[{"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-35":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},2302420,4503,"Chapter 35","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-35",35,"\u003Cp>“Roar! Roar! Roar!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a black bear several kilometers away let out a deafening roar toward the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is too much even for a bear!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday, the black bear had stared at its cave entrance all day long, waiting in vain for that damn human who had stolen its home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, when it went out to forage and returned to its cave, it began to question its very bearhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where was this? Was this even its cave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black bear had found no food today and was already hungry; it had planned to return to its cave and endure tomorrow by sleeping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon returning, it plunged straight into a pit—yes, a pit—its eyes going black as it fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, this was Xiao Shen’s masterpiece: before leaving, he had dug deep pits at all three cave entrances, just to ambush this stupid bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you crossed Xiao Yi, even a stupid bear wouldn’t be spared!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To mask his own scent, Xiao Yi had even plucked wildflowers and grasses, crushed them, and planned to use their fragrance to cover his trail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black bear crawled out of the pit, roared in fury, then looked at its ruined cave and let out a wail like a crying child—this was the place it had lived since birth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Xiao Yi had masked his scent, the bear hadn’t noticed it at first, but its keen sense of smell eventually prevailed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Xiong Zai detected the man’s scent mixed among the crushed flowers and grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another roar, and the black bear climbed out of the pit, left the cave, and began tracking its enemy by scent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Xiao Yi was pondering where to begin tomorrow’s work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no idea that a black bear, brimming with hatred, had sworn vengeance against him—and was already on its way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night had fallen; after chatting briefly with viewers in his livestream, Xiao Yi went straight to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Xiao Yi didn’t know was that in the forest near his shelter, a pair of glowing yellow eyes stared fixedly at his shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The owner of those eyes was the black bear, drawn by Xiao Yi’s scent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, the bear chose not to charge directly at Xiao Yi’s shelter—it still feared this man deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the first time it had felt death looming in this wilderness was in that instant when it faced off against the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, the wilderness challenge entered its sixth day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun rose slowly, but its rise came later each day, signaling that Arctic winter was drawing near.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waking, Xiao Yi greeted his livestream audience as usual, then began today’s work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clay was ready; next, he would mix water into it to form mud, then press it into brick molds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Xiao Yi’s shelter was close to water, and he had a large steaming pot capable of holding water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After mixing clay and water, Xiao Yi added sand, grass, and wood ash from burned fires to increase the mud’s cohesion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then packed this mixture into wooden molds he had bound together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, brick-sized lumps of mud emerged from the molds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, these mud bricks needed twenty-plus days of sun-drying before firing for best results—but Xiao Yi had no time to wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he waited that long, winter would already be here, and building a heated floor would be pointless—he’d already be freezing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Xiao Yi planned to dry the mud bricks for one day, then fire them immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time all the mud had been molded, it was already afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit, did Xiao Shen actually make bricks? My Xiao Shen is legendary!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah! But these bricks don’t look very good at all!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bro, making bricks here is already legendary—do you even care how they look?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“True, making mud bricks takes no skill—anyone can do it—but firing them? That’s real craftsmanship.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem—if my god made them, he’s confident he can fire them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Honestly, I’m getting more and more confident in Xiao Shen’s heated-floor-and-log-cabin plan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In my view, the only two with a real shot at winning are Xiao Shen and Wu En.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t jinx it—my god’s eyes are only on the prize zone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the big deal? We’re not Ningningzi—we don’t have that kind of luck. I think the same.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Qingci “...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this the one hurdle she’d never overcome?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi naturally knew nothing of the livestream chatter—he’d forgotten all about it in the sheer volume of work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a simple meal, Xiao Yi began building clay stoves—and stacked three of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no choice: the clay couldn’t support a large kiln, and Xiao Yi lacked the technical skill to build one anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he opted for many small stoves instead; though the bricks fired this way varied in quality, as long as they lasted him a few dozen days, it was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Xiao Yi was very deliberate about the stoves’ placement—he didn’t just plan to use them for firing bricks; later, he’d convert them into indoor hearths to heat his floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether his indoor heated floor would truly keep him warm depended entirely on whether these stoves delivered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the stoves were done, the sixth day passed uneventfully; it was already around five p.m., and the Arctic sky had turned black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi’s work had to stop—he couldn’t light the stoves until they dried completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Xiao Yi’s day had been dull, Wang Xing in Live Room #1 received good news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His foot wound had healed well; he could now walk briefly without limping, and the wound had stopped worsening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, in three or five days, even if it didn’t fully heal, it wouldn’t impede normal walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at his injured foot, Wang Xing felt deep emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never imagined that, after entering the wilderness, he’d face such bad luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d even feared he’d be the first contestant eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Wang Xing silently muttered, “Thank you, Yang Xinyue, for lifting me up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, yesterday, seeing how pitiful Wang Xing looked, Yang Xinyue had sent him a gift—and even offered a few words of comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Yang Xinyue left, Wang Xing heard that Mo De had been eliminated, bringing him some psychological relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He no longer feared being the first eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even encouraged himself: “What’s stopping me from holding on? Can I be worse off than Mo De?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo De “...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d assumed that during his foot injury, he’d have to endure hunger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he discovered two rabbits caught in a trap he’d set nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these two rabbits, Wang Xing not only solved his meal for the day, but if he rationed them, he wouldn’t go hungry until he fully recovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short: Wang Xing was finally turning things around!\u003C\u002Fp>",1135,"2026-06-20T08:19:46.963Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","cf723ecf3ed44eecae9a41df983d782a1aed297709747baba43275f1ca4f4722","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-36","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-34",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-cover.jpg"]