[{"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-37":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},2302422,4503,"Chapter 37: The First Batch of Fired Bricks Is Out!","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-37",37,"\u003Cp>“What did Brother Bei just say? That’s bear dung? I, Xiao Shen, am truly a man whose fate has always clashed with bears!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you think this could be Xiong Zai’s revenge? When the Great God was digging clay, he definitely dug pits right over Xiong Zai.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way, no way! Though bears are famously vengeful, how could it even find its way here to Xiao Shen’s shelter?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly! More importantly, given the bear’s intelligence, even if it came for revenge, wouldn’t it just attack Xiao Shen directly? Why would it be so clever as to target the Great God’s carefully prepared clay bricks?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think it’s probably just a wild bear passing by—definitely not Xiong Zai. Otherwise, wouldn’t Xiong Zai really be some kind of spirit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I think it’s very likely Xiong Zai. Is Xiong Zai an ordinary bear? It’s the bear that escaped from Xiao Shen’s grasp twice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's true. After the two encounters between the Great God and Xiong Zai, Xiong Zai definitely felt far more spiritual energy than other bears. If Xiong Zai is seeking revenge, it's not impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right. With a bear’s sense of smell, if it truly wanted to find him, locating Xiao Shen’s shelter wouldn’t be that hard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, if Xiong Zai did this… that’s amazing! Is the third clash between the Great God and Xiong Zai finally coming?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please don’t let it be Xiong Zai—I’m afraid Xiao Shen will lose control and actually kill it. That would be so heartbreaking.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s true!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Xiao Yi’s fists were clenched, veins bulging—his fury was so intense he’d forgotten his fear of the stupid bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the chat was full of speculation, Xiao Yi was certain: this was definitely the work of that stupid bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scent left here—absolutely, absolutely—was that stupid bear’s scent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the first bear Xiao Yi had ever encountered, its smell was burned into his nose—he’d never forget it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Xiao Yi now hated that stupid bear with all his teeth, reason told him he must prioritize the bigger picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Set aside his grudge against the stupid bear for now—first, fire the half of the clay bricks not yet destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, reshape the ruined bricks using molds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, at some point, Xiao Yi’s hand produced a smooth stone, and his great axe began relentlessly grinding against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the second time Xiao Yi had felt a killing intent toward that stupid bear—and this time, it was stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky is wide for birds to fly; the sea is vast for fish to swim; the deep forest is home for bears to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with Xiao Yi’s extraordinary sense of smell, finding that elusive stupid bear within this endless, dense forest was like fishing in the ocean—too hard, too hard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huff! Huff! Huff!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames burned fiercely, roaring with intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Xiao Yi overcame the killing intent within himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the stupid bear had only damaged some unburned bricks—it hadn’t destroyed the three already-built furnaces. Otherwise, Xiao Yi would’ve truly gone mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, at all costs, I’ll hunt down and kill that stupid bear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a night of drying, the furnaces were now dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Xiao Yi sensed they were ready, he wasted no time—he lit the fires and placed all the prepared dry wood beside the three furnaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was ready to fire the bricks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the clay bricks now engulfed in flame, Xiao Yi’s inner frustration eased slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But firing bricks was truly a skilled craft—keeping the flame temperature between 1000 and 1200 degrees was essential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then would the fired red bricks achieve relatively good quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Xiao Yi lacked the skill of veteran masters who could judge temperature just by observing the flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had his system—he could spend fan points to measure the furnace’s temperature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the temperature dropped, he added more wood; when it rose too high, he reduced the wood and waited for it to cool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, this brick-firing process turned out surprisingly professional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later, the first batch of fired bricks emerged—but Xiao Yi couldn’t remove them yet. He had to wait until the furnaces cooled enough, then use prepared wooden tongs to carefully extract each brick one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This method was safe, but it consumed a lot of wooden tongs. Still, Xiao Yi had no choice—materials here were scarce, so this was the only way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once all bricks were removed from the three furnaces, Xiao Yi relit them to begin firing the next batch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the first batch of bricks fully fired, everyone in the livestream erupted in excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s done! My Great God actually made bricks out here in the wild—I’ve never seen anyone this awesome!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look at the color—my Great God’s fired bricks are amazing! After graduation, you should really consider joining Yongning Brick Factory, a thirty-year-old company with guaranteed quality and a trustworthy boss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My god, we just got rid of the tea seller, kicked out the membership pusher, chased away the lumberjack—and now we’ve got a brick salesman in my Great God’s livestream. Of course, ads are everywhere in my Great God’s stream.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha, even if my Great God doesn’t win the grand prize, he’s still a top-tier 211 university grad! How could he possibly go into brickmaking?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what if he’s from a 211? Even Peking University grads have gone out to sell pork—and became the Pork King worth billions! Who knows, maybe my Great God will become the Brick King.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But now that we’ve got bricks, how far off can the heated bed be?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not far at all! I just want to see winter come, when all the other contestants are freezing in their shelters, while my Great God is cozy in a wooden house with a heated bed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Bei Ye and the other two in the main livestream room were stunned upon seeing Xiao Yi actually succeed in firing the bricks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They never expected Xiao Yi could succeed under such primitive conditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Qinglin felt a quiet satisfaction inside—she wasn’t all bad luck after all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, she had been the only one among the three in the main room who believed Xiao Yi could build a heated-bed wooden house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then she recalled the hardship of Xiao Yi’s search for clay, and yesterday’s sudden visit from the dog bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aba! Aba!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Li Yong in the control room, his heart had leapt into his throat when he first saw Xiao Yi’s furious expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he saw Xiao Yi merely vent briefly and didn’t charge into the deep forest, he quietly exhaled in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then felt a paternal pride: this kid has finally grown up. Why risk his life chasing adventures when simple brickmaking is so much better?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember, rescue missions cost a lot—even though Yinfu is a big company, sometimes saving money is necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Xiao Yi had no idea what anyone else was thinking at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His second furnace was already halfway fired, and while managing it, he simultaneously rehydrated and remolded the bricks crushed by the stupid bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing the ruined bricks again, his killing intent surged once more!\u003C\u002Fp>",1204,"2026-06-20T08:19:46.963Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1ca7e0a8dd4e0c65fd3613860087313486afb5092e1c8537f623a3f9813cb87f","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-38","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-36",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-cover.jpg"]