After the Black Moonlight’s "Death Escape" Failed [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 64

Chapter 64: Survival Day One

◎These wolves… seem to be calling for companions◎

Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue were the first among the six guests to jump from the helicopter. Amidst the screams of the viewers in the live room, they fell straight toward the heart of the forest.

The filming location chosen by the production crew was an island on Planet 504. The eastern side of the island consisted of rugged terrain and dense mountain forests, while the western side was a flat expanse of beaches and grasslands—the latter was clearly more favorable for human survival.

Neither the production crew nor the other guests expected Jiao Qingyin and her partner to choose the mountainous area. According to the radar and maps provided, that area was teeming with wild animals and carried an extremely high risk factor.

Seeing their silhouettes growing distant, K04’s prosthetic eyes flashed red. It took a step forward and jumped out of the aircraft.

Mechanical Faction hesitated for a moment before deciding not to follow. She waited until the helicopter reached the boundary between the plains and the mountains before pulling her parachute and leaping out.

The remaining two guests exchanged a look and chose to land on the sandy beach near the coast.

Amidst the whistling wind, seeing herself getting closer to the treetops, Wen Fengyue’s nerves were taut as she pulled the parachute release ring.

With a poof, the canopy deployed. Wen Fengyue’s descent immediately slowed. The radar’s autonomous positioning system activated, locking onto three suitable landing spots.

Before making a choice, Wen Fengyue quickly turned her head to look for Jiao Qingyin, who had jumped with her.

Jiao Qingyin happened to be looking at her as well. Behind their protective masks, they couldn’t see each other’s expressions, but their voices could be transmitted via the headsets.

“Are you scared?” Jiao Qingyin’s concerned voice reached Wen Fengyue’s ears.

Seeing that the other’s emotions were stable, Wen Fengyue’s tension dissipated by more than half.

She wasn’t scared, but she was worried that Jiao Qingyin would be.

“Not scared,” she replied in a low voice. Through the headset, she sounded like a cello that hadn’t been played in a long time. “What about you?”

Despite her significant fear of heights, Jiao Qingyin’s tone carried a hint of a smile. “Of course I’m not scared.”

There was a distance of four or five meters between them. Due to the subtle influence of opening times and wind speed, Jiao Qingyin’s position was slightly lower than Wen Fengyue’s. She glanced at the area below and suggested to Wen Fengyue: “Let’s land at Point A, how about it?”

“I’ll listen to you,” Wen Fengyue said without hesitation.

Once the landing spot was selected, the optical frequency navigation on the parachutes automatically adjusted the canopy shapes. Using the wind, it brought them down to Point A.

Due to inertia, normal people tend to stumble when landing, but Jiao Qingyin simply used her right hand for a light brace and stood up cleanly, like a cat leaping from a height.

Wen Fengyue, who was always very conscious of her dignity in strange places, cut her parachute early as she neared the ground and dropped straight down.

Except for her calves feeling a bit numb, everything went smoothly.

It was only at this moment that the viewers who had been drawn in finally snapped out of it and clearly saw the subtitle of this live room—

“Blue Star Adventurer” Episode 41, Shocking Premiere.

“…Shocking indeed. I accidentally turned on the holographic viewing mode and already threw up my gallbladder during the descent.”

“Am I crazy, or is Xiao Jiao and Wen Wen crazy, or is the world crazy—Wives, why did you decide to end it all by joining this show!”

“Asking, what kind of show is this? Why say they “decided to end it all” by joining?”

“Is there still someone who doesn’t know about this show that doesn’t treat guests like humans? Attached link: [Casualty List of Blue Star Adventurer over the years], go see for yourself.”

Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue’s fans had originally held onto a sliver of hope, thinking it might be a coincidence of names, or perhaps cosplay, or that the voices sounded similar because of a voice changer… but when Jiao Qingyin took off her protective mask, shook out her black hair, and flashed a smile at the tracking camera, their last bit of hope shattered.

The bullet comments went eerily silent for a few seconds. Then, someone sent a crying face emoji. Almost instantly, the entire screen was filled with crying faces.

“Waaaah why, Wife, why would you participate in this kind of show.”

“I’m really breaking down. I didn’t expect that before worrying about my idol’s house collapsing, I’d have to worry if my idol will be seriously injured or die…”

“Forging Star Entertainment is dead! How dare you let your artists join a wilderness survival show!!”

The last comment resonated with countless fans. Like an angry tide, they surged into Forging Star Entertainment’s official website homepage and blasted the entire site.

At Forging Star Entertainment’s headquarters, Lin Chu’s face was grim as she slammed two contracts heavily onto the conference table.

“And you still say you didn’t know? Whose official seal is on this?!” Lin Chu had never been this enraged in her life. “Speak!!”

She had already learned from a trembling Sister Ji that Jiao Qingyin had joined the show voluntarily to accompany Wen Fengyue. As for Wen Fengyue, her background was transparent; with a simple check, Lin Chu discovered that she had been signed up for this show by her adoptive parents while she was completely in the dark.

And the reason this matter was eventually finalized was because certain people in the company ignored Wen Fengyue’s personal will. To squeeze out every last bit of value from her, they bypassed her and signed the contract directly with the “Blue Star Adventurer” production crew.

The company had records of Wen Fengyue’s medical certificates; the management clearly knew exactly what her physical condition was like. Yet, they made this decision, undoubtedly selling Wen Fengyue’s life for money.

The production crew of “Blue Star Adventurer” might have known the truth or might not have, but that no longer mattered.

Lin Chu scanned the conference room, her gaze sweeping over the silent management one by one. In the end, she smiled.

She had been ruthless in her youth and offended many people. After the age of thirty-five, she had tempered her personality, but she didn’t expect it would give these people the chance to have crooked thoughts.

No matter how much she disliked Jiao Qingyin, that was still her daughter. Her daughter could only be educated by her; since when was it these people’s turn to plot against her?

It was time for a thorough cleaning of Forging Star Entertainment.

While Lin Chu sent people to negotiate with the “Blue Star Adventurer” crew to get Jiao Qingyin out, she also kept a close eye on Jiao Qingyin’s live stream, ready to dump money at any moment.

As she did this, she moved swiftly against the high-level management of Forging Star Entertainment. She didn’t plan to let a single person involved in this matter off the hook.

On Planet 504, after confirming there was no miasma in the vicinity, Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue checked the surrounding bio-signals with their radar while taking off their protective suits.

Wen Fengyue was wearing sharp camouflage fatigues, somewhat similar to a military style, which accentuated her extremely cold aura. The tactical belt equipped with a dagger and a small medical pouch highlighted her slender waist, making her look like a beautifully decorated but incredibly sharp longsword.

No matter how worried they were about their safety, the focus of the bullet comments strayed for a few seconds.

Who could refuse a silver-haired, blue-eyed, beautiful and handsome big sister!

But before they could relax for more than a few seconds, Jiao Qingyin, who was a step slower in taking off her one-piece protective suit, gave them a direct shock.

“How can someone wear a cartoon hoodie for desert island survival!!”

“Aaaaah Xiao Jiao wake up! You are filming a survival variety show, survival first, variety second!”

“Have to say… it’s actually quite cute. She looks so well-behaved.”

“What’s the use of being well-behaved? Will a wild wolf bite less hard because it thinks she’s cute?”

Wild wolves, Jiao Qingyin didn’t know about, but a “domestic wolf” would indeed be lured into a trap because she looked well-behaved.

Wilderness survival was right up Jiao Qingyin’s professional alley. With her abilities, even if she were wearing a formal gown and high heels today, she wouldn’t get her hem dirty. So why not wear clothes she liked?

Seeing Wen Fengyue staring at her, Jiao Qingyin tilted her head. “What’s wrong?”

Wen Fengyue, who had tried to share the clothes she prepared with Jiao Qingyin several times only to be rejected, felt very complicated. But when the other asked her, she still honestly spoke her most direct feeling: “Very cute.”

The hoodie Jiao Qingyin was wearing was white, with a pair of pointed wolf ears on the hood. This was the outfit she had taken a fancy to at a glance when she went to the supermarket with Wen Fengyue a week ago.

They had bought two of the same kind, and Wen Fengyue’s… as luck would have it, she had brought hers too, and it was currently packed in her bag.

Seeing Jiao Qingyin smiling so happily because of her “cute” comment, Wen Fengyue became even more determined to protect her.

Hearing the radar’s alert, Wen Fengyue looked down, and her expression immediately turned grave. “Thirteen life signals are approaching us.”

As soon as she said this, the bullet comments that were still arguing about Jiao Qingyin’s outfit shifted their attention at high speed.

In the middle of nowhere, the sudden appearance of over a dozen life signals undoubtedly meant wild beasts were approaching. Although this show had a high risk, an emergency right after landing had never happened before.

“It won’t end right at the start, will it…”

The premonition of danger cast a shadow over the live room. Some sensitive fans even started tearing up.

At this time, some old viewers of “Blue Star Adventurer” who had no interest in the entertainment industry heard the news and arrived at the live stream.

“Hehe, what kind of trash dares to participate in our show? Are they here to seek death?”

“Can the crew invite someone with actual skill? Don’t use useless waste to make up the numbers.”

“Your show is starting to take the traffic route too? Speechless.”

These people flooded in at roughly the same time, creating a screen-blocking effect. When the fans who were already on edge saw this, their blood turned half-cold.

Particularly since Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue looked as if they hadn’t reacted yet, the number of people entering their stream grew more and more.

“The signals on the radar are getting closer, and they don’t even know to run. They’re probably gone.”

“What’s wrong with that? I love watching beauties die tragic deaths.”

“What’s wrong with that? I love watching beauties fail to survive and cry for the comments and the crew to save them.”

“Staying here, waiting to see these two stars kneel down to us just to stay alive.”

“What’s the point of just kneeling? Hehehe.”

“Blue Star Adventurer” had been airing for many years and had a massive audience. It attracted all sorts of people, including those who loved the macabre and enjoyed seeing guests humiliated, injured, or even dying.

In this group, some would even proactively sign up for the show to use “accidents” to hunt other guests and gain attention.

15% of the gifts sent by viewers in a guest’s live perspective would be deposited directly into that guest’s account. Under the tips from the macabre-loving group, although “Hunters” had a terrible reputation, their profits were incredibly substantial, and it had even formed a new industry.

Before modifying his body, K04 was a boxer. After the modification, he became a thug for the black market. This episode of “Blue Star Adventurer” was his first battle in attempting to switch to being a “Hunter.”

As for the mention in the comments of guests begging viewers for their lives, it referred to a rule: every time a guest’s personal gift total reached one million star coins, they could apply for one off-site resource aid.

In the past, many guests had tried to please the audience for gifts. Despite the bottomless demands in the comments, they could only try their best to satisfy them. This was one of the segments the macabre-loving group enjoyed the most.

These comments sparked a large amount of negative emotion among the fans. Some still had the energy to argue with them, while others had already left the live room.

Faced with a sudden ambush by wild beasts, no matter how many gifts they sent, they wouldn’t be able to provide timely rescue for the two.

Watching the person you like fall into danger with your own eyes while being powerless was a psychological pressure the fans couldn’t bear.

The red dots representing biological signals were moving fast. As the distance closed, the thermal system on the radar indicated that the arrivals were likely a wolf pack.

Wen Fengyue was calm, incredibly so. After confirming what kind of creatures were approaching, she looked up at Jiao Qingyin. “Jiao Jiao, can you climb trees?”

They were surrounded by towering giant trees. These trees had caused a lot of trouble during the landing, but now they became an opportunity to escape the crisis.

“We’ll go up a tree and hide for a while. If we don’t proactively attack the wolf pack and they can’t catch prey, they will leave temporarily.”

Wen Fengyue’s expression was very steady, as if even if Jiao Qingyin said she couldn’t, she would still have a way to take her to a safe place.

Climbing trees was child’s play for Jiao Qingyin. She didn’t show weakness at this moment and nodded directly.

Seeing her certainty, Wen Fengyue unhooked a row of small daggers from her tactical belt and handed two of them to Jiao Qingyin. “It will be much steadier to climb using these.”

Jiao Qingyin immediately praised her: “Teacher Wen is so thoughtful.”

Wen Fengyue blushed at her soft voice. She wanted to say something, but realizing they were live, she only gave a red-faced “Mhm.”

She looked up to judge which tree had the thickest branches, but Jiao Qingyin pointed at a giant tree slightly further away. “Let’s climb that one.”

“Is there something different about that one?”

Wen Fengyue asked the question everyone in the comments wanted to ask. That tree didn’t look much bigger than the others, and the distance wasn’t close; it clearly wasn’t the optimal choice.

However, while the comments were still typing question marks, Wen Fengyue had already started walking in the direction Jiao Qingyin pointed while asking.

“There are flowers on the treetops of that tree,” Jiao Qingyin replied.

“Ah,” Wen Fengyue looked over. Indeed, there were many red flowers about to bloom on the branches of this tree. They weren’t conspicuous, but they were beautiful. “There really are.”

The seeds were likely carried by a bird or the monsoon into this evergreen forest of similar-looking but flowerless trees.

A bunch of people cursing Jiao Qingyin appeared in the comments. They felt that compared to Wen Fengyue, she seemed to be on this island for a vacation. Not only did she have zero sense of crisis, but she also had to burden her teammate, who appeared much stronger.

Some advised Wen Fengyue to leave Jiao Qingyin behind, but the former broke into her first smile since entering the show. “It’s very beautiful. Let’s pick this one.”

She took Jiao Qingyin’s hand and led her toward the giant tree. A gust of wind blew, and petals rustled down, falling onto their hair.

If this show weren’t “Blue Star Adventurer,” the scene of them running toward the flowering tree hand-in-hand would look truly romantic.

Amidst a flurry of advice or doubts in the comments—”It’s too late”, “Just run”, “Climbing a tree is just waiting to die?”—Wen Fengyue pulled a climbing rope from her backpack. One end was hooked into her belt ring, and the other… because Jiao Qingyin didn’t have a belt, she tied it directly around her waist.

“Don’t be afraid of falling. I’ll pull you up,” she said.

Wen Fengyue knew her physical health wasn’t good, but she was certain that if Jiao Qingyin fell, she would definitely pull her back up.

Even if her arm fractured, she would keep holding on.

If she really couldn’t save her, she would jump down first to serve as a cushion for Jiao Qingyin.

Jiao Qingyin didn’t know what horrific images were flashing through Wen Fengyue’s mind. She replied in kind: “If you fall, I’ll pull you up too.”

After a pause, she added: “This tree is quite nice. It wouldn’t be bad if we both died here.”

Wilderness survivors usually avoided saying such things. The comments waited for Wen Fengyue to argue, but the latter pursed her lips and seemed… to actually quite like this ending?

Even though their thought processes often didn’t align, their ideas regarding dying together frequently synced up in a strange way.

“Just a passerby, are these two stars a couple?”

“Likely. I see a lot of CP fans in the live room.】

“No, they publicly said before that they are just ordinary friends.”

“What kind of “ordinary friends” casually talk about dying together??”

After this sentence, the two said no more. They each plunged their daggers into the giant tree trunk.

Stab the dagger, step up, pull out the dagger, step up again… Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue moved very fast. When the wolf pack arrived, they were only halfway to the branch where they could stay.

By this time, the direction of the comments had shifted. After all, their climbing movements were skilled, surpassing even some professional rock climbers. They were definitely going to reach a safe place.

—As long as their mental state remained steady.

The floating camera was currently filming from directly above. The lens was aimed at the tops of their heads and—the wolf pack below, with their bloody mouths open, howling as they tried to climb the tree.

These wolves had grayish-black fur, sharp teeth, and strong bodies. They were clearly fierce beasts at a glance. the pressure they brought was indescribable. undoubtedly, if anything fell at this moment, it would be torn into shreds in an instant.

“Camera don’t shake aaaaah, I feel like I’m going to fall.”

“Truly terrifying. Those with acrophobia have already passed away.”

“It felt like a few times, the wolf that jumped highest almost touched Teacher Wen’s foot.”

“D*mn, looking from above, why is the hair of these two so thick? Are there any hair growth serums for sensitive scalps recommended in the comments?”

The rhythm of the comments was disrupted by hair growth serum, and the atmosphere of terror mostly dissipated. Before they could argue for long, Jiao Qingyin, who was about to reach her destination, suddenly accelerated.

The viewers only saw a few flashes before she flipped over and sat astride an extremely thick branch, wide enough for several adults to sit on.

“Teacher Wen,” Jiao Qingyin reached down. “I’ll pull you up.”

Wen Fengyue was very tired by now. Although she could have climbed up normally, with Jiao Qingyin’s help, she wouldn’t waste too much physical strength.

“Whew…” Sitting on the tree crotch, Wen Fengyue let out a sigh of relief.

Jiao Qingyin timely handed over a handkerchief. it was soft and smelled like the laundry soap from home.

Wen Fengyue took it and couldn’t help but laugh. “What exactly did you bring in your bag?”

“Teacher Wen’s favorite particle cigarettes, Teacher Wen’s favorite chocolate, Teacher Wen’s favorite salt and white sugar…”

Teacher Wen blushed, turning even redder than when she had just climbed up.

Meeting Jiao Qingyin’s half-smiling gaze, her voice lacked confidence. “You should have brought some things for self-defense…”

“I knew you would bring those,” Jiao Qingyin smiled and propped up her chin. “You are responsible for protecting me, and I am responsible for feeding you…”

“Cough, cough!”

Wen Fengyue used a loud cough to interrupt Jiao Qingyin’s sweet talk. If she let the other continue, she wouldn’t be able to help herself.

Jiao Qingyin laughed. She ignored the dense comments of “Tell us more about feeding her” and the intermittent wolf howls under the tree, leaning gently against the trunk.

“Look, so many stars,” she said, pointing to the sky.

At this time, a breeze happened to pick up, scattering the flowers on the branches. The wind fluffed up the petals, carrying them all the way into the night sky.

Looking up from this planet, one could see countless brilliant stars, but there were no celestial bodies as large as the moon. Wen Fengyue watched with Jiao Qingyin for a while, and her eyelids gradually became too heavy to keep open.

“I’ll take the watch,” seeing this, Jiao Qingyin proactively suggested. “If there’s an emergency, I’ll call you immediately.”

Wen Fengyue wanted to refuse, but she was truly too tired. Her body also felt strangely hot, and she couldn’t open her mouth to speak.

She was somewhat familiar with this symptom; after all, her physical fitness was too poor. Once she overexerted herself, she would become like this.

And whether it was her illusion or not, Jiao Qingyin, who usually couldn’t even unscrew a bottle cap, didn’t seem to have shed a single drop of sweat after climbing such a high tree today.

Wen Fengyue’s brain slowly became muddled. Realizing she urgently needed to rest, she didn’t force herself further, only giving a tired nod. “Wait until I wake up…”

Before she could finish her sentence, she was already asleep.

Jiao Qingyin couldn’t help but smile, reaching out to touch the other’s head.

The smooth hair felt great, so she didn’t move her hand away, even helping to pick off a few petals.

The atmosphere on the tree suddenly became very warm, making one feel they weren’t in a primitive forest but rather on a living room sofa.

After a long time, the wolf pack surrounding the giant tree still hadn’t dispersed. Not only did they stay, but they kept howling one after another.

Awooo, awooo, as if threatening prey, or like… calling for companions.

Jiao Qingyin ignored it at first, but these wolves were like perpetual motion machines. Once one finished, the next one took over, occasionally even singing in chorus. It was incredibly annoying.

Finally, Jiao Qingyin couldn’t take it anymore. She looked down, her eyes full of a chill that could practically shoot poisonous arrows at the wolves.

So noisy, she thought.

It turned out that every wolf except for Al was quite annoying.

She half-closed her eyes, casually scanning the surroundings, planning to find something to make those wolves shut up. However, her train of thought was interrupted by the lit-up radar screen.

There was a red dot, much larger than the group of wild wolves below, rapidly closing in on them.

And that pack of wolves was still stupidly howling at the sky, completely unaware that danger was imminent.

The radar quickly provided an analysis—it was the giant star beast native to Planet K504, which the crew had mentioned before.

Jiao Qingyin glanced at Wen Fengyue, who was still asleep. Those wolf howls seemed to be nothing more than sleep-inducing white noise to her.

The metaphor that popped up in her mind made Jiao Qingyin give a light chuckle. The people in the live room heard it, and the comments spamming her to wake Wen Fengyue up paused.

Before they could comment on it, Jiao Qingyin stood up.

Then she gave a gentle leap, silently jumping to the very top of this giant tree, onto the highest branch.

“???”

“What happened?”

“Are my eyes okay? I feel like I’m dreaming. Someone slap me.”

“The legendary ancient Blue Star Chinese Kung Fu??”

The system strictly monitored the changes in Jiao Qingyin’s acting value, and the result was—everything as usual.

Jiao Qingyin stood on the branch. The slender twig didn’t look like it could support an adult woman, but she stood very steadily, as if she were a flower that had grown there in the first place.

She looked down from her height at a dark shadow running closer and closer, patiently explaining to the system: “Think about the Management’s definition of “OOC”.”

“Being perceived by the original inhabitants of the sub-world as not being the original person…”

“Then look at the comments. Does anyone think I’m not the original person?”

The system only took a second to scan the entire comment pool. The answer was no.

People found it incredible and hard to believe, but no one guessed that Jiao Qingyin wasn’t the original person. Fundamentally, they didn’t know what the original host herself was like.

When playing Ottilia Hughes, Jiao Qingyin was surrounded by people familiar with her. but in this world, people’s impression of “Jiao Qingyin” came entirely from Forging Star Entertainment’s branding and marketing.

Even if Jiao Qingyin displayed traits different from the original host’s previous persona, people would only think that she was revealing her true side beneath the mask.

Even Lin Chu wouldn’t dare say she truly understood the original host—mother and daughter had lived apart for years, and they fought every time they met, never giving each other a chance to understand one another.

The original host was best at fabricating personas for herself and using a pure, innocent image to destroy Wen Fengyue’s life in the original work—now, Jiao Qingyin was using that against her, erasing the traces she left in this world.

“…Host, is this your revenge against the original host?”

Jiao Qingyin’s lips twitched into a cold smile. “Not really.”

The system went silent. Its database displayed Wen Fengyue’s ending in the original work—left all alone, turning into a speck of dust in the universe, remembered by no one.

This ending was now being arranged by the host for the original host instead.

A giant claw crushed a patch of wildflowers. The mutated star beast had arrived.

It stared at the wolf pack, casting a shadow. Saliva dripped from its mouth as it approached silently step by step—it was starving.

The wolves were still awooo-ing, barking up at Jiao Qingyin on the branch, completely failing to notice that their natural enemy was nearby.

“Truly stupid,” Jiao Qingyin commented. “If it weren’t for the sake of you all being wolves…”

She jumped off the branch.