Chapter 264

Qin Yun's face broke into a smug grin.

Seeing his expression, the netizens grew curious.

"Qin Ye, should we wait a bit and see if any carnivores show up?"

"Yeah, just out of curiosity—who's the poor sucker gonna be?"

"I second that!"

"Qin, wait half an hour. No rush."

"LOL, why are you grinning so lewdly, Qin?"

Seeing how eager the netizens were, Qin Yun had no reason to refuse. He glanced left and right, then sprinted toward a rock over three hundred meters away. In no time, he hid behind it and controlled the drone to ascend into the sky, locking its camera onto the zebra.

"Since you're all so eager, I'll satisfy you—but only half an hour."

Though it was only eight-something in the morning, not a single cloud hovered overhead; the sun blazed high. Qin Yun had barely stood there a moment before sweat beaded on his forehead.

He had only one canteen of water. Once it was gone, he'd have to find more. In this dry season on the grassland, getting water was no different than in a desert—he had to ration it.

After a full twenty minutes, seven or eight hyenas finally appeared in the frame.

Qin Yun's voice rang out promptly: "These are spotted hyenas, about 1.5 meters long, weighing between 50 to 80 kilograms. They're a matriarchal society, so the females are larger and hold higher status. Their primary prey are wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles—they don't care for carrion."

He observed through the drone's monitor, seeing everything clearly.

"Qin Ye, won't they smell your scent?"

"The animals here all have sharp noses. Qin Ye's probably on their menu too."

"Gaga, Qin Ye's big massacre moment is coming!"

Qin Yun's face darkened.

"Didn't you see me run over three hundred meters away? That's exactly to avoid this. Spotted hyenas have keen noses—in still air, they can smell you within fifty meters; with wind, even a hundred meters is easy. For safety, I moved over three hundred meters out."

Hearing this, the netizens were instantly disappointed.

"Of course—Qin Ye's still a dog."

"If Qin Ye didn't have this much foresight, he'd have died in his livestreams long ago."

"You're underestimating Qin Ye."

Under the drone's lens, the seven or eight hyenas circled the zebra, sniffed, then surged forward to tear into the carcass, feasting voraciously—the scene instantly turned grotesquely bloody.

For a moment, comments in the livestream dropped sharply.

"The East African black-ridged scale-eating snake is extremely toxic, known as the Black Ridge Death God. It secretes potent neurotoxins and hemotoxins—each venom injection can easily kill ten adult men. Given the zebra's size, the toxins inside it would effortlessly kill these spotted hyenas."

As he spoke, one spotted hyena in the frame suddenly grew agitated, shaking its head incessantly, repeatedly licking its lips, its breathing growing rapid and labored.

"Here it comes—the toxin's activated."

Hearing Qin Yun's words, the netizens were stunned.

"Holy shit, it kicked in that fast? Less than a minute!"

"Terrifying—Qin Ye, danger here isn't just from big animals. These deadly species can't be underestimated."

"Scary—look, they're already staggering."

"Holy shit, the others are reacting too!"

Beyond their physical reactions, some hyenas began howling—cries filled with unease and terror.

As the hemotoxin spread, the hyenas curled up, rolling on the ground, clawing wildly, their bodies convulsing uncontrollably.

Their eyes lost all ferocity—only fear remained.

After four or five minutes, all seven or eight hyenas lay completely rigid, pupils dilated, motionless.

This brief scene laid bare its cruelty without mercy.

Qin Yun zoomed the drone in for a close look and confirmed all the spotted hyenas were dead.

"Terrifying," he murmured. "If the zebra had been left to rot before being found, it wouldn't have been so dangerous—the toxins inside would've broken down naturally."

With that, he stood up, commanded the drone to take off, and prepared to continue toward Lake Ndutu.

"Friends, this is the most primitive grassland. Spotted hyenas are large, social animals. If seven or eight showed up, there must be more nearby. I've got to go—otherwise, if I get surrounded, even my fighting skills won't save me."

As he spoke, Qin Yun took off running.

With his accumulated skills, his speed was far beyond ordinary people's. If he pushed himself fully, he was confident he could win an Olympic medal.

For safety, the auxiliary drone constantly hovered overhead, letting him check at any moment for approaching dangers.

"He's running pretty fast."

"Qin Ye's speed—someone might think a lion's chasing him."

"Tsk tsk, a cowardly mouse."

As time passed, the livestream's viewer count stabilized. Domestically, the Douyin livestream hovered steadily around 27 million viewers—audience metrics exploded. Though large, this was still negligible among China's billion-plus netizens.

Combined, the three overseas livestreams reached eighty million viewers—total viewership surpassed one hundred million, far exceeding the numbers during his cave diving stream.

Meanwhile, borderline erotic female streamers broadcasting at the same time quickly noticed their already meager viewership vanished. No matter how hard they twisted, shook, or wriggled, numbers refused to climb.

They could only curse and shut down, blaming their bad luck.

"Hanhan" was a borderline streamer on Douyin, doing two livestreams daily—one in the morning, one at night—four hours total. She lived luxuriously off tips from her top supporters.

She earned at least a thousand yuan net daily—far better than the miserable 996 office worker's life.

But today, her viewer count plummeted sharply, eventually dropping to just one person—an unprecedented event.

Hanhan felt desolate, convinced she'd been abandoned by the algorithm. She gazed pitifully at the camera: "Bro, what's going on? Why did everyone leave?"

The lone viewer replied: "Don't you know Qin Ye went live today? Who's gonna watch you?"

"Qin Ye?" Hanhan gasped. He was Douyin's #1 streamer—the one she could never match. He'd gone live today? She hadn't known.

"Bro, why didn't you go watch him?" Hanhan asked.

"Oh, I'm watching too—I'm on my computer, and you're on your phone. Can you dance again? Big brother's coming soon."

Hanhan flew into a rage: "Fuck your mom, get the hell out."

With that, he ended the stream.

Hanhan was just one example; with Qin Yun's livestreaming, traffic across every Douyin live room surged dramatically.

This is the prestige of the number-one Douyin follower—this person never attends any official events, never shows up in person, yet every livestream drains all the viewership, forcing the platform to actively promote him.

Where do you even go to argue that?

After running for about ten minutes, Qin Yun stopped, a look of delight appearing on his face.

"Look what I found!"

As he spoke, the camera switched, the drone pulled back, and over twenty African elephants appeared on screen—varying in size, clearly a complete herd.

The largest stood as tall as a hill, three to four meters high; the smallest were under a meter, looking tiny, their large ears flapping to shoo away flies and mosquitoes.

"This is the apex of the grassland food chain—the undisputed king without a crown. On the grassland, no wild animal dares to hunt an adult African elephant. In a one-on-one fight, no one stands a chance. An adult male African elephant weighs six to seven tons; one stomp can easily crush a lion."

"Don't be fooled by their size—they can sprint in a straight line at up to 40 km/h."

Hearing Qin Yun's explanation, many viewers learned for the first time just how terrifying African elephants were.

"Wow, so huge and yet so fast? Humans must seem like flies to them—one flick of the tail could knock you dead."

"And they're herd animals—who'd dare provoke them?"

"Those solid tusks are every poacher's dream—only humans care about them. Without humans, elephants are truly the top of the food chain."

"This is the core zone—there can't be any poachers here."

After observing for a while, Qin Yun said: "This herd's route, barring accidents, is also heading toward Ndutu Lake. I just need to follow them."

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