Chapter 14: Furious Xiao Yi—Bang! Bang! Two Punches!

“Huff! Huff! Huff!”

Though the rain had stopped, the wind still howled outside the cave, but everyone in the live streams now held their breath.

They feared that even a single deep breath might provoke the black bear circling Xiao Yi.

Yet they forgot that even if they screamed themselves hoarse, it could not reach the remote wilderness of Maple Country thousands of miles away.

Perhaps the sleeping Xiao Yi had not alerted the bear to any danger, or perhaps the bear had already eaten its fill.

So when the bear approached Xiao Yi, it merely circled him, observing.

As for the sleeping Xiao Yi, he naturally knew nothing of the danger looming before him—even in his sleep, he absentmindedly scratched his nose.

His movement even caused the alert bear to instinctively step back two paces; only after seeing Xiao Yi make no further motion did it advance again to observe.

Thus, the live stream viewers endured ten heart-pounding minutes, and the bear seemed to have lost patience with Xiao Yi.

“Roar!”

It roared directly at Xiao Yi, then prepared to pounce.

“Damn it, this is really bad—has the Note Company’s rescue team not arrived yet?”

“Are they really going to get killed? No way!”

“Brother Bear, please spare him!”

“Everyone, think of something quick!”

“I can’t watch anymore, I can’t watch—I’m logging off. Guys, tell me the result tomorrow.”

“What if we send the drone again to distract the bear and lure it away from Xiao Yi?”

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Not only were the live stream viewers like this, but Li Yong, the head of Note Company, was also closely watching Xiao Yi.

When the bear made its move to attack Xiao Yi, he had already prepared to shut down Xiao Yi’s livestream at once.

“Fuck, this is so annoying! You won’t even let me sleep well, huh?”

At that moment, Xiao Yi, half-asleep, shouted out loud, then swung his fist without warning straight at the dark shadow before him.

Then came two solid thuds—bang! bang!

Xiao Yi suffered from morning irritability syndrome; it wasn’t usually severe, but the drone’s earlier noise had clearly agitated him.

Now the bear’s roar right beside his ear further stoked Xiao Yi’s irritation.

Instantly, his already simmering restlessness boiled over, prompting him to swing his fist.

His massive fist slammed straight into the bear’s head; the bear, stunned by the sudden attack, didn’t even react—taking both punches squarely.

“Roar! Roar! Roar!”

Immediately after, the bear let out a blood-curdling scream; its once-round face had swollen noticeably, proving just how heavy Xiao Yi’s punches were.

It couldn’t even retaliate—writhing in pain, it lost all desire to attack Xiao Yi, its aura as the king of the wild completely gone.

Clearly, those two punches had hurt it to the bone; otherwise, given a bear’s nature, it would have erupted in furious retaliation after being struck.

The bear hadn’t anticipated that the seemingly harmless prey, after its own roar, would suddenly ambush it.

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This scene had been fully recorded by the drone; everyone in the live stream stared in stunned silence.

If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they’d have sworn it was nonsense.

“Holy shit, did the bear just get knocked out like that? Bare-handed?”

“What the hell, am I dreaming? This is possible?!”

“Not yet knocked out—Brother Xiao needs to watch out for the bear’s counterattack!”

“My Brother Xiao, you’re truly a god!”

“Is this bear even real? It looks so weak.”

“Aren’t we watching a wilderness documentary? Feels more like sci-fi.”

“Yefeng Tingyu gifted Xiao Yi the exclusive item ‘Phoenix Dance Through Nine Heavens’ ×5!”

“Qieyi gifted Xiao Yi the exclusive item ‘Dragon Totem’!”

“Yefeng Tingyu gifted Xiao Yi the exclusive item ‘Phoenix Dance Through Nine Heavens’!”

“Qieyi gifted the streamer the exclusive item ‘Dragon Totem’ ×10, awesome!”

“Wozixiaoyao gifted Xiao Yi ‘Splendid Era’ ×10—this is way better than a female streamer’s legs, I’m in, I’m hooked!”

“99999 gifted the streamer ‘Tiger Roar Across Heaven and Earth’ ×10—nothing to say, just shouting ‘awesome!’”

“Zhezhezhe gifted Xiao Yi ‘Angel of Light’—heard there was something intense happening, glad I didn’t miss it—streamer, awesome!”

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Yefeng Tingyu: “My heart was in my throat just now, but now I see I worried for nothing—brother, you’re awesome!”

Wozixiaoyao: “This guy is truly incredible—I’ve never seen anyone knock out a black bear bare-handed before, even if it was a sneak attack.”

Meanwhile, in Note Company’s control room, everyone quietly exhaled in relief, then stared in shock.

Li Yong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Although Xiao Yi was not yet completely out of danger,

the fact that he had woken up was enough.

Judging from Xiao Yi’s behavior just now, a conscious Xiao Yi was certainly a wild beast in his own right—he could surely defend himself against the bear.

Note Company’s crisis had been averted.

Thinking of this, Li Yong felt exhausted; Xiao Yi, though the most talked-about among the show’s participants, was also the most troublesome.

Why can’t you just suffer quietly through the cold and hunger and let viewers enjoy the spectacle? Why all this nonsense?

As for the three hosts of the main stream—Beiye, and the others—they too had now calmed down.

Seeing the bear still howling in pain, they were astonished.

Though they had already known Xiao Yi was incredibly strong—even netizens joked he could take down a bear—

seeing him knock the bear into wailing with bare hands still made them gasp.

Even Cai Luo Han quietly calculated in his mind whether his own frail frame could survive Xiao Yi’s two bangs.

Of course, others like Cai Luo Han—such as Fat Gao and Liu Xu in Dorm 302 of Donghua University—had the same thought.

Since Xiao Yi joined the wilderness survival show, everyone in their dorm had been following it.

In fact, the entire Donghua University was watching Xiao Yi; when he faced the bear crisis, his dorm mates regretted bitterly they hadn’t stopped him from joining this stupid show yesterday.

Now, seeing Xiao Yi knock the bear senseless with two punches, they all silently thanked heaven they were still alive.

Recalling how they’d once taunted Xiao Yi awake with reckless pranks, they shuddered.

They didn’t have the bear’s thick hide—even the bear’s thick hide turned into a swollen pig’s head after two punches.

After the two punches, Xiao Yi himself woke up; seeing the bear still moaning, he immediately realized the danger, breaking into cold sweat.

Holy shit, I almost became this bastard’s dinner.

He then realized this place was no longer safe—even if the bear was now in pain or dazed, what if the pain faded later?

Then he’d face a furious bear.

Though his body had been enhanced by the system, Xiao Yi was confident he could match the bear in strength and speed.

But so what? Even if he ultimately defeated the bear, he’d be battered and bruised—too costly. That wasn’t Xiao Yi’s style.

Xiao Yi quickly gathered his things, put on his clothes, and rushed toward the cave entrance.