Chapter 36: Retaliation from Xiong Zai!

After Xiao Yi extinguished the burning wood, the entire wilderness returned to stillness and solitude.

A breeze blew through, rustling the needleleaf forest; all life seemed to have fallen into slumber except for the northern wind.

Yet, from somewhere within the needleleaf forest, two yellow lights flickered on, like ghostly flames.

Anyone timid would be terrified half to death upon seeing this.

The owners of these two gazes were none other than Xiong Zai, the bear whose den Xiao Yi had disturbed.

All day today, the bear had spent its time searching for food, while the rest of the hours were spent watching Xiao Yi from afar, waiting for an opportunity to seek revenge.

But upon seeing the weapon in Xiao Yi’s hand, it decisively abandoned the idea of direct retaliation.

Deep down, it harbored a faint fear of Xiao Yi—though it would never admit it.

Only after the fire in Xiao Yi’s shelter had fully died out did Xiong Zai’s courage return, making it feel once again the king of this wilderness.

“Cí, step on it!”

“Cí, step on it again!”

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At this moment, Xiong Zai was playfully romping on the patch of mud bricks Xiao Yi had laid out to dry, feeling their softness and wanting to roll over again.

Through a day of observation, Xiong Zai had noticed that Xiao Yi placed great importance on these black, feces-like clumps.

Since it couldn’t defeat Xiao Yi, it came here to destroy these black clumps—and even let out a “pfft” sound, leaving behind another pile.

Fortunately, Xiao Yi hadn’t seen this scene; otherwise, his forty-meter… centimeter-long blade would have surely cut the bear down.

When it felt it had played enough and began to feel drowsy, Xiong Zai finally shuffled slowly toward the deeper forest.

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The night passed without incident; it was the seventh day since Xiao Yi had come to live alone in the wilderness.

The remaining nine contestants had gradually woken up, but Xiao Yi, who usually rose early, slept in this time.

There was no help for it—these past two days had been pure physical labor; even with Xiao Yi’s invincible stamina, his muscles had grown weary from the relentless work.

“What’s up with Big God today? Still not up? So boring.”

“It proves Big God is human too—this kind of fatigue is normal. Just look at how much work he’s done these past two days—he’s done at least twice what six people could manage in two days.”

“Now that you mention it, I’m worried Big God might be getting sick from exhaustion. Please don’t!”

“Pfft, pfft, pfft! You jinx! Do you think you’re my Ningningzi? Don’t curse backwards like that.”

“Even if it’s bad luck to say it… it’s still possible.”

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Seeing Xiao Yi still asleep, over two million viewers in the livestream couldn’t stay calm anymore.

Many even suspected Xiao Yi might have collapsed from exhaustion—after all, his workload these past two days had been terrifying.

“Ah! So comfortable!”

At that moment, Xiao Yi suddenly sat up with a shout, then stretched out his arms.

He had slept at least twelve hours—this was the first time since arriving in the wilderness that he’d slept so well.

He then picked up his handmade wooden cup, scooped some water from the steamer, and took a pinch of salt to brush his teeth.

This was something he did every day; otherwise, he felt his mouth was bitter all day long.

“Clatter…”

“Damn it! Who the hell did this? Where’s my knife? Where’s my knife?”

Immediately after, a wooden cup fell to the ground; Xiao Yi leapt up in rage and rushed into his shelter to search for his blade.

Seeing this, everyone in the livestream was stunned.

The drone had been following Xiao Yi inside the shelter, and since he’d gone out first, it had completely blocked the view of the outside.

So no one in the livestream knew what had happened outside.

But from Xiao Yi’s reaction, they could tell something major had occurred.

“Even though I don’t know what happened, I’m certain Big God’s body is fine—he jumped higher than I did.”

“No need to tell us—we can all see it. With this physique, why not join the military and bring glory to the country?”

“Holy shit, what did I just see? No wonder Big God lost his temper like that.”

“If it were me, I’d want to kill someone too.”

“Who the hell is this cruel bastard? Big God rarely loses his temper like this!”

“Definitely not human!”

“Huh? The way you say that sounds like an insult—but somehow it makes sense. If a human showed up here, that’d be the real oddity.”

“Damn, those were Big God’s hard work from yesterday! Can he still fire them today?”

“If Big God didn’t suffer a cerebral hemorrhage from rage, he’s already incredibly forgiving!”

“Ha, Xiao Shen is definitely not a forgiving person.”

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After Xiao Yi’s outburst, the drone was remotely controlled by the system to fly outside.

When viewers saw the scene outside, they froze—then erupted into heated discussion.

Half of the mud bricks Xiao Yi had laid out to dry the day before had been destroyed.

Now they understood why Xiao Yi had exploded in rage—anyone would have done the same.

Though Xiao Yi’s heart burned with fury, his face grew calm.

He picked up the wooden stick beside his shelter and walked toward the mud bricks.

As he drew closer, his expression darkened further.

He had begun to catch a faint, unpleasant odor.

When he saw the black lump, his face turned as dark as sweet soy sauce.

“Shit—is that… shit?”

“Did some animal visit Big God’s camp yesterday? Judging by the size of that pile, it was no small creature.”

“Big God slept too soundly last night—if he’d been alert as usual, he’d have noticed.”

“The wilderness is unpredictable—how do you know when a predator will show up? Poor Big God just got unlucky.”

“By the way, can anyone tell what animal left this? Let’s get some science.”

“Heh, don’t we have Brother Bei, the Wilderness Encyclopedia? Go ask him in the main livestream, guys!”

“Yes, yes! Go ask Brother Bei!”

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In the main livestream, Yang Qing and Luo Han stared curiously at Bei Ye.

Upon seeing the pile, Yang Qing was even more curious than the viewers about what animal had left it.

She immediately asked Bei Ye: “Can you tell what animal this feces came from?”

But Bei Ye’s expression turned strange, and he muttered inwardly.

“This must be a coincidence—no animal that smart exists. Definitely a coincidence. Not the same one.”

Then he noticed Yang Qing and Luo Han watching him, heard the translator’s words, and shrugged.

“If I’m not mistaken, that’s bear feces.”

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Upon hearing Bei Ye’s words, everyone froze for a moment—then the livestream exploded, with comments multiplying instantly.