The entries provided by the yellow-headed goldfinch contain a wealth of knowledge on using triangular structures to make nests more visually appealing.

Of course, mere aesthetics aren't enough to move Chen Wen.

What impresses Chen Wen is that these structures make shelters more stable.

Regarding his own A-frame shelter, Chen Wen has developed many new ideas.

Not only can they make the shelter more beautiful, but also more stable.

In the scorching afternoon, Chen Wen lay in the valley to rest for a while.

After getting up, he braved the scorching sun to his shelter to start turning his mental blueprint into reality.

...

Chen Wen spent the entire afternoon building his shelter under the scorching sun.

However, the giant columnar cactus is benevolent to every creature that depends on it to survive.

Its massive body provided considerable shade for Chen Wen.

Making things a bit easier for him.

By the afternoon's end, Chen Wen's shelter was basically taking shape.

Just as he envisioned, a crossbeam, with walls made of two rows of wooden sticks.

The walls were covered with natural plant leaf wallpaper.

The two walls blocked the sun from the east and west, perfectly shading Chen Wen from the sunlight.

On the south side of the shelter, Chen Wen tied some plant leaves to the giant columnar cactus to block the sunlight from the south.

It looked quite good.

But the only flaw in the shelter might be needing to crouch when entering to avoid getting pricked by the giant columnar cactus.

"Safe, practical, and beautiful!"

Chen Wen chuckled, admiring his own building skills and those of the yellow-headed goldfinch.

Once the shelter was completed.

Chen Wen moved the fire pit to the north, maintaining a short distance from the shelter.

He dug a firebreak trench again and built a stone circle with the stones from the valley.

Preserving the bonfire within.

For now, Chen Wen's camp seemed quite complete.

A shelter, a bonfire.

All that's left is to add a food storage rack.

However, as Chen Wen moved his bonfire north, closer to the giant columnar cactus,

The family of yellow-tufted flickers residing on the cactus seemed quite dissatisfied.

In the evening, they kept flying out of the shelter, chattering noisily at the unsettling flames.

At first, Chen Wen didn't mind, but as the noise grew more intense,

He couldn't help but go out and shout a few times, attempting to drive away the yellow-tufted flicker with a dry branch.

Unfortunately, it had little effect.

Feeling helpless, Chen Wen decided to take a walk outside before it got dark.

And gather some cactus fruits.

...

After leaving the shelter, Chen Wen immediately felt more alert.

What to do about these yellow-tufted flickers, they're so incredibly annoying with their incessant noise!

Chen Wen scratched his head, pondering over a solution.

But he still couldn't figure it out.

Maybe he could move the fire pit further away?

But that would only be treating the symptoms, not the root cause of the problem.

Feeling helpless, Chen Wen decided to find a stick, knock down some fruits, and eat them in the evening to hydrate.

Speaking of hydration,

He hadn't consumed much water in the past two days. Along with eating food at noon, which further drained his body's water to digest it,

At this point, Chen Wen was already a bit dehydrated.

He really needed to set up a filtration device, and also find a stable food source.

Now that he had a rope, he could set up some traps near the water source.

But there were bobcats or coyotes over there, which would be troublesome if not dealt with!

Why does it feel like more problems have arisen now that the shelter is built?

Chen Wen couldn't help but think.

"Forget it, I can only take it one step at a time, I wonder how the others are managing."

...

Over at the show's production team.

The log for the second day was nearly completed.

From the rankings based on the contestants' current status, it was clear.

Currently, Adam was in first place.

The new talent strongly favored by the American Expedition Association displayed a remarkably steady survival style.

Second was Chen Wen.

Emerging unexpectedly, Chen Wen struggled to gain an advantage through superior physical condition and accumulated knowledge, despite a very poor start.

He was one of only two contestants to complete a shelter.

The other being Adam.

However, in terms of shelters, Adam's was quite simple, far inferior to Chen Wen's.

In third place was Roland.

This little-known "redneck" surprised everyone.

Roland's style was similar to Adam's, very methodical, but more adventurous and aggressive.

Currently, Roland was considering relying on rocks to build a stone shelter.

Today, he solved his water supply issue and found some mice for food.

In fourth place was Gina.

Although marginal, Gina did have real skills.

She used her early fat reserves to construct half a shelter and found a stable water source.

Gaston was in fifth, performing averagely.

In sixth was Black Charlie, whose performance was even more mediocre, almost poor.

The remaining four contestants were in even more frequent states of distress.

Contestant number nine who got pricked by the teddy bear cactus had already dropped out of the competition.

Even though he had already left the teddy bear cactus area.

He was the first contestant to withdraw, and it wasn't by elimination.

However, his assistant was rather unfazed.

Just taking it as a vacation, constantly observing other contestants' performances.

In summary, as the second day approached its end, some were happy, others worried.

...

Back to Chen Wen.

After acquiring some cactus fruits, he began to return.

At this point, the sky had dimmed considerably.

Chen Wen couldn't see clearly, having to rely on his ears to discern the situation.

Just as he passed through a patch of bare rock, some peculiar sounds caught his attention.

Kind of like cicadas chirping.

Are there cicadas in the desert too? Don't they feed on tree sap?

Chen Wen was puzzled but still paused, intending to find this creature.

This action startled the production team.

"Wang Defa! What's he doing?"

The monitor clutched his head, shouting for the person in charge.

The calm room was instantly thrown into chaos like a firecracker exploding in a pond.

The person in charge sprinted over, listening to the monitor's account.

At this time, Jiang Chang took over.

She leaned in, listening to their conversation.

Soon, Jiang Chang's expression changed.

Because she heard the name of a creature—Western Diamondback Rattlesnake!

"Damn it! That's the sound of them shaking their tails! Didn't Chen Wen recognize it?"

The person in charge anxiously pulled out his phone, saying, "Get the serum ready—the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake's!"

The other contestant assistants gathered around, watching the situation with Chen Wen.

In the night vision footage, Chen Wen seemed entranced by the sound.

He picked up a dry stick from nearby, stretching it towards the hole in the bare rock area.

Seemingly a mouse's hole.

"Ha, he's going to be eliminated!"

Gina's chubby assistant displayed a mocking smile: "The walking encyclopedia didn't recognize the sound of a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, how laughable!"

"He's going to be eliminated!"

Gaston's assistant earnestly said: "The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake's striking speed is extremely fast, no one can react in time."

Everyone nodded.

"Even cats can't avoid it; my Maine Coon was killed by a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake's venom."

Black Charlie's assistant chimed in for fun: "Looks like Chen Wen won't last until Charlie eliminates him personally!"

After speaking, he laughed with schadenfreude.

Jiang Chang stared intently at the screen, gritting her teeth, praying for Chen Wen: Chen Wen, realize it quickly! That's a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake!

Being bitten means more than just dropping out!

Its venom can even be deadly!

But prayers seemed futile.

Chen Wen directly plunged the stick into the mouse hole.

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