Pacini paused for a moment, then instinctively sniffed his own armpit, "Does it smell a lot?"

"Absolutely, buddy."

Pacini shrugged indifferently and said, "Honestly, in a wilderness like this, which contestant isn’t like this?"

The staff member, however, smiled a complex and mysterious smile, shook his head, and then with a mixture of emotions such as sigh, envy, and even jealousy said, "Still, when you watch the show after you go out, you’ll understand."

And after the show aired, everyone couldn’t help but sigh.

They really didn’t expect that such a strong Hunter would give up the show so quickly due to an unexpected bear incident.

But in a sense, his choice was quite wise.

After all, considering the current situation, giving up early would result in lower sunk costs.

And by the time the show aired, Pacini had actually already left the camp and returned to the United States.

After returning to the United States, as the staff mentioned, he immediately logged onto the show’s official website and subscribed to watch past episodes.

The outcome was predictable.

According to his wife’s later recollection, that night was a day of despair for Pacini.

"I heard him in the room, crying and laughing, saying things that were incomprehensible."

However, Pacini adjusted quickly, and when he came out of the room, he had regained his composure.

Later on, during a show interview, Pacini was asked which scene of this show left the deepest and most unforgettable impression on him.

He answered without hesitation, "When I left Canada and returned to the United States and subscribed to the show, I saw my opponent - Li Younan from China - soaking in a tub, eating a piece of blood sausage, and drinking a cup of sweet tea."

"Oh, by the way, that cup was beautiful and delicate, the kind you can’t buy in a store. Meanwhile, country music from the border radio station was playing... Honestly, when I participated in the show, I never imagined that one of my opponents would have this survival style."

And after that, Pacini completely faded from people’s sight.

He used to be a professional Hunter, but later switched careers to become an electrician, seemingly influenced by Li Younan hand-cranking a radio on the show.

Of course, all of the above is hindsight.

After Pacini was eliminated, the show did not end. At this point, only Kanna and Li Younan were left.

It must be said, Kanna’s resilience far exceeded everyone’s expectations.

Although Kanna looked so small and weak, compared to when she first arrived in the wilderness, she had lost a lot of weight, yet every time she was examined, she was still just above the elimination standard line.

Every time the staff came for an examination, they would confirm with her, "Although your health hasn’t reached the elimination standard, your weight has dropped significantly. Do you still want to continue participating?"

Kanna would always look determined and show her iconic smile, "Yes, I want to continue. I can still compete, can’t I?"

Every time, the staff would say nothing more and just sigh slightly as they left.

Both the show’s staff and the audience in front of their TVs were very clear that Kanna was doing something futile.

The opponent she was facing was practically a formidable monster, in a certain sense.

Yet, Kanna’s strength and optimism gained her quite a bit of audience favor, with even some viewers beginning to hope: Could such a small and brave Kanna defeat Li Younan, this wilderness survival monster?

If she really did, it would be a pretty cool thing, too.

Kanna’s small amount of food was the wild rice she had collected.

In fact, after she first collected the wild rice, Kanna spent another day searching around the place where she found the wild rice, even going further away.

Her efforts paid off, as she found another small amount.

The wild rice from both times, if eaten sparingly, would last her another three weeks.

What she didn’t know was that by then, Pacini had already been eliminated, and this wild rice was the last bit she’d find.

Because the snow had finally come.

When the second snowstorm came, the temperature plummeted, and finding food became exponentially more difficult.

After Chilco Lake in Canada started to snow, the snow could easily reach up past the knees.

Several days of continuous snow kept Kanna from going outside, so she stayed in her shelter, sustaining herself every day with boiled wild rice.

Under such weather, the difficulty of finding food was a fair challenge for all the animals.

And today, for Li Younan, was somewhat emotionally complex.

His little ewe had completely stopped producing milk today.

According to his previous plan, once the little ewe stopped producing milk, Li Younan decided to release it back into the wild.

This certainly wasn’t some saintly act—despite having persisted until now, winning was something he pursued, and the ewe could indeed provide a significant amount of protein and fat, but slaughtering a life that had been with him for such a long time was something Li Younan just couldn’t bring himself to do.

That evening, after unsuccessfully trying to milk the ewe, he let it sleep by the fire for one last night.

The next morning, the weather turned clear, and he nudged the sheep’s rump, somewhat annoyed, saying, "Alright, you little beast, several times you’ve tried to sneak away, now you have your freedom."

He recorded this somewhat complex scene with his camera.

The ewe was driven out of the cabin by Li Younan, and the wooden pen gate was opened.

The ewe took a few steps, then looked back at Li Younan a bit confused, before turning and trotting back in.

Li Younan tapped its head, "Are you dumb, the door’s over there."

The ewe ignored him, simply going back inside the shelter and squatting down by the stove again.

Li Younan, both amused and frustrated, said, "What, you’ve latched onto this place, huh? Now that winter is here, I have nowhere to get food for you."

In fact, this was one of the reasons Li Younan decided to let the ewe return to the wild.

With the arrival of heavy snow, food became a major issue.

Cattle and sheep are true herbivores, unlike omnivorous animals like pigs, their stomachs can only digest fodder, and their intestines and stomachs can’t digest meat.

If they eat meat, it would rot and ferment in their stomachs, causing their death.

Otherwise, Li Younan wouldn’t have minded sparing some of his catch for the ewe when fishing.

But Li Younan still had at least two months’ worth of food stored, none of which the ewe could eat... wild rice included.

It was obvious that the little creature had gotten attached to the stove in the shelter; after all, this cold winter was quite tough for a goat.

Despite feeling emotionally complex, Li Younan steeled himself and drove the ewe out of the shelter.

The ewe stood outside the fence, hesitated a bit, looked back at Li Younan, and then finally seemed to remember it was a wild animal belonging to nature, and ran towards the forest without looking back.

This time, it didn’t look back again.

Watching the ewe leave, Li Younan sighed gently and murmured softly, "Goodbye."