Chapter 176

Although Chu Huaiqin felt that he could still be saved, his physical strength was severely depleted. His feet felt like they were filled with lead and he could not even walk. Because of the excessive effort, he felt dizzy from time to time. He took two sips of Huoxiang oral liquid, but the effect was still not obvious.

As Chu Huaiqin was walking drowsily, he bumped into Xia Entang, his body swayed, and Xia Entang held his shoulders.

"What's wrong?" Chu Huaiqin half-closed his eyes, looking half dead. It could be said that he was breathing out more than breathing in.

"I'll carry you." Xia En's face was gloomy, and he stared at Chu Huaiqin with a sharp and aggressive look. He felt that if Chu Huaiqin dared to say no, he would carry him away.

Chu Huaiqin saw what Xia En was thinking and said slowly, "Two backpacks, one for me. How do you want to carry them?"

"Make two into one," Xia Entang replied. Setting aside the question of whether he could carry two, the feasibility of doing so wasn't high, so this solution was the best.

"No," Chu Huaiqin shook his head. "The temperature here is too high, and your energy will be depleted quickly. In some places, two lava pits are too close to each other. If you lose your strength and collapse, do you know how dangerous it would be?"

"Then what do you think you can do? Are you going to keep trying to walk like this? You know, you might collapse in the next second if you keep looking like this?" Xia En shouted, his eyes red as he glared at Chu Huaiqin, his chest heaving violently. He had been suppressing this emotion for who knows how long, but it finally erupted, but only after yelling at Chu Huaiqin.

Chu Huaiqin blinked, trying to clear his head. He looked a little confused, and didn't quite understand Xia En's sudden outburst of emotion.

Xia En turned his face away, his gaze fixed on the magma pit not far away.

For a moment, the atmosphere between the two was a little strange.

The audience in the live broadcast room was also stunned for a moment before they realized that Xia Entang had lost his temper with Chu Huaiqin. This was the first time since the show started. What should they do?

This was the first reaction of the audience who cared about them. You know, Chu Huaiqin looks gentle on the surface, but after this period of time, everyone clearly understands that Chu Huaiqin is actually quite stubborn. And seeing that he has been in control of the overall situation of the team since the domestic competition, he is actually a very strong person inside. Now that Xia Entropy is angry, how will Chu Huaiqin react?

Xia En seemed to be aware of this problem as well, and he would steal glances at Chu Huaiqin from time to time. However, because he was angry that Chu Huaiqin didn't let him recite it, and he had just lost his temper, he still felt that he was right and didn't want to lose face and make peace.

But after waiting for a while, Chu Huaiqin still didn't respond, and he felt aggrieved: Why can't this person coax me?

"Ahem," Chu Huaiqin coughed twice, turned slightly sideways, and said with a smile, "Are you angry?"

Xia En, who had been stealing glances at Chu Huaiqin, was startled and hurriedly turned around, not looking at him, angrily, clearly telling this person that he was still angry.

"It's not that I don't allow you to carry me. You have to know that when you carried me before, my backpack was held by the little monk. Now with two backpacks added together, plus the weight of a grown man like me, how much weight will you have to bear?" Chu Huaiqin was so touched by Xia En's sneak glance that his heart trembled. The smile on his lips grew bigger and bigger. His eyes were filled with stars.

Live broadcast room:

"Oh my god, my dear brother, this look is so doting."

"Ahhh, Xia En, quickly turn around and look at your brother!"

Many CP fans in the live broadcast room always thought that Xia En was the only one who was interested, but now it seems that this was intentional on both sides!

Xia Entang responded: "I can..."

"You can't," Chu Huaiqin interrupted Xia En and patted him on the shoulder. "You can for a short time. I bet you'll collapse in less than 20 minutes."

Xia Entropy fell silent. He didn't want to lie to Chu Huaiqin. This was a very dangerous situation. Furthermore, in a place like this, once physical energy was depleted, it would be difficult to recover. It was important that they couldn't stay in here for too long, otherwise the chances of something going wrong would be very high.

"If I come up with a solution, will you not object?" Hearing that Chu Huaiqin was worried about him, Xia En finally turned around.

"Yes." Chu Huaiqin nodded.

With a frown on his face, Xia Entang's eyes wandered around, trying to find a solution to the problem from existing things. However, he looked around but couldn't think of a solution. Annoyed for a moment, he slapped his forehead twice. His head tilted and his eyes met the rope on the backpack. An idea flashed in Xia Entang's mind.

He put the two bags on the ground and opened them, stuffing the contents of Chu Huaiqin's backpack into his own. Chu Huaiqin was too tired, so he drank some water and squatted aside to watch Xia En busy himself.

After a while, Xia Entang stuffed the two pieces of luggage together, and then removed the handle of the trekking pole. He stuffed the wheel they had used to pull Chu Huaiqin into the trekking pole, and after it was fixed, he fixed the extra backpack on the trekking pole and tied a drawstring. A simple cart was ready.

The backpack is quite large, 70cm long and 40cm wide, and was custom-made by the program team. After it was spread out flat on the ground, and supported by four trekking poles, Chu Huaiqin didn't have to worry about touching the ground when sitting on it.

After Xia Entang finished everything, he didn't immediately say what he was going to do. Instead, he looked at the flat-laid backpack and tent, and slowly, his face turned red.

Live audience: What are you thinking about that you can’t say?

"Take your backpack and sit inside." Xia En pointed at the ground and turned his eyes away, not daring to look directly at Chu Huaiqin.

Chu Huaiqin looked at the backpack and smiled. He took out a towel from the backpack and handed it to Xia En, "Wrap it around the rope."

After saying that, he hung the fan around Xia En's neck, then sat down with his backpack, crossed his legs, and moved his butt, which was still a little hot. Xia En saw Chu Huaiqin sit down and put a towel on the drawstring, which was exactly where it should be placed on his shoulders.

"You have to hold the rope in front to avoid falling down." Xia En said. He was particularly afraid that Chu Huaiqin would fall down while sitting.

"Don't worry, let's try it first." Chu Huaiqin didn't expect Xia Entang to come up with this idea.

No one in the live broadcast room expected Xia Entropy to use this method. When the shocking scene appeared, everyone was stunned.

"Oh my, Xia Entang had been thinking about this day since he took the broken wheel off."

"This scene seems a little familiar."

"Shanghai Raff?"

"No, it's the Volga River boatmen."

"Pfft, considering Xia En's blushing face earlier, you think it's more appropriate to pull the bride."

"Blind student, you have found the highlight."

"I only know, Chu Huaiqin, that if you don't give yourself to me, you'll be sorry for Xia Entang pulling you out of the desert lava zone today."

The couple's fans in the livestream kept commenting, "Chu Huaiqin pledges his love to me." Xia Entang had already set off with Chu Huaiqin. The tough trekking poles were durable, and the wheels made pulling them easy. The gurgling sound echoing through the desert lava fields somehow moved everyone.

As the sky gradually darkened, the advance team reached the food point. This should have been a cause for celebration, but looking at the lava-filled holes around them, no one was in the mood. Instead, the young monk following behind was quick. He handed his backpack to Lin Zhinan and rushed up like a gust of wind. The teams ahead were just wondering why the young monk had suddenly rushed up, but they saw him rushing straight for the food.

This person actually came up to get food.

Everyone was so tired that they wanted to rest, but now they were like people with chicken blood injected, and they rushed forward in an instant.

The little monk ran fast, carrying a food box to the other side. Someone rushed over and wanted to intercept him. After chasing him for a few steps, they saw the little monk standing in front of a pit with his trekking pole placed above the lava pit. He was smiling smugly, and it was obvious that he was telling Arnold who was chasing him, "If you dare to move, I will use my trekking pole to pick up the lava on you."

This thing is no joke. Regardless of whether the little monk dares to do it, once this thing takes over, the person will either die or be crippled. For a moment, Arnold was frightened and had to retreat.

The young monk took only one food box and, upon opening it, discovered four loaves of bread. Soon, the other teams also exclaimed in surprise or disappointment. The amount of food in the boxes varied, likely due to the varying numbers of people in the teams.

The two men found a place far away from the lava pit away from the previous teams. They did not set up camp, but spread the tent flat on it and took off their gas masks. They did not eat the bread, but the two remaining potatoes, which they had saved when they entered here. There were four left at that time, and Chu Huaiqin gave them two and kept two for himself.

While eating, Lin Zhinan and the little monk looked at the teams in front of them from time to time, and were very vigilant.

The live broadcast room lamented that without their brother and Xia Entropy around, both of them felt uneasy.

After the two of them quickly finished their bread, it was already dark. They put on their gas masks and looked at the dark surroundings. They both thought of Chu Huaiqin at the same time.

"Little monk, do you think my brothers can get out of here tomorrow?" Lin Zhinan was very worried. They didn't have a map and didn't know where they were or how far they had to go. Chu Huaiqin was the most worried.

"Don't worry! I told you to walk, and you will definitely be able to get out." The little monk comforted.

Talking through their gas masks was too tiring, and coupled with the heavy physical exertion of the day, the two of them soon stopped talking. They leaned against each other, their eyes fixed on the team ahead, wanting to sleep but not daring to.

As the night deepened, the temperature dropped, but it was still over 20 degrees Celsius, completely different from the previous time in the desert. They figured the temperature wouldn't drop much tonight. So, the team ahead didn't set up camp. Like Lin Zhinan and his team, they simply spread out a layer of tents and sat on them, taking turns sleeping on the night watch.

The next day, before the sun came out, the temperature had reached a terrifyingly high temperature. A group of people woke up in sweat. Valery was dazed and stood up. Suddenly he saw two blurry figures in front of him. He was so scared that he almost screamed. After taking a closer look, he saw that it was Lin Zhinan and the others.

The two kids had already packed their things and were carrying their backpacks, looking at them. No one knew when they woke up.

Valeri thought for a moment and ran to Lin Zhinan and the others. When the young monk saw Valeri coming, he quickly pulled Lin Zhinan behind him, crossed his trekking pole in front of him, and looked at Valeri with vigilance.

Valery was also frightened by the little monk's actions. He took a step back and said, "Come with us!"

The little monk didn't understand what he said at all and shook his head with a stern face.

Lin Zhinan didn't understand either. Valeri spoke Russian and she only knew English. Although Valeri's relationship with his brother and the others was not bad, his brother had said that they should follow him from a distance and not get too close. So no matter what Valeri said, she shook her head.

Seeing the two children shaking their heads, Valery turned away regretfully.

Soon, the team set off. The two children looked back, but because of the smoke, they did not see Chu Huaiqin and Xia Entang. Although disappointed, they still followed the team in front, silently saying in their hearts: Brothers will definitely catch up.

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