Chapter 1152 Egypt

After waiting at the Association for two days, Chen Wen planned to set off for Egypt.

The organizer of the Heat Extreme Challenge was the Egypt Survival Association, and before the survival event started, Chen Wen needed to go to Egypt and meet the organizers there face-to-face.

But this trip, in Chen Wen’s words, was no less risky than Guan Yu going alone with a single blade to a banquet, or Liu Bang attending the Hongmen Banquet.

On this, Hua Yun could only offer him sympathy.

He took a plane to Egypt, and looking down from high in the sky, the scenery of this country was actually pretty nice.

After arriving in Cairo, under the guidance of staff from the Egypt Adventure Association, Chen Wen went to the Adventure Association’s headquarters in Cairo.

Unlike Russia, the Survival Association in Egypt wasn’t independent; it was merged under the Adventure Association as one of its departments.

Chen Wen entered the reception room, and after waiting a short while, a man who looked about the same age as Liu Yu walked in.

After coming in, the man sized up Chen Wen, a bit of curiosity in his eyes.

He said, "Chen Wen, welcome to Egypt."

Hearing the man’s fluent English, Chen Wen stood up as well and greeted him, "Hello."

The man raised his hand, gesturing for Chen Wen to sit, then sat down opposite him and introduced himself: "I’m Amir. I believe you’ve already heard of me from Liu Yu."

Hearing this, Chen Wen tensed up immediately.

Amir was none other than the Egyptian contestant who had been rear-naked choked by Liu Yu.

After that, he completed five survival challenges and could be considered one of the top gatekeepers among the elite contestants back then.

The three challenges he hadn’t completed were the Ridge Challenge, the Cold Pole Challenge, and the Sea Extreme Challenge.

"Mr. Amir, I’ve heard a lot about you."

Chen Wen said, a bit stiffly.

Amir smiled and said, "I guess my reputation in your Association isn’t very good. After all, I had a conflict with Liu Yu. But you don’t need to worry, I’m not like the other two. I’m not the type to care that much about those things. A loss is a loss, so you don’t need to worry about me targeting you."

Amir’s bluntness left Chen Wen not quite sure how to respond.

But he still smiled and nodded.

Amir clapped his hands, and staff brought over some tea and something like snacks.

He took a sip of hot tea before continuing, "I’ve gone through the countries and contestants participating this time. You’re the only contestant from Hua Country, so you’re already at a disadvantage from the start. Besides, you’ve got some history with a lot of the teams..."

Chen Wen added, "You can say it more directly, they’re all bad karma."

"Haha, that’s true."

Amir laughed and pointed at Chen Wen. "So your situation now is even worse than Liu Yu’s back then."

Chen Wen nodded.

When Liu Yu first took part in the Heat Extreme Challenge, although people targeted him, it hadn’t reached the point where everyone was his enemy.

"So you didn’t come looking for me just to mock me a bit, did you?"

Chen Wen asked tentatively.

Hearing that, Amir smiled and nodded. "I came mainly to see what your personality is like. From the looks of it, your temper is much better than Liu Yu’s donkey temper. Seems he didn’t influence you too much."

There was no way for Chen Wen to respond to that.

And Amir didn’t plan to let him say much more. He got straight to the point: "So, I want to invite you to be an external ally of our Egypt Team. Of course, I don’t need you to do anything specific. Just that if we run into each other during the Heat Extreme Challenge, we don’t attack each other. If there’s a chance to cooperate, we can work together a bit."

Hearing this, Chen Wen recalled what Hua Yun had told him.

Apparently this Amir had taken a liking to his youthfulness and wanted to cooperate with him.

Chen Wen immediately said, "Of course. I’m not the type who will take the initiative to cause trouble for others—as long as they don’t mess with me first."

Amir nodded. "I understand. The contestants we’re sending from Egypt this time are all the honest type, they don’t have any bad intentions. Do you have any plans tonight?"

Chen Wen shook his head. "No."

"Good."

Amir nodded. "I’ll have our captain and team leader this time, Tariq, get in touch with you. You young people can go out and have some fun together."

With that, Amir stood up.

Chen Wen quickly got to his feet as well and walked over to Amir.

Amir patted Chen Wen on the shoulder and said, "Anyway, I barely count as your senior. While you’re in Egypt, if you need anything or you have any daily-life issues, you can come to me. Don’t worry."

Chen Wen nodded.

Amir didn’t stay long. He was insanely busy these days, after all—he was responsible for all the arrangements for the Heat Extreme Challenge.

After Amir left, Chen Wen sat back down in the chair, a thoughtful look on his face.

To be honest, Amir pulling a move like this had made his goodwill toward the Egyptians skyrocket.

But whether he could really trust the Egyptians, or even cooperate with them, would depend on what happened next.

By the way, the Egypt Team’s captain was called Tariq. He felt like he’d heard that name somewhere before.

...

When Chen Wen arrived in Egypt—

United States, Arizona.

The now-retired Gina was seeing off her husband, Darren Carlson, captain of the Mexico Team.

"Honey, this time you have to vent my anger for me!"

Gina said, her eyes full of hatred.

After a bout of kissing with Gina, Darren said, "Relax. That Asian guy may be a bit capable, but when it’s one against many, he’s only got one outcome—getting cut down by my blade!"

As he spoke, a flash of fanaticism appeared in Darren’s eyes.

Taking out Chen Wen wouldn’t just vent their anger; more importantly, it meant massive fame and fortune!

He desperately needed those things right now!

Staying in Mexico was never going to be a long-term solution.

But as long as he killed Chen Wen, he could ride the wave of "the guy who killed Chen Wen," charge back from the Mexico Association to the American Association, and firmly plant his feet there!

So you could say he was the second most eager person in this survival game to kill Chen Wen.

As for the number one person who wanted Chen Wen dead, they were in Maasai Mara.

...

In a stretch of desert in Libya.

Underground, inside a facility resembling an air-raid shelter.

A man, clearly dressed like an Arab, was looking at the table. On the tabletop were photos and documents of Chen Wen.

Beside the man, another Arab spoke anxiously, "Boss, this guy is worth a lot of money! I heard from our people planted around Hunting Owl that just a few days ago, Hunting Owl’s boss said that as long as someone can bring his head to Hunting Owl, no matter who it is, he’s willing to pay five million US Dollar!"

Five million US Dollar!

This bounty was already extremely high, especially in their poacher circle—it was basically a top-tier bounty.

Another Arab, his face full of greed, said, "This guy himself is also very rich. We could even earn two paydays off him!"

That got the boss a bit tempted.

Poaching is poaching; it’s all about the money, isn’t it?

Now that there was an easier way to make big money, why should they go into the desert, bust their asses for weeks, and earn that bit-by-bit cash?

Seeing that the boss was tempted, the others were about to keep persuading him.

But at this moment, the boss waved his hand. "Let’s put this aside for now. If Hunting Owl is offering such a huge bounty on this guy, he must be special. He must’ve made Hunting Owl suffer a huge loss. We shouldn’t casually provoke this bastard."

That got the agreement of a few of them, but none of those guys were key decision-makers.

In the end, the meeting wrapped up hastily.

And the ones who had just suggested that the boss make a move gathered together again.