Wen Yao was hiding in the dense trees, looking at the four burly men in the darkness through the cracks in the leaves.
The men's attire and behavior were exactly as described by Lan Yunxi, except for the upper half of their faces and the white gloves, everything else was wrapped in black fabric, perfectly blending into the night.
Wen Yao watched them cautiously approaching Lan Yunxi's tent, and one of them suddenly took out a black object from his pocket, and from the small red light flashing on top, it appeared to be a device.
After careful observation, Wen Yao found that not only this man had the device, but the pockets of the other men also faintly glowed with red dots.
However, the red dots were not very noticeable, if one didn't deliberately stare at the pockets, they wouldn't be noticed.
In Wen Yao's mind appeared the words "signal jammer", but she couldn't be sure if that was the case.
Just as the man who took out the device pressed a few times and quickly put it back in his pocket, he whispered something to the others, then walked straight towards the tent.
The men opened the tent and looked at Lan Yunxi lying inside, then crouched down to perform a series of checks.
According to Lan Yunxi's description, after checking the guests, the men would inject them with an unknown substance.
This was just a play staged by Lan Yunxi and Wen Yao, Lan Yunxi was not actually poisoned, so of course, Wen Yao couldn't let them inject Lan Yunxi.
Just as Wen Yao was ready to jump down and stop them when she saw one of them take out the syringe to pass it to the person conducting the check, the man suddenly shook his hand, refusing to accept the syringe.
Then he leaned over to check Lan Yunxi again, quickly realizing that Lan Yunxi's condition was not right at all and didn't look like someone poisoned.
After sensing that something was wrong, he didn't announce it, but asked the person next to him to pass the syringe to her.
Wen Yao watched as the man pushed the needle, squeezing out the air from it, ready to pierce Lan Yunxi's vein, she quickly showed up to stop them.
Seeing Wen Yao suddenly appear, the men immediately became alert, quickly surrounding her, ready to act at any moment.
The leading man, upon realizing that Lan Yunxi was not actually poisoned, realized that they had been tricked.
So he intended to still inject the virus into Lan Yunxi's body, using it to threaten and control both of them.
But he didn't expect Wen Yao to be so fast, before he could even inject the needle, it was knocked away by a flying stone, but that didn't matter, Lan Yunxi was still in their hands.
He lifted Lan Yunxi, but she, knowing that the situation was exposed, no longer pretended to be poisoned and desperately tried to break free from the man's restraint.
But the man's arm was thicker than her thigh, she couldn't break free at all and could only scream in fear.
"What kind of people are you, let go of me!!!"
"What are you going to do?"
"You are committing a crime!"
The man completely ignored Lan Yunxi's cries, his gaze always fixed on Wen Yao, to him, Wen Yao with martial arts was the real threat.
Wen Yao looked at Lan Yunxi being held and said, "Let go of Lan Yunxi immediately!"
Wen Yao's tone was cold and full of anger, as if it could erupt at any moment, making the men shudder upon hearing it, feeling a bit frightened.
However, this feeling only lasted for less than a second in their minds before disappearing.
Wen Yao, even with her powerful martial arts skills, was just a little girl, her 90-pound delicate arms and legs didn't have much strength, they could easily lift her and throw her away with one hand.
Despite Wen Yao's usual flashy moves when dealing with wild animals, it was just a matter of using weapons and tricks.
Now, Wen Yao was unarmed, even if she hit them, it probably would only tickle their muscles and cause no real harm.
Thinking of this, the men's momentum grew stronger again.
The leader pushed Lan Yunxi to another man in black, and said to Wen Yao, "Wen Yao, in the eyes of the audience, she is already a 'dead person', if you don't want the fake death to become real, I advise you to stop here and keep everything you see hidden in your heart, obediently continue recording the program, otherwise..."
The man's words were cut off by Wen Yao before he had finished speaking. "What if I say no?" Wen Yao asked. "Then don't blame us for being impolite!" The man took out a syringe from his pocket and raised his hand, asking, "Do you know what this is?" A strange smile appeared on the man's face, and he then removed the cover of the syringe and approached Lu Yunxi.
"If you don't want this needle to pierce your good friend's skin, it's best to listen obediently," he warned. Wen Yao's gaze fell on the needle, and she coldly said, "Then try it." Before her words had even landed, she had already appeared in front of the man, moving so fast that he couldn't react in time.
The man instinctively tried to step back, but before he could, Wen Yao had already seized his arms and promptly executed a shoulder throw. Seeing this, the others rushed to intervene. Each of them had studied martial arts for many years and had won numerous awards, being considered outstanding in the industry. Few could match their skill.
But facing Wen Yao, they couldn't even get close to her, and they were quickly overpowered by her seemingly delicate but surprisingly powerful fists. As they tried to escape, Wen Yao swiftly took out a rope and securely bound them.
After they were bound, Wen Yao and Lu Yunxi exchanged a glance before proceeding to search them. "What are you going to do?" the man asked, staring at Wen Yao's actions.
Wen Yao took out a palm-sized black device from the man's pocket, which had a black and white screen with a row of small buttons underneath. There were no Chinese characters on the screen or buttons, only letters. She quickly handed the item to Lu Yunxi and asked, "Do you recognize these letters?"
Lu Yunxi leaned over to take a look and said, "It's German." "Do you recognize it?" asked Wen Yao. Lu Yunxi nodded.
"What does it say?" Wen Yao inquired. "GPS positioning monitoring, nearby signal monitoring, signal source shielding activation, shielding range..." These professional terms confirmed their earlier speculation.
The scene Lu Yunxi had witnessed before had not been broadcast to the audience; their drone signal had been blocked by a signal blocker. But now, they had the signal blocker in their hands.
"Turn it off immediately." "Can't. It needs a password," Lu Yunxi replied. Wen Yao's gaze fell on the men, and she unmercifully grabbed the leader's neck, asking, "The password."
Feeling Wen Yao's grip, the leader trembled and stammered, "I, I don't know, it was set by the higher-ups. We're only responsible for taking the injured guests back."
The man was not lying. He didn't really know what the program team was up to. All he knew was that the fluid in the syringe contained a new type of virus, which would make people suffer miserably in the days to come and require another vaccine to suppress it.
"Are you sure?" Wen Yao picked up the syringe from the ground and pointed the needle at the man. The man, looking at the needle, nervously swallowed and started stammering.
"Y-yes."
Faced with life and death, Wen Yao thought the man wouldn't lie. She put away the syringe containing the "virus" and took the signal blocker from Lu Yunxi.
Lu Yunxi asked, "What should we do now? I saw the setting above was a hundred meters. I could throw away the blocker..."
Before Lu Yunxi could finish speaking, Wen Yao lifted the blocker and slammed it hard against a rock, shattering it instantly.
The audience waited in the livestream room, staring at the two blacked-out channels, for almost an hour. This long wait made them extremely impatient, and they had cursed the program staff repeatedly.
Finally, not disappointing their wait, the screen began to flicker. They stared at the screen eagerly, desperate to find out if Wen Yao had found the herb to save Lu Yunxi and if Lu Yunxi had truly died. If Lu Yunxi died, could Wen Yao handle it?
Everyone was very curious about what would happen next.
But to their surprise, the video showed Lu Yunxi standing perfectly fine, not at all looking like a person who had been poisoned. Meanwhile, Wen Yao was ruthlessly smashing some small device.
What was going on?
The most surprising thing was the four bound men. These men were not part of the program's guests at all!!!
"What's going on here exactly???"
"Damn, what the hell happened in the past hour!!!"
"Luyunxi wasn't poisoned? Where did these four men come from? Didn't the producers say that there wouldn't be anyone else on the deserted island except for the guests?"
"What did they do, and why did Wen Yao tie them up?"
Everyone was frantically sending barrage comments, but no one could answer their questions, so they continued to watch the show.
Just then, Wen Yao smashed something and then lifted one of the men, demanding, "Where were the missing guests taken? Take us there immediately."
This statement completely blew the audience's mind.
"What does Wen Yao mean?"
"The guests didn't die but were taken away?"
"Damn, is there a conspiracy in this show?"
"Did Wen Yao discover some secret about the producers? This is so intense."
This was the first time the audience had been so shaken watching a reality show, feeling like their brains couldn't keep up, and they continued to stare at the live broadcast, hoping to find the answers within.
But at that moment, the live broadcast once again cut off.
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"Zhou, this is bad! Wen Yao and Luyunxi have found out about our plans."
"The whole country's audience knows, so why are you reporting to me?" Zhou Zhen scolded the man angrily, "Those four useless guys couldn't even handle a woman."
"So, Zhou, what do we do now?"
"I've just shut down Wen Yao and Luyunxi's channels. The audience didn't see much. We'll come up with a reason later and then contact the public relations department to suppress the public opinion and hype."
"What about the authorities, Tang and Liu...?"
Mentioning these two big shots, Zhou Zhen felt a bit of a headache. He hadn't expected such a big loophole in this season's show.
"I'll handle it myself."
"Okay, but what about Wen Yao and Luyunxi?"
"Make them disappear!"
"Wen Yao is from Ruihan Entertainment, which is backed by Han Group. I'm afraid..."
When he heard Han Group, Zhou Zhen got a headache again.
If he had known that Wen Yao wasn't a pushover, he wouldn't have invited her for the hype.
He said, "Bring the two of them back first."