Only I Have the Law: A Fantasy Daily Life

Chapter 217 Have you seen me at my peak?
Next.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was quite harmonious.

The conversation naturally revolved around Chen Baiyu, a mutual acquaintance.

"Brother Chen is really amazing!"

"He can climb up that tall tree in a flash! And he's incredibly strong!"

"We encountered a jerk who tried to bully us when we went out, and he picked us up like a chick..."

As Jiang Haochen ate his rice, his eyes gleamed as he boasted to Lin Wei.

He described it vividly, his tone full of admiration.

Looking at his proud expression, it was as if he had done all of these things himself.

Lin Wei listened intently.

Many of these were things she didn't know about Chen Baiyu, which naturally piqued her interest.

Hearing this, he would nod in agreement from time to time, saying, "Yes, he is indeed very special."

She remembered how focused Chen Baiyu was when she worked, and how quickly and well she edited videos.

I also recalled Chen Baiyu's profile in the editing room and her figure playing the piano on the street.

His gaze softened unconsciously, and even a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Yeah!"

"do you know……"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Haochen nodded vigorously, and then began to boast to Lin Wei again.

next to.

Zhang Yiyu listened quietly as the two children chatted about Chen Baiyu, her gaze occasionally falling gently on Lin Wei's face.

She has a keen eye for detail.

Whenever Chen Baiyu's name is mentioned, Lin Wei's eyes light up, and even her tone of voice unconsciously becomes lighter.

This mother, who had experienced the hardships of life and was very perceptive, almost immediately understood the little secret thoughts of the beautiful girl in front of her.

However, she didn't point it out.

He simply smiled and placed another piece of food on Lin Wei's plate, saying, "Eat more, young lady. Bai Yu... is quite a likable child."

Lin Wei was immersed in memories of Chen Baiyu and descriptions of Jiang Haochen.

Hearing Aunt Zhang's last words, which were tinged with a smile and understanding, my heart skipped a beat.

As if she had been seen through, her cheeks flushed instantly.

She quickly lowered her head to eat her rice while mumbling a reply, "Um... thank you, Auntie."

See this.

Zhang Yiyu simply smiled like an aunt and remained silent.

To be honest, it seems like a perfect match to have such an outstanding person like Xiao Chen with this young and beautiful girl in front of them.

Indeed, it's most interesting to criticize others.

Whether it's Monkey King and Pigsy, or Gao Qiqiang and An Xin; whether it's Romeo and Kublai Khan, or Voldemort and Lin Daiyu…

Eating everything will only make her nutrition more balanced.

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And within the Heizhugou National Forest Park.

Once Chen Baiyu took things a little more seriously and started racking up points, the three members of his security team immediately realized that the nature of the situation had changed.

They themselves seemed to have undoubtedly become a burden and a liability.

Well known.

There are three stages in how Chinese people play games.

The first stage is to complete the game, the second stage is to speedrun it, and the third stage is to achieve all achievements, all CGs, and all endings.

And at this moment.

Chen Baiyu clearly intends to complete all stages of the survival game in one go.

Achieving a speedrun and completing all achievements in the first playthrough of a game is very difficult in any game with a certain level of difficulty.

Not to mention that it has been done in reality.

If it were anyone else, even Bergerris, the three members of the security team wouldn't have thought he could speedrun through all the missions.

But if it were Chen Baiyu in front of me...

The situation seems to be quite different.

After deciding to speedrun the game and rack up points.

Chen Baiyu's modus operandi changed almost instantly.

He was no longer the survivor who leisurely built shelters and smoked wild boar meat, but rather became a sophisticated machine with a pre-programmed sequence of events.

With a clear goal in mind, they began to complete the lengthy task list provided by the production team, item by item.

The task list filled three pages.

It covers almost all aspects of wilderness survival: from the most basic tasks of finding and purifying water sources and building sturdy shelters, to more advanced tasks such as making three or more primitive traps, identifying and collecting five kinds of edible wild plants, and starting a fire without tools, to even more challenging tasks such as making ropes using natural materials, climbing steep rock walls of a certain height by hand, setting large animal traps, and attracting specific birds to approach and observe them by sound or other specific methods.

The production team designed the program primarily for entertainment value and theoretical feasibility, without actually expecting anyone to be able to complete it all.

This is like a vanity project.

It's necessary, but whether someone can actually finish it is none of your concern.

This is also like an insurance measure.

Its existence is similar to reasonable redundancy, providing additional safety for work and life. For example, spare tires and backup power supplies are all redundancies designed to deal with emergencies.

But for Chen Baiyu, these were not superficial projects or redundancies; they were all readily available, real points.

The more points you accumulate, the higher your share of the prize money will be after the show ends.

The more points he accumulates, the more popular he will undoubtedly become on the show.

The fame of the other guests will pave the way for him, a true skilled player, allowing him to leverage the fame of these wilderness accessories to become even more famous.

Therefore, Chen Baiyu began his performance.

At first, the three members of the security team were able to exclaim in surprise and express their disbelief and shock.

But as Chen Baiyu tirelessly rushed from one mission point to the next, crossing off items on the list one by one in all sorts of unbelievable ways.

Whether it requires delicate handcrafting, such as quickly twisting tough ropes from tree bark fibers.

It still requires strong physical fitness, such as carrying a heavy load and trekking for one kilometer.

Or it may require extensive knowledge and keen perception, such as instantly identifying and collecting ten different edible and medicinal plants.

These tasks were all completed easily.

The shock of their security team members was gradually replaced by a deep numbness.

They initially tried to understand.

But later it turned into mechanically carrying equipment, filming, and recording.

They only know how to follow step by step, and their brains have almost given up thinking.

Time quickly came to noon on August 18th.

By this time, almost a full day had passed since they entered the Black Bamboo Gully Forest.

The intense sunlight streamed through the gaps in the dense forest.

Chen Baiyu stood in front of his A-shaped shelter, which could be described as a desolate mansion.

Using a charcoal pencil I made myself, I checked the box next to the last item on the task list.

The task is to create a simple musical instrument using natural materials and play a melody.

This was no problem for him.

Whether it's making musical instruments or playing music, these are both things he excels at.

It's unclear whether the three members of the security team were so engrossed in the music he was playing that they remained bewildered even after he put down the makeshift guqin he had created from bamboo tubes, animal sinews, and hardwood pieces.

"All tasks are completed," he said calmly.

He tried to bring the three people who had been daydreaming back to their senses in a calm tone, as if saying "I've already eaten."

The three members of the security team did indeed come to their senses.

However, their gazes toward Chen Baiyu remained filled with confusion.

Is that all?

It's only been two and a half days, right?

The actual time spent completing tasks was less than a day.

At this very moment, the three-page task list that the production team had used to make a show of things had already been completed.

They didn't know how the other guest groups were doing, but based on their experience from previous episodes, they were definitely far inferior to this group.

In fact, this is exactly the case.

Lin Feng and Su Qing are still worried about building a leak-proof shack and finding a stable water source. They have only managed to complete two or three basic tasks each, such as finding a water source and starting a small fire.

Even Zhao Gang, a relatively experienced wilderness influencer, managed to complete only five or six tasks closely related to basic survival, including building a shelter, finding and purifying a water source, making a simple fishing trap, setting up a small warning trap, and collecting two kinds of edible plants, thanks to his advance preparation and strong hands-on skills.

Compared to the three-page task list, this is just a drop in the ocean of progress.

Chen Baiyu's speedrun achievement was a game-changer for them.

Chen Baiyu noticed that the three of them remained silent.

He continued, "There's no point in staying any longer. My mission is now complete, I have plenty of food, and my shelter is in good condition. Staying here would only be a waste of time."

After saying that, he went back to the shelter and sat down cross-legged.

That's right.

Chen Baiyu didn't plan to stay any longer.

While wilderness survival is easy for him, it doesn't mean he enjoys staying in a place without air conditioning or a soft bed.

Moreover, what he said does make a lot of sense.

The highlights of this show are nothing more than the various struggles or invincibility under wilderness survival. The weak ones make fools of themselves, while the strong ones have tasks to complete.

He had already completed the mission, and the remaining video footage was enough for the production team to make a whole episode just for him.

The security team's expert, guard, and photographer exchanged bewildered glances.

They had to admit that Chen Baiyu was right.

He has completed the core challenges of wilderness survival with overwhelming ease. If we continue filming, there really won't be any new content to explore, except for watching him on vacation.

Are they going to film him eating wild boar meat in different ways every day?
"That makes sense..."

The expert wiped the sweat from his face.

The guards and photographer nodded silently.

So the expert pulled out a satellite phone.

After taking a deep breath, he dialed the hotline to the program's headquarters.

The call connected, and the director's assistant's voice came through.

"Hello? Chen Baiyu's security team? How's the situation on your end? Any interesting material? Why are you calling?"

The assistant's voice carried the usual lines.

"Um...reporting to headquarters."

"Chen Baiyu has completed all the tasks, that is, all the tasks on the three-page list. The three of us have confirmed that there is no problem."

"He has now applied to terminate the recording early, arguing that the task has been completed and there is no point in staying any longer."

The expert carefully crafted his words, trying to sound as if he were sleepwalking.

He knew that such words were indeed hard to believe.

There was a long, dead silence on the other end of the phone.

Then came a rustling sound.

The background noise seemed to include the chaotic exclamations of other staff members, and the faint, fragmented shouts of director Wang Zheng could be heard approaching from afar.

Followed by.

The voice coming through the phone was no longer that of the director's assistant; instead, it was the serious voice of director Wang Zheng.

"Old Li, are you hallucinating from heatstroke? Or did that kid Chen Baiyu fool you? That list was just for fun!"

Wang Zheng said with absolute certainty on the other end of the phone.

He spoke as gently as possible to Lao Li, the zoologist and botanist he had specially hired.

He didn't use the same harsh tone he usually used when dealing with his own crew members.

However, the response he received remained unchanged.

“We’ve checked it repeatedly! We have the entire video recording! He really did it!”

The expert's tone carried a sense of helplessness and a hint of absurdity, which he himself found absurd.

The photographer and bodyguard standing nearby also spoke into the phone, offering their testimony.

Then another chaotic discussion came from the other end of the phone.

If this is true, it would definitely be good news.

Their show is sure to get a huge surge in viewership after this episode airs.

After all, this is the real number one jungler in the Chinese server. No matter which famous wilderness survival master from the international scene comes in front of Chen Baiyu, they can only be considered as an accessory at this moment.

After a while.

Wang Zheng's voice rang out again, filled with disbelief and a hint of excitement: "Alright! Since you've all given your assurances and the video recording is available, bring him back immediately!"

Then, after exchanging a few more words,

The satellite phone then disconnected.

The expert, the guard, and the photographer all breathed a long sigh of relief, as if they had completed a difficult task.

But then an indescribable, complex emotion welled up inside them, and they all turned their gaze toward the entrance of the shelter.

Chen Baiyu was sitting cross-legged on a simple stone bed made of logs and stone slabs inside the shelter.

Light streamed in through the doorway and the specially left window, revealing a blurry yet upright silhouette.

As the expert gazed at the blurry figure, he recalled the various miracles he had witnessed over the past two days: instantaneous memory, superhuman strength, and extraordinary skills…

The more knowledgeable a person is, the more they understand the true value of the man before them.

Just like the heartfelt exclamation of Rasu, a PhD in physics, when he saw Jackie Chan running relatively still on top of a train that had fallen off a cliff, the expert couldn't help but blurt out: "He's simply superman."

As for the guards standing to the side...

He stared at Chen Baiyu with a complicated expression, recalling the scene of selecting supplies before the program started.

Out of curiosity, he once tried to pull the traditional hunting bow with the highest weight that Chen Baiyu had chosen in the warehouse.

He tried his best, but the bowstring could only be pulled barely, making it impossible to shoot the arrow normally.

At the time, he thought that the young man was either crazy or really skilled at choosing this bow.

Later, when he saw Chen Baiyu kill the raging wild boar with a single arrow, he felt that this was the pinnacle of Chen Baiyu's strength, and he was amazed by it.

however.

I spent the last two days speedrunning all the missions with him, witnessing his more comprehensive abilities come into play.

The guard then realized that the murmur wasn't at his full strength: "I didn't expect this to be his peak performance?"

Chen Baiyu, who was inside the shelter, could clearly hear all the murmurs and whispers.

He remained noncommittal to the guard's murmurs.

But inwardly, I couldn't help but smirk.

Ha ha……

You think you've seen me at my peak?
(End of this chapter)