You were asked to be on a dating variety show, but all the guests failed?

Chapter 83 If you fail the mission, you will die!

Cangyun Mountain.

Just one minute after Han Fei and Nie Wenjin ran into the cave, the gloomy sky through the gaps between the leaves outside finally changed completely. Thunder rumbled, and electric sparks intermittently illuminated the dense forest, followed by an even deeper darkness.

At this moment, it was as dark outside the cave as if it was night, and inside the cave it was so dark that you couldn't even see your hand in front of you.

"How much firewood did you bring back?"

Qi Qingyi saw the two men coming back and asked without noticing anything. When they didn't say anything, she turned on the tactical spotlight on her head and turned her head to look at the ground.

There wasn't much firewood, after all, it was only brought back by two people at a time. It looked like a lot scattered on the ground, but who knows how long it would last if it really started burning.

Qi Qingyi scratched his chin and suggested:
"I feel like this firewood isn't enough. Why don't we wait at the entrance of the cave, where there's something covering us, and if we can pick up some more, we can burn wet firewood. Anyway, there are so many dry ones here. Once the fire is lit, it doesn't matter if we throw in wet firewood."

Han Fei did not respond to her. Ren Tuo beside him smiled and shook his head:

"Wet firewood can be picked up, but it's better to dry it next to the fire before using it. There is no convection wind in this cave, and it should be sealed inside. Wet firewood will produce a lot of smoke when burned, which will make people feel uncomfortable. And I saw that most of the firewood they picked up was branches, and there was almost no coarse firewood. The fire may not be that big, and putting wet firewood in will easily put out the fire."

Qi Qingyi looked at him with some doubt:
"Hey, do you know so much about burning wood?"

"Although you said you often go hiking, but as far as I remember, unless you encounter an unexpected situation, it is best not to light a fire on the mountain when hiking. Setting a fire on the mountain will put you in jail... Do you often encounter this kind of rainstorm when you go hiking?"

"And you just helped Lu Siyuan check the wound and determine whether it was a venomous snake. Wow, you know all this even though you often go hiking in the wild. It's as if you can do it with ease! So impressive!"

In modern society, there are probably quite a few people who know how to survive in the wild, and there are also people around Qi Qingyi who like to play these things.

Some people from the middle class and above like hiking, mountaineering, camping, etc., but the richer they are, the better equipment they have when they go out to play. Most of them will drive a car with various equipment, even a big bag of stoves and smokeless carbon. They are so well prepared that they don't have to light a bonfire in the mountains.

The cassette stove doesn't take up much space.

If we only talk about what we learn from watching videos, then… the level of Bear Grylls and Deborah Johansson is not something that ordinary people can learn by watching documentaries. There are countless tutorials on the simplest method of making fire by rubbing two sticks together, but how many people can actually rub two sticks together to make smoke?
Han Fei stared at the firewood on the ground without blinking, but his mind was actually working.

In addition to the small group of people who have studied wilderness survival professionally, there is another large group that also basically understands this knowledge -

Someone who has lived in the countryside for quite some time.

Ren Tuo seems to have some obsessive-compulsive disorder and mysophobia, especially the obsessive-compulsive disorder is not mild. He usually dresses meticulously, and all the clothes and accessories on his body are very valuable.

Being born in the rural area does not necessarily mean being poor or uneducated. Many people can change their innate conditions through learning and hard work, and there are also wealthy families in the village.

However, all the impressions that Ren Tuo presents and gives people nowadays are that he is born into a wealthy family, has a successful career as an adult, and is a high-quality mature man.

In all these performances, Han Fei showed no signs of coming from a rural background. It had nothing to do with gender or personality. The key point was that the knowledge he mastered did not match the background he showed.

The lighter that Ren Tuo took out just now appeared very strange.

Such a shrewd businessman should know that it is impossible for all male stars to smoke in front of the camera, even if they carry lighters and cigarettes with them, and even if the other three male guests smoke, he should not think about distributing them to others while playing live CS on the mountain, right?
Something is wrong.

"Oh, this."

Ren Tuo was not at all panicked by Qi Qingyi's open praise and secret criticism. He smiled and said:
"Although I rarely encounter such situations when hiking, and I have basically never built a fire pit in the mountains, but I value my life, so I usually find local people to be my guides near the hiking spots. When I chat with them on the way, I hear a lot of such knowledge."

"I haven't put it into practice much, but they have grown up in the mountains, so it's always a good idea to listen to them."

"How about this, let's light the fire first. If we don't have enough firewood, it won't be too late to go out and collect more when the rain stops. It's raining so hard outside now, it's a little dangerous to go out. The visibility is poor and the road is slippery. If you fall, it's no joke."

No matter how suspicious you are of him, this statement is not wrong.

Han Fei nodded:
"Okay, let's build a fire pit first."

There were many rocks in the cave, and Han Fei and Ren Tuo, two uninjured men, worked together and soon built a fire pit four or five meters away from the cave entrance.

Han Fei threw the lighter back and said:
"I didn't know you were into wilderness hiking, but since you've done this before, go ahead and try it. I'm only good at it on paper, so I'm probably not as good as you."

Ren Tuo didn't say much. He picked up a lot of weeds and dead leaves from the pile of branches on the ground, put them into the fire pit and lit them. Then he put the branches on the fire in an alternating manner. There were gaps between all the firewood, which was obviously done on purpose. The fire gradually became stronger.

Han Fei looked at the fire and suddenly said:

"Ren Tuo, have you ever lived in the countryside before?"

Ren Tuo paused in throwing the branch in, and looked up with a blank face:
"what?"

"When I go to the mountains to play, I often stay overnight near the village when I pass by. I have stayed there quite a few times. The food in some farmhouses is really delicious and organic. Even the chickens, ducks and fish are not fed with feed."

Han Fei smiled, nodded, and said nothing more.

The air suddenly felt awkward.

Everyone could see that Han Fei had a vague intention towards Ren Tuo. This intention was very strange, because if there was anyone he disliked, then the one Han Fei disliked the most was obviously Lu Siyuan, and now that Lu Siyuan had injured his leg, it was a great opportunity to jump in and mock him, but he focused all his attention on Ren Tuo, which was really unusual.

Even Shu Yi, who always livened up the atmosphere, didn't find a chance to speak.

Qi Qingyi took off his tactical gloves and rubbed his arms. He felt a little overwhelmed. After thinking for a long time, he said:
"Hey, it's raining so hard outside. I wonder if Song Mengran and the others have found a place to take shelter."

"If we don't find it, the road in the mountains is slippery, and we have to climb the slope in the rain to find a place to hide. That would be too miserable..."

She spoke, and Nie Wenjin also spoke.

"That makes sense. Zhong Xiaoyun is fine, but Meng Ran is a girl, so she doesn't have such a strong temper. If she doesn't dry herself quickly after getting caught in the rain..."

At this point, Nie Wenjin's ears moved slightly and he stopped talking abruptly.

A faint shout was heard outside the cave, a familiar male voice.

"There's a cave there, hurry up!"

"You are such a fucking burden, Song Mengran. It's not easy for me to drag you all the way here, and you..."

"I'm a man, I have to take care of you? I don't fucking like women, don't you know? Why are you pretending to be so timid in front of me! Hurry up and stop whining. Your husband is not here, the signal is down and there is no camera to broadcast live. There is no one who likes women within a mile. Stop pretending to be weak. I can't carry you on my back!"

After the words fell, everyone looked at each other.

That was Zhong Xiaoyun's voice.

There were loud thunder and rain outside. Even when the thunder stopped, the sound of raindrops hitting the leaves was almost overwhelming, and it was difficult to hear other noises. And in such an environment, Zhong Xiaoyun's roar was mostly heard by them, which was enough to show how loud this guy roared.

The expression on Qi Qingyi's face was hard to describe. She pouted and said:

"No, Zhong Xiaoyun has such a bad temper, isn't he super heroic?"

There was a civet sitting next to her, and it was the kind of civet that ate the melons without restraint. Shu Yi finally couldn't help it - there was no camera anyway, so it didn't seem like a big deal to eat the melons together, right?

She moved closer to Qi Qingyi and asked in a low voice:

"Qingyi, did you just hear that? Zhong Xiaoyun said Song Mengran has a husband!"

Seeing someone eating melons with her, Qi Qingyi instantly became excited and hurried over to whisper in his ear:

"Of course I heard it! Hey, hey, hey, are there many people in your entertainment industry who like to secretly get married and have children? Why is Zhong Xiaoyun like this, and Song Mengran is also like this?"

Shu Yi shook her head:

"I started out as an idol, and later switched to variety shows. Anyway, when I was an idol, dating was a capital crime, and no one around me would dare to do that..."

"As for secret marriages, I guess it's common among actors. They have works to produce, so it's okay if they're discovered. Maybe they hide it to protect the other party? Oh, there's another possibility. For example, for people like Zhong Xiaoyun and Song Mengran, sometimes they have to cooperate with the drama production team to hype up the show. If fans knew they were married and had children, the publicity would be ineffective. CP fans would feel uncomfortable when they're eating sugar."

"Wait!" "Since you heard this, you should have also heard him say that he doesn't like women. Why aren't you surprised at all?"

Qi Qingyi wrinkled her nose and said disdainfully:
"I've heard about it. After Zhong Xiaoyun made a big revelation today, he was still trying to struggle, but when he was threatened, he and his wife knelt on the spot. In fact, it was because his wife knew that he was gay."

Shu Yi was shocked:
"You can eat this kind of melon, and you hide it so well?!"

Qi Qingyi was about to speak when footsteps were heard at the entrance of the cave. Then, Zhong Xiaoyun and Song Mengran, who were soaked like drowned rats, appeared at the entrance.

The whispering in the entire cave suddenly became quiet as if the pause button had been pressed.

Zhong Xiaoyun was stunned when he saw that there were so many people in the cave. After counting, he found that all the guests were there in an orderly manner.

After a moment, the obvious impatience on his face towards Song Mengran faded and he became much more normal.

"What a coincidence, everyone is here."

He laughed awkwardly twice, then walked to the fire pit naturally. He took off his helmet and jacket, wrung out the water, and said while warming himself by the fire:

"Meng Ran and I encountered a snake halfway on the road just now. We were so scared that we ran around and almost got lost. We finally followed a small path and saw this cave. I didn't expect everyone to be here."

"Hey, there are still snakes in this mountain..."

Zhong Xiaoyun said this, trying to find some shock on other people's faces.

However, everyone's expression was as calm as water, as if encountering snakes was normal in the mountains, and no one cared whether they were bitten.

Finally, Shu Yi said awkwardly:

"Well, all three of our groups encountered snakes as well."

"If you hadn't been running around, you would have arrived at the same time as us. It feels like the program team deliberately designed the route so that each group of guests would arrive at the cave at almost the same time."

"By the way, Mengran, come over and warm yourself by the fire. It's raining so hard outside. You might catch a cold if you don't warm yourself by the fire."

Qi Qingyi was sitting next to Shu Yi and was amazed by her performance.

It was clear that she was just acting as a weasel in the melon field with him, talking so excitedly. Now that two melon owners were standing in front of her, Shu Yi could actually talk to them so naturally and without any barriers... Is everyone in the entertainment industry an actor?

From this perspective, Shu Yi's acting skills at this moment are more than enough to shoot a one-shot scene.

Awesome!
On the other side, when Ren Tuo saw Zhong Xiaoyun, his eyes subconsciously narrowed.

After he and Shu Yi finished talking, Ren Tuo suddenly spoke:
"So the background you mentioned when you threatened me before was obtained by selling hooks?"

"Dude, you're a little funny, aren't you? You don't like women but you still marry a woman and have children with her. You don't like women but you still hype up a couple with a married actress... but up until now, you still don't seem to be popular? Tsk tsk tsk tsk, you've made so many sacrifices but you're still not popular. Could it be true what you say in the entertainment industry that small stars depend on support and big stars depend on luck?"

"Oh, you came to participate in this dating show, aren't you here for the other male guests?"

Zhong Xiaoyun was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that his roar outside had been heard by them.

But he didn't care about being exposed in public. There was no camera now, so what was there to be afraid of? The most famous person in this group of people was Nie Wenjin, but Nie Wenjin was under Wushuang Films, so he was strictly controlled by his partner?

He looked Ren Tuo up and down and smiled contemptuously:
"Do you think I'm so hungry that I won't choose what to eat?"

"No matter what others say, I just don't like men like you."

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, Ren Tuo, who gave you the confidence to challenge me again and again? Although you are not an artist, your crappy company doesn't seem to be that big, right?"

"Don't think I can't mess with you just because you're in the new media short video track. If I really want to do it, do you think you can get away?"

"You can just continue until the show is over. Then don't come crying and beg me to let you go."

Ren Tuo didn't seem to be frightened at all, and smiled very kindly:

"Really?"

"Then I'll wait and see who dies first."

The moment these words came out of his mouth, the hairs on Han Fei's back suddenly stood up as if electricity had been applied.

He could feel that when Ren Tuo said this, the murderous intent in his tone was real, not just a simple quarrel or threats. Zhong Xiaoyun's barking just now was just a dog barking that could be completely ignored, but Ren Tuo's current look showed that he had a serious intention to kill.

Han Fei finally understood where his sense of déjà vu about Ren Tuo came from.

In his previous life, he once received an investigation task from his superiors. He went out with all his colleagues to visit every household. He saw with his own eyes a well-mannered man in a villa area who looked very similar to Ren Tuo. He wore gold-rimmed glasses, his hair and clothes were meticulously done, and he was very polite to this group of people and responded to their requests. In the end, it was found out that he had raped a young girl the day before, and more than once. He was a serial killer with an antisocial personality.

We can’t say that Ren Tuo committed the same crime as that person…

But at least, their temperaments are very similar.

Ren Tuo, it seems like he really has an antisocial personality?

"Zhong Xiaoyun, it's Ren Tuo who brought the lighter, so we can warm ourselves here now."

Han Fei frowned and said coldly to Zhong Xiaoyun:

"I don't support anyone, but you have to understand the situation. Don't make trouble now. Otherwise, not to mention clearing yourself, it's doubtful whether you can successfully walk through the mountains today."

Zhong Xiaoyun's face froze. He didn't expect Han Fei to interfere.

He thought Han Fei had ill will towards him because of today's live broadcast, and also because of what happened during the truth or dare game... In short, he was now isolated and helpless, and without a live broadcast, if he was really driven out of the cave and caught in the rain, he would be doomed.

When you live under someone's roof, you can only take a step back for the time being.

Zhong Xiaoyun glared at Ren Tuo fiercely, then shut up and said no more.

Han Fei also breathed a sigh of relief.

If Ren Tuo was really an antisocial personality, and was provoked by Zhong Xiaoyun and carried out his harsh words, then Zhong Xiaoyun would most likely die in Cangyun Mountain. He didn't care about this kind of dog-eat-dog thing, but the question was, if Ren Tuo really did this, wouldn't the people who saw it be silenced?
For everyone's safety, it would be better to avoid a direct confrontation between them.

After Zhong Xiaoyun shut up, Ren Tuo on the other end also looked at Han Fei with interest, then retracted his gaze, dug out the emergency rations prepared by the program team from his backpack, and packed up to eat.

The moment he was stared at, he felt the electric sensation again, and a mechanical sound that only Han Fei could hear came to his ears.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for triggering a special mission! ]

[Mission content: Find out the criminal behavior of Ren Tuo and bring him to justice! ]

[Task Rewards: 1 popular script in the Earth World; 7 Best Actor-level Acting Experience Cards; Primary Screenwriting Skills]

[Failure result: being killed. ]

[This mission cannot be refused, please pay attention to your own safety. 】

Without anyone noticing, Han Fei quietly clenched his fists and his eyes darkened.

Sure enough, I guessed right...

The tasks assigned by the system had never given any consequences for failure before, but the task that was triggered now was called a "special task". Secondly, the reward was much richer than before, and failure would actually lead to one's own death, which was impossible to refuse.

This already shows that Ren Tuo's crime is more serious than that of everyone else present combined. If he can't let Ren Tuo go to jail, he will be killed and sent to hell.

What level of criminal is Ren Tuo?

(End of this chapter)