Listening to the Snowy Owl, Chen Wen's brows gradually furrowed.

"Are you saying there's a group of people deliberately destroying animal nests, driving animals away, even shooting them?"

"Exactly!"

The Snowy Owl nodded repeatedly: "My nest was destroyed by those people! My mate was killed by them with some strange thing, and the children were caught!"

"I initially intended to fight them, but when I saw them use the strange thing to kill a moose, I got scared."

"After that, I wandered to your side, met you, and then followed you back all the way."

Hearing this, Chen Wen hissed.

He asked about the strange thing that the Snowy Owl mentioned.

Based on the Snowy Owl's description, Chen Wen preliminarily judged that it should be a gun.

And moreover, a shotgun.

He shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be people from the program team, but rather the hunting team that the boss in town mentioned, although this doesn't seem like any legitimate hunting team. This group of people might be here to destroy the ecology."

Seeing that the Snowy Owl didn't understand, Chen Wen said, "Take me to see the traces of those humans first."

At this moment, the Golden Eagle also returned.

It told Chen Wen that there were very few animals around.

Moreover, it also discovered a strange place filled with many human items, and the area was soaked with traces of blood.

It seemed like the place discovered by the Snowy Owl and Golden Eagle was probably the same.

Chen Wen said, "Snowy Owl, lead the way, Golden Eagle, come over, let's first check the place Snowy Owl found."

...

Under the lead of the Snowy Owl.

Chen Wen quickly arrived at the area of human activity.

Clearly, these were traces left by a human team.

There was a lot of trash, mostly portable food packaging, and numerous holes left by rivets suggesting this group had tents.

Among the many traces, Chen Wen also discovered signs of slaughter.

Outside the camp, piles of animal innards and heads made the scene quite grotesque and bloody.

Some parts had been gnawed on by unknown creatures.

"This couldn't have been done by the program team."

Chen Wen calmly analyzed, "And definitely not by a professional Hunter Group; there are heads of protected animals!"

He didn't linger too much and quickly returned to the camp with the Golden Eagle and Snowy Owl.

After halting Hua Yun, Chen Wen began to describe what he saw during the outing.

Listening to this, Hua Yun's brows were also tightly knitted.

She hesitated a moment, then asked, "What are you thinking now?"

"Honestly, if it were just me, I might have given up."

Chen Wen sincerely said, "This situation likely involves group poaching—no, not even poaching. I saw the moose horns and hide thrown with the innards, suggesting this group isn't here for poaching. They might have another goal and just decided to slaughter as a side act."

"A lawless group with unknown intentions, armed with guns—honestly, proceeding is dangerous, very dangerous!"

Chen Wen emphasized his words.

His inclination was clear.

Hua Yun picked up on Chen Wen's meaning and looked up to meet his sincere gaze.

About ten seconds passed.

Hua Yun sighed, her breath creating mist as she solemnly said, "Alright, let's call the program team, inform them of the situation here, and quit."

"Wise choice."

Chen Wen also breathed a sigh of relief.

He had been worried Hua Yun might be too obsessed with the spot, losing her rationality.

It seemed he worried too much.

But just as Hua Yun took out the satellite phone to contact the program team.

"Damn! The satellite phone isn't working!"

Hua Yun, shocked, handed the satellite phone to Chen Wen, "No button yields a response!"

Chen Wen was taken aback, receiving the satellite phone.

As Hua Yun said, no matter what button he pressed, nothing appeared on the phone's screen.

"What the hell? What's going on?"

Chen Wen scratched his head, then said, "Use the camera to talk to the program team then, I'll do it."

Saying this, Chen Wen spoke loudly to the first-person camera on Hua Yun's head, expressing their decision to quit.

But soon, Hua Yun took down the first-person camera.

After a detailed check, her face turned solemn, "Our first-person camera also has issues."

"What?"

"The first-person camera is supposed to have both recording and real-time transmission functionalities; however, the real-time transmission has a malfunction, meaning there's no signal. It can only record, not synchronize and transmit."

Hua Yun took a deep breath, saying seriously, "And I'm not sure when this malfunction started, since we almost never checked the cameras."

Chen Wen hastily removed his own.

As expected, it also showed no signal.

"Really, what's going on now?"

Chen Wen panicked for a moment but quickly calmed down, "It seems the program team has issues, and we've lost contact!"

Hua Yun nodded slightly, suppressing her inner panic.

She took a deep breath, saying sternly, "Let's not panic, we need to think about what to do next!"

...

On the program team's side.

"How long has the signal been lost?"

Rushing in wearing pajamas, Luo Yao urgently asked Lin Jiawei.

Lin Jiawei scratched his head, quickly reporting, "About an hour, just as they reached this place and were about to set up camp, the signal was lost!"

"The tech team says the problem is on their side; everything here is normal."

Luo Yao asked again, "When will it be restored?"

"I don't know, the tech team didn't say. They plan to contact Chen Wen via satellite phone and have them go to the program's camp to swap out equipment."

Thinking aloud, Lin Jiawei added, "I remember replacing the equipment at the second town not long ago; how could such big problems arise now?"

Luo Yao shook her head, "Equipment malfunctions are normal, don't overthink. Let's see what the program team says."

While they were talking, suddenly, a tech team member got up.

He walked over to Abel in some panic, whispering something.

Abel was taken aback, looking at the tech member in disbelief, "Can't make contact? Are you joking?"

"What do you mean by can't make contact?"

Lin Jiawei asked.

Suddenly, a sense of foreboding crept over him.

Abel ignored Lin Jiawei and quickly ordered, "Have the emergency team go to the camp and check..."

But before Abel could finish, an assistant spoke up, "Director, the emergency team's helicopter might not make it out."

"Tonight's weather forecast has issued a warning. Starting tonight, there will be days of heavy snow and cold covering the middle of the Yukon. Should the helicopter go out at night, unexpected conditions might occur."

With these words, Abel smacked his forehead.

Stiffly, he said, "Maintain things here. I'll go find Mr. Belmont and ask for a situation update."

...

In the middle of the Yukon.

Deep mountain lakes.

A black man looked at his subordinate fiddling with some equipment, asking: "Is the signal under control?"

"Rest assured, boss. With me here, they can't possibly reach the outside."

The subordinate boasted about his achievement, "Also, I've already bribed someone in the second town to swap the most delicate equipment of those contestants. Their satellite phones are just bricks now, and their camera's synchronization function has been specially tampered with by me. Everything should be ineffective now!"

"Excellent, once we have the gold, you get your share!"

The black man laughed heartily, turning to the restrained Jenny and Ludwig, "Ha, your Mr. Pat is probably dreaming of recovering losses with that gold, but dreams remain dreams, and now, those things are mine!"

Ludwig and Jenny's faces turned quite grim.

They never imagined the mercenaries Mr. Pat had heavily invested in would turn against them!

And from the looks of it, that was the plan from the start!

Now, what to do?

Jenny and Ludwig were completely panicked at this moment.

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