Chapter 245: Rushing Out of the Water, the Competition Ends!

That black dot is none other than Chu Chen!

The moment the Micro Sky Eye locked onto him, the live stream's chat exploded!

【Holy crap, he didn't die!】

【Everyone stand up!】

【What did I tell you?!】

【Three words for you: truly badass!】

【Material for Into Science has arrived again!】

【I just went to look up the first-person perspective of a 10-meter platform dive, and my legs went a bit weak...】

【1000-meter Extreme Diving; I reckon no one else could complete this challenge besides God Chu!】

【To have completed all Eight Challenges while still alive—the sheer value of this!】

At this moment, the chat in the live stream could no longer be contained!

It was a dense, layer-upon-layer barrage that looked truly spectacular!

Accompanied by countless chat messages, Chu Chen drifted with the current for a while longer.

During this process, due to the influence of the Waterfall and the terrain, he was dragged into the water flow several times in a row!

But in the end, he relied on his formidable physical fitness to rush back to the surface!

This scene made the viewers feel extremely anxious, wishing they could reach into the screen and pull him up!

Just like that, another hour or so passed.

The river's flow finally slowed down.

Taking this opportunity, Chu Chen finally grabbed a fallen tree, dove into the primeval forest, and once again began his life on the run!

At the same time!

On the Guiana Highlands above Angel Falls!

Right now, the Pursuit Team's motorcade had already evacuated this place and was on the road to Caracas.

Leading the procession was a black off-road SUV.

Inside the vehicle, the six captains were each lost in their own thoughts, staring blankly at the highlands outside the window with indifferent expressions; no one spoke a word!

Just then, the car's radio suddenly emitted a burst of static.

Following that, an exceptionally cold electronic female voice suddenly spoke: "Attention all units, the competition has ended! The competition has ended!"

The cold female voice echoed across the vast highlands, lingering for a long time!

At the same time!

It wasn't just the Pursuit Team; the five experts in the Command Room also received the competition-end notification sent by the Program Team the moment the countdown finished!

Upon hearing the cold female voice's notification, the expressions on their faces were also very complex!

Every single one of them felt incomparable regret and annoyance at failing to complete the mission within the allotted time!

A heavy and oppressive atmosphere permeated the Command Room.

All members of the Expert Group sat blankly in their respective seats, their eyes filled with disappointment and frustration.

The room's lighting was somewhat pale, shining on their grave faces and casting deep shadows.

At the conference table, Liu Xuemin stood with his arms crossed, staring blankly at the clues on the blackboard, looking extremely dejected.

His lips trembled slightly; he wanted to say something, but could not utter a single word.

Beside him, Chen Zijin was no longer his usual confident self, looking like a deflated balloon.

He took off his glasses and kept wiping the lenses with trembling hands.

There wasn't much dust on the lenses.

He did this only because, at this very moment, he needed such an action to mask his inner unease and disappointment.

In the distance, Lin Xu was silently solving a Rubik's cube; because he was using too much force, his knuckles had long since lost their color.

In the corner, Wang Ruomei and Zhu Guowei were likewise silent.

Although the first competition had already ended, no one was willing to get up and leave.

The clock on the wall ticked away, each sound like a ruthless mockery of them.

Even though they had mentally prepared for the competition's failure a long time ago.

But as elites in the field of criminal investigation, when this moment truly arrived, they still found it somewhat hard to accept the reality!

Amidst the silence, everyone's gazes occasionally met, but before long, they would quickly look away, seemingly afraid of seeing the same disappointment and self-reproach in each other's eyes.

The room was deathly quiet.

After a while, Liu Xuemin tried to break this suffocating silence:

"We have already done our best... everyone cheer up, this is only the first competition, we still have opportunities later..."

His words appeared extremely pale and powerless in this atmosphere filled with disappointment!

No one responded to him.

Only a deathly silence continued to shroud the entire Command Room.

The sunlight outside the window was still bright, but it could not penetrate the gloom within the room!

At this moment, every expert was submerged in this endless silence!

It was unclear whether they were reflecting, or secretly gathering strength to wash away their shame in the next competition...