Ch. 42Set up by corporate interests
Huang Dahu and the muntjac brothers entered the Wasteland Zone base to hunt Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er while searching for Huang Dahu's little brother. Ji Yang went looking for beasts to boost his livestream's popularity, but Big Muntjac defeated him, leaving Ji Yang convinced Carefree Media had set him up.
- Huang Dahu told the muntjac brothers to find and kill Yue Wen or Zhao Xing'er if they got the chance, and to protect his little brother if they found him.
- Ji Yang went out at night with a flame in his hand, hoping to defeat demon beasts and make his livestream more popular.
- Big Muntjac, searching for Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er, confronted Ji Yang after the cultivator attacked him with fireballs.
- Big Muntjac repeatedly found Ji Yang's hidden position and knocked him down with his wrench, while Ji Yang's camera bee was burned by his flames.
- As he recovered from the beating, Ji Yang concluded that Carefree Media had arranged for him to face an unfairly powerful beast.