Chapter 32: A False Excitement!

Xiao Yi didn’t need to think twice—he knew exactly what the livestream chat would look like after what he just said.

But Li Yong in the control room was left speechless, silently cursing inside, “Are you never done, kid?”

For a moment, he even entertained a dark thought: should he just black out Xiao Yi outright, this constant troublemaker who gave him nothing but headaches?

But Li Yong truly dared not do it.

If he did, you could bet the next person to leave this production team would be him—the team lead.

All you can say is, having traffic is this damn powerful.

Right now, half the traffic for the entire show is concentrated on Baoye, Yang Qingning, and the trio in the main livestream.

The other half is monopolized entirely by Xiao Yi—and when that bear shows up, he even grabs over two-thirds.

For example, right now, after Xiao Yi mentioned he smelled the bear’s scent, his livestream’s stable 4.8 million viewers suddenly surged to 5.8 million within minutes.

And this momentum shows no sign of stopping—if he truly encounters the bear again, his viewer count could break new records, even surpassing seven million.

Right now, Xiao Yi and the bear might as well be the show’s traffic code and golden trademark.

The reason this show has exploded beyond its niche is precisely because of the high buzz around Xiao Yi and the bear.

Even upper management at Yinfu had considered secretly dispatching personnel to lure the bear toward Xiao Yi for the sake of traffic.

But this decision was quickly overturned by others—if anything went wrong, Yinfu’s entire reputation would suffer major damage.

Still, this clearly shows just how massive Xiao Yi’s traffic is, and how vital he is to this show.

In fact, if today’s elimination had been Xiao Yi instead of Mo Dekai, you could bet every livestream’s viewer count would drop by half.

Thinking of this, Li Yong sighed and dialed Shen Mengsan’s number again.

Safety first—there’s no choice; Xiao Yi is now the big boss of this production team.

But Shen Mengsan, upon receiving the call, also sighed heavily, then spoke to Li Yong.

“Li Zong, Xiao Yi hasn’t seen the bear. If we rush over now, aren’t we being overly cautious?”

Shen Mengsan understood clearly enough: neither Xiao Yi nor the bear could truly harm the other—Xiao Yi might even have a slight upper hand.

Honestly, even if the man and the bear actually fought, we still couldn’t say for sure whether we should rescue Xiao Yi or the bear.

Hearing Shen Mengsan say this, Li Yong sighed again, then continued speaking.

“Better safe than sorry—we have reason to trust Xiao Yi’s sense of smell. But even if you reach the vicinity, keep your distance and don’t appear in the drone’s camera frame.”

“If the bear truly appears and Xiao Yi is genuinely in danger, then you can show up on camera. Of course, if the bear is in danger, you may also intervene as needed.”

In short: Xiao Yi must not be harmed, and the bear must not be harmed either.

Shen Mengsan “...”

For a moment, Shen Mengsan didn’t know what to say, even muttering, “I’ve got it so hard!” Now they really had to go rescue the bear.

But it was an order from above—even if he was speechless, he had to deploy immediately; who would dare defy Huayuan?

Besides, every time they deploy, there’s a bonus involved—when you add it up, all six rescue team members should thank Xiao Yi.

Of course, the members of Team Four have already fainted in the bathroom, since their bonuses are now completely gone.

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As for Xiao Yi at this moment, he had slowly set down the bamboo basket, pulled out a wooden stick, and cautiously approached the cave entrance.

With the stick in hand, Xiao Yi’s courage grew considerably—even though its damage was less than an axe’s.

But Xiao Yi believed that with one solid swing, even that thick-skinned, dumb bear wouldn’t be able to withstand it—at least it would lose its fighting ability.

Still, Xiao Yi didn’t enter the cave directly; instead, he hid carefully near the entrance, staying alert.

He was confident that if the bear was truly inside, his arrival wouldn’t go unnoticed by that dumb beast.

A regular dog’s sense of smell is a hundred times stronger than a human’s; a hunting dog’s is three hundred times stronger; this dumb bear’s is two thousand one hundred times stronger.

Although Xiao Yi’s smell skill was now maxed out, compared to the bear, his sense of smell was garbage.

If Xiao Yi could smell the dumb bear, the dumb bear had no way of missing his scent.

“This fits my Xiao Shen style perfectly—I’m looking forward to Xiong Zai’s appearance, but don’t come out or I might just crack your skull with this stick.”

“Xiao Shen, please don’t hurt Xiong Zai! Xiong Zai is so cute!”

“Are you brain-dead? This is the wilderness—the god is facing a bear? Even if you love the bear, safety comes first right now.”

“Correct, supporting the above comment—I just hope Xiong Zai smells Xiao Shen’s scent and doesn’t come out, so we can support our god in bear-slaying.”

“After reading the comments, I breathed a sigh of relief—looks like there are still plenty of rational fans. I was really afraid some brain-dead viewers would trash Xiao Shen if he killed the bear.”

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But this wait lasted half an hour, and Xiao Yi’s inner feelings were awkward—he dared not show it in the livestream.

Xiao Yi had already guessed the dumb bear wasn’t inside the cave, but he couldn’t say it out loud—how embarrassing would that be?

Although this dumb bear was a bit smarter than other bears, it certainly wasn’t intelligent enough to match human reasoning and lie in wait for half an hour.

After smelling Xiao Yi’s scent, Xiao Yi had every reason to believe the dumb bear would burst out immediately to seek revenge.

But for safety’s sake, Xiao Yi still held his position for half an hour.

Yet this half hour left him deeply embarrassed—the wooden stick he’d held for defense now felt like a burden.

But he couldn’t just keep waiting forever. Though awkward, Xiao Yi finally spoke up.

“Friends, the dumb bear probably isn’t in the cave. Let’s take this chance to collect clay quickly.”

Xiao Yi directly addressed the livestream, then turned and entered the cave.

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But everyone in the livestream froze upon hearing this.

“That’s it?”

We were all waiting for Xiong Zai to appear—and after half an hour, we got nothing but emptiness?

Li Yong “...”

“Are you messing with me? I believed your judgment, and now the bear played a empty city ruse on you.”

He quickly pulled out his phone and dialed again; Shen Mengsan, still en route, was left speechless upon hearing the news.

As for Xiao Yi now inside the cave, seeing no dumb bear inside, he quietly exhaled in relief.

Although Xiao Yi was 99% certain the dumb bear couldn’t be in the cave, there was still that 1% chance!

Now that he was inside, he confirmed he was absolutely safe.

But the moment Xiao Yi entered the cave, he didn’t start digging—he instead strained his nose to sniff intensely.

Only when he reached a corner and spotted some fallen fur did he brighten up.

He picked up the fur and held it up toward the drone’s camera.

“Friends, look at this—bear fur. We’re truly lucky despite everything; the bear definitely stayed in this cave before.”

Viewers in front of screens “...”

“That’s so Xiao Shen.”