Being stared at by such eyes… it was as if a prey animal had suddenly been locked onto by a predator, bone-chilling.
The live chat fell completely silent. No one sent a single bullet comment.
It was unknown how much time passed before a viewer finally snapped out of it and murmured behind their screen, “So cool…”
Fierce, yes, but also undeniably cool. The slender, delicate-looking young man wore a cold, brutal expression, standing over the blood-splattered corpse of a leopard. The stark contrast created an immensely striking image.
Not to mention that Lin Yi himself was far from unattractive.
This scene lasted only a moment. Soon, Lin Yi realized his expression was off, reined in the killing intent in his eyes, and returned to the gentle demeanor everyone was familiar with.
But the image from just now had already been deeply imprinted in the viewers’ minds. Many even captured screenshots and posted them on the Star Network.
Those who had mocked Lin Yi earlier couldn’t help but shiver in retrospect: If only they had known how ferocious the streamer really was, they would have chosen their words more carefully.
Lin Yi, holding his dagger, returned to the camera and glanced at the chat. He silently wondered to himself: Did the stream glitch or something…
He had thought this stream would perform quite well, but the chat was unusually quiet, with barely any bullet comments.
Viewers these days are so picky, Lin Yi mused inwardly. Showing no sign of his thoughts, he casually waved the dagger in front of the camera. “That’s all for today’s stream. See you next time.”
With that, he exited the live stream and casually opened the backend. Expecting lackluster data due to the sparse chat activity, he was surprised to find that the account’s followers had broken into double digits, and he had received several hundred star coins in tips.
What was going on? Lin Yi could only assume that something had happened in the chat that he wasn’t aware of. But he didn’t dwell on it, after a glance at the backend, he turned off his wristband.
He had more important things to do.
Little did Lin Yi, who had ended his stream so hastily, know that the moment he left, the chat exploded, some viewers still shaken, others full of admiration, and some simply swooning…
But all of them agreed on one thing: the streamer was incredibly strong!
Leaving aside the minor ripples on the streaming platform for now, back on Lin Yi’s end, he stood before the mutant beast’s carcass, facing a dilemma, it was so huge, what should he do with it?
Unable to think of a good solution for the moment, Lin Yi simply dragged his trophy back to the house first, planning to figure things out later.
When he got back, Ah Yun saw him covered in blood and was initially terrified. But the moment she spotted the leopard in his hand, her fear turned to delight: “Big brother, you’re amazing! Did you catch this beast yourself?”
Lin Yi nodded, and Ah Yun continued, “It’s so big, it can be traded for a whole lot of rice!”
Lin Yi’s heart stirred. He had been wondering what to do with the beast, and trading it for supplies seemed like a good idea. But his attention was caught by something else—
Lin Yi: “Is there a place on Blue Star to trade goods?”
It wasn’t an unreasonable question. In his impression, Blue Star was already an abandoned dead planet, and the refugees living there were extremely poor, so he had assumed that a market couldn’t possibly exist here.
But he quickly learned otherwise. Every half month, a spacecraft from another star system would stop by. The reason, of course, was that the mutant beasts on Blue Star were considered valuable goods, and the spacecraft would purchase them at high prices.
In addition, the spacecraft carried common goods like food and medicine, which the refugees on Blue Star could buy with star coins.
Hunting mutant beasts was almost the fastest way for Blue Star’s refugees to make money. Even though the beasts were incredibly dangerous, there were always those willing to take the risk.
After figuring this out, Lin Yi asked when the next spacecraft would arrive and learned that it was coming tomorrow.
He had been worrying about resource shortages, but this was perfect.
Lin Yi was so excited he almost picked Ah Yun up and spun her around, until Ah Yun wrinkled her nose and reminded him, “Big brother, you should wash the blood off yourself first.”
Lin Yi sheepishly put Ah Yun down and noticed that he was indeed splattered with the beast’s blood, looking rather unsightly.
After a few days of exploration, he already knew where the nearest river was. He was about to go wash up when he suddenly remembered another injured person in the room, along with a bloodstained piece of clothing that still needed washing.
He tiptoed inside. Lu Jinghan was still asleep.
Even in sleep, the man didn’t seem very peaceful, a deep furrow was etched between his brows.
The uniform he had changed out of last night was neatly folded and set aside. On the floor beside the bed were an empty medicine bowl and a piece of candy wrapper.
Lin Yi’s gaze fell on the candy wrapper, and for some reason, he smiled silently. He walked over quietly, cleared away the items by the bed, and left just as softly.
Having learned from the previous two times, he had braced himself for a possible surprise attack from the injured man. But whether it was due to exhaustion or a subconscious lowering of his guard, this time, Lu Jinghan did not wake.
After a simple wash of himself and his clothes, Lin Yi felt refreshed, and much of the fatigue from ambushing the beast had faded.
While washing the other piece of clothing, not his own, he noticed that this garment seemed far more valuable than he had initially thought.
At first glance, it looked like an ordinary uniform, but certain understated yet exquisite details, along with the Federation insignia on the chest, revealed that the owner of the garment was no ordinary person.
Lin Yi vaguely guessed that Lu Jinghan must have many secrets, but since he didn’t bring them up, Lin Yi wouldn’t ask.
Knowing that the spacecraft would arrive tomorrow for trade made Lin Yi feel much more optimistic. It seemed the shortage of supplies would soon improve.
With supplies, both daily life and his live streams would go much more smoothly.
Lin Yi returned to the house lighthearted. After the hard work of hunting the beast today, he decided to give himself a little break and rest for the afternoon.
Of course, even while resting, he didn’t stay idle. After finishing his routine chores like cooking and brewing medicine, he opened his wristband and went online to check the value of common goods on the market.
Unlike mutated plants, mutant beasts were non-toxic and harmless to humans and could be eaten. As a result, mutant beast meat was an extremely rare, all-natural ingredient in the interstellar era, typically used in high-end cooking. The hides, claws, and fangs of mutant beasts were also highly sought-after collectibles. A single intact mutant beast could be worth up to a thousand star coins.
At that price, he could buy quite a few daily necessities and ingredients.
Lin Yi planned his shopping list in his mind, turned over, and drifted off to sleep, satisfied.
What he didn’t know was—
A video titled “Super Intense! Watch a Handsome Guy Hunt a Mutant Beast with His Bare Hands” had quietly begun circulating across various platforms on the Star Network…