Hunting Wilderness: Starting with the Butcher

Chapter 18 The more hardship you endure, the more excited you become!

As night fell, Yuan Linghan and Chen Duling, who were still on the beach, began their routine of beachcombing. Although they had food stored at home, both of them knew the importance of replenishing their supplies, as those supplies were meant for emergencies.

Just as the two were enjoying the fun of beachcombing and collecting seafood, Yuan Linghan keenly noticed that the sea breeze and the waves were much stronger than before. This meant that the weather on the island was very likely about to change.

Knowing that storms come quickly on tropical islands, Yuan Linghan immediately said upon seeing the harvest in the bucket, "Dudu, the wind is picking up. It looks like it's going to rain. Let's go back to the shelter first. It'll be a real problem if we get caught in the rain."

Upon hearing this, Chen Duling looked at the sea and noticed that the waves were indeed more turbulent than usual. She obediently nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Yuan!"

Over time, Yuan Linghan discovered that Chen Duling had one advantage: she was obedient and well-behaved. Although they were partners, Chen Duling mostly listened to him and rarely did anything to hold him back or cause trouble.

Yuan Linghan packed all the seafood he had collected into a floating bucket and carried it back to the shelter. Chen Duling carried a bamboo tube filled with salt, and the two quickly returned to the shelter. Just as they entered the shelter, a rare clap of thunder sounded in the sky.

Seeing this, Yuan Linghan said again, "Dudu, hurry up and take a shower, otherwise the water will get cold when it rains."

"Okay, Brother Yuan. Then I'll leave dinner to you!"

"It's okay, just remember to bring your raincoat. It should start raining soon, so remember to wear it if it rains when you go out."

"Okay, I understand!"

With the bathroom completed, Chen Duling takes a shower almost every day. To avoid the water that has been heated during the day getting cold, she always takes a shower before sunset, when the water temperature is just right and she doesn't feel that the water is too cold.

Just as Yuan Linghan had predicted, not long after Chen Duling entered the bathroom, large raindrops began to fall again. At first, the rain was light and not heavy, but it seemed to get heavier and heavier, eventually forming a curtain of rain.

Chen Duling, who had just finished showering and was about to come out, was very glad that she had listened to Yuan Linghan and prepared a raincoat in advance. Otherwise, with such heavy rain, her freshly showered body would probably have been soaked again very quickly.

Meanwhile, the production team had just received a weather report from the local area, informing them that a tropical depression was forming in the airspace where the island was located. Although such a tropical depression is not as terrifying as a typhoon, it will bring a lot of rainfall.

With strong winds, high waves, and incessant rain, the remaining contestants will undoubtedly face a significant challenge. The program planners were quite troubled upon learning of this situation. However, they also understood that this was something beyond their control.

"Director, if this rain really continues for three days, I'm afraid many contestants won't be able to hold on. With the food each group currently has, many probably won't last even a day. Without time to gather food, how will they survive?"

Faced with the planners' concerns, the director was also quite troubled. This was the tenth day since the show aired, and it had successfully attracted tens of millions of viewers across the internet. Regardless of whether netizens gave it positive or negative reviews, the show was undeniably a huge hit.

For netizens, watching celebrities suffer on an island, eating wild vegetables and enduring hardship, gives them a great sense of accomplishment. As the saying goes, happiness is relative. These ordinary folks are happier than the celebrities.

The remaining celebrities who persevere are no longer the glamorous artists on screen, but ordinary people who work hard every day just to make ends meet. This contrast has led many netizens to believe that the more hardship these celebrities endure, the more excited they become.

In the eyes of these people, this may prove the saying that so-called happiness is built on the suffering of others!

After some discussion, the production team decided to make adjustments based on the situation. If the rain really lasts for several days, they will definitely have to intervene; they can't just let the contestants go hungry, can they?

Before making a decision, the production team informed the contestants that the rain wouldn't stop anytime soon. Upon hearing this, Chen Duling exclaimed in surprise, "What? This rain might last for several days? Does that mean we have to stay indoors the whole time?"

"Not necessarily! But for most people, it's true that it's difficult to find food on rainy days. Especially on rainy days, you definitely can't go to the beach. But hunting in the mountains on rainy days still carries certain risks."

"Brother Yuan, what do we do now?"

"We'll see! With our current food reserves, we can last a week if we eat sparingly. The rain will eventually subside, and then I'll go back into the mountains to check. Don't worry, if we're really comparing reserves, we're definitely not worse off than the other groups."

"That's true! Luckily we had the foresight, otherwise we might really have gone hungry for the next few days."

While the two were talking, Yuan Linghan reprocessed and preserved her evening's catch from beachcombing. Since the production team had warned that it might rain for the next few days, she definitely needed to conserve the food she had!

In contrast, the other contestants clearly felt this was devastating news when they heard the program's announcement. Those who usually gathered shellfish on the beach were suddenly facing starvation. And their remaining food would likely only last a day at most.

When Yuan Linghan woke up again in the morning and saw that it was still drizzling outside, he frowned and said, "Judging from this weather, it looks like this rain is unlikely to stop today. I'd better go dig up a few more cassava plants later when I have time!"

Although it wasn't a good day to go hunting in the mountains on a rainy day, Yuan Linghan felt that digging up a few cassava plants wouldn't be a problem. With his current physical condition, as long as he didn't suffer from prolonged hypothermia, he shouldn't catch a cold or anything like that.

After preparing breakfast as usual, he saw that Chen Duling was still fast asleep, so he didn't disturb her. He put on his camouflage jacket and strode towards the jungle. Viewers watching the live stream thought Yuan Linghan looked quite handsome.

Finding the cassava field he'd previously visited, Yuan Linghan quickly dug up a pile of cassava, packed it up, and prepared to return to the shelter. To his surprise, he soon spotted animals making grunting and chirping sounds in the jungle ahead.

After a careful look, Yuan Linghan said with a hint of delight, "I've been searching high and low, but it's right here! I never expected that the little pig I've been looking for in the mountains for days would finally appear."

Considering he only had an axe with him, Yuan Linghan didn't disturb the little pig foraging for food. Instead, he quietly left, carrying the dug-up cassava back to the shelter. Meanwhile, Chen Duling had just woken up naturally.

Seeing Yuan Linghan soaking wet, Chen Duling asked with some concern, "Brother Yuan, why did you go dig cassava?"

"There aren't many cassava roots left at home, so I'll dig up some more to keep on hand. Dudu, go have breakfast first, I'm going back into the mountains."

"What's wrong?"

"Hehe, on my way back from digging cassava, I saw a miniature pig. It looked to be at least 40 or 50 pounds. If we can catch it, we can eat pork every day from now on."

"Wow, really? Oh well, it's raining, otherwise I'd love to go and see too."

"It's okay, I'll take it back, then you'll be able to watch it too, right?"

"Okay, then be careful!"

In fact, the footage of Yuan Linghan secretly spotting the miniature pig had already been spotted by viewers of the live stream. Upon learning that Yuan Linghan was going to hunt miniature pigs, viewers who were watching other contestants' live streams instantly flooded into the No. 9 live stream room.

After watching the live streams for the past ten days, netizens felt that among the ten amateur contestants selected, Yuan Linghan was far superior to the outdoor bloggers in terms of jungle skills. Now that they could witness another memorable moment, they naturally didn't want to miss it!