Soon.

The octopus released its tentacles.

It waved its arms and slowly swam towards the sea surface.

Chen Wen also realized that it was time for him to take a breath.

He followed behind the octopus, rising slowly as well.

Upon reaching the surface, Chen Wen looked at the blue sky, feeling something indescribable in his heart.

Very wonderful.

He seemed to have become friends with an octopus.

Although the system gave no hints, Chen Wen felt that the octopus had accepted him.

At this moment, the octopus was very close to Chen Wen.

If Chen Wen reached out his hand, he could grasp the octopus.

The octopus had entrusted its life to Chen Wen.

This is extremely rare to see in wild animals.

Druid, Druid...

Chen Wen muttered silently, it was at this moment that he truly felt like a Druid.

Even though the title was still entry-level.

In the time that followed, the octopus did not utilize Chen Wen for continued hunting or other activities.

On the contrary, the octopus played games with Chen Wen.

That's right, Chen Wen felt it was a kind of game.

The octopus went underwater to a place with many shells piled up.

It used a tentacle to lift a brightly colored shell and tossed it above its head.

With the buoyancy of the seawater, the shell fell very slowly.

The octopus then took the time to hit the shell with its tentacles, slowing its descent.

Just like playing volleyball.

This scene deeply shocked Chen Wen.

Animals, unlike his previous understanding, were not without reason, only knowing to eat, drink and reproduce.

They also have their own unique ways of entertainment.

Soon, Chen Wen joined in.

He picked a larger shell and hit it with his hand, letting the shell float in the seawater.

The octopus saw this scene and seemed very happy.

It swam over to Chen Wen's side, and before Chen Wen could catch the shell with his hand, it snatched it with a tentacle and batted it up.

Just like children scrambling to play with adults.

In this way, Chen Wen played "underwater volleyball" with the octopus intermittently all afternoon.

Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Wen waved his hand and left the sea area.

...

After returning to the shelter.

Gan Tieshan quietly asked Chen Wen about the afternoon situation.

Chen Wen smiled and recounted what happened that afternoon.

He had no intention of hiding it, as the scene had already spread across the internet through the first-person camera on his forehead.

Hearing the octopus's actions, Gan Tieshan was dumbfounded.

It seemed as if he was recognizing the world of animals for the first time.

"Nature, truly amazing!"

Gan Tieshan said in shock.

...

In the days that followed, Chen Wen helped Wang Zhi improve the distillation equipment at the camp.

Occasionally checking the condition of the fishing traps in the weir.

He would also help Lv Guocheng make new bone fishhooks.

He even took people diving and fishing in the coral reef.

But more often, Chen Wen still went to the sea area where the octopus was.

The octopus seemed to have gotten used to Chen Wen's presence too.

It began learning and mimicking Chen Wen's actions, waving its tentacles to mimic Chen Wen's waving gesture when saying goodbye.

It would also mimic Chen Wen's swimming movements, swiftly moving and darting through the ocean.

Moreover, it became increasingly adept at utilizing Chen Wen for hunting.

It started targeting more agile animals.

Such as fish.

During a certain interaction with Chen Wen, the octopus used its waving tentacles to corner a school of fish towards Chen Wen.

As Chen Wen waved his hand to drive the fish away,

the octopus suddenly expanded all its arms like a large net over the school of fish.

It even used Chen Wen to escape the pursuit of predators.

Chen Wen remembered very clearly.

On the twenty-eighth day of survival, near noon.

On his way back, he visited the octopus's sea area, intending to check on the octopus.

But the octopus wasn't there.

Just as Chen Wen was about to leave,

the octopus, being chased by a moray eel, fled over.

Seeing Chen Wen, the octopus swam even faster.

It swam directly behind Chen Wen, diving under the wide short-sleeve shirt, clinging closely to Chen Wen's back.

The moray eel lost its target and, combined with the threat of Chen Wen's size,

soon gave up staying in this sea area.

In this way, Chen Wen continued his survival while interacting with the octopus.

He even shared his daily life with the octopus at the camp.

Survival soon reached the thirtieth day.

...

In the morning, Chen Wen carved the thirtieth notch on the stick at the shelter.

"Just ten days to go home!"

Chen Wen loudly announced this news to the others.

Hearing this, everyone was a bit excited.

After all, while the deserted island was fun, the conditions were really poor.

The long-term survival had caused varying degrees of damage to everyone's bodies.

And they all had lost noticeable weight.

The most obvious was Wang Zhi, who was initially called chubby by everyone.

Now he had successfully lost weight, turning into a somewhat thin young man.

"Ah! Ten days! That's just the time of a short holiday."

Lu Heng stretched lazily and said with a smile: "It'll pass quickly, in the blink of an eye!"

Zhuo Hongnian nodded slightly: "Happy times are always fleeting."

Chen Wen deeply felt this sentiment.

Before meeting the octopus, he always felt the days went by so slowly.

He could accomplish a lot in a day.

But ever since becoming friends with the octopus, Chen Wen felt the days passed too quickly.

In just a blink, survival had reached the thirtieth day.

"Are you planning to visit the octopus today?"

Gan Tieshan sat on a bamboo stool and asked Chen Wen with a smile.

"More or less, just to see how it's doing."

Chen Wen replied with a smile, "When I was returning yesterday afternoon, I noticed it went to look for a mate again, not sure when it'll officially start breeding."

After spending so much time together, along with the information provided by the program team,

Chen Wen confirmed it was a male octopus.

And it was pursuing a female octopus, the audience's previous octopus, residing near the pale coral.

As time passed, this male octopus was about to succeed.

Listening to Chen Wen and Gan Tieshan's conversation,

Du Feng hesitated on the side, not knowing how to speak.

"What's wrong?"

Noticing Du Feng's odd expression, Chen Wen asked.

Du Feng gritted his teeth and spoke, "Chen Wen, I think we should bring the octopus back and keep it on our side."

"Huh?"

Chen Wen was puzzled, not understanding what Du Feng meant.

But Du Feng's next words made Chen Wen understand.

He quickly added, "Octopuses... after the breeding season, they die quickly! Male octopuses die even faster; after they finish breeding, they either get eaten by the female octopus or float in the seawater, refusing to eat or drink, seeking death."

"I've heard you talk so much, it feels like it's about to reach the final stage in these two days, should we intervene? Although I've never seen it, after hearing so much from you, I..."

Listening to Du Feng, Chen Wen fell silent for a while.

He wasn't unaware of the octopus's eventual fate.

But he had never mentioned it, as he was hesitating.

Should he respect the octopus's destiny, or defy fate, letting it live longer?

Just as Chen Wen was having an inner conflict,

Yan Bian walked over with a troubled face.

He handed the satellite phone connected to the program team to Chen Wen, indicating for him to remove the microphone.

Chen Wen was puzzled but did as instructed.

But when he put his ear to the phone,

Xiao Yong's sigh came from the other end of the call: "Sigh... Chen Wen, I have some bad news for you."

"You... don't go into the water these days, especially near the octopus, we've received feedback from several animal protection organizations, both domestic and international, they believe you're interfering with the animals' survival, possibly disrupting the ecological balance."

"There's already a big uproar online, the director told me he can't hold it any longer, you... take a break."

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