"To retrieve it would be the stuff of fantasy..."
As the director finished speaking, Jiang Fan pushed aside the bushes in front of him.
They had finally emerged.
Seeing the light ahead, Zhou Niannian quickened her pace, unfazed by the stinging pain in her limbs.
Finally, the light completely filled her vision.
They were out!!!
"It really is an open space, the air feels so much better."
Zhou Niannian said, taking a deep breath and stretching.
Extending her arms, she bent sideways.
Mid-stretch, a patch of gray-green fabric lying on the ground caught her eye.
How strange.
She looked again.
Gray-green fabric, spread out on a fallen, charred tree trunk, with black ropes dangling down.
The object was incredibly familiar, and it was exactly what they had been searching for.
Her brain, dulled by being lost, finally began to function slowly—
"A parachute!!!"
"Ahhh! We found the parachute?!"
Zhou Niannian cried out in surprise, rushing to the tree trunk. She grabbed the gray-green parachute, embracing it joyfully, heedless of the mud clinging to it.
Their two and a half hours of searching had yielded results.
Her anxious heart finally settled.
She felt as if she were floating.
Jiang Fan, however, had anticipated this.
With the boost of good luck, he had expected to find a parachute.
As predicted, although the parachute's ropes were tightly entangled with the branches.
The tree itself had been struck by lightning during the previous rain and had broken.
Retrieving the parachute was only a matter of time.
Jiang Fan walked over and picked up the parachute.
His gaze extended, and he froze.
This was—
A second parachute!
The parachutes he and Dai Xiaomei had been searching for were both here.
Was the boost of luck really this potent?!
Jiang Fan was a little surprised.
But for the others, 'surprise' was an understatement.
Backstage, everyone stared at the petrified director, their eyes gleaming with amusement.
The director had just declared it impossible, and now they had found it?
He was a reverse-luck champion!
His jinx was incredibly powerful.
The staff knew about the director's pronouncements and were secretly delighted.
When the assistant director opened the door, a wide smile plastered on his face, he couldn't stop chuckling.
He walked over to the director, coughed lightly, and asked with mock seriousness,
"Director, should we confiscate their parachutes?"
"Confiscate? Confiscate my foot!"
The director let out a roar.
"These are the rules I set! We utilize everything we can. Am I going to break them now?!"
"Damn it!"
If not for this principle, why would he be so angry and agitated?
He would remember this rule-breaking Jiang Fan!!!
The staff backstage chuckled at the director's outburst.
A stubborn director matched with an unconventional contestant.
What bad luck for him!
As they thought this, they looked towards the broadcast studio.
After a brief silence, Lele suddenly gasped and stood up, stammering.
"This, this, it's impossible. Is he cheating?!"
"I was just saying that earlier, this wasn't me jinxing! You might not believe me, but I'm just as bewildered."
Her words were met with a barrage of comments.
"You might not believe me, but I believe Lele is bewildered, because I am too."
"Warning for nesting dolls on the upper floor, but Brother Jiang's move is truly god-tier. This is something only an Emperor of Luck could achieve."
"The people above, Sister Zhou picked so many poisonous fruits but happened to eat the non-poisonous ones. I wouldn't believe she's not an Emperor of Luck."
"I'm dying of laughter, Lele's jinxing is too powerful, this is definitely Anbo Bay!"
"What I'm most curious about now is how the director feels."
The comments flooded in.
The post-production team, in a timely manner, responded to the audience's calls.
A figure was shown on screen, leaning against a wall, looking dejected.
Next to it, text appeared.
'Need some quiet!'
This perfectly illustrated the director's current mental state.
A single subtitle sent the audience into fits of laughter.
Jiang Fan's unconventional approach had already been eye-opening enough.
They thought they wouldn't find a parachute and therefore wouldn't be able to exploit this bug.
Who knew they would actually seize the opportunity!
A tree broken by lightning, who would have believed it?!
What kind of lucky Emperor of Luck was this!!!
Their excitement was uncontainable.
While the two were busy packing the parachute and heading back, the viewers watching the live stream swarmed to various platforms.
Numerous topics and trending searches proved their excitement.
#BrotherJiangTakesYouUpAndDownATreeIn10Seconds#
#WhatHappenedWhileIMessedWithMyEyes#
#ThisIsTheRealmOfTheEmperorOfLuck#
#ExploitingBugsInTheCompetitionIsUnbeatable#
On Weibo, several topics related to Jiang Fan had gained a small surge in popularity.
People who had become fans of Jiang Fan while watching the competition naturally wanted to express their excitement online.
However, this small-scale popularity drive inadvertently caused some who weren't paying attention to the live stream to become rebellious.
They didn't like watching live streams to begin with and usually blocked any channels that showed them.
Yet, in less than a day, the term 'Brother Jiang' was aggressively making its presence felt on Weibo, becoming annoying.
"Who is this 'Jiang' person? No matter what website I open, everyone is discussing him. It's so annoying."
"This must be the power of capital, creating buzz first, just waiting for the right time to promote the person."
"You clearly haven't watched the videos, otherwise you wouldn't be talking about debuting."
"Why should I watch the video? The main person hasn't even appeared yet, and I'm already tired of it. I've already booked my spot as a hater, nobody can take it from me!"
On Weibo, program viewers and passersby were arguing fiercely.
Where there was liking, there was disliking.
Luo Li was a prime example of disliking.
She was also the first person to lead the charge in arguments on Weibo.
As a 5G surfer, she detested all kinds of suddenly popular things.
Netizens nowadays weren't foolish; sudden popularity meant it was definitely being pushed by capital.
Luo Li considered herself a rational person and absolutely refused to be a sucker.
Seeing the comments earnestly refuting her, Luo Li couldn't help but laugh.
"Isn't a competition program designed to attract traffic for him?"
"Don't be silly, you are all his traffic, future leeks."
"Once his popularity grows, he'll start selling products and endorsements. You'll have raised him, only to be harvested later, won't you?"
Luo Li was accustomed to the ways of the entertainment industry.
Seeing the ever-increasing number of posts on Weibo, she was truly bothered.
Her mind, bored after finishing her college entrance exams, was itching for something to do. She had been aimlessly scrolling through her phone and was almost fed up.
Thinking this, Luo Li felt even more indignant.
She slapped her thigh, found the official live stream room for Shark Live, and clicked to enter.
"No, at least I can't let more people be deceived! I'll go take a look and see who this Jiang Fan really is!"