[{"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-53":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},2302438,4503,"Chapter 53: The Bear Clan Will Never Be Slaves!","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-53",53,"\u003Cp>“Goudan, dig a few more here—we’re done with the house-building today!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi now called Goudan with perfect ease, even dropping the nickname “Fat Bear.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Xiong Zai, since his resistance proved useless, he now accepted his fate every time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi himself was proud of his idea to use Goudan, the digging expert, to help with the labor—it saved him so much effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Goudan’s help, Xiao Yi even went so far as to lay a proper foundation for the house, ensuring its strength; after all, with a bear digging and turning soil, it was incredibly convenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xiao Yi’s method of laying the foundation left the livestream viewers stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time the livestream audience saw Xiao Yi, bare-chested, carrying a tree trunk as thick as a man’s body to lay the foundation, they thought their eyes were playing tricks on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, many of the girls in the livestream were now staring with glittering eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Xiao Yi, hard at work, radiated pure male charisma—who said girls weren’t attracted to that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xiong Zai felt he might be the most miserable bear in the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Bear Clan customs, his duty now should have been to find food, gorge himself, and then enter hibernation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, winter in the wild meant withered life and freezing cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn’t hibernate to reduce his metabolism and energy consumption, even as clever as he was, he stood a high chance of dying in this harsh winter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn’t do that now, because if he left to hibernate, his foolish younger brother—whom he had begged this treacherous human to save—would surely die anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed that if he refused to work for this human, the cruel man would absolutely kick out his idiot brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for his foolish brother, right now he could only eat—he couldn’t do anything else, couldn’t even walk properly, let alone hunt for survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That left his devoted, loving older brother to suffer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar (Coming!)”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spent more time with Xiao Yi, he was gradually learning to understand the human’s strange language.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he truly, truly didn’t want to understand these damn words!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar! Roar! Roar! (Big bro, push harder! Today I want meat, and some honey too!)”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, another bear roar came from nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that roar, Xiong Zai, who had been trotting steadily, nearly slipped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he could only stare at the sky in disbelief—how had this idiot even survived?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, once he reached the spot Xiao Yi had designated, he dug with full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the hole was dug, Xiao Yi stood the logs upright inside, checked the fit, and nodded in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he pulled a small piece of smoked dried meat from his pocket and tossed it toward Xiong Zai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smelling the dried meat, Xiong Zai immediately roared with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had once been proud—he was Bear Clan, after all, with dignity—but this smoked meat… it was just too fragrant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after eating the dried meat, Xiong Zai let out a dismissive roar toward Xiao Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this tiny bit of meat supposed to buy over the Great King of the Wild?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet as he dug again, he unconsciously worked harder than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hei Dan “...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph! You’re just a bear who can’t resist temptation—you shame the Bear Clan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you’re such a cunning older brother—I’ll get better fast, and I’ll eat meat too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the livestream viewers, after witnessing this, were utterly speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only a few days? My Xiong Zai has already surrendered?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bear Clan never becomes slaves—unless food and lodging are provided!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiong Zai! Don’t you remember who gave you those black eyes and swollen face just a few days ago?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The wild is ending—now even my Xiong Zai is working for my god? What’s left to watch in this show?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha, my Xiong Zai is smart—he knows who to follow to get three full meals a day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look at Hei Dan over there—he’s drooling!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But my god’s food supply seems to be running low too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t get it—is Xiao Yi brain-dead? He doesn’t even need to keep these two bears; his food would’ve lasted him until the prize zone, and if he got rid of them, he might even survive a hundred days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get lost! My Xiong Zai is a working bear—he doesn’t eat or live for free! And what did my Xiong Zai ever do to you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“True—these past few days, Xiong Zai has carried logs and dug holes for the god—he’s put in serious effort. That’s why the wooden house is built so fast.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget the labor—having these two bears with the god’s greatest benefit is reducing his loneliness. Don’t you really think chatting with the chat for an hour a day makes him unlonely?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I agree. But food is a real problem! When the god interacts with us later, remind him—I don’t want my Xiong Zai starving while following him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right! Xiao Shen can starve—but my Xiong Zai cannot!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi “...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing Xiong Zai’s weak display, many livestream fans who liked him now felt frustrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xiao Yi didn’t care. After five days of joint effort with the dumb bear, the wooden house was beginning to take shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire frame was built using mortise-and-tenon joints—extremely sturdy; even when Xiao Yi pulled with all his strength, it didn’t budge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Xiao Yi wasn’t reckless—he tied ropes around the structure for extra security.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t doubt the stability of mortise-and-tenon joints—he just wanted an added safety layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short: Xiao Yi was afraid of dying. Wasn’t an extra safety step allowed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he’d barely survived a journey to another world, and now he was about to become rich—if he got crushed by his own house, wouldn’t that be a waste?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the roof beams were in place; all that remained was to cap the roof, then lay sandgrass on top for insulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the walls, Xiao Yi had built them double-layered from the start, with sandgrass packed between for warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no choice—the wooden house itself wasn’t very insulating. Only a double layer with sandgrass in between could trap heat and prevent it from escaping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But capping the roof was still a time-consuming task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi chose a triangular structure again—mainly because it was far more stable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Arctic winter blizzards weren’t jokes; a flat roof might collapse under heavy snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But choosing a triangular structure also meant doubling the construction time—it was far more complicated than a flat roof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xiao Yi had time to wait—especially with Goudan as his labor force.\u003C\u002Fp>",1107,"2026-06-20T08:19:46.963Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","331d0498218171c4a3cd7bba2bfabc149391d294e580e9692664b35cf08e8437","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-54","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-52",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-cover.jpg"]