Chapter 218
The boat is about one and a half meters long and half a meter wide. It is not easy to drag it from the camp to the beach. After thinking about it, there is only one way. Fortunately, the boat can be used by two people on land and water and has wheels underneath.
"Put the stuff in the boat, and I'll pull it over on my bike." Chu Huaiqin was confident. The Arctic only experiences a bit of snow when it's under the influence of tropical winds, so aside from the slightly loose upper layer, the ground underneath is all ice. The ice was slippery, so he had no choice but to tow the boat.
Chu Huaiqin immediately set to work, placing his fishing net and rod in the dinghy and even letting Lin Zhinan sit on it. He then used a rope to tie the dinghy to the rear rack of his snowbike. The snowbike had three wheels: one in front and two in the back, with a metal frame in the middle for storage. This was the reason Chu Huaiqin was so confident; there was no way the three wheels would fall over!
"Brother, you have to be careful." Lin Zhinan was a little worried and told Chu Huaiqin through the thick knitted mask.
"Don't worry! Look at me." Chu Huaiqin carefully got on the snow bike, pedaled twice, and felt it was pretty good.
“Thump, thump, thump~”
At the roar of a powerful motor, Chu Huaiqin and Lin Zhinan both turned to see that the BC teams had also split into two groups, one going fishing like them. Like Chu Huaiqin, they had also tied their boats to the back of their cars, ready to tow them over.
"call out!"
A long whistle came over here. It was Wade and Ilona from Group B and Franco and Paige from Group C. Both groups chose snowmobiles, and they looked particularly handsome and flamboyant sitting on them.
"Chu, do you want me to give you a ride?" Wade said with a big laugh, not sure if it was true or a joke.
"Poor Chinese people, they can't even reach the beach at night by riding their bicycles. I can rent you a motorcycle." Paige laughed. Saying that Chu Huaiqin couldn't even reach the beach at night was an exaggeration. After all, they could see the sea from here, it wasn't that far away. It was just Paige's boast.
"No need," Chu Huaiqin looked at the distance between their motorcycle and the boat and said with a smile, "I wish you good luck."
Live broadcast room
"I always feel a little panicked by my brother's words 'good luck'."
"How could that be? Chu is a good person. The ice is slippery. Chu was just giving a warning."
"Am I the only one who thinks snowmobiles are cool? My brother's tricycle looks exactly like the pedal tricycles my grandparents used to ride to buy groceries."
"No, it's not like that, it's just a bike. I just changed the chain and tires and got some snow brakes."
"Oh, here we go."
The two teams in Group BC rushed out on snowmobiles, looking very cool and very fast.
Chu Huaiqin lifted his feet that were supporting himself on the ice, stepped on them, and slid out. Although it was a snow bike, it still felt a bit slippery because he was not used to it, so Chu Huaiqin preferred to go slowly rather than fast.
The snow bikes were pedaling slowly behind, while the two-person team in front was running fast with a "thump thump~" sound. In comparison, they did seem a bit timid.
"Brother, come on, surpass them."
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Chu is so calm, why are you anxious?"
"Hahaha, you deserve it for not choosing the snowmobile."
"Trying to establish a counter-killing persona again, humph, Franco, kill them."
"Go ahead, Wade. Get in the sea and get all the fish."
"Calm down, calm down. As a fan of Chu, you must learn to be calm."
"That's right, think about the Moyeer Desert. Haha, who wouldn't wait for me?"
Some people in the live broadcast room were anxious, while others were calm. Everyone's eyes were on Chu Huaiqin. At this time, he spoke.
"If you don't brake yet, you'll regret it."
Chu Huaiqin looked at the four people rushing ahead and sighed softly.
The audience in the live broadcast room was stunned for a moment, and some Western fans reacted and started cursing.
"Jealous."
"mean."
"Bang!"
"ah!"
Two loud bangs, followed by crashes and screams, echoed simultaneously. The people in the livestream watched in horror as the two teams ahead of them, four people, were caught in the slippery ice. The motorcycles were going fast, and when they braked, the boat behind them didn't, crashing straight into them. The four people were thrown from the motorcycles one after another, like a blockbuster movie, a knockout.
Live broadcast room
"Hahaha, if you don't listen to your brother, you will suffer the consequences."
"Pfft, good job, brother, go ahead and kill them."
"La la la la, I told you guys to hurry up, I told you guys to hurry up, why aren't you hurrying up?"
Chu Huaiqin's fans were bragging on the livestream, driving the fans of the other two teams insane. This was especially true since it wasn't a regional tournament anymore, it was a global fan competition, and the livestream was all about who had the most fans and who would dominate the field. Chu Huaiqin's fan base in China and Asia was already formidable, but when you add in the international fans who followed the global competition, and the new fans who were captivated by the leaked stills from the filming of "Star Wars," the sheer size of his fanbase was astonishing.
Fortunately, most of Chu Huaiqin's fans are calm and Buddhist, with only a small group rushing to the front. However, even so, this "small group" occupied the live broadcast room, making everyone angry.
The staff also quickly rushed over to check and confirmed that there was no brain damage, limb damage or broken legs, so they withdrew.
The four of them got up dizzy and ran to look at the car, only to be dumbfounded.
Although it is called a small boat, for a snowmobile, it is like a truck hitting a car and the back is deformed.
Four people: "..."
He was so desperate that he found some tools and started repairing the car. Chu Huaiqin arrived late on his snow bike.
"What a coincidence, they're repairing the car!"
Chu Huaiqin asked as he pedaled.
Two teams: "..."
Lin Zhinan sat in the small boat at the back and laughed silently, saying, "I'm sorry for bullying you guys before."
"I'm leaving now. Bye. I won't catch all the fish in the Arctic."
Chu Huaiqin waved to a few people behind his back, straightened his back, and looked unrestrained and free.
The snow bikes didn't dare get too close to the sea, fearing the ice near the water wouldn't hold together. They put the bikes aside, got off, and pushed them into the sea with Lin Zhinan. Chu Huaiqin thought, pulling the fish out might be very strenuous. They'd be living here for three months, using fish as food or currency for their daily meals. For five people, they needed to catch at least thirty fish a day. That wouldn't be possible with a small boat, so they'd have to find a place to keep it.
"Bang!"
The small boat was launched into the water, splashing waves. Chu Huaiqin also found that the ice here was very solid, but the wind was strong and it was too cold.
Lin Zhinan was already shivering terribly; the wind here was truly freezing. Finally, he had to run back to put on another coat before the two of them could get on the boat.
The boat was hand-rowed. They had rowed a few days during the domestic competition, so they were familiar with it. However, Lin Zhinan's strength was slightly different from Chu Huaiqin's, so it was difficult to row. Whenever they moved, the boat would lean towards Lin Zhinan.
"Brother, I'm sorry." Lin Zhinan looked at Chu Huaiqin guiltily.
"It's okay, I'll think of a way." Chu Huaiqin sat in the boat and looked around. He now found a problem. There was a lot of floating ice in the waters near the land. If their boat wanted to get out smoothly, they had to break the ice and clear a path.
Chu Huaiqin thought that during these three months, except for sleeping, they should live in the boat in batches.
"Got it." Chu Huaiqin found a rope and tied the two oars in an A shape. In this way, only one person is needed to row the boat. The most comfortable thing about this oar for Chu Huaiqin is that it can be stretched.
After finishing this work, Chu Huaiqin tried it and found it was okay and quite labor-saving. Even Lin Zhinan could row for a while.
"Zhinan, you try." Chu Huaiqin gave up his seat, walked to the front of the boat with a crowbar, and tried to knock the ice away, but the ice was too hard and he could only use the buoyancy of the water to push it away. Lin Zhinan was also smart. After watching Chu Huaiqin push the ice away, he tried to paddle, and the boat slowly went out.
In fact, paddling was more laborious than pushing the ice, but because there were so many icebergs, he had to keep knocking and pushing, and the boat was tilted, making it difficult to exert force, which was very tiring, so Chu Huaiqin became the ice pusher himself. Lin Zhinan chose the right time and swung the ice from time to time.
Soon, with the cooperation of the two, the boat slowly found a place with less floating ice. Looking at the white snow-capped mountains and the sea, Chu Huaiqin felt that it would be better not to row too far.
"Zhinan, you take a rest, I'll put down the net." Chu Huaiqin stood up and stretched his muscles. His muscles were sore from doing the same action over and over again.
"Brother, I'm fishing," Lin Zhinan shrank his neck, took the fishing rod, and found that there was no bait. He muttered: "Jiang Taigong fishes, and whoever is willing can take the bait!"
Lin Zhinan stretched the fishing line and threw it into the water. His eyes reached into the distance and he exclaimed in surprise. It was a polar bear.
Chu Huaiqin also saw it. The chubby creature took small steps and jumped off the ice, jumped into the sea, and dived in. It must be going to hunt.
"Then let's get started." Chu Huaiqin picked up the fishing net, feeling a little worried. He had seen people casting fishing nets on agricultural channels, hoping that he could catch fish!
Xia En's situation wasn't going smoothly. The production crew had to cut a hole in the thick ice, split it in the middle, and hoist it up. Xia En's crew didn't have a crane, so they had to use the tools provided by the production crew. After cutting, they had to drag the pieces back one by one.
Excessive.
The audience in the live broadcast room were all angry.
"How long will it take to build an ice house like this?"
"God, how long would it take them to build an igloo, dragging them back brick by brick?"
“By then, the igloo will probably be finished and the show will be over.”
"The production team is being inhumane. That's too much. Are they going to let them live outdoors in the Arctic?"
Xia En and his team also discovered that building even a small windproof igloo in a day was difficult. So, it would be better to start with a large one, ten square meters would be enough. Digging down to maximize the space would reduce the use of ice bricks on the upper layer.
When Edward heard Xia En's words, he nodded repeatedly and thought it was okay.
"Then what should we do at night?" This is what the little monk is most worried about.
"Let's lay down a bed of ice first, and set up the tent on top of it. We'll be there for a while," Xia En suggested. Ice can trap heat, but snow can't. They had a tent, which barely blocked the wind. "Even though it's a single-person tent, it can squeeze in two people. That way, we'll have enough blankets and quilts."
The little monk didn't understand and could only nod repeatedly. Edward was stunned, not knowing if he understood or not, but he also nodded, which made the live broadcast room laugh. Back then, Edward avoided all disputes and finally reached the top successfully with this look of being out of form, which was quite dramatic.
The people in the live broadcast room were quite happy.
"I hope my brother won't be disappointed to see the ice sheets when he comes back from fishing."
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