Ten minutes later...

"Aha! Got it!" Feng Bujue shouted excitedly the moment he saw the fire.

In these ten minutes, Brother Jue hadn't been idle for a moment. He first wrung out his shirt (the system wouldn't let him take it off, so he could only wring it out while wearing it), then groped around in the depths of the cave, and luckily found a pile of relatively dry dead leaves and vines (actually, anything dry and flammable would do, even animal carcasses). Then he carried the pile back to the entrance of the cave and used the back of his knife and a fire starter to light a fire.

"Well done, Mr. Tan," Luo Han said with a happy expression, praising him.

It has to be said, this is a truly ironic scene...

The contestants who came to participate in this program were all living a carefree and wealthy life in the outside world, but they chose to seek happiness through drug use.

But now, in this wilderness, in the midst of thunder, rain, hunger, and cold, even a small fire was enough to make them cheer.

"Do you need to take off your clothes and dry them?" Feng Bujue asked, putting away his knife.

"I'd like to," Luo Han replied, "but..." She pointed to the camera high up on the wall, "...it's recording."

"I thought you wouldn't care about that," Feng Bujue shrugged.

"Hey! Acting is acting." Luo Han frowned slightly. "Just because I've filmed a few revealing scenes doesn't mean I'm an exhibitionist?"

"Heh... I was just kidding." Brother Jue laughed, changing from a squat to a sit, and began to untie his shoelaces (the system still allowed him to take off his shoes). "However, I think you should at least dry your feet, otherwise you might get 'trench foot.'" He paused for a moment, using a similar tone to Hagar Els, and explained, "That will cause your feet to become congested, swollen, and blistered, leading to skin peeling... If you get infected, you won't be able to walk, and it could even be life-threatening."

"Okay, thanks for the advice," Luo Han responded and began to take off her shoes as well.

So far, Feng Bujue felt that his plan was proceeding smoothly. The first step—"making the other party lower their guard"—was basically complete.

In this not-so-long period of time, Brother Jue had subtly created a relatively harmonious atmosphere; as if he and Luo Han were not competitors, but companions sheltering from the rain under the same roof (cave).

Of course, Brother Jue also understood that this sense of trust and security generated by "similar circumstances" was essentially very fragile. As long as he made the slightest move, everything he had done would be in vain.

In addition, it can be observed that... Luo Han had not completely let down her guard. Although she was quite polite on the surface, she still maintained a certain distance from Feng Bujue, and always faced him directly; her body was not completely relaxed, and her eyes occasionally glanced at Brother Jue, observing his movements.

In short... Brother Jue still needed a little patience to take down the other party without bloodshed.

If everything goes smoothly, when Luo Han reveals a flaw, she will become another Barack Obama...

...

At the same time, on the Dolphin cruise ship, in the monitoring cabin.

"This is f***ing great." Director Hai Mei Long looked at a screen on the console with a displeased expression and cursed, "We just gave that guy the knife with the GPS, and the rain cut off the signal... This is really..." He then cursed with several words starting with "f" and "s," the one starting with "f" used the present progressive tense, and the one starting with "s" used the noun form...

He cursed, but his tone was still calm, without a trace of anger, but rather a bit self-deprecating.

"Don't worry, Mr. Hai Mei Long," an employee not far from him said, "Carbon is still under our surveillance, isn't he?"

"Just call me James, kid," Hai Mei Long glanced at the other party and replied.

The employee was indeed very young, and it was not inappropriate for Hai Mei Long to call him a kid.

"Okay, Hai Mei Long... uh... I mean, James."

"Heh..." Hai Mei Long smiled and shook his head, then paused for two seconds and continued, "Kid, when dealing with people like Stephen Carbon, conventional surveillance is not enough." He turned his gaze to the monitoring screen where Brother Jue and Luo Han were, "If he wants to, he can completely remove the cameras in the cave, just like before. So... the GPS is very important, that's our bottom..."

His words stopped there, and he didn't say the last word "card" because something happened again on the monitoring screen in front of him...

...

At the same time, in the cave.

Luo Han, sitting by the fire, was looking at Brother Jue with a smile on her face, and she already had something in her hand - a pistol.

"Why do you have a gun..." Brother Jue, who was forced back to the wall, did not show any panic, but he was shouting in his heart: "What the hell is going on!"

"Heh... of course, I got it from Bell (according to the rules of the game, each contestant can bring ten items to participate, but before they go to the island, the program team will confiscate all these things. When Bell appears in front of a contestant, the latter can receive one of the items they brought from him)." Luo Han smiled, "What did you get? That military shovel? Or that small knife?" As she spoke, her gaze swept over the two props beside Brother Jue and on his waist, "Ah... actually, I'm not interested..." She tilted her head and flicked her hair, "Stephen, you are a smart person, you should be able to understand... From the beginning, my thinking was different from yours. As the old saying goes - men conquer the world, and women conquer men. Heh... when you people are focused on things like 'survival, challenge,' I have already thought of a more clever plan..."

"Guarantee survival through plunder, and win by eliminating others..." Feng Bujue took over the other party's words.

"Heh... you're pretty quick-witted." Luo Han replied with a smile, "Unfortunately, it's a little late to react now." At this point, her expression suddenly turned cold, "Okay, let's stop chatting, now, take out everything on you and put it on the ground one by one."

"Don't you think this threat is ridiculous? You and I both know that you can't shoot me dead." Feng Bujue would not give in so easily, he would definitely try to stall for time.

"Hmph... I certainly won't 'shoot you dead'..." Luo Han sneered and slowly moved the muzzle down, "However... I can give you a shot in the knee."

"Hey... wait..." Feng Bujue's cold sweat immediately came down, "Gun wounds are not a joke, even if they hit the arm or leg, people can still die..."

"Nonsense, of course I know that," Luo Han replied, "If I wasn't worried about accidentally killing you, I would have shot already... It's more convenient and safer for me to knock you down and then search you." She paused, "So, I advise you to do me a favor, and also do yourself a favor... obediently hand over everything, and then pick up a stone and smash your own knee." Her tone sounded just like Brother Jue a few hours ago, "This way, I can save a bullet, and you can withdraw from the competition with only a fractured injury."

Luo Han said here, suddenly raised the muzzle and aimed it at Brother Jue's face: "If you want to resist to the end, or naively think that I won't shoot..." She took a few steps back, as if afraid of being splattered with blood, "I can't guarantee... where the bullet will hit in the end."

"Damn... the NPCs in this script are really all kinds of crazy, domineering, and ruthless..." At this moment, Feng Bujue thought in his heart, "I might as well just force a quit... Anyway, I've already gotten a legendary weapon, so it's not like I came here for nothing..."

Although this idea was quite correct, Brother Jue was ultimately a person who did not admit defeat, he only took two seconds to sweep the thought out of his mind, and then said, "Okay... okay... don't shoot... I'll do it..." Saying that, Brother Jue took a few steps forward, away from the wall, and reached for the pocket behind his pants.

"Don't play tricks, take your time..." Luo Han's eyes were fixed on Feng Bujue's every move, "We have plenty of time."

"I'm reminding you... pointing a gun at me like this may attract..." Feng Bujue said this, glancing up at the camera.

"You don't have to play these psychological tactics with me, Stephen." Luo Han interrupted Brother Jue and continued in a calm tone, "In this cave, you can't call for help. The gun is in my hand, I can do whatever I want. Even if the program team thinks something is wrong... heh... in this rainy weather, by the time they send someone over, it will be too late..."