[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off":3,"chapter-bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-chapter-195":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Bound to the Sign-In System, I Took Off",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2336249,4567,"Chapter 195: Treasure Chest Secured","bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-chapter-195",195,"\u003Cp>For Emily and the others, giving up the treasure chest so close at hand was naturally hard to accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their abilities were limited, and there was nothing they could do—this money lay beyond a chasm between them, visible but unreachable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had tried before; in this extreme environment, even Tom, as strong as an ox, had less advantage than Emily. The stronger one was, the more oxygen they needed, and the less time they could stay underwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Xiao En, he figured if both Tom and Emily had failed—and both had nearly lost their lives—he believed luck ran out after three tries, and if he went down too, death would truly be his fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before one’s life, two million dollars weren’t worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Qin Yun put his clothes back on, the others thought silently and didn’t disturb him, standing quietly aside to wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they now knew the treasure chest was at the bottom of the lake, today would surely bring a result—this season of “Wild Survival” had reached its final stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun thought for a while and suspected the problem might lie with the chest itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing the production team’s nature, he figured the chest’s weight was certainly heavy. If made of pure iron, given its size, it might weigh as much as 30 kg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even underwater, 30 kg of iron would feel like 80% of its weight—equivalent to him carrying back a fifty-jin stone. The difficulty was incomparably greater than bringing Emily up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the main issue was still energy consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at his drone, then crouched on the ice, picking up stones to draw a right triangle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look, the ice hole is here, the treasure chest is here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he spoke, the live stream camera instantly switched over, and Emily and the other three immediately walked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun tapped the ice with a stone: “This is already the best spot we’ve found to drill through—the ice thickness increases further in. From the ice hole to directly above the chest is about 45 meters, and the vertical distance from here to the chest is roughly 33 meters. So, according to the Pythagorean theorem, the straight-line distance from the ice hole to the chest is about 55 meters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that we know the position, 55 meters isn’t a problem for me—the problem is still the chest itself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun looked up at the drone: “It’s an iron chest, as wide as my body. I conservatively estimate its weight exceeds 30 kg. Even at 30 kg, my physical exertion and oxygen consumption will multiply. Remember, 30 meters underwater is a high-pressure environment—the deeper you go, the more oxygen you consume and the faster your stamina depletes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I recall the deepest ice diving record is 56 meters, but that was just for the record—I still have to bring the chest back up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Qin Yun explained, viewers in the live stream gradually understood the difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fucking hell, the production team is really cruel, putting an iron chest at the bottom.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think the higher the difficulty, the more exciting it is—if it were easy to get, it wouldn’t be interesting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The problem is, without Qin Ye, Emily might be dead—this production team completely ignores human life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s see what Qin Ye does—I’m sure he has a way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Domestic fans maintained their unwavering confidence in Qin Yun; foreign viewers, though less certain, still hoped he would successfully retrieve the chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel’s office door was shoved open, and George stormed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daniel, don’t you owe us an explanation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel pinched his brow, looking weary: “Explain what? The chest’s location? That I rigged it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, George grew even angrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did you do this? Didn’t you say they gave up?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel spread his hands, calmly facing him: “It was an added precaution from the start. If Tom and the others approached the chest, they could easily retrieve it in shallow water—but Qin can’t.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“FUCK!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t FUCK yet,” Daniel leaned back in his chair. “I swear this was arranged last time, not added later. They didn’t want a Chinese person to win the championship, so they had me make the chest sink to the lake bottom when Qin got close. But if he still gets it, they’ll have nothing to say.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“34.5 meters, bringing up a 44 kg iron chest—you know that’s impossible,” George hissed, lowering his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, for Qin Yun, it boiled down to one question: could his body’s oxygen sustain a round trip?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice water itself consumes extra oxygen, raising metabolism. A 50-meter swim means terrifying oxygen loss, let alone the added cost of hauling the iron chest back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, according to my calculations, if swimming from the ice hole to the chest consumes 1 unit of oxygen, carrying the iron chest and doing all the work will consume three times that—or more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun calmly analyzed the problem, breaking down each difficulty for the live stream so viewers could understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That means I need to carry over 4 units of oxygen to return safely. But the average person can hold only 0.2 units. My body can’t store 4 units—that’s the core issue: consumption far exceeds storage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Qin Yun laid it out piece by piece, viewers gradually grasped the true scale of the challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qin Ye, I can hold 0.2—you’re close to 4? That’s a huge gap?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After Qin Ye’s analysis, he doesn’t even seem human anymore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit, this is insane—I don’t believe it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can hold my breath for a minute—according to Qin Ye, that means he can hold it for 20 minutes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s so special? Try holding your breath for a minute in the ocean, then try it in sub-zero water.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean sub-zero water? Water freezes at zero degrees.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Idiot—that’s the freezing point of pure water.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emily and the others heard Qin Yun’s analysis clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emily said: “Qin, isn’t the nearest breathing hole closer? That could save a lot of energy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The distance isn’t much different,” Qin Yun shook his head, standing up and looking toward the lakeshore. “Maybe I should check the shore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tom frowned: “Qin, are you thinking of making a breathing tube from plants?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head: “This season, there’s no vegetation like that along Atlin Lake’s edge. In summer, maybe cattails or reeds would work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun smiled and walked straight toward the shore: “Not plants.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not plants?” Tom was puzzled—what else could possibly work?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since Qin Yun said so, he clearly already had a plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others followed behind, curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just them—the live stream viewers were dying to know too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Qin Yun said nothing, so no one’s guesses mattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the shore, Qin Yun turned back to them: “Don’t follow me yet—I’ll be right back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying that, he crouched and slipped into the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s Qin Ye going to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Curious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has Qin given up?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Die, Chinese.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering the forest, Qin Yun took out his bow and arrow, then said calmly: “Tom’s right—I wanted to make a long breathing tube to reduce burden. But this season, no vegetation suitable for tubes survives. So I’ve decided to use animal intestines.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, ordinary viewers were merely surprised, but PETA fanatics immediately went berserk—vile curses flooded the comment section, though Qin Yun had no idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even know he now had a group of foreign fans who hated him intensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Using animal intestines as a temporary breathing tube is the only solution I can think of,” Qin Yun smiled faintly. “But ordinary animals’ intestines won’t work—wolves, foxes, rabbits—their intestines are too thin, too fragile; they collapse under water pressure immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here, the suitable animals are moose, caribou, and muskox. Muskox intestines are best—thick, long, extremely tough, about 5 cm in diameter and 8 meters long—perfect for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I can’t find a muskox, I’ll settle for caribou or moose.” He sighed. “Actually, I once had the ideal one—you know, that brown bear’s intestine was perfect too—but I didn’t value it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never imagined the chest would be underwater, so he’d tossed the intestine aside like trash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he had to return to the forest and hunt again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Qin Yun finally spotted a herd of North American caribou. With his skills, he easily killed a male without expending much effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying the seven- to eight-meter-long intestine, Qin Yun returned and began processing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emily, Tom, Xiao En, and Justin stared at what Qin Yun held—and understood at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tom looked at Qin Yun with admiration: “You found a caribou and killed one so quickly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun shrugged, washed the intestine clean with icy water, then prepared to act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took off his clothes again; the cold wind raised goosebumps on his skin—even the strongest human couldn’t withstand this sub-zero thirty-degree weather easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qin, stay safe—your life matters most,” Emily added before he entered the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded, gripped the intestine, and dove in, swimming swiftly toward the farthest breathing hole. When he reached it, he took a deep breath, then shoved one end of the intestine upward. Emily grabbed the end and pulled it taut, securing it with something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun gave them a thumbs-up, bit the other end in his mouth, tied a rope around his wrist, flipped over, and plunged into the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the seven- to eight-meter intestine reached its limit. He took a deep breath—there was slight resistance, but airflow remained smooth. From here on, he was entirely on his own; by the time he returned, the intestine would be frozen and unusable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the water held plenty of omnivorous fish—who knew if a pike might come along and eat the intestine?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once his body’s oxygen reached its limit, he bit down hard on his high-beam flashlight, moved his limbs lightly, and sped toward the chest’s sinking point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Atlin Lake was freshwater—temperature dropped near the surface but rose with depth, stabilizing around three to four degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Qin Yun reached twenty to thirty meters, the temperature was above freezing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flashlight illuminated two or three meters ahead. He swam further—by his estimate, he’d passed thirty meters, yet the lakebed remained unseen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, my estimate was wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cursed inwardly, continued descending another four or five meters—then a glint finally appeared in his vision: the massive treasure chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a surge of joy, reached out, and grabbed the iron ring on top. With a slight tug, the chest rose from the lakebed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But its weight made his expression shift slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit, over 40 kg—the production team never intended to pay out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was furious. Without his involvement, who could possibly haul a 40-kg iron chest up from over thirty meters underwater? It was fantasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But recalling the chest’s original position, perhaps it had simply fallen there by accident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped thinking further, hugged the chest tightly, and began his return. The chest’s immense weight weighed him down; his remaining oxygen plummeted rapidly. After rising only ten meters, his chest grew heavy and tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun knew: the lower the oxygen, the faster it burned—like a phone battery, it lasts long at 100%, but drains explosively once below 70%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, some unknown object suddenly charged into him, slamming hard against his back and flinging him sideways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun’s back burned with pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, what the hell is that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t afraid, but the creature in the darkness had slammed into him, causing him to nearly lose control of his Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, countless viewers in the livestream stared at the screen, waiting anxiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Huan clasped her hands together, praying without pause; though the room was fully heated, she still felt a chill all over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A feeling of fear kept swirling within her.\u003C\u002Fp>",1965,"2026-06-20T21:37:28.858Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a2097a4cf3965c8dc25cfc7c2c09ab6b6ee020f52ec28cfa4d59a497d9a7b72d","bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-chapter-196","bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-chapter-194",329,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-cover.jpg"]