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Chapter 781: 767: Wilderness Fishing and Hunting for 60 Days (4000-word mega )_2

Chapter 781: Chapter 767: Wilderness Fishing and Hunting for 60 Days (4000-word mega chapter)_2

“Okay, I’ll add your name to the list of ten! After it’s reported, you can’t change your mind!”

“Okay!”

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After hanging up the phone, Yue Feng stretched leisurely and then greeted Niu Ben before leaving the training ground.

This decision seemed somewhat abrupt, but it wasn’t just a whim.

Yue Feng had been livestreaming for a long time, and before going to Russia for fishing, his fan growth had slowed considerably. Only after getting on the trending searches in Russia did his followers increase by several hundred thousand.

The audience for fishing livestreams was only so large; after over a year of development, Yue Feng had nearly tapped it out. To reach greater heights, he needed to enhance the quality of his livestream content, and this fishing and wilderness hunting project was quite suitable.

After heading to the office from the backyard, Yue Feng shut the door and started browsing through the System Mall.

Among all choices in the System Mall, the one most aligned with this challenge was the orange Wilderness Hunter Character Card, but this Professional Card had a high purchasing threshold, costing fifty thousand Reputation Points.

He had only been rewarded a thousand points for earlier tasks, and after trending and expanding his fame and influence, he had only gradually gained a few hundred more. Now, putting all his assets together, he had less than two thousand Reputation Points, which was far from enough to buy the card.

Since he couldn’t buy the convenient Professional Card, Yue Feng had to settle for second best and started searching among the General Skills.

[Basic Wild Plant Recognition]: This skill allows the learner to master information on over eighty percent of wild plants and to select those suitable for edible, medicinal, and other uses. Priced at 10,000 Lottery Points.

[Basic Shelter Construction]: This skill enables the learner to grasp the methods of constructing basic shelters, using available resources to build a semi-permanent shelter for one person in the wilderness! Priced at 18,000 Lottery Points!

[Basic Lasso Trap]: This skill allows the learner to grasp the basic methods of creating lasso-type traps, using fundamental resources to set traps in the wilderness that can capture small to medium-sized game! Priced at 12,000 Points!

[Basic Outdoor Survival Knowledge]: This skill enables the learner to grasp basic outdoor survival knowledge, including but not limited to identifying directions, finding water sources, avoiding wild animals, etc. Priced at 9,800!

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Goodness, after a thorough search, Yue Feng found quite a few skills that he could use; although these General Skills were all just basic, and far from professional, Yue Feng tried spending Points to buy a few books for learning and found they greatly improved his skills.

If Yue Feng initially had only basic confidence in acquiring food, after looking through, he was sure he could survive in any typical wilderness environment.

For example, the trial for Basic Outdoor Survival taught Yue Feng heaps of basic knowledge he originally didn’t understand, including how to avoid wild animal attacks, how to select water sources, and how to judge wind direction, among others.

Though he didn’t have many Reputation Points, Yue Feng already had accumulated several million Lottery Points in his pocket. As he kept spending, he continued gaining more, so money was no longer a concern.

Thinking this, Yue Feng purchased all the General Skills he could use and chose to study them!

A massive amount of knowledge flooded Yue Feng’s mind, his understanding of the wilderness became increasingly familiar, and even his demeanor underwent a significant change.

When he returned to the store at noon, Yue Feng mentioned to his girlfriend that he was preparing to join this wilderness fishing and hunting challenge. Upon knowing that Yue Feng had made his decision, his girlfriend was slightly worried but quite composed, acknowledging that her boyfriend was always an unsettled, progressive man. Aside from the challenge’s lengthy duration, there were no major safety concerns, so she readily agreed to it.

To assist Yue Feng with the challenge, his girlfriend started collecting various information right after lunch.

The knowledge available online was vast and boundless; anything they needed, they could find. She helped Yue Feng gather all sorts of information on trap making and wilderness survival, compiling everything into a large folder.

Facing these materials, Yue Feng had mostly learned them through the System Mall already, but he didn’t point that out. Instead, he patiently started to learn and occasionally deliberately discussed it with the puppet.

After several days of continuous study, the puppet helped Yue Feng order a full set of outdoor survival equipment online.

A full set of Arcteryx’s extreme cold outdoor clothing, a white goose down sleeping bag that can withstand temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees, a multipurpose outdoor tool knife priced in the five digits; anything that seemed potentially useful was ordered.

One major shopping spree cost over two hundred thousand RMB, which made Yue Feng silently exclaim, “Damn, top-tier outdoor gear burns through money! Compared to fishing and such, this cost is nothing at all!”

After about ten days of preparations, the various items ordered online were basically all delivered.

Over at Gu Qingtian’s end, after further verification and discussion, the entire project was completely grounded and entered the preparation phase.

At the end of August, all the preliminary preparations were completed, and Yue Feng received an invitation from the show crew to officially gather at the Capital, and along with many backstage staff, flew to an uninhabited high-latitude area at the border between Norway and Finland.

According to the rules set by the production team, the ten people participating in the challenge could only pick ten pieces of equipment to start with besides the standard clothing they wore (underwear, mid-layer, outerwear, hat, shoes).

Among these ten slots, a logging axe for building shelter was essential, a multifunctional hunting knife for processing game and self-defense was required, and a sleeping bag was indispensable; after these three slots, Yue Feng didn’t choose the bow and arrow that most challengers would pick, instead, he opted for a lure fishing rod.

An American imported, sturdy Lure Rod, spinning reel, not great in terms of feel but winning in durability and reliability.

As per the rules, hunting weapons didn’t include additional accessories, the Lure Rod came just with the reel and rod, and additional items like lures, fishing lines, and other equipment all consumed extra equipment slots.

Others might think spending slots on these small miscellaneous equipment items was not worth it, but Yue Feng didn’t mind. He chose a 500-meter spool of size 4 eight-braid PE line and added ten versatile medium-sized Blades. This essential fishing gear would give Yue Feng enough fish, much more reliable than bows and arrows, which he was unfamiliar with—he trusted his fishing rod, his longtime tool for making a living.

Eventually, Yue Feng’s starting equipment was finalized.

Sleeping bag, multifunction survival knife, logging axe, Lure Rod, PE line, medium-sized Lure Blades x10 (taking up two slots, each limited to five pieces), size 20 Marusei fishhooks one pack (twenty pieces), a field pot for cooking food, and an outdoor backpack!

Besides the personally chosen equipment that each challenger carried, each would also receive a set of filming gear along with satellite live streaming equipment and corresponding solar charging panels with enough batteries. Yue Feng’s personal live streaming equipment, after a quick inspection, was also approved for use.

After almost a day of flying, Yue Feng finally boarded the helicopter arranged in advance by the production team.

The helicopter took off from a remote small town, flying over vast forests and water bodies, heading straight to the predetermined challenger area, where Yue Feng was randomly assigned to an uninhabited wilderness after a draw.

Yue Feng, carrying a huge outdoor bag with all his supplies, stepped down from the helicopter, waved his hand, and then watched as the helicopter took off.

Taking a deep breath, Yue Feng forcefully suppressed his excitement, set down his backpack, took out and connected the drone equipment, and launched the opening of his brand new challenge.

60 days of wilderness fishing and hunting survival in the Arctic Circle, Day One!

Yue Feng changed to a new name in the live streaming room and then connected to the live stream!

“My goodness, what is Feng brother up to again? A 60-day wilderness challenge? Is he switching careers?”

“Damn, if his face hadn’t stayed the same, I’d have thought I walked into the wrong room! Brother Feng changed the live streaming content again?”

“What’s going on? This is the Arctic Circle? Damn! Brother Feng is really going big this time?”

Yue Feng grinned at the camera, showing off a bright white smile, “Fellas, hello everyone, I’m Yue Feng! I’m taking on a new project from the Central Government, starting today, I officially join the fishing and hunting wilderness challenge for 60 days! From now on, I will depend on the equipment I carry with me to survive alone in a high-latitude uninhabited region near the Arctic Circle for sixty days!”