Lin Yu'an took the program team's plane and first arrived at the nearest city, Gusby.
There, as directed, he underwent a comprehensive physical examination lasting a whole day at a hospital.
The doctors were amazed that after fifty days of extreme survival, his core health indicators remained so good, with only slight malnutrition and severe fat depletion, advising him to consume more high-calorie, nutritive food to restore his body.
The next day, he declined all the celebration banquets arranged by the program team and boarded a commercial flight to Alaska's Fairbanks alone.
On the plane, he felt for the first time in a long while the soft seats and warm, steady airflow of the civilized world, yet he couldn't sleep. His body was already accustomed to being vigilant, and his thoughts had long flown back home.
He hadn't told anyone, as he wanted to give Aliya and Emily a huge surprise.
When the plane landed at Fairbanks International Airport, it was already 2 PM local time.
