"Huh, isn't that the young lady?"
Qin Hao took a closer look from inside the log cabin. Liu Qianqian was lying motionless in her sleeping bag, drifting toward him.
"Holy crap, the floodwater brought her here."
Qin Hao thought it over and felt sorry for the girl. He had tied her up right at the start, wasting three hours of her time.
Now that she was in trouble, he, a suave and dashing man, ought to lend her a hand.
Of course, he definitely wasn't after her beauty.
With that thought, Qin Hao rushed down and carried Liu Qianqian into the cabin.
The big shots watching Qin Hao now looked at him with appreciation.
"Mm, the little brother I picked out certainly didn't disappoint me. He's loyal and righteous. Not bad!"
Bai Bing praised him with a look of satisfaction.
"Hmph, girl Bing, what do you know? This boy is very lustful. He stepped in to save her because he was after her beauty."
Song Xing's eyes shifted, and he hurriedly spoke up.
"Oh, Brother Song, what do you mean? My little brother was after her beauty?"
"Girl Bing, you don't know this, but when I was guarding him personally, he fought a Sound-Type girl with Charming Fox. She said just one sentence, and he fell into an illusion."
"Brother Song, you're not exaggerating, are you? What rank was her Charming Fox?"
"Not high, only E-Rank. Qin Hao, on the other hand, is legendary rank! And after he fell into the illusion, he made a series of indecent moves. So you can imagine what made him fall into it!"
Bai Bing's face reddened slightly when she heard that. "Little Brother Hao is actually like that? But what man isn't lustful? It's no big deal!"
Song Xing still refused to give up, so he continued, "Girl Bing, this boy is interested in you too. He said it himself: if only you were the one guarding him, then when he took a bath... Yes, that's what he said!"
After saying that, Song Xing's old face turned red, and he didn't dare look Bai Bing in the eye.
"Oh, really? Hehe, this little brother's got some nerve. Maybe I should try guarding him personally next time!"
At Bai Bing's words, all the big shots present turned red in the face.
Meanwhile, Qin Hao brought Liu Qianqian into the cabin and discovered that she had a fever and remained unconscious.
Not only that, but the wound on her thigh had worsened after being soaked by the rain.
Looking at the unconscious Liu Qianqian, Qin Hao was speechless.
"I must have owed you in a past life. But I'll see this rescue through to the end and escort the Buddha all the way to the west. I'll save you!"
With that, Qin Hao tore open the pants around Liu Qianqian's wound, all the way up to the top of her thigh.
He had no choice. The wound was in a very awkward spot.
It was oozing pus and had to be disinfected.
The first thought of the big shots watching Qin Hao was that this boy was such a beast.
But next, they saw that Qin Hao didn't behave like a beast at all, as they had said. Instead, he took out the herbs he had gathered in the forest that day.
Qin Hao had gathered them as a precaution, so he could use them if he got hurt or something. He hadn't expected to use them on the woman who had ambushed him.
He crushed the herbs and applied them to Liu Qianqian's wound.
Then he bandaged the wound with the scraps of cloth he had just torn off.
Just as he finished, the commentators in the livestream switched the feed to Liu Qianqian.
Onscreen, Qin Hao's hand had just moved away from Liu Qianqian's leg.
Liu Qianqian's pants had been torn open, exposing her safety shorts.
At once, bullet comments flooded the livestream.
The commentators were stunned as well.
They hadn't expected this beast not only to avoid elimination, but also to try to take advantage of Liu Qianqian while she was injured and unconscious.
In fact, the main reason was that Liu Qianqian was a super genius with an SSS-Rank Talent.
Qin Hao's profile, on the other hand, showed that he had an F-Rank Talent, a Lightning-Type Ability, which was nothing but a trash talent.
So they were extremely prejudiced against Qin Hao. Even though the bandage on Liu Qianqian's leg was obvious, they naturally assumed she had wrapped it herself.
Qin Hao was nothing more than a beast trying to loot a burning house.
Bullet comments flew across the livestream, all saying things like, "Qin Hao, you beast, I'm going to kill you!"
Just as the netizens were mindlessly cursing Qin Hao, the two commentators suddenly noticed a problem.
Qin Hao's cabin had been built in the trees.
That was precisely why it hadn't been flooded.
Meanwhile, the other examinees' tents had either been flooded or blown away by the strong winds.
Even some of the cabins built in trees after Qin Hao's example had likewise been blown down.
The winds in the examination grounds were extremely strong; they could snap any tree that was a little too thin.
Yet Qin Hao's cabin covered a full thirty square meters, with enough room inside for a bed and a dining table.
It was set between two thick, sturdy trees, and even when fierce winds blew past, the cabin didn't budge an inch.
There were leftover dishes on the dining table.
One dish had been half eaten, but it was clearly a bear paw.
One commentator said, "Viewers, it's possible we've misunderstood Qin Hao!"
"That's right. After taking a closer look, we found that this cabin is not only spacious, but also very sturdy."
"That's not all. The key is the leftover bear paw on the table."
"Exactly. In this forest, the only bear paw available would come from a Stone-Spike Bear."
"That's right. Even the weakest Stone-Spike Bear is a first-stage high-level demonic beast. It looks like this examinee named Qin Hao is a dark horse!"
As the commentators spoke, the bullet comments in the livestream died down for a moment. Then one floated across the screen: "Hmph, who cares whether his cabin is sturdy? This boy is a beast. Anyone could be a dark horse before him!"
"Exactly! First he ambushed our goddess Qianqian, and now he wants to molest her!"
No matter how the commentators explained, the netizens continued their mindless abuse.
The commentators had no choice but to switch the feed to Ye Feng.
Ye Feng was clinging tightly to a large tree, shivering.
He was at his wits' end. He had finally managed to secure his tent, only for a flood to rise and submerge both him and the tent.
His clothes were completely soaked, and the strong wind was still blowing, so he had to grip the tree with all his strength while enduring the cold.
In fact, apart from Qin Hao, all the examinees were in much the same state as Ye Feng.
Liu Qianqian had been saved by Qin Hao; otherwise, she might have been eliminated early.
Meanwhile, in the cabin, Qin Hao had taken care of everything and crawled into his sleeping bag, ready to sleep.
Just then, Liu Qianqian spoke.
"Cold, cold..."
Liu Qianqian trembled as she spoke.
There was nothing he could do. The charcoal Qin Hao was using was what remained after the firewood had burned, and it couldn't last very long.
And Liu Qianqian had a fever, so a bold idea appeared in his head.
He would put Liu Qianqian in his sleeping bag and sleep with her, so they could keep each other warm.
He acted on the idea at once. Qin Hao crawled out, moved Liu Qianqian into the sleeping bag, then climbed in himself...