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Zhou Hongzhong and his men followed Shi Wen, searching for people to access the surveillance footage along the way.

It's perfectly normal that they couldn't find the relevant surveillance footage after searching like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Now, Shi Wen pinpoint the correct route, you can easily find the correct surveillance footage.

Soon, the surveillance footage showed that the brown bear had indeed taken this route.

The brown bear didn't linger in the city; it went straight through the streets and alleys and headed into the wild.

This relieved Zhou Hongzhong and his group; at least they weren't in the city.

There are too many stimuli in the city, and brown bears are easily provoked and go berserk, which can lead to them attacking people.

In sparsely populated areas, the chances of it harming people are lower.

Shi Wen led Zhou Hongzhong and the others on a search.

When tracking brown bears, you can't drive, so everyone has to walk.

It took them most of the day to walk from the zoo to the outskirts of the city, covering more than 20 kilometers.

Zhou Hongzhong and his team were exhausted and asked to stop and rest for a bit to catch their breath.

Zhou Hongzhong, panting, said, "That brown bear is amazing! It's been moving towards the outskirts almost non-stop."

Shi Wen, "It didn't go completely non-stop; it stopped for quite a while along the way and adjusted its route several times. This guy is pretty clever."

Zhou Hongzhong plopped down on the muddy ground by the roadside. "It wouldn't be smart enough to escape from the zoo. Do you think it's possible that it ran off to hibernate halfway through its escape?"

Shi Wen and said, "It's highly unlikely. It won't hibernate unless it finds a safe environment. However, it might have gone to forage for food. It needs to replenish the fat it has lost recently before finding a place to hibernate."

Zhou Hongzhong gasped, "Then we can't let it stay outside for too long. There's not much to eat in winter, and it'll probably just harass the herders."

Shi Wen feel that way too.

Brown bears are said to belong to the order Carnivora and family Ursidae, but they are actually omnivores. Meat makes up a very small percentage of their diet, usually less than 20%.

It primarily eats grass, grains, and berries, only hunting for meat when the opportunity arises.

Brown bears are not as ferocious as people imagine.

At this time of year, it's practically impossible to find food in the wild.

Brown bears are very likely to seek out ranchers when they want to eat; they might sneak into pastures to steal hay or prey on cattle and sheep.

Food on the pasture is too obvious and too easy for wild animals to access.

After resting for ten minutes, everyone stood up again, carrying their weapons and water, and continued forward.

Shi Wen continued to try to identify the paw prints and the scent left by the brown bear on the ground.

The walk was incredibly boring, Shi Wen chatted with Zhou Hongzhong: "Have you ever tried bringing a police dog along?"

"We tried," Zhou Hongzhong said helplessly. "Even police dogs are afraid of brown bears, and fear affects their judgment. It didn't work after one try, so we had to find one ourselves."

Shi Wen said, "My Heiwa and the others shouldn't be afraid of brown bears."

Zhou Hongzhong: "That's right. Your dog grew up with tigers or wolves, it would be strange if it were afraid of brown bears."

As they walked, Shi Wen discovered a hole that had been dug out, with hair and bloodstains at the entrance.

After assessing the situation, he said to Zhou Hongzhong and the others, "It's a marmot's burrow. The brown bear raided and ate a marmot here."

Zhou Hongzhong examined it carefully. "Wow, it really is."

They continued walking, and after a short while, on the withered yellow grass, beside a clump of bushes, a fat buttocks appeared.

Zhou Hongzhong and the others didn't react in time, but Shi Wen understood what was going on Shi Wen moment he saw it.

Shi Wen reached out to stop him, lowering his voice. "Don't go over there, the brown bear is right there, just two hundred meters away."

"It really is." Zhou Hongzhong raised the binoculars on his chest to look. "What a huge brown bear! Is it asleep?"

Shi Wen, "They might be resting in the sun. Where's the tranquilizer gun? Can they even aim it at this distance?"

They kept their voices low and moved as quietly as possible.

However, before they could even aim the tranquilizer gun at the brown bear, its thick, round ears suddenly twitched, and the bear rolled over, landing on all fours, and roared in their direction.

It's quite frightening when a huge brown bear suddenly stands up. Sensing its intention to attack, the young man with the tranquilizer gun immediately shot it.

The anesthetic was fired, but it missed the brown bear.

Enraged, the brown bear charged straight at them.

Even though there was only one brown bear, its running speed created an astonishingly powerful sound.

This was the first time Shi Wen had ever heard of brown bears running so fast!

This guy is like a horse; he could definitely run at speeds exceeding fifty kilometers per hour.

At such close range, engaging a brown bear would be an absolutely unwise thing to do.

Without a second thought, Shi Wen immediately shouted, "Give me the tranquilizer gun, run to either side!"

The young man holding the tranquilizer gun glanced at Zhou Hongzhong, and after receiving confirmation, handed the tranquilizer gun to Shi Wen.

Everyone started running hastily. The zoo manager couldn't run anymore, and two young men under Zhou Hongzhong had to pull him along.

The brown bear roared and charged forward, the ground trembling slightly with its movements.

It was indeed vengeful; among the group of people, it directly chose the young man who fired the tranquilizer gun as its target.

The young man was quite fast, but he was clearly no match for the brown bear. Within just a few seconds, the distance between them was reduced to less than fifty meters.

Shi Wen, who had no training, relied entirely on his exceptional reflexes and intuition to shoot the tranquilizer at the brown bear.

The anesthetic was injected into the brown bear's belly, but perhaps because its fat was too thick, it only swayed slightly and showed no other reaction, continuing to chase after the young man.

Shi Wen panicked and fired another tranquilizer gun, this time hitting the brown bear again.

The brown bear hadn't been subdued yet; instead, it became even more ferocious and turned to run towards Shi Wen.

He wasn't afraid of Shi Wen, and his running speed was also very fast.