Far away on the deserted island, Jiang Fan was unaware that millions of viewers were waiting for him to start his live broadcast.
He only knew that he had stayed up too long, causing even more harm to his already unhealthy body.
"Ugh—"
He lay on the straw, his body protesting in various places.
His original body had stayed up late too often, draining its vitality, which was exactly what he needed to take care of now.
In the wilderness, the greatest fear was not resting well, leading to a drop in concentration.
Anything else could wait.
For now, it was time to stop here...
Without much thought, Jiang Fan fell asleep.
Seeing that Jiang Fan had clearly fallen asleep on the big screen and had no intention of waking up,
Lele paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered a video she had watched earlier and, calculating the time, marveled.
"Speaking of which, Jiang Shen woke up around 7 AM yesterday and it's now 2 PM on the second day, a full 34 hours."
"Maintaining such a high level of concentration is purely by willpower."
"It's truly not easy."
Her words were met with agreement from Bear Grylls.
The two commentators chatted like friends.
"Actually, in the wilderness, adequate rest is the top priority."
"The real wilderness isn't like a game with so many items where your condition can recover instantly."
"If you exhaust your energy, it will definitely have a significant impact on your subsequent survival."
"I support Jiang Fan's decision."
Bear Grylls' words made the viewers who were about to complain fall into thought.
Especially the rational onlookers, who understood the harm of staying up late to the contestants, and no longer criticized him.
Only a few nitpicky onlookers in the live stream were making snide remarks.
But it didn't cause much of a stir.
"Hey, wait!"
Outside the tent, Zhou Niannian, seeing Jiang Fan so readily retreat into the tent to sleep, didn't have time to stop him.
At first, she was a little displeased.
But upon seeing the black panther still lying there listlessly, Zhou Niannian suddenly remembered that the other party had gone out last night.
It was now after lunch, meaning Jiang Fan had been awake for about 34 hours without sleep.
Even she would have found it unbearable after staying up for so long.
Not to mention that Jiang Fan had gone out in the morning to retrieve her bow and various seasonings, and had also made the grilled meat for lunch.
And it was Jiang Fan who had applied medicine to the black panther...
Thinking this, Zhou Niannian's protest suddenly vanished.
After lunch was the time when drowsiness struck.
The sleepiness took over the mind.
"Jiang Fan said he asked the black panther to guard the camp, so there shouldn't be any problems..."
As she said this, her worries mysteriously dissipated, and Zhou Niannian entered the tent to sleep without any burden.
Now the camp was even more desolate.
Only the black panther remained. Looking at Zhou Niannian's receding back, it lazily lifted its eyes before closing them again.
Under the black panther's watch, the water deer dared not move at all.
It quietly nibbled on the surrounding wild grass.
A small area demonstrated true harmony between humans and nature.
The sight of humans and animals napping together silenced those who were full of complaints.
They looked at this scene, their hearts stirred, unable to calm down for a long time.
Many viewers took screenshots of this scene to use as their computer wallpapers.
Some even recorded this clip and posted it on Weibo.
The topic #TheirWildSurvivalIsAZeitgeist# gained new material.
And a large amount of it, attracting many viewers to flood the live stream, just to witness the black panther napping with humans.
"This is too picturesque."
Lele murmured, looking at the napping black panther on the big screen.
Her eyes remained fixed on the big screen, unable to look away for a long time.
Bear Grylls also found it interesting.
"I've lived in the wild for a long time, but this is the first time I've seen this kind of... this kind of..."
He spoke for a long time, unable to find the right words to describe it.
After a while, a flash of inspiration struck, and the words came out naturally.
"This kind of relationship between humans and animals, where there is mutual threat, yet they choose to trust each other."
"You can clearly see that these animals consider Jiang Fan a dangerous enemy, but in the end, they received his help and now live peacefully with him."
"True friends require sincerity."
"Although Jiang Fan had previously hinted at treating them as储备粮 (food reserves), he has not harmed the black panther, Burmese python, or water deer so far."
"Perhaps this is why they are willing to be friends with Jiang Fan."
Bear Grylls spoke from the heart, and Lele nodded repeatedly.
She felt the same way but couldn't quite articulate it.
Now, after hearing Bear Grylls say it, Lele felt it was absolutely right!
That's exactly it!
The two were engrossed in the scene, but they also knew that as commentators, they couldn't linger too long.
The director subtly switched to other contestants.
However, the live stream's traffic dropped by more than half.
The remaining viewers were also saying things like 'want to watch people and animals sleep'.
Looking at the suddenly deserted live stream, Lele didn't react immediately.
Since the official live stream was split, except for the initial lack of promotion, when had it ever been this desolate?
This moment caught Lele off guard.
Seeing this traffic, while feeling a sense of accomplishment, a small part of her was crying loudly.
She also wanted to experience the "歲月靜好" (peaceful and quiet life) in Jiang Fan and Zhou Niannian's live stream!
But commentators had to cater to everyone.
With a sigh of regret, Lele adjusted her mindset and continued to comment on other contestants with Bear Grylls.
The big screen now displayed Teacher Piao and Little Zhongma, who had just been engaged in a rather childish battle.
They had finally made shaped weapons, which didn't look sturdy, but could still be used for many things.
Their previous shelter was simply made by Teacher Piao using his gravity to press the surrounding logs into the ground.
With stone hammers, they could now reinforce their shelter.
At least pressing the logs into the ground wouldn't make the shelter shake with every turn at night.
"Eighty! Eighty! Eighty!"
Teacher Piao unhesitatingly swung the hammer down.
After hitting it two or three times, he was still not satisfied and adjusted the log, complaining.
"Little Zhongma, hold it steady. Hold it properly."
"If it gets crooked, our shelter will definitely collapse tonight."
He grumbled, but Little Zhongma was not to be outdone and retorted.
"I'm just afraid you'll accidentally injure a teammate. If someone gets eliminated, you'll be bored alone in the wilderness, won't you?"
"That makes sense."
Teacher Piao smiled innocently, which sent alarms ringing in Little Zhongma's mind!
The next second, Little Zhongma saw his unreliable teammate raise the stone hammer high, open his mouth wide, and shout.
"Ah-ta~"
He tightly shut his eyes, waiting for the hammer to strike the wood.
But the anticipated sound did not come.
He opened his eyes.
He saw that on the hammer, the vines between the stone and the wood—
Had loosened!