A Catastrophic Start, One Thousand Meters High

"Whoosh--"

The whistling wind raged in his ears. A massive sensation of weightlessness flooded Jiang Fang's senses, and a sharp sense of crisis triggered his body's protective mechanisms.

Jiang Fang woke up amidst chaos.

Blurred noises rang in his ears, and the roar of the gale vaguely mingled with people's gasps.

He was--in the middle of a freefall!

This conclusion abruptly forced its way into Jiang Fang's mind, and the warning bells in his head buzzed wildly. Even before he had time to think, his body reacted a step ahead.

His hands groped backward, skillfully pulling the pilot chute out of its pouch at the bottom of the deployment bag. The long nylon control bridle slid out, bringing the entire parachute pack open with it.

The whole process took merely two to three seconds, yet many thoughts flashed through Jiang Fang's mind.

At his current rate of freefall, a preliminary estimate put it at 200m/s. The skydiving altitude was at least 3,000 meters or higher, and he had just glanced down to visually estimate his landing distance at around 1,000 meters. Once something went wrong with the parachute, not even an immortal could save him.

Still, judging by the feel of his recent actions, the parachute should deploy smoothly.

800 meters!

600 meters!!

400 meters!!! Only 2 seconds left before hitting the ground!

"Bang--"

At the split second between life and death, the main risers jerked tight, and the speed of the freefall was instantly arrested. The parachute on his back spread its wings at the very last moment like the wings of a god. Yet the danger had not dissipated; his descent was too fast and the deployment too late. Almost the exact moment his speed slowed, Jiang Fang adjusted his posture, hugged his head, and hit the ground instantly.

Rolling across the ground using his momentum to evade impact, he only prayed that the landing spot did not contain any sharp little rocks or the like.

Fortunately, Jiang Fang was lucky, and the landing site was a patch of flat, soft grass.

A narrow escape from death!

Jiang Fang lay on the grass, drained of strength, letting the parachute drift down and cover him. He took a deep breath, gazing at the clean, blue sky, the tremor of the extreme challenge still coursing through his nerves.

After a long while, he recovered his wits and finally had time to ponder what on earth was going on.

As soon as he used his brain, an explosion-like pain struck, and a cluster of memories that did not belong to him was forcefully crammed in.

Sorting the memories out, Jiang Fang understood.

He had transmigrated into a book.

Furthermore, it was a dog-blood novel combining white lotuses, green tea bitches, and transmigration-reborn characters, and he had transmigrated into a cannon-fodder character.

A cannon-fodder character who gets dropped to his death at the start.

If not for his arrival, the original owner would already be dead.

In the original plot, the original owner was selected to participate in an innovative wilderness survival variety show. At the start, everyone was supposed to parachute and land in the wasteland, for which the show's crew sought out guests who knew how to skydive and had been carefully screened.

The original owner accidentally fell off during the skydive, failed to pull the parachute in time, and ended up smashed into meat paste, forcing the show to be abruptly cancelled. Consequently, Lin Sen, the show's biggest investor, suffered heavy losses.

Right, Lin Sen was that green tea bitch.

Yet in truth, the original owner's memories told him it was not like that; he had been pushed.

As for who...

If he remembered correctly, back on the plane, the person standing behind him seemed to be Bai Ziyu.

The hottest rising star in showbiz, and also the white lotus of the book.

The original novel's plot ran through his mind. Jiang Fang opened his eyes and sneered.

Treating him as a stepping stone?

Let's see if you have the life to enjoy it.

"Found him! Found him! Hurry over, Jiang Fang is right here!" The staff members arrived belatedly. Following the shouts, a large crowd of people came running from afar in a flurry.

The director's face was covered in anxiety, his forehead dripping with cold sweat, the flesh on his round, plump frame jiggling as he ran.

Damn it! How could this kind of trouble happen! If someone died on the show, he wouldn't need to live either!

He was the first to run over, lacking even the time to wipe his sweat. "Jiang Fang? Jiang Fang? Are you alright?" Thinking that if someone truly had died, the sound of his voice trembled.

Would his career as Jiang Nan be completely finished because of Jiang Fang!

"Director, I'm fine, just a little exhausted."

Hearing these words, Director Jiang let out a fierce sigh of relief, nearly collapsing onto his buttocks on the ground.

"As long as you're fine, as long as you're fine!" he muttered in his mouth.

"Doctor! Doctor, hurry over and take a look." Catching his breath, Jiang Nan finally regained a shred of reason and turned back to call for the accompanying doctor, only to catch sight of a scene that gave him a heart attack.

He saw the cameraman holding his camera trailing alongside, indicating that the red light signifying active recording was also on.

This survival variety show was broadcast live, not pre-recorded, which meant that all of this had been broadcasted out, and was even streaming live right now!

The director nearly choked on his breath.

Enduring for a long while before swallowing the foul language at the tip of his tongue, the director kept muttering silently in his heart: It's a live broadcast, I can't lose my temper! It's a live broadcast!

Forget it, matters had reached this point, and thankfully Jiang Fang was unharmed. Shutting off the stream now would only cause who knows what rumors to spread outside, so it was better to keep it running.

The wilderness survival variety show heavily backed by Jiang Nan possessed wildly high ambitions; guests couldn't get in without some real skills.

Bai Ziyu, a rising star in the entertainment industry, exploded in popularity for playing a kind and cute little immortal boy, affectionately called the Immortal by fans.

Qin Yan, the top powerhouse of the entertainment industry, the youngest and most handsome Triple-Crown Best Actor in history, the kind of person you couldn't hire even with money.

Fang Yi, a musical genius and singer-songwriter in the music scene, possessed numerous fans due to his handsome looks and sunny personality.

Long Aozhi, a newly emerging singer-songwriter in the music scene, was the most promising newcomer in the industry.

Lin Sen, the only son of the Lin Family in City B, a wealthy second-generation heir, also commanded a group of fans online due to his handsome appearance and lavish spending.

As for Jiang Fang himself? He had no idea how an orphaned non-celebrity like him had been selected.

In short, the moment the variety show leaked any news, it caused a tremor in the entertainment circle.

Never mind how the director gathered this group of people together, before the show even started, the entertainment industry was stirred into a bloody storm.

After the broadcast started, needless to mention the popularity. In the live stream room, there were gossiping onlookers, fans, and passersby.

The Douyin live stream room was practically almost shattered.

Yet no one expected such a major accident right at the start of the show. The audience members who witnessed the entire process only felt their hearts had ridden a roller coaster, and they were still bouncing around now.

[Oh mother, you scared me to death. Seeing the guest fall just now, I directly screamed out in fright.]

[Qin Yan was parachuting at the time, and all the cameras were over there, so what actually happened wasn't clear. It looked like Jiang Fang suddenly fell.]

[Could it be he didn't stand steady?]

[Didn't they say several guests have high-altitude skydiving licenses? How could they make such a low-level mistake? Did this guest buy his license?]

[No way. Although we didn't see what happened, he suddenly fell and Jiang Fang was still able to react and open the parachute. That is so badass!]

[Good thing nothing happened, otherwise the show would probably have been killed off.]

[Though I say that, I really want to watch Jiang Fang's personal recorded footage. This is too awesome! A skydiving altitude of 3,500 meters, visually estimated parachute deployment height under 1,000 meters, and landing within seconds of full deployment—it's simply an extreme leap! Comparable to a national professional special forces soldier.]

[Speaking of the high-altitude cameraman's trauma, he must have been scared out of his wits.]

The bullet screen comments in the live stream were discussing enthusiastically when the other wilderness survival guests also arrived at the scene.

"Are you alright?"

"Jiang Fang, are you okay? You scared me to death."