As Klay chose to withdraw on the eighty-seventh day, the entire Wilderness Solo Living: Grizzly Mountain competition field had only Lin Yu'an's solitary figure left.
But he was unaware of this, continuing his survival rhythm day by day on this frozen land.
Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers away at the Los Angeles production center, huge screens played the rushes.
Mark, the chief director, watched the Chinese young man on screen checking traps in the snow, with a complex yet gratified smile on his face.
"It's over."
He said to Michelle King beside him.
"Yes, Mark, he won."
"He won in a way that none of us could have anticipated, in such a formidable manner."
Mark nodded, picking up the phone on the table.
Before officially bringing their champion home, there was a more important and meaningful matter to attend to.
He dialed the small apartment far away in Austin.
"Hello, is this Ms. Alia McKinley? This is Mark Johnson, the chief director of Wilderness Solo Living."
