Wang Xiang, however, remained unmoved, and instead pointed at Mu Li with a mocking expression, saying, “You mean him? Ask him how long he’s had this blessing? Has it had any effect at all?”
Everyone subconsciously focused their gaze on Mu Li, who couldn’t help but scratch his head and said somewhat sheepishly, “Well, this blessing, other than making me swim faster and not drown, doesn’t seem to have any other use. Anyway, it’s completely useless for fishing or anything like that.”
Chichi couldn’t help but cover his heart, looking like he was about to spit out a mouthful of old blood. He tremblingly looked at Wang Xiang and said, “Director Wang, can I retract what I just said?”
Wang Xiang sneered, “No way! Aren’t you amazing? Don’t you still have a Blastoise?”
At the mention of Blastoise, Chichi’s face grew even uglier: “Ever since Squirtle started training with Mu Li, his strength has indeed improved, but the problem is, he no longer listens to me.”
Deng Fei, as if it had nothing to do with him, continued to mock from the side, “I told you not to aim too high. This is the consequence of greed.”
Chichi retorted, “Fei Ge, we’re on the same side now, okay?”
“Are we?” Deng Fei looked at Wang Xiang and asked.
“What else did you think?” Chichi grumbled.
“I thought if I buttered you up enough, I could eat and drink well on the boat, watching you suffer. Isn’t that how it works?” Deng Fei looked at Wang Xiang again and asked.
“You’re dreaming,” Mu Li had already given up on him.
Wang Yijia also couldn’t help but complain, “Is this the style of your show?”
Peng Xiaochang nodded from the side, then pointed at Deng Fei and Chichi, saying, “You’ll get used to it, especially with these two; you might accidentally get screwed over by them.”
As they spoke, the boat arrived near an island.
“We’re here. You can swim ashore,” Wang Xiang instructed.
“No way? It’s still so far! You’re just going to make us swim?” Deng Fei said in disbelief.
“Doesn’t your Electivire know how to swim? Let him take you over,” Wang Xiang said expressionlessly. “Anyway, the boat can’t go any further. The beach there is too shallow; we’d run aground.”
Everyone exchanged glances, then pointed their fingers at Deng Fei: “It’s all Fei Ge’s fault for insisting on going against the production team. Now look what happened.”
Deng Fei immediately clutched his heart, an incredulous expression on his face as he said, “You people…”
Left with no choice, Mu Li had to call out Gyarados.
The crimson Gyarados doll gradually grew in the water, transforming into a creature over ten meters tall.
“Let’s go.” Mu Li was the first to jump onto Gyarados’s back, bringing everyone else aboard, and flew towards the island.
“Wow! This island is truly indescribable.” After landing on the island, everyone realized that it was indeed very large, with many forests and other features in the middle, but there were absolutely no resources on the island’s edge.
There were no coconuts or anything like that; they even had to collect wood themselves from the forest.
“They wouldn’t be so cruel, would they?” Chichi couldn’t help but wail.
“It’s all your fault for speaking so arrogantly, otherwise we would have had some basic supplies,” Deng Fei immediately retorted angrily.
Watching the two about to argue again, Mu Li felt a headache coming on.
Fortunately, Fan Yizhi took on the demeanor of an older brother and suppressed both of them.
“Who among you knows about wilderness survival?” Deng Fei asked after the seven of them sat down in a circle.
“I know, we need to make a fire first.” Mu Li raised his hand, and by the way, released a large pile of Pokémon he had on him.
Under Gardevoir’s control, several piles of branches on the beach were gathered in front of the seven people. With a blast of fire from Moltres, the bonfire ignited.
“Wow, amazing!” The other six applauded perfunctorily.
“What next?” Mu Li asked.
“I know this, next we need to find a clean water source.” Peng Xiaochang answered excitedly, “I’ve watched some wilderness survival shows before, and they said to find water and food. Once we find them, we can build a temporary shelter, and then we can continue to live.”
“Water sources and such are also easy to solve, right?” Mu Li asked, puzzled. “Don’t we have Water-type Pokémon? Just a little Water Gun would do.”
Deng Fei immediately jumped out, a smug smile on his face: “See! I told you! This island survival is just too easy.”
Mu Li retorted, “That’s because Blastoise can spray water. Your Electivire even electrocutes himself when trying to electrocute fish, okay?”
Hearing Mu Li’s praise, Chichi immediately became smug too: “Hey, old Deng, if you beg me now, I might even give you a sip of water later.”
Seeing the two about to bicker again, Mu Li gave the others a look, and the rest of them tacitly followed Mu Li into the forest on the island.
“There shouldn’t be any snakes here, right?” Wang Yijia asked with some concern.
Mu Li shook his head and said, “I don’t know. We can have a thick-skinned Pokémon lead the way.”
Everyone couldn’t help but look at Mu Li, who sighed helplessly and took out the Snorlax from his arms.
The Snorlax doll’s body instantly expanded, becoming a large creature over two meters tall.
“Snorlax, please go ahead and scout the path, see what’s in this forest, okay?” Mu Li said.
“Snorlax!” Snorlax seemed quite excited, charging straight into the forest, knocking down a pile of trees in disarray. The pathless forest was forcibly cleared by Snorlax.
Mu Li’s mouth twitched, and he sighed, “Looks like we won’t have to chop trees later.”
It must be said that the island the production team found was quite large. After walking for half an hour in the forest, they still hadn’t reached the other side.
“How big is this forest, anyway?” Fan Yizhi was getting tired of walking.
The forest was home to many Pokémon, both Grass and Water types. Most of them lived off the berries in the forest. As for edible animals, they had hardly seen any on their journey.
“It feels like there are some animals on this island, but their numbers are very small,” Mu Li said. “There are some berries we can take back to eat. If we really run out of food, they can at least fill our stomachs.”
After all this busy work, the sun was getting redder, and it looked like it wouldn’t be long before sunset.
“Let’s go back first, and then come back to explore tomorrow?” Mu Li suggested.
The others were also too tired to walk and all agreed.
Fortunately, with Arcanine and Snorlax present, the five of them could still ride on their backs to return, saving a little bit of energy.
What the five of them didn’t expect was that upon their return, they saw Deng Fei and Chichi lying on the beach, panting heavily.
“What happened?” Wang Qin couldn’t help but ask.
Chichi showed a ridiculous smile: “Tired.”
“What did you do? And you’re tired?” Wang Qin pressed.
“Arguing… tired…” Deng Fei continued to answer.
Fan Yizhi couldn’t stand it anymore: “You two are truly something.”
Mu Li smiled helplessly and said, “I told you, you can’t rely on those two.”
Mu Li pulled a Poké Ball from Chichi’s body, pressed it, and Blastoise appeared before everyone.
“Squirtle, go help us catch some fish or something.” Blastoise, who usually ignored Chichi, immediately nodded upon hearing Mu Li’s words and directly leaped into the seawater.
Chichi looked at his own Blastoise with a constipated expression and sighed, “I don’t even know whose Pokémon this is anymore.”
Mu Li laughed, “I think while you have the time, you might as well catch a new Pokémon and raise it from scratch. Don’t you like cats? You can go catch a cat-type Pokémon.”
“I think Glameow would be good,” Deng Fei suddenly sat up, excited. “Glameow’s evolved form, Purugly, is very much like you, especially its body shape.”
Mu Li’s mind conjured up Purugly’s cylindrical body shape, and a slight curve appeared at the corner of his mouth: “Don’t tell me, it really is quite similar.”
“Is that so? I think so too,” Chichi said, taking pride in it rather than being ashamed.
Fan Yizhi spread his hands and shrugged helplessly, saying, “How does that saying go? A scoundrel is invincible.”
Before long, Blastoise returned with a few crabs and two sea fish weighing four or five catties each.
“So, the problem is, how do we process these two fish?” Mu Li couldn’t help but rub his temples.
The seven of them looked at each other; no one was willing to act, as they didn’t even have knives at the moment.
A minute later, Deng Fei stood by the sea, waving at the fishing boat in the distance, but there seemed to be no reaction from that side.
Deng Fei looked at everyone with a wry smile and asked, “Why me?”
Chichi rolled his eyes and said, “You clearly lost at rock-paper-scissors, don’t try to cheat!”
Deng Fei seemed to realize that cheating was useless, so he simply gave up struggling and seriously waved his hand by the sea.
Five minutes later, a small boat finally came down from the fishing vessel. Wang Xiang and a few cameramen came over in the small boat.
“Director Wang, you’re going too far!” As soon as the boat docked, Deng Fei began to complain, “How can you just leave us here like this? What if something happens to us and we can’t contact you?”
Wang Xiang was somewhat puzzled and said, “You can just speak into the microphone, and we can hear you, right? I don’t understand what you’ve been doing waving around here for so long? Dancing for a blessing?”
Deng Fei looked at his remaining six companions with a dejected expression, only to see that the six of them had already started busying themselves with making a fire and preparing ingredients.
“Tell me, why did you call me over?” Wang Xiang looked impatient.
Seeing this, Deng Fei immediately fawned, “Director Wang, look, we’re here without cooking utensils, without seasonings, without staple food, and we don’t even have a place to stay tonight. How are we supposed to live?”
Wang Xiang snorted coldly and said, “Didn’t someone just say it was wilderness survival? It’s very easy, right?”
Wang Xiang turned his head and saw Mu Li and the other five tying Chichi with a vine, bringing him before Wang Xiang: “It’s this man. Do with him as you please, whether you kill him or torture him.”