His gaze shifted to Luo Xuan’s empty hands, and Ai Xiaochun’s expression changed before she pouted.
"What the hell, you said you’d bring back some tasty treats for me, liar."
Not bothering to appease his unhappy girlfriend, Luo Xuan hurriedly approached Chen Manman, gulped down the remaining water, and gasped,
"Something serious has happened, Sister Manman."
Seeing his state, Chen Manman already had a bad feeling.
"People are coming this way!"
At this news, everyone was startled, and Ai Xiaochun, ceasing her tantrum, approached with a pale face.
"What? They found this place so quickly? Isn’t it supposed to be well-hidden? We should’ve been able to hold out for about a week."
After all, the task issued by the show’s crew was to move toward the island’s center, though their location, albeit deep, was not near the central point.
Chen Manman sighed, "What’s bound to happen will happen. Everyone, stay calm."
Then she looked at Luo Xuan, "Did you see how many people there were?"
Luo Xuan’s expression grew even grimmer, "Six."
Chen Manman herself was taken aback for a moment.
Adding a team member required two thousand points. Since this team had such spare points to add members, it implied they might have even more points.
Not to be underestimated.
How could such a team be easy to deal with?
Guo Xing swallowed hard and looked at Chen Manman.
"Sister Manman, what should we do now?"
"We can’t just sit here and wait to be eliminated," Chen Manman said, "If they really mean harm, we might all get knocked out before we can react. We can’t take that chance, let’s pack up our things and hide them."
They moved quickly, packing up tents and cooking utensils.
While resting, Luo Xuan opened his watch to check the rankings.
"There are currently three teams with six members each, Team A, Team X, and Team Q."
Team Q wasn’t a problem, being last in the rankings; what puzzled Luo Xuan was, with their lack of points, why they’d spend so much to add a team member; wouldn’t that increase their burden?
But that wasn’t their concern.
"The distance was too great, I couldn’t see clearly, but it should be either Team A or Team X. Neither team is easy to deal with, one ranked first, the other second, especially Team A, who has never dropped from first place since the first day, and their leader has always been on top. If it’s really them..."
Before Luo Xuan could finish, everyone had already broken out in a cold sweat.
If it truly was Team A, they might be eliminated without even a chance to resist.
Getting eliminated was one thing, but if the ruthless Team A was harsh, they might end up leaving the show with injuries.
Thinking this, Ai Xiaochun’s face grew even gloomier, "What do we do then? We’ve barely managed to survive until now, wouldn’t all our efforts be wasted if we get eliminated?"
The four fell silent.
They all wanted to stay till the end.
Then Guo Xing clenched his fist and said, "Why don’t we take a gamble?"
Chen Manman looked at him, "What do you mean?"
"The situation now is that they are in the light, and we are in the dark. We could use this to our advantage. Let’s set some traps around the lake, they wouldn’t expect it and might fall right into them. If we’re lucky, we might even gain something extra. If unlucky... well, the worst is just getting eliminated."
After pondering for a moment, Chen Manman found Guo Xing’s suggestion solid and nodded in agreement.
"Guo Xing, Luo Xuan, dig as many holes as you can. Xiao Chun and I will gather some dry grass and exchange some points for other necessities. Time is tight, let’s get moving."
Team J’s live room was never very popular, without any celebrities and their survival routine quite dull, viewers would often come and go, the online count never exceeding one hundred.
The few dozen remaining were there to see when this team would finally be eliminated.
[So is the Elder Team finally going down?]
[Not necessarily, they seem to have quite the luck; no real strength, but they’ve held on till now.]
[Have to say, Lawyer Chen is quite capable, and not bad looking either. If she were in another team, I bet the ranking would be much better.]
Meanwhile, Jiang Li continued leading several people deeper.
Jiang Cheng, led by her all the way, couldn’t help but complain.
"Female devil, we’ve been walking all morning, when are we ever going to reach that place you mentioned?"
"You’re not lying to us, are you? Is this how you always lure your team members with false hopes?"
Jiang Li raised an eyebrow and turned back, "What, not playing the victim anymore?"
"Who, who’s playing? It’s clearly you bullying people!"
[My god, I thought Jiang Cheng was just a little puppy brother, turns out he’s a white-to-black character.]
[This kid acts one way in front of Su Yinwan and another in front of Jiang Li, and we all got fooled by him.]
[Wuwuwu, give back my pitiful little white flower brother, Jiang Cheng you big deceiver.]
"Lili hasn’t been leading us on!" Bai Lu stepped forward and hugged Jiang Li’s arm, "She must have a solid plan to bring us here."
Shang Shuyue also added, "This time I believe in Jiang Li, I have a gut feeling there’s definitely a water source ahead."
Yu Li walked over and patted his shoulder, "Brother Jiang Cheng, do you have some misunderstanding with your sister? Miss Jiang has never led us on with false hopes, she always delivers on her words."
Has the female devil cursed these people?
Why are they all so defensive of her?
"Alright, let’s not waste time anymore, keep moving so we don’t end up lost before it gets dark."
With that, she didn’t care whether Jiang Cheng was willing or not, just gave the rope a tug and pulled him away.
And that’s how Jiang Cheng was forced back on the road.
Seeing this, Jiang Yan’s eyes gleamed as he moved closer.
"Can’t you really let me hold the rope just for a while? Just a bit, and I’ll give you a back massage for three days."
"Sir, what’s so interesting about these chopped Banana trees?"
Pei Ye didn’t understand and looked towards Zhao Lang, who was caressing the Banana tree in front of him.
Zhao Lang closed his eyes for a few seconds, then murmured, "I sensed her presence on it."
The Crown Prince must be exhausted; I’ll have to catch some rabbits or something to properly nourish him.
[!!!!Isn’t this the same Banana tree Jiang Yan chopped down? Is the Crown Prince really that mystical?!]
[Mom, it’s incredible, looks like it was really chopped by Jiang Yan.]
[Grass, I’m truly shipping this now.]
[His love runs deep, Jiang Yan, you’re so fortunate.]