Of course, Xu An would not let the three of them perish here.
Perhaps due to its large size, the bear's mobility was not very fast.
At least, at the moment the giant bear attacked Zhou Haimai, Xu An drew her saber and slashed at the back of its neck.
And it penetrated without any pressure.
The giant bear seemed to finally feel pain, and began to shake violently.
Xu An instantly felt the entire cave was about to collapse due to the bear's movements.
She could only tightly grip the hilt of the saber, no matter how the bear below shook its head, Xu An did not dismount from its back.
While stabbing, Xu An called out to Zhou Haimai.
"Mei Jie, how did you guys get in?"
Thanks to the time Xu An bought them, Zhou Haimai instantly found a rock to use as cover and hid.
"I found that the rope had broken, and I was afraid something might happen to you, so I came."
Xu An nodded, she had forgotten about this.
Zhou Haimai continued, "What do we do now? Can you find a way out?"
Xu An looked at the unusually narrow gap the giant bear had left open due to its pain.
Xu An roughly estimated it and immediately rejected the idea.
The width was absolutely impossible.
She would likely be crushed to death the moment she squeezed through.
"Run!" Xu An sensed a terrifying aura. She quickly turned her head towards Zhou Haimai's direction and swiftly extinguished her flashlight.
At the critical moment, Xu An flashed into the spatial dimension.
The second Xu An disappeared.
The giant bear's head bent backward strangely, and with its bloody, flesh-torn teeth, it lunged at the spot where Xu An had been.
At this moment, everyone was thinking.
This giant bear had mutated to this extent.
The strong, robust giant bear acted like a ruthless executioner. Upon discovering Xu An's disappearance, it immediately shifted its target, reaching out its claws to swat at Zhou Haimai.
Guan Shan, whose dislocated arm had not yet recovered, stumbled as he ran, almost falling several times.
It was Zhou Haimai who grabbed Guan Shan by the shoulder, dragging him desperately.
The two of them, panting, ran out of the cave entrance.
Strangely, the giant bear stopped at the cave entrance and did not advance further.
Zhou Haimai and Guan Shan, standing in the snowfield, were gasping for breath from exhaustion.
They did not notice the fleeting fear in the giant bear's eyes upon seeing the outside world.
When Xu An had yelled at Zhou Haimai, Zhou Haimai understood what Xu An was about to do.
Unlike the viewers in front of the screen, Zhou Haimai was no longer worried about Xu An; instead, she was somewhat worried about herself.
After a near-death experience, Zhou Haimai felt her body go limp, and she leaned against a rock wall as if boneless.
Zhou Haimai was no longer worried.
However, the live broadcast hall of the lighthouse was a scene of utter pandemonium, with everyone acting as if they had gone mad.
They were all focused on one thing.
That was, where was Xu An?
Why was Xu An, who a second ago was crawling on the giant bear's back, now completely black on the screen?
They hadn't even heard a scream, and Xu An had already vanished from everyone's screens.
Initially, some thought Xu An had been eaten by the giant bear.
Many of Xu An's fans began to cry for her.
But later, when everyone saw the giant bear furiously chasing Zhou Haimai, they all understood.
Xu An definitely wasn't dead.
That's why the giant bear became enraged and chased after Zhou Haimai without restraint.
Since they concluded that Xu An was not dead.
Then the bigger question arose.
That was, where was Xu An?
Where was Xu An now, and what method had she used to escape from under the giant bear's nose?
Everyone's minds were filled with question marks.
On the screen, people were constantly cursing the organizers.
Some said the organizers were inhuman, while others accused them of internal collusion.
Xu An always managed to steal the spotlight, while other contestants had very little screen time.
The director team had cursed Xu An countless times behind the scenes.
But Xu An had now brazenly disappeared.
Initially, Laoshu was also anxious upon seeing the footage, but after seeing Zhou Haimai emerge from the cave with only fatigue on her face, and no significant signs of grief.
Laoshu knew that Xu An would definitely be fine.
However, she had to keep this certainty to herself for now.
After all, she didn't know what method Xu An had used to evade all the cameras and disappear so inconspicuously from everyone's sight.
It was only when she saw Guan Shan that she remembered his arm was still dislocated.
"Wait a moment, I'll set your arm back."
Guan Shan showed no particular expression upon hearing this, merely nodding obediently.
After recovering her composure, Zhou Haimai, with her tired body, proceeded to reset Guan Shan's bone. Throughout the process, Guan Shan's expression remained unchanged.
He didn't even frown.
As everyone knows, the moment a bone is reset can be excruciatingly painful, enough to make one curse, even if it lasts only an instant.
Yet, Guan Shan before her didn't even flinch, which was truly strange.
As if to verify her suspicion, Zhou Haimai took out a hidden sleeve knife she had with her and pricked Guan Shan.
Although Guan Shan didn't understand what Zhou Haimai was doing, he sat obediently, allowing her to stab him with the knife.
For some reason, Guan Shan had a subconscious feeling that this woman would not harm him.
Seeing that Guan Shan still had no reaction, Zhou Haimai's brow furrowed deeply. "Do you feel anything?"
Guan Shan didn't know what he was supposed to feel, so he could only shake his head.
Unwilling to give up, Zhou Haimai pulled Guan Shan over, sat him down, and used the handle of the knife to forcefully tap Guan Shan's knee.
But there was still no reaction.
Zhou Haimai was truly stunned now. Guan Shan didn't even have the most basic knee-jerk reflex.
She looked at Guan Shan with evident distress. "Doesn't it hurt?"
Guan Shan seemed not to understand the meaning of the word "pain."
This appeared to be the first time Guan Shan had clearly expressed his meaning, rather than simply nodding or shaking his head.
He took out the dagger he was holding and carved a few words onto the rock wall behind him.
"What is pain?"
Zhou Haimai froze on the spot.
She had initially thought Guan Shan was just taciturn and disinclined to speak, perhaps also very stoic.
Therefore, whenever Guan Shan was injured in the past, Zhou Haimai had never paid much attention to him, who remained silent.
She had never imagined that Guan Shan had completely lost his sense of pain.