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Chapter 817 - 529: On the Road [19] Survival Expert? Nora Scott Is the Real One! [Second Update]

That night was destined to be a sleepless one for Nelson, Andrea, and Valeria Young.

In the tent, they were already sleeping fitfully, and any slight movement could jolt them awake. As it turned out, a sudden downpour hit in the early morning, and the soil became soft and saturated from the rain. A large stream of water directly swept the tent away. After that, rocks continued to fall, hitting their tent.

They were forced to crawl out of the tent in the rain to escape.

In their escape, they couldn’t grab anything, and it was too late to salvage and rebuild the tent.

Meanwhile, the water along the riverbank rose higher and higher; had they not discovered it earlier, they could have been swept away.

Out of desperation, they could only watch their camp being destroyed and had to steel themselves to seek help from Nora Scott and others at the neighboring camp. However, they were quickly stopped by Marcus Shaw and his group before making much noise.

"I’ll let my tent be. The two sisters can sleep there, and I’ll share with my brother. Nelson can make do with Mr. Winter," Oliver Scott had it all figured out. After dividing them, he added, "My sister wears earplugs to sleep and hasn’t woken up, so there’s no need to disturb her."

Despite the impeccable reasoning from Oliver, everyone felt a little uneasy.

—With such heavy rain and wind, and shouting outside, even if you were deaf, you would sense something, let alone with earplugs!

But, recalling the previous dispute between Nora Scott and Andrea, everyone felt they brought it upon themselves. Now, encountering Nora Scott was more awkward, especially for Andrea, so they silently crawled into the tent.

...

The rain continued until five in the morning.

Most people didn’t sleep well.

Only Nora Scott slept soundly until dawn, refreshed, and wasn’t surprised to see the other camp destroyed after the rain cleared.

She went to the riverbank to wash up, and as she strolled back, she ran into Andrea coming out of the tent.

Having been sleepless all night, Andrea looked unwell, with severe dark circles and a pale complexion.

When Andrea saw her, she froze for a moment, quickly avoiding eye contact, but the tightly pressed corners of her lips clearly showed defiance and resentment.

—What’s so great about relying on the production team?

Nora Scott shrugged, pretending not to see her, and walked back to the tent.

*

After the heavy rain, nature returned to its original state, the air was clear, and the sun was bright.

However, the neighboring camp clearly wasn’t "nature," as tents were uprooted and washed far away by the muddy water from the hillside, completely destroyed. Andrea and her companions’ luggage was in the tent, and by the time they retrieved it, many items were unusable. It took them about an hour to sort out what could be used.

The three of them were exhausted to the extreme.

"Nora, how did you know it would rain last night?" Valeria Young couldn’t figure it out and had to ask Nora Scott directly.

Nora Scott: "Experience."

"Ha!" Clearly skeptical of Nora Scott’s explanation, Valeria Young’s tone turned sarcastic, "Amazing, you must be connected to the weather forecast system, right?"

Between the lines, it seemed to insinuate that Nora Scott knew through the weather forecast.

Nora Scott didn’t respond.

Think what you want, it wasn’t her who suffered anyway.

With a cold face, Andrea passed by carrying a backpack, gave Nora an eerie cold look, then looked away.

—Who knows what the production team was thinking, trying to build Nora up as someone omnipotent. Why not just let her be the guide directly instead of inviting her over?

To compare her?

Their intentions are reprehensible!

...

Because they didn’t rest well the night before, today’s journey was a bit too quiet, with few people bringing up topics, mostly just trudging under the scorching sun.

However, due to not wanting to lose, Andrea wanted to showcase her professional knowledge to regain face, so even though she was exhausted, she tried to muster the energy to do some educational commentary, actively introducing anything she knew along the way, yet—

Full of errors.

When she mentioned that cacti in the desert could be lifesaving, Andrea pointed to a cactus by the roadside, saying its flesh could be squeezed for juice and could be lifesaving at critical moments.

Nora Scott couldn’t bear it any longer.

She reminded the two brothers who were listening attentively, "Don’t listen to her. The sap of that cactus is white, can’t be ingested, it’ll poison you."

"Oh."

"Hmm."

Oliver and Marcus responded one after the other.

Meanwhile, the three siblings chatted casually, and others overheard, including Andrea.

"You seem to know a lot," Andrea couldn’t bear it anymore, "Why don’t you talk?"

"I’m not the guide," Nora Scott lazily lifted her eyelids, not bothering to spare her any face, "Not wasting my breath."

Andrea: "..."

Quick-witted!

Hmph!

However, what Nora Scott said wasn’t wrong. She failed to recognize the type of cactus. Afraid that when it’s broadcasted later, she’d be criticized by expert netizens, Andrea’s expression changed and she tried to smooth things over again: "Nora Scott is right. Cacti with white sap shouldn’t be touched. There are many types of cacti in the desert, and it’s hard for you to distinguish all of them. If it really comes to a dire situation, you can rely on the sap for identification."

Seeing Andrea so embarrassed, Nelson and Valeria Young joined the conversation to ease the awkward atmosphere.

However, Nora Scott was never known for her good temper. She initially wanted to leave some face for this survival expert, pointing out only some things. But now being repeatedly targeted, she was really annoyed. Since Andrea didn’t care about face, Nora didn’t feel obligated, so next, whenever Andrea made a mistake, Nora would chime in with the correct answer.

As the day went on, the atmosphere became increasingly awkward, with Nora and Andrea reaching a standoff, leaving everyone else trying to lower their presence.

Andrea was almost driven to rage.

...

That night, Andrea couldn’t sleep as usual.

The third day, she looked even worse.

Hiking is physically exhausting, coupled with the harsh weather and environment, finding a place with even a bit of shade was difficult. Add to that the frantic travel and poor rest of the past two days, and not just the guests, even the program crew following along couldn’t handle it, secretly cursing the situation.

Under these circumstances—

Finally, someone collapsed.

Heatstroke.

They were on a hiking route, so vehicles couldn’t keep up easily. But for the safety of the guests and crew, the team specially assigned a convoy nearby to arrive promptly in case of emergencies. There was also a doctor in the filming team.

But unfortunately, the first to collapse was the doctor.

One doctor was taken away in the morning, then two more people suffered heatstroke in the afternoon, and were also taken away after emergency treatment.

From then on, every step was extremely difficult.

And about five kilometers away from the key point, another unexpected situation occurred—a staff member suffered heatstroke and fell down the slope, involving a cameraman as well, whose equipment fell to the ground, and he rolled down along the slope. The scene was so frightening that everyone was silent.

The shooting ceased immediately.

After all, Andrea was a survival expert. She was the first to react, "What are you standing around for? Go check on them quickly!"

"Go check on them" — easier said than done.

This was a steep slope full of gravel with loose soil, where one misstep could make you fall. The two who had rolled down earlier went down with rocks, extremely dangerous. Now, one could see they lay motionless at the bottom of the slope.

It was shocking to see.

No one dared to go down.

Realizing this after her shout, Andrea stood frozen, hesitating to move.

At this moment, they heard a calm and steady voice: "Give me the first aid kit."

The tone was not as lazy as usual, but steady and composed, even though it was a female voice, it easily calmed their anxious emotions.

It was so convincing that before anyone could react, someone quickly handed over the first aid kit.

Following the voice, everyone found a tall and capable figure — Nora Scott had removed her sun hat, sunglasses, and headscarf, her hair tied into a ponytail, clean and sharp, her expression steady without panic, but in her always casual eyes, there was a hidden sharpness.

She walked to the edge of the slope.

After all, lives were on the line. Despite whatever grudge Andrea had with Nora, she couldn’t bear to watch Nora risk her life, so she stopped her: "It’s very dangerous here, it’s best not to act rashly—"

Before the words were finished.

Nora was already sliding down the slope.

Her movements weren’t chaotic but rather technical, trying to keep her body as close to the ground as possible. Stopping abruptly while gaining speed could lead to sprains or more serious injuries, so she pulled out a knife to slow down the descent by stabbing it into the ground.

Slowing down again and again.

When she finally reached the bottom of the slope, she came to a steady stop and, under everyone’s expectant gaze, quickly got up, brushed off her clothes, and walked towards the two on the ground.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

But thinking of Nora’s sliding action, so thrilling, left them with an inexplicable chill.

Soon after, Nora quickly reached the two, checked their breath, ensured that they were alive, then signaled "OK" to those above, and proceeded to open the first aid kit, skillfully and steadily administering emergency care to the two.

This left everyone dumbfounded.

"..."

Survival expert?!

Perhaps she is the real one!