Originally, the act of rubbing branches together to start a fire was a highly difficult skill.
It wasn't simply a matter of strength, but required considerable technique.
Of course, Seo Yeon was well aware of this.
It was just that a little too much force had gone into it.
"……."
Seo Yeon threw away the branch that had been ground to pieces in her hand.
The cameraman was bewildered by Seo Yeon's appearance.
Well, obviously.
'Can a branch really shatter that easily?'
Was it a dry branch?
No, even if it was a dry branch, the sight of it shattering like bamboo splitting was simply bizarre.
'The same mistake as with the game pad.'
Seo Yeon reflected.
But that time, she was just a bit surprised.
This time was different.
"Gently…."
Like that, she diligently spun the branch gently.
Like that, 5 minutes.
Then 10 minutes.
'Is this a freeze frame?'
The cameraman suddenly thought so.
How could a human move exactly the same way in the same posture for 10 minutes.
Moreover, continuously rubbing the branch like that would hurt the palms, and it was clearly strenuous.
'Isn't she hot? Not a single drop of sweat.'
At the very least, her stamina was extraordinary.
That much was certain.
"See? It's not working, right?"
Park Jung-woo had already returned, having gathered branches of appropriate thickness.
Even wearing just a simple white cotton t-shirt, he displayed his outstanding looks, proving he was a top actor.
'The visual is definitely really good.'
The cameraman filled the frame with Seo Yeon and Jung-woo.
The two actors who had gathered attention for their roles as Princess Yeon-hwa and Yoon Seo-il.
PD Shin had also emphasized that, telling them to capture their chemistry well.
"It's almost done."
"Look."
Jung-woo put down the branches for the shelter and looked.
'…Why is there so much sawdust?'
Was she not trying to start a fire, but trying to gently grind the wood?
It was a scene that raised such questions.
"Let me…."
Jung-woo, who was about to say "Let me try," stopped when Seo Yeon looked at him.
She was looking at him with narrowed eyes, giving the feeling that she might steal the last hit.
"Don't just rub it like that, rub it in that groove."
"Yes?"
At Seo Yeon's gaze, looking at him with slightly resentful eyes.
"Give me the stick for a moment. Ah really, I won't do it!"
Park Jung-woo said so, took the branch from Seo Yeon, and examined the end.
It was ground perfectly smooth.
Did she cut it with a grinder?
"Not this, try spinning this here. Keep the force constant."
"…I got it."
Jung-woo handed Seo Yeon a slightly thinner branch with a pointed end from among the branches he had brought.
And he placed it against the groove in the log that Seo Yeon had been carving out.
'Well, even so, it won't catch fire easily.'
The method Seo Yeon was probably trying to use is called the fire plow method.
Generally, pushing wood or rubbing it like that to start a fire.
Jung-woo knew it well since the protagonist of the movie Cast Away had tried to start a fire this way.
But that wasn't spinning it around, it was a method of pushing like shaving wood.
'Still, her posture is very straight.'
Jung-woo watched Seo Yeon diligently rubbing the wood.
Black hair flowed down her shoulders, and the sight of her devoted to merely rubbing wood was oddly picturesque.
"It's done."
'Huh?'
At that moment, admiration flowed from Seo Yeon's mouth.
'Wait, already?'
Black smoke truly rose from the branch.
Just from telling her the method, this easily?
Park Jung-woo's mouth dropped open as he watched the wood crackling with black smoke rising from it.
"Amazing, right?"
Seo Yeon said proudly to Jung-woo.
Since it was true that Park Jung-woo had helped a little.
"Looks like you've read the Survival series."
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Jung-woo didn't even know what the Survival series was, but he nodded.
Anyway, Seo Yeon looked at the ember for a moment and nodded.
'Rubbing it in the groove is important.'
Anyway, now she knew, so that was fine.
As she was thinking that.
"Wow, you started a fire?"
Bang Ha-yoon, the remaining fixed cast member of
She, like Park Jung-woo, had gone to gather branches to build a shelter.
'Is she not just a pretty thing?'
First, whether looking at her figure or her face, Seo Yeon didn't have the impression of someone who could do hard labor.
So she thought she would have to do Seo Yeon's share as well, but to think she already started a fire.
She clearly remembered Seo Yeon refusing Park Jung-woo's help and trying to start it alone.
'I heard she played a convenience store part-timer in
Honestly, Bang Ha-yoon was curious about the reason Seo Yeon appeared in the promotion.
Well, hadn't they said she played a convenience store part-timer?
She wondered why they were pushing her so much, but seeing her trying hard was fine too.
'If she keeps doing that, that is.'
Anyway, while Ha-yoon was looking at Seo Yeon like that.
"What, you already started a fire?"
The exploration team returned with expedition leader Jung Dae-hyun.
***
Building the shelter was quick.
That was because Jung Dae-hyun hadn't filmed
Building a shelter was now the basics of the basics.
"First, the tools we found are a saw, and a knife. Lastly, salt."
It could be said to be nothing special, but they were essentials directly tied to survival.
First, they found three saws, so they could build the shelter quickly.
"Wow, it reminds me of camping in the military."
When the shelter was finished, actor Park Hee-joon, who played Detective Seo Kwang-il in
"Hee-joon, you were from the special forces, right?"
The progression starting with those words.
It was probably a part that was also in the roughly made script.
It mostly proceeded for real, but there were scripts for parts that absolutely had to appear.
For example, the promotion of
"Our Park actor, you haven't gone to the military yet, right?"
At that time, PD Shin asked Park Jung-woo, who was poking the embers.
"Yes?"
"When are you going? Ah, don't tell me?"
"Ah, I'm going. I'm going. Of course I have to go. No, why suddenly such a thing…."
This military thing was a sensitive issue in the entertainment industry.
Park Jung-woo sighed at PD Shin's mischievous words.
"My father said if you don't even go to the military, you're not a man."
"……."
At Park Jung-woo's words, Seo Yeon flinched.
Like someone who had been pricked.
"…It's natural for you not to go."
"T-That's right. Of course."
Seo Yeon said while whittling a branch with the knife she had picked up as a tool.
'I didn't go in my past life either.'
Seo Yeon couldn't go in her past life either because of illness.
Coincidentally, a person with a similar condition was dragged there and a firearm accident occurred.
'"Not even a man," he says.'
Seo Yeon glared at Jung-woo.
Although she was a woman now, it felt like her past life self had been slapped.
Of course, Park Jung-woo was just bewildered.
Why was she suddenly glaring?
"…More importantly, what have you been making since earlier?"
"Ah, this."
Seo Yeon held up the branch.
Sharply whittled, it was very fierce.
"A spear."
"……."
No, why a spear?
She had thought it since Seo Yeon said she would start a fire, but just how much was she expecting from
"Hunting, we do need to hunt. But there's an order to these things."
They had built a shelter and started a fire, so getting food was right.
Now, when they still had stamina, was the best time.
"First, the survival team stays and gathers some fruit. If you look, you can see it over there, right? Those are coconut fruits."
Dae-hyun raised his hand and pointed at the trees.
Trees full of yellow fruits.
"Having those is useful in many ways, so let's pick them."
Dae-hyun said so and looked at the survival team.
Honestly, they were people who were completely untrustworthy for hunting.
It was called hunting, but getting there was a huge obstacle.
Especially someone like Seo Yeon hunting?
"……."
Of course, Seo Yeon also understood Dae-hyun's thoughts to some extent.
That said, recklessly stepping forward here wasn't a good thing.
That was because it was a variety show, and judging only by appearance, it would feel like a childish kid acting up.
"The survival team has nothing to do anyway, so let's go together."
Jung-woo, who had observed Seo Yeon's face, said.
"Yes?"
"Picking coconuts is quite dangerous from what I know. I think it's better to do it together, and then go hunting after that."
Actually, harvesting coconut fruits came with considerable danger.
First, a coconut's weight exceeds 1.5kg.
Considering that a palm tree's height is 6 meters, it meant a 1.5kg rock dropping from a 6-meter palm tree.
"Hmm, definitely."
He thought it would be fine with Bang Ha-yoon, but Dae-hyun interpreted Park Jung-woo's words differently.
'Is he trying to secure that kid's screen time?'
Given the structure of variety shows, the focus was bound to lean toward the exploration team rather than the survival team.
'But.'
Forcing through the tropical rainforest was harder than expected.
The probability of bad scenes being captured was higher.
Moreover, if Seo Yeon, who was still a high school student, did dangerous work, complaints could arise.
"Then to pick coconuts, we'll need a long pole."
As Dae-hyun said that, Seo Yeon raised her wooden spear.
"…That's too short, it won't reach."
Generally, when picking coconut fruits, one had to use a pole to carefully break the part where the fruits were clustered and gently lower them. Bang Ha-yoon was very good at this, which was why she was placed on the survival team.
"From the beginning, with the height, even if you throw something, that kind of thing won't produce much power."
It was definitely a valid point.
Seeing Bang Ha-yoon's demonstration that followed made it even more so.
'So that's using a pole to detach the part where the fruits are clustered together.'
Seo Yeon quietly watched others diligently picking coconuts, then turned her gaze.
An empty tree with no one around.
Naturally, Jung-woo also noticed Seo Yeon's unusual demeanor.
"What are you trying to do now."
Naturally, the cameraman moved along too.
Because he had learned from Seo Yeon's bizarre behavior shown earlier when starting the fire.
"If you hit this well with a rock, wouldn't they all fall down at once?"
"Will that work?"
Say something that makes sense.
If that could be done, everyone else would have done so.
"Even if you throw a rock, the fruits are surrounding it so it'll just bounce off. You don't know how hard coconut fruits are…."
Crack!!!
Thud!!
The clustered fruits fell to the ground.
Jung-woo gave a look toward Seo Yeon who threw the rock, then turned his eyes back to the palm tree.
"……."
As Jung-woo approached where the fruits fell, he saw some coconut fruits that had burst open.
'What?'
He rubbed his eyes.
Did she just pierce the coconut by throwing a rock?
And broke the connection part behind it?
"Wow, looks like you shook the fruits down by throwing a rock."
Dae-hyun, who belatedly saw the coconut fruits fall, approached.
Well, that was a common-sense reaction.
"Ah, yes. Well, I guess so."
Jung-woo answered like that and looked at Seo Yeon.
Seo Yeon shrugged her shoulders.
A face as if saying, "See?"
"I-Impressive."
"Right? If you do it like this, you can drop them faster."
"No, don't do more."
"Why?"
Jung-woo was dumbfounded by Seo Yeon's expression of frowning as if asking why he was being like that.
Jung-woo pointed at the coconut with his finger.
"Half of them are smashed?"
"That's, true."
Seo Yeon agreed.
Picking coconuts should be left to the expert after all.
"Here."
And Seo Yeon poked the fallen coconut with her fingers and gave it to Jung-woo.
Jung-woo, who received it naturally.
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Belatedly saw the coconut with a hole in it.