Recaps

At the Horse Ranch, Xie Mi watched Yu Jinche while Xu Shuangrong grew suspicious of him, and Xiao Jingxi remained too shaken to help their Alliance. As the guests began riding, Xie Mi kept her distance from Yu Jinche and monitored the others, leaving the group caught in a tense game of maneuvering.

• Xie Mi realized Xu Shuangrong had also started scrutinizing Yu Jinche, while Xiao Jingxi still looked dispirited after the previous night's humiliation.
• Yu Jinche asked Xie Mi why she and Xu Shuangrong had been watching him, and Xie Mi deflected his suspicions by claiming he had vegetables stuck in his teeth.
• Xu Shuangrong urged Xiao Jingxi to approach Shen Yeqing for information, but Xiao Jingxi refused to approach him or any other man on the production team.
• Xu Shuangrong concluded that she could not rely on Xiao Jingxi and considered using a possible scheme by Yu Jinche to her advantage.
• The guests began riding under a rule requiring each horse to reach 3,000 steps, while Xie Mi avoided Yu Jinche and Xu Shuangrong quietly rode closer.
• Shen Yeqing rode beside Xie Mi and invited her to go for a ride, but Xie Mi said she sensed danger.

A loud blast sent every horse at the ranch into a panic, and the guests struggled to regain control. After the incident ended without serious injuries, Xie Mi wondered how Shen Yeqing had known how to calm a frightened horse.

• Xie Mi, Xu Shuangrong, and Shen Yeqing rode away as Yu Jinche pursued them, while Xu Shuangrong prepared to let Xie Mi fall and get hurt.
• A blast from a speaker startled all the horses, and Yu Jinche's apparent prank caused a ranch-wide panic.
• Xiao Jingxi was thrown into a haystack and passed out, while the guests and crew fought to control the runaway horses.
• Shen Yeqing calmed his horse and advised Xie Mi, who soothed hers by singing a lullaby.
• The ranch staff and crew helped everyone get their horses under control, and the guests received treatment for minor injuries.
• Xie Mi treated a small scrape and wondered how Shen Yeqing had known how to calm a horse.

After Shen Yeqing rescued Xie Mi at the Horse Ranch, Yu Jinche admitted he had caused the incident to test her and Xu Shuangrong, and hinted that he believed the world was inside a book. Xie Mi reviewed the novel’s plot and realized Yu Jinche’s major storyline was about to begin, leaving her ready to act to protect Shen Yeqing.

• Shen Yeqing gently bandaged Xie Mi’s injured hand after rescuing her on horseback.
• Xie Mi encountered Yu Jinche, who claimed the incident would not be traced to him and admitted he had done it to observe her and Xu Shuangrong’s reactions.
• Yu Jinche suggested Xie Mi’s story about living in a book might be true, and Xie Mi neither confirmed nor denied it.
• Xie Mi recalled Yu Jinche’s later plot, including his schemes against Xu Shuangrong and her planned kidnapping, and concluded his major storyline was approaching.
• Xie Mi resolved to keep protecting Shen Yeqing and realized she had a plan for what to do next.

Xu Shuangrong offered Yu Jinche an alliance to help him get Xie Mi in exchange for keeping Xie Mi away from Shen Yeqing. On the road trip, the group went skydiving after Qiu Chengye resisted, and the activity left the more nervous participants struggling to hide their fear.

• Xu Shuangrong told Yu Jinche she knew he was behind the Horse Ranch prank and offered to help him kidnap Xie Mi if he would obstruct her relationship with Shen Yeqing.
• Yu Jinche revealed he knew the world was a novel and said Xie Mi was more interesting than Xu Shuangrong.
• On the third day of the road trip, Xiao Jingxi recovered from fainting, while the Horse Ranch accident's Hot Search distracted people from his raid on Qiu Chengye's bed.
• Director Niu announced the group's skydiving activity, and Qiu Chengye protested before agreeing to board the plane.
• Liu Woxing enjoyed her skydive, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing jumped without hesitation, and Xu Shuangrong maintained her composed smile.

Xie Mi tried to shake Yu Jinche after he followed and copied her all day, while Xu Shuangrong seized the distraction to make a move on Shen Yeqing. The chapter ended with Xu Shuangrong urging Xiao Jingxi to hurry toward the now-isolated Shen Yeqing.

• Qiu Chengye screamed through the skydiving wind while Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing shared instant noodles and pickles downstairs.
• Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong discussed their mission to get close to Shen Yeqing, and Xu Shuangrong said they had help.
• Yu Jinche joined Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing, then followed Xie Mi and copied her actions throughout the day.
• Xie Mi tested Yu Jinche's imitation by doing a series of forward flips until she disappeared from view.
• Xu Shuangrong noticed the camera operators turn toward Xie Mi and shoved Xiao Jingxi, telling her to hurry toward Shen Yeqing.

Xie Mi, Xiao Jingxi, and Yu Jinche turned a conversation into a chaotic series of collisions and rolling stunts, leaving Director Niu exasperated. The group then visited Qiu Chengye's lavish private golf course, where Lai Bingxuan mocked his showing off and Shen Yeqing casually dismissed his wealth.

• Xu Shuangrong shoved Xiao Jingxi toward Shen Yeqing, but Shen tripped him as the cameras turned back from Xie Mi.
• Xie Mi tumbled into Xiao Jingxi and stepped on his back, mistaking him for someone asleep on the ground.
• Yu Jinche rolled into Xiao Jingxi like a bowling ball, prompting Director Niu to shout for everyone to stop the farce.
• Liu Woxing drew a golf outing at Qiu Chengye's private course, where Qiu welcomed the group with an extravagant reception and clubs.
• Lai Bingxuan called Qiu Chengye a show-off, and Shen Yeqing responded to his boast that the others rarely visited places like this by saying everyone owned a few golf courses.

Qiu Chengye tried to show off at his private golf course, but Shen Yeqing and Liu Woxing outplayed him, and Xie Mi accidentally sent a chunk of turf flying. The chapter ended with Qiu Chengye shrieking as he realized she had torn up his pristine course.

• Qiu Chengye boasted about his private golf course, but Shen Yeqing answered his golf demonstration with a hole in one.
• Qiu Chengye tried to teach Xie Mi, Yu Jinche, Xiao Jingxi, and Lai Bingxuan after learning Liu Woxing needed no instruction.
• Lai Bingxuan and Xie Mi mocked Qiu Chengye after he needed three strokes to sink the ball.
• Qiu Chengye challenged Xie Mi to take a shot, and she confidently swung despite holding the club incorrectly.
• Xie Mi sent a piece of turf flying instead of the ball, and Qiu Chengye shrieked when he realized what she had torn up.

At the golf course, Xie Mi and Lai Bingxuan tore up Qiu Chengye’s lawn without hitting the ball, and Qiu Chengye’s attempt to stop Xiao Jingxi sparked rumors that they were a couple. The group then fulfilled Xu Shuangrong’s and Xiao Jingxi’s travel wishes, leaving only Shen Yeqing’s wish unfulfilled with three days left in phase two.

• Xie Mi and Lai Bingxuan sent chunks of turf flying while missing the golf ball, and Qiu Chengye pretended not to mind the damage.
• Qiu Chengye grabbed Xiao Jingxi from behind to guide his swing, leading the group and viewers to joke that they were a couple.
• Xiao Jingxi accidentally made more than a dozen holes in Qiu Chengye’s lawn, and Qiu Chengye charged at him in anger.
• Director Niu saw the couple-themed Hot Search topics and resigned himself to letting the rumors continue.
• The Production Team took the group to a concert for Xu Shuangrong’s wish and arranged an outdoor screening of Xiao Jingxi’s film.
• The viewers noted that only Shen Yeqing’s travel wish remained unfulfilled, with three days left in phase two.

Shen Yeqing’s unusual travel wish sent all eight guests into a seventy-two-hour street-living challenge without money, lodging, or help from outsiders. Qiu Chengye thought his phone, car keys, and ID card gave him an easy advantage, but Director Niu questioned how much battery his phone had left.

• Xiao Jingxi hoped the others would praise his movie, but Xie Mi compared his character to a man beaten to death for stealing pork head meat.
• Director Niu announced Shen Yeqing’s wish to experience life on the streets, and Shen said the other guests would join him.
• Director Niu revealed that the guests would spend seventy-two hours without accommodation or financial support, using only three items each, and had their phones and wallets confiscated.
• Qiu Chengye smugly showed off his phone, car keys, and ID card, claiming they would let him go anywhere.
• Director Niu asked Qiu Chengye how much battery his phone had left.

The Production Team launched a seventy-two-hour vagabond challenge, leaving the eight guests to fend for themselves with the three items they had packed. Xiao Jingxi had brought cash and expected to manage easily, but the group began the challenge late at night in a remote area with nearby attractions closed.

• Qiu Chengye discovered his phone had run out of battery and protested that the Production Team should have charged it.
• Director Niu announced that the show would stream nonstop for all seventy-two hours to prove the challenge was authentic.
• Liu Woxing realized she had packed survival gear such as a lighter, knife, and flashlight after mistaking the challenge for wilderness survival.
• Xiao Jingxi explained that he had brought cash, and Director Niu confirmed he could use it during the challenge.
• Director Niu started the countdown and released the eight guests, who found themselves stranded on a remote lawn at night.

The group found themselves stranded in a deserted place, and Xie Mi drove Xiao Jingxi away by persuading everyone that he owed them compensation. Qiu Chengye offered rides in exchange for three days of help, but discovered his car was over fifty kilometers away, leaving the group without a way out.

• Xie Mi convinced the others that Xiao Jingxi should compensate them, so Xiao Jingxi left alone to protect his cash.
• Qiu Chengye offered four seats in his car to anyone willing to serve as his drivers and assistants for three days.
• Xie Mi asked where Qiu Chengye’s car was, and Qiu Chengye realized he had only brought the keys.
• Director Niu explained that Qiu Chengye’s car remained at the hotel parking lot more than fifty kilometers away.
• Qiu Chengye put Director Niu in a headlock while the others watched, and Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing joked about their shouting duet.

After being left without supplies, Xie Mi led the group to sleep beneath the overhang at a closed tourist attraction, while Qiu Chengye resisted joining them until he gave in and was mocked. As the group lay awake, thirst became their next problem, and they wondered whether the Production Team would provide water.

• Qiu Chengye argued that his ID card could be useful, but Xie Mi and the others mocked him for having no money or supplies.
• Xie Mi suggested spending the night at a nearby tourist attraction, and Shen Yeqing led the group there with Liu Woxing's flashlight.
• Xie Mi and five others settled on the marble floor beneath the ticket hall overhang, while Qiu Chengye refused to lie down and stood aside.
• After ten minutes, Qiu Chengye gave in and lay down, prompting the others to tease him for breaking his resolve.
• The seven of them struggled to sleep, and Lai Bingxuan and the others wondered whether the Production Team would give them water.

The cast grew thirsty when the Production Team refused to provide water, but Shen Yeqing shared his bottle with them in exchange for thanks or other favors. Qiu Chengye eventually humbled himself for a mouthful, then secretly considered keeping the remaining water for himself.

• Xie Mi told the thirsty cast about a plum grove, but the Production Team refused to give them water under the show's rules.
• Liu Woxing and Lai Bingxuan defended Xie Mi and asked the Production Team for water, but Director Niu said the cast could survive three days without it.
• Shen Yeqing offered Xie Mi water in exchange for something, and she gave him a thank-you before sharing the bottle with the others.
• Lai Bingxuan, Liu Woxing, Yu Jinche, and Xu Shuangrong offered thanks or use of their items for a mouthful of water.
• Qiu Chengye initially refused to ask for water, but later bowed to Shen Yeqing and agreed to follow the team's instructions in exchange for a drink.
• Qiu Chengye took the bottle and began plotting to drink from it directly so he could keep the rest for himself.

After spending the night outside the scenic area, Xie Mi and the others woke up sore and hungry, with three more days of street life ahead. Xie Mi proposed a plan based on the scenic area's reward for reporting public urination or defecation, and singled out Qiu Chengye.

• Qiu Chengye tried to steal water from Shen Yeqing, but Xie Mi smacked him with a shoe while Shen Yeqing took the bottle away.
• Qiu Chengye tried to seize water from the Production Team, was subdued, and eventually went to sleep with the others outside the scenic area.
• During the night, Qiu Chengye repeatedly tried to steal water, while Xie Mi kicked and punched Shen Yeqing and Liu Woxing in her sleep.
• The seven woke up sore after sleeping on the ground, and Xie Mi told Lai Bingxuan they would get used to it over the next two nights.
• When the group realized they needed food, Xie Mi pointed out the scenic area's 500 reward for reporting public offenders and turned her gaze toward Qiu Chengye.

The guests searched for ways to get food while living on the street, but the Production Team blocked a promising barter deal. Liu Woxing and Lai Bingxuan then gathered the courage to ask for free samples at a café.

• Xie Mi, Shen Yeqing, and Yu Jinche joked about making Qiu Chengye pay to use a restroom, until the Production Team intervened and told everyone to seek food through other means.
• The seven guests split up to explore different ways of getting food in the scenic area.
• Xu Shuangrong proposed bartering, and Qiu Chengye offered his phone to a tourist in exchange for meals.
• Director Niu warned Qiu Chengye that the phone still held private information, so Qiu took it back and ended the deal.
• Liu Woxing and Lai Bingxuan hovered near a café's free samples before asking the employee whether they could try some without money.

After Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing set off together, the hungry contestants heard that she had eaten her fill and went to investigate. They found a crowd gathered around her, suspected she was using her fame to get food, and headed closer to learn what was happening.

• Liu Woxing and Lai Bingxuan left the café after sharing a little pumpkin bread and hot water, while Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing set off for a tourist attraction.
• Liu Woxing's and Xu Shuangrong's groups met while still hungry, and a staff member told them Xie Mi had eaten and drunk her fill.
• Qiu Chengye accused Xie Mi of keeping food for herself and decided to go find her, while Liu Woxing and Lai Bingxuan defended her.
• The groups reached a crowded scenic spot where people in line and in the audience held food and drinks, prompting Qiu Chengye to accuse Xie Mi of using her fame to get food.
• Viewers argued over whether Xie Mi had broken the rules, and the Production Team members admitted they did not know what was happening and suggested the contestants take a look.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing used a Sun Wukong disguise and a snack stall to draw a crowd at a tourist attraction, surprising the others who had joined the line to find her. They reunited after the crowd dispersed, with Xie Mi pleased by how well their scheme worked.

• Liu Woxing, Lai Bingxuan, Qiu Chengye, and Xu Shuangrong joined the queue and recognized Shen Yeqing disguised as the snack vendor.
• Qiu Chengye asked a child about Xie Mi, and the child praised her and repeated one of her catchphrases.
• The group reached the attraction’s artificial Five-Finger Mountain and discovered Xie Mi dressed as Sun Wukong, inviting visitors to feed her snacks.
• A staff member told the group that Sun Wukong would be full soon, and they left the queue as the crowd continued feeding Xie Mi.
• After the crowd dispersed, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing emerged from the public restrooms in their regular clothes, and Xie Mi said she was full.

After Xie Mi’s monkey act earned her and Shen Yeqing fifty yuan each and a ride downtown, she offered the group loans at a steep markup. The group pooled one hundred yuan to find lunch but discovered that even bread at their luxury mall cost more than they could afford.

• Director Niu explained that the tourist attraction had supplied food for Shen Yeqing to sell, paid both him and Xie Mi fifty yuan each, and offered the group a bus downtown.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing joined the others on the bus, and Qiu Chengye shamelessly tagged along.
• At the mall, Xie Mi offered to exchange one yuan for a promise to repay five thousand yuan after the show, and the others accepted.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing agreed to exchange their money and proposed using one hundred yuan to buy lunch for the group.
• The group entered the luxury mall but found that its cheapest bread cost twenty yuan, leaving them unable to afford seven pieces.

Xie Mi led the hungry group to a cheap noodle shop, where she fed them knockoff instant noodles and teased Qiu Chengye about the food and water prices. Later, while the group took shelter from the rain in a mall, Qiu Chengye was thrown off a massage chair as Xie Mi watched.

• Xie Mi took the group to a shop selling three-yuan Kang Shuaifu noodles and charged them for the meal and Qiu Chengye’s water at inflated rates.
• Xie Mi explained that the noodles were knockoffs, and Shen Yeqing and Lai Bingxuan upset Qiu Chengye further by discussing reports about pickled greens being stomped by workers.
• The group returned to the mall to shelter from the rain, and Qiu Chengye settled into a coin-operated massage chair, intending to rest there until closing.
• The massage chair flipped over and dumped Qiu Chengye onto the floor while Xie Mi stood nearby and laughed.

After surviving their first day with almost no money, the seven guests slept on park benches. In the middle of the night, Qiu Chengye was startled by a strange man asking for water, and their frantic chase ended with two people falling into the lake.

• Xie Mi revealed that the massage chairs had thrown Qiu Chengye and Lai Bingxuan out because they had not paid.
• The group counted their remaining forty-four yuan and realized it would cover only two more meals and a bottle of water.
• The seven guests settled down to sleep on park benches, keeping warm with the belongings they had brought.
• A hoarse, staggering man approached Qiu Chengye and murmured for water.
• Qiu Chengye fled from the man, and their struggle ended with two bodies splashing into the lake.

After Xiao Jingxi was found penniless and soaked alongside Qiu Chengye, the group learned how he had been repeatedly overcharged and spent his entire thousand yuan. The next morning, with only 44 yuan left for eight people, Xie Mi prepared to teach everyone survival skills.

• Staff pulled Qiu Chengye and Xiao Jingxi out of the lake, where Qiu Chengye blamed Xiao Jingxi for frightening him.
• Xiao Jingxi explained how hotel fees, overpriced food and water, and unlicensed taxis had drained his thousand yuan in a day.
• The group scolded Xiao Jingxi for his spending, while the Production Team refused to help the two men warm up or change.
• Xiao Jingxi changed into Xie Mi's pink cosplay outfit, while Qiu Chengye wore the monkey costume again.
• At seven the next morning, Xie Mi noted that the group had only 44 yuan for eight people and offered to teach them survival skills.

Xie Mi organized the group into a street performance troupe to earn money, using paper cups for donations and a suona and gong for music. She left Qiu Chengye facing a choice between performing as a monkey or wearing Xiao Jingxi’s women’s clothes, while several others volunteered to be the monkey’s trainer.

• Xie Mi handed out cleaned paper cups and proposed that the group beg at a busy intersection, but Xu Shuangrong objected.
• Xie Mi produced a suona, and Shen Yeqing revealed that he had brought a gong so he could accompany her.
• Shen Yeqing explained that he had guessed Xie Mi would bring the suona after hearing her play it in the hotel.
• Xie Mi proposed that Qiu Chengye perform as a monkey while Lai Bingxuan and Liu Woxing held up a jacket as a hurdle.
• Shen Yeqing suggested that Qiu Chengye swap clothes with Xiao Jingxi, and Xie Mi then called for a trainer to make the monkey jump.
• Yu Jinche, Xu Shuangrong, and Xiao Jingxi all volunteered to be the trainer.

Xie Mi organized the guests into a masked street-performance troupe, which drew a crowd and earned a large haul of food by noon. Director Niu watched in disbelief as their performance succeeded despite the Production Team’s precautions.

• Xie Mi assigned Xiao Jingxi to train Qiu Chengye as a hurdle-jumping monkey, Xu Shuangrong to promote animal welfare, and Yu Jinche to attract an audience.
• Director Niu ordered the troupe to wear masks and sunglasses so passersby would not recognize them.
• Xiao Jingxi, Qiu Chengye, Xie Mi, Shen Yeqing, Lai Bingxuan, Liu Woxing, and Xu Shuangrong put on a street show that drew growing crowds.
• Yu Jinche collected food from the audience after people stopped to watch the performance.
• The troupe performed all morning and finished with a large haul, leaving Director Niu sour-faced.

The eight guests enjoyed an easy final stretch of their street-life challenge, while Director Niu worried that the relaxed filming was producing too few highlights. After the guests spent the night sleeping in a KFC, Xie Mi discovered something alarming when she opened her backpack the next morning.

• Xie Mi, Lai Bingxuan, Shen Yeqing, Qiu Chengye, and Liu Woxing teased Director Niu and suggested that the Production Team live on the streets next season.
• The eight guests spent their days browsing shops and eating food from their supplies, making their street life comfortable and uneventful.
• Director Niu and the other PDs simultaneously wiped the lenses of all eight livestream cameras, leaving viewers suspicious of a conspiracy.
• The guests slept overnight in a KFC, then woke on their final day as Liu Woxing reflected on the experiences she had gained.
• Xie Mi opened her backpack to get breakfast and suddenly froze.

Director Niu’s crew secretly stole the guests’ food, but Xie Mi accepted their demand for proof and led the group away. When Shen Yeqing stopped beside a five-star restaurant, Xie Mi and the others suddenly lunged at the camera operators.

• Director Niu’s crew carefully stole food from the four female guests while they slept, including Xie Mi, who never woke up.
• The guests discovered their food was missing, and Director Niu denied responsibility until Xie Mi spotted that the camera lenses had been wiped during the night.
• Xie Mi said they could not accuse the Production Team without proof, then led the group away with Shen Yeqing, Liu Woxing, Xu Shuangrong, and Yu Jinche following.
• The group passed a luxurious five-star restaurant, where Shen Yeqing stopped and Xie Mi suddenly lunged at the camera operators, joined by Liu Woxing, Xu Shuangrong, and Yu Jinche.