Inside the cave.
As soon as Xu An turned her head, she collided with a black shadow whose form she couldn't make out. Before Xu An could react, the other party raised its sharp claws and attacked her body.
Without the slightest hesitation, Xu An drew the gun from her waist.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
After three gunshots, Xu An didn't give the black shadow, whatever it was, any chance to react. She kicked it to the ground.
Xu An waited for a long time but heard no sound from the thing on the ground, yet its build suggested it wasn't human.
Xu An assumed the unknown animal on the ground was dead, so she cautiously stepped forward to examine what kind of beast it was.
"Crack!"
The moment Xu An bent down, the beast on the ground suddenly lunged up, fiercely clawing at Xu An's waist.
Xu An was pounced upon violently, her body seeming to lose control. Carried by the momentum, she was flung away.
The rope tied around her body, however, happened to save Xu An's life.
Because of the rope's obstruction, the monster's claws could only rip through the outer layer of Xu An's clothes, causing only a superficial scratch underneath, without any major wounds.
But the hemp rope, as thick as a forearm, was torn apart by the monster's sharp claws, proving the monster's formidable attack power.
Xu An, hit by the inertia, slammed her back heavily against the rock wall, the pain making her feel as if her internal organs were being squeezed.
She coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell straight to the ground.
Damn it, I got careless!
Xu An thought to herself, wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth with her hand, her eyes filled with an unprecedented ferocity.
It seemed this monster, whose appearance was unclear, was the one inhabiting this cave.
Moreover, this thing had likely developed intelligence, even knowing how to feign death to launch a sneak attack.
Xu An picked up the flashlight that had fallen nearby and shone it into the cave.
Only then did she clearly see the true appearance of the monster in the cave.
The audience members sitting in front of their screens now all held their breaths, their hearts pounding for Xu An, and by extension, for themselves.
No one was not terrified by what appeared on the screen.
Its skin, a mottled gray and white, was soaked in blood, clinging together in clumps, dripping blood drop by drop.
This explained why there had always been a ticking sound in Xu An's live stream, like a clock.
Standing at nearly three meters tall, it was like a colossal mountain pressing down on everyone when it stood up.
Suffocating.
And then there were its menacing, enormous eyes, the entire eyeballs radiating a terrifying glow, protruding like fists.
In short, in the current scene, Xu An sitting before this giant bear was like a character from Lilliput arriving in the land of giants.
And on the illuminated ground lay countless corpses.
Many of them were still breathing, hanging on by a thread, not quite dead.
The giant gray bear's mouth was stained with blood, as if it had just finished a hearty meal.
Not only Xu An in the cave, but also the audience outside the screen, everyone held their breath, not daring to breathe heavily.
Xu An now understood why the canned meat placed at the cave entrance had elicited no response for so long.
Looking at the pile of corpses, it was likely the gray bear was already full and naturally uninterested in canned meat.
The colossal beast now looked at Xu An with a satiated expression.
At this moment, Xu An's thoughts strangely aligned with those of the audience outside the screen.
The bear considered her to be reserved food.
Just as the giant bear began to walk towards Xu An, Xu An suddenly sprang up and began to shoot continuously at the bear's head.
Bullets ricocheted off the walls, sparks flying.
In a flash, the giant bear's claws swiped towards Xu An's head.
Due to the narrowness of the cave and the bear's massive size, Xu An's range of movement was further restricted.
The moment the giant bear's claws came down, Xu An pulled a cold corpse lying nearby to block the attack for her.
The giant bear did not hesitate, and with a single swipe, it crushed the skull of the already lifeless corpse.
Even though no more blood splattered from the body.
Xu An still felt a wave of nausea.
Everyone outside the screen watching this scene was stunned.
The impact of this scene was simply too immense.
In that instant, countless people covered their mouths and began to vomit.
Some of the more timid ones closed their eyes and started crying.
Many even ran out of the studio.
Of course, some people, enduring the nausea, watched with a morbid curiosity.
They were still shouting, "This is much better than any horror movie!"
However, Xu An, still in the cave, was not faring so well.
The giant bear, having missed its target, was clearly angered. It beat its chest and stomped its feet, roaring deafeningly throughout the cave.
The sound waves surged, one wave after another.
When Xu An tried to find a way to retreat, she discovered that during the struggle with the giant bear, the beast's body had completely blocked the entrance.
To get out now, the bear would have to be moved.
But given the difference in height and size between them, this was clearly an impossible feat.
Just as Xu An was contemplating whether to risk exposing herself and teleporting into her space to make a plan,
A frantic voice called out from behind the giant bear.
"An'an, An'an, are you in there?"
The giant bear seemed to hear the sound of someone speaking and clumsily shifted its body, raising its claws as if to strike towards Zhou Haimei.
Seeing this, Xu An immediately roared, "Mei Jie, get out of the way! Be careful!"
As the words fell, Xu An, using the rock wall for leverage and stepping on a stone, leaped towards the back of the giant bear's neck and slashed.
Hearing Xu An's voice, Zhou Haimei was initially ecstatic, then heard Xu An's warning.
Although she and Guan Shan had dodged the bear's fatal attack with all their might.
Their bodies inevitably suffered injuries.
Zhou Haimei was relatively fine, but Guan Shan's arm dangled uselessly from his sleeve, as if it were dislocated.
Zhou Haimei had been anxious the entire way, almost convinced Xu An was truly dead.
After all, the bloody smell in the cave was too strong.
And it was clearly the scent of fresh human blood.
Terrified, Zhou Haimei had prayed to all the gods and Buddhas along the way, hoping to bless Xu An and prevent her from dying.
As it turned out, Xu An was not dead.
Looking at the colossal, overwhelmingly oppressive giant bear before her.
Zhou Haimei felt a sense that she would meet her end here today.