It was impossible to get lost with Jiang Fan around.
The two of them trekked through the rainforest, searching for potential food.
Seeing Jiang Fan stop to examine the ground occasionally, Lele became curious and asked,
“Bei Ye, what kind of food can you generally find in the rainforest?”
“Hmm… Generally speaking, there aren’t many things that can be caught and eaten. Some animals are large and difficult to catch, and many are poisonous and cannot be eaten.”
Bei Ye’s explanations were very reliable.
“For example, wild boars, wild cows, chickens, rabbits, bamboo rats, and so on. These are all edible or can be smoked and preserved.”
“However, the first two are not recommended. They are very difficult to hunt, and in the end, it's hard to tell who is hunting whom.”
“Of course, there are also deer and black panthers in the rainforest. Both are inedible.”
“After all, they are protected animals. Their protection level…”
He just smiled at this point and didn't continue, but everyone understood.
The audience also got the message.
“Hahahaha, indeed, many things in the rainforest are protected animals. For real survival, forget it. Now, who knows if you'll be arrested as soon as you come out.”
“No way, I really want to see Brother Jiang catch that previously aloof and tsundere black panther and make it a pet!”
“One person’s blood letter requests the same!”
“Two people’s blood letter requests the same!”
“Don’t even think about it, you guys up there. That’s a top predator. Do you think it’s a real little kitten? Don’t even dream about it, okay!”
“Putting aside everything else, being able to catch a wild boar would be incredible.”
The bullet comments quickly scrolled upwards, one after another.
In the morning, everyone was at work, secretly watching the livestream, just waiting for Jiang Fan to do something big for them.
They discussed amongst themselves while watching Jiang Fan and Zhou Niannian search for food.
In the vast rainforest, with its dense vegetation, finding traces of animals was not easy.
Jiang Fan scanned his surroundings, gradually adjusting his direction of travel, moving further and further away from the camp.
Zhou Niannian followed him slowly. The further they walked, the more she felt something was wrong.
As they ventured deeper, the surrounding scenery gradually changed.
Broken logs lay on both sides of the path, forcing them to bend down and pass under fallen trees.
The bushes around them seemed to have been trampled, bending sideways.
The path was messy and muddy, in a sorry state.
It was clear that a great battle had taken place!
Walking through it, Zhou Niannian felt as if she were treading in the territory of giants. While amazed, her nerves also became taut.
“Did something happen here? It feels a bit ominous.”
She muttered to herself, her heart suddenly racing, as if anticipating a crisis ahead.
“Jiang Fan…”
She had just called out her teammate’s name when she saw a sturdy figure fall in front of her, startling her.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a wild boar lying in the middle of the path.
Its robust body, comparable in size to a human, was motionless, its abdomen deeply caved in.
From its appearance alone, it was evident that this wild boar was dead.
A wild boar is almost entirely valuable. Its meat and some internal organs can be eaten, while inedible organs can be used to set traps.
Even the tough bristles on a wild boar could be used as weapons.
Finding a dead wild boar was a stroke of luck.
But looking closely at the unusual wound on its abdomen, one could tell that this wild boar had died under strange circumstances.
Zhou Niannian was not foolish. Seeing the wound, her face turned somewhat pale.
“To inflict such a large wound, how enormous must this beast be?”
She murmured to herself.
Jiang Fan also lowered his body, silently on guard.
He was slightly ahead of Zhou Niannian and had now reached the other side of the boar.
Near its head, there was a neat drag mark, as if a giant python as thick as a thigh had slithered through this area.
But somewhere ahead, the grass became messy again.
Every trace in the rainforest could reveal what had happened before.
It was as if the past battle was unfolding before their eyes.
Seeing those marks, he fell into deep thought.
Compared to the calm Jiang Fan, both the commentators and the audience were unsettled.
Having watched this pair enjoy themselves on the deserted island for so long, it felt as if they were on vacation, and the island posed no significant threat to them.
Over time, they forgot that the rainforest had a high mortality rate.
“That trace… I feel like a python crawled through the grass from there. Eww~ I’m getting goosebumps.”
Lele said, shrugging her shoulders and rubbing her arm.
Bei Ye beside her affirmed her guess.
“It is indeed a giant python, one that can easily kill a human.”
“This pig should be the python’s prey. It probably encountered some unexpected situation during the hunt and got into a fight with another animal.”
“Once those two finish their fight, the python will definitely return for its prey.”
“Now is the best time to retreat. If we don’t retreat soon, it will be troublesome when the python returns.”
Bei Ye frowned, pondered for a moment, and added.
“Pythons only hunt when they are hungry. After eating, they can go for half a month. If they don’t eat enough, they can be very dangerous.”
“It’s estimated that it just came out to hunt.”
“It’s best to identify the danger, otherwise, if other contestants encounter it head-on, it might cause casualties.”
In this kind of survival competition on a deserted island, injuries were inevitable.
But with the presence of such creatures, if preparations were not made in advance, rescue might be too late.
Behind the scenes of the competition.
Seeing the somewhat terrifying traces, the director and other staff members were on high alert.
“Can you track the giant python’s current location?”
“Not really. Several of our cameras have been damaged, likely due to the animal fight. We have already lost track of the giant python.”
A staff member responsible for the cameras reported with great concern.
The organization of this deserted island competition was somewhat rushed, and they lacked emergency plans in many aspects.
This was evident in the point about the cameras being damaged by animals.
They had not considered the issue of subsequent replenishment beforehand.
Yet, it was only the third day. In the many days to come, it was hard to guarantee that more cameras wouldn’t suffer the same fate.
The reduction in monitoring cameras also interfered with their judgment of other contestants.
It had a significant impact on both encountering danger and capturing footage.
As it stood, there were many problems facing the competition.
The director pondered for a moment, moved away from others, and dialed an unremarked number.
“Hello, I remember your institute has developed a smart follow-up camera. Do you have any stock? Send a batch over.”
“……Okay, thank you for your trouble. I’ll treat you to a drink when you get here.”
After making the call, the director finally breathed a sigh of relief. Standing in an empty corridor, he looked at the number saved on his phone and muttered to himself.
“Good thing I was given permission, otherwise filming this show would be really troublesome.”