[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off":3,"chapter-bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-chapter-274":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Bound to the Sign-In System, I Took Off",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2336328,4567,"Chapter 274","bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-chapter-274",274,"\u003Cp>Where the hippo passed, grass was flattened, soil sank, and even the air seemed to tremble. Its massive body swayed as it moved, heading unimpeded toward the riverbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun sensed the commotion and swiftly dodged to one side, only stepping out again once the hippo had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t let its bulk fool you—killing a hippo isn’t easy,” Qin Yun shook his head. “If I had to choose between facing a hippo or a lion, I’d pick the lion. One accidental bump or crush from a hippo and you’re instantly crippled.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he returned to his original spot to search for the rock bees he’d seen earlier, but couldn’t locate them for the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Qin Yun didn’t give up—he kept searching tirelessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This honey is called the ‘liquid gold’ of the savanna. It’s packed with high concentrations of glucose and fructose—no digestion needed, it’s absorbed the moment it touches your tongue, boosting your blood sugar and restoring your energy within a minute. It also has anti-inflammatory and detoxifying properties, fighting off wild pathogens. In short, if I find honey here, it’s pure luck.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this explanation, viewers finally understood he wasn’t just driven by greed for food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than ten minutes of circling back and forth, Qin Yun finally spotted a single black-and-yellow rock bee resting on a small flower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha, still here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Qin Yun’s childlike grin, many viewers couldn’t help but smile along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fixing his gaze on the bee, Qin Yun remained patient—he neither startled it nor made sudden moves, simply waiting quietly beside it while chatting casually with his livestream audience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Almost all bees in this world are social, though solitary ones do exist. But rock bees aren’t among them. This lone bee is likely out foraging or scouting—and it’ll return to the hive sooner or later. I just don’t know when. Patience is key.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, how long do we have to wait?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it just be a lost rock bee? Maybe it can’t find its way back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun laughed. “Even a lost rock bee can easily find its way home. Getting separated due to wind or fright is normal on the savanna—but they never get lost. No need to worry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes never left the bee, which continuously flitted among the vegetation, occasionally pausing on a small flower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Under normal conditions, a solitary rock bee will return to its colony within four hours at most. So we can afford to wait—perhaps in the next moment it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he finished speaking, everyone in the livestream watched the bee suddenly take flight from the flower bud and speed off toward the west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, the viewers perked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoa, it moved! It moved!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qin’s luck is holding.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah, I’ve got a feeling Qin’s about to get screwed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun ignored the comments—he saw the bee move and instantly snapped to attention. He ordered the drone to follow and cautiously began chasing after it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This rock bee is barely over a centimeter long—clearly a worker bee,” he explained, eyes locked on the insect. “Worker bees are smaller than drones and the queen. Overall, African rock bees are tiny—none exceed two centimeters at most.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But despite their size, they’re far more formidable than the bees most people know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun walked two full kilometers before the bee, as if drawn by scent, landed on a golden acacia tree and vanished into its foliage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forced to act, he raised the drone. Just as he spotted the bee again, it took off, swiftly leaving the acacia’s ball-shaped blooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun hurried after it, moving slowly. Fortunately, rock bees don’t fly fast over long distances—he could still keep pace. But any unexpected obstacle could lose him the trail, and once lost, finding it again would be impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After another hour or so, a vast expanse of granite suddenly appeared ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stretching across over a thousand square meters, the granite formations rose and fell unevenly, dotted with golden acacia trees. He even spotted two zebras—one large, one small—grazing on yellowed dry grass near the rocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped instantly. In his line of sight, the lone bee was gone—replaced by dozens of rock bees flying back and forth. No need to guess: this was a colony, and their hive was surely hidden somewhere within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Found it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bees in the air were sparse and scattered, but moved with clear purpose around the granite. From his angle, numbers were low—but across the other side, the sky was thick with them. The direction near the zebras had almost none.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder those two zebras dared stay there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his knowledge, Qin Yun quickly assessed the colony’s scale. His face lit up with delight: “Guys, this rock bee colony is bigger than I imagined—probably around fifty thousand individuals. With a population this size, the comb likely has a staggering twelve frames.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s a comb?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Twelve frames? That’s a lot? Why’s Qin so excited? Anyone who knows?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m a beekeeper. A comb is a structure built by worker bees from wax secreted by their glands. It’s made of thousands of hexagonal cells—that’s a comb. One comb holds roughly seven to eight thousand cells, about 0.1 square meters in size. Honey stored in one comb can reach around 30 kilograms.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit, that much? So Qin won’t starve.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Almost certainly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, you bastard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun glanced at the comments and laughed. “That beekeeper’s right—it’s August, peak honey season. My luck’s in. But I can’t get cocky. A colony this size? One misstep and I’ll be swarmed to death. I need a smart way to harvest the honey.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around, walked to a nearby golden acacia, and pulled out his knife to scrape off the bark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, I need containers to store the honey. The inner bark of the golden acacia works well—I’ll make a few tube-shaped pouches. Ten kilograms should be enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second, how to harvest. If my guess is right and there are fifty thousand bees, brute force will get me killed. I need a proper method.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Type 1 if you want to see Qin being chased by rock bees!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“1”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“1”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“1”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Qin Yun cut the inner bark, he glanced at the comments. Seeing hundreds of “1”s, he was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guys, can’t you let me have a moment of peace? African rock bees are three to four times more toxic than our domestic bees. One sting brings intense pain and burning. A dozen can cause dizziness and nausea. Dozens can induce shock. Hundreds? An adult can die.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So imagine fifty thousand rock bees chasing me—how terrifying is that? Worse than being bitten by a black-spined scale viper.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha, now I really want to see it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re a devil, but I love you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Agreed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun sighed and shook his head. He successfully peeled off a strip of inner bark, rolled it, and folded it up for the camera to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Capacity’s about 800ml—holds roughly two catties of honey. I need twenty catties, so I’ll need at least ten of these tubes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Imagine me walking around with ten of these slung on me—I’d barely move. Fine, I’ll settle for ten catties.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun moved swiftly. In under half an hour, he harvested four more strips of inner bark. Then he began making grass ropes—there was no shortage of material on the savanna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He selected tough, dry grass and soon gathered a large pile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat down, turned the camera toward himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun smiled calmly. “The best way to braid grass rope is the two-strand twist. Split the grass into two bundles. Hold the top end firmly with your left hand. Twist the two bundles in opposite directions with your right hand. Once tight, cross and wrap them together, continuously adding more grass as you twist. The tighter you twist, the stronger it gets—perfect for securing containers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On camera, Qin Yun’s hands moved rapidly, the grass rope steadily lengthening—breathtaking to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Amazing. Qin can do everything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Magic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qin: Basic skill. Foreigners who’ve never seen real life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For most Chinese, especially those raised in rural areas, this was common in the 80s and 90s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, several grass ropes lay on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, first tie the bottom of each acacia tube shut—so honey doesn’t leak out. Use a simple square knot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, five tube-shaped containers were complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hung them around his neck, stood, and turned toward the granite expanse—only to see the two zebras, large and small, now licking something from a rock crevice.\u003C\u002Fp>",1413,"2026-06-20T21:37:30.093Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1e565806755b8058445cd32f010f1598a4c59f91600b3791056e3cd1ce9c41a9","bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-chapter-275","bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-chapter-273",329,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-cover.jpg"]