43: A death vortex—leave or die! A do-or-die moment!

[I am a wilderness explorer. I once survived in the Rainforest for a month. I often see this kind of thing.]

[This is a Rainforest vortex. Besides air vortices, there are also Rainforest vortices in the water. These vortices are very common in the Rainforest, but they are very difficult to deal with.]

[There might be a huge space flowing beneath this deep-water area, which is why the current is creating a vortex. Normal vortices only spin a few times, but this is the first time I've seen one this large. That can only prove that the area beneath these waters is hollow!]

[In short, they should evacuate this area as soon as possible and stop moving forward, or else they will all be dragged to the bottom.]

Boom!!!

As soon as the bullet comment was posted, the Live Stream Room exploded like a bomb.

[A vortex? And it's hollow underneath?]

[Wait, isn't this a Rainforest? How can it be hollow underneath?]

[There's a huge space down there? Holy crap! What kind of Rainforest is this? There's actually a space? Is it what I think it means? Will Da Mimi, Brother Jing, and the others get sucked in?]

The audience gulped frantically as they watched this scene.

They even imagined that the small boat could be sucked into the vortex at any moment, and in the end, all the celebrities would lose their lives at the bottom of the water... Damn!

Just thinking about it gave the fans a suffocating sense of panic. Isn't this just waiting to be drowned alive?

That feeling was truly unbearable... On the boat!

Wu Jing, Yang Mi, and the others felt the boat being sucked in bit by bit, and the hull was spinning in circles.

Now they only felt a wave of dizziness... their stomachs were churning incessantly.

"Brother Jing! What is this thing? What's going on?"

Zhang Dada shouted loudly, suppressing the urge to vomit.

Hearing Zhang Dada's questioning, Wu Jing's already tense and worried heart sank to the bottom.

What's going on? Can't you see for yourself?

Are you dazed from the spinning current, or do you have Alzheimer's? Do you even need to ask?

It's clearly a vortex that's about to suck them all in. Why even ask?

Wu Jing wasn't in the mood to respond. Instead, he grabbed the oar and tried to row the boat backward, as if that could slow down the boat's descent into the vortex.

This was a tug-of-war, a battle between nature and humanity.

The boat was still spinning. Zhang Dada, Hua Chenyu, and the others couldn't care about anything else and could only grip the gunwale tightly, fearing they would be dragged into the water.

Once they fell into the water, there would truly be no room for maneuver.

"Ah..."

The boat suddenly jolted. At that moment, Cai Xukun's hands, which were gripping the gunwale, were suddenly jarred loose.

His body was unstable, swaying back and forth with the spinning boat. He even tried to hook the gunwale with his hands, but his balance remained unstable. Finally, he gave up and gripped the gunwale in front of him with both hands.

"I'm not going anymore! I don't want to go to the Forbidden Ground anymore!"

Looking at the water beneath the boat, which was so deep it was black—as if it were a giant maw of the abyss about to drown them—Cai Xukun's inner fear continued to magnify.

A powerful sense of suffocation gripped his throat, making his breathing heavier and heavier.

Finally, he screamed in a breakdown.

Could he regret it now?

Could he leave this place even if it meant losing everything? Wasn't it just a penalty for breach of contract? As long as he survived to go back, he was willing to pay... This Forbidden Ground was truly too terrifying!

Hearing Cai Xukun's tearful roar, Zhang Dada and Huang Zitao also began to lose their composure.

It was all the talent agency's fault. If they hadn't been forced to sign the contract, they wouldn't have come here to take risks, let alone be caught in such danger.

"Stop screaming! It's so annoying! Is screaming going to help?"

Hua Chenyu also wanted to keep it together, but he really couldn't anymore. He was already tense and irritable, and now he heard Cai Xukun wailing there.

His nervous emotions turned into a roar, as if that could alleviate the fear in his heart.

Cai Xukun didn't take Hua Chenyu's shouting to heart and continued to scream. His hands were still gripping the gunwale tightly, and he even kept his eyes shut, screaming with his eyes closed.

At the same time—

Girls have limited physical strength. While the boat was spinning, Yang Mi, Reba, and the others were all gripping the gunwale tightly.

But their bodies were still swaying back and forth with the vortex. Seeing that Reba had just recovered from the poison, Yang Mi was still protecting her in every way.

Bang!

Yang Mi felt her back slam against the side of the boat. Before she could catch her breath, Reba crashed heavily into her front.

Hiss—

Yang Mi felt like she was being squeezed from both sides. That feeling was truly unpleasant!

"Sister Mi!"

Hearing Yang Mi's sharp intake of breath, Reba was startled and hurriedly sat up. She then crouched there, her feet braced against the side of the boat and her hands gripping the gunwale tightly to stabilize herself.

"Sister Mi! Are you okay? I didn't mean to."

Reba turned her head, her eyes still monitoring Yang Mi's condition.

"I'm... I'm fine!"

Yang Mi struggled to stabilize herself, adopting the same posture as Reba. Although it wasn't graceful, at least she was stable. If she lost control and fell overboard, it would be dangerous.

Yang Chaoyue, Bai Lu, and Meng Ziyi felt lightheaded. Seeing that Yang Mi and Reba's posture was very secure, they began to follow suit... Wu Jing wasn't doing much better. He quickly placed the oar inside the boat and could only crouch by the side, letting the vortex toss the boat back and forth.

"Brother Jing, what should we do? If this continues, we're all going to die here!"

"Brother Jing, I don't want to die!! I'm a pillar of the entertainment industry. If I die, what will happen to my fans?"

"Brother Jing, save me!!"

Cai Xukun, Huang Zitao, and Zhang Dada all looked at Wu Jing with tearful eyes, pinning all their hopes on him.

"How should I know? That's a Rainforest vortex, a natural phenomenon. How am I supposed to fight against nature?"

Wu Jing was almost driven to laughter by their cries for help. He felt like calling for help himself, yet they had the nerve to ask him.

Hearing Wu Jing's words, Cai Xukun became somewhat annoyed, his fear turning into anger.

"Don't you often train in the wild? How did you train? You don't even know how to handle a situation like this?"

Hearing Cai Xukun's angry shout, Wu Jing's face darkened. He was about to retort when he caught sight of a dark figure as steady as Mount Tai out of the corner of his eye.

Wu Jing was stunned... What was going on? Why was he fine?

The boat was tossing so violently, so why could he stand so steadily?

"Ye Bai, you..."

Wu Jing wanted to say more, but he felt even more dizzy. They were about to enter the very center of the vortex...