I'm in Wuha, and the whole internet is shipping me and Song Yuqi as a couple.

Chen He, with his buttocks sticking out, held the small yellow plastic shovel that leaked sand in his hand and worked hard to dig a hole in the crevice of the reef.

After digging for a long time, all I found was a pile of rotten seaweed that smelled fishy and empty seashells.

Deng Chao was standing not far away, forcefully poking at a patch of dry, hard sand with a blue plastic shovel.

The shovel made a crisp click, and the handle split open in the middle.

Chen He threw the rotten seaweed in his hand onto the ground and sat down heavily on the rocks, panting.

"This isn't just beachcombing! This is Wu Zheng's spirit for us!"

Looking at the cracked shovel, Deng Chao was on the verge of tears. He turned to the cameraman and loudly protested.

"Viewers, did you see that? There isn't a single hermit crab on this beach. Wu Zheng is trying to kill us!"

Lu Han walked over carrying an empty plastic bucket, the bottom of which wasn't even covered in mud or sand.

"Brother Chao, Brother He, don't waste your energy. I just walked around this area, and it's all stagnant puddles."

Enraged, Chen He raised the plastic shovel above his head, as if to smash it against the rock.

"I'm going to smash this piece of junk! Even if I go hungry at noon today, I absolutely refuse to drink Wu Zheng's fifty-yuan-a-bottle mineral water!"

Deng Chao quickly stopped him and snatched the shovel from his hand.

"Don't be impulsive. If you break it, Wu Zheng might make you pay for the damaged prop."

Upon hearing this, Chen He buried his face in his hands in grief and indignation, letting out a pitiful wail.

The viewers in the live stream were laughing as they watched the three empty buckets.

[Program crew: Professional beachcombing area. Reality: Seafood moved overnight after seeing it.]

[Brother He, don't smash it! If you damage it, Director Wu might demand a hundred times the original price in compensation.]

[After digging for half a day, Chao's only gain was a work injury from using a plastic shovel.]

[Lu Han's comment, "They're all stagnant puddles," effectively sealed the fate of lunch.]

In the temporary monitoring room not far away, the air conditioning was running at full blast.

Wu Zheng sat in front of the monitor, holding a glass of chilled watermelon juice, and leisurely took a big sip.

The assistant director next to him looked at Chen He's breakdown on the screen and spoke hesitantly.

"Director Wu, isn't it a bit too harsh of us to give them this most desolate, dead-end beach? They really don't have anything to eat for lunch."

Wu Zheng put down his cup, his face full of smugness.

"What do you know? This is called putting yourself in a do-or-die situation and then surviving."

"The more frustrated they are now, the happier they'll be when they spend money on our overpriced boxed lunches at noon."

The assistant director pointed to the upper right corner of the screen.

"But Director Wu, Jiang Che and Song Yuqi are completely unpredictable."

Wu Zheng looked in the direction he was pointing, and the smile on his face faded.

On the other side, Jiang Che didn't even use a plastic shovel to dig in the sand.

He was carrying a small red bucket in one hand and holding Song Yuqi's hand in the other, strolling on a rocky beach.

Song Yuqi was wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat and a pair of non-slip sandals.

Jiang Che walked ahead, and when they encountered muddy puddles or slippery rocks, he would pull her along with a little force to help her safely navigate around them.

"Aren't we going to help Chao and the others dig?"

Song Yuqi glanced back at Chen He, who was still struggling with the rotten seaweed in the distance.

Jiang Che glanced at her in the direction of her gaze, his tone casual.

"They're burning extra calories; we don't need to join in."

Song Yuqi couldn't help but laugh out loud as he led her forward by the hand.

"But what are we going to eat for lunch? We can't even see a seashell in this place."

Jiang Che led her to a pile of higher rocks and pointed to the white watermarks on the rocks.

"Do you see that line?"

Song Yuqi leaned closer for a look and nodded.

"That's called the tidal line. Although this area is a dead beach, the seawater will wash over these reefs when the tide comes in."

Jiang Che released her hand, placed the small red bucket on a dry stone, and turned to take something out of his pocket.

There were two flattened empty mineral water bottles and a small bag of minced meat wrapped in a plastic bag.

Song Yuqi stared wide-eyed at what he was holding.

"When did you bring it out?"

Jiang Che re-squeezed the mineral water bottle and flicked the bottle with his finger.

"When I left this morning, the leftover scraps of roasted pork belly from yesterday came in handy."

He pulled a multi-tool knife from his pocket, skillfully cut open the mouth of the mineral water bottle, and inserted it upside down into the body of the bottle.

As Song Yuqi watched his actions, a sudden inspiration struck her.

"Are you setting a trap?"

Jiang Che nodded, stuffed the bag of minced meat into two modified bottles, and then poked a few small holes in the bottles.

"Barbed traps, specifically designed to deal with those gluttonous creatures hiding in the crevices of rocks."

He raised his head and gestured with his chin toward the camera crew filming him from a distance.

"The mission card only says that lunch ingredients need to be obtained within a designated area, it doesn't say that you can't use your own tools, right?"

The cameraman's hand, which was holding the equipment, trembled slightly; he didn't know how to answer.

This is indeed a loophole in the rules. Wu Zheng only focused on restricting their spending, but didn't restrict them from bringing in trash at all.

Jiang Che took the two bait traps he had made and walked to a relatively deep puddle.

The water reflects light, but underneath are dark crevices between rocks, making it impossible to see what's inside with the naked eye.

He weighed down the trap with a few small stones and sank it to a hidden spot at the bottom of the puddle.

"Is that all?" Song Yuqi squatted down beside her, resting her chin on her hands, staring curiously at the water.

"Let it soak in the water for a while, and the fishy smell of the meat will dissipate through the small holes. Let's go for a walk around the neighborhood."

Jiang Che stood up and pulled her up as well.

The viewers in the live chat reacted quickly.

[Wu Zheng shovels for children, while the lyricist makes hunting gear on the spot.]

[The rules didn't explicitly prohibit bringing your own tools, but the production team couldn't stop us this time.]

[Mineral water bottle: Before leaving home, I was trash, but in the hands of the lyricist, I was given a new job.]

[Song Yuqi, stop resting your chin on your hand! Quickly add this skill of your boyfriend to your family's asset list.]

The two walked around the deep puddle.

Jiang Che's gaze swept back and forth among the intricate crevices of the stones.

Suddenly, he stopped walking.

"Don't move."

He whispered something and released Song Yuqi's hand.

Song Yuqi immediately stood up straight, not daring to breathe.

Jiang Che rolled up the cuffs of his short-sleeved shirt and slowly squatted down.

In front of us was a huge rock covered with oyster shells, with a narrow crevice underneath.

Seawater surged through the crevices, the mud and sand were murky, and nothing could be seen.

Jiang Che spotted a spot and swiftly plunged his right hand into the muddy water, without even touching the surrounding rocks.

All that could be heard was a slight splashing sound from underwater.

The next second, he raised his arm and pulled out a large, bluish-green creature directly from the gap.

The blue crab was as big as an adult's fist, with its two thick pincers waving in the air, making it extremely aggressive.

Song Yuqi was so startled that she took half a step back, then let out a soft gasp of surprise.

"My God! What a huge crab!"

Jiang Che pinched the crab by the back, avoiding its waving pincers, and turned to throw it into the small red bucket that Song Yuqi was carrying.

The blue crab fell into the plastic bucket with a dull thud, making the bottom of the bucket shake.

Let's add an extra dish tonight.

The live stream paused for half a second, then the screen was filled with question marks covering the view.

[?? They really caught them?]

[We couldn't even see it through the high-definition camera; he just reached in and took it out?]

The production team marked out a dead-end beach, but Jiang Che managed to salvage a meal from it.

[Wu Zheng, check the security camera footage! Your overpriced boxed lunches aren't selling!]

[This blue crab is quite fierce; I suggest steaming it for twenty minutes to teach it a lesson.]

In less than three minutes, he used the same method to pull a second crab of similar size from another mud pit.

Two large blue crabs met in a small plastic bucket and immediately began fighting, brandishing their pincers and making a clicking sound.

Song Yuqi, carrying the bucket, looked at Jiang Che with shining eyes. The admiration in her eyes was impossible to hide.

"How did you see them? The water was so murky, I couldn't see anything."

Jiang Che pulled the towel hanging around his neck to wipe his hands and casually replied.

"Look at the traces of water flow and silt. No matter how well they are hidden, there will still be bubbles when they breathe."

[I know what Song Yuqi's look means; her boyfriend has secretly unlocked a new skill.]

[Jiang Che: Look at the bubbles. My eyes: Where are the bubbles?]

[Brother Chao and his team are responsible for proving just how desolate this place is, while Master Ci is responsible for delivering a devastating blow.]

Others rely on luck to go beachcombing, he relies on skill.

……

The commotion finally caught the attention of the three people in the distance.

Deng Chao threw down the broken shovel in his hand and dragged Chen He along as they ran.

"What did you dig up? I heard some noise over here!"

Chen He peered into the plastic bucket in Song Yuqi's hand and his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"Holy crap! These are huge blue crabs? And there are two of them?"

He turned to look at Jiang Che, his face filled with disbelief.

"Where did you get this? How could you dig up such a top-quality item from this dump?"

Lu Han also came over, and seeing the blue crabs still fighting in the bucket, she couldn't help but give them a thumbs up.

"Brother Che's eyesight is amazing. We don't even see a single crab over there."

Deng Chao grabbed Jiang Che's arm, his face full of curiosity.

"Bro, tell me the truth, did you have any wilderness survival training before?"