After the commentator explained the rules, everyone learned that the guests had been assigned other tasks besides basic wilderness survival.
The show would last thirty days, and the five male guests and five female guests would draw lots to divide into two teams.
These were the Pirate Team and the Hero Team, each assigned a different role-playing mission. Essentially, they would be playing an immersive, competitive murder mystery game.
The story was set in medieval Europe. The queen of a certain kingdom had heard that treasure lost by a dragon lay hidden on a distant, uninhabited island, and she had ordered the five bravest warriors in her kingdom to find it.
The warriors sailed for several days before finally finding the island. However, on the night before they were due to land, they encountered a band of pirates who frequently roamed the nearby waters.
A conflict broke out, and their ships were damaged in the exchange of cannon fire, leaving both sides stranded on the deserted island.
Although they could not contact the outside world, the pirates' comrades would arrive in these waters thirty days later, allowing the pirates to leave with them.
But one of the pirates picked up a warrior's scroll and learned that they had come for treasure, so the pirates decided to compete with the warriors for it.
Under the queen's orders, the warriors could only return once they had completed their mission. They therefore needed to find the treasure and escape the island before the pirates' comrades arrived.
Up to this point, the rules sounded like those of a fairly standard competition between factions.
Meanwhile, a staff member carrying a box of lots approached each guest in turn, having everyone draw a slip of paper assigning their role.
Once everyone had drawn a slip, but