Chapter 84

The senior deeply regretted it — he regretted that he had ever thought Shi Jian was such a great supporter.

Is that called supporting? That’s just ruining the scene! Ruining it completely!

[Senior finding Shi Jian was a mistake.]

[As soon as my wife started streaming, I immediately clicked in to watch the goddess Shi Jian perform her dazzling moves.]

[Wife is so beautiful.]

[When it comes to safety awareness, she’s always been strong.]

[Senior, learn from our streamer’s maturity. How can you be a senior? (doubt jpg)]

The livestream chat spammed a string of 1’s, actively responding to Shi Jian’s call.

The other streamers naturally didn’t want to go deeper into the forest. No thinking was needed to know it was definitely bad news.

Tang Tian nodded repeatedly on the side. Her sister was right!

Just as the senior was almost at a loss for words with Shi Jian, with the dungeon already showing signs of ending, the streamers’ phones suddenly had new changes.

Tang Tian noticed the anomaly immediately and gently tugged Shi Jian, signaling quietly:

“Look!”

Shi Jian lowered her head.

Her phone screen, originally stuck on the practice group chat, now popped up something new.

It was a lush green card with a forest background, reading —

“Your instructor is waiting for your rescue in the misty forest. Brave youths, go find your instructor. While finding him, don’t forget your original purpose for coming to the misty forest.”

Not only Shi Jian and Tang Tian received this message; the other streamers checked it too.

Since the senior couldn’t fulfill his role as a proper cue-process NPC, the dungeon itself delivered the mission.

Shi Jian had another discovery: although she had just sent the emergency message, it suddenly showed that sending failed.

Shi Jian: “…”

Damn, they even rigged that? Can’t handle the game?

Shi Jian showed the message to Tang Tian as well.

Finding the instructor had become one of their missions. What else could they do but accept?

After confirming through eye contact that everyone would follow this process, Shi Jian said to the senior, “Then let’s set off now to rescue the instructor.”

Seeing Shi Jian’s sudden change in expression, the senior felt completely out of sync. He still wanted to talk his way out.

“You just said my handling was immature, didn’t you?” he asked Shi Jian.

Shi Jian didn’t lose face at all; she confidently replied, “Special circumstances require special handling. The emergency message didn’t get through.”

“Senior, the instructor is so good to you. He’s waiting for our rescue now. Why are you still stuck on such trivial details? Don’t you really want to save the instructor?!”

Shi Jian’s quick logical reasoning was one thing, but she even turned it back on him, giving him a ‘you really don’t get it’ look.Senior: ...

Choked up.

But no matter what, the group’s decision to go deep into the forest to rescue the instructor was settled.

They hadn’t walked far, barely exchanged a few words, when they faced splitting into groups.

Originally there was only one path, but now it split into two forks ahead.

No one knew which path led to the cabin, so to save time they had to split up.

…

The practice group plus the injured instructor waiting for rescue totaled 11 people; now there were 10. Besides the senior, there was also a senior female student.

The two naturally suggested each leading one team.

Aside from those two characters in the dungeon, the other eight were streamers.

Upon entering the misty forest, everyone’s phone signals became very poor. But each team found two signal flares among the allocated supplies—one flare per team, just enough. They agreed whichever team found the cabin would launch the flare.

The senior seemed to clash with Shi Jian and became more determined, even actively inviting Shi Jian, “Junior, be on my team.”

Shi Jian didn’t care much, “Alright.” Since he asked sincerely, she reluctantly agreed.

Tang Tian, knowing Shi Jian’s strength, quietly lit a candle for the inexperienced, immature senior.

During the group division, the streamers found an excuse to send the senior and senior female student away and discussed the dungeon and the information they now had.

“Those two should be monsters, right?”

“Seems so, but they’re acting pretty normal now, who knows later.”

“Our win condition this time is to find the instructor?”

Tang Tian pointed out, “There’s one more, don’t forget why you came to the misty forest.”

What was the purpose?

It was written on the latter half of the card.

Shi Jian remembered, “Wasn’t it said we came to film rare orchids?” The group chat log was right there.

So now there were two known conditions for clearing the dungeon: one, rescue the instructor; two, film the rare orchids.

Regarding the groups, they still went by volunteers. Shi Jian would definitely be with Tang Tian; she didn’t know the others.

Tang Tian had worried some streamer might compete for Shi Jian, but that didn’t happen.

Everyone rushed to join the team led by the senior female student, avoiding Shi Jian’s group.

The public livestream chat started to discuss.

[If it were me, I’d pick the team with the pretty female streamer—to enjoy looking at a beauty, and she seems pretty quick-witted too.]

[It’s a horror game dungeon. Strength rules. What good is just being pretty?][??? To the person above, your words aren’t very convincing. You typed that and the next second you sent rockets to that female streamer’s chat. Don’t think I didn’t see.]

[??? LOL.]

[Let me analyze why all the streamers avoided the female streamer’s group. First, she’s too pretty and would draw viewers away; second, the senior looks tougher to deal with; and third, back to the female streamer — she just talks a lot, probably a pretty useless person?]

Old fans of Shi Jian who have watched her streams just smiled silently, sharing Tang Tian’s mindset.

She really is a beauty, but useless?

Who are they talking about?

As if given a god’s-eye view, they felt that when Shi Jian goes all out, these viewers would definitely be shocked. Shi Jian’s longtime fans were already getting excited.

…

The senior quickly began regretting inviting Shi Jian to team up.

After the groups formed, Shi Jian, Tang Tian, and two other streamers followed the senior and continued along the path.

The deeper they went, the thicker the fog became.

Surrounded by trees and grass, at first glance the environment seemed unchanged, causing brief dizziness; this place truly had many conditions that could make people get lost.

The forest wasn’t completely silent — sudden bird calls, distant beast howls, even the “crack” of shoes stepping on dry branches made people nervous, causing sudden jumps from fright.

Shi Jian: “…” Not really liking this dungeon.

Soon came Shi Jian’s moment to shine.

They hurried on but still needed to stop and rest.

The senior volunteered to set up the tent but huffed and puffed for a long time without figuring it out.

Meanwhile, Shi Jian in her sharp work outfit easily took charge.

She quickly set up the tent, and not only that, she gathered firewood, made a fire, and arranged for Tang Tian and the others to warm themselves, drinking hot water to ease the day’s fatigue.

Tang Tian was surprised and delighted, “You even know how to set up a tent?!”

Couldn’t tell at all.

Shi Jian told Tang Tian to keep it low-key, then gracefully arched her swan-like neck and said, “I was on a wilderness survival reality show.”

Who knew it’d come in handy here.

Wasn’t she cool just now?!

Did everyone notice how capable she is?

Shi Jian blinked her sparkling eyes obediently, waiting for praise.

Tang Tian and the other two streamers didn’t hold back their compliments — Shi Jian deserved it.

Viewers: Both cool and capable!

Senior: “…” He was embarrassed again.

Embarrassed, the senior anxiously asked Shi Jian, “Why didn’t you tell me you could set up a tent?”Shi Jian said, “You didn’t ask either.”

As for why she only started setting up the tent after the senior failed and did it right beside him—

Of course, it was to use the senior as a comparison.

With the senior clumsily fumbling nearby, the audience could truly feel that setting up a tent wasn’t that easy.

Shi Jian: She only mastered this skill after some learning and practice.

Moreover, the senior struggling made her appear even more skillful and at ease.

Shi Jian’s thoughts were plainly written on her face; she didn’t bother being polite to the senior with ill intentions.

At first, Shi Jian felt a bit uneasy being in the unfamiliar forest, but with a friend by her side and having spotted many pretty wildflowers along the way—

She liked them.

She wanted them.

She got them!

When moved, action must follow—soon the little flowers became a floral crown on Shi Jian’s head, and she also made matching ones for Tang Tian.

The viewers unlocked Shi Jian’s new look: Flower Fairy Shi Jian. √

Senior: “…”

Who’s really immature here?

Is this what you call maturity, making flower crowns?

The senior wanted to argue further, saying picking flowers might affect rescuing the mentor, but Shi Jian’s group was already faster and ahead of him.

Shi Jian turned back with a look of frustration, “Senior, can you even manage?”

“Where’s that passionate energy you showed earlier? How can we rescue the mentor like this?”

The senior thickened his neck and hurried past them.

Shi Jian hadn’t yet noticed his trend toward monster mode—his gaze was very hostile, and after a few provocations from her, it seemed like he wanted to kill her but took no action.

Shi Jian sensed he must have some limits or reservations.

She didn’t know what triggered him or how long he could hold back.

…

“Shouldn’t something bad happen soon?”

Tang Tian whispered to Shi Jian.

Calm and peaceful never exist in a horror game dungeon; since entering the Misty Forest, they hadn’t encountered any danger yet.

Many dungeons start with heart-pounding challenges.

But the more peaceful it seems, the more Tang Tian felt a big danger was about to come.

When Shi Jian and Tang Tian talked here, they both felt an inexplicable chill down their spines.Not far ahead, on their only path, there was a black-and-white flower with uneven, bumpy petals—about the size of a basin—waiting for the group to arrive.

Yes, waiting.

It had no eyes, but it possessed a mind.

Her name was the Psychedelic Radish Flower; she was the mother flower. Since called a mother flower, it meant she had a group of offspring flowers.

Alone, neither the mother flower nor the offspring flowers were very dangerous, but once the mother flower released her scent, it would awaken the distant offspring flowers. The mother flower’s scent made humans feel happy, while the offspring flowers emitted an aura that caused mental numbness.

Eventually, people would become like drunkards, falling into a deep sleep—

Until they turned into nutrients for them.

The Psychedelic Radish Flower mother flower was eager to gain fresh nutrients. Upon seeing the leading man approach, she immediately began releasing her scent.

“Offspring, awaken! The time for slaughter has come!”

The mother flower waited for a response from the distant offspring flowers, but none came after a while.

The leading man was already close to her.

Mother flower: ?

She thought the scent hadn’t spread properly or been received by the offspring flowers, so she exerted more effort, releasing even more scent.

“Offspring, awaken! The time for slaughter has come!”

Still no response.

Then the mother flower was shocked to discover something incredibly familiar appearing above the heads of the two female humans who had just shown themselves—

The offspring flowers she couldn’t awaken?!

No wonder she couldn’t wake them—they were dead!

The mother flower was hit not by just this blow.

Tang Tian and the others also noticed this large flower. Tang Tian clicked her tongue, “What the heck is this? Never seen it before.”

Shi Jian didn’t recognize it either but thought it best to stay away.

Shi Jian glanced at it, then disdainfully looked away, commenting, “This flower is ugly. So many bumps on the petals, looks like a toad.”

The mother flower was too sad—without any defense, her offspring flowers were picked by humans as flower crowns, and on top of that, she was called a toad.

Too heartbroken, the mother flower vomited.

Shi Jian and the others were startled by the flower vomiting.

They backed away a bit further.

The accompanying streamers were also shocked, “That flower vomited?”

“How can a flower vomit?”

Though the horror game dungeon had shown them many strange things, a vomiting flower was hard to accept, especially since it was so inexplicable.

It didn’t harm them—was it just trying to gross them out?After walking about ten meters away, Shi Jian raised a reasonable suspicion: "Could it be that the senior’s feet smell so bad they stunk out the flower?"

Senior: ??? Walking on the road, but the blame falls from the sky.

But he really had no explanation—after all, when the flower vomited, he was the closest to it, and his foot was right beside the flower.

The “culprit” Shi Jian caused quite a bit of damage to both the flower and the senior.

...

Shi Jian and the others passed the Psychedelic Radish Flower without any obstacles. The viewers on their side didn’t know what was going on, only thinking the senior was a seriously unhygienic NPC; how bad would feet have to smell to stink out a flower like that?

They felt sorry for Shi Jian and the others.

But viewers from the other team revealed the truth.

[“Damn, they’re all knocked out over there. How did this flower get messed up like that here?”]

Viewers on Shi Jian’s side: ??? What’s going on?!

Since the streamers split into two teams earlier, some viewers watched Shi Jian’s perspective, others watched the other team, and some were jumping around between streams.

Shi Jian’s stream had the largest viewership, dominating overwhelmingly.

The small squad led by the senior was also confronted by the Psychedelic Radish Flower, but things did not go so smoothly for them.

They were completely unprepared; while chatting and laughing, they gradually lost consciousness and fell one by one.

Who would have thought Shi Jian had picked all the offspring flowers from the Psychedelic Radish Flower to make flower crowns?

[“That luck is godlike!”]

...

Since the other team was completely unconscious, all the viewers concentrated on Shi Jian’s side.

They then realized—

Things were a bit too relaxed here; Shi Jian really was playing this like an outdoor survival reality show.

It was like they had opened a celebrity wilderness survival program.

Honestly, it was quite entertaining!

Because Shi Jian had filmed similar shows before, she knew all kinds of basic survival knowledge. She shared daily tips, interacted with viewers from afar, and the viewers loved watching her do things every day, never getting bored.

Plus, there was a new discovery—Shi Jian had abs!

Her abs weren’t planned to be shown, but when she raised her arms to pitch the tent, they accidentally appeared.

Though only for a few seconds, her white, slender waist and the clear abs caused the chatroom to turn into a massive fan station.

Who could resist? Who could keep quiet and not say, “Wife, I’m in!”?

However, Shi Jian wasn’t without challenges.

The main problem was that she realized they didn’t have much food.

Shi Jian felt this was absurd. Their character settings were supposed to be about searching for something in the forest—they brought pots and pans but hardly any edible food.There were only a few packs of biscuits and some bottles of water left.

Water was easy to solve since there was a stream nearby.

But Shi Jian couldn’t demonstrate any survival tips for finding food in the wild.

Because this was another outrageous problem—this forest was so vast, with all kinds of flowers and plants, yet there was hardly anything edible.

For the past two days, Shi Jian had picked some sour berries to make do, but as they ventured deeper into the forest, these sour berries became increasingly scarce.

As a female celebrity who cared about her figure and lived mostly on salads, Shi Jian’s stomach was strong enough to endure hunger, but even she couldn’t take it anymore.

Shi Jian could still tolerate it, but Tang Tian and the others were genuinely getting uncomfortably hungry.

In such an environment, if danger arose, being physically weak would make resistance even harder.

There was no way to buy food from the mall.

Besides hunger, new dangers appeared again.

...

At that moment, everyone was searching for something edible nearby when suddenly a streamer screamed loudly, “Damn, what’s biting me?!”

Shi Jian quickly looked over and saw a horrifying sight—

Several white, somewhat translucent root-like objects were clinging to the streamer’s leg, like plant rhizomes, and these rhizomes were actively sucking blood, bright red blood being drawn continuously from the streamer’s leg.

The owner of those roots was a bizarre-shaped plant, hiding in knee-high grass, perfectly blending with the environment.

After all, there were too many plants here.

Taking advantage of the streamer’s distraction, it began its all-you-can-drink buffet.

Not only was this streamer attacked, but another streamer was soon “strawed” by another plant.

“Oh my god!”

“It’s sucking my blood so fast!”

Shi Jian also sensed a rustling noise approaching and jumped up.

The white “straw” didn’t stick to her leg.

The white “straw” paused, then continued moving toward Shi Jian’s leg.

This time Shi Jian jumped again.

White “straw”: You skipping rope?

It wanted to attack again, but this time it was met with the buzzing sound of a chainsaw.

The chainsaw was very sharp and effective against these things; plant leaves and clumps of dirt flew everywhere.

Shi Jian quickly smashed the plant while shouting to the others,

“Get out of the way, quickly move to a grassless area!”

Then Shi Jian skillfully and decisively used the big chainsaw to cut off the plant’s and the streamers’ attached roots one after another—hand up, roots severed.Tang Tian was not attacked; she used whatever was at hand to assist the blood-sucking streamers, helping the injured streamer to the roadside.

Shi Jian, wearing high heels and wielding a large chainsaw, gave many viewers quite an impact.

It was only then that longtime viewers in Shi Jian’s livestream learned she actually had the chainsaw from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

【Sorry, I have to apologize for my earlier rash judgment—I thought the streamer was a useless beauty, turns out the useless one is me.】

【Kinda... a bit cool.】

If luck explained the encounter with the psychedelic Luo flower, Shi Jian wielding the chainsaw was pure muscle and action.

The delicate junior holding a chainsaw to chop plants that sucked human blood—while the senior could only shout wildly on the side like he had lost his mind.

...

Shi Jian didn’t linger there long; she asked the two shaken streamers, “Are you okay?”

They gave affirmative answers.

Their faces were pale from fright or perhaps blood loss; other than some weakness, there was no other abnormality.

“That thing is terrifying.”

The key was their large numbers.

Since that day, Shi Jian’s group kept encountering these bizarre plants standing in the grass, taking quick sips of blood when people were off guard.

They weren’t very strong fighters but were like gigantic mosquitoes, impossible to guard against and extremely annoying.

The show Survival Outdoors with Shi Jian became unexpectedly serious because of these suddenly appearing plants.

Until—

Hungry Shi Jian crossed her arms and stared long at the nearby blood-sucking plants. After Tang Tian asked, Shi Jian posed a question.

“Look, doesn’t its top look like lettuce?”

Could it be hunger causing hallucinations?

Tang Tian: ?

Other streamers: ???

But following Shi Jian’s thought and looking again at the plants—

Tang Tian swallowed hard, “Now that you mention it, another one really looks like broccoli.”

“I think I just saw a red eggplant!”

Gurgle—

Someone’s stomach growled loudly, and all eyes turned to the blood-sucking plants that had been harassing them these past days.

Glowing green.