Chapter 13 Take action
Although everyone wanted to go in and see how Zhou Chen and the other were doing, no one dared to enter Zhou Chen's yard without permission. Since the black bear died in Zhou Chen's yard, it was very likely that Zhou Chen had killed it.

This world is a world where martial arts is respected. Zhou Chen had previously taught a few thugs who bullied Leng Yiyao a lesson, and their ruthless methods were still vivid in people's minds. Now he was able to slaughter a black bear. Such a ruthless person was no longer someone that ordinary people like them could afford to offend.

Then Zhou Chen slowly walked out amid the discussions of the crowd. Seeing that Zhou Chen was safe and sound, the villagers became even more wary of him.

Even the villagers who were obviously older than Zhou Chen changed the topic and asked, "Brother Chen, did you kill this bear?"
"Yes, I killed it. I wonder why the villagers came to my door so early in the morning. They didn't want to share some meat, did they? In that case, I will distribute the meat to everyone now."

Everyone knew what Zhou Chen meant, and they quickly waved their hands, “No, Brother Chen, that’s not what we meant. We just heard that a black bear broke into your house last night, so we came to see you. Since you’re okay, we’ll leave now.” Then everyone quickly dispersed.

At this moment, Zhou Chen looked at the damaged wall and sighed, "Oh, I have to find a way to repair it."

At this time, a woman came to Zhou Chen's house and knocked on the door without saying a word. "Who is it?" As soon as the door was opened, a woman rushed in. After coming in, she didn't care about Zhou Chen and ran straight into the yard to look around.

"Aunt Wu, what are you looking for?"
The woman turned around, stared at Zhou Chen and asked, "Where is the child? Where is my child?"
"How would I know where your child is? Maybe you've come to the wrong place?"
"Impossible, my child was taken away by a bear last night, he must be with you."

Zhou Chen looked at the black bear with a puzzled look, then went into the house, took out the amber, and cut open his stomach without saying a word, but found nothing.

"Aunt Wu, the bear that I want to take your child away is not the one in my yard. Look, there is nothing in its stomach."

Under normal circumstances, he would not dare to look, but now he could not care less. After hearing what Zhou Chen said, he came over directly. The result can be imagined. Then he saw Aunt Wu left the yard with lifeless eyes, hesitatingly saying "Where is my child, where is my child".

After Aunt Wu left, Zhou Chen thought to himself, "This means there was more than one black bear that entered the village last night, there were at least two."

Then Zhou Chen went to his neighbor's house and told him his guess, "Brother Chen, what did you say there is another bear?"

"That's right. You should tell the villagers this news quickly and ask everyone to close the doors and windows at night."

After saying that, Zhou Chen left. After a morning of hard work, Zhou Chen finally managed to repair the damaged wall. There was no way Zhou Chen was good at this. Although the quality of the repair was not good, it could barely withstand the wind and rain.

After he finished his work, Leng Yiyao also woke up. Then Leng Yiyao cleaned up the black bear in the yard. After that, she cut a piece of meat and went in to cook.

The meal was ready soon. Zhou Chen was so hungry that he immediately picked up a large piece of meat and started to eat it.

As soon as he took a bite, he was prompted to gain 0.01 strengthening points. Zhou Chen was surprised and took another bite. As a result, he gained another 0.01 points. Zhou Chen only thought about it for a while and figured it out. This black bear was much stronger, so the chance of gaining strengthening points increased.

It seems that I have to hunt stronger beasts in the future to quickly improve my reinforcement points. After dinner, the gate of Zhou Chen's house was knocked again. After Zhou Chen went out, he found that many villagers had come to his house again, and even the village chief had come.

"Village chief, what are you doing?"
"Brother Chen, I heard that you killed the black bear alone last night"?
Zhou Chen did not deny, “Yes, it was me.”

The village chief sighed and said, "Well, you know the current situation in the village. I want you to help solve this problem." "Sorry, I'm not interested. You can go now."

Zhou Chen turned around and found Leng Yiyao standing behind him. "Brother Chen, please help them. We are from the same village after all." We can't just watch him ruin the village.

"Yes, Brother Chen, if you can help everyone get through this difficult time, I will give you my position as village chief."

Zhou Chen took a deep breath and said, "Since Yiyao said so, okay then." Without waiting for the villagers to be happy, Zhou Chen spoke again, "But for Yiyao's safety, I will still stay at home tonight. The young and middle-aged men in the village should not sleep tonight. Everyone should be alert. If you find a black bear entering the village, send me a signal immediately."

At this time, a villager asked, "What signal?"
Zhou Chen thought for a while and said, “We always have firecrackers. When we find a black bear, we can set off some firecrackers. Then you just need to hold him back.”

Seeing the young people in the village looking embarrassed, he said, "Since you don't want to, forget it. I can't monitor the entire village by myself."

After saying that, he pulled Leng Yiyao inside. For him, as long as Leng Yiyao was fine, that was all that mattered.

At this time, the village chief said directly, "Okay, let's do as Brother Chen said." Then he looked at the villagers behind him and said, "If you don't want your children to be eaten by bears, then you should show some courage that a man should have." Everyone gritted their teeth and said, "Let's fight it out."

Hearing their words, Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Okay, since that's the case, let's all go back and prepare."

It soon became dark. For safety reasons, Zhou Chen asked Leng Yiyao to stay in the cellar, while he sat in the yard with his eyes closed, carrying a longbow on his back and holding amber in his hand.

Although the weather was cold, it was just a little chilly for Zhou Chen and was not a problem at all. On the contrary, the villagers who were hiding in their own yards and waiting for the opportunity were in a miserable situation. They were all shivering from the cold, and a breeze blew from time to time, making them shiver even more.

The village was very quiet, so quiet that you could almost hear your heartbeat. Nothing happened in the first half of the night. In the second half, the villagers who were lying in ambush outside could no longer hold on. Although the weather was cold, some of them fell asleep leaning against the courtyard wall.

At this time, in the dark night, a fat black bear slowly walked into the village, and from time to time climbed on the courtyard wall of the villagers' house and sniffed into the house with its nose, as if looking for something. The black bear climbed the walls of several houses in a row. When it climbed the walls of the thirteenth house, it opened its bloody mouth, stuck out its tongue and licked its nose.

The villagers' courtyard wall could not stop the black bear at all, and it easily flipped over. At this time, a strong man was dozing off in the corner, and the black bear finally woke him up after flipping in.

The man rubbed his eyes and looked towards the yard. Just when he was about to close his eyes for a while, he suddenly saw a huge monster. He was so scared that his mouth opened wide and he almost screamed. Fortunately, he covered his mouth with his hands at the most critical moment.

At this time, a pool of steaming liquid flowed out of his trouser legs. Although he had a hatchet in his hand, his legs were still shaking. Seeing the black bear walking towards his house, the man took out a firework as thick as a baby's arm from his arms with trembling hands. Then he took the firework in his left hand and grabbed the fuse with his right hand and pulled it with all his strength. A beam of fire shot up into the sky in the dark night and then exploded in the air.

The black bear immediately spotted the man hiding in the corner and pounced on him angrily.

(End of this chapter)