Mu Li and Director Wang stared at each other. At this moment, Mu Li could not see any emotion in Director Wang's eyes.
Five seconds passed, and the two remained motionless in their original positions.
Everyone was unsure of the outcome, not even daring to breathe too loudly.
Finally, Mu Li moved. He smiled faintly, his body stumbled, and he almost fell.
Chichi and the others were about to go help him, but they saw Mu Li raise his hand, gently shake his head, and stop everyone.
"I won," Mu Li said with a smile.
Just as everyone was about to cheer, they saw Director Wang still completely motionless, and their brows furrowed again: "No, the winner hasn't been decided yet. Director Wang actually held on."
Mu Li smiled, slowly walked over to Director Wang, and gently patted Director Wang's shoulder.
Director Wang, like a statue, fell stiffly onto the beach with that gentle pat, but the expression on his face did not change at all.
"He has lost consciousness," Mu Li chuckled softly.
Director Wang, just as Mu Li had said, lay on the ground without any movement, his body remaining stiff.
"This game is too brutal!" Chichi couldn't help but exclaim.
"This isn't playing a game; this is fighting for your life!" Deng Fei was practically screaming.
"So thrilling I can't breathe!" Peng Xiaochang said weakly.
...
No matter what, the Wu Ha group, after countless hardships, finally won this game.
However, there were no true winners in this game; even the Wu Ha Seven Brothers were basically in a crippled state.
As for the production team, there was even less to say.
Of course, the worst off was Director Wang; even after losing consciousness, he couldn't escape the ice pool punishment. His lost consciousness was restored by the stimulation of the 0-degree ice water.
With two treehouses once again, the Wu Ha Brothers finally could sleep peacefully until the morning of the third day.
Perhaps because of the previous night, even the production team couldn't get up early on the third day.
It wasn't until nearly noon that everyone reluctantly woke up.
By the third day, the seven guest participants felt as if they had aged several years.
Everyone had brought back a lot of food yesterday, so today there was no need to prepare anything else.
After yesterday's recording, everyone also realized that Mu Li going into the sea would not be of much use. As punishment for Gengar scaring people yesterday, Mu Li had to go into the forest alone to search for food today.
The other six, meanwhile, stayed at the camp to enjoy the beautiful beach sunshine.
Naturally, Mu Li expressed his unwillingness about this.
"Why? If I hadn't helped pick you all up, you wouldn't have known where to sleep yesterday!" Mu Li complained indignantly.
Seeing that Mu Li was unwilling to go, the other six had no choice, and eventually, everyone lay on the beach sunbathing.
With food, the Wu Ha became lazier than ever.
If Wu Ha wasn't in a hurry, someone else would be. If Wu Ha continued to lie around like this, there would be no footage for recording.
Although there was already plenty of footage recorded last night, what director would complain about having too much footage?
Soon, Director Wang was weakly helped down from the boat.
"Director Wang, any news?" Everyone didn't even have the energy to get up and greet him.
"I have some bad news and some good news for you. Which one do you want to hear?" Director Wang announced, his mouth twitching, though everyone clearly heard the lack of confidence in his voice.
"Still playing coy when it's like this," Chichi couldn't help but retort, "Just tell us whatever you want to reveal."
"Then I'll start with the bad news," Director Wang said faintly, "Last night, because none of you were on guard, all your food was stolen by the island's animals and Pokémon."
A red light flashed, and a Blastoise suddenly appeared, its two cannons aimed directly at Director Wang.
"I'll allow you to rephrase that," Mu Li's mouth twitched.
Director Wang spread his hands: "It's true, I didn't lie to you."
To prove his innocence, Director Wang showed the recording footage from after 3 AM last night.
Last night, everyone hadn't paid much attention to the collected Berries; they had simply found a net bag and casually tied them to a tree.
But they hadn't expected that at dawn, Three Aipom would appear.
Seeing no one around, they secretly took all the Berries.
Mu Li's mouth twitched violently, and he angrily said to Gengar in the shadows: "Gengar, aren't you supposed to not sleep?"
Gengar was also helpless: "I went out to play with little Zorua last night..."
The other Pokémon indicated: "Sleeping, do not disturb..."
However, this blame had to fall on the fact that after the game last night, all vigilance was gone.
"This must be those Three Aipom we met in the forest yesterday, deliberately coming back for revenge," Deng Fei gritted his teeth.
"Damn it, if I meet them again, I'll make them pay!" Chichi said angrily.
However, it was too late to assign blame now.
The food was gone, and everyone couldn't sit still anymore.
The production team didn't make things too difficult for everyone. After a simple game, they gave everyone five packs of instant noodles.
Now, five packs of instant noodles were not like on the first day. Although everyone ate all five packs in just a few bites.
After eating their fill, everyone lay down on the beach again, unwilling to move.
"No, I can't stand this! I'm going to the forest to get even!" Mu Li suddenly said, "How dare a mere Three Aipom steal our food? This is outrageous."
The other six looked at Mu Li somewhat bewildered, clearly confused.
Mu Li seized the opportunity to ask: "Are you willing to follow this general and go capture those three rebellious traitors?"
Everyone looked in other directions, completely avoiding eye contact with Mu Li.
"Fine, fine, fine! If you're not going, then I'll go by myself," Mu Li made to leave, but his eyes never left the other six.
But even as he slowly walked to the edge of the forest, no one paid him any attention.
Mu Li gritted his teeth and walked directly into the forest.
The other six were still leisurely enjoying the scenery at this time.
"By the way, is it really okay for us not to help A Li?" Deng Fei asked with some concern.
"I bet he's just going to wander around nearby; he'll probably be back soon," Peng Xiaochang said.
"You still have the mood to worry about him? He'll be fine no matter what, but it's different for us," Chichi said crossly, "I don't want to be scared by Gengar again."
Deng Fei quickly nodded in agreement.
"But we can't just lie here, can we?" Wang Yijia suddenly had a pang of conscience, "The main thing is, we still don't have anything to eat tonight, do we?"
Chichi hesitated for a moment, then said: "Then let's split into two teams and walk along the coastline to see if we can pick up some seafood or something along the way to fill our stomachs tonight."
Chichi's idea was supported by everyone, so they began to act separately.
Meanwhile, Mu Li, riding alone on Togekiss, arrived directly above the island.