Jiang Chang curiously asked, "Are hippos really that powerful?"

"More or less."

Chen Wen said, "To be honest, even if I ended up surrounded by a group of hippos, I feel like my odds of getting wrecked are pretty high."

Jiang Chang quickly responded, "Hurry up and say 'ptooey ptooey ptooey,' how can you say things like that so carelessly."

Hearing this, Chen Wen laughed and said 'ptooey ptooey ptooey' a few times.

"In any case, as long as we're careful about the locations of hippos, elephants, and Nile crocodiles in this survival challenge, and watch out for surprise attacks, I think I'll manage."

This was the confidence Chen Wen had after reviewing the materials for a long time.

Jiang Chang, hearing this, admired, "I believe in you, I'll be cheering for you at the base camp!"

"Alright, then let's split the credit for this survival challenge seventy-thirty."

"Why only seventy percent?"

"Seventy percent for me! And thirty for you! Just cheering and you want seventy percent of the credit?"

"Hehe."

...

Soon, it was time for the trash talk recording session.

After answering his three questions with great emotion, Chen Wen followed the program team's arrangement.

He responded to some of the other contestants' provocations, doubts, or even compliments.

After completing the recording.

Abel said to Chen Wen, "As long as there's trash talk, you're the main character. This time's trash talk is also quite exciting, we'll send you the edited version after it's done."

Chen Wen nodded, "Absolutely, when it comes to the program's effect, leave it to me for a job well done."

"Hahaha, that's for sure."

Abel laughed quite happily.

...

The editing of the trash talk would take some time, and during this period, the contestants participated in location drawing.

The results of the drawing were as follows.

Along Kuanduo River from west to east.

They were: Adam, Kaelian, Rock, Vanessa, Jamie, Yoshikawa Feng, Chen Wen, Brad, Feng Zhong, Ivan.

This draw was fairly decent.

Enemies were close by, and so were allies.

Chen Wen, anyway, was quite happy.

However, based on this draw result, Chen Wen adjusted his tool selection a bit.

He chose lighter survival tools.

Besides that, Chen Wen also had an idea for the opening entry.

That was the "stealth ambush" style.

Stealth, to hide from those dangerous savanna animals.

Ambush, for better hunting.

With Yoshikawa Feng and Brad being the closest apparent alliance,

Chen Wen was even more determined on the stealth ambush style.

For this style, Chen Wen chose the most suitable entries and left a certain amount of Inheritance Points for survival.

To facilitate communication between special animals.

...

Seeing the draw results, others had mixed feelings.

The Adam group was definitely pleased.

Separated only by Kaelian, as long as they didn't provoke Kaelian, the chances of them meeting up were high.

The distance between Kaelian and Jamie was also not far, but surrounded by the more aggressive Adam group.

This left them with mixed emotions.

Ivan's group was a bit distressed, as their distance was the farthest.

Meeting up could present problems,

making it quite tough for the two who were good at cooperative survival.

Yoshikawa Feng was ecstatic after seeing the draw.

He immediately shared this good news with his staunch ally, Brad.

And quickly changed the plan.

"After landing, let's stabilize the situation and directly seek out Chen Wen!"

Yoshikawa Feng's eyes shone with a hint of ruthlessness: "We must make him pay for those arrogant words!"

The arrogant words referred to the trash talk segment.

Chen Wen's trash talk had stirred up quite a reaction, infuriating Yoshikawa Feng.

Brad agreed to Yoshikawa Feng's plan.

He saw things a bit more open-mindedly.

After all, he's bound to be eliminated sooner or later, not getting into the top ranks, let alone winning any prizes.

This survival challenge only offers prizes to the top three.

So, Brad thought about gaining more screen time and stirring up popularity.

And Chen Wen was clearly the hottest topic this time, as evident from director Abel's attitude towards him.

He was more than willing to grab some attention from the most trending person.

So, he had an even stronger desire than Yoshikawa Feng to eliminate Chen Wen.

As for Feng Zhong, seeing the draw results, he was relieved.

Being relatively close to Chen Wen, they could team up more easily.

And between the two was clearly the weakest, Brad, Feng Zhong even considered teaming up with Chen Wen to kick out this guy first, snatching his tools.

...

The tool selection phase soon arrived.

Chen Wen straightforwardly chose his tools.

A long spear, a steel water bottle, and a big bag of seasonings.

Quite a lightweight choice.

Somewhat reminiscent of the Sonora Desert style back then.

The tool selections of others varied in focus.

Rock, who was all about serving the team, picked a simple tent, seasonings, and a pot.

This choice was entirely a supplement for Adam.

Adam's tool choices were: long spear, rope, water bottle.

Individually, their tool choices might not seem wise, but together they were quite remarkable.

Then there was Ivan, who went for a more aggressive approach.

Bow and arrows, axe, rope.

A full-on attack-oriented setup.

And the rather odd Jamie, who picked three different kinds of portable food.

However, everyone understood his plan, which was to meet up with Kaelian.

In conclusion, with the tool selection completed, the survival challenge officially entered the countdown phase.

On the second to last day of survival, the program team completed the trash talk editing.

Chen Wen also received the trash talk video from director Abel.

[This edit revolves around you, given you're the most talked-about contestant, hence you have more screen time]

Seeing Abel's message, Chen Wen decisively clicked on the video.

He was curious to see what "revolves around you" meant.

The video creatively used a silent film format.

Accompanied by a piece of comical music beginning to play.

The screen turned from black to white, and a slightly melancholic Chen Wen appeared on screen.

Subtitles appeared: [Chen Wen, you seem melancholic, what's up?]

In the footage, Chen Wen sighed, his mouth moved, and a subtitle appeared.

[I'm worried, if I'm this strong this time, what if the other contestants miss out on the experience?]

The subtitles disappeared, and the scene changed.

Yoshikawa Feng seemed to have heard the biggest joke ever, bending over with laughter, accompanied by exaggerated subtitles [Hahaha!]

The subtitles asked: [Yoshikawa Feng, what are you laughing at?]

Yoshikawa Feng: [Laughing at that Hua Country contestant before, seems like they always like being arrogant]

Subtitles: [Attacking a contestant's country isn't allowed]

Yoshikawa Feng unapologetically said: [Oh, my bad, but I still want to say, arrogance is bad, he might be the first to be eliminated due to arrogance]

The scene darkened again.

Chen Wen appeared once more.

But he didn't say anything, just faced the left, holding a document with both hands, bowing, and lowering his head.

[I'm cosplaying part of a world-famous painting, do you know which one it is?]

Chen Wen turned his head, looking at the off-screen audience inquiring.

The scene cut again, and an innocent-looking Feng Zhong appeared, standing on the left of the screen, facing the right, standing upright.

[This scene should be viewed in conjunction with the previous one]

Feng Zhong moved his mouth innocently.

Yoshikawa Feng appeared, laughing awkwardly and stiffly.

[Enough of that, Yoshikawa Feng, do you want to predict the champion?]

Yoshikawa Feng's expression eased slightly: [Of course, I think the champion will be either me or Ivan]

Ivan appeared, and they flattered each other.

[Ivan, who do you think is the strongest contestant?]

[Chen Wen]

Ivan was very serious.

The scene switched, and Chen Wen clapped cheerfully: [Ivan has great insight, he should do well]

Then Adam appeared.

[Facing a contestant who once eliminated you again, what's your take?]

Adam turned his head: [He's very strong, but this will be his Waterloo]

This time Feng Zhong appeared, surprised: [Who is he talking about? It seems more than one person has eliminated him here?]

Adam showed up again, looking helpless: [I told you, I'm not good at this part, Chen Wen is the master]

The scene shifted.

Chen Wen clutched the Sonora Desert champion trophy, scratching his head: [Huh? I'm a master?]

Adam spread his hands helplessly, as if to say: see, what did I say?

At this moment, Rock, as Adam's teammate, appeared.

He laughed and said: [Trash talk is not my thing, because I'm more focused on survival study]

Chen Wen reappeared, this time wearing glasses and holding a thick book: [Same here]

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