After nearly an hour of hiding, Zhang Yiran and the others finally pieced together how the Hunters operated. They regrouped with Shen Wanwan’s team, and everyone pooled the information they had gathered.
After learning the contents of the last three clues, Zhang Yiran summed it up:
“So basically, all we have to do now is avoid the Hunters and find the ferry tickets hidden inside the treasure chests, right?”
Shen Wanwan turned to Shao Yuye.
“I don’t want it to be that messy.
“What about you, Brother?”
Shao Yuye instantly understood what she meant. He raised the toy water gun into the air and made a firing gesture.
“I don’t either.”
Zhang Yiran thought, At a time like this, who cares whether it’s messy or not? We should all hurry up and find the tickets so we can escape!
But Shen Wanwan and Shao Yuye had already turned around together.
“Let’s go!”
Zhang Yiran stared wide-eyed as the siblings headed in the opposite direction, back toward the center of the island.
He paused in disbelief.
“Are those two seriously planning to stay behind?”
“No.”
The setting sun stretched their shadows across the ground.
Qi Luozhou watched them leave and immediately understood what they intended.
“They’re planning to take everyone with them.”
Only Zhang Song understood what he meant. The teenager climbed back into his toy tank and followed after them.
Everyone else looked completely confused.
“Huh?”
“What do you mean, take everyone with them?”
Although they had no idea what was going on, that didn’t stop Jiang Yuan from automatically imagining the <Ultraman Tiga> opening theme, <The Miracle Reappear1>, playing behind Shen Wanwan and Shao Yuye.
[LOL, where did the Ultraman theme song come from?! Jiang Yuan, have you been infected by Brother Ye too?!]
[♪ A new storm has already appeared, how could we stand still?! ♪]
[Suddenly this got so hype!!]
[So what exactly are Wanwan and Brother Ye going to do?]
It didn’t take long for everyone to find out…
While everyone else was concentrating on hiding from the Hunters…
Shen Wanwan and Shao Yuye were riding around on the electric tricycle…
Chasing the Hunters instead.
Shao Yuye drove with one hand while holding the water gun in the other.
One shot, one Hunter.
Every shot hit its mark.
Meanwhile, Shen Wanwan sat comfortably on the little leather seat behind him, looking as relaxed and leisurely as ever.
Wherever they went, Hunters dropped one after another.
[HAHAHAHAHA!]
[Never in my life would I have thought of this strategy!]
[Director (pupils shaking): What are you two doing?! D-Don’t go off-script!!]
The director really was completely dumbfounded.
When Zhang Song gave Shen Wanwan the water gun earlier, he had laughed it off.
When Zhang Song gave her the carrot juice, he had remained perfectly calm.
But now…
Watching Hunter after Hunter being chased around until they fled in panic…
The director covered his face in agony.
“I only thought she’d use it for self-defense, I never imagined she’d defend herself like this!!!”
Shen Wanwan and Shao Yuye had gone on an absolute ‘killing’ spree.
In barely over ten minutes, they’d already ‘eliminated’ half of the Hunters.
The livestream chat exploded.
[Seriously… what else can you even call this…?]
[THE ELECTRIC TRIKE GODS!!]
[PFFT! I’m laughing to death!!]
[Brother Ye must think he’s the coolest guy alive right now.]
[Looks like it!🫣🫣]
[I lose it every time ‘Petty Revenge Duo’ took action. Even when Wanwan doesn’t personally pull the trigger, she still sticks with her brother. I ship them so much! (Sibling edition!)]
[HAHAHAHA! My smile hasn’t left my face all day!]
[How did ‘Escape from the Deserted Island’ turn into ‘Massacre on the Deserted Island’ thanks to these two?!]
[If nobody watches this episode, I’ll actually be sad, okay? Director, just admit defeat already, you’ve been completely broken by Wanwan and Brother Ye!]
Director: “…
“No, seriously.
“Shen Wanwan is supposed to be the famous pampered princess.
“So how is she this fearless?!”
Thanks to the siblings clearing out the Hunters, Jiang Yuan and the others no longer had to worry about being ambushed.
Before long, they searched every inch of the island and found ferry ticket after ferry ticket hidden inside the treasure chests.
Only then did the audience truly realize just how devious the production team had been.
[Damn, the production team is evil, they actually hid a treasure chest in a tree!]
[Even worse, one was hidden underwater!]
[They were already this hard to find without Hunters around. If the Hunters were still active, nobody would’ve found the tickets in those two chests!]
The director didn’t even bother watching the rest.
Unfortunately, an oblivious assistant kept enthusiastically giving him live updates.
“Director, Shen Wanwan’s team has already cleared the stage and gotten the ferry tickets.
“They really did get off work early.
“And this time, the whole group got off work early!”
The director stared blankly.
“Everyone escaped?”
The assistant gave him a sympathetic look.
“Not everyone. Bai Ling drank the poison and ‘died,’ so… there’s still something left to film.”
“How could that work? Quick, notify Bai Ling! She’s been infected with the mutant strain. Her objective now is to infect as many people as possible. Do whatever it takes to get the others infected so they’ll have to stay behind!”
The director finished anxiously. Seeing his assistant just standing there, he urged, “Go already! Why are you looking at me?”
The assistant smiled awkwardly.
“Well… is it possible that… everyone else has already boarded the boat and left?”
Silence instantly filled the air.
“…”
“…”
The two stared at each other for a moment. Then the director turned to look at the hunters scattered all over the island, dutifully lying on the ground, ‘dead.’
His silence was deafening.
A moment later, the assistant spoke up again.
“Bad news, Director! Bai Ling got rescued and taken away with them too!”
Director: “…………”
After a long while, he finally let out a resigned sigh.
“That Shen Wanwan… she’s seriously cursed!”
—A perfectly good show has practically been wrecked by her!!!
In stark contrast to the director’s despair, the escape boat was overflowing with joy.
The joy of escaping.
The joy of getting off work early.
And…
The joy of completely outplaying the production team.
Raising his cup excitedly, Zhang Yiran said, “This is my first time experiencing something like this. Seriously, trying to outsmart the production team is way more thrilling than just clearing challenges!”
Jiang Yuan looked back expectantly.
“I wonder what kind of expression the director has on his face right now. Hahaha!”
Amid the cheerful atmosphere, only Bai Ling wore a bitter smile.
She had been the last one Shen Wanwan and Shao Yuye rescued.
According to the game’s rules, she had already been declared dead. She’d been told that if no one revived her before nightfall, she’d be eliminated for good and sent home early.
Bai Ling had been certain no one would come for her.
But Shen Wanwan and Shao Yuye did.
They brought her along in their escape, yet her emotions were incredibly complicated.
At that moment, the trending topics were filled with discussions about the cast.
#All the Cast of <Extreme Challenge> Broke the Production Team# sat firmly at the top of the trending list.
Everyone’s popularity was soaring.
The only trending topic related to her was: #Shen Wanwan and Shao Yuye Rescue Bai Ling#
Everyone was praising Shen Wanwan and Shao Yuye.
No one cared about her.
Even the people who had initially praised her for sacrificing herself by testing the poison for the team had disappeared…
As for Shen Wanwan?
Her popularity had completely exploded.
Everyone was cheering for her.
Applauding her.
Even now, aboard the boat, everyone was showering her with compliments.
Praising her intelligence.
Praising her decisiveness.
Praising everything about her.
Shen Wanwan was putting her boat ticket into her handbag.
This episode really had been a lot of fun, and the ticket felt like a nice keepsake.
Shao Yuye casually handed her his own ticket as well, asking her to keep them together.
As his gaze happened to sweep across the inside of her bag, his eyes flickered.
To stack the two tickets neatly, she casually took out a small card first.
…It was a small card with a ring-shaped cutout.
As the boat gently rocked, shifting light shone through the hollow center, casting the shadow of a ring onto the back of her hand.
It was a very simple little card.
Yet it was obvious that someone had put thought into making it.
There wasn’t any brand logo printed on it, so it clearly wasn’t a product tag.
The smile on Shao Yuye’s face froze instantly.
The suspicion he had temporarily set aside—that his little sister might be dating—came rushing back.
Something wasn’t right.
Very, very wrong.
His sister had seen every kind of luxury imaginable.
Why would she carefully keep such a plain, impractical little card inside her handbag?
Especially a card that invited so much speculation…
Could it be…
Could it be…
Yu Cheng had actually been right?
His little sister really was dating someone?!!!!
And… was it really that hopeless college kid???
- <The Miracle Reappear> (奇迹再现, Qí Jì Zài Xiàn) by Mao Huafeng is the opening theme song for the Chinese dub of Ultraman Tiga. ↩︎