[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds":3,"chapter-starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-334":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting from a Solitary Life in the Wilds",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2302719,4503,"Chapter 334","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-334",334,"\u003Cp>“Mmm! Mmm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the lynx kitten suddenly excitedly ran up to Xiao Yi, biting a mouse in its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xiao Yi didn’t pay attention to the little creature at first—these past two days of their westward journey had been smooth sailing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was already the eighty-ninth day of “Wild Challenge: Arctic 100 Days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one more day left; according to the contract, Xiao Yi’s second ten million was about to be in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Xiao Yi’s mood was especially good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, tomorrow was also the day of the show’s final medical checkup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking about having someone come to chat with him for a while tomorrow made Xiao Yi feel even better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Xiao Yi had maintained intense training for the lynx kitten these past days, and the little creature had grown noticeably larger each day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These past days, the lynx kitten had found its own food, and its main prey had been mice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second were snow hares and Arctic ground squirrels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way these past few days, Xiao Yi’s group had encountered five snow hares and four Arctic ground squirrels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet of the five snow hares, the little creature had only caught one—and that one snow hare had truly satisfied its hunger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Arctic ground squirrels, the little creature showed no hunting desire at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t even go so far as to give them a head-rub like it had done that day; it never actively chose to hunt the Arctic ground squirrels it saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two rough-legged buzzards, however, had enjoyed a bountiful harvest during this period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lynx kitten didn’t hunt Arctic ground squirrels, but the two rough-legged buzzards were very interested in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet whenever they wanted to hunt Arctic ground squirrels, they had to get past the lynx kitten first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did the lynx kitten refuse to hunt Arctic ground squirrels itself, it also forbade the two buzzards from capturing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this reason, the lynx kitten had fought at least four battles with the two buzzards over Arctic ground squirrels—all one-on-one duels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two rough-legged buzzards had spent more time with Xiao Yi, they had gradually learned his intentions through trial and error.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren’t forbidden from fighting the lynx kitten—or even hunting it—but they could only do so one-on-one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever a two-on-one situation arose, the human would intervene to stop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the lynx kitten understood this situation perfectly well, but it didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With its growing combat experience against the two buzzards, the lynx kitten now had no fear of one-on-one fights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it always ended up with a few new claw marks on its body, the two buzzards weren’t faring much better—they each lost several feathers after every fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this kind of fighting continued indefinitely, the lynx kitten might end up with not a single patch of unblemished flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the two buzzards, they might become bald buzzards!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I have to say that although these fights caused injuries, the results were clearly evident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lynx kitten’s combat experience and alertness now were incomparable to what they had been when it first crossed that mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the two rough-legged buzzards hadn’t been without gains either—their hunting of Arctic ground squirrels had yielded only one, thanks to the lynx kitten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But of the five snow hares, though the lynx kitten caught only one, the two buzzards had caught two of the remaining four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for snow hares, the lynx kitten had no other thoughts; when it saw the two buzzards catch snow hares, it would merely glance once and ignore them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the two buzzards owed this success to the freedom Xiao Yi had granted them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, on the third day after crossing the mountain, Xiao Yi had freed the rough-legged buzzard whose wings had been bound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He mainly felt that this clumsy bird had grown familiar with him and was willing to obey some of his commands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this decision was still somewhat risky—if the bird had chosen to fly away the moment he released it, Xiao Yi had no other good options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only watch helplessly, or perhaps pick up his wooden spear and try to throw it skyward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when Xiao Yi released it, the clumsy bird actually did fly away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When viewers saw the rough-legged buzzard fly off, they all felt it was a pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one expected what happened next—the buzzard returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did it return, but both buzzards came back together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, the male buzzard never flew away again, while the female buzzard left daily with food from Xiao Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the male buzzard had chosen to stay with Xiao Yi simply to provide a reference point for the female.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene left Xiao Yi both amused and exasperated—he knew the two buzzards truly saw him as a long-term food source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in truth, the two buzzards’ choice wasn’t wrong; Xiao Yi’s camp might well be the most reliable place for them to obtain food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go eat somewhere else!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Xiao Yi shooed the lynx kitten aside and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Xiao Yi intentionally cultivated the lynx kitten’s self-reliance, he still felt a deep aversion to mice—and even found them slightly disgusting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the past two days, the little creature’s food had been nothing but mice, so every time it returned with a mouse, Xiao Yi would make it go eat elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, not just the lynx kitten, but the two buzzards overhead had also caught several mice these past two days; the mice in this area were probably all wiped out by these two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mmm! Mmm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xiao Yi’s disgusted expression, the lynx kitten merely mumbled twice and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, the little creature had felt hurt by Xiao Yi’s attitude, but it had grown used to it over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the little creature left, Xiao Yi paid it no further attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Xiao Yi was preparing to set up camp—the outdoor conditions had grown increasingly harsh these past two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time Xiao Yi lifted his goggles or neck wrap to breathe, a layer of snow quickly formed on his eyebrows and beard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now, Xiao Yi rarely removed his goggles or neck wrap when outdoors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, over these many days of westward travel, Xiao Yi had already walked over a hundred li to the west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But awkwardly, he had not found any shelter left behind by other contestants in this wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, this was perfectly normal—in such an open, barren wilderness, finding another contestant’s shelter was like searching for a needle in a haystack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi himself felt no disappointment; in his view, finding one would be a bonus, but not finding one didn’t matter—he wasn’t delaying his earnings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, these days of travel had also broadened Xiao Yi’s horizons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I have to say that, compared to his initial region, this area was indeed poorer in resources—but also significantly safer.\u003C\u002Fp>",1168,"2026-06-20T08:19:47.933Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3d3523f49399ff472bb523484dab06686c3b7ddbd0b0dd9d559872e24e27cd38","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-335","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-333",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-cover.jpg"]