Chapter 1059: Oh my, the survival variety show meets an ex! 29

The guests were awakened by the roar of the helicopter.

The wind from the rotor blades made the tent shudder constantly, as if it would be blown away any second.

Yu Sui, wary, wanted to lift the curtain, but just as he rose, Jin Chen pulled him back, a lazy tone sounding in his ear.

"If you open it, you'll get a face full of dust."

"Don't mind them, just keep sleeping."

Yu Sui was held in his arms, feeling sore in his waist and thighs, and unconsciously writhed, "Uncomfortable."

He, trying intimate contact for the first time, clearly wasn't used to it, lying limp in Jin Chen's arms and yawning; though his body was a little tired, his mood was full and happy.

Just thinking about last night made him happy.

Yu Sui lifted his head, his chin resting in Jin Chen's shoulder, poked his lips with a finger, smiling with eyes curved, showing no trace of his usual coldness toward outsiders.

As a result, his fingertip was caught and bitten, not too hard, not too soft.

Jin Chen opened his eyes lazily, looking at the person in his arms with a smile, "You're in good spirits."

"Does your leg still hurt?" Yu Sui asked, lowering his voice.

Outside, the live broadcast was still ongoing; maybe their conversation would be caught on camera.

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

Jin Chen held the person and sat up, steadying him on his thigh, eyes half-open, tidying the hair of the obedient boy who tilted his head up.

"If it grows a bit longer, we can tie it into a little bun."

Yu Sui shook his head, troubled: "I don't know how to cut."

"Wait till we go back and I'll have Brother cut it; the old steward gave our little Yu Sui a cute, handsome trim." Jin Chen finished tidying the hair, cupping the face and kneading it, eyes full of smiles.

"Good!"

Yu Sui obediently agreed, his round eyes smiling into crescents.

Shen Yi squatted outside their tent and shouted.

"Are you two awake? The new guests have arrived."

Yu Sui hurriedly put on his clothes, slipped out, and reverted to his aloof young gentleman demeanor.

"You finally... ow."

Shen Yi silently spread his fingers to block his eyes, "These hickeys are quite intense."

Jin Chen followed closely behind, fixed Yu Sui's zipper, glanced askance at Shen Yi, "Where are the new guests?"

"Over there." Shen Yi pointed in a direction, "Also a man and a woman; they seem to be the substitutes for Bai Xuan and Jiang Ting."

She crossed her arms, shook her head, and sighed, "They don't look simple at all."

The three walked over; Jin Chen's tall stature immediately drew the new guests' attention.

"Hello, I'm Xia Dong."

Jin Chen glanced at the hand Yu Sui extended, followed the arm to the speaking man, took Yu Sui's hand, and shook the gloved left hand.

"Hello, Jin Chen."

"I'm Fang Yi, nice to meet you."

Fang Yi is a short-haired cute girl, dressed adorably in a soft pink rabbit hoodie; the barrage kept shouting, "Pretty sis, I can!"

When introducing themselves, Xia Dong also just said, "What big identity? I'm just an ordinary person; who isn't here for the final prize?"

"At first, I also thought the guests were just ordinary people…"

"Now things keep getting weirder; everyone's just a bunch of villains."

"When I came, I briefly understood the situation; I'm very saddened by the departure of the two guests, but I still hope everyone can pull themselves together."

Xia Dong, in a few words, seized the initiative and faintly hinted at wanting to replace Jin Chen as the temporary guide.

"To be frank, I have a rough idea of the routes on this deserted island, so you can follow me forward to continue and start the second stage of the mission."

"Hold on."

Jin Chen reached out to cut off his long-winded speech, tone lax, "Who's the Survival King, and what supplies did he bring?"

"Here it is!"

Fang Yi spoke softly, taking the large backpack hidden behind Xia Dong and hugging it over, making her look even more frail.

"Who called Jin Chen? You're the Survival King for this stage."

Jin Chen picked up the pack, utterly unceremonious, "Thanks, I deserve it."

Opening the pack in front of everyone, its contents were similar to the backpack in the water cellar, except with fewer survival tools and more food.

Jin Chen stuffed all the tasty things into Yu Sui's pack, picked a few items for himself, and actually gave the most important survival tools to Zhong He, Su Nai, and Shen Yi.

"Good heavens, Great Old Master."

Shen Yi took the tools with awe and fear, "I guess I've latched onto the right thigh."

Zhong He nodded at him, eyes brightening a bit, "Thanks."

Xie Shao also wanted some, but anyone could tell with a toe that Jin Chen wouldn't give him anything, so he simply didn't speak up to avoid humiliation.

Lin Gui and the other person remained unusually silent today, but their watchful eyes never strayed.

Xia Dong's assessing gaze swept over everyone, then he laughed and called out, "All right, everyone, we've actually gone off course; follow me back to the right path."

"According to the clues I got beforehand, the other path has what you want."

His tone was light and cheerful, so relaxed it felt less like a survival show and more like a spring outing.

Hearing his final words, everyone agreed to follow him onward.

【Host, the new prophecy has been cracked!】

【Upper half of the picture: among the ten new people there is a demon, with a knife-wielding killer following the demon; it seems the werewolf and demon have already recognized each other.】

【Lower half of the picture: the witch has found the werewolf and already chosen the person to save.】

Jin Chen walked and listened, noticing that this Xia Dong was leading them along the original route designed by the person behind the scenes.

So could this person be the demon……

"Awoo——"

Everyone heard the wolf howl again.

Everyone's footsteps froze, staring blankly at the creature that appeared ahead…… which could barely be called human.

Yu Sui exclaimed in surprise, "There really are werewolves."

The person blocking their path at the intersection was covered head to toe in black fur, with a protruding nose and mouth, closely resembling a wolf, his hands bearing razor‑sharp claws, and drool dripping from his mouth.

What first caught Jin Chen's attention, however, was the thing the werewolf held in its hand.

The werewolf glanced at them, then swiftly leapt away; Jin Chen hurried after it and actually ran after it.

"Stay put and wait for me," Jin Chen left Yu Sui with those words.

"Jin Chen!"

Yu Sui shouted, hesitated half a second, still didn't follow, and looked worriedly in the direction they had gone.

The person walking ahead breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they had escaped danger, but the very next second after the wolf and person vanished, the entire road began to tremble.

"Damn! Is there even an earthquake on this broken deserted island?!" Shen Yi cursed; everyone could barely stand, so they squatted down to wait for the shaking to pass.

After several seconds of turmoil, the surroundings fell quiet again.

Yu Sui was the first to notice something was off.

He drew a dagger, reversed it in his palm, and spoke in an icy tone, "The surroundings have been altered."

Shen Yi, dazed from the impact, vomited several times while squatting on the ground; upon standing up and looking, he exclaimed, "Huh?! How did it turn into a stream."

When he squatted down, there was a forest ahead!

Lin Gui pointed in astonishment at a spot not far ahead, "Just now this was an intersection! Now it's become a forest."

"Ahhhh, what a maze!! It can even forcibly change the map."

"I watched the roads connect before my eyes…… some new‑era shifting shadows…… the whole island is nothing but mechanisms!"

"Has Jin Chen then been separated from them??"