Chapter 82
All the members gathered, a total of 32 people from eight teams. Five from the Rolling Team, five from the Sheep Team, five from Japan, five from the Camel Team, four from Korea, three from the Monkey Team, two from the Peacock Team, and three from the Mulberry Team.
Of the eight teams, the Rolling Team and the Camel Team had the most abundant food and water. The Peacock Team, the Monkey Team, and the Goryeo Team had the most food. The three teams gathered together, watching Chu Huaiqin and his men feasting and drinking, their eyes brimming with envy.
"Which of these teams do you think will be the ultimate winner?" asked Cha Eun-hye, the Goryeo Best Actress, feigning curiosity. Her beautiful face was now dusty, no longer as bright and radiant as before. However, as the only woman to survive besides her sister, Cha Eun-hye remained incredibly popular. Many in the livestream even scolded Chu Huaiqin and his team for being so cruel, taking away so much of Goryeo's food that their goddess went hungry.
"It must be that despicable Rolling Team." A male member of the Monkey Team said. They had a grudge against the Rolling Team for a long time. This time, the little monk showed no mercy when collecting food and took away most of it, causing them to have to share one potato among three people tonight.
"We can't let them bully us like this, we have to fight back." The people of Peacock Country had been at odds with the Gun Gun Team from the very beginning. Seeing that Chu Huaiqin and his team were most likely to win the championship, they naturally refused to agree.
"Yes, we can't just sit there and wait for death." Goryeo film emperor Park Sun-won also agreed.
The three teams agreed immediately, and then turned their attention to the Japanese people not far away.
Live broadcast room:
"What the hell, what do they want? Are they going to do something bad to my brother again?"
"If you have this much energy, you might as well think about how to reach the end. What's going on now?"
"Pfft, someone else is itching to be taught a lesson."
"Don't look at us, evil spirits, retreat, Dad has the aura of a boss, Bu Er, ah Bu Er, you can't be fooled."
The most frightening thing was the Japanese fans, who only wanted to secure third place and had no desire to get involved in the war. The Japanese contestants, just as the fans had hoped, turned their heads away silently, ignoring the pleas from the Peacock Nation.
Others: ...
Chu Huaiqin had no idea that the Peacock Kingdom was causing trouble again. After a good night's rest, everyone woke up around six o'clock the next day to find that all the members of the Peacock Kingdom, the Monkey Team, the Goryeo Kingdom, the Sang Kingdom, and the Japanese Kingdom were no longer in the camp. The remaining Rolling, Sheep, and Camel Teams looked at each other. Except for Chu Huaiqin's team, everyone else quickly packed up and left.
When Sheep Country left, he called out to Chu Huaiqin and the others, but Chu Huaiqin waved his hand and told them to go first, as he hadn't had breakfast yet!
Live broadcast room:
"Why aren't the Rolling Team in a hurry at all?"
"Haven't you noticed? They always come from behind and win."
"God loves Chu."
The people in the live broadcast room sighed at the leisurely life of Chu Huaiqin and the others.
It was already eight o'clock in the morning when Chu Huaiqin and his friends finished breakfast and set off again. The others had already set off for almost two hours.
The sun was shining brightly as the five of them walked along the road. This time they traveled at a normal pace and did not slow down for the food. However, they saw sweet potatoes appear two hours later. This was like "planting flowers with care but they do not bloom, but planting willows without care but they grow into a shade."
There were six sweet potatoes dug out, not very big in size. They put them in a box and continued towards their destination. The sun was unexpectedly mild today. Chu Huaiqin didn't feel the sun getting stronger until noon. If he hadn't been hungry, he wouldn't have realized it was already noon.
Chu Huaiqin asked everyone to stop and rest, picked a big tree and walked over. Before he put down his backpack, he was stunned.
"Brother, what's wrong?" The little monk asked curiously, turning his head to follow Chu Huaiqin's gaze and exclaimed in surprise: "Hey, there are sweet potatoes here too, but they have been dug up by someone else. What a pity."
"Ah, really, that's not right," Su Huaichen also came over and picked up a familiar stick on the ground, wondering, "Why does this stick look so much like the one I threw when I was digging sweet potatoes this morning?"
"Xia En." Chu Huaiqin's face was solemn. He turned to look at him. Seeing Xia En frowning and looking surprised, his heart sank.
Live broadcast room:
"What's going on with Chu Huaiqin and the others?"
"They've come back. They passed this place this morning."
"No way, it's a ghost wall."
"Then why didn't other teams encounter this kind of thing?"
"Hurry, go check it out."
The livestreamers were also shocked. They had been following Chu Huaiqin's camera all the way, and no one had noticed. The audience switched to the other teams' split screens to see their situation. They found that several teams were still on their way. From time to time, they saw sweet potatoes and tomatoes appear, and they screamed in surprise, but they hadn't noticed that they had been going in a circle.
"Oh my God, what is this place? Why is this happening?"
"Does the director team know about the situation?"
"They must have been inspected. It just depends on how they get out."
"How many days are left until the end of the competition?"
"How many days are left until the end of the competition?"
The question was asked at the same time by Chu Huaiqin in the live broadcast room.
"Thirteen days." Xia En replied, looking down at the compass on his watch. It was spinning even more violently than when he first landed, like crazy.
Chu Huaiqin nodded. The island was not very big, and there was indeed a reason why the program was set for a month.
"It's noon now. Let's wait until the sun sets in the afternoon to confirm the direction. Let's rest first," Chu Huaiqin said. Turning around, he saw the worried faces of Lin Zhinan and the little monk. Su Huaichen, on the other hand, looked quite relaxed. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Learn from your brother Huaichen. He's so relaxed."
"Yes, I won by just following Huaiqin." Su Huaichen stretched out his hand and pinched the little monk's face. "Don't wrinkle it like a bun again. Rest, rest, I'm hungry too."
Su Huaichen carried the two children under a tree, unloaded their backpacks, gathered firewood, and prepared to roast sweet potatoes. The two children hurried over to help, but Chu Huaiqin wandered around, frightening Xia Entang so much that he quickly found a vine to tie his wrists.
Chu Huaiqin: ...
With enough food, they ate their fill. However, due to their worries, they didn't rest well at noon, and just stared at the sun to see when it would set.
At 1:30 in the afternoon, the sun finally showed which way it was going.
"We were standing right here," Chu Huaiqin pointed to a small dot on the map. This was where they landed. "The sun sets in this direction and rises here. This is where the watchtower is."
"So we have to walk against the sun?" The little monk couldn't understand the map drawn by Chu Huaiqin.
"That's the theory." Chu Huaiqin collected the map and asked everyone to pack up and get ready to go.
The sunlight was still mild at this time, which surprised Chu Huaiqin. Judging from the temperature along the way, it was impossible for it to drop so much at once. The most likely reason was the terrain.
In the live broadcast room, Chu Huaiqin and the others seemed to be relatively calm and relieved. However, at this time, in the bay, the saltwater crocodiles suddenly made sharp cries. They were lying on the barrier reef basking in the sun and seemed to feel some threat. They dived into the bay, stretched out half of their heads, and screamed at the sky.
After a while, a huge, terrifying black-spotted snake stretched its head out from the tree, wrapped its body around the vine rope, and slowly swam to the other side.
All this happened without anyone noticing.
After walking for a while in the direction of the sun, Chu Huaiqin and others gradually realized that something was wrong. They seemed to be still going around in circles!
They are really lost.
"Brother!" Lin Zhinan approached Chu Huaiqin fearfully and looked around.
"Don't be afraid, I will find a way. Look, the director team is still here." Chu Huaiqin raised his chin and motioned her to look at the group of people.
Director team: Please show some variety show spirit, you should be scared now.
The live studio was also in a state of confusion, but after hearing what Chu Huaiqin said, everyone felt much more at ease. It was already 4pm, and given the special situation of this place, everyone decided not to rush on their way and chose to rest on the spot. The young monk thought for a moment, threw down his backpack, and picked the tallest tree to climb up, hoping to see the watchtower. Unfortunately, after he climbed up, he found that the tree was even taller, and looking over, there were only trees.
The monk had no choice but to climb down. Frightened by this strange phenomenon, he decided to sleep in the wooden house tonight so that he could feel safe.
"There are a lot of snakes, insects and ants here. When they crawl in, it's like catching a turtle in a jar, and you are the turtle." Xia En said coldly, scaring the little monk so much that his face turned pale.
Chu Huaiqin smiled and said, "Don't scare him, but this place is really not suitable for building a wooden house."
There are too many kinds of lizards here, and generally there are many kinds of snakes in places like this. The simple straw hut not only cannot prevent snakes, but will actually attract them to gather. What Xia Entang said makes sense.
Without having to forage for food, everyone worked together to build a shed quickly. They then spent the remaining time finding a number of herbs, some of which they burned to ashes and scattered around the shed, while others were hung directly on the shed. Tropical herbs are also easy to find in areas with abundant vegetation. The director was also quite clever, following Chu Huaiqin and the others around, doing whatever they did. The young monk angrily demanded a fee for apprenticeship.
He was still immersed in the joy of collecting tolls and hadn't come to his senses yet!
Gradually, the sky darkened. While Chu Huaiqin and his group enjoyed a peaceful journey, the other groups weren't faring so well. When they realized they were all circling the same spot, some were terrified and nearly collapsed. Others were tempted to give up, but were stopped by the others. The worst-case scenario was for the camel group. They'd always been their own group, never forming alliances. After a day's journey, they hadn't noticed they'd entered a vicious circle. Just as they were excitedly talking about catching up with the others, the giant snake suddenly appeared.
Their first reaction when they were frightened was to run, not towards the directors, but they screamed and then rushed forward. The directors were stunned by their actions and quickly shot the snake with an anesthetic needle. However, perhaps because it had been used before, the anesthetic needle only slowed down its movements, and after three injections, it did not faint.
The people in the live broadcast room were so scared that they lost their voices and stared blankly at the big snake chasing the group of people.
Chu Huaiqin soon heard the noise and had a bad feeling. He quickly chopped a piece of firewood, put a piece of cloth between it, and lit it on fire. Then everyone climbed up the tree. A moment later, the five of them were lucky enough to see a large, swaying snake chasing the camel team. The director team was yelling at the camel team members to run towards them, but the camel team members were so scared that when they saw the light coming from Chu Huaiqin's direction, they instinctively rushed over, not caring about the director team's feelings at all.
Chu Huaiqin found it funny. The big snake with the anesthetic needle in it would definitely not be able to catch up with the camel team at its speed. He just didn't know why it was so persistent in chasing people.
Chu Huaiqin hesitated for a moment, but still threw the torch in his hand. It just fell in front of the big snake. There were dead leaves on the ground, which instantly caught fire and almost burned the snake's head.
The big snake hissed, retracted its neck, swung its head, and its cold gaze met Chu Huaiqin's. Then it twisted its body and disappeared into the night.
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