[{"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-343":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},2302728,4503,"Chapter 343: Three Hundred and Fifty-Four: A Scene of Devastation!","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-343",343,"\u003Cp>As for Xiao Yi at this moment, he had no intention of waking up the two little things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, these two little things had been sharing his anxiety inside the tent for seven or eight hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they were still sound asleep, let them sleep comfortably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Xiao Yi got up alone, put on his down jacket, and planned to go outside and take a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sss! Sss!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant he stepped out of his sleeping bag, even though Xiao Yi had prepared himself mentally, he still couldn’t help but inhale sharply twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be said that because the tent had some gaps letting wind in, the temperature was indeed much lower than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, Xiao Yi zipped open the tent and stepped out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carbon dioxide Xiao Yi exhaled instantly turned into white mist—imagine how cold it was outside the tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the wind outside, it had indeed weakened considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the wind still felt like ice blades cutting into Xiao Yi’s skin, it was no longer strong enough to knock him off his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the scene outside left Xiao Yi utterly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world outside was pure white—a frozen realm of ice and snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst this ice and snow lay numerous tree trunks intertwined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some entire trees lay quietly toppled—clearly the work of yesterday’s super blizzard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From near Xiao Yi’s tent outward, the snow depth increased steadily until it became uniform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi knew the reason his tent’s front had so little snow was entirely due to the three snow walls, which had blocked most of the accumulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, the snow in front of his tent still stood over thirty centimeters high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the distant snow, Xiao Yi estimated its depth to be about a meter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a massive blizzard was something Xiao Yi, in both his past and current lives, had never seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xiao Yi circled the tent again, and his first glance fell on a pine tree whose roots were pressed tightly against the spot where his tent stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tree’s main trunk was crushed beneath broken ice chunks from the snow wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xiao Yi finally understood how the northern snow wall had collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the pine tree had been uprooted by the blizzard and, under the force of the super blizzard, had slammed directly into his northern snow wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wall had been pierced and shattered by the tree, and the tree itself had been stopped here due to the wall’s resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took less than a meter—even less than one more meter—for this tree to have crushed him; if it had pressed forward just one more meter, Xiao Yi would have died or been critically injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the speed at which the tree had flown through the air, there would have been zero time for Xiao Yi to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he’d had his system back then, it wouldn’t have helped—thinking of this, Xiao Yi broke into a cold sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, he silently thanked his luck—he’d always made it a habit to build snow walls whenever he set up camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the snow walls had saved his life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xiao Yi ignored the pine tree and walked toward where the reindeer herd had originally been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xiao Yi felt a pang of sadness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spot where the reindeer herd had been was now buried under snow, and all the sleds were buried beneath it too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xiao Yi picked up several branches and began digging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, Xiao Yi couldn’t help but smile—a shovel appeared before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he dug, he’d been following his memory of where the shovel had been placed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, digging with just a few branches was far too difficult; now that he had the shovel, things would be different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Xiao Yi’s luck held—he found the shovel without digging long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, the shovel was still there, untouched by the blizzard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the shovel in hand, Xiao Yi’s pace quickened, though he still moved cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he dug deeper, a reindeer antler suddenly appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed made Xiao Yi fall silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reindeer before him had its antlers broken, its skull caved in, and its entire body frozen stiff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi knew this reindeer was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his bond with these few reindeer wasn’t as deep as with Heidan, Goudan, or the lynx kitten,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these reindeer had traveled with him for a while, and seeing this scene still brought him sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now wasn’t the time for sorrow—Xiao Yi dug faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to see if any reindeer had survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he knew the chance was minuscule, he still wanted to try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With heavy heart, Xiao Yi continued digging, but no good news came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, a second reindeer corpse lay fully exposed before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its neck bore deep gashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, during the blizzard, this reindeer had panicked violently, struggling to escape this terrifying place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xiao Yi fell into deep thought, even beginning to doubt himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he’d untied the ropes around the reindeer’s necks, would they have had any chance of survival?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xiao Yi shook his head, rejecting the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reindeer were fast, but not faster than the blizzard’s approach—they couldn’t outrun the storm’s core zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the blizzard’s power, even fleeing would have offered no hope; staying put, as long as the snow walls held, gave them at least a sliver of chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though now, that sliver of hope seemed laughable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More accurately, Xiao Yi had simply been luckier—the reindeer herd had been less fortunate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the flying pine tree hadn’t smashed into the northern snow wall, perhaps all three walls might have held through the blizzard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, while not all five reindeer might have survived, at least two or three might have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi had no time for further lamenting—he resumed digging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the fifth reindeer corpse was unearthed, Xiao Yi’s emotions shifted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this reindeer lying there was the one Xiao Yi had most favored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d even believed that, given time, this reindeer could have become a herd leader—it already showed signs of leadership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before it could grow into a leader, it now lay frozen and lifeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such is the unpredictability of fate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xiao Yi saw the fourth reindeer corpse—by now, he had given up hope for any survivors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet often, when hope fades, miracles appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oooh! Oooh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xiao Yi was about to stop, he suddenly heard faint reindeer calls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly dug toward the sound, and soon three chaotic sleds blocked his view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the sleds had been tossed about by the wind, and the reindeer’s call came from beneath them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi pulled away the sleds and found a reindeer trapped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space inside the sleds was cramped—just enough for the reindeer to press against the walls, and it had been kneeling half-bent the whole time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, it wasn’t that the reindeer had chosen to press in—it had been crushed into place by the blizzard’s force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But precisely because it was trapped there, it had survived—barely injured at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sleds above shielded it from the blizzard’s sudden impacts and also blocked the biting cold of the snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason this reindeer was so weak now was that more and more snow had piled on top, cutting off oxygen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air inside was nearly depleted—that’s why it was so feeble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, just as oxygen was about to vanish, Xiao Yi heard its faint cry, dug away the snow, and revived it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, it would have suffocated slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, seeing a reindeer had survived, Xiao Yi finally couldn’t help but smile faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let the reindeer take a few slow steps to adjust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he patted its antlers and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re lucky, kid—your name from now on is Lucky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oooh! Oooh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the strength in Xiao Yi’s hand, Lucky let out two contented calls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when it saw the four reindeer corpses nearby, its calls turned mournful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one looked closely, one would notice tears glistening in its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this touching moment went unseen by anyone but Xiao Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xiao Yi stepped forward, patted it again, and comforted it:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I couldn’t save all of you in this blizzard. Since you’ve survived, cherish this second chance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, Xiao Yi left the reindeer alone and began assessing his losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside his tent now lay a pile of items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the front lay the four reindeer corpses, followed by three sleds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, only three—the other two he searched for long and found nowhere; they’d clearly been buried or blown away by the blizzard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the two missing sleds were one empty sled that had carried his tent and sleeping bag, and the other that held his spare clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other supplies were still there, but even so, Xiao Yi knew his wilderness journey was likely coming to an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xiao Yi split open a sled and started a fire to cook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how troubled he was, eating was most important now—especially since his pots and bowls hadn’t been swept away by the blizzard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind wasn’t strong now, but lighting a fire was still difficult; yet this didn’t stop Xiao Yi from getting to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Xiao Yi built a smaller snow wall around the perimeter, and with the wall in place, the fire was no longer affected by the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, the steaming pot atop the fire began to boil, and the aroma instantly spread out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mmm! Mmm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chirp! Chirp!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the sounds of two small creatures suddenly came—Xiao Yi naturally smiled at hearing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered, “Those dog noses are surprisingly sharp!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xiao Yi finished speaking, the Rough-legged Hawk flew out first from the tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It landed on Xiao Yi’s shoulder, then looked around—and froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this still the place it remembers? Everything here has changed completely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before the Rough-legged Hawk could recover from its shock, the lynx kitten burst out of the tent too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this little creature’s entrance was clumsy—it tumbled headfirst into the snow the moment it jumped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! Hah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xiao Yi laughed—rarely so—and then ignored the little thing, returning to tend his pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little creature was only about fifty centimeters tall, and the snow in front of Xiao Yi’s tent was thirty centimeters deep—this outcome was only natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if Xiao Yi had thrown this little thing into the distant snowdrifts,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it might have been completely buried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mmm! Mmm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xiao Yi not only ignore it but also mock it, the lynx kitten huffed twice in annoyance, then struggled to crawl toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mmm! Mmm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the little creature finally reached him and saw the four dead deer lying nearby, it rushed over and began huffing again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, its huffing sounded mournful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lynx kitten hadn’t interacted much with the deer, but these few had been the only ones among Xiao Yi’s large animals that showed it no hostility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lynx kitten hadn’t expected that after just one night, the only deer that had been kind to it was now reduced to one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi sneered at this scene—the little thing had eaten plenty of reindeer meat, and now it was acting sentimental?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a cat crying over a dead mouse—fake pity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, Xiao Yi ignored it, plunged his knife into the pot, pulled out a piece of meat, and put it in his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xiao Yi picked out a few small pieces and tossed them to the Rough-legged Hawk on his shoulder and the grieving lynx kitten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the meat thrown out, the Rough-legged Hawk on Xiao Yi’s back instantly flew off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chirp! Chirp!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chirp! Chirp!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what happened next left Xiao Yi stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected the usually greedy lynx kitten to ignore the meat he’d thrown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Rough-legged Hawk moved quickly, after grabbing the meat, it didn’t eat it right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it held the meat in its talons and kept calling toward the sky, as if waiting for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the Rough-legged Hawk flew back, looking sorrowful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strange as it was, Xiao Yi paid it no mind—he looked up at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was deep blue, spotless, clearly cleaner after the blizzard had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xiao Yi knew this peaceful sky wouldn’t stay undisturbed for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t believe rescue teams wouldn’t come under these circumstances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Xiao Yi had already made his plans—and even made an important decision.\u003C\u002Fp>",2089,"2026-06-20T08:19:47.933Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","68e9a128de3c49c7d17271ad5b3bc94db1c272a569ce7aa33c2679a30172a0cf","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-344","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-342",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-cover.jpg"]