“You mean you separated halfway?”
Gu Xixi’s voice was a little cold with a faint metallic tone. Naturally, a stone wall was erected at her side to isolate her from others, making people feel uncomfortable.
“Uh-huh, it’s about two hours after entering the forest.”
Xu Santong nodded. His appearance was much more embarrassing than Ou Yang’s. Coupled with his life-threatening run for a long time, it was really a difficult test for people of his age. Even after sitting down and resting for a while, he was still breathing heavily.
“We encountered a group of monkeys, chased us to smash things, and accidentally got lost in the middle of getting rid of the group of monkeys, but we met again more than 40 minutes ago according to the mark we made when we entered the forest. This time, we were unlucky. Even worse, we encountered a very long python with a trunk thick and ten meters long. We both ran for a long time and finally got rid of it.”
This time, it was Ou Yang who added Xu Santong’s words.
The two showed the wounds on their bodies. Many of which were scratches from branches and some sharp leaves. Most were on the face and the back of the hands. Because of the material of the clothes, there were no scars on their body.
“Is there any water?” Xu Santong spoke after Ou Yang finished speaking.
His throat was parched. He just ran too fast and was sweating nervously. He was slightly dehydrated. If he did not hydrate in time, it might impact his body heavily.
Because they were anxious to ask what happened to the two of them, they both forgot about it. Gu Xihe walked towards the spaceship next to the camp. Significant survival supplies such as drinking water were put into the spaceship just recently after they all left the camp.
Although the spaceship was broken and abandoned at present, its defense was still exceptional. If it were not for them all having to live in the tents for live broadcasts in the wild, many players still wanted to spend the night in the spaceship directly, which would be safe.
There was not much water left. Gu Xihe poured about two mouthfuls for Xu Santong and Ou Yang each. They both knew the current situation and did not mind at all. They took small sips and swallowed slowly.
“When I got back to the spaceship just now, I saw a message from Douxiong, saying that the live broadcast of you two was closed not long ago and not resumed until more than half an hour ago. The cause for the stop of the live broadcast can’t be seen in the video, and they can’t see what animal you were being chased by.”
If there were no unusual circumstances, Douxiong would not reach them during the live broadcast in the ordinary course of events. Similarly, players could not take the initiative to contact Douxiong. So none of the nine thought to go over to the spaceship terminal to take a look.
“Has our live broadcast been interrupted?”
Xu Santong and Ou Yang’s faces suddenly became even more ugly. They only had a few days of live broadcast time, and they suddenly had half a day less live broadcast than other players, which was not a good thing for accumulating popularity.
“But the live ball has never left our sight from beginning to end?”
Ou Yang said in confusion, “Could it be that the magnetic fields of the various places we passed before could shield the signal of the live broadcast ball?”
Xu Santong also did not understand. So far, he could only agree with Ou Yang’s guess.
“You separated two hours after entering the forest and joined 45 minutes ago. All of us entered the forest around 10 o’clock, and it’s 2:30 p.m. now, which means that the two of you have more than an hour in the middle. So what are you doing*24doing*from 干 [gàn] that can mean as to do or to f*ck (vulgar) at this time when separated?”
Yan Chu was about to ask this question, but Gu Xixi was one step ahead of him.
“What do you mean by that? We are rivals in the same competition, not the prisoners you interrogate.”
Anyone who got repeatedly attacked by animals in the forest and almost buried in the python’s mouth would not be happy. And Gu Xixi’s tone of speech was as cold as ever, which naturally made Ou Yang unpleasant.
Xu Santong was better. After all, he was a senior, so he was more steady and tolerant.
“That’s not what Gu Xixi meant.”
Yan Chu helped smooth things out. Gu Xixi bandaged his wound, and no one could offend a doctor in the wilderness.
“Just as Gu Xihe said just now, the live broadcast of you two resumed half an hour ago, which means that your live broadcast rooms were also interrupted when you were apart. Maybe it’s not a small matter, so by asking more clearly, we can all avoid that area when entering the forest in the future.”
Yan Chu’s explanation made Ou Yang’s complexion look a lot better. He was also too emotional just now, and when his emotions calmed down, he also thought of Gu Xixi’s job, so he reluctantly said sorry to Gu Xixi.
Gu Xixi still maintained her original standing position without frowning and was indifferent to Ou Yang’s apology, making Ou Yang’s nose almost crooked from anger.
“I don’t know either. I ran in such a panic at the time. When I got rid of the monkeys, I didn’t know where I ran, nor did I return to the original path based on the traces of branches and footprints that came along the way.”
Xu Santong smoothed things over, patted Ou Yang on the shoulder, and asked him about his situation.
“Like Brother Xu, I spent all that time looking for the road. I didn’t know how far I flew. When I was looking for the way back, I was careful to avoid the monkeys’ attention, so I didn’t even bother to make a mark.”
From the mouths of the two, there was no helpful news.
“However, we all marked the way from the camp. Every ten meters or so, we would carve an X with a dagger on the nearest tree until we got suddenly attacked by a group of monkeys. If you want to avoid the area that may have magnetic field problems, go around the road we marked.”
Xu Santong told Yan Chu and the others that Ou Yang was not so happy when he said it frankly. In his opinion, there was absolutely no need to tell others about this. They lost half a day of the live broadcast time for nothing. If Yan Chu and the others could accidentally go to that strange place, everyone would have to experience this process once. Was it all evened out?
It was a pity that Xu Santong had said it all, and it would be a little ugly if Ou Yang stopped it. Now everyone’s live broadcast was on, and the audience might be disgusted when they saw it.
【So, is it just a magnetic field problem? Fortunately, nothing really happens】
【Don’t rest assured too early. Didn’t the two say they were chased by pythons? Who knows how many pythons there are on the island. I hope the Federation’s rescue team can find them soon and save the people. That’s the most important thing】
Because the live broadcast of Xu Santong and Ou Yang was suspended without warning, as soon as the live broadcast resumed, many viewers poured in, wondering what had happened to the two of them.
【I have to say that I didn’t like Gu Xixi’s attitude just now. As Ou Yang said, it was like interrogating a prisoner. Although they are competitors this time, there is no need to be so indifferent to the players who almost had an accident】
Some viewers were a little unhappy because of Gu Xixi’s attitude just now. Especially when Ou Yang took the initiative to say sorry, she did not even say it was alright or say sorry back.
【Upstairs88Upstairswhich is commonly used in post comments and forum comments, refers to the person who responds to the same topic post one step ahead of you, sometimes referred to as LS person must have never watched Gu Xixi’s live broadcast. Her temperament is like this. Let alone Ou Yang, even her brother Gu Xihe rarely gets her smiling face】
【Yes, I want to see it. When it comes to our Xiaoxi’s smile, it needs a miracle】
Gu Xixi’s fans defended her. Everyone had different aesthetic preferences. Some viewers liked Gu Xixi’s tone of cold beauty, especially since this cold beauty was still a doctor. Imagining that she was holding a cold scalpel was practically charming and let people scream.
【I’m pretty curious. Does it really let people feel happy to face such a dead face in real life? Still, like Xiaoxing or Linda, a loli and a royal big sister, which are better than moving the freezer】
【Sheng Xiaoxing and Linda’s fans go away. Whether it’s the face or IQ, these two in yours are not comparable to our Xixi】
【…several Upstairs, this is Ou Yang’s live broadcast room…】
The disputes on the Internet would not stop no matter what. After the danger was half-eliminated, each player’s fans began to protest for their idols with other fans.
After asking Xu Santong what happened to them, several teams scattered again. It had now been a long time since the usual lunchtime. Everyone’s stomach was already protesting with them. Only Xu Santong and Ou Yang were a little embarrassed. After running around, even the fruits they found at the beginning were already lost in the process of escape. If they wanted to fill their stomach, it seemed that they could only eat leaves.
Yan Chu took out four apples from his backpack and handed them to Sheng Xiaoxing, asking her to deliver them to Xu Santong and Ou Yang.
“Last night, we ate the snake that Brother Xu caught.”
Sheng Xiaoxing was also a kind girl. They had a lot of delicious food now, so naturally, they were not stingy with a few apples.
“Thank you.”
Xu Santong did not expect that there would be other players willing to send food when the game began. Looking at Sheng Xiaoxing, he was a little surprised and moved.
“Big Brother Yan asked me to bring it to you.”
Sheng Xiaoxing put the apples in front of them, then waved at Xu Santong and bounced back to where she and Yan Chu’s place were.
She just moved her things out of her original tent, and now they were all in Yan Chu’s tent. Anyway, she slept in a sleeping bag at night. Since the two formed a team, it must be convenient to live together, and the tent was enough for two people sleeping in it. In these unusual circumstances, neither of them would overthink much.
Ou Yang looked at these four fruits he had never seen in interstellar space and did not dare speak. He was afraid that the fruits were poisonous.
Comparing his heart to their hearts, he would not be so kind as to help his competitors during the competition stage. The reward was one million coin stars.
Xu Santong did not overthink it. Yan Chu was not stupid. He would not give them a few poisonous fruits under the eyes of so many viewers, and he was famished, so he did not think much about it. He wiped the fruit and ate it directly.
It’s crisp and sweet, full of water. The two sips of water just now could not quench his thirst, and this red fruit completely solved this problem.
Xu Santong thought this might be the best fruit he had ever eaten in his life. Forgive a hungry and thirsty man. At this time, whatever you gave him was the best in the universe.
Ou Yang watched Xu Santong eat the fruit, thought for a while, took two of them, and kept them beside him. If Xu Santong did not get poisoned after eating, he would eat it.
【My Yan is handsome and kind. I only want to ask, is there any man more perfect than him in the whole world?】
【Kind-hearted? I think it’s hypocrisy. It’s not a show of affection, or just like Ou Yang, he wants to let Xu Santong, a fool, test the poison】
【People with dirty hearts see everything as dirty. Of course, people like you can’t understand Yan Chu’s ideological level】
The barrage in the live broadcast room flew up. Overall, Yan Chu and Sheng Xiaoxing’s popularity had risen slightly because of the act of giving fruit. While Ou Yang’s careful thinking, which he thought no one had noticed, was seen by the sharp-eyed audience. From the beginning of eighth in popularity, he fell behind to the end.
Xu Santong did not expect that Gu Xihe also brought something to himself. If, say, Yan Chu and Sheng Xiaoxing were to thank him for the snake meat he served last night, Gu Xihe was totally unnecessary. He touched so much seafood yesterday, and he also basked in his light immediately afterward.
But on second thought, he realized that this was sent for Gu Xixi’s sake. He was really a good brother.
This time, Xu Santong took the chicken drumstick from Gu Xihe without any burden in his heart. The two strange fruits plus a plump drumstick could at least ensure his energy intake today.
Ou Yang glanced at Gu Xihe eagerly, but the other party gave Xu Santong a drumstick without any intention of giving him. He was not sure whether the drumstick was for Xu Santong alone or for them to eat separately.
He did not dare eat that weird fruit, but he dared to eat this chicken. If he was given one, he could eat it.
Xu Santong was a good person, but not somebody who tried to be on good terms with everyone. He and Ou Yang allied because they lived in the same tent, but they were not at the point of the utmost trust in the other party. Now Ou Yang also had two apples sent by Yan Chu, so he kept the drumsticks himself and felt at ease.
Looking at Xu Santong’s silence, Ou Yang also understood what he meant, and a crack appeared in their team of the two.
On the other side, Yan Chu and Sheng Xiaoxing were busy with their lunch.
“Is this stone good?”
According to Yan Chu’s instructions, Sheng Xiaoxing found a stone with a large flat stone and put it in front of Yan Chu. After Yan Chu nodded, she happily ran to the seaside to wash the stone carefully.
She carefully scrubbed the slate countless times until she was sure that the stone was thoroughly clean before returning from the beach.
Everyone stared at Yan Chu and wondered about Sheng Xiaoxing’s behavior of washing the stone.
At this time, Yan Chu had already shed the skin of the short snake body and then used the utility knife to separate the flesh and bones of the snake. The white snake flesh was cut into thin snake slices by him. It still had a crystal clear luster in the sun.
He put the slate washed by Sheng Xiaoxing on the fire and waited for the fire to heat the slate. He marinated the sliced snake meat with ginger juice and Dahurian Rose Fruit juice, then he ground Sichuan pepper into a fine powder and put it aside for reserve.
“Hiss—”
The stone slab was already hot. Yan Chu laid pieces of snake meat on the stone slab with twigs. Almost instantly, the snake meat emitted a burst of white smoke. The initially translucent snake meat suddenly curled up and turned into solid white. The snake meat was roasted and made a pleasant sound.
Everyone present was attracted by this strange fragrance, especially the faint sour smell in the air, which drew out people’s saliva.
【I have never seen this kind of snake meat before. It looks delicious】
【Using stone slate to conduct heat without kitchen utensils, Yan Chu is really a genius】
【I want to eat, drooling. Can I put my tongue and send it along with the StarNet? So long as I can taste it】
【Don’t say anything. The stone is ready, and the black mamba is also in order. What about the two ingredients used by Yan Chu to marinate the snake meat? They all say it’s an extinct species. Where can I find it? Asking the rescue team to put in extra effort and consider us, the foodie, mood】
Yan Chu could not receive the interference of online messages. He seriously put the snake meat piece by piece on the stone slab. Because the snake meat is thinly sliced and cooked very quickly, the leaves that were used as temporary plates had piled up into a hill in no time.
He sprinkled Sichuan pepper powder on the snake meat, poured a little sour thorn juice on the snake meat, and then handed the roasted snake meat to Sheng Xiaoxing’s hand.
“The roasted snake meat should be eaten while it is still hot. Otherwise, it will be fishy.”
Sheng Xiaoxing squatted beside the fire, and she had been drooling with this fragrance for a long time. When she saw Yan Chu handing the plate of roasted snake meat to her hand, she was wide-eyed, like a kitten.
“You’re the chef. You eat first.”
She knew that Yan Chu still had to roast the rest of the meat. She took a piece of roasted snake meat and handed it to Yan Chu’s mouth. Yan Chu knew that if he did not eat it, this little girl would not eat it herself. He opened his mouth and swallowed the snake meat.
Before coming to this strange interstellar world, Yan Chu had never eaten Black Mamba snake meat, but as far as the black mamba snake they ate now was concerned, the meat was still very tender and had a sweet taste. Combined with the spiciness of ginger and Sichuan pepper, and also the sour taste of sour thorn, it tasted very unusual, but it was undoubtedly delicious.
Yan Chu wondered if it was the effect of this miraculous sour thorn. The earthy smell that should have existed in the snake meat did not come out. The cooking method was pretty straightforward, but it tasted like a Michelin restaurant.
As a chef, Yan Chu praised himself.
When Sheng Xiaoxing saw that Yan Chu had eaten, she could not hold back and took a piece herself.
It was so delicious, especially the faint sour, which triggered the taste buds. In this state of hunger, happiness made people want to cry.
【…My focus is crooked. Is it an indirect kiss just now? Or is it not an indirect kiss? Aaah, my innocence…】
【Yes… but my focus is not skewed. Have you seen Xiaoxing’s expression? I want to know whether she went to heaven happily because she got the kiss of her Adonis or because the snake meat is really delicious】
Sheng Xiaoxing was carefree and informal. She did not expect the two of them were sharing a pair of chopsticks now. She put a piece of snake meat for herself and another for Yan Chu. Yan Chu roasted a closely packed pile before he finished eating it, making people bubble with happiness.
“Can I exchange half a chicken for this plate of snake meat?”
Gu Xihe watched his sister nibbling on the burnt chicken legs expressionlessly, and after a while, he chopped off the other half of the uncooked pheasant with a knife. He walked up to Yan Chu and asked.
Yan Chu and Sheng Xiaoxing still had a pile of snake meat, but they had not seen pheasants since they went into the forest, so they agreed to exchange it after discussing it.
Gu Xihe returned to his place holding the freshly roasted snake meat and put it in front of his sister.
“It tastes good.”
Gu Xixi took a piece of snake meat and put it in her mouth. Then she pushed the dish of snake meat between the two of them, took a bite of chicken, and then ate another bite of snake meat.
Gu Xihe knows his sister’s temperament. If she said it was good, the taste would definitely not be bad.
He gulped down their roasted chicken and wondered if he could share a table with Yan Chu. At that time, Yan Chu would deal with all the prey he caught, and he could pay half of it. In this way, his sister’s appetite was to be much better.
After the snake meat was all roasted, Yan Chu removed the slate and dug out the pushu he buried under the fire just a moment ago. It was a food similar to modern potatoes.
The baking time was just right, and the skin was slightly burnt. The pushu meat inside was glutinous and fragrant when peeling the thin skin off. Yan Chu sprinkled a little salt and took a bite. That was a satisfaction.
【Others come to explore. They are here to have a picnic】
【Yes, didn’t I watch a wild adventure show? No one said it was a gourmet food program. It forced me to eat nutrients again】
In a completely different state and atmosphere from other groups, the audience in the live broadcast room watched them slowly finish eating the snake meat and the plant called pushu, then cut diced apples and eat the fruit after dinner. Why did they look so eye-catching?
Linda could not help regretting that she should have brought Sheng Xiaoxing to their team before. In their opinion, Sheng Xiaoxing and Yan Chu could find so many plants thanks to Sheng Xiaoxing. After all, she was a top student in the Department of Botany, wasn’t she?
“How much did you believe in what Xu Santong and Ou Yang said before?”
While cleaning the slate by the river, Gu Xihe suddenly came up and asked Yan Chu.
Since Yan Chu came into this world until now, this was the first communication between the two favorites to win the championship.
“Is there anything suspicious about their words?”
Yan Chu’s slate had been cleaned almost. Hearing Gu Xihe’s question, he raised his eyebrow and asked.
“It’s nothing.”
Gu Xihe smiled: “I wonder if we can share the table? In the future, all the prey we catch will be handled by you.”
Gu Xihe skipped the topic. The sentence just now was asked by his sister. All he wanted to ask was the latter sentence.
“Alright.”
Yan Chu drained the water from the slate and agreed without hesitation.
In the original self’s memory, Gu Xixi was the only one who survived. He was very curious about how the other party survived. Gu Xihe asked to share the table, which saved him the time to get close to the other party.
Their conversation at the seaside attracted the attention of the other two teams. Gu Xihe’s team was recognized as the strongest now. If he planned to cooperate with Yan Chu’s pair, they seemed to have to think about how to deal with it.
