While Chen Wen was gathering supplies.
On the southern side of the island embedded in the Pacific Ocean, completely opposite to Chen Wen's position.
Another group of people arrived on the island.
But unlike Chen Wen's passive arrival, they came here voluntarily.
"Dear audience, welcome to the live recording site of Deserted Island Survival Laboratory!"
"In this episode, we have arrived at a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean, far from civilization, isolated in the vast sea!"
"And our ten gentlemen from various fields will engage in a forty-day extreme wilderness survival challenge here!"
"At the same time, at almost the same latitude and longitude, ten women will take part in survival challenges on a similarly resourced deserted island!"
"This time, through the experiment, we aim to prove whether modern humans have the capability to survive in the wilderness!"
"Now! The live broadcast begins! Contestants! Go take on the challenge!"
Accompanied by the host's speech, the dense bullet comments stuttered for a moment.
The number of viewers for this live broadcast was too large, even with the production team adding two more lines, it was still insufficient.
The next second, the main live broadcast screen showed ten male participants from Hua Country.
They were of different ages and had different appearances.
"Hello everyone, we are the members of the men's team!"
A middle-aged man said cheerfully, waving at the camera.
Behind him, a young man showed a look of disdain.
"The show hasn't started yet, and this old guy is already acting like the leader!"
Beside him, the young man's companion nervously tugged his arm.
"He can't hear you."
The young man sneered and continued, "If he had any survival skills, that'd be something; just look at his beer belly, haha!"
Shaking his head, the young man didn't say more.
But this scene was captured by the camera.
Under the leadership of the middle-aged man, the men's team began their self-introduction segment.
...
On another island.
This is the survival location for the women's team.
After landing, the women's team also conducted their self-introductions.
But compared to the men's team, the women's introductions were more concise, and the atmosphere was better.
[Tsk tsk, didn't people say before the competition that the women's team didn't need to participate? Speak up!]
[Look at the atmosphere, the dissatisfaction in the men's team is overflowing, while the women's team is harmonious.]
[As I've said, sisters naturally have the ability to love.]
[No words, are these guys out of their minds? Why are they having internal conflicts at the start?]
[It's simple, the men's team puts their conflicts on the surface —the current leader lacks convincing power, the women's team... I can't say.]
[But where can you find a convincing leader now?]
The current situation was quite clear to the online viewers.
However, what surprised the viewers was that neither survival group started their survival tasks quickly.
After the men's team introduced themselves, they began distributing tools, but it took a lot of time.
The women's team, on the other hand, chatted while distributing tools.
The chat topics had nothing to do with survival; instead, they focused on a recently popular idol.
These scenes left the viewers stunned.
Survival, and it could be like this?
...
Outside the island.
The area where the Deserted Island Survival Laboratory's production team was located.
A tense atmosphere permeated the place.
"Have you found them?"
Xiao Yong, the on-site director, had a serious expression.
An assistant, looking at his phone, was sweating profusely from his nose: "No news at all! The Beast Tamer and the Black Panther on the men's island have seemingly vanished!"
"How is that possible! Damn it!"
Xiao Yong slapped his forehead, burning with anxiety: "What about the women's island? Is everything fine there?"
"No issues."
The assistant said, subconsciously glancing at the phone.
Suddenly, his eyes widened: "Mr. Xiao, there's news!"
"What?!"
Xiao Yong grabbed the phone only to see surveillance footage.
In the video, a young man stood next to a cage holding a Black Panther.
The young man smoked a cigarette and was on a call, with his back to the cage.
He hadn't noticed at all that the lock on the cage had deformed fatally during transport.
The lock was broken!
And he had his back to the beast!
The buffs stacked to the max!
In the face of a Beast Tamer with his back turned, the Black Panther's primal hunting instincts were fully triggered.
It poised for a hunt, quietly nudging the cage door open with its head.
The young Beast Tamer seemed to sense something was off.
He hung up the phone and turned around.
The camera only caught a dark shadow.
The shadow charged at the Beast Tamer, disbelieving shock on the young man's face.
But it was too late.
The Black Panther vanished from the frame.
The young man clutched his neck in pain and ran off-screen.
In the final image, the shadow of the Black Panther fled northward.
"Damn it! Is this what they call a professional Beast Tamer?! Ah San is so damn unreliable!"
Xiao Yong cursed loudly; his many years of filming in the wild made him pick up on numerous mistakes made by the Beast Tamer.
Failing to inspect the cage immediately, smoking in front of an animal, turning his back on a beast...
"Report this video and what happened to the chief director, tell him there's an uncontrollable risk on the men's island now!"
"Even though the Black Panther finally fled north and the survivalists are in the south, who knows if that beast will come south to hunt due to hunger?"
"Also, fire the Beast Tamer from the women's island! These Ah Sans just talk rubbish!"
Wiping his sweat, Xiao Yong gave out orders.
He still remembered the enthusiasm of his colleague from two weeks ago, who was expressing his opinions excitedly.
We can hire a professional Beast Tamer and a Black Panther so that the survivalists can interact with the Black Panther unknowingly; this will surely create a good visual experience.
And coincidentally, I happen to know such a Beast Tamer and a Black Panther.
Now? Ha!
What kind of survival reality show can you make with this bunch of jokers!
The world, indeed, is a huge parody group!
Such accidents can still happen!
Xiao Yong awaited news that the chief director had halted the survival live broadcast.
But to his surprise, after the report went up, it didn't cause a ripple.
Xiao Yong stared at the screen, a peculiar feeling arising in his heart.
...
As for Chen Wen.
He dared not relax for a single moment.
While he still had his strength, he salvaged many supplies from the beach.
In the shade under the coconut tree.
Chen Wen took out all the supplies and laid them on the ground to dry.
Besides his backpack and food, he also found the captain's satchel and another crew member's luggage trunk.
"That's about it."
Struggling, Chen Wen dragged these items to the shade under the coconut tree.
He removed the food from Sun's backpack and placed it in the shade to dry.
At the same time, he looked at the captain's satchel.
The captain was surnamed Zhao, around fifty, in good health, and a nice person, but extremely stingy, no matter with whom.
His bag contained documents, some cash, and a family photo of the captain with his family of three.
Chen Wen carefully inspected the satchel and ultimately found only one useful thing.
A poor-quality Swiss Army knife.
It's the kind that goes for a few bucks with free shipping on Pinduoduo.
And the other crew member's luggage trunk contained some change of clothes, plus five apples and three slightly blackened bananas in a plastic bag.
Besides that, there was half a jar of goji berries and a plastic thermal cup.
"That's all the available stuff I could find."
Chen Wen sighed, feeling a significant relief from the pressure.
There's food and even drinks and fruits.
At least it can last for several days.
Right, there is still the system.