The morning sun cast a brilliant, golden sheen across the dewy pine needles of the high-altitude plateau. Over at Team A's campsite, the day had begun with quiet, effortless rhythm.
Zhou Yaya was humming a lively melody while tending to a pot of pine-needle tea over the morning embers, while Chen Ying calmly organized their survival gear, checking line tension on their newly acquired fishing rods.
Without warning, the rhythmic, heavy thrum of helicopter blades reverberated through the valley, shaking the upper branches of the surrounding ancient cedars.
A sleek, silver production chopper hovered smoothly above the clearing before touching down on a designated patch of flat gravel fifty meters from the camp perimeter. The main camera drones hovering above immediately pivoted toward the landing zone, flashing a bright graphic across millions of live-stream screens worldwide:
[SPECIAL GUEST ARRIVAL: National Film Star Xu Wanrou Joins the Wilderness!]
