Adam's side.

He also felt the strong wind outside in his shelter!

The wind broke the branches around the shelter, and some branches struck Adam's shelter.

Emitting a series of unsettling noises.

Adam crawled out of his shelter, looked at the dimly lit trees around him, and felt a slight sense of foreboding.

When he chose his shelter, he did so for easy escape and wind avoidance.

He specifically chose a place with many trees to set up his shelter.

At that time, no one could say this was a bad decision.

But now, with the extremely strong wind crashing in, the trees that originally provided shelter might turn into deadly weapons!

If any of the more fragile, or shallow-rooted trees around the shelter were blown down by the wind and crashed down.

Adam would have nowhere to cry.

But at this point, there is nothing else to do but pray that the trees around won't snap in the storm.

The show's crew.

Seeing the predicament Adam faced, Greg suddenly remembered.

Among all the contestants, only Chen Wen's shelter had no tall trees nearby.

The only tree he could climb to take refuge was cut down by Chen Wen a few days ago and stored as firewood.

Hiss!

Could Chen Wen have realized this from the start of the show?

Is that why he chose to build the shelter there and cut down the tree a few days ago?

If that's true...

Holy crap!

Is this guy cheating?

Or are all people from Hua Country like Zhuge Liang, capable of reading celestial signs?

Greg's brow twitched erratically, his heart in turmoil.

But he didn't know that the choice of the shelter's location was merely Chen Wen's lucky break.

As for cutting down the trees around the shelter a few days ago.

Chen Wen thought that there were no animals left around to threaten him, so why keep the tree?

What would be the point, to climb up occasionally and call out like an ape?

Plus, to save effort, to avoid running a few extra steps.

Chen Wen decisively chopped down all the trees around the shelter, storing them as firewood.

As for the blizzard knocking over trees or them crashing onto the shelter.

Chen Wen hadn't considered this at all.

...

Roland's side.

With his rocky cave, he heard the howling wind.

But he merely said a few words towards the camera lying on his bed.

When sleepiness overpowered him, Roland turned over and fell into a deep slumber.

He and Chen Wen could be said to be the least afraid of the wind among all contestants.

Unless the wind could lift the soil from the ground, their stone dwellings would remain unaffected.

The show's crew.

Roland's wife and sister saw this scene and continuously felt relief for Roland.

How wonderful!

...

Vini's side.

As the storm hit, his shelter made strange noises in the wind.

Vini braved the wind, exited the shelter, and after checking around, found that one of the logs used as a pillar was problematic.

Using the dim firelight, he took a close look.

Vini discovered this log was a diseased tree with holes bored by beetle larvae!

O sour radish, never again!

Vini couldn't help but curse the beetles internally and deeply regretted not checking the quality of the wood!

Looking at the holes made by the beetles.

Vini's two assistants held their heads in distress.

Why did something have to go wrong here!

They couldn't understand.

At this moment, a guide suddenly remembered that when Chen Wen was building his shelter, he intentionally placed beetle-ridden trees in less critical spots.

Hiss!

Upon thinking carefully, it's terrifying!

This guide, like Greg, was lost in thought.

But Chen Wen actually considered this.

At the time, he realized that to ensure his shelter's sturdiness, the beetle-ridden trees couldn't be main supports at all!

So he dragged that spruce from hundreds of meters away to use as the main beam.

...

Vic's side.

He was also grumbling as he patched up his shelter.

Earlier, to showcase his clever skills and his heart for a high-quality life.

Vic made two window openings in his house.

To be honest, someone felt uneasy about it then.

But no one could warn Vic about this, so they could only watch him on his self-destructive path.

Now, the consequence of that is here.

A gust of wind blew both of Vic's windows completely away.

A massive amount of wind poured into Vic's shelter, waking the newly asleep Vic and turning the shelter into chaos.

The fire was out, water spilled, food was covered with dust...

All in all, Vic paid a heavy price for the casual installations earlier.

Compared to Vic, other contestants didn't make windows, not even the eliminated ones.

Also, Chen Wen, Roland, and Adam deliberately made the doors small, just enough for them to stoop through.

Looking back, these three were quite foresighted too.

...

As for Chen Wen.

Like Roland, while others faced issues, Chen Wen only heard the wind.

His shelter didn't make any strange noises.

Additionally, there were no draft issues.

After all, there were several layers of protection.

After instructing the animals, Chen Wen went to bed to rest.

His task was crucial too.

As the blizzards kept coming, the snow accumulation on the ground deepened.

Therefore, Chen Wen had to clear the snow around the shelter before the blizzard buried him.

Even if conditions didn't allow it, at the very least, he had to ensure he could breathe.

And clear the snow off the roof.

Thus, he needed to rest well, ready to clear the snow at any moment.

...

As Chen Wen slept on.

The air temperature continued to drop. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

From around minus twenty degrees Celsius at noon, by midnight, when Wolf Mink and the red fox took over the watch.

The temperature had dropped by over ten degrees.

Descending to below minus thirty degrees, nearing the terrifying low of minus forty degrees!

Chen Wen heard the commotion and got up to check.

The wind was still raging outside, but it hadn't started snowing.

The wind carried away much of the snow, exposing a bit of ground near the shelter.

Chen Wen's snow wall defense was damaged, but not severely.

Other than that, his shelter remained intact.

After checking outside, Chen Wen shook himself off and went back into the shelter.

He added some firewood to the fireplace, boosting the fire.

"The temperature is dropping rapidly. Keep an eye out, and if the fire starts to die, let me know."

Chen Wen instructed the red fox and old wolf.

In the latter half of the night, the watch crew was led by the cleverest one.

The first half was the old wolf's responsibility.

The red fox nodded.

The cold is different from the wind; the wind can't directly attack them through the shelter's walls.

But the cold can!

If the fire goes out, the shelter's temperature will plummet rapidly.

Starting a fire would become extremely difficult, greatly affecting all the people and animals.

Though they all have fur and can resist the cold.

Resisting doesn't mean adapting; then, they could barely move, huddling for warmth.

At that point, they'd be at the mercy of the elements.

...

In the latter half of the night, the temperature kept dropping.

The cold air from the north was quite powerful.

With gusts of wind, the temperature along the shores of Great Slave Lake dropped harder than the recent US stock market.

When the staff at Canada's Environment and Climate Change Department saw the drop in the morning, they nearly spilled their coffee.

"Minus forty-five degrees! This must be one of the most extreme lows in the Northwest Territories, right?"