Author statement: The stories told in this book take place in parallel worlds that are exactly the same as the basic structure of our world.

There is such a kind of person in the world: in normal times, they are low-key and ordinary, but in times of crisis, they can stand up and shine. Among these people, many admirable heroes have been born, and their actions have sublimated the most precious sacrifice and fighting spirit of mankind. This world needs such people.

At the foot of Wuguniang Mountain in Yutai County, southwest China, the mountain wilderness where birds do not shit and few people traveled overnight, it was like a bustling city.

The blue sky was sunny, and more than a dozen colorfully painted giant hot air balloons paraded back and forth; on the ground, nearly 10,000 tourists crowded shoulder to shoulder on the flat ground less than a square kilometer, crowded everywhere and crowded with people.

These tourists who suddenly came from all over the world, including men, women, young and old, tall, fat and thin, handsome, ugly, rich and poor, all kinds of people. But they all have a common purpose or motivation: to watch an unprecedented special event.

Today, the world's first wilderness survival skills competition will be held in Wugu Niangshan. This competition is jointly sponsored by "Danny" and "Tiandi Entertainment" who ranked 7th and 8th among the top 500 in the world. The total prize money of the competition reached an astonishing 30 million yuan. The organizing committee announced with a high profile that the champion of this competition will be appointed as the lifelong image spokesperson of the two world-renowned brands "Danny" and "Tiandi Entertainment". The supreme honor and generous rewards have attracted more than 100 countries and regions.

There are 1,700 contestants in the district, 32 well-known domestic and foreign media and nearly 10,000 tourists; in order to attract popularity, the organizing committee specially invited Bets, the star of the wild survival program, who is currently popular in the wild, as the chief referee, the law enforcement competition, and recruited a large number of volunteers through the Internet to provide all-round, high-quality and professional services for the event; and launched full-media live support, and also provided free private car pick-up, so that viewers far away from foreign countries and tourists from all over the world can experience and experience the event up close.

Such an unprecedented grand occasion will naturally not be ignored by the Chinese society, which has always been famous for its good face and love of excitement. 100,000 people in China signed up, and finally 450 contestants qualified for the competition through the preliminary selection, about half of which came from various well-known universities.

At this time, in the rest area of ​​the Beijing Medical University team, the team leader was counting the team list. He clicked a name: "Lin Zaishan!" No one responded to the team. The team leader clicked again, but no one responded.

The team leader said dissatisfiedly: "Who is Lin Zaishan? The competition will start in two hours, why is he still not seeing anyone?"

Suddenly, a tall, delicate young man in the distance rushed over to the crowd and said to the leader apologetically: "Sorry, teacher, I just went to get rid of my hands and helped an old lady cross the mountain road..."

Before Lin Zaishan finished speaking, a burst of laughter broke out in the team, and some students even said sarcastically: "What era is it, and I still use the excuse of helping the old lady? I must have fallen in love with a beautiful woman and went to chat with her."

The leader coughed and scolded, "The competition is about to begin, do you know?"

Lin Zaishan said: "Report to the teacher, my identity this time is only a volunteer, not an athlete. My main responsibility is 'mountain donkey'..."

The student burst into laughter again.

The team leader scolded again: "Speak human words! What is 'mountain donkey'?"

Lin Zaishandao: "'Mountain Donkey' is an online synonym for practitioners who provide tour guides, security and other services for those who travel and adventure in the mountains. In this competition, in order to ensure the safety of participants, the organizing committee stipulates that each competition area grid must arrange one volunteer. The volunteer must carry standard-configured communication, positioning, lighting, first aid and other equipment, as well as one-day rations and water for a single person, so as to provide assistance to those who are in danger as soon as possible. These volunteers are also nicknamed 'Mountain Donkey'. I am honored to be selected as one of the 'Mountain Donkey' in this competition. There are at least 1,700 contestants, and there are only 26 people who have the 'Mountain Donkey' qualification at the competition site."

The team leader said disdainfully: "It seems you are very proud. Since you have your own position, the competition is about to begin, why don't you take up your post yet?"

"Report to the teacher, due to the steep terrain of this competition, the organizing committee will use airships to uniformly place the 'mountain donkey'. There are currently 15 minutes left before boarding time."

The students participating in the competition sighed: "No way? Our official contestants can only hike, but you volunteers can ride hot air balloons comfortably and look down at the beautiful mountains and rivers at high altitude. The treatment is too different."

At this time, the organizing committee began to broadcast the notice: "Please all grid designated volunteers to board the airship area immediately. The aircraft number is a439, and the airship will take off in 15 minutes."

In the envious eyes of everyone, Lin Zaishan squeezed out the crowd and rushed to the airship area.

At 7:45, the airship that was put on the "mountain donkey" slowly took off, and more than 20 people were sitting in the huge passenger compartment. These people were all particularly excited or nervous, and they were eager to communicate with each other - except Lin Zaishan.

Lin Zaishan is an introverted and not good at speaking. He often can't say a word for three or four days. People who don't understand think he is remote, arrogant and even perverted, but in fact, he is not like this in nature and innate.

He was born in an unknown mountain village in Taihang Mountains, Yanzhao. At the age of twelve, his hometown suffered a once-in-a-thousand-year flood. Both of his parents were killed. Only he and his elderly grandfather were left at home. At the age of 18, his grandfather, who was dependent on each other, died of illness again.

As an orphan, Lin Zaishan did not sink, but worked hard to pay tribute to his unfortunate parents with excellent academic performance, comforted his grandfather who raised him with great hardship, and returned many kind people who supported and helped him. On the road to study, he made great progress and was admitted to Beijing Medical University with the best score in the county. After graduating from undergraduate studies, he continued his studies and pursued a master's degree in health management at the school (the name of this major is fictional, if there is any similarity, it is purely a coincidence).

Although Lin Zaishan is a poor loser from a poor family, he has the elite qualities that both the rich and the handsome men lack; he is a top student, but not a nerd who only reads books; he is not only interested in a wide range of interests and versatile, but also has a strong ability to solve problems by actually taking hands and having a strong ability to solve problems.

Unlike some of his peers who are a little bit beautiful, complacent, highly self-esteem, and show off everywhere, Lin Zaishan has always lived a low-key, simple, simple life (after all, lacking money, not being simple), simple, and self-made life. In addition to studying and research, he spent most of his spare time and energy on physical exercise and learning artificial intelligence. Lin Zaishan himself wanders in the infinite happiness brought by breaking through his body and intelligence limits every day, and he has almost no time to care about interpersonal communication - in fact, he spends a lot of time every day communicating with the artificial intelligence software "Master Lin" he is writing and developing - which leads to outsiders not only being introverted, very boring, but even a little weird.

The broadcaster in the cabin prompts: "Have reached grid a1, please prepare for the designated placement of volunteers with the number a1."

A tall and beautiful college student volunteer jumped to the entrance of the bilge transportation passage, and took out his mobile phone to take selfies. One minute later, the entrance of the passage opened and a hanging basket appeared. The crew guided the beautiful volunteer to climb the hanging basket and slowly lowered it. In this way, the volunteers were placed one by one at the designated location.

"This release went smoothly and we can return soon." A crew member said easily.

"There is another guy over there!" Another crew member pointed to Lin Zaishan Road, who was still sitting in his seat.

The crew asked, "Hey, what grid are you doing with the 'mountain donkey' over there?"

Lin Zaishan replied: "g10."

All the crew members were surprised: "g10? Wasn't g10 banned because it was too dangerous? How could you let you go to the site? Are you making a mistake?"

Lin Zaishan replied with great certainty: "Absolutely, it's g10."

The captain still checked his post assignment notice with an incredible expression, with black and white words inside, clearly written: the volunteer's name Lin Zaishan, the designated service area grid g10.

"This is a matter of life that is irrelevant. We have to ask our superiors for instructions." The captain said. He quickly entered the cockpit and called the phone. After a minute, he returned to the passenger compartment and said: "The above has confirmed that the g10 area that had been banned has been lifted for specific reasons. We must release the ban according to the rules."

"But the weather and terrain of the g10 area cannot fly at all." A crew member complained to the captain who walked out of the cockpit.

"What should I do?"

"I can only ask for instructions."

Soon another minute passed, and the captain hung up the phone and cursed angrily: "The superior who answered the phone said that they also opened the g10 grid according to the instructions above. As for how to deploy business that belongs to our flight department, we have to solve it ourselves."

"A group of guys who don't understand business are all based on their own tricks!" The captain couldn't help but curse again: "The only way now is to place it on the h9 grid closest to g10." He turned around and said to Lin Zaishan: "Young man, don't blame me for not reminding you that g10 is a very dangerous area. It's not an exaggeration to say that it is a human forbidden zone. Are you sure you want to go down?"

"I'm sure!"

"Young man, this is just a volunteer position without a penny, why bother so hard?" The captain advised earnestly: "I know the enthusiasm of you young people to show off, but to be honest, the position of "Shan Du" only has to suffer, and there is no chance to show off at all!"

Lin Zaishan responded: "I haven't thought so much. Now I only know that since I and the event organizing committee have signed a volunteer service agreement, I must do my duty according to the requirements of the agreement!"

"Okay, since you are so determined, let's put you on the h9 grid. As for whether you can reach g10, it depends entirely on yourself and it has nothing to do with us."

Soon, the hot air balloon airship arrived at the h9 grid.

"Put down the hanging basket and prepare to put it!" the crew shouted.

Lin Zaishan stood calmly into the hanging basket, and the hanging basket slowly drifted to the ground.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew and the hanging basket began to swing violently.

"A sudden weather occurs, immediately raise the hanging basket and return to the base!" the captain ordered loudly.

A crew member was about to press the lift button when the hanging basket was swept by the strong wind, and the transmission device was stuck.

"Captain, what should I do? If this continues, the entire airship may be dragged, lost balance, or even crashed! Even if there is no problem with the hanging basket, the increasingly intense sudden weather here will swallow us!"

"We can only return as soon as possible with the hanging basket."

"But this kid is in the hanging basket. Once we accelerate a little, he may fall."

"What should we do? Do we have to wait for death?"

The crew's conversation was heard word by Lin Zaishan, who was very clear-headed and clear. He looked down for a moment and suddenly made an action that surprised everyone: he took out a rope from his backpack, wrapped around a chain in the hanging basket, then grabbed the rope and jumped down from the hanging basket. In less than 5 seconds, he dropped to the rocky ground. Then he quickly put away the rope, raised his hand and made an OK position towards the airship.

"Fuck!" The captain who was staring at the bottom for a few seconds suddenly burst out a swear word and shouted: "Return now!"

At this time, at the foot of the mountain, amid the attention of everyone, a senior official finished his long speech and shouted loudly: "I announce that the world's first wild survival skills competition has officially opened!"

In front of a camera below the high platform, a beautiful female reporter was conducting a highly professional event broadcast: "Among the dazzling fireworks, 1,700 contestants embarked on the journey with standard equipment bags issued by the organizing committee. According to the rules, they must survive for one week under designated conditions in the steep Wuguniang Mountain, while there is only 1 kilogram of compressed biscuits, 500 ml of pure water, 1 flashlight, and 1 life rope. During the competition, they must not destroy the ecology, contact the outside world, or go outward.

The world and staff ask for help, otherwise it will be treated as an automatic abstention; of course, the audience does not have to worry about their safety. Each of them wears a state-of-the-art smart bracelet. As long as the button is pressed in the prescribed order, the organizing committee will receive a distress signal and send rescuers as soon as possible. In order for the TV audience to better watch this unprecedented special event, my camera and I will take an airship to broadcast it in the air; and we will visit the field at least once every day."

The beautiful female reporter then reported: "According to the competition system, all competition areas are divided into 26 grids, each grid will be equipped with a volunteer on site, which is commonly known as the "mountain donkey" on the Internet. A very interesting episode occurred in this regard: the initial competition committee's arrangement included a grid numbered g10, but later an expert found that the grid was too dangerous during a field visit, and suggested that the organizing committee ban it, and the organizing committee adopted the suggestion; however, the day before yesterday, the presidential referee Bets made different suggestions to the organizing committee on this issue. Bets believed that although the living conditions of the g10 area were dangerous, they were still within a reasonable range that humans could bear. He hoped to treat this grid as an additional 'reward task'. The organizing committee accepted Bets' proposal without hesitation, so that the mysterious g10 area was opened again."

The female reporter has talked a lot, but she still reports without any fatigue: "There is another important rule for this event, that is, the contestants must enter as many specified grids as possible, especially those high-difficulty grids, and receive valuable touchdown cards from grid volunteers who are squatting. For every 10 hours staying in a grid, you can get one more touchdown card corresponding to this grid; whoever reaches more grids can get more touchdown cards; different grids

There are differences in the score weights of the touchdown card. A1 grid is only 1, while b3 has 3. As for the most dangerous g10 area, the weight is as high as 10. In other words, if a player stays in the g10 area from beginning to end, he will undoubtedly win the championship of this competition with the most impressive record of the total score. To be honest, I am very curious about what kind of people can have this ability. We will board the airship to overlook the competition later, please wait and see. cntv reporter Li Yan reported it to you on the spot."

The a1 grid is close to the foot of the mountain, which is the first stop of the entire competition area and a must-pass way to enter the competition area. A group of enthusiastic players flocked to A1, and they rushed to find the designated volunteers of the a1 grid - the tall beautiful volunteer, - at this time, they were standing on a big rock like a female star walking on the red carpet, posing in various shapes and poses, and also took selfies and updated their personal space and circle of friends from time to time. Many contestants passed by the beautiful volunteer, stretched out their arms wearing smart bracelets to her, and the electronic synthesized prompt sounds kept: the contestant numbered a1 grid touchdown card, and the contestant numbered bf19 received the a1 grid touchdown card...

The so-called touchdown card is not a physical entity card, but an automatic check-in in the scoring system after being sensed at close range by the smart helmet carried by the volunteer. Of course, this requires the contestants to be within 3 meters. Many contestants rushed to Dashi, took photos with the beautiful volunteer "passionately", and even hugged, but the latter was calm and disagreed.

At this time, the beautiful reporter Li Yan's graceful figure appeared in front of Dashi and began to broadcast. The contestants who were originally surrounded by the female volunteers were immediately attracted by the beautiful reporter and the photography lens. They instantly threw the female volunteer aside, rushing to crowd behind Li Yan, and making various exaggerated postures and expressions.

Li Yanbo reported: "It is obvious that the contestants who have just entered the a1 grid are all very morale. They seem to enjoy the competition process very much. The young and beautiful lady who was waving desperately on the big stone behind me is the fixed-point volunteer of the a1 grid. I just received the message that at the beginning of the competition, she had already spread the circle of friends and became a popular internet celebrity in one fell swoop. We can't see any burden and hard work as a "mountain donkey" from her; of course, this is just the first step in the journey of thousands of miles, and the more challenging levels are still behind. I don't know if the fixed-point volunteers on other grids are so comfortable and lucky."

What are the "mountain donkeys" on other grids doing? Near the foot of the mountain, several volunteers from the grid with low difficulty coefficient are ready to face the rushing contestants and media; while volunteers from the deep mountains and on the grid with high difficulty coefficient seem bored and do nothing. Among them, a fat man actually set up a simple tent and hid in and slept.

At this time, Lin Zaishan was climbing an extremely dangerous cliff. After climbing up 70 meters, he could reach a platform and enter the g10 grid along this platform. This is the only path he could "get on duty" as fast as possible under the current situation. If he changed to other paths, he would at least have to go around until noon tomorrow before he could get to the post. This is completely unacceptable to Lin Zaishan.

The current meteorological conditions are obviously very unsuitable for climbing. The wind speed is extremely high and the wind direction changes back and forth. If you are not careful, you will be swept away by the strong wind. Lin Zaishan restrained the constant fear and muscle fatigue, focused and climbed carefully. Finally, he arrived at the platform and breathed a sigh of relief.

In the evening, on an airship above the d4 grid, the beautiful reporter was broadcasting the new game: "According to my visual inspection in the air, all the players have passed the a1 grid. At present, the vast majority of people are distributed in a2, a3, b1, b2, b3 grids, and only a few players enter d4. On the first day of the event, they entered the d4 area with a difficulty coefficient of up to 4 points. This is definitely a bold attempt. Because it is already dark, I estimate that most players will seize this time to find habitat and set up camp. Good night and hope they can achieve better results tomorrow!"

On the evening of the third day, Li Yan broadcast the game of the f7 grid on the airship: "So far, more than 180 players have arrived at the f7 grid. It seems that some of the teams or players have been prepared to stick to this grid for a long time. After all, the difficulty coefficient of f7 has reached 7 points, and every grid that goes further requires great efforts. Not every player has this strength."

At this time, a strong wind blew, and the airship's passenger compartment began to shake. Li Yan continued to broadcast the report calmly: "I have to say that today's weather conditions have begun to deteriorate. The latest weather forecast says that large-scale storms, thunder and rainfall may occur in the next week in the region. This result is quite different from the pre-match prediction. It will bring great challenges to the safety of the event and bring considerable trouble to the contestants. Perhaps the time when they really test them is just beginning."

The airship shook violently again, not only Li Yan, but even her photographer could not stand firm.

The captain rushed out of the cockpit and shouted: "Sudden weather problems, return quickly!"

The airship turned around quickly and drove back to the base at its maximum speed.

At 9:00 p.m. that day, in the g10 area, the five top contestants were braved by the strong wind and drizzle to find designated volunteers.

"Do you think the 'mountain donkey' here is like other grids, and you're too bitter to get out of the wind and rain?" asked a contestant.

"I dare to guarantee that g10'shan Donkey' must have left his post without permission. A top player like us has worked hard to come here for a long time. It has been so unbearable after staying for less than 5 minutes. How can those volunteers who are not trained and lack the spirit of life stick here?"

"If the 'Mountain Donkey' really run away, then won't we get the touchdown card with the highest score?"

"Don't worry, we can't get it, and the dozen teams that follow us will not get it. Everyone is different?"

These contestants were complaining, and suddenly the sound of footsteps came from a distance. They shone with flashlights in unison and saw a tall figure waving to them.

"Hey, this should be the 'mountain donkey' of g10," a contestant speculated.

"I am Lin Zaishan, a designated volunteer for g10 grid. The competition has been going on for three days, and you are the first players to arrive."

"Brother, have you been here since the first day?" another contestant asked in surprise.

"Of course!" Lin Zaishan replied affirmatively: "I am a designated volunteer for g10, how can I leave the post without authorization!"
To be continued...