If Gu Ji rembered correctly, the difficulty of the previous bomb challenge was still set in regional areas, with a red moderate level. Unexpectedly, this round jumped two levels directly, expanding the crisis's radiation scope to a national level.
But before he had ti to ponder, along with the words progressing, that familiar dizziness also ca over him.
He felt his consciousness continuously plumting, the strong sense of weightlessness causing everything before his eyes to go dark.
It was as if he had fallen into a bottomless vortex.
...
...
Rustle... Rustle...
Beep! Buzz!
"Ah——!"
The sirens and screams instantly pulled Gu Ji back from the dark vortex to reality.
He abruptly opened his eyes, looking around.
A gray, foggy street lined with colorful old buildings on both sides, with fine rain falling from the sky. On the street, people with dark skin in exotic attires were fleeing in terror in all directions. A motorcycle was overturned on the ground, the driver clutching his bleeding forehead, pale-faced with fear and cowering.
[The items you carried have been delivered. Open the backpack to check!]
Just as the ga issued the prompt, a huge brownish-yellow figure ca into view.
Its black and yellow striped fur was dampened by the fine rain, its four powerful legs and tail like a steel rod, with eerie black horizontal stripes carved on its thick neck and round head, beneath which was embedded a pair of fierce golden beast eyes. The teeth in its wide mouth were sharp and thick, as if they could easily crush a cow's big bone!
Gu Ji's pupils contracted sharply.
It was actually a tiger!!
Just 30 ters away in front of him!
"Bari bari!"
"Ah! My God, help!"
...
Listening to the screams of the fleeing crowd around him, Gu Ji, who had studied so Hindi, quickly deduced the scenario: India. The fleeing crowd also startled the tiger, which slowly crouched down, its ears constantly twitching, and its fierce eyes rapidly scanning the surroundings.
The motorcycle driver, trying to endure the headache and wanting to get up and escape, caught the tiger's attention.
"Everyone, don't move! Especially you!"
Gu Ji hurriedly shouted.
Although he still didn't understand why the tiger appeared in the town, he must now find a way to save himself and manage this crisis.
When encountering ferocious wild animals, people usually have two reactions: flee and intimidate.
And against a tiger, turning and fleeing is the dumbest thing to do. He currently isn't sure whether this tiger escaped from a zoo or wandered into the town from the nearby wild. If it's the latter, a wild tiger has a 90% chance of charging to attack and bite.
Many felines, such as lions, tigers, and leopards, have a natural instinct to pounce on fast-moving objects. This is an involuntary physical reaction, and the running speed of a tiger can reach up to 60 kiloters per hour. This speed ans it can cover about 17 ters in one second, a speed that even Bolt couldn't outrun if he tried his hardest.
At that mont, nurous human-tiger encounter accident cases flashed through Gu Ji's mind.
With a tiger in a staredown situation, there are only two possibilities:
1. The tiger is curious about you but isn't sure if it can attack you (90% probability);
2. The tiger is simply curious and following you without intending to attack (very unlikely).
Exactly.
If a tiger wants to kill a person, the only chance you have of detecting it is when it charges at you. Since it could et your gaze, it shows the tiger's desire to attack you isn't yet strong.
On one hand, because humans are not a tiger's usual prey, on the other hand, people walking upright instill so fear in the tiger, which here manifests as a stare down and examination - indicating that the tiger in front actually doesn't harbor much hostility towards humans, maybe even a little apprehension.
Hence, he hurriedly stopped the motorcycle driver's escape behavior to avoid arousing the tiger's killing instincts.
"From now on, follow my instructions, don't run, don't make any sudden moves, slowly stand up..."
Gu Ji swallowed, giving the driver cues while secretly reaching for the [Poison Needle Trap] mine in his backpack, just in case. If the tiger were to go on a killing spree, this mine could at least save lives at a crucial mont.
Because this was a Bengal tiger, compared to the Northeast tigers of the Xia Kingdom, the forr is more ferocious.
Being watched by a tiger almost two ters tall, the motorcycle driver seemingly lacked the courage to turn and run, so Gu Ji's words beca his only lifeline.
He mustered up the courage, forcing his trembling legs to stand gradually.
As the Bengal tiger saw the driver's movent, it began to move as well, frightening the driver to the point of wanting to crouch back down, but he was once again scolded by Gu Ji: "Continue standing up! Don't squat! Hurry!"
Should he squat at this mont, in the eyes of the Bengal tiger, it would only see the driver as smaller and weaker, heightening its desire to attack. The correct approach was, without exposing vulnerable body parts, to stand as tall as possible or assu a posture that made one appear large.
Fortunately, the driver complied.
Upon standing up as instructed, the Bengal tiger's deanor indeed changed. The rain glued its fur together, allowing Gu Ji to clearly observe its muscle movent under the skin, gradually shifting from an attack posture to cautiousness.
"Good! Very good! Now everyone listen to , slowly step back into the alleys on both sides, clearing the main street, you, co with !"
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