Chapter 22

After a while of desperate struggling, the seven sad men sat listlessly on the beach.

From a distance, it looked like a surreal oil painting.

“I’m hungry,” Zheng Junhe said, uttering the words that had been suppressed in his heart.

Indeed, except for Yoon Hyun, who had been secretly eating all along, the others had not eaten anything since 8 a.m. and it was now around 7 p.m. Korean time, almost 12 hours without food.

Yoon Hyun’s words were like opening the floodgates, and the hunger sensation flooded the production team.

Except for Yoon Hyun.

Yoon Hyun was now leisurely lying on the beach, watching the sun gradually set, enjoying the wonderful time of a holiday.

Then, with Liu Zaishi leading the MCs, they immediately noticed Yoon Hyun’s current state, being followed by a dedicated cameraman: walking on the beach at sunset like a model, leaving a row of footprints on the sand.

Thus, the six MCs, who were originally discussing how to reorganize their teams based on physical strength and wilderness survival skills, decided to unite in attacking Yoon Hyun.

“If I were you, I’d hurry up and find something to eat instead of wasting your breath here,” Yoon Hyun said leisurely.

One sentence woke the dreamers, and the group finally found the right direction, deciding to search the island.

It was unknown whether it was luck or misfortune, but there were no banana trees on the island, but there were a few coconut trees.

Then, the task of the group changed to: how to pick coconuts from the coconut trees to quench their thirst.

Naturally, the first to climb the tree was the main MC, Liu Zaishi...

Standing on the side, Yoon Hyun cheered him on, looking at Liu Zaishi and then at the tall coconut tree, he sighed heavily to the camera and shook his head.

Liu Zaishi failed even before he left the ground.

Then several people took turns trying, and Park Myung-soo even just touched the tree and declared his failure.

Roh Hong-jeol showed a strong athletic spirit, climbing nearly two meters off the ground before sliding down.

It was no exaggeration to say that when Roh Hong-jeol came down, both of his arms were scratched.

Then the others praised and admired Roh Hong-jeol’s efforts.

Next, the attention turned to Yoon Hyun, who was watching the spectacle.

Yoon Hyun was not just watching; he was looking down, searching for a longer stick or something.

Sure enough, he found a bamboo pole over 4 meters long not far away.

How could there be a bamboo pole on an island where no bamboo grew? Yoon Hyun looked meaningfully at the cameramen and sound engineers who had come to the island.

But Yoon Hyun did not intend to pursue this. In the admiring gazes and praises of the others, he stood under the tree, trying his best to poke the coconuts... but the tree was just too tall...

However, this bamboo pole gave the group some hope of drinking coconut water. So a group of people started thinking about how to build a human ladder to knock down the coconuts. As the heaviest of the MCs, Zheng Junhe naturally became the “foundation” of this human ladder.

Yoon Hyun, seeing the enthusiastic construction of the human ladder, felt cold and, using the excuse, “Since you have enough people, I’ll go look for a longer bamboo pole elsewhere,” escaped with a cameraman.

Although he said it was true, Yoon Hyun was not naive enough to think there would be another bamboo pole on the island. So he wandered around aimlessly.

Suddenly, Yoon Hyun’s eyelids twitched as a crooked coconut tree appeared before him.

And this tree was not very tall at all.

Then...

When Yoon Hyun successfully cracked open two coconuts, drank all the coconut water, and ate all the coconut flesh, he returned to the scene where the other MCs were struggling, carrying the two remaining coconuts from the crooked tree.

When the several middle-aged men, who were almost delirious from exhaustion, saw the two coconuts in Yoon Hyun’s hands, their eyes turned green.

Then, under Yoon Hyun’s organization, the remaining six MCs decided who was “worthy of enjoying the coconuts” through flattery, wrestling, and games. The chosen ones were the main MC, Liu Zaishi, and Roh Hong-jeol, who had been injured while trying to get the coconuts.

Just as they were finally resting, a new task appeared: to light a fire to welcome the coming night.

Then, a group of men gathered around two sticks and a piece of wood, starting the journey of making fire by friction...

Zheng Hengdun and Zheng Junhe became the main forces in making fire, but perhaps due to the wrong method or bad luck, although there was smoke, the fire never ignited.

Finally, it got dark.

Then, the production team finally handed over the lighters and torches they had prepared earlier...

Perhaps because there was not enough footage: after all, they had been moving between various modes of transportation all day, where would there be much footage? So the production team decided to have a bonfire talk session.

Thus, the exhausted, hungry, and thirsty group had to sit by the bonfire again.

“Yoon Hyun, your luck today was really out of this world!” Haha said with some emotion.

“Why do you say that, Haha-ssi? This isn’t luck, it’s skill!” Yoon Hyun said with a big smile.

“Why did you know we would come to a deserted island?” Liu Zaishi finally couldn’t hold back, “And then ate so much before coming to the island?”

“It was you, Liu Zaishi-ssi, who reminded me,” Yoon Hyun said with a smile.

“Me? What did I remind you?” Liu Zaishi felt ten pairs of suspicious eyes looking at him, feeling very wronged.

“Didn’t you remind me that the production team always appears as opponents to the MCs? So I thought, they wouldn’t be so kind as to welcome us with a party, it must be a conspiracy. Plus, I’ve been watching an American TV show recently, so I naturally thought of surviving on a deserted island...” Yoon Hyun explained his fabricated theory, which seemed quite reasonable.

“Why didn’t you tell us?” Park Myung-soo angrily pointed at Yoon Hyun and scolded him.

“I was afraid I might be wrong! If there were really a villa with a beach, bikinis, and a barbecue party, and you all listened to me and came with a stomach full of cookies, wouldn’t you tie a rock to me and throw me into the sea?” Yoon Hyun said, pretending to be very wronged.

The group was speechless. Because they really might have done that...

To make up for the lack of relaxation time, Liu Zaishi came up with an idea, asking each staff member to write something to say to all the MCs, which the MCs would read out loud.

Naturally, it was very warm and funny, as they listed the faults of each MC and said some touching words.

But except for Yoon Hyun, everyone was still hungry, so when the recording reached a certain point, the MCs started to pretend to be silly and ask the production team for food.

Finally, the production team provided a piece of cloth, roughly drawn like a treasure map.

Thus, the MCs entered the treasure hunting phase.

Although Zheng Junhe volunteered to go treasure hunting, because he was too enthusiastic and fearless, the other MCs felt embarrassed and insisted on a re-vote to determine who would go on the expedition.

Then Zheng Junhe was elected with 6 votes.

The only exception was Zheng Junhe, who voted for Zheng Hengdun...

Thus, the hero Zheng Junhe, through the efforts of the other six people, became a tragic figure, and poor Zheng Hengdun was dragged into it...

The fat and the thin went on the expedition, while the remaining five people started building a simple tent on the beach for the night. Because there were many people, it only took a short time to build a tent made of branches and palm leaves.

Then the exhausted MCs all lay down on the beach.

Yoon Hyun, looking at the messy group, was speechless, and he took a torch and walked towards the sea.

“Yoon Hyun-ssi, what are you doing?” Liu Zaishi, noticing Yoon Hyun’s movement, asked alertly.

“Nothing, I’m just sweaty, going to wash in the sea,” Yoon Hyun said with a smile.

“Be careful not to catch a cold when you sleep!” Park Myung-soo, who seemed malicious but was actually very considerate, said.

“It’s fine, my body is strong. I’ll sleep poorly if I’m sticky.”

Yoon Hyun came to the sea alone, stripped down to his underwear, and looked at the cameraman still filming him, laughing and saying, “Hey, aren’t you afraid your camera will run out of battery? Even if you film this, it won’t be broadcast.” Then he went into the sea on his own.

Swimming in the sea at night is a unique experience, especially with only the stars for lighting. The feeling was really poetic.

Suddenly, Yoon Hyun had an urge to write a song.

Then, lying on the sea, floating with the waves, looking at the stars, melodies echoed in his mind.

When Yoon Hyun came to his senses, he had drifted far from the shore...

When he finally swam back with great effort, the production team was almost scared to death. Facing the唾沫 and murderous gazes of the production team, Yoon Hyun said nothing and went to the sound engineer, who was acting as a half-PD in the absence of the PD.

“Give me two pieces of paper and a pen,” Yoon Hyun said very calmly.

This calmness directly stunned all the production team members.

Even Zheng Junhe and Zheng Hengdun, who had just returned from the expedition, were ignored...

Thus, while the group was arguing about whether there were only seven pieces of bread or if some had been eaten by the fat and the thin on the way, Yoon Hyun, with pen and paper, was organizing the melody that had just appeared in his mind.

“Hey, Yoon Hyun-ssi, what are you doing?” Liu Zaishi, who had eaten one piece of bread but was clearly still hungry, decided to talk to this junior who had just caused the entire production team to panic.

“Yoon Hyun-ssi seems to be composing, let’s not disturb him,” Haha, who had always seen music as his dream, had seen this state before and quickly stopped Liu Zaishi from approaching.

The cameramen were very sensitive to this and immediately two cameras were aimed at Yoon Hyun, who was writing on the paper.

Then the entire recording site fell into a strange silence.

Only the sound of the waves in the distance could be heard.

“What are you all looking at me like that?” Yoon Hyun, who had basically finished the song, finally noticed that everyone was surrounding him, breathing softly, afraid to disturb him.

“Yoon Hyun-ssi, did you just write a song?” Liu Zaishi asked cautiously.

“Yes, I had a bit of inspiration while washing in the sea, then I lay on the surface of the sea to let the inspiration ferment, and accidentally drifted too far, causing inconvenience to everyone, I’m really sorry.” Yoon Hyun stood up and bowed deeply to the MCs and all the staff.

“Although you made everyone very anxious, we’ll forgive you this time because you were writing a song. But if you do it again, be careful, we might throw you into the sea together,” Park Myung-soo said fiercely.

The other MCs also nodded in agreement.

“Thank you all.” Yoon Hyun bowed deeply to the group again.

“Yoon Hyun! Can you sing the song you just wrote for us?” Roh Hong-jeol said, trying to join in the fun.

“I can, but without instruments, it might sound a bit thin,” Yoon Hyun thought for a moment and said.

“That’s fine, what’s the name of your song?”

“‘The Brightest Star in the Night Sky.’” Yoon Hyun thought for a moment and said, “Since there are no instruments, I’ll just sing a part.”

Then he cleared his throat and started to sing:

“The brightest star in the night sky, can you hear

The person looking up, the loneliness and sighs in their heart

Oh, the brightest star in the night sky

Can you remember

The figure that disappeared in the wind, who once walked with me

I pray for a transparent heart

And eyes that can shed tears

Give me the courage to believe again

Oh, to embrace you beyond the lies

Whenever I can’t find the meaning of my existence

Whenever I get lost in the darkness

Oh~ the brightest star in the night sky

Please guide me closer to you...”

“Yoon Hyun-ssi, that’s a really good song.” When Yoon Hyun’s singing stopped, the entire venue erupted in applause, and Liu Zaishi said with some emotion.

“But, aren’t you all tired?” Zheng Hengdun, who had just returned from the expedition, was feeling sleepy.

“Let’s rest early!” Liu Zaishi also reorganized the group.

Then Infinite Challenge returned to the rhythm of everyone’s complaints, like “Zheng Junhe! You’re farting again!”

The next morning, Yoon Hyun got up early. Although he was very tired yesterday, he still maintained his habit of exercising.

“Yoon Hyun-ssi, why are you up so early?” A cameraman, who was getting ready, greeted Yoon Hyun. Yoon Hyun’s song last night had resonated with the group of people who were living on the deserted island, and the staff had a very good impression of him.

“Just getting some exercise.” Yoon Hyun also smiled in response.

Then he started running and doing exercises on the beach on his own.

When Yoon Hyun finished his exercise, went into the sea for a bath, and came out with dry hair, the other MCs were still not up...

The cameraman, who was with him, finally couldn’t hold back and started trying to wake up the group of middle-aged men who were still in bed...

First, he shouted. Then he patted their legs. Finally, the cameramen, who couldn’t hold back, found a metal basin somewhere and started knocking on it with a piece of wood...

Then, the six drowsy MCs stumbled to the sea to wash up...

Next, they filmed a beach key-digging game to supplement the broadcast content, using the key to open a birdcage containing ice cream.

The other six