My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Chapter 87: Chapter 83: Opening a Blind Box, Catching Wild Boars

”Brother Xiang, faster, even faster!”

”Push it, sprint! Forget about those two boars, your two old teammates are about to give out!”

Heeding his fans’ constant reminders, Li Xiang shot forward. He even dropped the limp boar and sow midway to sprint at full speed. All the fans could see was the shaky footage from his helmet camera, and then, finally, Li Xiang arrived!

The fans were shocked. How was he so fast? Didn’t it look like he’d gone a long, long way just now?

From the constantly shaking camera feed, it was impossible to tell just how fast Li Xiang was moving. After all, they weren’t there in person.

One fan rationalized it, ’Maybe he took a winding path when he went out looking for the boars, not a straight line. But now that he’s coming back to the rescue, he’s taking a direct route, so the distance isn’t that great.’

In reality, the straight-line distance was nearly nine hundred meters. But with an explosive burst of speed from Li Xiang at 33 meters per second, it only took him 35 seconds. The few seconds he lost were because he was initially carrying the boar and sow, which slowed him down slightly. After dropping them, he arrived in a flash.

Jiang Jianguo and Li Yucheng were gritting their teeth, heads down, braced in a forward lunge as they struggled to keep the Stone from sliding back. They had no time to pay attention to Li Xiang’s speed.

”It’s okay, Uncle Jiang, Uncle Yucheng. You can let go. I’m here,” Li Xiang said calmly as he placed his hands on it.

The two men felt the pressure on their hands lighten, and they nearly stumbled. Fortunately, Li Xiang quickly eased up a bit.

By now, the big Stone had been pushed twenty to thirty centimeters away from the cave entrance. Some of the wild boars had managed to stick most of their heads out, but their bodies were stuck.

Li Xiang didn’t dare to push too hard at once. ’If I use too much force, won’t I crush their heads?’ The buy-back price for a dead boar was only 10 yuan per pound.

So he slowly increased the pressure. In the live-stream, his many fans were constantly cheering him on. This whole litter of wild boars were Mortal Items; they had to be sold alive.

”Holy crap, Brother Xiang is taking on a dozen wild boars by himself! So badass!”

”If he joined a tug-of-war at a kindergarten, he could probably pull the entire class off their feet by himself.”

”Are you looking down on our Brother Xiang? He should at least be in an adult tug-of-war! You think a wild boar isn’t stronger than a grown man?”

”Haha, don’t underestimate kindergarteners. A lot of teachers go in confident but end up getting pulled to the ground and dragged along!”

Finally, step by step, he ”reclaimed the lost territory.” After a struggle of about twenty-odd seconds, the wild boars gave up and retreated back into the cave.

In truth, if Li Xiang had suddenly activated the White Fang Dagger’s ”Wild Boar King’s Suppression,” all these boars would have instantly collapsed. It just wouldn’t have been as impressive as physically forcing them back.

The moment the ”Big Stone Gate” slammed shut with a BOOM, the fans in the live-stream chat erupted in cheers, constantly liking and sending gifts.

Even the ever-aloof Luo Feifei couldn’t help but sit up straight and pump her little pink fist, congratulating Li Xiang through the screen.

”That push was worth six Carnivals!” Luo Feifei was incredibly generous. The fans were dying of envy. ’What a rich lady! Is she really going to become his sugar mama?’

One fan joked, ”Brother Xiang, you have to resist the rich lady’s financial assault! Maintain your integrity! We must not be corrupted by wealth and status!”

Luo Feifei: ”...”

She was speechless.

’How could I possibly be his sugar mama?’ It was just that her Divination Technique had hinted that getting close to Li Xiang might bring her immense benefits.

”Hmm, this Brother Xiang... his skills are amazing. Why do I get the feeling he’s a bit like those masters from my Dream Realm, the Extraordinary Beings?” Luo Feifei tilted her head, lost in thought.

’Could there really be Extraordinary Beings in this world? Are those dreams of mine real? But are they from a past life, or the future?’

Luo Feifei’s ”strange dreams” were merely fragmented pieces, carrying an amount of information that could be considered both vast and minuscule.

’When should I go meet this guy? Hmm, next spring, I think I have a shoot near his hometown. I’ll see if there’s a chance then. But I can’t let him find out I’m ’Top Aunt,’ and I can’t just throw myself at him. That would be so embarrassing.’ At this thought, Luo Feifei couldn’t help but let out a silvery, bell-like laugh.

’Being his Little Aunt feels pretty good!’

Meanwhile, his former colleague Chen Huanhuan was also secretly watching Li Xiang’s stream. Seeing so many people sending gifts and his follower count surpassing 1.5 million, she felt a pang of sorrow. ’It seems... the distance between us is growing wider and wider.’

None of his former colleagues had ever expected that Li Xiang could build his social media presence to such a level in just a few short months. Because of this, they didn’t talk about him much anymore. It was a sore subject, and it made their faces burn with embarrassment.

Some female colleagues even shared Chen Huanhuan’s regret. ’Why didn’t I try to pursue Li Xiang back then?’

With his back pressed against the ”Stone Gate,” Li Xiang pointed in the direction he had come from and said to Jiang Jianguo and Li Yucheng, ”Uncle Jiang, Uncle Yucheng, head that way. Not far from here, there are two big wild boars I caught with a Hunting Net. Take the sled and bring them back.”

So, Jiang Jianguo and Li Yucheng went back to get the sled. Li Xiang used the time to chat with his fans. Although the phone stand was quite far away, about two meters, as an Extraordinary Being, Li Xiang had ridiculously good eyesight and could read the small text on the screen perfectly clearly.

What made Li Xiang happy was that the number of likes for this stream had already surpassed the previous goal of 30,000, reaching 50,000 and still climbing.

The fans were all urging him to ”open the blind box,” but Li Xiang had to wait. He was alone right now and needed to wait for his teammates to return.

The fans were understanding about this.

”No rush, Brother Xiang. Safety first.”

”Yeah, if that many boars rushed out at once, Brother Xiang would probably have his hands full. It’d be a huge loss if they all got away.”

About thirty minutes later, Jiang Jianguo and Li Yucheng finally returned, bringing the sled, supplies, and the three Hunting Dogs.

The three dogs smelled the strong scent of wild boar and lunged toward the cave entrance, barking nonstop. The boars inside grew even more frantic, but unfortunately for them, with Li Xiang holding the line, they couldn’t stir up any trouble.

But Li Yucheng was worried, so he quieted the dogs.

Then, Li Yucheng and Jiang Jianguo used the sled to drag back the boar and sow that Li Xiang had left on the path earlier.

”Xiang Ya, what do we do now? There are so many boars, we can’t haul them all in one trip,” Li Yucheng said, worried.

Jiang Jianguo said, ”If we can’t move them in one trip, we’ll take two. Li Xiang can hold them here while we use the sled with the dogs. We’ll just move them bit by bit, like ants moving house.”

Li Xiang nodded and had them drag the sled over and place the iron cage on it. Then, he shifted the Stone just enough to leave a gap wide enough for only one boar to get through.

The adult sow whose snout had been stabbed with the fork earlier was the first to leap out. Li Xiang reached out and grabbed its front trotter. At the same time, he slightly activated the White Fang Dagger’s ”Wild Boar King’s Suppression.” The sow’s body immediately went limp, and it became completely docile. Li Xiang lifted it with one hand and tossed it into the iron cage.

After the sow was in the cage, it saw the boar and the other sow tangled helplessly in the Hunting Net not far away. It grew even more terrified. Seeing the cage door was open, it let out a SQUEAL and tried to charge out.

Li Xiang’s ”Wild Boar King’s Suppression” hadn’t been continuous; it was just a brief flash the moment he grabbed and threw it. Now that he had withdrawn it, the boar’s courage returned.

Just as it reached the opening, a half-grown piglet of over eighty pounds was given the same treatment by Li Xiang. He grabbed its front trotter, threw it in, and knocked the previous sow back inside.

The half-grown piglet wasn’t particularly heavy, so Li Xiang didn’t even use the ”Wild Boar King’s Suppression.” He simply overpowered it with one hand.

And so it went. The boars in the cave kept trying to ”break out,” and the consequence of their ”breakout” was being snatched up by Li Xiang like little chicks and tossed into the iron cage.

And even though the cage door was open the whole time, not a single boar managed to escape.

Everyone couldn’t help but marvel at the sight, and the gifts started flooding in again.

’That grip strength is insane. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he’s the strongest on the entire internet.’

Luo Feifei’s rank was very stable; she was still number one. But she didn’t stop sending gifts, and the total amount kept increasing.

Everyone was curious. Just how much money did she have to be able to spend it like water?

The reason Luo Feifei could spend money like water without a second thought was, for one, she came from a good family and was raised in wealth. For another, money came easily to her. A single role in a drama could easily net her tens of millions in payment. Over the past year, she’d taken on several, plus commercial endorsements. As her fame grew, more and more opportunities came her way. She truly had no concept of money.

Although her mother managed most of her money, she still gave her several million in allowance. Her mother never asked where the money went, because an allowance was, after all, meant for her daughter to spend.

Spending it on food, drinks, and fun wouldn’t bankrupt the family. Even if she threw those few million away, it was only a few million.

Tipping a streamer was just another form of entertainment.

Who would have thought that a top starlet with over a hundred million fans, the ”Nation’s Daughter,” would be online sending Carnivals to a minor rural-life streamer whose fame was nowhere near hers? And she was doing it with such enthusiasm.

And this smurf account of Luo Feifei’s was registered under the ID of her family’s old nanny, who had also opened a dedicated bank account for her.

The old nanny had been with her family for many years, taking care of Luo Feifei since she was one year old and treating her like her own granddaughter.

As for the old nanny’s own children, regrettably, she suffered from infertility that was never cured. She was abandoned by her husband in her thirties and had remained single ever since. This was one of the reasons the Luo Family treated her like family and intended to care for her in her old age.

Soon, the iron cage was full. With one adult sow and five piglets of varying sizes, there was simply no more room. Any more, and Jiang Jianguo and Li Yucheng might not have been able to drag it over such a long distance.

As for the boar and sow from before, they weighed over six hundred pounds combined. They were bound tightly in the Hunting Net, unable to move, just lying in the snow and squealing. They couldn’t cause any trouble, so they could be ignored for now.

Li Xiang counted: there were still six wild boars in the cave—one adult and five piglets. Once Jiang Jianguo and the others returned, they could unload the supplies from the other sled and get the rest in one trip.

This litter totaled fourteen boars: four adults—one male and three females—which had produced ten piglets. A truly ”prosperous swine family.”

The fans were both excited and happy for Li Xiang. This was another full haul, and he was going to make a fortune.