Chapter 283: Xia Yu: Still With Me

The next early morning after intercepting the clothes from Zhong Yunxin, Xia Yu entered the body of the brown bear again.

At this time, the sky in Zone 232 was just beginning to brighten, and the brown bear was sleeping in the cave.

Xia Yu sat up and first checked the back leg. The bandage had already been removed. Although the leg wasn’t completely healed, it was basically fine.

Xia Yu first walked into the village, then followed the village path forward.

As the sky was just brightening, there was no one on the road, so Xia Yu could walk freely.

Along the way, many animals like foxes and rabbits were startled by Xia Yu.

Admiring the richness of animal resources in this forest, Xia Yu walked and looked at the surrounding scenery.

The rising sun cast golden rays through the leaves, creating patches of light on the road, making the dirt road seem like it was paved with cobblestones.

If Xue were here to take photos, even with her poor photography skills, she could still take great pictures.

On the way, Xia Yu passed by a small stream. He rested by the stream for a while, caught a fish to play with, and then continued on his way.

However, after crossing the stream, the villagers’ footpath became less obvious. After walking for another hour, the path had completely disappeared.

Standing at the end of the trail, Xia Yu looked around. He couldn’t find any other path, but he did find some fruits on the surrounding trees.

He climbed the tree, picked a few fruits to eat, and speculated that this path might not be the one leading out, but rather one used by villagers to collect fruits and reach the stream.

He started running and spent an hour and a half returning to the village. By then, the village had already become lively.

Overlooking the village from a high place, Xia Yu found another path, which many villagers were walking on. He carefully followed them quietly and saw it led to a field.

There was no path beyond the field.

Sitting on the ground, Xia Yu was puzzled—why couldn’t he walk out of the forest by following the paths?

Did these villagers stay in the forest all the time without going outside at all?

Or was it that the paths leading out were rarely used, leaving no trace at all?

In any case, the method of following paths didn’t work. Now he had to find another way.

After another round, when he returned to the initial cave, nearly eight hours of gameplay time was almost up.

In front of the cave, Xia Yu met the girl wearing a mask again.

The girl was wearing an ordinary piece of clothing, mass-produced in a factory.

Even her mask wasn’t something that could be made by the village itself.

Well, he would deal with it later—anyway, this place was still safe.

Near the forest, there was only this one village, and he had already wandered around quite a bit. There was no sign of poachers. It was most likely that the brown bear had been attacked by the village hunters, resulting in a gunshot wound.

Generally speaking, even experienced veteran hunters with guns would choose to avoid bears. The brown bear must have attacked one of the village hunters first and then was counterattacked.

It was already very fortunate for a hunter to escape from a brown bear. If they met again, it wouldn’t be the bear that needed to worry—it would be the hunter.

Of course, this was just his estimation based on the current information. The exact situation was unclear. For safety, it was better to stay farther away from the village.

If he encountered a hunter while in the brown bear’s body, he wouldn’t panic at all. With Agility Level 4 and this brown bear’s body, he was certain to win. He was only worried that the bear itself might be careless and lose to the hunter.

While thinking, Xia Yu suddenly felt his ears itchy. He looked up and saw the girl was stroking his bear ears.

What was going on with this girl? Daring to touch a bear’s ears—was she asking for death?

If you touched a tiger’s butt, the tiger had to turn around to bite you. But if you touched a bear’s ears, the bear could bite off your hand with one bite.

Thinking this, Bear Yu opened his mouth.

The girl was scared by his sharp teeth and immediately pulled her hand back.

Successfully teasing her, Xia Yu returned to his own body with a pleasant mood.

At this time, Tuo Y had just arrived at school.

Sitting in the back of the classroom and idly surfing the internet, Xia Yu was thinking about the brown bear.

The bear’s legs were basically fine now. Tomorrow, he could use an experience card to start gaining experience.

First, he would increase his stamina, and then deal with strength later.

But how exactly should he resolve the issue of accommodating the bear?

Kidnap a villager and use the bear’s body to write messages to force answers from them?

After thinking for a while, Xia Yu still couldn’t think of other methods.

There must be a path in the village connecting to the outside world. However, while in the bear’s body, he only had eight hours, making it impossible to monitor villagers going out.

Perhaps he should steal the old hunter’s gun, appear in person to scare the villagers, and force them to seek help from outside?

This method had a certain degree of feasibility. Xia Yu noted it down first.

After thinking it through again and confirming there were no other concerns, Xia Yu opened his phone and began considering what kind of pay-to-win mobile game he should develop.

When it came to pay-to-win mobile games, Xia Yu first thought of “Kantai Collection,” the first pay-to-win mobile game he had played in his previous life.

However, the gameplay of “Kantai Collection” wasn’t particularly good. A game with better gameplay and more aggressive monetization was “Honkai Impact,” a pay-to-win mobile game disguised as an action game.

However, the 3D graphics of “Honkai Impact” were quite expensive, and his funds were undoubtedly insufficient.

The game content could be considered later—anyway, it could make money eventually. Whether it made a lot or a little didn’t matter. As long as it could earn enough to develop a game like “Honor of Kings” and raise funds for a pharmaceutical company.

The main issue now was still the problem of talent.

While Xia Yu was pondering, Duan Yi came to his side: “The funds for our bubble tea shop have been secured. We’ll start our business in these few days.”

If she hadn’t mentioned it, Xia Yu would have almost forgotten about this matter.

Originally, Xia Yu had wanted to try out his business skills during those days, so he agreed to Duan Yi’s plan. But now, he was urgently thinking about the mobile game and also needed to consider the bear situation, leaving him no time to deal with the bubble tea shop.

When he turned his head, preparing to reject Duan Yi, Xia Yu suddenly had an idea:

He needed someone to help him recruit talents, and Duan Yi seemed like a good candidate. As a student at Huazhong University, she could easily gather alumni.

Although she had been betrayed by Wang Lili, that was due to a huge material gap. Among the remaining girls who weren’t swayed by Wang Lili’s wealth, Duan Yi still had strong influence.

Although Duan Yi’s personality was somewhat too dominant, her character was fine. It was impossible for one person to be liked by everyone.

“Why don’t you forget about opening the bubble tea shop and come start a business with me instead?” Xia Yu said to Duan Yi.

“???” Duan Yi was first taken aback, then firmly replied, “No way!”