[{"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-70":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},2302455,4503,"Chapter 70: Poor Condition in Zhong Yicheng!","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-70",70,"\u003Cp>Looking at Heidan, who still seemed somewhat unwilling, Xiao Yi stepped forward and patted its large head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then spoke reassuringly, “Not catching that big cat this time doesn’t matter—we’ll catch it next time. Right now, your most important task is to guard this rabbit pen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing Xiao Yi’s calm tone, Heidan quieted down and let out a soft roar in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Xiao Yi, he now turned and pointed toward the rabbit pen from where Goudan was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he daily cursed Goudan as a dumb bear, Xiao Yi now trusted Goudan’s slight cleverness more than Heidan’s recklessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Xiao Yi believed Goudan understood the meaning behind his pointing finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, upon seeing Xiao Yi’s gesture, Goudan let out a soft roar in reply, its gaze sharpening toward the rabbit pen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It knew how vital the rabbit pen was to its brother and itself—if the food there vanished, their own time as food wouldn’t be far off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Goudan’s response, Xiao Yi paid no further attention to the two giants and reentered his wooden cabin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After returning, Xiao Yi first warmed himself by the stove, then placed another log, thick as a thigh, to prepare for sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi now had some experience controlling the firepit’s temperature: placing one thigh-thick log before bed provided just enough warmth to let him sleep comfortably through the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night passed without incident; by dawn the next day, Xiao Yi’s livestream was bustling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The footage of the big cat’s attack had been edited and posted on major short-video apps by night-owls from the livestream the previous night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once it spread across short-video platforms, it drew many new and returning viewers to gather around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of Xiao Yi’s livestream audience were casual fans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rushed to his livestream when they heard of a beast’s attack, only to quietly leave again when things grew dull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So early this morning, Xiao Yi’s viewer count quickly surpassed twelve million—a new morning record for his livestream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the livestream failed to deliver the spectacle viewers expected, the viewer count steadily declined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stabilized at six million, which was now Xiao Yi’s normal morning viewership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By afternoon, his viewer count would rise again to ten million, then gradually drop after he went to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pattern had repeated for many days now; after his livestream broke ten million, significant growth had become impossible—clearly, the audience had saturated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Xiao Yi knew nothing of the livestream’s dynamics, nor did he care much—he cared more about how many prey he could harvest today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the chill, Xiao Yi sat up with a yawn—this had become his new biological rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever the bedding grew cold, he knew the wood had burned out and it was time to rise and work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xiao Yi stepped outside, he found Heidan crouched near the rabbit pen, alert to all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi didn’t know whether it had scared off other predators, but he knew it had terrified the snow rabbits in the pen beyond measure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the rabbits’ anxious cries, Xiao Yi sighed helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Heidan spotted Xiao Yi stepping out, immediately abandoned the rabbit pen, and trotted over to Xiao Shen’s side, unmistakably acting like a sycophant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi gave Heidan a light kick with his foot and said, “Wait until I brush my teeth and prepare food—we’ll continue today’s hunting trip.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether Heidan truly understood Xiao Yi’s words, it at least roared back in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After rinsing his mouth with a minimal amount of salt, Xiao Yi began preparing today’s meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As yesterday, he caught three rabbits from the pen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Same technique, same method—but today he added some rabbit blood prepared yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the taste of rabbit blood, it was wonderfully tender, and after eating nothing but fish and meat until he was sick of it, Xiao Yi now believed rabbit blood was the true delicacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Goudan, you stay behind to guard the home today—I’ll go hunting with Heidan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating and tidying up, Xiao Yi looked at Goudan and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The big cat’s visit yesterday made Xiao Yi realize that something large was targeting his rabbit pen—he had to prepare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After careful consideration, he decided to leave Goudan behind to guard the home; compared to Heidan the brute, Goudan was clearly better suited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether Goudan might steal his rabbits, Xiao Yi judged it wouldn’t dare—unless it wanted Heidan sacrificed to the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Goudan responded with a roar—it was clearly pleased with Xiao Yi’s arrangement; compared to the cold outside, the bear den was warm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the big cat from last night, Goudan wasn’t concerned—it knew the cat wanted the rabbit pen, but as long as it stayed inside the den, the cat wouldn’t dare sneak into the pen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, Xiao Yi led Heidan out beyond his camp; Heidan, following him, was now very excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, with its cunning brother absent, it could better impress its human master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Friends, right now I feel utterly exhausted—physically and mentally. I’m thinking of my parents, my fiancée. I don’t know how much longer I can hold on—maybe many more days, maybe today. But I still want to push on a little longer, to reach the prize zone, so I can earn money to renovate my wedding home.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Zhong Yicheng in livestream #9 looked up toward the drone and muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, he checked his third hunting trap—but it was still empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already checked traps one and four; both were empty. The string of disappointments left him with no hope for the last remaining trap—trap two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to help himself, he turned toward the drone’s livestream direction and voiced his inner thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think Zhong Yicheng won’t last much longer—his mindset has already broken.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“True, but it’s not worth pitying. I’ve followed his livestream all along; compared to the other masters, his skills are clearly weaker.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just hope he makes it into the prize zone—he’s already survived more than half the time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think you’re overestimating him—he’s only survived the easiest first 27 days. Now winter’s here; getting food will be far harder than before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly. From these past few days’ traps, you can see: in the early days, he got some catch almost daily. Now it’s every two or three days. Zhong Yicheng hasn’t caught anything for two days straight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did Zhong Yicheng himself feel his condition deteriorating—his livestream viewers could sense it too.\u003C\u002Fp>",1091,"2026-06-20T08:19:46.963Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","99a4502ae54cc2783f067372f716e3ec6e2d7ecbe8f2356ac58212ad10fa54bd","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-71","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-69",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-cover.jpg"]