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Chapter 794: 778: The Bear Trap

Chapter 794: Chapter 778: The Bear Trap

Normally, You Ying wouldn’t get up until nine or ten in the morning when she wasn’t working, but today was the weekend, and it was just shy of six o’clock. She must have subscribed to a special reminder for the live broadcast and set the ringtone to its loudest to achieve such an effect.

Yue Feng glanced over You Ying’s message and hurriedly tried to reassure her, “Wawa, don’t panic! There is some risk now, but if I just pay a little more attention, the risk is still within controllable limits. It’s not so bad that I have to quit the competition and forfeit! I’ve already thought of a way to solve this problem!”

“A way? What way?”

“Yeah? What way? Brothers, let’s help him out!”

Yue Feng grinned and said, “Don’t forget what we have in our hands, guys! We have a shovel! I had already thought about it before the live stream started. I’m going to set a trap for this bear!”

As he spoke, Yue Feng picked up the shovel that was lying by his side. The surface rust of the shovel had been completely worn smooth after digging the cellar, and at the moment, the edge was faintly white, shimmering with a chill of metal.

“Set a trap? It’s a black bear, what kind of trap could catch it?” You Ying doubted Yue Feng’s plan, as it touched upon her area of ignorance.

Yue Feng chuckled, “This fella got poked with a red-hot stick by me last night. It’ll definitely be too traumatized to approach the shelter recklessly anytime soon!

I plan to dig a big trap outside the camp and lure it with dried fish. If it dares to come, I’ll take its life!

I’ve already surveyed the area just now, the soil nearby is not too hard to dig. If I work flat out, I should be able to finish in no more than two days!

Before the trap is ready, I’ll light a fire outside the door of the house before sleeping, that will certainly keep me safe!”

And sure enough, Yue Feng’s proposal, aside from the huge physical effort required, had no other drawbacks. With a handy digging tool, digging out a trap wasn’t an impossibility!

The shelter was sturdy enough to ensure his safety. After a whole speech, he managed to convince both the fans and Wawa!

Having made up his mind, Yue Feng inspected the trap area after breakfast and then got to work!

He chose a relatively flat area about seventy to eighty meters upwind from the campsite as the location for the trap, and quickly began work.

The trap that Yue Feng had in mind was simple, initially just planning to dig a pit nearly deep enough for a person, as steep as possible, with the standard being that a bear falling in wouldn’t climb out easily. He aimed for a depth of about two meters!

As he dug, Yue Feng found his earlier judgment was quite accurate. The soil underneath was not too difficult to dig, and on the first day, he dug a big pit over one and a half meters in length and width, and more than one meter deep!

Faced with life-threatening danger, Yue Feng exhibited exceptional potential beyond the usual, resting only a little while during meal times and almost working all day long.

That night, Yue Feng built a large fire outside the shelter, and the night passed without incident.

The next morning, when Yue Feng arrived at the big pit, he found more bear tracks!

Needless to say, the big fella had come near the campsite again last night, but scared of the fire, it did not attack!

The second day, Yue Feng’s plan to dig the pit continued. After digging deeper, the shovel handle got in the way, so Yue Feng simply chopped it shorter with an axe, and using a makeshift ladder, he dug up the soil from below.

By late afternoon, the pit was taking shape. The excavated soil was piled around the trap, raising the height by a good half meter. From afar, it resembled an old-fashioned well at the corner of a rural street.

Yue Feng compacted the soil around in circles, and the trap was preliminarily ready!

“Brothers, check out the trap we’ve spent two days digging. Not bad, right?” Yue Feng picked up a rustic pottery jar of clear water, took a sip, and felt a great sense of achievement.

“It does look the part, but are you sure a bear can’t climb out of it? This depth of about two and a half meters doesn’t seem reliable to me. A person with even a little training could climb out without a ladder!”

“And what’s with the high pile at the entrance? How’s that going to work? Will a bear even go inside?”

“Why not sharpen some bamboo stakes and bury them at the bottom? If a bear falls in, it will be impaled and die! I saw the Vietnamese using this tactic during the war— it was specifically meant to counter lower body attacks!”

“Damn bamboo stakes, we’re almost at the Arctic Circle here, where would you find bamboo! The person above must still be dreaming!”

Although this bunch of viewers provided many useless suggestions and had their critiques, they still inspired Yue Feng.

After some thought, Yue Feng said, “This depth is indeed a bit risky. However, we can think outside the box!

What do you guys think if we fetch water and pour it into the pit to maintain a certain water level? What would happen to a bear if it fell in?

As for luring the bear into the well, that’s easy. If needed, I’ll use fresh fish as bait, just placed halfway down at the bottom of the well, and sprinkle some fish blood and guts around. I don’t believe it won’t fall for it!”

As soon as this idea was voiced, the group of viewers stopped their teasing.

This was just a primitive version of a water cell. The ancients had already suggested it! Falling into it would not only be cold, but would also make it difficult for the bear to find leverage. While it could climb out on dry land, it would be significantly harder once in the water!

“Solid plan! It’s doable! Let’s go for it! As long as there are no safety issues for people, if it fails we can just improve on it. Worst case, we can continue to expand this trap and use it as a second supply point!”

“Plus one to the above, Boss Feng is badass, coming up with such an idea! I feel like I can already see the bear waving its paw at Boss Feng for mercy!”

“The only concern is the seepage. We don’t have a good container for drawing water, and if there’s serious seepage, the effect will be greatly reduced.”

“The soil here is quite sticky, and it was much harder to dig at the bottom than at the surface. If we tamp it down well, there shouldn’t be too much of a problem!”

Yue Feng stepped onto the makeshift ladder and went down into the trap, compacting the surroundings as much as possible. Then, without even stopping for dinner, he set about the grand task of water filling!

With a field pot and two pottery jars, Yue Feng went back and forth between the lake and the trap. After more than two hours of busy work, he filled the bottom of the trap with at least forty centimeters of standing water!

Yue Feng’s judgment was once again confirmed; the seepage was much less than expected, and it wouldn’t drain away quickly.

After all the busyness, Yue Feng finally relaxed, took out a freshwater fish he had caught, and arranged it around the pit. Finally, he threaded most of the fish onto a branch, propped it at an angle, and placed it just above the water’s surface at the bottom of the pit!

“Alright, brothers, mission accomplished! Tonight is the night to verify our results! If anything unusual happens, I’ll start the live stream; those who want to watch should set up special alerts in advance! After a long day’s work, I’m exhausted. I’ll cook some food, fill up my stomach, and tonight, it’s me against this damn bear!”

After saying goodbye, Yue Feng temporarily turned off the live stream.