CHAPTER 868: CHAPTER 359: THE BOOK IS COMPLETE

Just as the three of them finished squeezing the fish roe and had just returned to the shore, a not-so-big gray bear suddenly appeared in the distance.

"This gray bear, it’s either coming to eat fish or us. Let’s not look back at it directly. When it gets closer, we’ll turn around together and shout to scare it to death!"

Judging by the appearance of the gray bear, it was clearly up to no good, so Lin Yang didn’t mind giving it a little scare.

Naturally, they wouldn’t provoke such creatures for no reason, but when it comes to them, it’s different.

"Yeah, let’s teach it a lesson. But first, let’s try these fish roe!"

The three of them decided not to alert the bear just yet. Instead, they would wait until it got closer to surprise it, and in the meantime, they could taste the fish roe.

At this point, they had already left the cold river water and returned to the shore, feeling comfortable.

With no other utensils, the three of them simply used their hands to scoop up some fish roe and shoved it into their mouths.

The salmon roe entered their mouths, and a faint fishy taste filled their mouths. Lin Yang carefully sensed it but found no other distinctive flavors.

Then they started chewing the roe, and under the pressure of their teeth, the roes burst in their mouths, releasing a slightly sweet flavor throughout.

Unlike the taste of processed caviar, this untreated roe tasted quite different.

The flavor of caviar carries some fishy and salty taste, probably due to being marinated, making it easier to preserve.

However, Lin Yang had heard that people didn’t eat caviar for its taste, but for its nutrition.

Caviar is rich in vitamins and proteins, offering strong antioxidant effects, helping to inhibit skin aging, prevent pigmentation, and avoid skin dryness or itching caused by allergies, making the skin rosy and glossy.

It also contains a large amount of trace elements, mineral salts, proteins, amino acids, and fatty acids. Eating caviar can nourish the eyes, supplement vitamin D, thereby promoting the absorption of calcium.

Now that they tasted this salmon roe, the flavor was indeed mediocre, confirming what Lin Yang read online about consuming caviar for its nutrients.

Otherwise, why would bears eat this specifically before winter? Moreover, when food is abundant, they mainly eat the roe.

The small gray bear was still a distance away from the three of them. Lin Yang and the others, holding onto the idea of not wasting anything, finished up all the roe from the small basin.

"Bang!"

At that moment, a loud gunshot suddenly rang out, and the sound echoed back after hitting the nearby cliffs.

"Holy shit!"

Hearing the gunshot, the three of them immediately shouted in surprise and quickly turned around to see what was happening.

The first thing they looked at was the gray bear. As soon as the gunshot sounded, the gray bear immediately turned and ran, and by the time they looked over, it had already disappeared into the forest.

In just that short period, the gray bear ran much farther than the distance it had stealthily moved to try and ambush the three.

"Wow, it runs faster than a rabbit!"

After watching the bear’s hasty escape, Lin Yang shifted his attention to another direction, where two figures appeared at their original left-rear side.

One of them was holding a shotgun pointed at the sky, with a wisp of white smoke rising from the barrel.

The other was holding a large plastic crate, the kind used for storing fish.

"It seems like they are two Russians, probably here to catch fish?"

"Yeah, seems like it. They probably saw the gray bear approaching us and fired the shot to scare it away."

Noticing one person shooting into the sky and the other holding a plastic crate, Lin Yang and his friends were not fools and quickly pieced together what had happened.

The place they were in was likely a well-known salmon migration point nearby, attracting both people and animals here to catch salmon frequently.

Animals catch salmon for food, while people probably catch them for profit.

Those two people were likely here to catch salmon, evident from the large plastic crate they carried.

As for carrying a gun, it was understandable. Russia has vast lands with sparse populations, and there are far more large wild animals than at home.

Especially in areas with a lot of salmon, which attract other large wild animals for food, carrying a gun for protection was perfectly suitable.

The gunshot just now was probably because the Russian person saw a gray bear quietly approaching Lin Yang and his friends.

At that time, the gray bear wasn’t far from Lin Yang and his friends. If they had called out recklessly to warn them, it might have prompted the bear to launch a desperate charge.

So the Russian simply fired into the sky, and the loud gunshot immediately scared the gray bear away.

It seemed like the bear had suffered from guns before; otherwise, it wouldn’t have run away without a sound.

"Well, it’s a shame we couldn’t scare the gray bear."

In fact, Lin Yang wasn’t worried about the not-yet-fully-grown gray bear posing any threat to them, but he felt slightly regretful about its escape.