Chapter 197
"Hold your breath."
Chu Huaiqin yelled, and Xia En suddenly pulled the tent from the backpack behind him. The tent, which had lost its rope, opened instantly and covered the three people. Chu Huaiqin protected Lin Zhinan, and the three of them squatted down at the same time.
“Crackle!”
The stench of decaying corpses erupted from the dead camel's exploding belly, showering the air and crashing down onto the tent. The Limans up ahead couldn't help but vomit. Seeing their intense reaction, the livestream audience couldn't help but vomit as well. Chu Huaiqin and his companions were closest, so the smell was even stronger.
"Ugh! Ugh!"
Lin Zhinan was two seconds late holding her breath, so she smelled everything. She couldn't help but vomit. Chu Huaiqin quickly pinched her nose. He turned to Xia En, who was holding the tent, and asked him if he had gotten any.
Xia En's face wrinkled into a ball. It was too late for him to hold his breath just now. The smell was unbearable.
The three men crouched on the ground for about ten seconds, confirming the dead camel hadn't exploded a second time. Then, bent over, they ran forward, holding the tent. The bravest of the viewers in the livestream watched the three men's actions with their eyes fixed on the room, laughing and crying. It was terrifying. Some of the more perceptive viewers even vomited, especially when they looked up at the exploding flesh, causing them to vomit uncontrollably.
Ask Anthony for compensation.
The audience in the live broadcast room who were vomiting half to death had these words in their hearts at the same time. At the same time, some people felt that it was too dangerous. They didn't know what the director team was thinking. The things that exploded from the dead camel contained bacteria. In addition, it had been baked in the sun for so long that the liquid inside became hot. Once it came into contact with the skin, it would be poisonous.
"Anthony the bastard."
The audience in the live broadcast room cursed like this.
"Is it about ten seconds late?" Anthony asked with a frown, sitting in front of the screen.
"Yes, fifteen seconds late." The assistant replied fearfully. The dead camel prop was originally placed here to increase the difficulty of the competition for the contestants. Once the dead camel explodes, if the contestants are stained with the unknown liquid on the dead camel to a certain extent, they will be disqualified.
This also tests the contestants' reaction and judgment.
Anthony: "Who has the remote control?"
The assistant replied, "It's in the hands of the prop master."
Anthony: "Call someone over."
The assistant nodded and quickly ran to call for help. As a world-class director, Anthony was most concerned about accidents that happened on his set that were beyond his control. This time, the prop master had caused trouble.
A few minutes later, the prop master arrived. When Anthony asked about the dead camel prop explosion, he broke out in a sweat and sheepishly explained that Austin had taken the remote control. The dead camel was originally designed to explode between the two groups of people, and no one expected it to explode after the rolling team approached.
Anthony listened to the prop master's words and seemed to be thinking about something.
After Chu Huaiqin, Xia En, and Lin Zhinan ran away from the dead camel, the smell dissipated, and the hot weather became precious at this moment. The three of them breathed in the fresh air and smiled.
"Brother, it's even stinkier than stinky tofu. It smells like herring stuffed in the head." Lin Zhinan said with a smile.
"I thought of that a long time ago." Chu Huaiqin raised an eyebrow. This was a rocky area, uneven and full of potholes. What camel would be so foolish as to walk here? It seemed that in the upcoming competition, in addition to the cruelty of the desert itself, there would be difficulties set by the director team.
Everyone in the live broadcast room was stunned when listening to the conversation between the two. Did something happen that they didn’t know about?
The crater was huge, and everyone had lunch here. However, because they had just experienced the dead camel incident, Chu Huaiqin, who didn't smell anything, ate happily, while everyone else barely managed a few bites. The group walked for another half an hour before they saw the yellow sand layer.
"ah!"
Lin Zhinan, who was walking beside Chu Huaiqin, suddenly slipped and fell forward, almost falling headfirst. Fortunately, Xia En was pulled up by the back of his collar.
"Thank you!" Lin Zhinan thanked with a blushing face. She didn't expect that she would slip even when wearing shoes specially designed for walking on sand.
"Nothing." Xia Entang replied casually, then turned to ask Chu Huaiqin, "Is the wind getting stronger?"
"Yeah!" Lin Zhinan responded, wrapping the veil twice, almost wrapping it around her glasses.
Chu Huaiqin squatted down, picked up a handful of sand and rubbed it, "Fine sand."
"Brother, is the sand different from before?" Lin Zhinan squatted down and asked.
"Well, this kind of sand is light and will be blown away by the wind." Chu Huaiqin had an idea in his mind, but he didn't know whether the director team would do this.
The three of them continued to move forward. The wind and sand really increased. It felt like the sand had become smaller and lighter in weight and diameter. The wind blew and hit them in the face. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the weather began to get cold. This weird weather was quite strange. Everyone felt a little uneasy.
"There is a small house." Xia En handed the telescope to Chu Huaiqin.
"Hut?" Lin Zhinan's face turned strange when she heard the word "hut". The small town she had visited before had left a psychological trauma on her.
Chu Huaiqin took the binoculars and saw from them that not far ahead, there was a group of small earthen houses built together. They looked very old and should have been left by previous people. Liman and the others had arrived and were walking around the houses.
"Don't worry, I won't leave you alone this time." Chu Huaiqin comforted Lin Zhinan with a smile.
"I'm only with my brother, okay?" Lin Zhinan looked at Xia En cautiously.
"Of course." Chu Huaiqin smiled. Is Lin Zhinan worried about hurting Xia En's feelings?
The audience in the live broadcast room were also frightened and started discussing it.
"This small village is not very big. You can see the end at a glance. There is nowhere for bandits to hide. Don't worry, don't worry."
"These houses are so dilapidated, there might be snakes or something like that inside."
"Why are there so many new houses lately? Is the production team doing this on purpose?"
"Because we're nearing the end of the tournament, the map shows we're approaching the Egyptian border."
"Nervous, nervous."
Chu Huaiqin and the other two had already approached the small house. Liman and Andre were discussing whether to move in. When they saw Chu Huaiqin coming, they asked him what he thought.
"Move in!" Chu Huaiqin replied.
After hearing this, several people's faces changed slightly. Andre hesitated and said, "We checked it before. There are a lot of small insects in it."
"Let's tidy it up!" Chu Huaiqin replied and turned away.
A group of people looked at Chu Huaiqin and wanted him to explain why he wanted to live in the house. When they first arrived in that small town, didn’t they all set up tents and sleep outside?
Chu Huaiqin ignored their blinking eyes and a puzzled look, and walked towards the hut with a hiking stick, knocking here and pushing there.
"Chu, what are you doing?" Liman asked as he approached.
The live broadcast room nodded: Good question, we want to know too.
"See which one is sturdy." Chu Huaiqin replied casually.
After hearing this, the people from other teams suddenly realized what was going on and turned around and ran quickly to find a secured house.
Lin Zhinan followed Chu Huaiqin and watched him knocking on the houses. When he reached a house on the left side of the village, Lin Zhinan curiously pushed open the door. Light shone into the dim room, and the small insects inside scattered. Lin Zhinan's face turned pale when he saw it.
"Brother, can't we live outside?" Lin Zhinan asked pitifully.
"No, have you noticed anything different about the surroundings?" Chu Huaiqin stopped knocking on the house and turned back to ask Lin Zhinan.
Lin Zhinan looked around and shook his head.
"There are traces of an excavator." Xia Entang squatted down and rubbed his hand along the ground's surface. "These traces are very recent. They must have been made today. The ground here is very hard."
"That's right. The sand on the ground where we came from was very loose. Here it's very solid, with the teeth of an excavator." Chu Huaiqin poked the ground with his hiking pole and knocked on the corner of the house. "Look here, don't you think the earth wall on the lower half of the house is newer than the upper one?"
Lin Zhinan nodded. The upper earthen wall was obviously weathered by years of wind and rain, and it was gray. The lower earthen wall had a strange yellowish color.
"This means that the lower half of the house has been buried under the sand for a long time." After Chu Huaiqin finished speaking, he turned around and continued to knock on the house.
Lin Zhinan seemed to understand but was dumbfounded.
Xia En concluded from Chu Huaiqin's words that they might be buried tonight.
The live broadcast room was also confused.
"When I have money in the future, I must buy a Chu Huaiqin who speaks the full truth."
"I have an idea in my mind, but I don't know if it's right."
"Please welcome the class representative."
"The class representative is here. Combining what my brother and Xia Entang said, it seems the lower half of the house was buried in the sand before they arrived. It was only dug out by the director team this morning."
"Ah, I've heard of that."
"Ah, I understand now. I just searched it and it's amazing. But why did my brother tell them? What a great opportunity!"
"They all asked, how could Chu not tell? Chu is an upright gentleman."
"Ahhh, I also went to ask Baidu if it's back. I don't know why, but I'm really looking forward to it."
"I suddenly feel a little sad. Ahhh, there are only five days left of wilderness survival and it will be over. I don't have this feeling of anticipation every day anymore. I'm not happy."
"There are mountains, seas, and deserts. Those who want to see my brother go to the North Pole and the South Pole, please raise your hands."
"I……"
"I……"
The audience in the live broadcast room were originally watching the game with great interest, but the topic was diverted by this change of topic. A strange expectation arose, and they hoped that the game would not end.
Chu Huaiqin took Lin Zhinan and Xia En to knock around all the way, and finally decided on a house on the inner left side of the small village.
"Aiya!"
The door was pushed open and a smell of dust came in. Most of the things inside had been moved out, leaving only some tables and chairs with broken legs. There were two rooms with small and high windows, like air vents, under the eaves.
"Zhinan, go get some food," Chu Huaiqin rolled up his sleeves. "Xia En, come help. We don't need anything in here anymore. Take it all out."
Xia Entang agreed, took the luggage out and put it away, took the hiking pole, found some hay to tie it on, and walked into the house.
The people in the live broadcast room were curious about what he was doing, and the cameraman was also curious. The drone couldn't get in, so he went in carrying the camera. As soon as he stepped through the door, dust flew up, and the insects and spider webs on the roof fell down and hit the cameraman.
Cameraman: ...
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