CHAPTER 476: CHAPTER 470: ACTRESS 37

Shuangshuang and Yu Yingjie saw that they had already dug up several pieces with their sign, and this round was definitely won. The four of them stopped searching and headed back, intending to catch two fish to fry along with some wild vegetables, making it a balanced meal.

Shuangshuang and Yu Yingjie were quick at catching fish and soon caught seven or eight of them. Shuangshuang used an axe to carve bamboo slats to handle the fish, which turned out to be much more effective than using the axe directly, making the fish preparation much faster.

After the meal, it was time to announce the winners, and unsurprisingly, Shuangshuang’s group once again achieved an overwhelming victory.

This time, the group first chose a pot, resolving their cooking issues. After much debate, they finally unanimously decided to take a bag of rice, although the supplies provided by the show were limited, and this rice weighed only about two pounds.

The male stars’ group was still exceptionally lucky, as they managed to grab a gourmet card. The gourmet card is the favorite of celebrity guests in survival game shows because getting one means a sumptuous meal awaits them.

The male stars’ group immediately celebrated by high-fiving each other and then happily sat in the show’s vehicle to enjoy a feast. Although this place was deserted, it wasn’t far from the outside world, and an hour’s drive was enough to reach a nice resort hotel outside for a good meal.

Even though Shuangshuang’s group won, the event left them without the joy of winning, since the male stars’ group was simply too lucky.

Tonight, everyone ate fish again. Having had fish for two consecutive meals, everyone was getting a bit tired of it. But in this place, if you wanted meat, fish was the only option. Other animals were either hard to catch or no one dared to eat them, fearing they might be protected species.

Early the next morning, Shuangshuang and others fetched some freshwater, chopped some wild vegetables and wild onions, and made a pot of wild vegetable porridge. Everyone ate until satisfied. However, this meal alone consumed more than a quarter of the rice obtained the previous day, making everyone a bit distressed.

Although they were getting tired of fish, Shuangshuang continued to eat it resolutely. Even though her special forces instructor taught her how to set traps for small animals, Shuangshuang didn’t want to use it on the show only to have thousands of viewers learn and cause trouble for the small animals.

The survival game was extraordinarily popular, and anything interesting in the game was bound to be copied by people, but making traps shouldn’t be one of those things.

The challenge today posed by the show was quite difficult since the show didn’t require everyone to complete the task with bare hands. Instead, they provided hammers, nails, iron wire, and saws as auxiliary tools.

Seeing these tools, Shuangshuang’s head exploded—this indicated that today’s task was quite challenging. Otherwise, given the show’s preference for pranks, they wouldn’t have kindly provided tools in advance.

Sure enough, the announced competition was for two teams to work together to complete a bamboo house usable for bathing before nightfall!

Of course, as support, the show would handle the lunch, so there was no need to look for food. Moreover, as long as the house’s shape was completed, the show would provide a big piece of cured meat as an extra reward besides the regular prizes, making the reward extremely generous.

Since it was a project set by the show, it had to be completed no matter what. Fortunately, according to the show’s requirements, they didn’t need to build an excellent bamboo house—just as long as it could stand and not fall with a push.

Shuangshuang and Yu Yingjie, along with Qi Qing and Yun Chuching, discussed while drawing sketches on the ground. Initially, they considered building a triangle-shaped structure like a tent, surrounded by reed grass, similar to ancient thatched cottages.

But this style didn’t look good. Even Qi Qing and Yun Chuching didn’t like it, along with Shuangshuang and Yu Yingjie. After repeatedly sketching on the ground and rejecting plans, they finally settled on a design.

The four decided to simply cut more bamboo and construct something resembling a square house. After all, it didn’t need to function as a real house, just needed a framework. This way, there was no need to build a roof with beams; they only needed to lay two bamboo poles horizontally, spread reed grass flat, and bind them with iron wire as a roof.

The sides would follow suit; split the bamboo in half, sandwich the reed grass in the middle, then fix with nails on four main load-bearing bamboos, and the walls would be complete, leaving a movable door by twisting several strands of iron wire together into a bamboo slot for a door.

However, due to the hasty construction and no time to dry, the bamboo and reed grass were not dry, and in a few days, dehydration and warping would occur. But since the structure wasn’t really used as a house, deformation didn’t matter.

Get to work right away! Shuangshuang carried the axe, Yu Yingjie held the saw, and the four headed into the bamboo forest. They chose the bamboo they liked and began sawing and chopping.

Bamboo in the south is very tall, estimated to be over ten meters high. When cutting bamboo, it’s important to cut from both sides for an easier cut and to have a buffer when the bamboo falls, preventing sudden falls from injuring people.

Shuangshuang and Yu Yingjie were responsible for cutting and sawing bamboo, while Qi Qing and Yun Chuching carried the felled bamboo back to the camp.

After several trips and enough bamboo was cut, they busily removed branches, sawed out a pointed base to fix it into the ground, and estimated the height to cut the bamboo.

While Shuangshuang’s group worked fervently, the male stars’ group took a clever shortcut. Their camp was near a cliff forming a triangular angle.

They placed bamboo horizontally in the corner, tied it with reed grass like a curtain, fixed it with iron wire, then placed two more bamboo on top, laying reed grass flat, creating a room like a simple fitting room in a shopping mall!

The male stars’ group finished their task early on, while Shuangshuang’s group took until nightfall to complete the envisioned bamboo house.

To ensure fairness, the winner was not decided by the show but by online audience votes. Naturally, Shuangshuang’s side won against the male stars as theirs didn’t resemble a bamboo house at all.

During prize selection, the group discussed and chose rice and a set of toiletries. With a pot and an axe already, they didn’t need tools, but food and personal hygiene were significant concerns.