Chapter Summaries

After waking in the body of a dead hunter in Alaska, Su Wei gathered his gear and ammunition at a storm-damaged campsite. He knew he had to find shelter before nightfall and begin the two-day journey home.

• Su Wei recalled that he had inherited a cabin and twenty acres of land along with $160,000 in debt, and needed to make a $30,000 repayment within a month to prevent foreclosure.
• Su Wei assessed the wrecked campsite after the blizzard and found his backpack with essential survival supplies.
• Su Wei uncovered his father’s Browning BAR rifle and found nine rounds of ammunition, loading three into the magazine.
• Su Wei decided he had to find shelter before dark and follow the frozen stream downhill toward home, a journey of about two days.

After finding highbush cranberries, Su Wei activated the Gathering Module, which revealed nearby edible and useful plants. He discovered lichen nearby and continued preparing to survive Alaska’s worsening conditions.

• Su Wei left his campsite and searched the snowy trail for food, finding and gathering highbush cranberries.
• After eating a berry, Su Wei received a notification that his first gathering had activated the Gathering Module.
• Su Wei examined the system interface and activated the module, which highlighted edible or valuable plants within twenty meters.
• Su Wei followed a faint glow and identified a patch of reindeer moss as edible after simple preparation.
• Su Wei assessed the module’s limits and reminded himself that he still had to find shelter before Alaska’s short daylight ran out.

Su Wei found a sheltered cave and discovered valuable black chaga, giving him supplies and hope of paying off his debt. He gathered firewood, built a windbreak, and made a fire to spend the freezing night in safety.

• Su Wei spotted a natural cave beneath a rock face and cautiously checked it for danger.
• He found white hairs and droppings in the cave that might have come from the rare albino red fox he had hoped to hunt.
• Su Wei discovered black chaga growing on a dead birch and gathered sixteen pounds of it, earning gathering experience.
• He cleared and prepared the cave, collected firewood, and built a simple windbreak and fire pit.
• Su Wei lit a fire inside the cave as darkness fell and the temperature plunged.

Su Wei survived the night in a cave, then set out across Pillar Mountain toward home. A brown bear that had woken early from hibernation emerged nearby, forcing him to flee.

• Su Wei warmed berries in melted snow, ate compressed biscuits, and slept beside the fire with his rifle.
• A snow hare sniffed around the cave entrance, startling Su Wei before it ran away.
• At dawn, Su Wei put out the fire, packed his belongings, and continued toward home.
• After walking for two hours, Su Wei heard a roar and saw a young brown bear emerge from the woods.
• Su Wei recognized the danger and ran, deciding not to risk shooting the bear with his current ammunition.

Su Wei escaped a hungry brown bear by rolling down a steep slope, then spotted an albino red fox worth an $8,000 bounty and pursued it until exhaustion forced him to stop. The fox vanished into the woods, leaving Su Wei stranded in the snow with his chase unsuccessful.

• Su Wei fled a hungry young brown bear and rolled down a steep slope to escape it.
• Su Wei crossed a frozen stream and kept running until he was sure the bear had stopped chasing him.
• Su Wei recovered from the encounter and noticed a white animal moving among the trees.
• Su Wei recognized the animal as the blue-eyed albino red fox carrying an $8,000 bounty and chased after it.
• Su Wei ran out of strength, lost sight of the fox, and struck a tree in frustration.

Su Wei abandoned his attempt to catch the blue-eyed white fox and hurried down the mountain as a blizzard approached. The fox followed his footprints, while Su Wei struggled through worsening snow with little strength and a nearly dead phone.

• Su Wei realized that pursuing the fox in the approaching storm risked his life, so he decided to return to his cabin.
• The blue-eyed white fox repeatedly kept five meters ahead as Su Wei tried to approach, leading him deeper into the woods.
• Su Wei gave up on catching the fox, warned it to stay away from hunters, and headed down the mountain.
• After Su Wei left, the white fox followed his footprints at a cautious distance.
• Su Wei trudged through strengthening wind and snow, shivering from the cold, and pulled out his nearly dead phone.

Su Wei fought through the worsening blizzard to reach a hunters’ safe house, where he warmed himself, dried his clothes, and made food. He survived the immediate danger, but the storm still raged outside and he had only his remaining supplies, including sixteen pounds of chaga.

• Su Wei recalled the hunters’ safe house and set out for it as the storm intensified, while a small white creature followed his trail.
• Exhausted and nearly collapsing, Su Wei spotted the cabin and forced open its frozen door.
• Su Wei surveyed the cabin’s supplies, lit the stove, and dried his soaked clothes.
• Su Wei wrapped himself in old clothes and a quilt, melted snow, and cooked half a packet of compressed biscuits into mush.
• After eating and regaining warmth, Su Wei rested beside the stove and checked his backpack, which held sixteen pounds of chaga.

Su Wei heard the blue-eyed white fox scratching at his cabin door during a blizzard and let it inside, despite recognizing it as the prey he had been trying to catch. The fox curled up by the stove, leaving Su Wei with his eight-thousand-dollar prize within reach.

• The lost white fox followed Su Wei to his cabin and became trapped outside in the snowstorm.
• Su Wei woke to scratching and whimpering at the door, recognized the fox, and wondered if it was asking for help.
• Thinking of the eight-thousand-dollar reward, Su Wei opened the door and the soaked fox rushed inside.
• Su Wei shut the door, and the fox curled up near the stove and began licking its wet fur.

Su Wei fed a strangely tame white fox and let it sleep in his arms during a fierce snowstorm. After waking, he found it anxiously pawing at his backpack, and suspected it had smelled the chaga he had harvested.

• Su Wei gave the hungry white fox the last of his biscuit mush, and it ate eagerly.
• The white fox leaped into Su Wei's arms, licked his face, and curled up with him by the stove.
• Su Wei relaxed and let the fox sleep against him as the storm raged outside.
• The fox later sniffed and pawed anxiously at Su Wei's backpack, leading him to suspect it wanted the chaga inside.

Su Wei accidentally tamed a blue-eyed albino red fox and unlocked the Beast Taming Module, which let him sense his new pet’s emotions. He learned the young fox had followed the scent of chaga because it reminded it of home, and left it happily sniffing a piece of the fungus.

• Su Wei realized the fox had followed the chaga in his backpack because its scent reminded it of its den.
• The Beast Taming Module activated after Su Wei tamed the blue-eyed albino red fox and upgraded to Lv2.
• Su Wei discovered the module granted Animal Affinity and Beast Language, allowing him to sense the fox’s longing for home.
• Su Wei opened the fox’s information panel and learned it was a seven-month-old cub with a charm trait.
• Su Wei gave the fox a piece of chaga, and it eagerly sniffed the familiar scent.

Su Wei accepted the white fox as his bound beast pet, named it Cotton Candy, and slept beside it through the blizzard. After the storm passed, he packed to leave the mountain, but found the cabin door blocked by snow.

• The white fox chose Su Wei as its safe home, and the system told him beast pets could not be traded or sold.
• Su Wei decided to keep the fox, named it Cotton Candy, and slept with it beside him.
• Su Wei woke to find that the blizzard had passed and the way down the mountain was open.
• Su Wei packed his gear and put Cotton Candy in his jacket pocket before trying to leave the cabin.
• Su Wei found the door sealed by snow and rammed it until the snow collapsed and cold wind rushed inside.

Su Wei and Cotton Candy descended the mountain and reached his inherited cabin, where they found Old Jack waiting beside a black Ford Raptor. Old Jack recognized Su Wei and became fixated on Cotton Candy.

• Su Wei cleared a path through the snow and led Cotton Candy down the treacherous mountain.
• Cotton Candy caught a frozen red-backed €€ and offered it to Su Wei, who returned it for the fox to eat.
• Su Wei and Cotton Candy reached the abandoned cabin, which Su Wei viewed as his shelter and inheritance.
• Su Wei spotted fresh tire tracks and found Old Jack beside a black Ford Raptor at the cabin.
• Old Jack greeted Su Wei, then stared at Cotton Candy with sudden interest.

Su Wei brought Jack into his cabin to negotiate over a large piece of chaga, while protecting Cotton Candy from the merchant’s attention. He rejected Jack’s low offer and cited the fungus’s age and qualities to argue that it was worth far more.

• Su Wei let Jack into his cold, moldy cabin and started a fire before bringing out the chaga.
• Cotton Candy hid inside Su Wei’s jacket, and Su Wei warned Jack to stop staring.
• Jack inspected the chaga and offered eighty dollars per pound, claiming its moisture and grain lowered its quality.
• Su Wei refused the offer and said the chaga had grown for at least fifteen years on an old birch tree.
• Su Wei pointed out that processed top-grade dried chaga sold for at least four hundred and fifty dollars per pound.

Su Wei sold Old Jack a large piece of chaga for $1,945 after holding firm on his price. Old Jack then offered $10,000 for Cotton Candy, but Su Wei refused and ordered him to leave.

• Su Wei negotiated with Old Jack until they agreed on $120 per pound for the chaga, earning him $1,945.
• Old Jack turned his attention to Cotton Candy and offered Su Wei $10,000 for the fox.
• Su Wei refused to sell Cotton Candy, calling the fox his companion and soothing it as Old Jack pressured him.
• Su Wei told Old Jack to leave, while Old Jack privately considered that a tycoon might pay $50,000 for the rare fox.

Su Wei refused Old Jack’s offer for Cotton Candy and used the money from the sale of fur to begin cleaning the inherited cabin. The chapter ended when Cotton Candy brought him a screwdriver to help repair a drafty window.

• Su Wei sent Old Jack away and refused to sell Cotton Candy.
• Su Wei counted his savings and returned to the neglected cabin.
• Su Wei cleaned the cabin while Cotton Candy disrupted his sweeping.
• Su Wei found loose window-frame screws, and Cotton Candy brought him a screwdriver.

Su Wei finished cleaning the cabin and unlocked the Life Module, which improved his recovery while resting at home. He planned a trip into town to prepare for hunting, then opened the garage and managed to start the long-neglected pickup.

• Cotton Candy brought Su Wei a screwdriver and a rusty nut while helping him around the cabin.
• After Su Wei finished cleaning, the system activated the Life Module and granted him improved stamina recovery, mental recovery, and injury healing at home.
• Su Wei made a list of food, fuel, weapons, ammunition, and other supplies, and set his sights on unlocking the Hunting Module.
• Su Wei smashed the rusted garage latch and uncovered a battered 1990s Dodge Ram pickup.
• Su Wei found the truck key, turned the ignition, and got the engine running.

Su Wei drove to Kodiak Town to stock up on supplies and ran into Mrs. Tessa, who told him that the fishermen’s families might win their insurance lawsuit. The chapter leaves him hearing that a satellite-phone recording could prove the insurance company pressured the fleet to sail.

• Su Wei drove his old pickup from his cabin to Kodiak Town with Cotton Candy riding beside him.
• Su Wei bought food, household supplies, and toys for Cotton Candy at Dad's Supermarket.
• Su Wei met Mrs. Tessa, who offered him help despite her own hardship after the maritime disaster.
• Tessa told Su Wei that union lawyer Anderson had found evidence that could help the fishermen’s families recover their insurance money.
• Tessa said a satellite-phone recording showed the insurance company had pressured the captain to sail by threatening to withhold the crew’s bonuses.

Su Wei learned that evidence might help the families win compensation from the insurance company, but the payout could come too late to save his property from the bank. He bought powerful hunting ammunition and returned to his cabin with supplies, where he began lighting a fire.

• Tessa told Su Wei that a recording had strengthened the families’ insurance claim and that Lawyer Anderson expected a settlement or result within a month or two.
• Su Wei worried that the bank’s deadline would arrive before the compensation and treated the claim as a backup plan.
• Su Wei bought a box of Hornady .30-06 hunting rounds, saying he planned to shoot bears.
• Su Wei drove back to his cabin with food and supplies while Cotton Candy played with a rubber ball.
• At the cold cabin, Su Wei carried the groceries inside and lit a fire with birch logs and old newspaper.

Su Wei cooked a hearty beef stew for himself and Cotton Candy, then discovered he had no internet at his remote cabin on Kodiak Island. He turned to his father’s old radio for news and heard a report of a strong cold front moving east.

• Su Wei prepared a beef, potato, and tomato stew while Cotton Candy waited eagerly for its portion.
• Su Wei served Cotton Candy a less salty bowl to cool, then ate the stew himself and regained his excellent mental state as his Life Module gained experience.
• Su Wei put away his supplies and hunting rounds, reflecting that his Browning rifle might stop the brown bear at the right distance.
• Su Wei discovered his phone had no internet and decided he would need a dedicated connection when he could afford one.
• Su Wei found his father’s old radio, tuned it in, and heard an announcer report that a strong mass of cold air was moving east.

Su Wei prepared his gear for a three-day trip into the mountains, where he hoped to gather valuable resources and unlock the Hunting Module. After realizing his old tent was unusable, he drove to Kodiak Town and bought a sturdy four-season tent.

• Su Wei carefully serviced his Browning rifle and prepared ammunition and a first-aid kit for the trip.
• He packed food, clothing, rope, and fire-starting supplies, then realized he had no usable tent.
• Su Wei took Cotton Candy and drove through the wind and snow to an outdoor supply store in Kodiak Town.
• He chose an orange two-person tent for 360 dollars.