[{"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-9":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},2302394,4503,"Chapter 9","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-9",9,"\u003Cp>\"Friends, our main goal on this trip is clay. As everyone knows, clay is a soil with low sand content, has good plasticity, and water doesn't easily pass through it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is also the optimal soil for building heated beds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ordinary clay forms from silicate minerals weathering at the Earth's surface.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unfortunately, we don’t have scientific testing equipment to help us find it, and of course I didn’t bring my Second Uncle—he doesn’t need equipment—but right now we can only rely on this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Xiao Yi pointed to his nose and mouth, speaking aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s he mean? Is he going to identify it by smell and taste?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is he seriously acting like a drug-sniffing dog or Xie Tianquan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this guy just trying to shock people for attention?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s better not to be so cynical. Do you really think someone in a million-viewer livestream needs to pull stunts like this to get attention?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, if he finds clay by smell and taste, I’ll call him Dad right now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t say that. The world is full of wonders—some people naturally have extraordinary sensitivity in smell and taste.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I’ve met someone like that. I remember my Third Great-Uncle—he’s exactly like that. Our area produces black truffles, and he finds several times more than others, just by tasting the soil—he knows whether truffles are underground.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to say, the contestant in live room #6 has given us too many surprises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Xiao Yi finished speaking, his million-plus viewer livestream was instantly flooded with comments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More people rushed over to the main livestream to confirm this with Bei Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though many things defy science, some things truly can’t be explained by it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bei Ye, what do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The comment section of the main livestream was also overrun. Yang Qingning stared blankly at Bei Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, when it comes to broad experience, this man who’s traveled the world is the real authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Bei Ye fell into brief thought before speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There really are people who can’t be understood by ordinary logic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me tell you—twelve years ago, I ventured deep into the deserts of North Africa. I encountered a desert storm that occurs once in a century. To survive and wait for rescue, I’d need at least three days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But without water, I couldn’t last three days. My guide, an old man with wrinkled, sun-darkened skin, saved all our lives with a special ability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He found an oasis deep in the desert by tasting the sand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After we escaped the desert, the locals all blessed me, saying I was lucky to have a holy man lead me through the desert—anyone else would’ve died there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even now, thinking back, I still feel chills. That was the closest I’ve ever come to death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crocodile Tail \"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giant Centipede \"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>African Lion \"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think you’re funny, but I feel you’re disrespecting me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After we escaped the desert, I asked the old man how he could taste sand to find an oasis.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He told me, sand near water sources has different moisture levels than sand far from them—he could detect differences in sand within a ten-mile radius of an oasis.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I heard that, I was stunned. Later, I specifically consulted a biologist about this phenomenon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The biologist told me that due to development in certain areas of the human brain, it’s possible to achieve this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’d heard of such extraordinary people before, but I never thought it was real?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s so surprising? In our Great Hua Nation’s five-thousand-year history, there have been countless such marvels.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True, there are plenty abroad too—like Ice Man Fidel, Electromagnetic Man Bao Duofu, and others!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But that guy in the livestream doesn’t even look like one of these marvels!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, bro, are you new here? If he’s not a marvel, then what even counts as one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True—have you ever seen someone punch a fifty-kilogram beast into unconsciousness underwater? Have you ever seen a man lift a thousand-jin log by himself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now that you mention it, I suddenly don’t find his taste and smell abilities strange at all—he’s never been a normal person to begin with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, there’s nothing strange about it—any fan who’s watched for two days knows this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what? He’s just a bit stronger? That counts as a marvel?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, just a billion times stronger. Fine, if you don’t think so, then don’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Bei Ye’s explanation, the discussion reached its peak, and Xiao Yi’s livestream viewership surged directly to two million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was all because Xiao Yi hadn’t yet used his sense of smell to find the clay—if he had found it, viewership would’ve skyrocketed even further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Xiao Yi himself, he was now communicating with the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Open personal panel!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Name: Xiao Yi\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Age: Twenty-two\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Height: 181cm\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weight: 70kg\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intelligence: 6.9 (IQ test range 110–120, approximately 117)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endurance: 6 (Normal healthy state!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strength: 10 (Barrister Strength)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speed: 7 (Second-class athlete level)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vision: 6 (Average human level)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing: 5 (Minimum normal human level)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smell: 6 (Average normal human level)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skills:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wilderness Knowledge:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basic Zoology Lv3 (Result of intensive study these past two months)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basic Botany Lv4 (Better than just knowing staple crops—also from intensive study)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basic Life Skills:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cooking Lv6 (Above home-cooking level)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Driving Lv5 (Holds a C1 license, but dares not drive on roads)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swimming Lv7 (Professional athlete level)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hunting Lv3 (Once hit a domestic chicken with a stone, once hit a sparrow with a slingshot)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fishing Lv7 (Professional level)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diving Lv1 (Can hold breath for only one minute)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combat Lv3 (Fought three times in life, two of which ended with black eyes and swollen face)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Available free attribute points: 0\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hundred thousand fan points can be exchanged for one free attribute point!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Current available fan points: 876,324. Exchange?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, following the system’s prompt, Xiao Yi had quietly pretended to have a keen sense of smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing his own pathetic smell and taste stats, he suddenly felt he’d overplayed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing that comforted him was that his endurance had finally, after the system’s upgrade, reached the normal average healthy level—no longer suboptimal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exchange for free attribute point.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi silently spoke to the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exchange successful. Free attribute points now: 8. Host may allocate freely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Xiao Yi nodded inwardly, then immediately maxed out his Speed skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>System \"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, host’s Speed is now 10. You have become the fastest man in human history—briefly matching a cheetah. Remaining free attribute points: 5.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yi \"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did that sound so odd? Fast, but not enduring?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded just like the description of a friend from his past life who wrote xianxia novels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever. This isn’t the time to overthink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"System, use the remaining points to max out my Smell skill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, Xiao Yi had already made up his mind—better to have a nose capable of tracking across heaven and earth than to go sniffing dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they called him a dog, he’d accept it—true men know when to bend and when to stand tall.\u003C\u002Fp>",1181,"2026-06-20T08:19:46.963Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7f9dd99f54532e4d46c9763bd952010ffd5319387a7efcceab16fd0ffcda8639","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-10","starting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-chapter-8",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-a-solitary-life-in-the-wilds-cover.jpg"]