Fang looked at the two without answering.

Afraid of their emotional collapse, he pointed to the bonfire not far away. “Let’s go back and talk about it first.”

Soon, the five people sat around the fire. Bi Fang handed Hu Hao a towel to wipe his sweat and looked at the panicked group. He joked, “It’s a good thing you weren’t bitten. It would be troubling if you turned into a werewolf.”

The four glanced at each other, but none of them laughed. The atmosphere was silent once again.

Bi Fang: “…”

He had wanted to lighten the mood.

The others: Is it suddenly getting colder? Do you want us to freeze to death?

Laughing but not completely amused.

It was evident that Bi Fang wanted to ease their tension, but it seemed to have had the opposite effect. The situation was worse now.

Seeing the bullet screen, Bi Fang coughed twice.

“Are there many of those things?” Zheng Tianfang asked.

“What?” Bi Fang hadn’t heard clearly.

“Wolves!” Zheng Tianfang clutched his head, his naturally optimistic nature eroding in the face of the current situation. He nearly went bald from worry. “I heard that wolves travel in packs…”

“I don’t know, maybe it’s just a lone wolf…” Bi Fang’s words were interrupted by a sharp voice.

“Aren’t you a professional wilderness survival expert? How do you not know this?”

Bi Fang cast a sideways glance at the man with the limp leg and didn’t respond. “Right now, the most important thing is to find food. Maybe the wolf was just passing by…”

“Wait!” Hu Hao interrupted Bi Fang’s words, “What do you mean by possibly passing by? What if they aren’t? What’s the worst-case scenario?”

Seeing the big beard’s tense expression, Bi Fang knew he might have thought of something. After all, they were from a geography magazine and understood more than the average person. He bent down to add some firewood to the fire: “Living here, hunting in this area.”

“Wolf territories cover about eight square kilometers, with a hunting range of eighty square kilometers. If we get close to their dens and enter their activity radius, they’ll follow us.”

The audience was dumbfounded at this, frantically sending bullet screen comments.

Eighty square kilometers? That’s huge! How long would it take to travel that distance?

Damn it, isn’t this a complete disaster? By this logic, even if God Fang doesn’t save these people, he might still encounter the wolf pack?

A wolf pack? Is that something humans can handle? Even lions and tigers wouldn’t dare to confront a wolf pack, right?

Isn’t this a bigger threat than the black bear encounter from before?

Many viewers recalled the scene of snatching food from the bear’s mouth, and after comparing the situations, they realized the difficulty levels were on completely different planes!

The four people who heard this were also dumbfounded. A whole wolf pack targeting them?

Would they have enough to eat?

Zheng Tianfang felt it was a little absurd. Upon realizing this, his subconscious reaction wasn’t whether they could fight back, but if there would be enough food.

He looked at the calm-faced Bi Fang and felt a sudden sense of luck. He quickly asked: “How can we tell if they’re targeting us or not?”

“There’s no way to know.” Bi Fang looked at the burning campfire, “They might be here looking for food and just happened to come across us.”

“What about the activity radius? If we enter it, what will happen? Will they attack us?” Wu Mingtao was very tense.

Bi Fang didn’t answer because the answer to this question was obvious.

“Wolf packs are fearless.”

As Bi Fang finished explaining, the live broadcast room exploded in pandemonium. Everyone had seen the large wolf just now and couldn’t imagine what kind of scene it would be if these ferocious carnivores gathered together.

Some people even thought Bi Fang shouldn’t have come to save them.

They felt that Lord Fang could have escaped by himself, but now he had been dragged down by them.

Wasn’t it the injured man who bled so much before? Maybe it was even the scent of blood that had attracted the wolves.

Lord Fang, just leave them and go, it’s too hard to deal with four people dragging you down, especially with one of them injured. No matter how awesome you are, you can’t carry them all.

Geez, that’s cold-hearted! Isn’t it just because their situation is bad? If Lord Fang doesn’t help them, won’t they just die?

It’s true, how can you stand idly by and watch someone die?

Seeing all sorts of comments in the bullet screen, Bi Fang quickly put an end to it.

“It’s not because of the smell of blood. With the blizzard so intense, even a wolf’s keen nose can’t smell it. Encountering one this time was purely coincidental. It just means that even if I hadn’t come to save them, I would still be in the wolf pack’s range. Once the blizzard stops, they might follow the scent and catch up to me.”