Chapter 100: Xiao Yi, Who Lives by His Looks!

The lynx mid-air was flung backward by the force of the flying stick.

Finally, the stick and the lynx became lodged together in a crack of the rock.

At this moment, the lynx emitted continuous pained cries, its eyes already growing dim.

Around it, blood pooled thickly, staining the rocks red.

“Mmm! Mmm!”

In its final moments, the lynx turned its head northward and roared, its voice stripped of its earlier defiance.

All that remained was its own weakness, and even its final sounds carried a faint sorrow and plea.

At this moment, it was no longer the cunning, bloodthirsty lynx—it resembled more a helpless old man facing death.

It carried burdens it could not let go, and unspeakable sorrow.

At this moment, Xiao Yi felt no joy at having killed the two lynxes.

All things possess feeling; the emotion and attachment shown by this lynx at its end pressed heavily on Xiao Yi’s heart.

Such emotional expression, whether from human or beast, easily stirs resonance.

Xiao Yi could guess at least something about the direction the lynx had stared toward.

The only thing it could have clung to in its final breaths must have been its cubs.

“Our grudge ends here. Whether your cubs survive—let fate decide!”

Xiao Yi did not know if the lynx understood his words, but he spoke them aloud to the dying beast anyway.

To strike at the cubs of an animal—Xiao Yi truly could not bring himself to do it; his heart would not allow it.

Yet even without Xiao Yi’s intervention, without the protection of its two parents, the cub would not survive long in this wilderness.

But if Xiao Yi were to search for and adopt that little lynx—

He knew himself well enough: he was not that kind of good-hearted man, not after just killing its parents.

“Mmm!”

Perhaps the lynx understood Xiao Yi’s final words; after he spoke, the male lynx finally breathed its last.

Watching the lynx that had caused them so much trouble die, Hei Dan and Gou Dan both felt a hollow emptiness.

With the lynx’s death, they seemed momentarily lost, unsure of what came next.

As for Xiao Yi, he looked at Hei Dan’s severe bleeding and couldn’t help frowning.

Hei Dan’s wounds this time, though not as bad as the battle with the wolf pack, were far worse than when he’d been trapped before.

Xiao Yi stepped forward, pulled the stick from the lynx, then slung the carcass onto the stick to carry home.

Though Xiao Yi felt something strange about the lynx’s final emotions—

That did not mean he would waste the food; after all, he too was part of the food chain in this Arctic wilderness.

As he lifted the carcass, he glanced again at the lynx, then called out toward Hei Dan and Gou Dan.

“Let’s head back!”

Upon hearing this, Hei Dan and Gou Dan both froze.

They had assumed this human would drive them away today—but that voice just now…

“Roar!”

“Roar!”

Then both bears roared back in excitement and hurried to follow closely behind Xiao Yi.

Originally, Xiao Yi had never intended to call Hei Dan back.

But this stupid bear had been wounded too badly this time.

If Hei Dan died out of his sight, Xiao Yi might only feel a moment of sadness.

But since the injury happened right before him, Xiao Yi could not bear to watch it die like this.

Xiao Yi knew that if he did not treat it and feed it for two days, the chance of this stupid bear surviving in the wilderness was less than fifty percent.

In the livestream, viewers, upon hearing Xiao Yi say this, all felt a surge of relief.

“To be honest, the lynx’s dying cries just now made me feel uneasy.”

“Yeah, I got this strange feeling I can’t explain.”

“Can’t be helped—it’s the law of survival. This lynx’s fate was sealed.”

“Forget it, it’s dead. Let’s talk about Hei Dan! Xiao Shen ultimately couldn’t abandon Hei Dan’s life!”

“Since Xiao Shen took Hei Dan back, don’t chase him away again!”

“How could you forget why Xiao Shen originally drove Hei Dan away? He only did it because Hei Dan’s wounds were too severe.”

“What I love most about this show is Xiao Shen’s daily life with Hei Dan and Gou Dan. We probably won’t get to see much more of it.”

“Can’t be helped—Hei Dan and Gou Dan, as Xiao Shen said, belong to this wilderness.”

“Still, Xiao Shen is terrifying! Two lynxes? Just like that, gone in a few swings?”

"What else do you want? Don't even mention two lynxes—even if you swapped places with the lynx, you'd be dead too."

“So this is the ‘I could do it too’ version? Amazing!”

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Of course, Xiao Yi knew nothing of the livestream’s current state—he returned toward the cabin with the two black bears.

At this moment, Li Yong in the control room watched this scene and was delighted.

Seeing the number of viewers in Xiao Yi’s livestream, Li Yong declared Xiao Yi his lucky star.

Anyone who knew Li Yong would be shouting “Damn!” if they heard his thoughts right now.

Just now, Xiao Yi’s three-stick lynx kill had spread across the entire internet via livestream viewers.

It instantly drew a flood of new viewers into his livestream, pushing his viewer count to a new record—surpassing 16 million—and more kept pouring in.

Remember, the main livestream’s viewer count these past two days hovered around 20 million, and that was with three top streamers active.

Xiao Yi alone was nearly matching the traffic of three of them. Li Yong even privately wondered whether to invite Xiao Yi onto the guest stage next season.

Of course, this was only the beginning. Given the show’s popularity and Xiao Yi’s current heat—

The trending charts would likely be dominated by Xiao Yi for another two days.

Some celebrities who bought trending spots would probably faint in the bathroom again.

Remember, Xiao Yi’s earlier wolf-pack sweep had kept him trending for two days.

That time was at night, with poor lighting; the video only showed Xiao Yi’s ferocity, not his handsomeness.

This time was different—the raw power and wildness of his three throws had doubled his female fanbase.

In short, his handsome throws had drawn countless new fans—this was the source of his heat!

And it had greatly encroached upon the space previously occupied by Hei Dan and Gou Dan.

Remember, Xiao Yi’s livestream had always had plenty of female viewers, but 90% of them came for the two black bears, just like Bai Lin had.

Speaking of which, Xiao Yi’s original motive for driving Hei Dan away deserved deeper thought.

The remaining 10% were mostly transient female viewers who came for the spectacle, and a tiny fraction came for Xiao Yi’s talent.

But Xiao Yi had always believed he lived by his looks.

Humble as he was, he only had a face slightly less perfect than Nan Jiao and Bei Gu from his past life.

The girls in his livestream really didn’t know their own good fortune!

So with this face alone, he deserved at least one more day on the trending charts than last time.