Chapter 104: An Ordinary Day

"What a bountiful day today!"

Holding up the Arctic char in his hand, Xiao Yi smiled faintly as he murmured to himself.

When in a good mood, heaven itself seems to offer extra favor.

After applying medicine to Black Egg, Xiao Yi ignored the two black bears and picked up his lure, walking alone toward Lake Ryan.

With the two lynxes no longer bothering him, Xiao Yi’s mind naturally grew calm.

When fishing in peace, the fish readily took the bait.

In just the morning, Xiao Yi caught four fish: one pike weighing over twenty jin, and two Arctic char each around ten jin.

There was also a tiny one, about two jin, which Xiao Yi didn’t bother with and immediately tossed back into the lake.

At this rate, Xiao Yi could expect to harvest around eighty jin of fish today.

Of course, that’s only if the lake’s fish are feeling generous; otherwise, if luck turns bad, he might catch nothing in the afternoon—empty-handed would be normal.

Xiao Yi’s goal was to store five hundred jin of fish meat.

A person consumes about three jin of food daily; under normal conditions, one eats an amount of food equal to their own body weight each month.

Today was the thirty-seventh day of his wilderness survival—meaning he had sixty-three days left, a bit over two months.

Xiao Yi himself needed only about three hundred jin of food.

But he also needed to reserve some food for the two bears, who had been consuming over a hundred jin of fish meat these past few days.

Most importantly, Xiao Yi had a good habit: he always stored extra, just in case.

So even if he never ended up using it, he’d still stockpile extra food as a precaution.

If Xiao Yi could maintain this level of luck every day, he’d have enough stored food in about a week.

Then he could drive off the two dumb bears and enjoy his own little lordly life.

Of course, the luckiest ones would be his rabbit pen—the rabbits no longer had to fear becoming his meal.

But that damn rabbit still hadn’t been dealt with, which left Xiao Yi somewhat annoyed.

It was the only creature since arriving in this wilderness that had managed to get the better of him without him getting revenge.

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"Ooooh!"

What Xiao Yi didn’t know was that while he was thinking of that snow rabbit,

the rabbit was also thinking of him!

At this moment, the Rabbit God was softly chirping, watching the nearby group of useless wolves preparing to leave.

The Rabbit God knew his own strength couldn’t save his fellow rabbits, so after leaving, he planned to seek help.

His target for help was naturally the strongest force in this wilderness: the wolf pack.

Only this pack had any chance of inflicting mutual destruction upon the man and the two bears.

Upon seeing the snow rabbit willingly approach, the wolf pack naturally had no intention of letting it go.

Unfortunately, how could the wolves possibly catch a rabbit as clever as a demon—one that had already toyed with Xiao Yi and Black Egg?

The snow rabbit’s top recorded speed was seventy to eighty kilometers per hour.

Clearly, this rabbit’s speed had reached that peak range.

After teasing the wolf pack, the snow rabbit always fled toward Xiao Yi’s camp.

The wolves behind naturally chased relentlessly—after all, even a small rabbit was meat.

In the cold wilderness winter, any meat was precious.

But tragically, the rabbit discovered that each time it neared Xiao Yi’s camp, the pursuing wolves would abandon the chase.

Then the wolves would stare at Xiao Yi’s camp with deep wariness—leaving the rabbit thoroughly frustrated.

Of course, if Xiao Yi knew, he’d surely burst into triumphant laughter.

He’d look at the rabbit with disdain and say, "What a coincidence—these wolves? I’ve beaten them before!"

After several attempts, the rabbit gave up its original plan.

Now it understood: the wolf pack feared that human.

It would have to go farther away, seeking a stronger wolf pack.

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Meanwhile, Xiao Yi was leisurely enjoying himself; by noon, he returned to his shelter carrying his large catch.

The fish were too many—he might not be able to carry more if he fished longer, so he decided to head back first.

Seeing Xiao Yi return with food, Black Egg let out an excited roar.

As for Dog Egg, he was still lost in existential contemplation, though he couldn’t help glancing a few times at the fish in Xiao Yi’s hands.

Without the lynxes disturbing them, the rhythm of life for the man and the two bears slowed down.

After drinking some hot water in the cabin and napping for an hour, Xiao Yi picked up his lure and headed out again.

After all, his goal today was eighty jin of fish—he’d only completed half so far.

But during the afternoon fishing, Xiao Yi spotted a mountain lion passing by on a distant hillside.

Xiao Yi gave the big creature a distant nod, then ignored it completely, focusing entirely on fishing.

Having already subdued two black bears, killed lynxes and wolves, Xiao Yi no longer felt the initial fear he’d had upon arriving in this wilderness toward such large predators.

Naturally, Xiao Yi didn’t share Wu En’s reckless mindset—he still instinctively kept his distance from such beasts.

But if this beast dared to disrespect him, if it insisted on causing trouble, Xiao Yi wouldn’t mind making sure it didn’t survive this cold winter.

Still, while Xiao Yi remained unmoved, his livestream viewers erupted in excitement, all clamoring and shouting.

"Xiao Shen, what are you fishing for? So boring! Don’t you see the prey ahead?"

"Xiao Shen, aren’t you curious about mountain lion meat?"

"Real men don’t fish! Xiao Shen, just go kill it!"

"Big Boss, don’t you feel that mountain lion is insulting you?"

"Look at that lion’s pelt—so beautiful! Don’t you want to collect it?"

"You already have lynx pelt, wolf pelt—if you add mountain lion pelt, bobcat pelt, wolverine pelt, brown bear pelt, and even Black Egg’s pelt, you can summon the Wilderness Dragon!"

"Do you look down on my polar bear? Don’t you know who the real big brother is?"

This is the no-man's-land on the edge of the Arctic Circle—seeing a polar bear here is impossible.

"But what did you mean by 'Black Egg’s pelt'? Black Egg’s mom fans, now’s your chance to @ and start flaming!"

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After Xiao Yi killed the two lynxes, judging from the barrage in his livestream,

one could say Xiao Yi hadn’t gotten arrogant—but his fans had.

Now, Xiao Yi subduing dragons and taming tigers was considered normal.

They even believed any slightly fierce creature must be killed to match Xiao Yi’s aura.

Fortunately, Xiao Yi didn’t know what was happening in his livestream—if he did, he’d just roll his eyes and complain.

These guys were just enjoying the show without a care—Xiao Yi wasn’t that foolish.

Of course, the mountain lion ultimately showed some sense, sensing Xiao Yi wasn’t someone to mess with.

Though it eyed the fish piled around Xiao Yi with hunger, it eventually left quietly.

Xiao Yi nodded in satisfaction at the beast’s good sense.

Thus passed another perfectly ordinary day.