Chapter 49: Resurrection Herb! Treatment Complete!

“Selaginella, a moss-like plant with excellent hemostatic properties, also known as the Resurrection Herb!”

“Arctic willow, a plant of the willow family, has potent anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.”

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At this moment, Xiao Yi’s brain quickly gave him feedback.

Upon learning this information about the plants, Xiao Yi silently marveled at the vastness and strangeness of the world.

Especially this Selaginella—it withers automatically when dry, entering a state of false death, then revives upon contact with water; if burned to ash and applied to a wound, it becomes an extremely precious hemostatic remedy.

Indeed, mastering the Complete Guide to Plants is the vital safeguard for surviving in the wilderness!

Afterwards, Xiao Yi opened the shelter’s door, but the scene before him left him stunned.

There, the clumsy bear lay prostrate on the ground, paws stretched forward to show no hostility, its growls filled with pleading and urgency.

“Has this clumsy bear really become sentient?”

Xiao Yi muttered to himself—this bear’s intelligence was at least far higher than other bears; saying it had the intellect of a five- or six-year-old child wasn’t an exaggeration.

This guy was an elite bear of the Bear Tribe with high intelligence.

Still, Xiao Yi gripped his long staff tightly, watching the giant warily—after all, their relationship was far from friendly.

Then Xiao Yi spoke to the bear he had once hated so much.

“I think you can understand at least part of what I’m saying. Let me be clear: I can treat the injured one, but its chances of survival are still slim.”

Upon hearing this, the black bear let out a mournful roar toward the sky, then led the way for Xiao Yi.

Clearly, it wasn’t completely unable to grasp his meaning—it understood the general idea.

More importantly, it knew exactly how severely its brother had been wounded.

Xiao Yi lowered his guard slightly and followed the clumsy bear to see how badly the injured black bear was faring.

Though he knew the injury was grave, he had never examined it up close.

“I, Xiao Shen, finally let compassion move me!”

“Xiong Zai’s intelligence must be extremely high! It can even make such a submissive gesture?”

“Is Xiao Shen really going to make peace with Xiong Zai?”

“Xiao Shen, just adopt Xiong Zai as a pet! This scene is so heartwarming!”

“You’re really dreaming! Xiong Zai is a wild bear—and a smart one at that. Will Xiao Shen ever sleep peacefully again?”

“Motherly dog, in this wilderness you’re still thinking of saving bears? Do you think your life’s too long? Come on, let’s go!”

“Turn right when you leave—don’t bother seeing me off!”

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As Xiao Yi followed Xiong Zai toward the injured bear, the livestream audience began discussing it.

Of course, Xiong Zai’s earlier actions once again reset their perception of its intelligence.

Xiao Yi followed the clumsy bear to the injured black bear and immediately sucked in a sharp breath.

The black bear bore thirteen claw wounds and two bite marks.

Each wound bled profusely, but fortunately none had penetrated deep into the bone or vital organs.

The bear’s current weakness stemmed mostly from severe blood loss.

Even now, three claw wounds and one bite wound continued to seep small amounts of blood with each breath.

The injured bear kept whimpering softly, like a wounded dog.

Compared to its ferocity against the wolf pack earlier, it was now utterly feeble.

Seeing Xiao Yi approach, the injured bear, though barely able to move, let out a weak roar in greeting.

Unlike Xiong Zai’s hostility toward Xiao Yi, the injured bear showed the opposite—it even seemed to harbor affection.

It knew that today, it had escaped death at the wolves’ jaws solely thanks to this human’s help.

“Stay here and watch over it. I’m going to gather some things.”

After saying this to Xiong Zai, Xiao Yi walked into the forest.

Watching this, Xiong Zai remained anxious but did not stop him—it could only place its hope in Xiao Yi, hoping he would prove reliable.

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“This must be Selaginella—it matches the image in my mind exactly!”

“You’re the Arctic willow! This black bear is lucky—thankfully, these plants grow near my camp.”

“This is moss grass…”

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Wherever Xiao Yi went, he found something useful.

This was thanks to Xiao Yi’s good habit: whenever arriving at a new place, his first task was always to learn everything about the surrounding environment.

So he had a general sense of where plants and animals were located.

Though he had a terrible sense of direction—he might know roughly where something was, he couldn’t find the exact path.

But his maxed-out sense of smell fully compensated for this weakness.

In just ten minutes, Xiao Yi returned to the two bears.

Xiao Yi said nothing, lit a fire, and tossed the Selaginella into it.

Seeing the flames, Xiong Zai instinctively stepped back two paces—its innate fear of fire.

Then it looked at its motionless brother, and firmly stepped forward again, positioning itself in front of the injured bear.

Soon after, seeing the Selaginella fully reduced to ash, Xiao Yi extinguished the fire and spread the ash out to cool.

Once the temperature had dropped, Xiao Yi scooped up a handful of ash and walked toward the injured bear.

Seeing this, Xiong Zai was baffled, but since it had come to Xiao Yi for help, it chose to trust this human.

Xiao Yi ignored everything else and directly sprinkled the Selaginella ash onto the still-oozing wounds.

“Roar!”

“Roar!”

As the Selaginella ash landed on the black bear’s wounds, even the weakened bear let out a heart-wrenching roar.

After the pain passed, everything grew quiet again—only the injured bear trembled all over.

Seeing this, Xiong Zai grew frantic, pacing anxiously between the injured bear and Xiao Yi.

But soon, it froze in place.

The wounds that had been bleeding moments ago had now completely stopped, covered in ash.

Xiao Yi didn’t pause—he immediately began processing the other plants he had gathered.

Especially the Arctic willow—an excellent remedy, a rare anti-inflammatory and analgesic herb in this wilderness, which Xiao Yi treasured deeply.

Quickly, Xiao Yi applied the Arctic willow, moss grass, and other herbs—following the system’s instructions—to all the bear’s wounds.

As the anti-inflammatory, analgesic herbs covered the wounds, a cooling sensation made the injured bear let out a rare, contented sigh.

When everything was done, Xiao Yi stretched out with a yawn.

Whether this black bear would survive, Xiao Yi truly didn’t know.

After all, it had lost too much blood, and future infection remained a deadly risk for a wounded bear in the wilderness.

But he had done everything he could.

Still, if the bear lived until tomorrow, it would have passed the worst of the crisis.