Several tall and sturdy poplar trees are clustered together. Villagers with cattail-leaf fans are enjoying the cool under the trees, and from time to time they cast curious glances over.
"Are they celebrities? They all look so good."
"He's really handsome, he must be from out of town."
"The village chief said that a TV station was coming to record a show. They must be talking about these people. Look, they have equipment in their hands!"
…
Meng Yao also raised her eyebrows in surprise.
It seems that this trip is quite good, at least much better than expected.
The tour guide led all the guests to a shady place, where the shadows of the trees were swaying and there was a slight coolness in the air.
Meng Yao took out a baseball cap from her backpack and put it on her head. She pulled the brim down, leaving only her red lips and pointed chin.
"I remember seeing netizens discussing on Weibo that this trip would be a lot easier. I didn't expect that they were right." Zhang Jiamin sighed, "The tour guide kept quiet throughout the trip."
The tour guide stood in front of the tree and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that Brother Jiamin paid much attention to the comments of netizens."
Zhang Jiamin smiled and said, "I usually pay attention to the program's related information when I have nothing to do. Compared with the previous desert island survival, the production team can really be said to be very merciful this time. Is it like what netizens said, the last episode should leave a good impression on the guests?"
"Good impression?" The tour guide smiled and said, "Probably."
"As you can see, our destination is Stone Village, a beautiful village!"
As he spoke, he pointed to a large stone with inscriptions on it.
Yang Jia was still terrified: "Let's talk about the rules. I always feel that the rules will be improved when we get to a good place. After all, this has always been the nature of the production team... ahem, I mean the style."
"I didn't mean to insult the production team..."
Following the director's eye command, the tour guide slowly spoke:
"After so many sessions, I believe everyone is already familiar with the general rules—"
The guests nodded one after another.
The tour guide suddenly changed his tone: "But the rules of this issue are a little different..."
"What does this mean? What I just said wasn't nonsense?" Li Jin frowned and said, "I knew this trip wouldn't be that easy. Sure enough, difficulties are waiting behind!"
Meng Qingqing stood beside him, with a worried look on her face.
Unlike other guests, she has not participated in the previous episodes of the show, so the current environment does not seem so fortunate to her.
She had done a lot of research before and knew that the program crew's favorite thing was to play pranks on people. In addition to the harsh environment, the frequent tricks used by the program crew were the most difficult to endure.
The tour guide said: "The rules this time are not necessarily particularly difficult. Everyone still needs to adjust their mindset first."
"The rules this time are not as scary as everyone imagines. They are basically the same as before. Our mission is very simple. We just need to find the 'Return Stone' to return."
With just a few rules, the guests were not used to it: "Just find the 'return stone'? Is it the same as the golden key before? As long as you find it, you can go back?"
The tour guide held the black umbrella handle in his hand and ruthlessly broke the other guests' fantasies: "It's not easy to solve your food problem, so it's better to keep some tension and fear at the beginning."
Zhang Jiamin said slowly: "It's probably not easy. I don't know if you still remember when we were looking for the golden key in the second episode. At that time, we almost searched all over the rainforest..."
The others all followed suit, and their faces instantly turned ugly.
Li Jin also became excited: "Oh, there are cards! We need to find the cards!"
“No need to look for a card this time~”
The tour guide said something lightly, and everyone became uneasy.
"What do you mean?" Yang Jia hesitated and asked, "What does it mean that there is no card? Is there any other way to hint?"
"There won't be any clues this time. It's completely up to everyone to find it on their own. The show team won't give any clues."
Meng Yao lifted her hat slightly, revealing a pair of beautiful and bright eyes.
"Are you program crew serious? You ask us to find a stinky stone without any clues? What's the difference between this and looking for a needle in a haystack? We don't know how to get it, and we don't even know whether it is an image or a entity! Your program crew is getting more and more ridiculous! How did you come up with such a ridiculous rule!!" Li Jin was so angry that he didn't even have time to care about the opinions of Meng Qingqing beside him.
Zhang Jiamin's attitude was still gentle, but his face still looked unhappy: "I think without any hints... it's really difficult."
Previously, relying on the "card" to find the "golden key" almost cost them half their lives, not to mention that there are no clues now.
"The 'return stone' is a physical entity." The tour guide lightly revealed it, not caring about the other guests' emotional breakdown.
The guide's smile widened. "At the same time, the popularity contest in the live broadcast room is closed, which means that everyone can't get the 'loving breakfast' from the program team like before. Whether it's Buddha Jumps Over the Wall or pickles, there's none of that—"
After these words were spoken, all the guests became dejected again.
Meng Yao lowered her head slightly, with a thoughtful expression.
[Xiao Pang: I thought this round would be much easier, but I didn’t expect it—you are amazing! !]
[People: I mean, the production team has never let me down…]
[TuTu: Didn’t you say you wanted to leave a good impression on the guests? Let’s just say Chunchun has a psychological trauma, okay?]
[zzz: Light a stick of incense for all the guests in advance! ]
[Did Yaoyao slack off today? Come on Yaoyao!!]
…
The tour guide took the palm-leaf fan handed over by the assistant, ignored the hostile looks from all the guests, and smiled leisurely: "Different from the free team formation before, this time we will adopt a double team competition. We have a total of six guests, so there will be three groups."
"As for the grouping method..."
The tour guide smiled slowly and said, "I wonder if you still remember the Xueyang fruit-flavored water I asked you to bring before you boarded the bus."
All the guests' faces changed at the same time, as if they had a bad premonition.
really.
"Next, please unscrew the bottle caps again and check your grouping."
"The grouping results are on the bottle caps?" a guest asked.
The tour guide smiled helplessly.
"Please check carefully."
Meng Yao took out the bottle of fruit water from her backpack and unscrewed the cap.
She placed the bottle cap on her palm and narrowed her eyes slightly.
There was no writing on it, just a red apple.
(End of this chapter)