Chapter 92: The Impact of Blackie
But Xiao Yi’s act of driving away Blackie sparked uproar in his livestream chat.
After all, the high popularity of Xiao Yi’s livestream owed much to the two bears.
Today, Xiao Yi had directly expelled Blackie—the bear with massive online fame—from his camp, an outcome no one had anticipated.
Even no one had considered such a possibility; even if Blackie had erred, everyone assumed Xiao Yi would give him a light scolding and let it go—perhaps deny him meals for a couple of days.
But this unexpected move inevitably caused massive shockwaves in his livestream.
“What the hell is Xiao Shen doing? Kicking out Blackie? No way!”
“It’s just a dozen snow rabbits—is that really worth it? Besides, Blackie helped catch those rabbits too.”
“Yeah! Blackie didn’t guard well, but Xiao Shen shouldn’t go this far! Blackie’s still very useful.”
“I’m blind—I just gifted for nothing! Leaving, leaving!”
“Is this streamer brain-dead? You really think people are here just for you? If Blackie’s gone, I’m unsubbing too!”
“Xiao Shen went too far this time. Blackie messed up, but he didn’t deserve to be kicked out.”
“What the heck are you all thinking? Blackie’s a wild black bear—leaving Xiao Shen is normal!”
“Exactly! Xiao Shen’s in a wilderness challenge, not running a circus training show. I like Blackie too, but can we all be rational?”
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Shortly after Xiao Yi expelled Blackie, his livestream lost a million viewers in mere minutes.
Even now, the viewer count in Xiao Yi’s livestream continued to drop.
It was clear how popular Blackie was in Xiao Yi’s livestream—by this measure, Blackie truly was a star bear.
Only after a drop of two million viewers did the count stabilize at eight million.
Xiao Yi naturally knew nothing of the livestream’s turmoil, but inside the control room, Li Yong flew into a rage.
“What the hell is that kid Xiao Yi doing?”
“It’s just a few snow rabbits!”
“Don’t you know how popular that bear is?”
“That damn thing is driving me insane!”
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Seeing their boss Li Zong launch into a full-blown tirade, other staff members exchanged uneasy glances.
They’d seen Li Zong angry before, but never like this—this was their first time witnessing him explode, and they were slightly frightened.
Yet they understood why Li Yong was so furious.
The Wilderness Challenge was a top-priority project across the Yinfu Company, with massive funding and high-level attention focused on it.
As the lead manager, Li Yong had nearly turned into a “true three-hairs”—imagine the pressure he faced daily.
Xiao Yi was the most popular contestant in the show, and Yinfu’s flagship star.
Who knew Xiao Yi would pull such a stunt, instantly losing two million viewers—a heavy blow to the production team.
“Boss Li, should we privately warn Xiao Yi to bring Blackie back?”
One staff member ventured cautiously.
“Do you want to destroy this show completely?”
Li Yong muttered with a twisted, menacing expression, radiating chilling dread.
Seeing Li Yong’s face, the speaker shrank back, too terrified to say another word.
The Wilderness Challenge’s greatest appeal was its complete lack of scripting.
The show never interfered with any contestant; the crew could only intervene in life-threatening emergencies.
If they dared meddle, even if they could recover Xiao Yi’s viewer count,
once the truth leaked, existing viewers would be deeply disappointed—and once it went viral online, the show might be ruined.
Li Yong fell into deep thought, searching for a viable solution.
After all, furious yelling was the most pathetic response—he despised such people most.
Still, he couldn’t shake his resentment. Since Xiao Yi joined the show, the damn kid had never given him a single day of peace. Even his own father hadn’t cleaned up after him this much.
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Of course, the three guests in the main livestream were also bewildered by Xiao Yi’s action.
What had they just seen? Xiao Yi had expelled Blackie.
Bai Lin even complained indignantly.
“Xiao Shen, what are you doing? This is criminal! I’m turning from fan to hater today!”
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“Boye, why do you think Xiao Shen kicked out Blackie? Is it really because Blackie failed to guard? I don’t think Xiao Shen would go this far.”
At that moment, Ren Qingyu asked Boye.
He rarely spoke, but seeing Blackie leave, he couldn’t help but add his two cents.
The two black bears beside Xiao Yi were genuinely amusing and added great entertainment value—hard to dislike.
Boye, upon hearing this, fell into thought. Many of Xiao Yi’s actions had always puzzled him.
But after a moment, he spoke up: “Xiao Yi’s decision is correct—it’s actually for the bear’s own good.”
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After Boye’s words, the main livestream exploded in disbelief. What was going on?
Xiao Shen’s acting weird today—had Boye been infected too?
“Boye, just tell us—how much did Xiao Shen pay you?”
“Stop joking, Boye! How is this good for Blackie?”
“This is the first time I’ve doubted Boye!”
“Boye, we don’t need to defend that guy! He’s not worth it!”
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After Boye spoke, the comment section flooded with skepticism.
Bai Lin voiced the question on everyone’s mind:
“Boye, why do you think that?”
“Wildness! Xiao Yi is preserving that black bear’s wild nature!”
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Watching Blackie leave, Xiao Yi felt a hollow ache inside; Doggie beside him also looked listless.
Xiao Yi was surprised—he’d expected Doggie to leave too after Blackie’s departure.
After all, Doggie had originally been hostile toward him, and even now, Doggie wasn’t as obedient as Blackie.
Without Blackie, Doggie might have left long ago—he’d only stayed to protect Blackie.
At this moment, Doggie seemed to sense Xiao Yi’s thoughts. With a roar, it turned and walked toward the den.
But today’s den felt cold, lacking its usual warmth.
Doggie had her own thoughts: she wouldn’t leave like Blackie had, slinking away in shame.
Even if she left, she’d stay until she hunted down those two lynxes with this human.
Based on her understanding of this human, he always repaid hatred with hatred—those two lynxes wouldn’t have an easy time.
Seeing Doggie’s choice, Xiao Yi said nothing.
He could imagine the livestream’s chaos after Blackie’s departure—if Doggie left too, the livestream…
Right now, Xiao Yi was thinking about how to properly explain himself to the viewers, since his free attribute points still depended on fan support.
End of Chapter
