The system is already a mature system. After learning about Ye Zi's current situation, it didn't need to give any instructions. After failing to find a water source on the surface, it directly turned its exploration direction to underground.

This is its built-in one-kilometer radius detection range, and it does not require leaves to consume health points to specify a direction.

The difference lies in whether the exploration is planar or three-dimensional.

Good news: The island has freshwater resources.

Bad news: The water is groundwater.

Therefore, in order to solve the drinking water problem, Yezi needs to dig a well.

The production team is really ruthless. If other contestants draw this island and wander around without finding a water source, it seems like they have no choice but to quit.

There's no water at all, so what's the point of trying to survive? Just die of thirst!

I don't know which platform chose this place as a survival zone; it's just a shoddy imitation.

Since there was no danger on the island, Ye Zi was in no hurry to set off. She went straight to a coconut tree, picked up her axe, and got to work.

With such limited resources, and the production team not even bothering to properly assess them, then don't blame Ye Zi for being impolite. Since it's being used as a survival island, how the resources on the island are used is naturally up to him.

As for how to explain this to the country where the island belongs, that's the production team's problem.

What Ye Zi didn't know was that the island had no ownership because it was in international waters, and it was also a specially set-up island by the production team to discourage people from leaving.

The goal is to gamble on luck and make one of the five platforms lose face right from the start.

It's just that this island was chosen by Ye Zi.

To Reba's astonishment, Yezi quickly felled the coconut tree, picked all the coconuts and placed them in front of Reba, then used a cleaver to cut open the coconut skin, scoop out the coconut flesh, leaving only the coconut meat and the coconut juice inside.

Drill a hole with a machete, quench your thirst first, and taste the fresh coconut juice.

As Ye Zi spread out the shredded coconut, she said:

“Reba, I’ll go check the surroundings. You stay here and dry these coconut flakes; they’re our fire starter.”

"Understood. Be careful then. Although the description says there is no danger here, it's always better to be safe than sorry."

Ye Zi smiled indifferently:

"Judging from the activity on the island, there are only a dozen or so small animals around, either pheasants or rabbits. There are no animals larger than this size, so don't worry."

Dilraba nodded. Ye Zi's hearing had been tested and certified in the last program, proving to be a very reliable ability.

On this island where you can see the end of the island, if Yezi says there are no animals of any size, then there really aren't.

Ye Zi casually picked up the axe and turned to walk towards the island.

If it weren't for the fact that there were still quite a few trees and shrubs on the island, they wouldn't have bothered with the leaves and would have just started digging a well.

Ye Zi investigates the situation on the island, and the production team is overjoyed while four groups are filled with joy and one group is filled with sorrow.

The person in charge of this program at Douyin is naturally worried, because one of his contestants was chosen for the "discouragement island" (a platform for discouraging contestants from participating).

Even though Ye Zi was the winner of the last wilderness survival competition, the person in charge didn't think he had a way to turn things around in this situation.

Looking at Ye Zi and her partner's live streams, the combined audience across five platforms is approaching ten million. Such massive traffic is about to disappear.

He never expected that he would not only lose so many viewers, but also become the first platform to have a contestant withdraw. He felt he had suffered a huge loss.

Ye Zi and Reba have arrived at the survival location, and the signing fee must be paid in full.

If it were any other contestant who chose this location, they would at least have a way to survive for a few days, such as boiling seawater and collecting the steam to endure the heat.

But Ye Zi didn't even bring a waterproof cloth, so how was she supposed to collect the water vapor?

They lost a fortune.

Ye Zi pretended to stroll around for a while, her face growing darker and darker as she walked. By the time she returned to Reba's side, she was completely gloomy.

Reba was startled when she saw Yezi's expression. She looked Yezi up and down and asked:

"Ye Zi, are you hurt?"

Ye Zi said in a deep voice:

"No, there are only a few pheasants on the island, they look like little chicks, but they can lay eggs. It must be a breed issue, they're only that big when they grow up."

Dilraba nodded and continued to ask:

"Then why do you look so pale?"

Ye Zi continued acting, her face stern as she said:

"Although there is vegetation on the island, we haven't found a water source. It might be groundwater, but we're afraid that these plants are growing by absorbing water filtered from the soil. If that's the case, our situation is really bad."

Dilraba was stunned, because she was the one who drew the lots, and it could be said that she was also the one who caused this situation.

Did his attempt to gain fame through wilderness survival skills end as soon as it began?

Dilraba asked with a disappointed look:

"Do we have no choice but to give up the game?"

Ye Zi suppressed a laugh and continued with a dark expression:

"Don't jump to conclusions so quickly, let me look around some more."

The production team, too, how are you supposed to survive in such a place? It's clearly designed to make people quit immediately.

With that, Ye Zi picked up her entrenching tool and left.

After watching Ye Zi leave, Reba lost all interest in tending to the coconut flakes and stared blankly at the sea.

Thinking to themselves that if Ye Zi were to draw lots, she probably wouldn't be drawn to this place, which would give them a chance to persevere to the end and win the prize money.

Thinking of the bonus, Reba's face fell again. Er Ya and Huang Jingyu's words echoed in her mind: someone like Ye Zi could survive anywhere.

But without water, there's nothing anyone can do.

In other words, because she drew such a terrible place, Ye Zi lost a huge amount of prize money.

The two who operated the drone to film Ye Zi and Reba are now overjoyed. They didn't expect the job to end so quickly, but they still get paid. Nothing could be easier.

Since there are other contestants who haven't withdrawn, they can't go back either. But staying on the cruise ship would only mean temporarily filling in for the other operators for a while, which is no big deal.

After wandering around again, Ye Zi returned and sat down next to Reba with a helpless expression.

Without even asking, Dilraba already knew the result.

Ye Zi looked up at the drone and said:

"Give us an explanation! With so many people watching, the place is small enough, but there's no water source either. Isn't this just ripping people off?"

As early as when Ye Zi first said that there was no water on the island, the audience was unhappy. What's the point of surviving without water? Some viewers even posted comments suggesting that this was intentionally targeted.

The production team had anticipated this situation and immediately announced the inclusion of the "discouraging island" segment.

The audience quieted down, simply saying it was bad luck and there was nothing they could do about it.

Except for the contestants who have already started their survival efforts and are unaware of the "discouragement island" segment, everyone else who follows the show knows about it.

Er Ya and Huang Jingyu naturally found out as well, and apart from feeling sorry for Reba and Ye Zi, there was nothing they could do.

Ye Zi was about to explain when the drone immediately emitted a voice explaining the process of persuading people to leave the island.

Dilraba was speechless after hearing this, she didn't expect there to be such a hidden element.

I can only blame my bad luck, and at the same time I said 'I'm sorry' to Ye Zi.