Chapter 673 - 286: The Official Hunt_3
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While Lin Yang was busy catching falcons and training them, thoroughly enjoying his days, the situation for the other contestants in the show was not so rosy.
After contestant number four had to drop out of the competition due to an axe injury to his foot, contestant number nine, a middle-aged white hunting coach, also faced his greatest challenge,
The uncle, who was proficient in wilderness survival and hunting, initially performed quite well, fishing, hunting, and steadily increasing his food reserves.
However, he was really out of luck when, during an outing, he accidentally lost his fire-starting magnesium rod, and the following days became difficult.
The white uncle almost turned over every area he had been active in, but he still couldn’t find a trace of the magnesium rod.
Without a source of fire, he could only rely on the Hand Drill Method to start a fire, but after working diligently all morning, his hands were blistered from the intense friction with the wooden stick, and he still couldn’t get a fire going.
The wood drilling techniques described in books and some survival shows were nothing like as simple as they made out,
For the next two days, the white uncle continued to struggle with making fire, a problem that used to take only a few scrapes with a magnesium rod was now incredibly difficult.
Hand Drill Method, ploughing, Bow drilling—all the methods he could think of were tried, and yet he still couldn’t produce a fire.
Without fire, he couldn’t eat cooked food, nor could he ensure the warmth of his shelter after dark; seeing his food reserves dwindling, the uncle became increasingly agitated.
Eventually, his consumption of raw meat led to gastrointestinal discomfort, becoming the spark that ended his challenge; on day 22, contestant number nine, the white uncle, made an emergency call to the production team, becoming the second to quit the competition.