Chapter 94

When Xiao Yi publicly mentioned Heidan in his livestream, the number of viewers in his livestream instantly surged.

According to past patterns, during this nearly rest-time slot, the viewer count in Xiao Yi’s livestream would usually decline.

Due to Heidan, today’s decline might be even worse than before.

Yet now, within just three minutes, Xiao Yi’s livestream viewer count broke past the ten-million mark, rising again from its original seven million.

At this moment, after hearing Xiao Yi’s explanation, most viewers fell silent.

Even those netizens who loved the two bears began to reflect.

At first, seeing Xiao Yi directly chase away Heidan had made them all feel deeply upset.

But now, upon deeper reflection, they finally realized.

They had merely grown accustomed to the entertainment Heidan brought to the livestream.

Deep down, they had only treated Heidan as an entertainment tool.

They had never truly considered Heidan’s well-being, so they couldn’t claim to genuinely love Heidan.

Only after looking back and reflecting did they realize that Xiao Yi, whom they had resented, was the one truly thinking for Heidan.

Just as Xiao Yi himself had just said.

In this wild, bloody land, if Heidan continued to stay by Xiao Yi’s side, it would inevitably lose its original wild nature.

And this wild nature was the very foundation for Heidan to survive and dominate this wilderness.

Otherwise, why would all released animals be given a period of adaptation and training before being truly set free?

Because they had been fed by humans for too long, tainted with human presence, lacking primal wildness—releasing them directly into the wilderness might lead to them starving to death.

And in this wilderness, Xiao Yi would live at most a hundred days—even if unlucky, possibly less than a hundred.

When that time came, how would he have time to help Heidan re-adapt to this wilderness?

It was better to drive Heidan back into the wilderness while its wild nature still remained, letting Heidan live its own life.

Now they could finally understand why Beiye had defended Xiao Yi in the livestream!

Even the sentiment in Xiao Yi’s livestream had now reversed.

“I was shallow! I misunderstood Xiao Shen’s actions—I’m sorry, Xiao Shen!”

“So Xiao Shen drove Heidan away not out of cruelty, but for deeper reasons—I’m sorry, Xiao Shen, I thought too simply.”

“Though I love Heidan and hope to see it often in the livestream, I support Xiao Shen’s decision this time—I’m sorry, Xiao Shen!”

“It seems Xiao Shen and Heidan are true soulmates—Xiao Shen did the right thing!”

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Of course, among the comments, there were still some who stubbornly insisted they only watched for entertainment.

They claimed Xiao Yi driving away Heidan had reduced the livestream’s entertainment value!

Before Xiao Yi even spoke, many viewers had already torn these people apart.

Meanwhile, in the base’s control room, Li Yong, upon learning Xiao Yi had publicly discussed Heidan,

immediately felt uneasy and quickly tuned into Xiao Yi’s livestream.

He knew well how chaotic Xiao Yi’s livestream had become after Heidan’s departure, with overwhelming backlash against Xiao Yi.

Li Yong feared Xiao Yi, young and impulsive, might argue back with netizens—this show would be doomed.

But after seeing Xiao Yi’s replies and the comments in the chat,

and observing the livestream’s viewer count rebound,

Li Yong finally relaxed completely, even smiling slightly as he told the staff beside him:

“I always said Xiao Yi is a kind-hearted boy—letting Heidan go was the right thing to do. Humans and animals should coexist harmoniously; we can’t ignore an animal’s future safety for mere entertainment.”

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Of course, at this moment, Bai Lin in the main livestream was also slightly uneasy.

She now realized her misunderstanding of Xiao Yi and quietly sent several Dark Castle gifts.

Of course, the misunderstanding between Xiao Yi and some viewers had now been resolved.

In fact, some viewers in the chat had initially offered this same interpretation of Xiao Yi’s actions.

But no matter how well others explained it, it couldn’t match the sincerity of the person directly involved.

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The night passed without incident; Heidan’s departure had minimized its online impact.

Yet even so, Heidan’s name still ranked eleventh on China’s trending list—evidencing just how wildly popular this show was.

The next morning, Xiao Yi woke as usual, brushed his teeth, ate, and fished!

This time, with Heidan gone, only Goudan remained to guard the cabin.

But Xiao Yi’s departure wasn’t truly a departure—he hid far away, watching the cabin from a distance.

Until he eliminated those two lynxes, he had no heart to continue gathering food.

Yet days passed, and the wilderness challenge reached its thirty-sixth day.

The two lynxes never appeared within Xiao Yi’s camp range; even Xiao Yi began to waver.

Could those greedy creatures have truly lost interest in his rabbit pen?

Of course, he was somewhat frustrated—these days, he’d wasted time entirely.

Aside from snatching a few moments to fish two twenty-pound fish from Lai’en Lake, he’d gained little.

Even so, his food intake still couldn’t cover his consumption—he’d begun using up the fish he’d stored earlier.

This couldn’t go on indefinitely.

But with the two lynxes absent, Xiao Yi had no good solution.

He could only wait patiently—this wilderness was simply too vast.

If he actively searched, he might fail to find the lynxes and instead get lost himself.

More importantly, it wasn’t worth it—killing the two lynxes might ease Xiao Yi’s mood,

but he remained calm, knowing his primary goal was surviving a hundred days in the wilderness—he wouldn’t sacrifice the core for trivial gains.

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“Mmm! Mmm!”

“Roar!”

But Xiao Yi didn’t know—the two lynxes hadn’t abandoned their plan to target his rabbit pen.

They were being stalked by a black bear—and that bear was Heidan.

After leaving Xiao Yi’s camp, Heidan had continuously tracked the scent of the two lynxes, determined to find them.

Now free of other concerns and no longer responsible for guarding the rabbit pen, Heidan regarded the two lynxes as mortal enemies.

Heidan’s sole belief was to kill both lynxes and deliver their bodies to his human master, hoping for forgiveness.

Heidan loved being by Xiao Yi’s side—it made him happy!

Heidan, when focused, was no ordinary bear—his keen sense of smell allowed him to detect every appearance of the lynxes.

But speed differences meant that even when he sensed them, he couldn’t catch the two lynxes.

He could only watch helplessly as they escaped from him.

Yet no one can guard against thieves forever—even with Heidan’s vigilance, lapses were inevitable.

After all, Heidan now had no steady food source.

And the two lynxes seized the opportunity!