On the 41st day of their survival journey, the team expanded again. It was still Big Black, who this time lured five cows, increasing the team by a third.

With the arrival of the rainy season and the easing of water shortages, the larger the ethnic group, the worse the food becomes.

Wherever they went, there was food that their kind had trampled or eaten.

If you want to eat fresh, tender grass, you can only go to the outer perimeter of the tribe.

At this time, smaller groups have an advantage because they don't have to go far to find tender grass.

This is one of the reasons why Dahei was able to successfully abduct the child.

With the arrival of the rainy season, hunting has become much easier. Animals can be spotted not far away, such as antelopes, wild boars, deer, wildebeests, and zebras, which are all quite common.

I don't know where these animals lived before the rain.

Yezi was also lucky enough to see a herd of elephants, which was much more interesting than going to the zoo.

On the forty-second day, around noon, Ye Zi casually glanced at the tracker to confirm the direction.

Suddenly, I noticed that the tracker no longer displayed an arrow; instead, it pointed to a triangle.

After a moment of surprise, Ye Zi looked at it carefully and indeed a triangle appeared.

"We're almost there."

"Oh? Really?" Tongtong asked in surprise.

Ye Zi raised her wrist and showed Tong Tong what was displayed on the tracker.

Is that triangle the finish line?

"It should be, otherwise it wouldn't explain why this pattern would appear."

Tongtong thought for a moment and said:

"I seem to remember the rescue team mentioning this tracker when they gave it to us, but I can't remember the specifics. They were talking and walking too fast."

I was still pondering their words when they left, without even a chance to ask.

Ye Zi said indifferently:

"These things are not important. Anyway, this triangle is in our direction of progress. Whether it's the end point or not, we'll find out when the time comes."

"That makes sense. Let's go first and talk about it when we get there."

They chatted as they traveled.

Ye Zi and Tong Tong's conversation immediately caught the attention of the viewers in the live stream, who all checked how far Ye Zi and Tong Tong were from the finish line.

You wouldn't believe it until you look; Yezi and Tongtong are now only 200 kilometers apart.

That is to say, they traveled 1,800 kilometers in 41 days.

Apart from Ye Zi, none of them were more than 1,500 kilometers away. The furthest was Ai De, at 1,470 kilometers, while Bear Grylls was left behind by the others by 200 kilometers.

The first rain of the rainy season eliminated some of the contestants, and the remaining contestants also struggled during the two rainy days, with food being a major problem.

Traveling in the rain is unsafe, and it's equally unsafe right after it has rained, as the roads are very muddy.

Various animals seemed to appear out of nowhere, including not only herbivores but also a considerable number of carnivores.

All of these factors increased the difficulty for the participants in traveling.

Those who are still persevering, hovering around the 1,000-kilometer mark, are the elite, while there are less than a small number who are still below 1,000 kilometers.

And Ye Zi has already embarked on the last tenth of the journey.

This result was welcomed by domestic audiences. In this kind of international competition, only the first place matters. As long as the first place is from their own country, no one cares about the other rankings.

For the contestants, even if they don't get first place, they still have to persevere, because there aren't many opportunities to earn 10,000 US dollars per person every day.

They even hoped that the person who came in first place could stay for a few more days, so that their income would increase by tens of thousands of yuan.

Only a few people, such as Bear Grylls and Ed Sheeran, still believed they could win.

However, this idea was destined to fail.

Seeing the distance between the contestants, netizens left encouraging comments in the live chat, wishing Ye Zi all the best in the future.

To be honest, when Ye Zi started out, although she seemed very confident, she wasn't entirely sure she would win the championship.

Because of the presence of two renowned contestants, Bear Grylls and Ed Sheeran.

Their survival shows always involve traversing a certain region, rather than surviving in a fixed location.

It can be said that this program is in their area of ​​expertise.

And someone like that will definitely have a decent partner.

Ye Zi is strong in combat, but she doesn't have much experience in wilderness survival, and this is her first time hiking.

What makes Yezi better than the other two is that Yezi is not afraid of the dangers posed by wild animals.

But after establishing contact with Dahei, Yezi became much more confident in winning the match.

The moment the triangle appeared on the tracker, Ye Zi was absolutely certain of winning.

They all came here to survive, facing harassment from hyenas every night, needing to travel on foot during the day, constantly on guard against attacks from various wild animals, and also having to consider food and water.

Under these circumstances, Ye Zi did not feel that the other contestants traveled more distances each day than he did.

Even if he was targeted and his route forward was the most dangerous, the other players weren't in much better shape.

Hyena packs harass us every now and then, that's for sure. After all, there are several species of hyenas living on this continent, and if you add wolves, the total number of these nocturnal animals could be hundreds of thousands or even millions.

If you're not harassed, you can only say you're very lucky, but who would dare to be unprepared? One person rests while another keeps watch—that's inevitable.

Three to five days is fine, but no one can stand it for too long, and the distance to travel will only get shorter and shorter.

As for him, he had a system to scout ahead, a big black dog to pull a cart for travel, and water and emergency food in his space.

Hunting is also much easier, with thousands of pebbles ready at any time, and their range far exceeds that of bows and arrows.

The bows and arrows provided by the production team only came with ten arrows per bow. If the prey didn't die but ran away with the arrows, they would lose one.

The prey fell and crushed the arrow, resulting in the loss of one.

If used too often, it's inevitable that the semen will hit the bone, resulting in the loss of one tube.

How long can ten arrows last?

In close combat, herbivores won't let you get too close, and how many carnivores can you defeat?

Having finally managed to get a herbivore, I've only added to my burden.

Traveling? It's not that easy to get around.

Ye Zi doesn't need to worry about these problems, and that's an advantage—an advantage that's growing every day.

Yezi's cart was obtained by exchanging two survival tool slots. It was made of wood, including the wheels. He was strong and could pull it like it was nothing.

But this is a wilderness, a grassland, without roads, let alone cement or asphalt roads. There are no dirt roads, only animal trails. The terrain and weight combine to make it incredibly heavy for others.

Who would trade two survival tools for something like this?

For other players, the only issue with survival tools is the limited number of slots available; there's no such thing as not needing to bring certain tools.

The cheap axe, knife, pot, and entrenching tool—these things would have been ruined long ago on other people, but Ye Zi is still using them.