Chapter 58: Water Flow and Animals

Early morning, the sun rose in the east.

Sunlight fell down, driving away the night's chill. Qin Yun stretched his body, letting his stiff muscles and ligaments recover.

Around seven-thirty, he turned on the livestream equipment again and modified the stream's title: 【Qin Yun's Wilderness Survival Day 3】, then clicked to start broadcasting.

At this hour of the morning, not many people actually watch livestreams—after all, adults are busy going to work, and minors are still sleeping in.

But because it was the National Day holiday, and because of the continuity of his stream over the past two days, as soon as he went live, the viewer count began climbing rapidly. In less than a minute, it had reached three or four hundred.

"Qin-ye started later than yesterday—I waited half an hour already."

"Qin-ye didn't eat dinner last night, are you hungry now? I'm eating scallion-oil noodles."

"I'm eating pan-fried buns, my mouth's all greasy—ugh, I'm a little stuffed."

Qin Yun rubbed his face hard and said to the camera: "Hello everyone, I'm Qin Yun, currently a wilderness survivor. Today is my third day in the Greater Khingan virgin forest. Aside from being a bit hungry, I feel otherwise fine. So seeing you all eating so well, I really want a fried dough stick and a bowl of soy milk right now."

"Hahaha, streamer, don't be funny—just obediently eat your bugs."

"Soy milk? Why not squeeze some out yourself?"

Seeing these comments, Qin Yun gave a wry smile: "Compared to the night before last, I didn't sleep well last night. One reason is the low temperature, and another is that I have to stay alert in case any wild animals pass by—after all, this shack can't withstand any animal attack."

"Luckily, my luck held, nothing happened all night. But now I'm genuinely a bit hungry. I have to find something to eat, otherwise I'm afraid I'll run out of strength, and if I run into wolves or black bears, I won't even have the energy to run."

"Want to see the streamer run into a grizzly."

"Upstairs, have some kind thoughts for the streamer."

"Don't even mention it—Qin-ye's combat power is badass. The shot of him slaying two wolves the day before yesterday is still lingering on my mind to this day."

Qin Yun sent the drone into the air, then had it face him directly as he continued heading north.

"My goal is five days of wilderness survival—to successfully walk out of here alive after five days. In these three days, I've walked roughly a hundred kilometers. That pace is already pretty good, but I still haven't found a water source, so I can't tell whether I'll manage to find traces of humans within the five days."

Qin Yun's face was a bit dirty at this moment, but with his high looks, that dirtiness actually made him look very manly on camera.

He jumped over a section of descending path and kept moving forward.

Half an hour later, as his stream went on, the viewer count kept growing and had already reached three thousand. That was rare at this hour—only big streamers could pull that off.

At this point, he suddenly saw something white on top of a fallen tree. As if he'd found treasure, he shouted at the camera: "Look, it's a termite nest! Judging by the size of this nest, there must be termite nymphs inside. Maybe my breakfast is settled."

Seeing Qin Yun's eyes light up, the stream's viewers couldn't stay calm.

"Holy crap, streamer, you even eat termites?"

"No way, I'm still eating my noodles—I'm gonna throw up later."

"Bleh—!"

"Yesterday he was eating rabbit meat, today he's starting on termites—unbelievable."

Qin Yun brought the camera close to the tree's surface, picked up a stick from the ground, then unceremoniously poked a few times. Immediately, termites came swarming out—dense and countless, dizzying to look at.

But his target wasn't those—it was the termite nymphs, the young ants.

His luck was good. After digging open the nest, a pile of nymphs appeared in his line of sight, and were perfectly displayed on camera as well.

"Oh god, I have trypophobia."

"Streamer's gonna eat that? My leftovers from last night are about to come up."

"Disgusting."

Qin Yun reached out, grabbed a handful, and stuffed it into his mouth right in front of the camera. Fighting back nausea, he chewed once and found the taste wasn't bad.

He said nonchalantly: "Termite nymphs don't have a hard shell, they're rich in fat and protein, the texture's nice—soft and glutinous. Believe it or not, there's a creamy, nutty flavor. Anyone who's interested can go try some."

"Holy crap, he actually ate it?"

"Termites: disaster from the sky—the place our ancestors lived for generations is just gone, and our descendants have all been eaten up."

"Consume termite nymphs x several: Hunger +1"

"That's freaking disgusting—Douyin mods, hurry up and ban him."

"The streamer's expression doesn't look fake either—could it really be tasty?"

"Don't even talk about it—even if it's tasty, I can't get it down."

The stream's netizens, seeing this scene, were all worked up.

Those viewers who were eating breakfast suddenly felt their breakfasts were a bit nauseating.

"Damn, Qin-ye's being inhuman—since he has nothing to eat, he has to disgust us too."

Still, this wave of content worked pretty well—gifts were flying.

Qin Yun grabbed two more handfuls. Seeing there was almost nothing left, he could only smack his lips and sigh: "Too little—not even enough to pick my teeth. But at least I've got something in my stomach, the hunger is eased a little. Now I have to hurry and find a water source. Once I find water, I can hunt animals, or fish—that works too."

As the sun gradually rose, the temperature in the forest climbed along with it.

After walking for a while, he picked some blueberries to quench his thirst. Suddenly he slapped his arm, glanced at it, and said happily: "A mosquito."

"Streamer's sick in the head—getting that excited over a mosquito."

"Looks like he's starving crazy—surely he's not gonna eat the mosquito too?"

"Qin-ye, be a human being."

Qin Yun laughed and explained: "In the city, mosquitoes are nothing, but in the forest, mosquitoes are also a clue—because insects like mosquitoes like to stay in damp places. If they want to breed, they have to lay their eggs by the water. That's why I was so happy to see mosquitoes—maybe we're already pretty close to a water source."

On camera, he flew the drone's secondary unit out, and it quickly climbed, soon rising above the treetops and reaching the sky.

The camera switched, and sharp-eyed netizens in the stream immediately spotted the location of a water source.

"Look, over that raised bit, there's a stream."

"I see it too—streamer's lucky, doesn't look far, just a kilometer or two."

Qin Yun naturally saw it too. His heart lifted, and his walking pace quickened.

When he got over the spot the netizens had mentioned, he immediately heard the gurgling sound of flowing water: "Haha, I hear water."

Not long after he said that, a gently trickling stream appeared in his line of sight. The stream wasn't wide, and the water wasn't much—not even enough to cover a foot. But it was live water, flowing softly.

"Awesome, we've got water."

Qin Yun excitedly ran to the stream, took a careful look around, confirmed there was no danger, then immediately cupped the water and splashed it on his face, before burying his head and taking a big gulp.

"Haha, refreshing!"

Qin Yun shook his head; in the camera he wore a wild, satisfied grin.

"Actually, water from streams like this in the forest is very likely to have parasites and must be boiled. But it doesn't matter, I'll only drink a little, and the human body is pretty good at killing them, so a little bit is fine."

After saying that, Qin Yun took two more sips.

"Piao Bucheng gifted the streamer ten pairs of glasses — congrats to Qin Ye on finding a water source"

"Yu Yuju gifted the streamer a sports car — Qin Ye looks pretty lucky, are we going to see better meals again today?"

"Bo Lang Ge gifted the streamer a Carnival — I just got out of a meeting, did I miss something?"

"666, which company's boss is Bo Lang Ge? Still hiring? I can bend and stretch."

"Looks like a company boss for sure, no wonder he's so loaded."

"Bo Lang Ge, you missed Qin Ye eating bugs."

"Missing it is no loss, consider yourself lucky, it was brutal on the eyes."

Seeing Bo Lang Ge drop a Carnival, Qin Yun immediately thanked the gifters, and was just about to say more when his eyes suddenly went wide, as if he'd seen something terrifying.

He hurried over, leapt across from this side of the stream to the other bank, pointed at a muddy pit on the ground, and said solemnly: "Friends, danger. Look at this — what is it?"

"What else could it be, just a pit? Surely it's not a bear footprint?"

Qin Yun glanced over and said: "This guy called Kunkun Two-and-a-Half Years is right — it really is a bear print, and a black bear at that. From how fresh the mud is, I can tell this print was made less than three hours ago."

"And from the size of the print, this black bear isn't big — about 150 kilograms — definitely an Asiatic black bear. We also commonly call this kind of black bear a blind bear."

"Holy crap, really a bear?"

"We're done for, the streamer actually ran into one. Streamer, get out of there fast, or you'll get eaten."

"A bear, 150 kilograms, one slap and you'd be a meat patty, and he calls that small."

"I've grown this big and never seen a real bear."

"A giant panda is also a bear."

"Qin Ye, get out of there!"

Without needing their reminder, once Qin Yun confirmed it was a black bear, he broke into a stride and immediately left.

As he ran, he gave a science lesson: "From what I know, the Greater Khingan Range has two kinds of bears. One is the Asiatic black bear I just mentioned — smaller build, never over 150 kilograms, poor eyesight, timid, and generally won't attack humans unprovoked. The brown bear is different — it can reach up to 500 kilograms, its sense of smell is seven times that of a hound, it sits at the top of the forest food chain, and it's highly aggressive. Records show over a thousand humans have been killed by brown bears — that tells you how terrifying they are."

"Still, my luck's not bad — it's only an Asiatic black bear. As long as we don't provoke it, given its timid nature, it won't come at me on its own."

"Streamer, what if you do run into one? Play dead on the ground?"

"Climb a tree, right? Bears can't climb trees, can they?"

Qin Yun glanced at the comment section and said solemnly: "Trust me, if you choose to play dead, you'll really die. And don't climb a tree — all bears are expert climbers, you'll still die. The only good option is to run. Don't even think about trying to scare it, especially a brown bear — if you bare your teeth and try to intimidate it, there won't be a second outcome for you."

"666, were all our elementary school textbooks lying?"

"I also remember the books saying, when you meet a bear, climb a tree."

"Streamer's right — when you meet a bear, keep your distance, don't think about fighting it, you're no match."

Qin Yun was running too fast for the drone to keep up, so he simply took the drone in hand, switched on the action camera, and cut the feed to the action camera.

"Good thing the forest floor is soft, so running isn't affected. Too bad about the water source though — if I could follow the stream downstream, I might've found my way out smoothly, but with black bear traces around, I have to keep my distance."

"Even an Asiatic black bear isn't something a human can take on. The Asiatic black bear's only weakness is that it's not very brave."

As he was speaking, a sheer vertical drop suddenly appeared ahead. Qin Yun stopped quickly, leaned over to look, and saw several such drops in a row, the overall terrain dropping sharply.

He judged the height, then launched the drone, raised its altitude, and jumped straight down.

"Ohhh, the streamer's got guts — that looks like three or four meters."

"Qin Ye clearly has serious athletic ability."

After dropping down four or five ledges in a row, Qin Yun suddenly saw the path ahead cut off completely — below was a rushing river, and the opposite bank was a full seven or eight meters wide.

The drone flew down the cliff and found the river was a good ten-plus meters below the top.

"Lucky again, another water source — but it flows the wrong way for me. I need to head north, and this river runs west to east, so I have to get across it."

"Streamer, that's way too wide, you can't jump it."

"The world long jump record is 8.95 meters, the Asian record is 8.47 meters — even they wouldn't dare jump that distance, it's terrifying."

"Qin Ye, go around."

Qin Yun sized it up and immediately made his decision.

He took off his backpack, then launched both drones at once, stuffed everything into the backpack, and with a hard swing, hurled the backpack straight to the other side.

Facing the camera, he grinned: "Going around isn't happening, so I'm choosing to jump across."