Chapter 118 Chapter 118 Spending Money Day 118
It was not only Liu Yue who was shocked by the brown bear's intelligence, but also many netizens who watched her video.
The blogger posted a preview of packing her suitcase a few days ago, and everyone looked at her outfit and guessed where she was going.
Her photos showed a hiking bag, a jacket, a sun-proof and mosquito-proof hat, a quick-drying shirt, and several pairs of sneakers. Initially, I inferred that she was going on an outdoor adventure.
It's summer now, but her luggage is filled with thick coats and various warm items. She's either going to the Southern Hemisphere, climbing a very high mountain, or somewhere with a huge temperature difference between day and night.
Based on fans' understanding of the blogger, mountain climbing is ruled out first. After all, the highest mountain the blogger has climbed is Yasur, which is several hundred meters high, and she did not prepare any trekking poles.
Everyone in the comment section guessed towards the Southern Hemisphere, but the blogger announced the answer in a new video: Kamchatka in Russia.
Her location is at a higher latitude than Mohe. The National Geographic travel team describes it as a "wild journey" and this place is also known as the end of the world.
Netizens haven’t felt the end yet, but the wildness has been fully felt in the latest video.
Su Shi's "holding a yellow hawk on the left and a goshawk on the right" only refers to a hunting dog and a goshawk. But this blogger has a brown bear and a cheetah next to her!
Are AI videos so seamless now?
[It hasn't been long since the blogger returned from Africa, has it? It's so soon that he's back on the road again, so quick to leave. I'm so envious.]
[We actually went to Inner Mongolia, but I was too lazy to take a video and only took a few photos for us.]
I know this brown bear. It sat behind me when I was a university student in Russia.
Where is the zipper on it?
[The pets that rich people keep really open my eyes]
[The new moon looks so happy. A life filled with nothing but eating, drinking, and having fun is truly blissful.]
[Thanks to the blogger for letting me see what a real bear hug is]
[The blogger is completely buried in the bear's arms. Humans are so petite in front of it.]
[Oh my god, I'm so scared even through the screen. Will bears really not eat people suddenly?]
[Guns are legal in Russia. Do you think there's truth in the bear owner's home? [Heart]]
The villa the blogger visited was fully secured, with dedicated bodyguards. When the bear interacted with people, someone was actually watching. Rich people are definitely concerned about their own safety, so ordinary people who don't have the means shouldn't try this lightly.
[My passion for raising bears in Russia has been instantly extinguished...]
It's too late to go now. In 2019, Russia announced a law prohibiting the keeping of brown bears, and the same applies to cheetahs. However, you can continue to keep any previously kept ones and take care of them until they die.
[Ah, so it was actually legal to keep a child in the past? I thought it was only wealthy foreigners who could do whatever they wanted.]
[It seems like bears have a better diet than me, no wonder they don’t eat people]
[Why is no one paying attention to cheetahs? Big cats that show their bellies are so cute. I want to suck them.]
[Perhaps because brown bears are more powerful, so they have a greater impact]
[It's actually not that bad? A grown man with bare hands can fight a brown bear to a 50-50 chance. I'm 5'80" and work out all year round, so I have a 70% chance of winning. If I have a weapon, I'm basically a surefire winner. Bloggers, consider having me as your boyfriend. I feel safe around you [cool]]
【……】
[There must be urine if there is no mirror at home, right? 】
[The toad wants to eat the swan, but the image is melted]
[God is like the scripture, if a brown bear slaps you to death, you will be obedient]
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When the video was released, Liu Yue was already rafting on the Bestraya River.
The melted snow from the snow-capped mountains gathers in this river, and its flow rate and width are just right.
Liu Yue kayaked down the river, with dense primeval forest on both sides. She wanted to see a wild bear poke its head out, but she was a little nervous and afraid.
Although she likes Jerry very much, her aunt specifically reminded her yesterday that domesticated bears and wild bears are completely different concepts. Don't let Jerry's presence make you less vigilant against wild brown bears.
She didn't refresh the comment section, but she also agreed very much with the statement that a single blow from a brown bear could really kill a person, and encountering a bear in the wild is very dangerous.
Even though she was floating on the river, the brown bear could swim!
Liu Yue was timid but eager to play, but luckily she had bodyguards and an entourage to protect her. It must be said that the hunting rifle in the guide's hand gave her a great sense of security.
But luck is sometimes so strange. She saw many migrating salmon while drifting, but did not see any bears on the shore.
Just like on the grasslands, the appearance of animals is a matter of chance. Since there are still bear-watching trips to Kurile Lake and Nachi Lake to be arranged later, Liu Yue is not in a rush to see any today and simply concentrates on enjoying the rafting.
The river does not flow that fast, and there are several stops along the way for tourists to rest or go fishing.
Liu Yue followed the guide to learn fly fishing - she only found out today that there are different schools of fishing.
The fishing she had in mind was called lure fishing, where the bait was cast by the weight of the bait, but fly fishing used a fake bait, which was thrown by the weight of the line itself to simulate insects landing on the water surface to attract fish to bite the hook.
The guide demonstrated it once. His casting action was very cool and the salmon took the hook very quickly.
Seeing this red salmon, Liu Yue was particularly excited, as she could eat fresh caviar and drink fresh fish soup today.
Okay, then she will try it too, first casting out the fishing line handsomely——
Fly fishing requires specialized rods and equipment. Liu Yue had already purchased a professional set before arriving, but the money she spent didn't seem to be enough to compensate for her technical shortcomings...
Liu Yue cast her line three times in a row, but she didn't catch any fish. And how many fish were there in this river? She could see a swarm of them with her naked eyes, even without baiting.
Liu Yue looked at the fishing rod in silence, then watched the guide easily catch one fish after another, almost filling the bucket on the kayak.
It's really abominable. The drift and fly fishing section is so poorly done. There is no experience at all after spending money. Where is the dignity of the spenders?
Fortunately, she is not the only one who will fail.
Liu Yue's eyes were only on the shore before, and she couldn't see the bear at all. Now her attention was all on the water. Sang Yu suddenly reminded her that there was a bear on the other side that came to fish.
Seeing a brown bear, the guide put away his fishing rod, estimated the bear's swimming speed and the distance between them and the bear, and chose to stay where they were without worry.
But he was not completely at ease - he asked everyone to pick up their paddleboards and be ready to paddle down and evacuate at any time.
However, the brown bear used its strength to tell them that they had been worrying too much.
It slowly walked to the river and tried to perform a cool fishing show, but the nimble salmon dodged in time, and the brown bear's claws stretched out of the water were empty.
Liu Yue couldn't help laughing. What's wrong with her catching nothing when fishing? Brown bears can also catch nothing when fishing.
Moreover, it fished on the shore for a long time but didn't catch any fish. The brown bear seemed unhappy because it was embarrassed.
Well, people can die, and so can brown bears.
The guide rowed them away, but Liu Yue still wanted to laugh when she recalled the scene just now.
She immediately felt a sympathy for the brown bear. This was definitely not the fault of humans or the bears, but rather the problem with the river! The fish here were too smart.
Liu Yue followed the stream down, and after passing the location marked on the system map, she successfully heard the prompt sound for automatically picking up fragments.
This was the eighth fragment she had collected, and it earned her 23 points, more than she had expected. She now had 43 points in her account.
If she keeps up this momentum and goes out two or three more times, she will be able to collect enough points to exchange for the second turntable designated ticket.
She muttered to herself, the system has been very generous recently, does it have a year-end KPI?
Liu Yue's luck in seeing bears today was average. By the end of the rafting trip, she had only seen a brown bear that had failed to catch fish.
However, this isn't a prime spot for bear watching in Kamchatka, so seeing one was a pleasant surprise. Liu Yue's binoculars and telephoto camera were for other trips.
After the rafting, the guide took Liu Yue and her group to have a picnic by the stream.
In the past few years, Kamchatka was still a niche tourist destination, but its popularity has increased in recent years, and it has also been divided into peak and off-seasons.
Now is the peak season for salmon migration and whale watching at sea. Many groups of people have picnics by the stream, and the effect of Liu Yue's krypton gold is revealed.
In the area where she was, there were luxurious tents set up by the staff in advance, and a comfortable RV was parked for her to go up and change into clean and refreshing clothes.
The team that prepared her lunch brought professional picnic cookware, and her table was covered with a beautiful tablecloth and even decorated with flowers. The main ingredients were freshly caught from the river, and all kinds of seasonings and spices were available. The chef's cooking skills were also very professional.
Liu Yue had a comfortable meal by the stream. The fish soup made from freshly killed fish was delicious.
She tasted the caviar that the brown bear didn't get to eat, hehe~
Other tourists were eating frozen fish bought from the market, sitting on the ground with mats spread out. The fish in their mouths was either burnt or boiled. And then look at Liu Yue's treatment...
Someone couldn't help but ask Sang Yu which tour group they had signed up for and why the experiences were so different?
It's normal for tourists not to know how to fish, but I didn't expect their guides to not know either! They came to the stream to fish, only to end up eating frozen fish that had been dead for who knows how long. What was the point in doing that?
Sang Yu said that they did not sign up for any tour group, but directly sought customized services provided by the travel agency.
As for the price... Sang Yu didn't explain in detail, only vaguely saying that the total service fee for this trip would be tens of thousands.
Tourists think that tens of thousands of rubles, converted into RMB, are only a few thousand yuan, which is a bit expensive, but it seems acceptable. However, the cost-effectiveness is not very high, as it costs several thousand yuan for a trip that is not even a day.
Sang Yu: "I'm talking about RMB."
As soon as these words came out, the tourists surrounding her immediately dispersed.
It turns out that he is a wealthy man, so we can just watch the fun, we really can't imitate him.
When Liu Yue left, she received a lot of envious and complicated looks from those around her.
She paid no attention to this as the off-road vehicle took her to the wild hot springs. It was deserted, but changing rooms had been set up, and the surrounding scenery was magnificent and tranquil.
Although she didn't know how the travel agency found this unknown hot spring, Liu Yue was still very happy that she didn't have to work so hard to find it.
She changed into her swimsuit, first testing the temperature with her feet, then cautiously immersing herself in it. The temperature of this wild hot spring was just right, similar to the feeling of taking a bath at home, but the naturally flowing water had a more impactful effect, making her body and mind even more relaxed.
It must be said that this volcanic hot spring does have a sulfur smell. This smell is familiar. She has smelled it around volcanoes in Vanuatu before.
But there was no choking sandstorm or thick volcanic ash. Ren Zhen even asked her if she wanted to go hiking, but Liu Yue naturally refused. She wasn't a hiking enthusiast.
Besides, there must be a lot of Russian tourists on the mountain... Compared with the fighting nation in terms of physical fitness, Liu Yue thought she might as well go to bed.
While soaking in the hot spring, she also received a video call from He Zhiyuan.
Liu Yue chose to answer the call directly, but He Zhiyuan suddenly found that she was taking a hot spring bath, and his ears turned red instantly.
Liu Yue laughed at him. Who was taking a hot spring bath? Could he be taking a sauna?
He Zhiyuan knew that he couldn't win the argument with her - although this didn't fit his professional persona as a lawyer, he was indeed a novice in the field of love.
He changed the subject, saying that he had a day off today, then picked up her cat and asked Lucas to say hello to Liu Yue in front of the camera.
The clever Lucas understood the concept of video calls very early on, but Zhuzhu next to him seemed not to be used to it yet. She was trying hard to squeeze to the front of the "little iron box" and almost pushed He Zhiyuan away.
But Liu Yue also told He Zhiyuan to adjust the direction of the camera and stop shooting at himself and shoot more at Lucas and Zhuzhu.
He Zhiyuan: ...
Lucas is smaller, so he can hold it and talk to Liu Yue. But Zhuzhu is not a problem, because this silly dog is big and can't read the mood, so he only competes for favor in front of Liu Yue.
He rolled his eyes and pretended to throw the ball, asking Zhuzhu to find it.
How could Zhuzhu doubt humans? It happily went to look for the ball. During the time when it couldn't find the ball, He Zhiyuan didn't have to be disturbed by it anymore.
Liu Yue, who had watched the entire process, was amused. She reprimanded He Zhiyuan: "You are so mean! You actually bullied a dog!"
"I'm trying to train its mind."
He Zhiyuan said calmly, "I have to let Zhuzhu know that there are bad people in the world besides good people."
"You are the bad guy." Liu Yue instructed Lucas from a distance, "Baby, help Mommy hit him and avenge Zhuzhu."
Lucas seemed to understand, but the kitten's punch wasn't even enough to be a massage. He was a good cat, and he wouldn't wave his claws at humans.
But it doesn’t matter, Zhuzhu will avenge herself.
Zhuzhu, who couldn't find the ball, came back. He was sure that the ball was on He Zhiyuan. He angrily hit him with his head and pressed on him and screamed loudly.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lucas slipped away early. He Zhiyuan begged for mercy repeatedly, and Liu Yue laughed like a goose outside the screen. He deserved it!
The video call lasted for a long time. You can't soak in the hot springs continuously. It's best to take a break every fifteen minutes. Even at this time, Liu Yue didn't hang up the phone.
In the end, because she had played games this morning and her phone was running out of battery, she hung up the call and gave her phone to her assistant to charge.
In fact, if she really wanted to call, Liu Yue had a backup phone, but she was soaking in the hot spring and talking non-stop, so she felt dry mouth and just wanted to drink more water.
In the eyes of bystanders, He Zhiyuan's face-swiping strategy is definitely effective.
On the way back to the hotel, Liu Yue passed by a nice shop and thought of buying some souvenirs for him and Zhuzhu.
Now that the fragments were in hand, Liu Yue felt relaxed for the rest of her trip to Kamchatka.
The next day, she boarded a helicopter to Kurile Lake, where a small cabin remains from the research station. This is a famous bear-watching spot in Kamchatka, and even while still aboard the helicopter, Liu Yue was already looking forward to the day's itinerary.
During the flight, she looked down and saw the familiar volcanic landscape. Unfortunately, Kamchatka's active volcanoes were not as friendly as Yasur, and both tourists and scientific expeditions avoided its eruption time.
The helicopter landed smoothly, and Liu Yue followed the guide to explore the surrounding area. You can take a boat here, but you can also see brown bears in the shallows.
They would hunt nearby salmon spawning in the water, and mother bears would even bring their cubs along with them. Although Kamchatka's brown bears love to eat fish and have little interest in people, for safety reasons, the guide still asked Liu Yue to stay more than ten meters away.
Although surrounded by bodyguards and armed guards, Liu Yue also received a bear spray. The gas released here will damage the bear's nasal mucosa, making it very uncomfortable. The purpose of the spray is mainly to buy her time to escape in the event of an emergency.
Of course, Liu Yue still hopes she won't need this thing. She believes the ideal state for humans and animals is for them to not interfere with each other, just like on the African grasslands.
She wouldn't shout or scream, let alone provoke the bear. She just watched quietly.
Liu Yue walked along the shallows and saw a brown bear catching fish by the lake.
Its fishing skills were obviously much better than the bear she met while rafting yesterday. It didn't rush to attack, but observed the target first. Liu Yue originally wanted to take a picture of the moment it caught fish, but the process was too fast and she didn't capture it.
But it doesn't matter, there is a camera next to her that is continuously recording video. She can then slow down the video and repeatedly appreciate the heroic appearance of the brown bear.
For now, let’s watch some food broadcasts first.
This was a salmon with a red body. Liu Yue thought it was going to be eaten directly, but unexpectedly the brown bear came to the shore with the fish in its mouth.
It first put the fish down, and then patted the fish's body with its paws. Liu Yue was very curious about its intention. Did the bear think that the fish meat would be firmer and more delicious after being patted?
Liu Yue's doubts were soon answered. After the brown bear slapped the fish a few times, brightly colored fish eggs popped out from the place it had just bitten, like countless exploding beads gushing out, giving the brown bear a feast for the taste buds.
"What a clever bear!" Liu Yue couldn't help but sigh. "It even knows how to eat fish roe!"
Oh my god, how did bears become associated with the word "bulky" in the past? Was it just because they were big and looked honest?
It is not stupid at all and is considered to be very smart in the animal kingdom.
Liu Yue soon enjoyed another kind of eating broadcast, and the brown bear caught another blue-gray fish.
Through the telescope, she could see clearly that the bear had bitten the fish in the water, but instead of rushing to the shore, it remained in this biting position and soaked in the water for a while.
The guide explained the bear's intention: "It is bleeding the fish, and at the same time it is biting the dorsal fin, so the fish can no longer escape."
After bleeding the fish, the brown bear starts eating from the tail to completely eliminate the possibility of the fish swimming away.
Liu Yue had seen wild beasts eating on the grassland before, and the scenes were generally bloody. If she posted the video on Xiaohongshu, she might be complained about or even blocked by the administrator.
She was mentally prepared for this, but the brown bear ate the fish surprisingly... elegantly.
It would first peel off the fish skin with its mouth, and then tear into the orange-red fish meat. Perhaps because the fish meat was relatively fat, it enjoyed eating it very much, chewing it non-stop, and seeing Liu Yue, she wanted to eat salmon.
This bear might become a hit if he became a live-streamer about eating—he eats more elegantly than many humans. After finishing a raw fish, his mouth and paws were still clean, with no trace of blood.
Brown bears don't spit out bones when eating fish, probably because during the salmon migration season, fresh food is everywhere. So after eating the fat parts, they throw the fish aside and continue looking for the next target.
In nature, there's no need to worry about waste. The small fish, shrimp, and microorganisms in the water and on the shore all want a good meal. When bears eat fish, they can also pick up some of the leftovers, completing the cycle of the ecosystem.
After arriving at Kurile Lake, Liu Yue's camera shutter never stopped clicking.
She was really lucky today. The weather was great, the temperature was good, and there were more brown bears willing to hunt than usual. Before coming, the guide told her that the average visitor to Kurile Lake could see ten bears, but the number of bears she saw today was definitely above average.
She also saw a mother bear with four cubs. The guide specifically reminded her to be extra careful when seeing mother bears. To protect their cubs, they will be more cautious and sensitive than usual, and the probability of them becoming hostile to humans will also increase.
When the mother bear and her cubs came over, Liu Yue consciously stepped back a little to show that she was not a threat.
However, it was hard for her eyes not to be glued to the brown bear cub.
These cubs are not small when viewed individually, they are basically the same size as a medium-sized dog, and they only look small and delicate when they are next to the mother bear.
These cubs don’t seem to be very good at catching fish. They always wait for the fish to swim away before catching them.
Liu Yue pointed and commented on the fishing technique. It seemed that the fisherman had not inherited the mother bear's skills at all and was still far from it.
It is unknown how old they are and how long they will continue to follow the mother bear. With this group of cubs, the mother bear only eats half of the fish and shares the rest with the cubs.
She was observing the happy atmosphere between the brown bear cubs and commenting on which bear was the most capable of playing tricks and getting more food from the mother bear. Suddenly, the mother bear looked up in alarm, and her four cubs followed suit, tense and staring.
Liu Yue followed their line of sight and found a brown bear in the distance, which seemed to be trying to walk towards them.
They can see so far away? Bears have really good eyesight.
When people meet their own kind, they will say hello, but when animals meet their own kind, they may not necessarily communicate in a friendly manner.
The mother bear asked the cubs to stay where they were and gave Liu Yue a warning look. Liu Yue raised her hands and stepped back, reiterating that she meant absolutely no harm.
After hesitating between this group of humans and the strange male bear walking towards them, the female bear decided that the former was safer. She strode forward and faced the male bear head-on, making a dull, low growl.
"Will they fight?" Liu Yue asked the guide.
She knew what was going on. She had seen female lions driving away male lions on the grassland, because some male lions would kill their cubs to force the female lions to enter the estrus period faster and give birth to offspring of their own bloodline.
The same thing probably happened with the brown bears.
Liu Yue watched from the shore, and a few tourists gathered nearby, holding their breath, waiting for a possible battle.
But the fight never happened - the mother bear's roar was full of oppression, and she kept moving forward, never retreating, as if to die together.
After weighing the pros and cons, even though the male bear was larger and had an advantage in the fight, it still took a few steps back and left.
The guide said that food was plentiful, and storing fat and energy for the winter was more important. The female bear was too aggressive, and even if she won, she would be seriously injured, which was not worth the effort.
The people around were a little disappointed that they couldn't see the beasts fighting, but the roars of the mother bear just now were still ringing in everyone's ears, and it was not only the male bear on the opposite side who felt oppressed.
Everyone retreated in unison, unwilling to send any signal that might be misinterpreted by the mother bear. Liu Yue also took several steps back, but this didn't prevent her camera from capturing many images of the mother bear returning victoriously, with her cubs surrounding her lovingly.
Liu Yue raised her thumbs up and said, "Congratulations, triumphant mother bear."
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