After finishing their barbecue, Xu Fan and the Female Snow Wolf settled down to rest.
There wasn't much to show in the livestream, naturally.
Quite a few viewers took the opportunity to wash up and go to bed.
Host Bing Bing and the guests began discussing their views on the Forbidden Land, their hopes for the future, and how the world might change in the years ahead.
Before they knew it, the moon had set and the sun had risen.
Host Bing Bing and the guests wrapped up their night of work.
Meanwhile, host Xiao Ying, Warrior King, Brother Qiang, and the others joined the Live Stream Room after breakfast.
It was worth noting that...
Guest Yuan Yuan had received an official warning.
She was told to watch what she said while on the livestream.
Although Yuan Yuan often got straight to the heart of a problem, pointing it out only caused unnecessary panic and served no other purpose.
"Hello, everyone. I'm your host, Xiao Ying. A new day has begun. I wonder how our contestant, Xu Fan, is doing..."
Xiao Ying began her opening remarks as usual.
But what she saw on the screen made her eyes go wide.
A Female Snow Wolf was lying right beside Xu Fan!
It had been motionless for so long that Xiao Ying hadn't noticed it at first.
Now, the Female Snow Wolf slowly raised its head and let out a big yawn.
What was going on?
Why was there a beast beside Xu Fan?
Xiao Ying's mind went completely blank.
This was a huge crisis!
In fact, while working the day before, Xiao Ying and the guests had been under intense pressure the whole time.
They were mentally and physically exhausted.
As soon as the livestream ended, they had washed up and gone to bed.
They had no idea what had happened afterward.
Seeing the Female Snow Wolf now, Xiao Ying instinctively held her breath for Xu Fan.
"What on earth is going on?" Brother Qiang blinked hard, seriously wondering if he was seeing things.
What he found most unbelievable was...
The Female Snow Wolf didn't seem to have any hostility toward Xu Fan.
After yawning, the Female Snow Wolf quickly got to its feet and shook itself off.
Then it lowered its head and gently licked Xu Fan's palm.
It looked more like a husky waking its owner!
Something was definitely off about this scene!
Weren't the beasts in the Forbidden Land all incredibly ferocious?
"So what exactly happened last night?" Brother Qiang couldn't help asking the other guests, hoping one of them could explain.
But everyone had gone to bed early the night before.
They knew nothing about the Female Snow Wolf.
So they could only scan the comments for answers.
"Hahaha, Xiao Ying's totally baffled face is so cute!"
"I'm just as confused. Can someone explain what happened? I've been working overtime the past few days and went to bed early. I didn't stay up to see what happened later."
"That Female Snow Wolf is called Holo. Xu Fan tamed her with barbecue yesterday. Pretty unbelievable, right?"
"And that's not all. The Female Snow Wolf's threat level is D-Rank. She's an incredibly ferocious beast!"
A flood of comments poured in, filling the hosts and guests in on what had happened.
As the sky grew brighter, more and more viewers streamed into the Live Stream Room.
"A D-D-Rank Beast? Xu Fan tamed a D-Rank Beast with barbecue?" Host Xiao Ying was still utterly confused.
"The Snow Wolf King he encountered yesterday seemed to be D-Rank too."
"But it was much bigger than the Female Snow Wolf."
Xiao Ying took a closer look and could still see the Snow Wolf King's corpse.
Side by side, the Female Snow Wolf looked like a cub.
And yet her threat level was extremely high.
What's more, the official announcement said that the Female Snow Wolf had a special bloodline.
"Our contestant managed to tame the Female Snow Wolf in just one night. That's simply incredible," Brother Qiang exclaimed.
As a survival-show host, he knew just how terrifying wild animals could be.
He couldn't even imagine trying to tame one.
Just getting it not to attack him would feel like a blessing.
If someone told him they wanted to tame a wild animal out in the wilderness,
he'd think they were crazy!
Yet Xu Fan had not only tried, but succeeded!
He didn't know whether to call Xu Fan skilled and daring, or simply blessed by fate.
After all, the beasts in the Forbidden Land were even more terrifying than any wild animals he had encountered!
"Could Xu Fan have some experience with animal training?"
While the production team was still reeling from what had happened,
Xu Fan slowly opened his eyes in the Forbidden Land.
He stretched lazily.
The blanket, stitched together from the Snow Wolf King's fur and hide, had kept him nice and warm.
He'd slept reasonably well.
But...
"There's no way to wash up in the Forbidden Land."
Xu Fan let himself wake up a little before grumbling under his breath.
The contestant from Zhayu Kingdom had only brought food, fresh water, and weapons.
Things like shampoo, face wash, a toothbrush, and toothpaste—
he hadn't brought any of those.
"Hm?"
Xu Fan suddenly noticed Holo, the Female Snow Wolf, sitting nearby.
Once she saw he was awake, she glanced toward the campfire.
Her gaze shifted back and forth.
It was as if she was asking him for food.
Either way, even without seasoning, cooked meat tasted better than raw meat.
And it was safer, too.
"Right, we should fill our stomachs as well."
Xu Fan smiled and got to work.
He'd wondered whether the Female Snow Wolf might disappear by the time he woke up.
They could each go their own way.
But now, it seemed she really did want to travel with him.
"I need to replenish my fresh water."
After resting all night, Xu Fan felt parched.
Muttering to himself, he took out a bottle of mineral water and poured it into the Treasure Chest he'd found earlier.
Though the chest was made of wood, it was watertight.
It could easily serve as a basin.
Once he had poured in the water, Xu Fan pushed it in front of the Female Snow Wolf.
The Female Snow Wolf hesitated for half a second, then lapped up the water.
Xu Fan replenished his own water, too.
Then he tied the smoked wolf meat from the night before to one end of his long knife.
That way, it could air out properly, allowing the moisture inside the meat to evaporate.
It was a way of making cured meat.
The wolf meat tasted pretty good—much better than canned fish—so it would be a shame to throw it all away.
Xu Fan had picked the best cuts, slicing off more than twenty pounds to make into cured meat.
That way, he wouldn't have to worry about food for the rest of the journey.
"But..."
Xu Fan turned to look at the Female Snow Wolf on the ground. "Are you really coming with me?"
"I can't stay in one place. The journey ahead might be very hard."
Xu Fan didn't know whether the Female Snow Wolf could understand what he was saying.
But he still gave her a choice.
"Awooo!"
The Female Snow Wolf let out a soft whine and rubbed her forehead against Xu Fan's pants.
She clearly didn't want to leave him.
The sight left every viewer stunned.
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