Chapter 10: Uncowed by Reality, Trying One’s Luck

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

A swirling breeze swept past Wang Kui’s nape, bringing with it an icy chill that crept from his head down to his spine, pinning him to where he was!

Wolf!

Even an idiot could tell that the howl resounding in the mountains had come from a wolf!!!

[Oh, my God! There truly is a wolf in the mountain!]

[Streamer, call the cops if you can’t do it! Safety first!]

[You Can Instakill Me with Seventeen Cards gifted streamer Airplane x2—that’s right, Old Kui! Jokes aside, you are in the mountains. Here, we’ll give you more presents, but don’t push yourself for the livestream and get hurt!”

“Phew…”

Nonetheless, Wang Kui exhaled and cracked his stiff neck twice.

The sounds of surging blood flowing over the veins in his neck rang in his ears. It indicated that his synapses were secreting catecholamine endlessly, causing his heart rate to climb and his arteries to expand!

It was simply unimaginable: the nervousness of an average joe and an old hunter’s excitement actually overlapped in his mind at the same time right then.

Coming to his senses, he narrowed his eyes, which were flashing with a fearsome gaze, and said quietly, “From the sound of it, it must have been the mountain where we came from, which is very far from me. No need to worry, everyone—let’s head back to the stream!”

[Old Kui is so gutsy! I’m just an audience, but I don’t even dare to breathe too loudly and almost suffocated myself!]

[Subscribed! Subscribed! This streamer’s voice carries so much magnetism!]

[Impressive! I’m so focused! I’m not even this focused during my semester finals!]

[Safety first!]

The hundred-meter distance was not too lengthy.

With the flame as an illumination, Wang Kui soon made it to the stream.

Finally hearing the gushing sounds of the stream calmed everyone’s nerves. The pitch-black surface was reflecting the moon and the stars, glimmering with a crystalline glow.

Wang Kui stabbed the torch into a crevice between several stones nearby and looked around.

Did he really come to pick up some rocks?!

Huh…

Everyone had assumed that Wang Kui had been joking about some rocks and that he was actually braving the risk for something more important… but he actually had come to pick up a few useless rocks?!

“They are very useful, and not useless at all! Whether it is to kill a dog or to ward off the wolves just now, I need a weapon with me.”

“I’m just saying it as it is. Even if humans are on top of the food chain, our ability to fight is relatively low if we are bare-handed and out in the wild. For example, the average human would have a hard time fighting carnivores that are mid to large-size such as wolves, lynxes, or even baboons.”

“That is because humans have a different way of fighting as compared to animals. We mainly rely on blunt forces with our fists, feet, knees, elbows, or even suplex, meaning that we try to win in a contest of strength. Unlike us, animals possess sharp claws and teeth, which is equal to carrying weapons as compared to humans.”

“Moreover, our body structures are different. Animals are resistant to blunt trauma, while their agility and reflexes far surpass that of humans. In other words, this is equal to an assassin armed with a blade fighting an unarmed warrior—we can win, but we would most likely be struck a few times or injured. Even trained barehanded warriors would not be able to take down huge animals, and at best, the size of a cheetah.”

Wang Kui placed his camera aside and offered his audience some explanation while he chose his stones.

However, the new viewers who had been drawn by the waves of gifts boosting his channel began arguing with the earlier viewers in the livestream.

[Aren’t you a little scaredy-cat, streamer? If a one-meter-long wolf dared to bite me, it would have to eat my foot! You think I can’t kick it to death?!]

[Trash streamer. Have you heard of Wu Song slaying the tiger or Xiang Yu lifting giant cauldrons? Human strength is not something you can imagine!]

[Those Gods of War are right. With their keyboards, anything is easy, let alone tigers, lions, or slaying dragons from the distance!]

[I’m laughing here! Don’t tell me what you can kill—I’ll submit to you, but only if you show half the guts like our streamer did and stay out in the wild alone!

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The many debating comments flashed past the screen of Wang Kui’s smartwatch.

Wang Kui lowered the stone in his hand and could not help laughing. “Stop arguing. I might have put it very objectively, but it really is difficult for humans to fight animals. Even martial arts training is tailored against humans, and animals would not follow the rules of the ring.”

“Moreover, psychology is also a factor. You naturally would not be afraid when you are up against a human, but are you sure you won’t feel a little intimidated when you are looking at a wolf or a leopard in the eye? If you truly don’t believe me and find me meek, brother, stop wasting time on the internet and come out here. Meet a real wolf, and you’re done if it so much as scratches you!”

[Hahaha! Old Kui is too funny!]

[That comeback got me! Yeah, go out there if you don’t believe him!]

Wang Kui put away his cunning grin at that and waved his hand. “I’m just joking. I don’t recommend untrained people coming out to the wild to look for wolves.”

Positivity was necessary since there would be administrators inspecting his stream.

That was when a stone that was rather reflective caught his eye.

He cheerfully went to it and picked it up, even showing it on screen. “We’ve found the strongest weapon! This is flint, and as most of you would know, it is a common silicon rock used for starting fires. You usually find it near volcanic rocks, limestones, or on riverbanks, which is also why I came here.”

“These stones are very hard and can spark when collided with metals, which is why it is often used to start a fire. Another attribute is that after it is shattered, it will produce a sharp, shell-shaped groove that is sharper than scissors!”

Despite Wang Kui’s words, the audience was unable to see anything impressive about the flat, pitch-black stone.

Returning to his camp, Wang Kui started another bonfire and made a circle of stones around the fire with the stones he had gathered from the riverbank.

That way, not even the winds of the forest would scatter the firewood with its guts. Moreover, it kept the fire stable and cut off any risk of a wildfire starting while Wang Kui was sleeping soundly.

He still had his backpack to watch out for, after all.

After gathering quite a few stones, the most important of which was that flint as well as the round saucer-shaped blue stone that looked like a rock pillow, the viewers were under the impression that Wang Kui would be using it as a pillow, but he was actually using it as a work station.

“Making a stone knife in the wild takes skill. Do not pick your stones randomly. Layered rocks like shales would not do because a soft knock is all it takes to fall off, layer by layer, and it would have a hard time holding together.”

Just as expected, a huge chunk of the shale that Wang Kui had picked up shattered after he had smashed it on the limestone. “Do your best to pick a complete rock that is both dense and hard. Something like this flint would be ideal, and you can watch as I grind it!”