Chapter 168: Hard to Even Lose?
Chapter 168: Chapter 168: Hard to Even Lose?
「About half an hour later.」
The Yu Weitao brothers returned with the materials they’d gathered. Seeing the other guests still lounging around, he gave a scornful laugh.
’Is that all they’ve got? Just wait and see how they lose.’
They skillfully picked out dry pieces of wood, arranged them, and began to whittle them with a sharp stone.
But the stone he’d found wasn’t very effective, so he had Yu Zhenghao find another one and began to sharpen it.
"Do we have to do that too? It looks so exhausting..." Gu Jiao pursed her lips.
Jiang Yuchen watched them for a few seconds. "I don’t know much about this, but their method is actually slow and full of inaccuracies."
"According to..." He babbled on and on, growing more confident with every word. It hadn’t been easy, but he had finally found a topic he understood.
But everyone else just looked bewildered, especially Gu Zhao and Zhong Mingrui.
The two of them clamped their hands over their ears, like monkeys hearing the Tight-Fillet Spell.
"Stop chanting! Stop chanting! The wife kicked the overbearing CEO and ran off with a monkey!" Gu Zhao covered her ears tightly, afraid this knowledge would contaminate her pristine brain.
Zhong Mingrui did the same. "Just stop! I’ll confess! I’m the one who put my brother’s underwear on our dog! It’s not because the dog has a crush on him!"
Zhong Siqi: ...
From his initial explosive rage, to his later helplessness, to his current state of peace.
He! He’d achieved enlightenment.
His emotions were so stable, he was ready for marriage.
[Is this what knowledge is? So magical! So powerful! I’m so sleepy!]
[They’re acting just like me in math class, chemistry class, physics class... It’s all Greek to me.]
[At first, I thought it was inspirational that this guy finally understood something, but the next second the tone completely shifted. Confirmed: the entire cast is made of comedians. I could watch this scene ten times!]
[Monkey King, give us the details! Which monkey did the wife run off with? I’m that overworked assistant! The CEO gave me three seconds to find his wife!]
[The butler has arrived! Reporting! The CEO didn’t bring anyone home today, nor did he smile!]
[I’m dead, hahaha! To stop the "chanting," Zhong Mingrui even dropped the bombshell about his own brother’s underwear. I’m laughing so hard I’m crowing! But Zhong Siqi probably wants to disappear on the spot right now!]
Jiang Yuchen shut his mouth, feeling wronged. ’As expected, I just don’t fit in...’ His desire to switch to a liberal arts major intensified.
"Armchair general," Yu Zhenghao couldn’t help but scoff under his breath.
This time, no one paid him any attention.
Because just then, a group of Gray-cheeked Long-armed Apes arrived carrying a pile of firewood, followed by a troop of Red-tailed Monkeys holding all sorts of sharp stones.
"Why are there suddenly so many animals!" Seeing this, the faces of the two brothers, Yu Weitao and Yu Zhenghao, turned pale.
They retreated in fear, only to discover a noise behind them.
They turned to see a Malay Bear carrying a large rock.
"AHHHHHH! A bear!!" Yu Zhenghao screamed in terror.
"OWW OWW OWW!!" The Malay Bear was startled. It dropped the rock and quickly scrambled up a tree.
It clung to the very top of the tree, looking pitiful and helpless.
When it saw Little Xiangxiang down below from its perch, it immediately climbed back down and stood protectively in front of Gu Zhao, warily watching the two strange humans.
Gu Zhao patted it soothingly. "They’re not a threat right now, don’t be scared."
Hearing Gu Zhao’s words, the Malay Bear finally relaxed.
It went to pick up the rock again and placed it for Gu Zhao to sit on.
"Little Xiangxiang, sit~"
"Simp!" Gu Xulin ground out through his teeth.
"You... You people..." Off to the side, Yu Weitao and Yu Zhenghao were filled with terror. ’This is impossible!’
’Most wild animals can’t possibly be friendly to humans!’
’They had real-life experience with this!!’
Yu Weitao looked at the monkeys, then at the bear. He suddenly relaxed and laughed. "You guys were just lucky to run into docile animals, and a Malay Bear, which is the smallest and most timid type of bear."
"But, an animal is still an animal. Especially untamed ones in the wild. You never know when one might suddenly turn on you. That’s why it’s not recommended to interact with wild animals in the wilderness."
Yu Weitao lectured Gu Zhao and the others with the air of a seasoned veteran. "Young people shouldn’t always be looking for shortcuts. I’ve eaten more salt than you’ve eaten rice. Those paths that seem easy are secretly full of pitfalls. You’ll stumble and fall with every step, and by then, it’ll be too late for tears!"
He was now convinced that the clips of Gu Zhao attracting animals were just her taking advantage of these docile, human-friendly creatures.
’To put it bluntly, these animals are naturally friendly to humans. It didn’t have to be Gu Zhao; anyone else could have done it.’
"You should worry about yourself first. It’s been half an hour, right? And you still haven’t produced a single spark."
Song Zhe folded his arms, enjoying the show. "Your skills are lacking, and your luck is even worse than mine."
Song Yi immediately nodded. "If my brother tried, he’d definitely manage to set himself on fire!"
Song Zhe: ??? ’That last part was unnecessary.’
The animals glanced at the Yu Weitao brothers, their eyes filled with dislike.
They ignored them and, following the sequence that Xiangxiang’s brother had given them last night, quickly got to work.
Yu Weitao was in disbelief.
"This has to be fake!" Yu Zhenghao’s face was also full of disbelief.
The Gray-cheeked Long-armed Apes were not affected. They quickly started to build a fire. When one got tired, the next one in line took over, keeping up the effort.
The Malay Bear also took a turn, and soon, a flame appeared.
"Well now, where’s your fire? Don’t tell me it’s the emperor’s new fire~" Gu Zhao went straight for the jugular.
Yu Weitao wanted to retort but was speechless. He took a deep breath. "You win this time."
Yu Zhenghao wanted to say they cheated, but the director’s voice came over the speaker first.
"As per the rules agreed upon by both sides before the match, any methods are permitted. Therefore, I once again declare Gu Zhao’s team the winner of the first round!"
"The second round begins now!"
Yu Zhenghao clenched his fists. ’There’s no way they can win this time! Are the animals going to purify water for them, too?!’
’We’re guaranteed to win!’
"Brother! Let’s hurry!"
Yu Weitao nodded, and they went to search for a water source.
As soon as the two of them left, a Red-tailed Monkey hugged Gu Zhao’s leg and climbed up to her shoulder.
"Big sister... I know where there’s water. There’s a deep spring where the big python lives."
"Brother! It says there’s a deep spring on the island guarded by a giant python!"
Zhong Mingrui had a look of complete confusion.
Jiang Yifeng explained, "On islands or in tropical regions, a small, deep body of water formed by the pooling of seeping groundwater is usually called a seepage lake or a spring-fed lake."
"So can we drink it?" Song Yi asked.
Gu Jiao also looked over.
"Not directly. It has to be treated first."
"I know how to do that."
Jiang Yifeng’s face was serious. ’Finally! A chance for me to be useful!’
"Then we’re going to win again!" Gu Jiao said excitedly.
The others felt the same; no one paid any mind to the giant python.
"This way!" The Red-tailed Monkey led the way.
Meanwhile, the two brothers who had left earlier were coincidentally exploring in the direction of that very spring.
"The vegetation is dense here, and... there are some rabbit tracks on the ground, and some bird droppings on the leaves. There must be a water source nearby."
Yu Weitao showed off his knowledge to the drone camera.
He touched the bird droppings on a leaf with his finger. "These droppings are moist overall, with distinct white uric acid naturally mixed with the darker fecal matter. This indicates the bird has recently consumed water."
"We’re not far from the water source!"
Yu Weitao and Yu Zhenghao were thrilled. ’It’ll be hard *not* to win this time!’
"Hurry, Brother! I want to make them understand! Taking shortcuts gets you nowhere!" Yu Zhenghao ran ahead excitedly.