Survive in the Wilderness with Celebrities

Chapter 8 No comparison, no harm

"I'll lead the way, and you'll follow behind."

"Just now when Xiao Meng and I went to look for you, he found a snake. So there are snakes on this deserted island. Everyone should be careful."

"The program crew is not omnipotent. It is possible that there are creatures on the island that they don't know about," Ma Dongxi reminded.

"Ah, is there really a snake?" Lee Ji-eun couldn't help but shrink her neck.

Obviously, she is afraid of creatures like snakes.

An Yifei didn't say anything, but just approached Li Zhien silently, and at the same time she became more alert.

Seeing that everyone was afraid of snakes, Meng Chao said, "Everyone should just take a stick to scare the snakes away. We are scary to them, too."

"I'll chop the sticks." Cai Fankun found an opportunity to show off and hurriedly walked towards the bushes beside him with a knife.

But he obviously overestimated himself and thought it was easy to chop sticks.

It took him seven or eight cuts to cut through a bush that was less than two fingers wide.

"You are such a loser. You can't even use a knife. Let me do it." Ma Dongxi couldn't stand it anymore and came up to take away Cai Fankun's machete.

He felt that the machete was a complete waste in Cai Fankun's hands and could not play its due role.

"This is my knife, you can use your hammer to smash it." Cai Fankun did not give up his knife, he did not want to lose this only advantage.

"We are a team, and tools should be shared instead of divided into yours and mine. If that's the case, what's the point of having a team? We can just survive on our own," Ma Dong-seok said directly.

"If you don't have such team spirit and only think about yourself, I think you may not be suitable to work with us." Ma Dongxi seized the opportunity and went straight for A, wanting to kick Cai Fankun out of the team.

[I'm so angry. Why are you targeting my brother? Is it because he's so handsome? ]

[Where is the program team? They don’t even stop this malicious targeting. Do they want the program to be boycotted? ]

[This is too much. This disgusting old man wants to kick our brother out of the team and become a dictator himself. This is too abominable. ]

[Wow, I feel sorry for my brother. He was targeted as soon as he came on the show. What an unscrupulous production team.]

Just as the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room was exploding, a voice sounded in Meng Chao's ears, asking him to come out and ease the atmosphere.

The chip implanted in their ear canals can not only translate, but also serve as a communication device in conjunction with a watch to receive messages from the program team.

So he walked to Cai Fankun's side.

"Let me try it."

Although Meng Chao really wanted to eliminate Cai Fankun, the program crew didn't want to do that.

Now that there was a step, Cai Fankun handed the machete to Meng Chao.

He also didn't want to fall into Ma Dongxi's trap and be kicked out of the team.

Once he leaves the team, he won't be able to hold on for a few days on his own, and he'll have to pay the company a large sum of money.

Because the company signed a bet agreement with him, requiring him to stay on the show for at least ten days.

After Meng Chao got the machete, he grabbed a wooden stick and swung the machete.

[Chopping proficiency +1]
The knife was so sharp and clean that it cut the stick in half directly.

Then, Meng Chao quickly cut off the branches on the stick and scraped the protruding parts to prevent scratches on people.

After doing all this, Meng Chao discovered that his popularity had actually increased a bit, to 183.

[There is no harm without comparison. This fat guy is not completely useless.]

[These stars are too hypocritical. I guess this amateur is the only highlight of this group. ] [Look at this neat movement. Doesn't he look like a nerd writer? ]

[Is it possible that, as he said, he has watched a lot of wilderness survival programs and materials? ]

[I find this amateur to be quite attractive. The more I look at him, the more I like him. If he loses weight, he will definitely be a handsome guy. ]

[I seriously doubt that he signed up specifically for the purpose of losing weight.]

In the live broadcast room, there were some comments discussing Meng Chao, but they were quickly drowned out by other comments.

"Aren't there five of them already? Why are you still chopping them?" Cai Fankun became nervous when he saw that Meng Chao had chopped enough sticks and had not returned the knife to him.

"Cut a few more. I want to make some javelins. If I encounter any animals, I can use them to throw them." Meng Chao explained.

This is just one of the reasons. The other one is naturally to improve one's proficiency.

At the moment, Cai Fankun is still willing to let himself use the knife, but it’s hard to say what he will do next time.

Moreover, the program team stipulates that when a team member is eliminated, he or she must take away the things he or she brought, including the selected tools.

What if Cai Fankun can’t endure the hardship and gives up after a while, then won’t we have no chance to use the machete?
When Cai Fankun heard what Meng Chao said, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Hey, this one is good, this one is good, then you can cut a few more."

[Chopping proficiency reaches 10, can be upgraded]
Seeing the upgrade prompt, Meng Chao stopped.

"System, upgrade the hack and slash."

Meng Chao couldn't wait to recite it in his mind.

The next second, there was a buzzing sound in his mind and many images appeared in his mind. He mastered the chopping technique in an instant, as if he had chopped hundreds of times and had formed muscle memory, so that he could complete the chopping action with the least effort.

At the same time, he felt an itchy sensation in the muscles all over his body, and they seemed to have become stronger.

This feeling did not appear when I upgraded [Drilling Wood to Make Fire] before.

Therefore, Meng Chao had new expectations for his system.

The only thing that made Meng Chao unhappy about this system was that the system panel was too simple. At first, it only displayed a name and current popularity.

At this moment, he called up the panel.

【Player: Meng Chao】

【Popularity: 183】

[Skills: Drilling wood to make fire (skilled) 0/1000, Chopping (skilled) 0/1000]

After seeing the new skill bar, Meng Chao realized that it would only be displayed on the panel after the proficiency reached 10 points and was upgraded.

"Oppa, can this be made into a javelin and really be used to shoot animals?" Lee Ji-eun asked curiously, picking up a wooden stick.

Although she had read some information about wilderness survival and participated in some similar programs, she had no impression of weapons such as javelins.

So she doubted whether a sharpened stick could really be used to hunt animals.

"Of course, and sometimes it is more convenient to use than a bow and arrow." Meng Chao said with certainty.

Hearing Meng Chao's confident words, Lee Ji-eun immediately looked at him in surprise.

"Oppa, you haven't used a javelin before, have you?" Lee Ji-eun looked at Meng Chao with some suspicion.

I thought, could this Oppa be a hidden survival expert?

(End of this chapter)