Gone?

Chen Wen looked at the shelves inside the store.

Holy moly, cleaner than his face.

Chen Wen, speechless, said, "How do you even run a store? You're even out of stuff like this?"

The owner gave an awkward smile and explained, "Didn't I tell you? A huge group of people came by and bought all the portable food I had."

Do such people actually exist?

Chen Wen, speechless: "What do you still have left?"

"Heh heh, look at these, these porcelain items are all top-notch..."

Chen Wen glanced at the bottom of the porcelain bowl, holy moly, made in China.

"Nothing else?"

"Oh, there's also this, my great grandfather's lucky gold-panning equipment..."

"Goodbye!"

Chen Wen decisively rejected the owner's sales pitch and turned to leave.

...

Soon, Chen Wen caught up with Hua Yun.

Seeing Chen Wen coming empty-handed, Hua Yun was a bit puzzled, "You..."

"Don't mention it, all the portable food got bought up. Remember the story that old guy told? Turns out there really is such a group of people, let's think of another way."

Hua Yun was speechless upon hearing this.

In the dead of winter, is someone really planning to strike gold in the Yukon?

Lost their mind?

But she didn't say anything, after all, foreigners here pride themselves on biodiversity, there's all kinds.

Chen Wen said, "Let's go, ask around at a farm, they generally store some food for the winter."

The two of them went to the farm.

The owner there welcomed them warmly.

After all, in this season, his farm has virtually no income, having a customer is a blessing.

Here, Chen Wen and Hua Yun successfully bartered for goods.

Chen Wen even asked the enthusiastic owner for news of other contestants, but unfortunately, neither of the other two groups came here.

After completing their mission to obtain supplies.

Hua Yun and Chen Wen rested at a hotel arranged by the production team for a night.

The next day, they quickly left the peculiar second town.

...

After leaving the town, the two walked on the river while chatting.

"Do you think our production team has an agenda? I get a weird feeling about this Yukon trip."

Chen Wen asked after letting Hua Yun turn off the recording device.

Hua Yun shook her head, "Not sure, but it definitely feels different from other shows, this show's vibe doesn't feel like a legit crew."

"But the show's second biggest investor is also a major investor in Alone in the Wilderness, just getting a slot from him is enough."

Speaking of slots, Chen Wen asked, "How do they determine who gets a slot on Alone in the Wilderness, anyway? I always felt like the recommendations for it seemed too easy to get."

Hua Yun rolled her eyes, feeling like someone was showing off.

But she still explained, "Seems simple, but it's actually really hard. The first way to get in is by participating in other shows by the investor, like Desert Death Battle, and earning a slot; the second is through recommendations and open auditions, this requires a certain level of fame as a survival expert and passing the production team's internal auditions."

"And initially, there're more than ten slots, some of the later-positioned contestants go through an internal selection, only the winners get in. These selections are simple survival skill competitions, like making fire, finding water, hunting, etc."

"Currently, you have a secured slot, as for me, after winning this time, I'll likely have to go through one round of open auditions to get in, but since it's not hard for me, it's pretty much a secure entry."

Hearing this, Chen Wen finally understood how Alone in the Wilderness works.

He pondered to himself, the wilderness survival here is way more popular than in his original world.

But either way, it's a good thing for him.

"Let's keep moving."

...

As Chen Wen and Hua Yun continued on their journey.

In the middle section of the Yukon River.

The crew behind the gold treasure hunting show, after much hardship, finally found the legendary lake using Ludwig's instructions and drone positioning.

However, to everyone's dismay, the lake was nestled between mountains, requiring them to cross over.

Climbing mountains in winter, even with riches as motivation, wasn't something anyone was eager to risk.

Fortunately, Ludwig came through once more.

He recalled a passage.

This passage was a mine tunnel dug during the gold rush by people searching for gold mines.

Though somewhat old, it provides a path directly into the mountains.

This ignited hope in everyone.

The group started searching for the passage and traversing the abandoned mine tunnel.

Looking at the somewhat decayed wooden beams inside the mine, everyone was somewhat concerned about their safety.

After all, these woods were supporting the mountain above, and if they failed.

The rocks above falling wouldn't be good at all.

On the production side, Ludwig's footage was completely cut.

Abel, as the director, still had a strong hold over the crew.

He directly declared Ludwig's group's failure as the director.

And told those unaware on the crew that while the two failed, they're assisting other staff with auxiliary tasks.

Although the excuse was flimsy, the crew had no choice but to believe this explanation.

In truth, at this point, Hua Yun's assistant Luo Yao and Chen Wen's assistant Lin Jiawei both sensed an impending storm.

But they currently had no way to communicate with Chen Wen and Hua Yun.

Directly announcing a withdrawal wasn't feasible.

After all, it was just impending, not here yet, and uncertain if it would come.

Thus, they could only gather intel within the crew while pondering responses.

...

Back to Chen Wen.

He and Hua Yun continued on.

Five days later, they arrived at a resting spot.

Chen Wen checked the time, still early.

This time it was Hua Yun's turn to set up shelter; seeing this, Chen Wen left the camp with the Golden Eagle.

The two of them planned to gather firewood nearby and have the Golden Eagle scout the surroundings.

The Golden Eagle soared into the air, while Chen Wen searched for dead wood on the ground.

Soon enough, after gathering a bunch of firewood,

the Golden Eagle swooped down hastily.

It urgently communicated to Chen Wen, "I saw another golden eagle!"

Chen Wen was taken aback.

But the Golden Eagle continued, "It's fighting!"

"Fighting? With what?"

"White bird!"

"White bird?"

Chen Wen was puzzled.

Just then, Chen Wen suddenly recalled the last time out with the Golden Eagle when it mentioned spotting a white bird.

"Is it the one you saw last time?"

Chen Wen asked.

The Golden Eagle nodded vigorously, "That's the one! Human, do you think it's like us, special too?"

Chen Wen scratched his head, "Hard to say, if it's really a bird and has followed us this far, it might actually be a special animal, but we'll need to see what it is first to know for sure. Where are they fighting? Far from here?"

The Golden Eagle immediately took flight, "Not far, just up ahead."

With that, the Golden Eagle began leading the way.

Chen Wen immediately dropped the firewood and ran after it.

...

Soon, Chen Wen and the Golden Eagle arrived at the battlefield.

It was a sparse forest, where at a higher point, Chen Wen could see a golden eagle dominating a white bird.

To be exact, the golden eagle had a decisive upper hand.

Chen Wen roughly identified the white bird's species—it was a Snowy Owl.

"Looks like a routine species skirmish."

Chen Wen clicked his tongue.

Snowy Owls are birds of prey, belonging to the larger-sized owls.

They have a classic screen appearance, as Harry Potter's owl—Hedwig.

These birds are primarily white-feathered, almost pure white, inhabiting high latitudes, making them hard to spot in the snow.

Though Snowy Owls seem cute, they are very fierce.

They have few natural predators.

And because their habitats overlap with golden eagles, they are among the few able to compete with golden eagles.

They share a characteristic common among birds of prey: high offense, low defense, overkill damage.

In fights against golden eagles, quick surprise attacks usually result in mutual victories.

But in a drawn-out battle,

golden eagles easily win.

Seeing the situation unfold, Chen Wen turned to the Golden Eagle, "Are you going to help your kin?"

Upon hearing this, the Golden Eagle shook its head slightly.

"On the contrary, I want to help the white bird!"

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