Chapter Summaries

Su Wei installed Old Hope’s treasured Dragon’s Fury glass eyes in the bear king’s skull, bringing the skeleton’s face to life. The chapter ended with Su Wei stepping back to admire the finished eyes.

• Old Hope gave Su Wei his last two Dragon’s Fury eyes, custom-made by a master craftsman for large bears.
• Su Wei carefully fitted the first Dragon’s Fury eye into the bear king’s right socket.
• Su Wei used his tactile memory to install the second eye in the left socket more quickly.
• The two eyes caught the changing light and appeared to burn together as Su Wei looked at the completed bear king’s skull.

Su Wei completed the Kodiak brown bear king specimen, and the system rated it beyond perfect while unlocking powerful protective and intimidating effects. Old Hope called it a perfect monster and reacted with awe and loneliness.

• Su Wei saw the bear king's completed skeleton and noticed Old Hope staring at it in stunned silence.
• The system rated the specimen beyond perfect, advanced the Crafting Module to LV3, and granted it the Silent Fear Blessing and Silent Roar attribute.
• Su Wei learned that the bear's aura deterred invasive wild animals and mentally shocked people with ill intentions or unstable minds.
• Old Hope approached the bear's jaw without touching it, then told Su Wei that he had created a perfect monster.

Su Wei arranged specialized transport for the bear king skeleton and the stag king’s antlers, then supervised the bear’s careful loading. The chapter left the bear secured inside the truck, ready to be taken to the exhibition hall.

• Old Hope gave Su Wei Arctic Glacier Transport’s contact information and said the shipment would cost 2,400 as a favor to him.
• Su Wei called the company and arranged for a truck to arrive in two hours, providing measurements for the bear king skeleton and the stag king’s antlers.
• Su Wei inspected the bear king skeleton’s bolts and paw connectors while Old Hope shared coffee with him and quietly said goodbye to the finished specimen.
• A Glacier Transit truck arrived with a temperature-controlled cargo space and shock-absorbing equipment.
• Su Wei directed the workers as they loaded the 600-kilogram bear king skeleton and checked its cushions and tie-down straps himself.

Su Wei installed the stag king's antlers and the bear king's skeleton in the Emerald Lake exhibition hall, where the antlers activated a faint Woodland Call. As Su Wei checked the finished display, claws clattered at the entrance.

• Su Wei loaded the specimens and drove from Old Hope's workshop to Emerald Lake, where Old Hope asked him to send a photo of the bear king once it was set up.
• Su Wei mounted the stag king's antlers above the basalt fireplace using expansion bolts and forged iron hooks.
• The antlers released a raw-wood scent, and a message told Su Wei that Woodland Call had activated with a five-hundred-meter radius.
• Su Wei and two workers secured the bear king's skeleton to a reinforced plinth facing the hall entrance.
• As Su Wei prepared to check the skeleton's fastenings, claws clattered at the exhibition hall entrance.

Su Wei completed the exhibition hall’s collection and discovered that its opposing effects had combined into King’s Courtyard, which comforted peaceful visitors and intensified fear in those with ulterior motives. He found Cotton Candy still frightened outside and crouched in front of it.

• Cotton Candy sensed the bear king’s skeleton, shrieked, and fled the exhibition hall.
• Su Wei paid the delivery workers and watched them leave before closing the hall doors.
• The system detected that Woodland's Call and Silent Roar coexisted and triggered the King's Courtyard effect.
• Su Wei surveyed the completed ecosystems and specimens and felt the miniature world operating as a whole.
• Su Wei found Cotton Candy crouched outside with its fur still raised and crouched in front of it.

Su Wei confirmed with Emily that he would go skiing with her and bring Cotton Candy to Pyramid Mountain the next morning. Back at the cabin, he checked the rapid growth of his exhibition hall video and opened the final sponsorship contract from Polaris Outdoors.

• Su Wei carried the frightened Cotton Candy back to the cabin, warmed the fire, and fed her diced venison.
• Su Wei photographed the exhibition hall and sent the image to Old Hope, who replied, "Good."
• Emily invited Su Wei to ski at Pyramid Mountain the next morning and told him to bring Cotton Candy; he agreed.
• Su Wei told Cotton Candy she was coming skiing, and she hid in the sofa cushions.
• Su Wei checked his creator dashboard, saw the exhibition hall video pass three million views and his followers near one million, then opened Catherine's contract confirming a $100,000 base fee and tiered bonuses.

Su Wei declined a knife sponsorship that would undermine his professional image, then fed Cotton Candy and prepared steaks before reviewing lifestyle-account offers for a skiing trip with Emily. He accepted a natural fit for an energy-bar promotion and began considering a warming-patch deal.

• Su Wei rejected a Swedish knife brand’s thirty-thousand-dollar product-placement offer because its knife was unsuitable for hunting.
• Su Wei coaxed Cotton Candy from the sofa with diced Angus beef, and the fox ate cautiously beneath the kitchen island.
• Su Wei cooked steaks for his planned skiing trip with Emily and received a temporary buff that reduced lactic acid buildup during exercise.
• Su Wei reviewed lifestyle-account sponsorship messages and found a fifty-thousand-dollar offer to feature a dark chocolate energy bar during a skiing break.
• Su Wei read a forty-thousand-dollar offer from a self-heating warming-patch brand that required no spoken endorsement.

Su Wei finalized three suitable sponsorships, recorded the costs of his next construction project, and began editing footage of fitting prosthetic eyes into a Kodiak brown bear skeleton. He left the footage in progress as he prepared to continue editing.

• Su Wei accepted three advertising partnerships worth a total of $150,000 and blocked a shady supplement company.
• Su Wei recorded a $1.374 million expansion project in his ledger, including a $450,000 advance payment.
• Su Wei prepared for a morning meeting with Emily and checked the sleeping Cotton Candy.
• Su Wei loaded footage of the prosthetic-eye installation into his editing software and began cutting it to dramatic audio.
• Su Wei previewed a close-up of the Dragon's Fury eyes fitted into the bear skeleton.

Su Wei finished restoring the Kodiak brown bear king’s skeleton and received an offer from Apex Polar Power for an $85,000 vehicle modification package and $80,000 collaboration. He set strict field-testing conditions, then relaxed at home while helping Cotton Candy retrieve a toy from beneath the sofa.

• Su Wei fitted the prosthetic eye into the bear king’s skull and watched the skeleton’s dark red filaments flare to life in the finished playback.
• Su Wei reviewed his crowded inbox and found Apex Polar Power’s offer for free extreme-cold vehicle modifications and an $80,000 collaboration fee.
• Su Wei replied that he would accept the quoted fee only if the Raptor was tested during demanding real fieldwork, with no scripted promotion and compensation for any failures or losses.
• Cotton Candy recovered his energy, chased a yarn ball beneath the sofa, and got stuck while trying to reach it.
• Su Wei lifted Cotton Candy free, and the fox sneezed before licking the back of his hand.

Su Wei prepared cold-weather gear and supplies for a trip with Emily and Cotton Candy. The next morning, Matt arrived with the shooting-range survey and warned Su Wei that building an underground ammunition depot beneath the slope would be costly and risky.

• Su Wei sent Emily a message confirming their meeting at the gas station at nine the next morning.
• Su Wei gathered his cold-weather suit, traction straps, gloves, heat warmers, and an insulated travel crate for Cotton Candy.
• Su Wei prepared a high-calorie steak sandwich, and Simple Dietary Supplementation gave it a temporary cold-resistance buff.
• Matt arrived at Su Wei's cabin and said surveyors had marked a three-hundred-meter shooting-range boundary near Pillar Mountain.
• Matt warned Su Wei that loose ground, basalt, and groundwater could make an underground ammunition depot beneath the slope expensive to excavate and waterproof.

Su Wei chose to build the shooting-range storeroom inside Pillar Mountain after confirming the basalt was dry and stable, and Matt agreed to begin excavation. Su Wei then prepared his filming gear and drove toward town, where the chapter leaves him after he safely passes a truck wreck on an icy road.

• Su Wei concluded that embedding the storeroom in Pillar Mountain would best protect it from winter weather and confirmed there was no risk of seepage.
• Matt accepted Su Wei's decision and estimated that excavating the shooting range would take at least two weeks.
• Su Wei packed cold-weather supplies and filming equipment for a sponsored lifestyle video, planning to buy the products in town.
• Su Wei drove off with Cotton Candy and carefully passed a crashed box truck on a black-ice stretch of road.
• Su Wei's mechanical assessment of the Raptor led him to consider an $85,000 full-vehicle overhaul package.

Su Wei met Emily at a Kodiak Town gas station and loaded her gear and Cotton Candy into his Raptor for a trip up Pyramid Mountain. After buying cold-weather snacks and supplies, he drove off with Emily beside him.

• Su Wei arrived three minutes late and took Emily’s containers of beef brisket and potatoes.
• Emily explained that her Subaru could not make it up Pyramid Mountain’s gravel road, so Su Wei transferred her snowboards, packs, and survival gear into his truck.
• Emily checked on Cotton Candy, who stayed curled up in a blanket inside a secured pet carrier.
• Su Wei gave Emily extreme-cold lip balm and warned her about the icy wind on Pyramid Mountain’s shaded slope.
• Su Wei bought a chocolate energy bar, a warming patch, and coffee beans, then returned to the Raptor.
• Emily climbed into the passenger seat, and Su Wei drove away with her and the loaded gear.

Su Wei and Emily arrived at the ski resort for a sponsored filming trip, bringing their equipment and Cotton Candy. They prepared to head into the resort, with Cotton Candy tucked into Su Wei’s heated jacket compartment.

• Su Wei explained that his three sponsorship deals would earn him a base fee of $150,000, and Emily joked about featuring her stew in the videos.
• Su Wei drove the Raptor to the ski resort, where he and Emily parked and unloaded their gear.
• Su Wei moved Cotton Candy from her insulated carrier into the temperature-controlled compartment in his jacket.
• Emily carried two snowboards as she and Su Wei walked to the ticket hall and entered.

Su Wei used his hunter's license to buy discounted priority passes for himself and Emily at Pyramid Mountain's ski area, then spotted storm clouds gathering over the ridge. After they entered the advanced powder-snow area and admired its sparkling snow, Su Wei took out his Sony FX3.

• Su Wei bypassed the crowded ticket lines and used his hunter's license to buy two discounted all-terrain passes.
• Su Wei and Emily left the lobby, where he noticed the wind had shifted and dark clouds were rising along Pyramid Mountain's ridge.
• Su Wei let Emily pass through the turnstile into the advanced powder-snow area, then followed with his pack and tripod.
• Emily admired the sunlight sparkling across the untouched powder, and Su Wei crouched to take out his Sony FX3.

Su Wei filmed sponsored footage of a warming patch and a pour-over coffee setup in the snow near Pyramid Mountain, with Emily and Cotton Candy appearing naturally in the shots. After Emily drank the coffee, Su Wei received a temporary buff that reduced heat loss and lowered the frostbite threshold for his fingers and toes.

• Su Wei set up his camera and filmed himself applying a warming patch to Emily, capturing the product naturally in the shot.
• Su Wei brewed coffee on camera, recording the steam and the mountain scenery for a second sponsored deal.
• Cotton Candy poked its head out of Su Wei’s temperature-controlled pouch and appeared in the coffee footage.
• Emily drank a large gulp of coffee while Su Wei told her the cup was worth twenty thousand dollars.
• Su Wei triggered Simple Dietary Supplementation and received a four-hour Core Thermoregulation buff.

Su Wei and Emily snowboarded down the mountain while Emily filmed Su Wei’s fast carving run. After his rusty first turns, Su Wei’s Nimble Hands effect sharpened his control, and he launched a drone from a flat snow platform.

• Emily waxed the snowboards, checked Su Wei’s bindings, and warned him to keep Cotton Candy protected from the wind and falcons.
• Su Wei followed Emily down the slope and passed her camera at full speed as she filmed his run.
• Emily praised Su Wei’s move and said it looked better on camera than anything else.
• Su Wei struggled through his first turns, then used the effect of Nimble Hands to make precise adjustments and carve smoothly at high speed.
• Su Wei braked on a flat snow platform and launched a DJI Mavic 3 Pro forty meters overhead.

Su Wei and Emily snowboarded down Pyramid Mountain, racing each other on separate routes before stopping to rest. Emily won their race by half a board length, and as they ate energy bars, Su Wei’s system extended his cold-resistance energy reserve by two hours.

• Su Wei set the drone to follow him as he and Emily raced down the snowy slope, and he made a controlled jump and carving turn.
• Emily and Su Wei completed four runs, then raced down separate branches of the trail; Emily reached the junction half a board length ahead.
• After their fifth run, Emily’s thighs began to ache, so she and Su Wei rested in a sheltered hollow while Cotton Candy played on a nearby gentle slope.
• Su Wei shared a dark chocolate energy bar with Emily, and his Simple Dietary Supplementation ability extended his cold-resistance energy reserve by two hours.

Su Wei and Emily finished several sponsored ski runs before heading toward the undeveloped north slope of Pyramid Mountain. On the chairlift, Su Wei spotted emergency activity below, and Emily recognized that the ski area had activated its evacuation system as the lift slowed.

• Su Wei packed away his gear, and he and Emily took two more runs while taking turns leading.
• Su Wei and Emily boarded the chairlift for a seventh run toward the north-side backcountry slope, with Cotton Candy tucked inside Su Wei's jacket.
• Su Wei noticed staff rushing toward the broadcast room and orange cordon tape being set up around the parking lot.
• Su Wei showed Emily the activity below on his phone, and she identified it as an emergency evacuation rather than a routine announcement.
• The loudspeaker shrieked with feedback, and the chairlift's motor began to slow.

Su Wei and Emily were stranded in a chairlift about twenty meters above the ground as a severe blizzard approached. While they waited for the backup generator, Su Wei calmed Cotton Candy and assessed the snow-covered slope below.

• The chairlift stopped abruptly, leaving Su Wei, Emily, and Cotton Candy suspended in the wind.
• Emily identified the shutdown as an emergency weather alert, and a loudspeaker warned that blizzard winds exceeding 120 kilometers per hour were expected within thirty minutes.
• Su Wei recognized an arcus cloud as the vanguard of a polar blizzard and noticed that the crosswind was straining the lift cable unevenly.
• Su Wei soothed the frightened Cotton Candy through his jacket and told Emily the backup diesel generator would lower them.
• Su Wei examined the slope and realized drifting snow was accumulating over a weak ice crust.

Su Wei and Emily escaped the stalled chairlift during worsening winds and reached the evacuation area, where Su Wei heard someone struggling among rocks outside the ski runs. He sent Emily to alert staff while he went to check the possible victim.

• Su Wei and Emily rode the chairlift down after the backup generator started, bracing against violent crosswinds.
• Su Wei and Emily hurried down the icy evacuation stairs and joined the skiers gathered at the assembly area.
• While removing his snowboard bindings, Su Wei heard two muffled sounds from a jumble of rocks outside the marked runs.
• Emily recognized the rocks as an undeveloped area with unknown hazards beneath the snow.
• Su Wei told Emily to find staff and request a stretcher and neck brace, then headed toward the rocks to check for someone trapped.