The Deserted Island Survival Laboratory has concluded.

While the production team was busy editing and uploading the live-streamed content.

The men's group members lay in the hospital, undergoing final examinations and recovery.

However, unlike the others, Chen Wen left the hospital after just seven days.

After the practice ended, the entry "Tenacious Life" was activated.

The speed at which both external and internal wounds on Chen Wen healed surprised everyone.

But instead of leaving, Chen Wen privately visited the production team.

He received a payment of nearly nine hundred thousand after tax.

Thirty days for nine hundred thousand, something Chen Wen couldn't have imagined before.

Yet, it wasn't until he saw the change in his bank balance that he realized it wasn't a dream.

"It's in the account, right?"

Before Chen Wen, Xiao Yong asked with a smile.

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Xiao for recognizing my effort."

Chen Wen smiled and turned off the phone screen.

After a moment of silence, Xiao Yong asked, "What do you plan to do next?"

Chen Wen thought for a moment and said, "No specific plans yet, I think I'll rest for a while before making any decisions."

It's just the beginning of August, the liveliest time in the Northern Hemisphere.

The wilds in the country are not safe at this time.

Seeing Chen Wen had his thoughts, Xiao Yong paused, sighed.

The resources at hand can't bring Chen Wen up!

He gave Chen Wen another business card and said, "If you need or think of anything, you can contact me."

Chen Wen received it with both hands and solemnly agreed.

According to information from Yan Bian, Xiao Yong had some unhappiness with the chief director Xie Yu to get Chen Wen this money.

Xie Yu's idea was to keep Chen Wen hanging till he signed a long-term contract before sending the money.

But Xiao Yong insisted on treating the issues separately, arguing reasonably, and after several disputes with Xie Yu, finally got the money.

This news isn't verified, but it made Chen Wen fully aware of the perils of human nature.

...

Chen Wen didn't immediately spend it or prepare for the next survival challenge after receiving the money.

He returned to where the men's group were hospitalized—in the capital of Yue Province, in a highly reputable top-tier hospital.

Here, he met with Yan Bian.

Just as previously discussed with Chen Wen, Yan Bian helped arrange a meeting with a senior survival streamer—Hua Yun,

Chen Wen decided to ask her for advice on career planning.

The meeting was set for the evening.

Yan Bian, as a mediator, had already reserved a private room in a highly-rated private restaurant.

When Chen Wen arrived, Hua Yun hadn't shown up yet.

He placed the gift box he brought on a chair to the side, drawing a glance from Yan Bian.

"What? Don't recognize it?"

Chen Wen said cheekily.

Yan Bian shook his head with a smile, "How could I not? I just didn't expect you to understand these things... Wait, since you mixed so well on the island, you obviously do!"

Of course, Chen Wen's side businesses in the past life exposed him to many people.

He certainly had a firm grasp of social graces.

Yan Bian was rubbing his neck, wearing a bone necklace made from the teeth of a bull shark, a Black Panther, and a bay crocodile.

It looked rather imposing.

Chen Wen considered getting one for himself.

He still has quite a few teeth on hand.

The two drank a pot of tea and chatted for a while.

Yan Bian received a call, prompting Chen Wen to tidy up.

Moments later, with the sound of hurried footsteps, a silhouette, more robust compared to most women, pushed open the door.

Looking up, Chen Wen saw a young woman with a healthy wheatish complexion.

Not very beautiful, but full of charisma.

Especially the eyes!

The sharp gaze made Chen Wen uncomfortably turn his head a bit.

This was the evening's other protagonist.

A signed streamer on Hua Country's Cat Tooth platform, currently one of the leading wilderness survival streamers, Hua Yun.

And not one who attracts others with looks or by skating the line; she has real skills.

Especially with the bow in hand!

She became famous in the Gobi Desert, where a single bow and arrow shot at a wolf established her name amidst the yellow sands.

Subsequently, she survived forty-seven days alone in the Xilingol Grassland wilderness, prompting a personal visit with a sky-high contract offer from Cat Tooth's vice president.

Afterwards, she participated in the "Olympics of Wilderness Survival"—Alone in the Wilderness: One Hundred Days, venturing into the Canadian wilderness within the Arctic Circle.

Though she finished only third, her hunting skills received high praise from survival streamers domestically and abroad.

Netizens even called her: "A bow, a quiver of arrows, chasing a moose for a day; in the wild, encountering Hua, even a tiger must take an arrow!"

In short, she is a true survival pioneer and quite exceptional.

Yet such a figure, deemed the top female survivalist domestically, recently faced her biggest setback.

It was the survival challenge against the men's group on the deserted island.

This time, Hua Yun's performance was a complete defeat.

On the men's side,

Under Chen Wen's lead, the group only lost over eighty kilograms collectively.

And even that was because Wang Zhi lagged behind, while Chen Wen himself lost only about five kilograms.

As for the women's group...

Honestly, placing the photos from before and after survival side by side,

no one would believe they were the same group of people.

The men's group won the championship with an almost overwhelming advantage and took home the prize money.

Of course, Hua Yun anticipated this outcome within a week of starting the survival challenge, though she didn't expect to lose so terribly.

On the deserted island, her hunting skills were pushed to the limit.

Later, she barely provided for the trio's energy needs through shooting seabirds.

Hua Yun greeted Yan Bian and then looked at Chen Wen.

Her gaze wasn't friendly, rather it held a hint of desire to give it a shot.

Yan Bian, as the mediator, smiled to lighten the mood.

"Yun, let me introduce, this is my captain, Chen Wen, and Chen Wen, this is the senior I mentioned to you, Hua Yun."

Their names were easy to remember, and it was clear both had a preliminary understanding of each other.

Hua Yun extended her hand with a smile, "I've heard a lot about you, strong survival skills, losing to you was worth it."

Chen Wen hurriedly and gently shook her hand, "Not at all, it was a collective effort from our men's group."

They exchanged a polite handshake, and the calluses on Hua Yun's fingers secretly surprised Chen Wen.

The roughness of her hand could be mistaken for that of an old farmer who labors all year round.

Just from this handshake, Chen Wen lost some of his underestimation.

Yan Bian and Hua Yun's brother, Hua Wu, were college classmates and good friends.

His collaboration with Hua Yun was from a joint program with the science and education channel about wild boars.

After some chatting about Hua Wu and the previous program, Yan Bian directly got to the point.

"Yun, what are you planning next? Although Chen Wen snagged a significant portion of the traffic this time, you've absorbed all the traffic from the women's group."

Yan Bian already knew about the women's group's situation.

The outcome was both unexpected and understandable.

Hua Yun shook her head helplessly, "This traffic is better than nothing, next I am going to join the association's survival challenge in Qinling."

Upon hearing this, Yan Bian's eyes lit up, "The association's public challenge?"

"No, it's not public, but it will be filmed as a documentary and uploaded to online platforms."

Hua Yun shook her head, "It's organized by Mr. Liu, in cooperation with the local government, aiming to promote the beauty of Qinling, as well as various protected animals, kind of a cultural and tourism promotion."

Upon learning it wasn't a public challenge, Yan Bian gave a slight shake of his head.

Chen Wen was listening with a puzzled expression.

Association? Public challenge? Not public challenge?

What on Earth are these?

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