Chapter 196
"What did you wish for?"
Chu Huaiqin leaned close to Xia En's ear and asked.
"I can't tell you. It won't work if I tell you." Xia En opened his eyes, smiling so much that his eyebrows curved. He pulled Chu Huaiqin and said, "Come with me and play it."
Chu Huaiqin turned his gaze towards the blazing candle. His head ached a bit. Could you blow it out?
“Huff, huff, huff!”
Two people were half-lying on the ground, blowing at the green-orange flames with their sibangzi. Their eyes turned red and their sibangzi became tired, but the fire showed no sign of going out.
"How about using water?" Chu Huaiqin puffed out his lips and relaxed his muscles, feeling that his body was stiff.
"No, I'll wait for it here." Xia En frowned, thinking that it would be no use if the wind continued blowing like this, but he always felt uncomfortable letting Shui Mie do it.
Seeing Xia En's seriousness, Chu Huaiqin didn't try to stop him and stood up to collect his things. Although there was a layer of tin foil under the alcohol wax to separate it from the wet poplar leaves, the leaves underneath would dry out if the candle burned for too long.
Xia En saw Chu Huaiqin get up to pack up his things. Looking at the orange light swaying in the breeze, he felt so reluctant that he wanted to move the tree back.
In the live broadcast room, Chu Huaiqin looked regretful when he saw him packing up his things.
"Such a beautiful scenery, are you really going to close it?"
"We have to accept it. If we don't accept the alcohol wax, they'll have nothing to eat."
"I always thought my brother was straight, but I didn't expect him to be so romantic. It's even more touching with the candlelight instead of the heart shape."
"Ahhh, my boyfriend proposed to me before without poplar and alcohol wax. I would never marry him, huhuhuhuhu!"
"I also want such a wasted poplar tree. Chu, look at me. I'm stronger and more handsome than Xia Entang. Would you consider me?"
"It is forbidden to dismantle CP. It can be reversed but not dismantled."
"Ahhh, don't tear it apart, don't tear it apart, I'm just going to eat this."
"Ah, brother, dear brother, please don't put out the candle flame with sand, I still want to see it."
"Fuck, using sand to put out the fire, no, brother, let's duel!"
"Let me watch it for just one more minute, just one more minute."
"Let go of the candle and come at me."
Everyone in the live broadcast room almost cried when they saw Chu Huaiqin using sand to put out the fire. They all wanted to stop him, but Chu Huaiqin couldn't hear them. He blew the fire while sprinkling fine sand on it, and the first candle flame was extinguished in the wind.
"Hehehe, I'm going to buy some alcohol wax too and light it myself."
"You still lack a poplar tree with yellow leaves and a lake."
“There are poplar trees downstairs but no lake, [tears].” “There is a lake in front of my house but no poplar trees [tears].”
"Let the two in front marry!"
"mutual encouragement."
"Am I the only one who's confused? They still have five days of competition left. Logically, this much alcohol wax should be enough, but they sprinkled sand on it. It's hard to light it later!"
"Scrape the sand!"
The audience in the live broadcast room said mercilessly that now, standing for one second with Huyang and Lahuo is more important than their own brother.
Twenty minutes had passed since Chu Huaiqin and Xia Entang had put away the alcohol wax. The "birthday candle" was still burning. They stopped blowing it and sat in front of the mud cake with the alcohol wax to be scraped off. They took out a knife and slowly scraped the mud and sand off the surface of the alcohol wax.
"What are you doing?" Chu Huaiqin watched Xia En take out a piece of cloth from his bag and put it under his hand.
"Keep it." Xia En muttered two words in a low voice, vaguely and embarrassedly.
"What are you collecting this for?" Chu Huaiqin was puzzled.
"I just want to keep it." Xia En continued to scrape the sand without looking at Chu Huaiqin.
Well, take it if you want!
Chu Huaiqin thought to himself and continued to scrape the sand.
Watching the interaction between the two in the live broadcast room, I sighed at Chu Huaiqin's straight masculine attributes.
The two sat together, shaving with their heads down, without saying a word. The light from the candlelight in front of them made the audience in the live broadcast room shout, "I want to fall in love too."
There are fifty alcohol waxes in a box. Chu Huaiqin used nineteen of them and hung them on the tree. After scraping the sand, he put them back. The alcohol wax on the mud cake was almost burned out, and the faint light was blown out by the wind.
"Blow out the candles."
"Okay, blow out the candles."
When the candles were blown out and the two returned to the tent with their things, everyone had already gone to bed.
"good evening."
Chu Huaiqin patted Xia En's shoulder. Xia En responded, watched Chu Huaiqin get into the tent and help him zip up the tent, then squatted outside and grinned foolishly.
Live broadcast audience: ...
The next day, everyone slept until almost dawn.
Chu Huaiqin had a sweet dream all night. When he crawled out of the tent, he saw Xia En standing outside with swollen eyes. His expression became gloomy.
"Who hit you?" Chu Huaiqin touched the wound on Xia En's cheek, and his usually calm heart was filled with anger.
"Andre." Xia Entang complained as if it was his right.
Chu Huaiqin: ...
"When they were sparring yesterday, Brother Xia Entropy got distracted and got punched by Andre." Lin Zhinan said, glancing at Xia Entropy and secretly laughing. He didn't expect Brother Xia Entropy to be so childish.
"How dare you be distracted during a fight?" Chu Huaiqin said helplessly. He couldn't help but tighten his grip on Xia En's cheek. Hearing him gasp, he felt distressed. "I'll apply medicine for you."
After saying that, he pulled people back to the tent.
Lin Zhinan shrugged and turned to cook sweet potatoes. In five days, the competition would be over. The competition in the final leg would definitely be fierce, so he had to eat a full meal before setting off today.
It took Chu Huaiqin about five minutes to apply the medicine to Xia Entang. When he came out, breakfast was ready. Andrei and the others were eating. Seeing Xia Entang applying the ointment on his face, Andrei felt guilty and came over with a bowl to greet him. Seeing that Chu Huaiqin looked normal, he breathed a sigh of relief and simply sat down with Chu Huaiqin and the others to eat. Vasily also ran over when he saw this. The most surprising thing was that Liman and Phili also came over, and they looked very harmonious.
Anthony looked at it and smiled.
"Attention, please note, there are only five days left until the competition. The first one to arrive and get the box containing the script will be the champion."
When the people who were chatting and laughing heard Anthony's words, their faces froze: This guy did it on purpose, he must have done it on purpose.
Entering the finals, no matter how close their relationships were, they all had a competitive spirit. Furthermore, they were from different regions, countries, and teams, so the happy circle soon disbanded. However, there was no rush to eat or set off. Perhaps because of the bug Chu Huaiqin had been around, everyone felt that rushing wasn't important; what mattered was how to pass the level.
The livestream room had a significant number of people logged in today, practically dominated by fans of Chu Huaiqin and Fili, along with the so-called Eastern and Western fan groups, with the Rolling Team representing the East and the Sam Nation representing the West. This wasn't a fandom dispute, but a regional one.
It was early in the morning, and the live broadcast room was bustling with activity, with shouts and calls for action. Chu Huaiqin and the others were much calmer, packing up their things and setting off together.
No one thought the road ahead would be ordinary, so we were very vigilant. After walking for three hours, we immediately became alert when we saw a slope in front of us.
The slope is concave at the bottom and is very large. If they don't go through the pit, they will have to go around a long circle. Now under the scorching sun, no one wants to walk a few more steps.
"It must be a meteorite crater!" Xia En guessed.
"That should be it," Chu Huaiqin replied. The Sahara Desert is full of meteorite craters, and it's quite amazing that they only saw one in the final round.
"Let's go!" Chu Huaiqin pulled Lin Zhinan to his side and motioned for her to follow. Xia En had been standing nearby, and when he saw Lin Zhinan being pulled over, he had no choice but to go around to the other side and glanced at Lin Zhinan.
Xia Entropy: This person is more important than me.
Lin Zhinan: ...
To the participating team members, the crater looked like a sloping pit, but to the livestream audience, it resembled a mysterious alien figure. Starting from loose yellow sand, it spiraled into rock formations. The colorful rock formations, with strange cracks, resembled some mysterious writing. In the center of the crater, a round hole evoked an eye.
“Ahhh, is this the legendary Eye of the Desert?”
"Holy shit, is this really the Eye of the Desert? The Eye of the Desert is known as the Gate to Hell. Legend has it that you can't walk to the center of the Eye of the Desert because anyone who walks there will die."
"It's scary, right? Anthony wouldn't joke about this. I'll go find a map."
"Stop kidding, how could it be the Desert Eye? The place where they set out was exactly the opposite direction of the Desert Eye. Don't scare people."
"I went to check, and it's definitely not the case. It's terrifying, but why did Anthony arrange this route?"
"Who knows?"
"I really hope this is the Desert Eye."
Live broadcast audience: ...
Coming down the slope, we reached the rock formation. Imagine how challenging it was to walk on rock in such high temperatures. Chu Huaiqin was the first to falter, completely slumping. Xia Entang, carrying his backpack, cautiously followed beside him. Lin Zhinan nervously followed, holding onto Xia Entang's backpack strap. Because the rock formation was so bumpy, Liman and the others struggled, so they walked almost in step with Chu Huaiqin and his group.
"There's something ahead." Xia Entang muttered as he looked through the binoculars.
"What is it?" Chu Huaiqin panted, sweat dripping down his chest. By around noon, his whole body was soaked.
"It seems so. A dead camel." Xia Entang replied doubtfully.
"Then should we stay away from it?" Lin Zhinan stuck his head out and asked.
Chu Huaiqin and Xia En nodded at the same time after hearing this. The appearance of a dead camel here was not a good thing.
Liman, Andre and the others also discovered the dead camel. They paused for a moment and continued to move forward. As long as they didn't provoke it, it wouldn't explode.
The people in the live broadcast room were quite interested in the appearance of the dead camel, and even discussed whether there was really water in the hump of the dead camel. Some people even laughed and said that if this dead camel appeared when crossing the Flaming Mountain, maybe the participating teams would go to get water!
"Maybe it will explode!"
"Please, a dead camel will kill someone."
Someone in the live broadcast room said helplessly. Seeing Liman and the others walking over, many people breathed a sigh of relief. However, when Chu Huaiqin and the others approached, an accident happened.
"Bang!"
The camel that was originally lying quietly in the middle suddenly made a loud noise and exploded. Everyone screamed as they looked at the exploded dead camel.
It's over, people will die.
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