Black Visitor

"It's a bit strange..." Qi Xia said softly, "I thought a 'physical elimination game' would have a more complex venue so that participants could be continuously eliminated."

"You're right," Qiao Jiajian nodded, also looking at the square venue and the iron plate in the center, his face also puzzled, "How are we supposed to be eliminated here?"

Just as he finished speaking, the big iron door in front of everyone vibrated and then slowly rose.

"Hmm?" The plump middle-aged man, seeing the door open, looked puzzled, "What's this? Are we supposed to go forward?"

At the same time when the door was fully opened, the countdown on the wall also started.

It seems the game has really started.

"What's going on?"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what was happening in front of them.

But the next second, a deep growl came from inside the door.

That sound... was not human.

"I'll be damned..." Qiao Jiajian's hair stood on end, "Is this for real..."

They saw a completely black, huge animal walk out from inside. It stood on its hind legs, its mouth slightly open, constantly drooling, and its gaze seemed as if it was starving for three days.

After it completely walked out of the iron door, the door also closed immediately.

"Is this... a bear?!" Qiao Jiajian couldn't help but take a step back. If the opponent was a person, he was confident to compete with them, but the opponent was actually a bear more than one person tall.

Qi Xia took a close look, and his face became solemn. The bear's species was a 'black bear,' and it had a very obvious white crescent moon pattern on its neck. However, the size of this black bear was really too big.

Generally, the height of black bears rarely exceeds humans, about 1.6 to 1.8 meters, but this one looked at least over 2 meters tall, which was very intimidating.

A girl wanted to scream but subconsciously covered her mouth, but a bit of sound still leaked out.

This sudden stop of the sound not only made everyone jolt but also startled the black bear.

After a brief pause, the black bear let out an even deeper growl, as if it was angered.

"What the hell kind of game is this!" The middle-aged man shouted loudly, then turned around and ran, but after three steps, he froze in place.

He found that the stairs they had come down were gone.

At this moment, behind them was just a high wall, with no way to retreat.

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

"What should we do?" Qiao Jiajian turned to look at Qi Xia, "This is no longer a matter that can be won by physical strength."

"It's not easy..." Qi Xia's expression also became serious. Why did the opponent have to be a bear?

The close-range killing power of bears is even greater than that of tigers and lions, and this limited space is the perfect hunting ground for them.

Watching the huge black bear approach everyone step by step, the two young girls closest to it were so scared that they couldn't move.

"Quick, play dead!" The middle-aged man sitting on the ground shouted, "There's a chance to survive if you play dead when encountering a bear!"

This shout scared the two girls at the front, and they immediately lay down on the ground, trembling and closing their eyes.

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

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

Seeing someone playing dead, the rest of the people also lay down on the ground, and now only Qi Xia, Qiao Jiajian, and a slightly plump girl were left standing on the field.

"Cheater, is playing dead not right?" Qiao Jiajian asked seriously, "Shouldn't we play dead when encountering a bear?"

"If you encounter a brown bear, playing dead might give you a chance of survival, but not with a black bear!" Qi Xia shook his head seriously, "Brown bears won't eat humans; they attack humans only to protect their territory. When they think that the dead human no longer poses a threat, they will stop attacking. But black bears are different; black bears will eat humans in extreme hunger!"

Just as he finished speaking, the huge black bear approached one of the girls playing dead, sniffed her face with its nose, and then suddenly opened its mouth and bit the girl's neck.

The girl screamed, but her voice suddenly stopped, completely unable to come out of her throat.

Her panicked hands kept beating the black bear, but it felt like hitting a hard sandbag.

The black bear did not loosen its grip but instead extended its front paws and firmly slapped the girl's chest.

Her chest visibly caved in, and it seemed like all the bones were broken.

The girl spat out a large mouthful of blood, and she immediately stopped moving.

Seeing this scene, Qi Xia felt as if his heart had stopped beating for a moment.

He had only seen news of animals attacking people on his phone, but he had never witnessed it with his own eyes. This scene was simply a massacre.

Everyone, regardless of gender, gasped in shock.

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

Although humans are the rulers of the Earth, they are completely vulnerable in front of these original inhabitants of the Earth.

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

Who said there were no tools and weapons here? Didn't the organizer also place something here?

"Qiao Jiajian, we need to get that iron plate!" Qi Xia said, "Although I don't know what it is, it looks like it can protect us."

"Damn... you really know how to pick..." Qiao Jiajian looked at the iron plate, which was almost under the black bear's feet, and said with difficulty, "That item is temporarily out of stock. Would you like to choose something else, customer?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" 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 Jiajian seemed to have made some decision, "I'll distract the black bear, and you go get the iron plate."

"Distract...?" Although Qi Xia was a bit hesitant, he knew this was the only way at the moment, "The running speed of a black bear can reach 48 kilometers per hour. You can't outrun it, so try to engage it."

"I understand." Qiao Jiajian nodded.

The two of them agreed on the strategy and then took separate actions.

Qiao Jiajian slowly approached the black bear and suddenly shouted, "Hey, you moron!"

The black bear was taken aback, raised its head to look at him, and its eyes were full of cautious and murderous intent.

It slowly took a step forward, as if it was probing. Qiao Jiajian also took a step forward without hesitation.

This move made the animal in front of him hesitate; it couldn't gauge Qiao Jiajian's strength.

"Hey, you moron, do you want to fight me?" Qiao Jiajian forced a smile, waved his hand towards himself, and said, "Come hit me."

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

It slowly straightened its upper body, stood on its hind legs, and made itself look bigger.

"Roar—"

The black bear roared, as if to increase its momentum. The huge, rotting sound echoed in the small venue, and everyone's hair stood on end.

Qiao Jiajian slowly wiped away a cold sweat, feeling like he had provoked something formidable.