Chapter 55: The Wooden Cabin Is Finished!

"Room 3 host Mu Tingwei has entered the main live room, connection successful!"

As the group chatted, the main live room’s Xiao Bing suddenly issued a new alert, and soon Mu Tingwei’s figure appeared on the main screen, just like Wang Xing had.

Wang Xing, already in the main live room, was taken aback the moment he saw Mu Tingwei—he nearly didn’t recognize him.

When Mu Tingwei first joined this show, he was a full-fledged fat guy; now, he’d lost at least twenty catties.

They’d only survived in the wilderness for twenty days, yet Mu Tingwei had become shockingly thin.

"Hey Boss, hello Miss Yang, Mr. Cai, Brother Wang Xing!"

Seeing the faces in the main live room, Mu Tingwei smiled and greeted them.

Though he’d managed to secure some food daily in the wilderness, rabbits provided him with almost no fat, hence the drastic weight loss.

Still, while thrilled by his rapid weight loss, Mu Tingwei was slightly worried about his health.

But now wasn’t the time to worry about his condition—ten days remained until the month’s end, when Yin Fu’s top medical team would assess all contestants.

Mu Tingwei had already decided: if his body showed serious deterioration by then, he’d withdraw—money was good, but life was worth more.

"Room 2 host Wei Wenchang has entered the main live room, connection successful!"

"Room 10 host Jiang Yiyi has entered the main live room, connection successful!"

While Mu Tingwei chatted with Boss and the others, Wei Wenchang arrived at the main live room as well.

Seeing Boss and the others, they naturally smiled and greeted them.

Honestly, these past twenty-plus days had nearly driven them mad—they could only talk to themselves.

Even the one-hour daily chat with the live room was just them reading comments and getting no verbal replies.

"Wait—doesn’t the drone AI Xiao Bing give them reminders?"

With their arrival, the live room suddenly grew lively.

Soon after, Zhong Yicheng from Room 9 also entered the main live room.

Compared to the other four who’d arrived, Zhong Yicheng was not only much thinner, but his face was noticeably yellowish—clearly malnutrition.

Everyone grew concerned; though rivals, they feared someone might suffer a real accident, which would shake the morale of those still competing.

But their concern shifted the moment Wu De from Room 7 entered the main live room.

All other contestants had entered the main live room from open, well-lit locations.

Wu De was the exception—he entered lying inside his shelter.

He had no choice: he hadn’t eaten in two days, so he lay still to conserve energy.

Even now, as he entered the main live room and saw the snacks on the host platform, he briefly considered quitting the wilderness challenge.

He hadn’t had a full meal in twenty days. Oddly enough, every time he grew dizzy from hunger, his traps always delivered some food.

Soon after, Liu Hong from Room 8 entered the live room.

This woman now seemed spirited, no longer the dejected figure she’d been after her shelter was destroyed the second time.

After rebuilding her shelter for the second time, her luck seemed to turn.

Though she couldn’t guarantee daily food, she’d consistently secured decent prey every two or three days—two days ago, she even snatched a porcupine right from under a short-tailed cat’s nose.

Had the short-tailed cat not fled so fast, and had her arrow not been three seconds slower, her food list might have grown by one more item.

Soon, the group fell into lively chatter—it was a rare, rule-permitted chance to talk with others and ease their loneliness.

They exchanged stories about their wilderness struggles and shared their experiences.

Even the newcomers secretly thanked Yang Qingning and Cai Luohan for leaving.

Otherwise, wouldn’t they all have gone mad?

The only ones still missing were Wu En from Room 5 and Xiao Yi from Room 6.

At this moment, whether fellow contestants, the three guests, or the live audience, all were waiting for these two.

Everyone knew these two were the only ones who might still win the grand prize.

So what were these two doing right now?

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"Shh! Shh! Friends, I’ve finally caught the big guy we’ve all been waiting for—look, here’s a big kitty!"

Wu En gestured toward the drone as he spoke.

Not far from him, a rare mountain lion was preparing to hunt.

But he didn’t know that behind it stood an old hunter with his eyes locked on the same target.

Though mountain lions existed in Maple Nation, they rarely roamed near Lake Lai.

But Wu En didn’t care whether it belonged there.

He only cared whether he could hunt this big kitty.

Meanwhile, many viewers in Wu En’s live room were urging him to go to the main live room.

But seeing the big guy he’d longed for day and night, how could he think of leaving?

At this moment, Wu En’s entire focus was on the big kitty before him.

Viewers in his live room, hearing him call the mountain lion “big kitty” over and over, were left speechless.

But his longtime viewers were used to this—he was genuinely terrifyingly skilled in the wilderness.

His live room viewership stayed steady at around three million daily precisely because of this ferocity.

And what was Xiao Yi doing right now?

Looking at the newly completed wooden cabin before him, Xiao Yi felt utterly delighted.

Beside Xiao Yi stood two bears, utterly exhausted.

Yes—two bears. After ten days of recovery and rest, Heidan had finally regained strength.

Whether Heidan had any hidden injuries, Xiao Yi didn’t know—but for now, its recovery was excellent.

Even if it did have hidden injuries, it was already a near-miracle that it had survived.

But one had to admire how strong this bear’s recovery ability was.

After such severe injuries, it had recovered to this state in just ten days.

Still, Xiao Yi didn’t coddle it—he assigned it work as soon as it seemed well enough.

From today on, Xiao Yi was a man with a one-bedroom, one-living-room, fifty-square-meter house in this Arctic wilderness.

If there were firecrackers here, he’d light a string of ten thousand to celebrate his housewarming.