Chapter 45
Tong Tao approached the cliff at an alarming speed. Just as everyone was watching him about to jump off the cliff, Chu Huaiqin on the side of the path jumped down from the hillside. From the perspective of the live broadcast room, Chu Huaiqin jumped completely off the cliff. Everyone was scared and their faces turned pale, but they saw him stop on the precarious edge and quickly grabbed Tong Tao's wrist, pulled it back, and kicked Tong Tao sideways, kicking him back a few steps and falling into the mud.
At this time, a hungry wolf was approaching. Chu Huaiqin, who was holding Tong Tao, turned his head and glanced at the hungry wolf. The sharp gaze actually made it pause. The anesthesiologist behind it chased after it. The hungry wolf seemed to know how powerful this thing was. It jumped nimbly, howled, and went towards Xia Entropy.
Everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief when they saw Chu Huaiqin suddenly pull Tong Tao out of the mud and press his knees against his stomach. Just as everyone was wondering how Chu Huaiqin hit Tong Tao, Chu Huaiqin let go of his hands and took two steps back. Tong Tao lay on the ground and vomited, then collapsed in the mud. The doctor quickly came forward to check.
From Tong Tiao running toward the cliff to Chu Huaiqin leaping down the hillside and grabbing her, the sequence of events unfolded so quickly, yet it felt like an eternity for everyone, cold sweats breaking out on their backs. Director Huang sat back in his chair, his face pale, feeling as if his heart were about to stop.
Chu Huaiqin dealt with the wolf, and everyone's attention turned to Tong Tao, who was lying on the ground vomiting. Some people couldn't stand the substance and turned their faces away silently, while some people actually looked closely.
"Is that cassava?"
"I told you this morning that there would definitely be problems if you cooked it this way. You didn't believe me, did you? Right?"
"It was so dangerous just now. Tong Tiao almost ran to the edge of the cliff. If Chu Huaiqin hadn't jumped down from the hillside to grab him, the consequences would have been disastrous."
"Even though it's inappropriate right now, I still want to scream. My dear brother, that kick you gave me just now was so cool."
"He's handsome, but Chu Huaiqin was holding him back, so why did he kick him?"
"Chu Huaiqin had just jumped down the slope and his steps were unsteady. Tong Tiao was in such a bad condition that he couldn't stop him. If he hadn't kicked, he might have pulled Chu Huaiqin down with him."
"Indeed, pay attention to Chu Huaiqin's feet. When he kicked Tong Tiao, he used the rotational force to stabilize his left foot. Handsome. Chu Huaiqin is definitely a martial artist. No wonder his movements in the ancient costume martial arts scenes are so smooth and handsome. It turns out he has a solid foundation."
"Before he participated in this program, I had never heard that he knew martial arts. His agency is really bad at publicity. Such a good publicity point, but they didn't even leak any information."
"I'm suddenly looking forward to "Clash of the Gods."
"No, you should pay attention to Bingxiang and Xia En and the others!"
The director team was not mentioned in the live broadcast room because when they took out all the nets and sticks to prepare for a big fight with the two wolves, the two wolves turned around and left after hearing the howling.
Bingxiang's situation was truly miserable; his luck was truly terrible. The two of them, being chased so closely by wolves, lost their focus on the road ahead and fell directly into a pit. The pit was four or five meters deep and about two meters wide. Luckily, there was a pile of grass below when they both fell in. Even so, Fengshan twisted his foot. The two wolves above refused to leave, circling the pit and making whining sounds.
In addition to weeds, there was also stagnant water in the pit, which was about half a meter deep. The two men were soaking in it and looking at each other. Director Huang had just mentioned three options. Now the option of escape was blocked. The only options left were to solve the problem and give up. So, did they have any other choices?
The most surprising thing was the wolf chasing Xia Entang. After it howled, the wolves surrounding the director group left, but it continued to run in the direction of Xia Entang. However, because Xia Entang was jogging fast with Su Huai in the morning, and the rain washed away the scent, it was unable to track Xia Entang at all. The situation seen from the drone showed that after chasing for a while, it circled in the same place for a while and then left.
"Yeah, my brothers won."
"I also feel like the outcome has already been decided."
"Winning by lying down?"
"No, Chu Huaiqin also saved Tong Tao, and Xia En and the others haven't reunited with Chu Huaiqin yet."
"Bingxiang and the others haven't given up yet! Who knows, there might be a twist later."
"I think it's okay. After all, Bingxiang and Fengshan are trapped."
"So we can celebrate?"
The live broadcast room was quite lively, and many people even posted messages there. However, Chu Huaiqin and his friends had not arrived yet, and the official side had not given any news, so everyone just thought it was Chu Huaiqin's fans playing by themselves.
The doctor on the scene examined Tong Tao, gave him an injection, and advised that he must go back to the hospital for another examination. Lin Yongfu was helped over with a pale face. He had vomited just now, but not as badly as Tong Tao. At least he was not like Tong Tao, who was already semi-conscious.
Everyone looked at Lin Yongfu, then at Tong Tiao, who was being carried on a stretcher. The rain was drizzling down, and the atmosphere was a little tense. Lin Yongfu said nothing, just glanced at Tong Tiao, who then lay down on the stretcher the doctor had brought. They would take her to the large outdoor tent the director's crew had just set up, waiting for Director Huang's helicopter to arrive.
Chu Huaiqin packed up and searched for a while in the direction Xia Entang had taken, but found no sign of him. It was clear from the livestream that Xia Entang had simply led his men down the mountain after running too far with Su Huaichen.
"Brother, are we still looking for it?" The little monk pulled Lin Zhinan and saw Chu Huaiqin standing there thinking without saying anything, so he couldn't help but ask.
"Let's stop looking and go down the mountain," Chu Huaiqin said, holding a long stick, his expression serious. "I'll go in front, your sister will be in the middle, and the little monk will be at the back. Is that okay?"
"No." The young monk shook his head, looked around, took the dagger out of his backpack, put it on his waist, and shook the stick in his hand, feeling satisfied with its weight.
The tense atmosphere spread to the live broadcast room, and everyone was a little confused. Weren't they almost winning? The wolf had been dealt with, so what were Chu Huaiqin and the others so worried about?
"A large wolf pack usually has thirty or forty members, and the smallest pack has at least a dozen. And the wolf that just chased Xia En was clearly the leader."
"I think so too. Otherwise, it's impossible for the other two wolves to retreat after just one howl."
"There's probably still a wolf pack nearby?"
The audience in the live broadcast room were shocked when they heard these words, and became nervous in an instant. Now their opponents were not humans, but an unknown pack of hungry wolves.
The road down the mountain was slippery, and the three of them walked carefully. Every few steps, Chu Huaiqin would stop and knock on trees or grass with a stick. His strange behavior made many people raise their throats, and they couldn't help but look around, fearing that something would suddenly jump out of the grass.
The three of them walked and stopped, and did not reach the foot of the mountain until about five in the afternoon, but they could already see the woods at the foot of the mountain.
"Brother, shall we continue?" The little monk wiped the rain off his face.
"No." Chu Huaiqin replied. If he continued walking, it would get dark. His intuition told him that something was following him. Chu Huaiqin thought about it, walked to the director team and said something. The deputy director's face suddenly changed.
"But don't worry, Director Huang must have thought of this situation and sent these people here." Chu Huaiqin glanced at the few people who had sneaked in halfway. They should have come here with the helicopter.
"Little monk, cut down some trees for me, the size of your forearm will do. You can start cutting first." After Chu Huaiqin finished speaking, his eyes swept through the woods. He started to walk and stop, and patted a tree from time to time, as if testing whether it was strong. Then he stretched out his long legs, measuring the distance between the trees one step at a time, and finally chose four square trees.
The little monk chopped down the trees very quickly because they were all small trees. He only needed a few cuts to chop one down, and soon a bunch of them fell down. The trees were straight with few branches. The little monk chopped them down, and Lin Zhinan used a dagger to remove the branches. His movements were also very fast, but his hands were very sore. After a while, he could hardly lift his arms.
"Little monk, it's done." Chu Huaiqin shouted, pulled out the rope that tied the tent to the backpack, and pulled it. It was very strong.
"Brother, why are we cutting down these trees?" The little monk waved his hands and wanted to help cut the branches, but was called by Chu Huaiqin to help.
"You'll know soon." Chu Huaiqin replied and asked the little monk to come over to help.
The livestreamers were also wondering what Chu Huaiqin was up to. They speculated until an hour and a half later, when they saw the nearly completed 1.5-meter-tall wooden frame and were shocked. Were Chu Huaiqin and his team planning to sleep in the tree tonight?
Chu Huaiqin wiped the sweat from his forehead, grabbed the tree next to the wooden frame with his hands, jumped up with a little force, hooked the edge of the wooden frame, flipped sideways and did a half rotation to get up cleanly and neatly.
Everyone in the live broadcast room: ...
"That's the advantage of having long legs."
Chu Huaiqin was not here to show off. He walked twice on the wooden board made of tree trunks, jumped twice, and after making sure it was strong enough, he waved to the little monk and pointed at his backpack. The little monk understood immediately.
After throwing the bag up, Chu Huaiqin asked Lin Zhinan to come up. At 1.5 meters, it wasn't very tall. A few small trees, tied together, made a small vertical chair. Lin Zhinan could just stand there and climb up. The young monk carried some of the firewood he had chopped up before climbing up himself.
By this time, it was already dark, illuminated only by the faint light of the drone. Xia En and Su Huaichen, who had already reached the foot of the mountain, were setting up their tent. Xia En was chopping trees with vigor, while Su Huaichen, exhausted, clung to the tree and refused to move. Su Huaichen finally understood why his sister cried when she was so exhausted. He wanted to cry too. Xia En had been driving him down the mountain without a break, running all the way down, while Chu Huaiqin hadn't even arrived yet.
So inhumane!
After the three of them came up, Chu Huaiqin cut one of the tents into pieces and tied them together with the little monk to use as a roof to keep out the rain. The "roof" was slightly slanted to facilitate water flow out. The other tent was cut to surround three directions. The side where the rain was hitting was the most secure, and the other two sides were only half hung down from top to bottom, failing to surround the entire tent, but it still blocked the rain.
With shelter secured, the next step was food. Three more layers of wood were laid on the wooden frame before the fire began. Using resin to light birch was relatively easy, but Chu Huaiqin was afraid the tent fabric would burn, so he asked the young monk to get a few large leaves and place them over the fire. He successfully avoided burning the tent, but not the smoke.
“Ahem!”
The thick smoke choked the three men and they shrank to one side, coughing. Chu Huaiqin was afraid that the three of them would crush the wooden frame if they sat on one side, so he sent the little monk to the other side. The little monk walked over with a wronged look on his face, and immediately choked with tears. He had to lie down and stick his head out.
So everyone in the live broadcast room saw a shiny, sleek head under the dim light of the drone.
The meal was difficult to prepare and was not ready until almost eleven o'clock in the evening. It consisted of a few pieces of cassava with a handful of tomato leaves. The three of them ate it with tears in their eyes and were choked by the smoke.
At this moment, the drone sound suddenly rang out with Director Huang's voice, "Bing Xiang, Feng Shan forfeit, Bing Xiang, Feng Shan forfeit."
Everyone was stunned for a moment before they reacted. Many people in the live broadcast room cheered. Tong Tao was taken away this afternoon and was declared out. Now there are only Chu Huaiqin, the little monk, Lin Zhinan, Xia En and Su Huaichen left. As long as they reach their destination tomorrow, they will win.
Chu Huaiqin and the others were also stunned for a moment, but were not affected and continued to finish eating the cassava and sweet potato leaves. Some people in the live broadcast room felt a little traumatized when seeing them eating these things, after all, Tong Tao and Lin Yongfu were in such a bad condition. Although Bing Xiang and Feng Shan also felt unwell, their reactions were not as severe as those two.
After finishing their meal, they packed up their things, took out the remaining tent and barely set it up. The three of them ran inside and changed their clothes. They didn't put them away and spread them out in the middle to use as mattresses.
Three blankets were taken out. Except for Lin Zhinan who lay down to sleep, the little monk and Chu Huaiqin did not lie down. The former was meditating, and the latter was sitting cross-legged with his chin supported and his eyes closed. It was not known whether he was asleep or not.
It was already early morning, and many viewers in the live broadcast room were yawning and getting ready to go to sleep. Everyone was about to turn off their computers and mobile phones when suddenly someone noticed that in the dense forest on a rainy night, pairs of green eyes were approaching from afar. They were flashing with a cold light, bloodthirsty and terrifying.
The target was the wooden frame of Chu Huaiqin and his men.
The author has something to say: I was once poisoned by cassava as a child, but we don't call it poisoning in our area; we call it intoxication. The original phrase was, "Eating too much cassava will make you drunk." Because of the unique nature of cassava, we didn't have any of these things at home. Someone gave it to me that time, and my mom soaked it for two days before steaming it, even rinsing it once. I ended up vomiting, feeling dizzy, and hallucinating—seeing flashes and circles of light spinning before my eyes. The doctor came and gave me an IV drip, and I was fine.
In fact, I eat the least in my family, maybe because of my physical constitution. Everyone else is fine, only I am. Since then, I dare not touch it, and this thing has never appeared in my house again.
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