Wilderness Survival with Druid System

Chapter 116: Chapter 2: Hua Country Exploration Association

It seemed like Chen Wen’s perplexity was noticed.

Hua Yun looked over and explained, ”The association we’re talking about is the Hua Country Exploration Association, also called the Explorer Association.”

Yan Bian elaborated, ”The Hua Country Explorer Association is a formal national organization. I’m a nominal member, while Yun is an official member. There are many experts in there.”

”The so-called challenges are proposed by the internal members of the Explorer Association, and the association organizes various outdoor challenges.”

”For example, marathons, skydiving, and mountain biking downhill races, as well as wilderness survival challenges, will all appear on the association’s website.”

”Open challenges can be signed up for on the website, or the association may invite you to participate.”

”Closed challenges can only be participated in through internal recommendations within the association.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen suddenly understood.

This organization, whether before or now, he hadn’t heard of it.

It’s quite high-class.

After gaining an understanding of the association.

Yan Bian pointed at Chen Wen and said with a smile, ”Yun, this little brother of mine is a bit confused about his career path. As a senior, could you offer some advice?”

Upon hearing this, Hua Yun glanced at Chen Wen, seeming a bit surprised.

She retorted to Yan Bian, ”He’s the winner this time, and the captain at that. Can he be short of resources? As far as I know, the people at Maoya are eager to sign him, and Xie Yu is so anxious to the point of insomnia over him.”

Chen Wen was a bit embarrassed. What does it mean that Xie Yu is so eager over me that he can’t sleep?

But he explained, ”I’m not really interested in live streaming; there are too many limitations.”

This statement resonated with Hua Yun, who nodded vigorously and said, ”Live streaming indeed has too many restrictions. If it weren’t for the live stream this time, I would have directly used a bow and arrow to intimidate those people and take the pig away.”

This made Chen Wen secretly click his tongue.

This girl is really fierce!

Hua Yun thought for a moment and said, ”If you don’t want to live stream, then you’ll have to contact some wilderness TV show production teams, or find investors—they’ll fund you to assemble a team, and you can take people to shoot survival shows.”

”This is traditional wilderness survival, and the money comes slowly, the heat builds up slowly, and the costs are high. It might take a year or two to make a splash, and it’s hard to keep going.”

Chen Wen chuckled and said, ”Slow is fine; I’m not really lacking money.”

Hua Yun nodded, ”Since you say so, I do have a suggestion.”

She looked at Chen Wen and said, ”I’m going for a survival challenge in the Qinling Mountains next. You probably can’t participate, but I have a spot for another challenge. Want to give it a try?”

Chen Wen was taken aback. He was originally seeking career guidance, but Hua Yun directly offered him a job?

He hesitated for a moment and asked, ”What spot?”

Hua Yun’s eyes glittered, ”Sonora Desert survival, no live stream, for a total of thirty days. Ten contestants, the one who lasts till the end wins!”

”The show’s called ’Desert Death Battle’! It’s an American show, not aired domestically.”

Upon hearing the name, Yan Bian’s expression changed.

Clearly, he knows about this show.

The name didn’t scare Chen Wen.

He pulled out his phone and quickly searched.

Soon, the results came out.

”Oh, I get it. It’s a blend of wilderness survival and battle royale show.”

Chen Wen, a bit surprised, said, ”Does this show... allow contestants to take direct action against each other?”

Hua Yun nodded and casually said, ”Yes, as long as you don’t kill or disable anyone.”

Chen Wen clicked his tongue, ”No wonder there’s no news of this show domestically, it’s a bit intense!”

”It does fit American values. Do you want to go?”

Hua Yun asked, ”This show’s organized by the Explorer Association in the United States, and they’ve formally invited us this time. If you want to go, I can recommend you to Mr. Liu in the name of the association member. There are very few people doing wilderness survival in our country, he’ll definitely agree.”

”Plus, our relationship with the American Explorer Association is pretty good; they’ll likely agree as well.”

Chen Wen hesitantly said, ”Uh, about that...”

”Money issue?”

Hua Yun cut off Chen Wen and said, ”Payment is based on ranking, the last five get ten thousand US dollars each, fifth place gets fifty thousand, fourth place seventy thousand, third place ninety thousand, second place one hundred thousand, and first place three hundred thousand.”

”But if you can find other contestants and eliminate them, you get their prize money.”

Damn, this show encourages competition and skirmish everywhere.

Chen Wen said, ”Money’s not really the issue; mainly my English is so-so...”

This problem made Hua Yun fall silent for a moment.

She was stunned for a while before saying, ”Speaking Chinese is fine too; they’ll do voiceover and subtitles later.”

”Oh, oh, that’s fine then. But there’s one more problem.”

Chen Wen feared Hua Yun would lose patience, so he quickly said, ”One last question, how do I get to the show? I don’t have a passport or visa.”

Hua Yun sighed, seeming surprised that Chen Wen was bothered by such trivial matters, ”Since it’s an association recommendation, the association will definitely be responsible for getting you there and back. We’ll send two professional staff to accompany you.”

”But because you’re not an official member, these two staff members are considered borrowed from the association. If you don’t perform well, their salary and expenses will be your responsibility.”

After thinking it over, Hua Yun explained, ”To perform well means making it into the top three. Anything less is considered a failure by the association.”

No more issues!

Chen Wen nodded and said, ”Then I’ll rely on Hua to write me a recommendation letter.”

Yan Bian hesitated for a moment, but didn’t speak.

...

After an excellent dinner.

Yan Bian and Chen Wen saw Hua Yun off and strolled leisurely down the street.

”This show...”

Yan Bian broke the silence, ”It’s dangerous; it could be fatal!”

Chen Wen nodded.

He had just searched a lot of information about this show. Although it’s not well-known domestically, it’s quite famous in the United States.

The show has held five seasons, with someone dying in the first season.

The show was held in the great desert, namely the Gobi Desert in northern Huaxia.

One of the contestants attempted to use a trap to eliminate another contestant.

But due to improper trap setup, both got trapped when the trap activated.

Just as the crew was planning to rescue them, a sudden sandstorm hit them.

Only one of the two survived, and the way they survived was quite disgraceful.

The surviving contestant continued to receive treatment for psychological issues after the show ended.

Chen Wen laughed, ”Don’t worry, I just checked—Sonora Desert isn’t that dangerous, and the show only had an accident once; the rest is fine.”

Yan Bian thought about it and nodded slightly.

The later seasons indeed didn’t have any bad news.

Anyway, Chen Wen has temporarily found a path forward.

”After participating in the show, I plan to try finding investors to film my own survival show.”

Chen Wen was full of emotion.

Who would have thought, in this world, I’d have a chance to become someone like Ed or Bell!

Yan Bian put an arm around Chen Wen’s shoulder, smiling, ”I wish you great success! Just like Old Lv said, leave behind an exciting story for yourself!”

”I definitely will!”

...

Hua Yun’s efficiency was quite high.

In about three days, she proactively contacted Chen Wen on WeChat.

[Everything’s settled; you’ll be participating in this Sonora Desert Death Battle as a recommended member of the Hua Country Explorer Association]

Upon seeing the message, Chen Wen immediately replied, [Thanks Hua for the recommendation, when should I go over there?]

After a while, Hua Yun replied, [No rush, come to our association first, Mr. Liu wants to meet you]

[Also, we have information about the Sonora Desert and rules sent over from the United States, come to familiarize yourself with them]

Chen Wen immediately said, [Okay, I’ll head over right away]