Chapter 47

“Damn, is this Xiong Zai? That scar on its lip—did it come here just to join the chaos?”

“What the hell is going on now? Is the injured black bear Xiong Zai’s mate?”

“Bro, are you blind? That bear clearly has male characteristics—how could it be female?”

“Now that you mention it, I just noticed—then what’s Xiong Zai going over to nudge heads for? No love left—my Xiong Zai’s become this kind of bear.”

“Get lost! Why can’t that black bear be Xiong Zai’s brother?”

“Hey, hey! Is now the time to care about Xiong Zai? Shouldn’t we be worrying about Xiao Shen? Xiao Shen and Xiong Zai’s relationship is terrible.”

“Exactly! One problem hasn’t settled, and another’s already arisen!”

“What’s there to worry about? Just look at how fierce my Great God was just now—who’s he afraid of, wolves or two bears?”

“Right! Besides, my Xiao Shen just fought side by side with that black bear—now the ones who should worry about the future are the wolves.”

“Heh, are you overestimating the relationship between my Great God and Xiong Zai? Their relationship is probably worse than with the wolf pack—they only stop fighting when they don’t even meet.”

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Xiao Yi’s solo battle against four wolves, and his victory over them, had already stirred up the livestream audience.

Then, when Xiong Zai arrived, the entire livestream erupted in excitement.

At this moment, Xiao Yi’s livestream audience surged past seven million—even though it was deep night.

If this battle had taken place during daylight, the million-viewer barrier would’ve been shattered.

Of course, Xiao Yi didn’t know how the livestream was going, nor did he have the mood to care.

As for Xiao Yi himself, he picked up his wooden stick and moved to the side, staying alert.

As the livestream viewers had said, the black bear approaching now was precisely the dumb bear that had always made him grind his teeth.

Xiong Zai first ran to the injured black bear’s side, comforted his wounded brother, and upon seeing its condition,

immediately roared in fury at both the wolf pack and Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi rolled his eyes at this scene—this dumb bear was trying to scare who?

But at that moment, the injured black bear also let out a roar, as if communicating, and then Xiong Zai’s gaze toward Xiao Yi softened slightly.

Yet when Xiao Yi saw this, he muttered inwardly:

“No way! This dumb bear suddenly becoming nice—how am I supposed to sneak up and hit it on the head later? Xiao Yi never hits friends… no, bears on the head.”

Then Xiong Zai turned toward the wolf pack and charged straight into them.

The wolf king, seeing this new black bear, was plunged into deep conflict.

The injured black bear was nearly dead, and the wolf pack had already paid a terrible price—this was almost the moment to reap the harvest.

But before the wolf king could think further, Xiong Zai had already plunged into the wolf pack.

“Howl!”

Watching the wolves retreat step by step, the wolf king, though unwilling, ultimately let out a rational howl and led the pack fleeing into the forest.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi silently sighed—this dumb bear really had some cunning.

These six wolves had just endured a life-or-death battle; they were exhausted and wounded, and Xiong Zai’s charge crushed their last resistance.

Of course, this dumb bear was probably also afraid Xiao Yi might leave, and the wolves were still wary of him.

Otherwise, even if the six wolves were drained, they still wouldn’t be something Xiong Zai could handle alone.

After seeing the wolves flee, Xiong Zai didn’t pursue further; instead, it ran to the wolf with the severed limb, bit its throat, and killed it to vent its rage.

Seeing this, the netizens who had previously liked Xiong Zai fell silent.

Only now did they realize: though this bear seemed intelligent, even comical through the screen, it was still a fierce apex predator of the wild.

Afterward, Xiao Yi didn’t ask anything about the two bears—he simply headed toward his shelter.

As for fighting this dumb bear now, Xiao Yi had lost all desire.

Passing by the wolf he’d killed, Xiao Yi skillfully prodded it up again with his stick.

This was his second wolf kill. Though today had been a brutal battle, with this wolf as loot, his minor injuries were worth it.

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“Roar! Roar!”

At this moment, Xiong Zai, watching its brother grow weaker by the second, let out a mournful howl.

Tears even welled in its eyes—all living things possess spirit and emotion; even fierce bears can show tenderness in the face of death.

After the wolf pack fled, the injured black bear collapsed lifelessly.

As Xiong Zai howled in grief, the injured bear softly whimpered, as if comforting its older brother.

Since they were two years old, the brothers had parted to establish their own territories and hadn’t seen each other in years—that was the nature of wild bears.

If not for this life-or-death crisis, it might never have crossed into its brother’s territory.

As for Xiao Yi, he tied his wound with his sock—luckily, it was only a superficial injury and had stopped bleeding.

As long as he took care over the next few days and the wound didn’t get infected, this minor injury meant nothing.

Of course, that was under normal circumstances—wolves are carriers of viruses; under these conditions, a rabies vaccine would be best.

Although there was no rabies vaccine in the wild, Xiao Yi wasn’t worried—he was a man with a system.

But when he saw that the system’s item with the same effect as a rabies vaccine required two free attribute points,

Xiao Yi cursed inwardly—how dare they charge that much!

Still, for absolute safety, Xiao Yi chose to exchange for it.

No physical item appeared—the effect spread directly through the system into Xiao Yi’s body.

As for the bears’ mournful cries outside, Xiao Yi naturally heard them.

But he couldn’t help—this was nature’s law of survival, and even if he wanted to save it, he had no medicine.

Though the system could exchange for medicine, only items from the system worked on himself.

What a shame—those bear carcasses were delicious, and now they’d go to waste!

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But now, Xiong Zai, watching its brother grow weaker, felt grief—and also resentment.

It then left the injured black bear and headed toward Xiao Yi’s shelter.

As smart as it was, it knew: if its brother had even a glimmer of hope, that hope lay only with the man it despised.

So for its brother’s sake, it was willing to abandon its bear dignity and beg that hated human.