We Raced to Every Train Station in Taiwan - Ep 4

0:00 Welcome back to episode four of our five-day

0:02 competition to claim the most train stations in Taiwan.

0:05 We're getting to the end of day two,

0:06 and while the score is pretty much even in terms of train stations claimed,

0:10 we've seen a huge shift in chip count.

0:12 You need chips to claim stations, by the way.

0:14 That's because last episode, my partner,

0:16 Mike and I successfully completed a Steal challenge

0:18 by guessing how many jellyfish there were in this aquarium,

0:21 meaning we took 45% of Ben and Adam's chips.

0:24 Ben and Adam were just about to finish

0:26 a top spinning challenge before we finished that Steal.

0:28 So let's go back to them as they figure out how

0:30 they're gonna rebuild their balance and get back in the game.

0:33 So I'd say this is pretty...

0:36 pretty really bad.

0:37 This is not a good way to end our day.

0:39 (both snicker) But look, but look,

0:41 this is not how we're going to end our day because...

0:44 on the train heading east that we're gonna take out of here,

0:46 we can stop in Dawu.

0:48 We can earn more chips.

0:49 And there's a 70 chip challenge there.

0:51 Yeah.

0:51 Which could get us back...

0:53 Could get— That'd be big.

0:54 It could get us back where we were.

0:56 Well, look, let's— But hey.

0:57 But we waited 'em out.

0:58 I'm proud of us for waiting them out.

1:00 We waited them out.

1:01 Okay.

1:01 One more practice.

1:03 Okay.

1:03 Ready?

1:04 Ready.

1:05 And go.

1:07 Sorry, I hit it.

1:08 I'm actually really scared about this now.

1:11 It's still going.

1:12 It's kind of slow.

1:13 Yeah, it hit the phone, but— It hit the phone.

1:15 It's going.

1:16 Oh no, we're good.

1:17 11.

1:17 It's wobbling a little.

1:19 13.

1:20 Oh my god.

1:21 I can put my hat backwards again.

1:23 Oh my gosh!

1:24 Oh, that was a little close for comfort.

1:26 Let's walk out as we chat.

1:28 Oh yes, this way, okay.

1:28 'Cause we might be in a rush.

1:30 Oh my god, they're penguins.

1:31 Oh my gosh.

1:32 Penguins.

1:34 There's penguins above you, Sam.

1:36 This is amazing.

1:37 But we do need to get to a train.

1:40 I'm trying!

1:40 We just can't get through the crowd!

1:44 Okay.

1:46 Back to the train station.

1:47 So, we're in the lead.

1:49 With balance– we have about 10 fewer stations.

1:51 Okay.

1:52 But I think at the very least, we went from, I think...

1:55 objectively behind...

1:56 Down...

1:56 to at least even potentially ahead.

2:01 Still going.

2:03 Hey, we did good here.

2:04 Look at that.

2:07 Got it.

2:07 Nice.

2:10 Not even close.

2:11 Not even close.

2:12 Look at that.

2:13 Beautiful, meticulously engineered top.

2:16 Let's see how far it goes.

2:16 I wanna see how far it goes.

2:18 Aaaannd...

2:22 ...done.

2:23 1:34!

2:24 That's pretty good.

2:27 Alright, let's get on the train.

2:29 Oh, they got their multiplier.

2:31 They did.

2:31 Wait, before or after?

2:33 After.

2:34 They probably timed it.

2:35 Oof!

2:38 Alright, well, there's about to be two new challenges on the board.

2:41 Let's find out what those are.

2:43 Oh yeah, we actually need to generate another one.

2:45 Okay, new challenge.

2:46 New challenge.

2:47 It is...

2:48 (scoffs) Down by them?

2:50 Like, no!

2:50 No.

2:51 Look at that.

2:51 That's what we're just talking about, where we're headed.

2:54 Oh, this is goated!

2:55 It's east.

2:56 It's northeast though.

2:57 They actually could probably get to it faster.

2:59 Yeah, they are closer.

3:00 And they just sent another one with— Let me see where that is.

3:03 Oh.

3:03 It's near.

3:04 Here?

3:05 It's near here, yeah.

3:06 It's only 20 chips, but it's literally where they have to go, I think anyway.

3:11 I'm not used to this feeling of luck.

3:15 Don't foreshadow the turn of events.

3:17 Oh, I'm foreshadowing.

3:18 They have gotta be crashing out Yeah.

3:22 about the challenge flop.

3:23 Why does everything keep generating That's not good.

3:26 in Taoyuan?

3:27 The map is really top-heavy right now.

3:30 Which is not good 'cause that's where they are.

3:33 They're probably about to get another 20, and then they can go boom, boom, boom.

3:36 There's all of these things up here.

3:38 Look, all we can do is get to Dawu.

3:41 Yep.

3:41 Try get those 70 chips tonight.

3:42 And if we do, then I think we'll have enough to really lock up the east coast.

3:46 I'm just worried they're gonna have this crazy

3:47 chip advantage from all of this stuff up here,

3:49 and they're just gonna shoot down and undo everything we did.

3:54 We don't have to go up the east coast.

3:56 I mean, look, we could try and just get back up towards Taipei.

4:01 I just think It's a mistake.

4:03 that they're gonna clean it up before we get there.

4:05 Look, here's the thing.

4:05 We go to Dawu.

4:07 We get the 70 chips.

4:08 We see what they do.

4:09 We just gotta go from there.

4:11 How many do we wanna drop on the way to Dawu?

4:13 I mean, it's what?

4:14 It's like seven stations.

4:16 Yeah.

4:17 I think we still have to shed, because there's still that damn Steal!

4:21 Ugh!

4:23 There we go.

4:24 Alright.

4:43 So I just checked the tracker.

4:45 They are officially going east coast now.

4:47 They are going east coast, yeah.

4:48 My question is, I mean, they have the balance to make it all the way up.

4:52 Do we now need to raise the volume for that Steal?

4:54 I think so.

4:55 'Cause if we let them get it, sure,

4:57 we can maybe steal in Taipei and take some of it,

4:59 but they get that one, they get half of them back.

5:02 And then they just keep going up the east coast,

5:05 flipping ours that we have, and collecting the rest that we don't have.

5:08 Yeah, maybe we skip over all those other ones.

5:11 Beat them to the Steal.

5:12 Hopefully.

5:12 Take their coins.

5:13 They'll be left abandoned.

5:14 They'll have to go back down south.

5:17 'Cause they won't be able to afford to go north and challenge us.

5:20 Yeah.

5:20 I'll look into like what our routes tomorrow there would be.

5:24 If I'm getting this right, it would get to the challenge at 11:38.

5:29 If we do this challenge now, we don't make it to Taipei tonight.

5:33 We get there on the same train.

5:36 Because it's a transfer, you— we go past it a little bit.

5:39 Gotcha.

5:39 And we transfer onto a local.

5:40 Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha.

5:41 We transfer onto the same local train.

5:43 Oh my gosh.

5:44 If we drop everything and just go directly to Taipei,

5:48 we could get there an hour earlier if we skip this challenge.

5:52 I mean, this challenge is 20 coins.

5:54 That's not much.

5:55 It's not much at all.

5:56 What are we doing chasing 20 if they're going for the Steal?

5:59 Let me see if we can get to Taipei by the end of the day.

6:02 We're gonna have to turn around and go to a high-speed train station.

6:07 What are those things?

6:09 I think that they must be water treatment.

6:12 We've been seeing a lot of these.

6:13 They like— They're spinning.

6:15 Maybe it's like a fish farm.

6:16 There's so much.

6:17 Oh yeah.

6:17 Maybe you're right.

6:18 Maybe it's farming.

6:20 But I still dunno why they would need to spin the water so much.

6:23 Someone in the comments tell us what these things are.

6:26 Please.

6:27 We've been seeing a lot of them, and we are— we're bewildered.

6:30 We're very curious boys.

6:32 If we run to the other station, we might be able to get...

6:37 on a delayed train to Taipei by the end of the day.

6:41 So I think this would be our best bet.

6:43 Yep.

6:44 4:11.

6:44 We need to get off.

6:45 Looks like we're running again.

6:45 Oh my...

6:46 This (bleep) -ing game.

6:48 This is crazy.

6:49 Every moment is chaos.

6:51 I mean, we did say we had to watch them carefully, and...

6:55 It feels like a great case of that.

6:56 We've just barely caught them in time.

6:59 Okay.

6:59 Alright.

6:59 We need to move.

7:00 Here we go.

7:01 Oh, we're running again.

7:03 We're running again.

7:04 It's the game, running again.

7:06 Because everything is a split-second thing.

7:08 It's always like this.

7:09 I gotta put my seatbelt on, clip in for the runnin' action.

7:13 Oh my god.

7:15 This is why we research.

7:17 Wait, what the (bleep)?

7:19 What the (bleep), did we get off at the wrong station?

7:23 Oh my god.

7:24 We got off the wrong station.

7:25 This wasn't the last stop.

7:26 I'm sorry.

7:27 I don't know.

7:27 Did I get off the train?

7:29 I wasn't paying attention, just as much as you.

7:31 I thought that was the last stop.

7:33 I didn't read— Ah, (bleep) me.

7:35 Can we...

7:37 We might be able to take this back.

7:41 I think then we have the situation where we're...

7:44 (sighs) God dammit.

7:47 We still have a shot.

7:48 Maybe, I don't know.

7:58 I think I figured out a route.

8:00 I think if we can make a five-minute

8:02 connection to the high-speed, I have a route.

8:04 I have actually our fastest route to Taipei.

8:06 Okay, so we're going back to the high-speed real station.

8:07 Yes.

8:07 That's our last option.

8:09 Here it comes.

8:36 Look at that, Ben.

8:37 Beautiful.

8:40 This is crazy.

8:43 Doesn't seem like a lot of other people getting here at Dawu.

8:46 Nope.

8:50 They probably don't realize that there's a 70-chip challenge here, though.

8:53 That's true.

8:55 If they knew, then they would probably be rushing.

8:57 They would be clamoring.

8:59 Okay.

9:00 Well, Ben...

9:01 We are...

9:02 It's beautiful here It is.

9:04 Get a shot of that.

9:05 Whoa.

9:08 Get a little zoom.

9:09 Check that out.

9:10 We are officially out here, Benjamin.

9:12 This is definitely one of the more random places we have ever been on this show.

9:16 I see a really...

9:19 brightly painted building.

9:22 This overpass is like LEGO themed.

9:25 It's kinda cool.

9:26 Look, it's like all...

9:28 Oh yeah.

9:29 Oh wow.

9:30 All the houses are different.

9:31 Oh, that's cute.

9:33 Yeah.

9:34 Well, Amy, we made it all the way out here.

9:41 Taste the rainbow at the Rainbow Village.

9:48 Taste the rainbow at the Dawu Rainbow Village.

9:51 Years ago, Dawu revived their once-unknown village

9:55 by painting in all the colors of the rainbow.

9:57 Rather than just see it, though, you're going to taste it.

10:00 One team member must acquire a food or drink

10:02 to represent one of each of the rainbow's colors:

10:05 red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet.

10:07 The other team member will then blind taste all seven of the foods

10:10 in a randomly generated order and guess what color each one represents.

10:14 If any of their guesses are wrong, this challenge is failed.

10:17 That is tricky.

10:18 I think there is no doubt at all that you should taste.

10:20 I am our designated taste tester.

10:23 I will do my very best to get you good stuff.

10:26 I mean, surely if you go to a convenience store...

10:29 Right, there was a 7-Eleven back there.

10:31 Seems doable.

10:33 Alright, Ben, I'm going to go and get you seven foods,

10:37 all the colors of the rainbow.

10:39 It's sort of fun– two rainbow challenges today.

10:42 I'll be back.

10:59 We're almost there.

11:01 This is lock in time.

11:02 Normally I wouldn't be worried about a five-minute connection,

11:04 but these stations are big,

11:05 and we have to talk to a human to get through the gates with our passes.

11:09 To convince them.

11:10 Yeah.

11:11 But remember, we're looking for HSR.

11:12 Move fast, but don't deck any grannies.

11:15 Slow is smooth.

11:16 Smooth is fast.

11:17 Also, fast is fast, but...

11:19 come on.

11:22 Look at that.

11:23 The first ones on the escalator!

11:27 Okay, HSR, come on.

11:30 Your right, your right, your right.

11:33 There's too many old people on the escalator.

11:34 I know.

11:35 Quick feet.

11:36 Quick feet.

11:36 Sam, quick feet.

11:38 Pardon me.

11:39 Hi.

11:39 Hello.

11:40 Hello.

11:42 Unreserved, yeah.

11:43 On unreserved.

11:43 Yeah.

11:44 Thank you.

11:45 Thank you.

11:46 Thank you.

11:46 Bye.

11:47 Bye-bye.

11:50 We're stamped and we're through.

11:50 Track 2.

11:51 Okay.

11:51 We can make this.

11:52 We can make this.

11:53 Oh yeah.

11:57 Oh, I think we got it.

11:59 Okay.

12:00 People are waiting.

12:01 Crisis averted.

12:03 Okay, let's hope there's standing room.

12:05 A lot of people waiting.

12:07 If that's what does it for us, I'll crash out.

12:09 Yeah, that's a crash out.

12:11 If we can't even get standing room.

12:22 This is just absolutely crazy.

12:24 We only barely made in on with standing room.

12:25 We made it on.

12:26 I wish you could see the number of people behind Sam.

12:29 It's a wall of people.

12:30 But what's important is we got on, and we got out one foot of floor space.

12:35 Now, we should arrive...

12:36 I'm not gonna say anything.

12:38 I'm not gonna jinx anything.

12:39 We're on the train.

12:40 That's it.

12:53 Alright, let's see what they got here.

12:57 So I have to imagine that the best way to do this, the way that Adam

13:04 is hopefully doing this, is just like

13:08 iconic candy flavors and their corresponding color, right?

13:12 So like lemon, yellow; orange, orange;

13:15 strawberry or cherry, red; lime or apple, green.

13:20 It is gonna be tricky, but my taste buds have not yet failed me, so...

13:27 Apple for red...

13:29 feels pretty good.

13:31 Because I feel like you eat apple, and unless it's a Granny Smith,

13:34 you're like, "I know what this is." Okay, banana.

13:37 Banana for yellow is a slam dunk.

13:39 Do they have oranges?

13:40 Oranges would be great.

13:43 Orange Doritos, maybe.

13:45 Oh, there is orange juice.

13:47 Orange juice.

13:48 Yeah.

13:48 ROYG, what would be good for green?

13:51 Green tea?

13:54 It's not actually green.

13:55 I might throw him off.

13:56 What's something very leafy?

13:59 Mint.

13:59 Mint.

14:00 Mint for green.

14:01 We just talked about this today.

14:04 Mint.

14:05 I'm gonna go light green.

14:07 Ben, that is correct.

14:08 Okay, great.

14:09 Doublemint gum.

14:11 Absolutely, green.

14:12 Blue, and blue is trickier.

14:14 'Cause there's not a lot of foods that are actually blue.

14:17 Maybe blue is just water.

14:19 Surely, right?

14:20 Because what else would you conclude if you were given water?

14:23 Grape juice for purple.

14:25 Gotta be.

14:26 Bye-bye.

14:27 Bye-bye.

14:28 Alright, look, I feel like I made pretty good decisions, honestly.

14:32 It's crazy.

14:34 So...

14:36 so pretty.

15:00 Because we have made it.

15:02 Are we sure this is the right station?

15:03 This is the Taiwan Main Station.

15:05 Are we sure?

15:06 So there we go.

15:07 Okay.

15:07 No.

15:07 Good.

15:08 Okay.

15:08 We've made it.

15:09 The next thing that can foil our plans...

15:12 is...

15:12 Not getting a reservation Yes.

15:14 for tomorrow's train.

15:15 They're express trains, so we need reservations.

15:17 But luckily, because of this, we can do it way early.

15:20 So surely...

15:21 surely there'll be seats.

15:22 Two seats?

15:23 I don't even need seats.

15:24 I'd take standing room.

15:24 Alrighty.

15:26 Need to find a human.

15:28 Seat reservations on these trains tomorrow.

15:31 He's got it pulled up there.

15:34 Promising, promising.

15:36 We got it.

15:37 Got some tickets.

15:38 Tickets being printed.

15:41 Thank you.

15:42 Thank you.

15:43 And look at this.

15:43 We have actual (bleep) -ing seats.

15:46 We got seats for the first time on this trip.

15:48 We get to sit down.

15:49 (laughs) Things are looking up.

15:52 (sighs happily) Are we gonna steal another 50%?

15:56 Or will we see Ben and Adam there as they arrive after us?

16:01 It would be great if they wasted all the time to come up.

16:04 Yep.

16:04 Alright, Ben, I'm approaching.

16:06 So get blindfolded.

16:08 Alright, Ben, I have generated a random order

16:10 in which I have to give them to you.

16:13 This is the first one.

16:22 Okay.

16:24 So this is gum.

16:26 It's minty gum.

16:28 I'm going to assume that this is green.

16:31 So I'm gonna put that in the area for green.

16:37 Oh, wet.

16:42 I mean, to me, this tastes like a peeled apple.

16:44 I suppose an apple could be red or green,

16:47 but since I've guessed that mint is green, I am guessing that this is red.

16:54 Another lovely item for me.

16:55 Oh, it's a bottle of something.

17:01 Thing is that different countries use

17:03 different artificial flavors for different flavors,

17:06 and so sometimes, flavors don't translate at all.

17:10 It's not grape flavored, but it tastes like grape juice.

17:15 I'm gonna tentatively guess that this is violet or purple.

17:21 Oh, it's another bottle.

17:24 It is orange juice.

17:25 So I think that this is orange.

17:29 Another lovely bottle for me.

17:34 Unless I'm having a stroke...

17:38 ...I think this is water.

17:40 So, my guess would be blue.

17:44 Well, I'm holding a banana (wheezes) And it tastes like a banana.

17:53 A banana is yellow, so I think this is yellow.

17:56 Okay, Ben, that is everything.

17:58 Do you want to try anything again or change any of your guesses?

18:03 No, sir.

18:04 Would you like to take off your blindfold?

18:06 I think I did pretty good.

18:12 That's 70 chips, buddy.

18:16 Taste buds have not failed me yet.

18:18 And that is also the end of the day.

18:20 Yeah.

18:21 I think in the morning, we generate the new challenge.

18:23 Very well.

18:24 Well...

18:24 (sighs) Complicated day, I would say, but it ends on a good note.

18:28 Let's see if we can find a place to sleep.

18:31 We will see you...

18:33 ...at 7:30 am at this exact spot.

18:35 It's 5:30.

18:36 It's the end of the day.

18:37 We're doing good.

18:37 We have reservations.

18:38 We have a plan.

18:39 We have another Steal that we're going for.

18:41 But if I learned anything...

18:42 It can all change in one day, and most days it does change.

18:46 Good night.

18:47 Alright, now it's time for the rest period.

18:49 Both teams will find a hotel and some food,

18:50 then restart at 7:30 am the next day.

18:53 There's quite a lot of pressure on day three.

18:55 The east coast is still largely unclaimed,

18:57 and there are two Steals on the board.

18:59 The one in Taipei doesn't open until 10:00 am, so all eyes on this one.

19:03 Well, at least Mike and my eyes are.

19:04 Ben and Adam still haven't figured out that we

19:06 should be able to beat them to it.

19:07 So without further ado, day three.

19:09 Good morning.

19:10 We're back.

19:11 We're so back.

19:12 We have a plan.

19:13 We have so many chips.

19:14 We're gonna snatch this Steal out from under their...

19:17 (laughs) They have no idea what's coming.

19:19 They probably actually do have an idea what's coming.

19:21 They do have an idea.

19:22 They're probably spiraling.

19:23 Cut to them spiraling.

19:24 Good morning!

19:26 Good morning from the Dawu Rainbow Village.

19:28 It's a beautiful morning.

19:29 It is a lovely morning here in Dawu.

19:32 Hoo, were they spiraling?

19:34 That's good.

19:35 Yeeaah.

19:35 So I actually— they just texted in the final minutes

19:39 of the day yesterday saying they completed the challenge in wherever they are,

19:43 which was really fast again!

19:45 Yeah, really fast.

19:45 But that means that we're about to get a challenge generated.

19:48 We need to generate the challenge

19:50 that was created when we finished our challenge.

19:53 That's the perfect way to start any morning.

19:55 Okay, it's 55 chips, and it's...

19:58 It's right on the east coast.

19:59 Okay, it's east coast.

20:00 So that's accessible to us.

20:03 It's...

20:03 probably pretty good for them.

20:06 Yeah.

20:06 Yeah.

20:06 It's on their way up.

20:08 Yeah.

20:08 I feel like this whole place is so beautiful.

20:11 Let's go set up somewhere else and figure out what we want next.

20:14 Yeah.

20:15 Yeah.

20:16 We need to chat for sure.

20:18 Okay.

20:20 They may still choose to go up the east coast, but not going for the Steal.

20:23 I think they will, yeah.

20:25 To hit those two challenges or one challenge.

20:28 Yeah.

20:28 And to prevent us from fully locking it down.

20:31 Perhaps...

20:32 once we accomplish the Steal, and collect a lot of their points,

20:36 we head— continue heading south towards them, but dropping five on each station.

20:41 Yeah.

20:42 Make a massive wall so they can't come up.

20:44 There's maybe some math that we can do, that can lead them to bust.

20:49 I like this.

20:50 But look.

20:51 We can't get ahead of ourselves.

20:52 This is all contingent on getting to that Steal first,

20:54 and then successfully completing it.

20:56 Because keep in mind, if we fail it, it goes up to a 75% steal.

21:01 I don't...

21:02 And a 75% Steal is a huge problem.

21:05 I don't think of failure.

21:08 So I think we've got it.

21:09 It's simply not an option.

21:10 So, we're headed to the train station.

21:12 We're gonna catch our express train.

21:14 We're at the train station.

21:14 And we have seats reserved.

21:17 We have seats!

21:19 Please open.

21:19 Thank you.

21:21 See, here we go.

21:21 See, that's the kind of shot we're looking for.

21:24 Not another more beautiful spot than that.

21:27 We're somewhere very beautiful, and now we can strategize.

21:30 Okay, Ben.

21:31 So, we've got a whole lot of chips.

21:33 We got a nice healthy budget again.

21:35 We've got 144 chips, which actually bizarrely,

21:38 is the exact same number that they have, I think.

21:40 I would like to get those chips down on the board, ASAP.

21:44 'Cause as we saw yesterday,

21:45 we did not get our chips down on the board fast enough,

21:47 and they (bleep) -in' stole them right out from under us.

21:50 There's actually a Steal that we have access to on the east coast.

21:54 Yes, all the way up there.

21:55 It is way up there, but we actually have pretty good routes there.

22:02 Like there's a train to Hualien.

22:04 It's a two and a half hour train that just

22:06 shoots us all the way up the east coast.

22:09 My hope is that right now they're sitting ducks.

22:12 I mean, they're still at, just at Taipei Station.

22:15 I think my math still checks out.

22:18 And if I did it right, which, not a guarantee...

22:21 Right.

22:21 I think we have a guaranteed route to beat them if all our trains are fine,

22:25 no delays, et cetera.

22:26 Yeah.

22:27 Which we saw yesterday is not a guarantee.

22:29 Not a guarantee.

22:30 If they were paying attention,

22:31 they can probably figure out that we dropped everything.

22:34 Yeah.

22:35 Yeah.

22:35 To...

22:36 You know, we changed our plan,

22:37 we did something illogical that sort of indicates that we realized...

22:40 Yeah.

22:41 that the timing and et cetera, et cetera.

22:49 So we have, we've bolstered the next couple stations we're going through.

22:53 For now, I think, we do the minimum deposit for the first little bit,

22:56 and then we consider some bigger deposits further south.

22:59 Yeah.

23:00 Yep.

23:09 Oh, wait, no, they might be on the move.

23:11 Are they going towards this?

23:13 Oh, I think they're on the move.

23:14 I think that they are headed towards the other challenges up there.

23:18 They're probably going towards this variable challenge.

23:21 Yeah, I guess I do lean towards just YOLO it all the way to Hualien.

23:26 Really use up our chips in a good way.

23:28 But first we need to go to the station

23:30 and see if we can even get a reservation on that.

23:31 Yeah, let's go.

23:34 Alright.

23:34 To the station.

23:36 I think that final challenge kinda pulled them back into the lead slightly.

23:40 Yeah.

23:40 Because they now have a higher score...

23:43 Of stations.

23:44 and equal chips.

23:45 I was— I think I was feeling better at the end

23:48 of yesterday than I am right now about this position.

23:50 Yeah.

23:51 Just because they just earned a lot of chips on that challenge.

23:54 They did.

23:54 But hopefully...

23:55 hopefully the Steal hits us back.

23:57 Exactly.

23:58 That'll change the game again.

23:59 We've had some luck.

24:00 They've had some luck.

24:02 That's the way the lag games.

24:06 No, that's the way the jets lag.

24:07 Ahhh, that's it.

24:10 Reservation to Hualien.

24:14 Xiexie.

24:19 Alright, Ben.

24:20 Question now is just how many chips are

24:22 we gonna put down on each of these stations?

24:24 Yeah.

24:25 On the way to Hualien.

24:26 Okay.

24:27 So here's just something that we need to be keeping in mind.

24:30 They have already fortified a lot of what's going on here.

24:34 Yep.

24:35 They've built a big wall around Taipei.

24:38 If we're broke by the time we get to the top of that line,

24:40 and we can't break through into their territory...

24:42 We're gonna have to retreat.

24:43 We're gonna have to retreat.

24:44 And I think that's gonna be a huge waste of time.

24:46 Yeah.

24:46 I think we do need to try to break through.

24:49 But that's expensive.

24:50 By the time we start hitting their territory, we need to have 100.

24:53 And that's assuming they don't put more down now.

24:55 Right, which they could.

24:56 Okay, so let's start by putting one.

24:58 We'll keep an eye on them.

24:59 We'll make a game time decision.

25:02 Alright.

25:02 Here, check it out.

25:03 I'm gonna do an awesome thing where I'm gonna zoom it out as it gets closer.

25:08 Okay, great.

25:09 You ready?

25:11 Just as you think it's gonna leave the frame...

25:16 Still got it.

25:18 Still got it.

25:19 Still got it.

25:20 Whoa.

25:20 Woah-ho!

25:23 Alright, let's get on the train.

25:27 We forgot to film getting on the train.

25:29 Hello.

25:29 But we did— We made it on the train.

25:31 We have a lot of stations to claim.

25:34 We are about to claim a whole bunch of stations, which feels good.

25:37 It feels great to claim stations.

25:39 I just hope that we keep them.

26:10 Mike, if you look to your right, it means we're now claiming new stations.

26:13 Oh, I'll get the chips ready to start dropping as we go through.

26:16 You just ate all the chips.

26:19 Oh, no.

26:21 Oh, I'm such an idiot.

26:23 I'm so sorry.

26:25 If it's any consolation, they were delicious...?

26:30 Better be worth it.

26:31 (giggles) Okay, Adam, I'm looking at the tracker.

26:36 It actually looks like they're— they skipped all of those challenges,

26:40 and they're heading straight down the east coast.

26:44 What?

26:45 Wait, wait, they— I thought they were going to the challenge.

26:48 The one...

26:49 east of...

26:50 No.

26:50 No, they're past it.

26:51 Really?

26:52 Yeah.

26:53 Oh, (bleep), why?

26:56 I don't know.

26:57 It looks like...

26:58 they're sort of now reaching the edge of...

27:02 their previous— Oh, they're past the edge of where they were before.

27:05 Yeah.

27:05 They've already...

27:07 ...added new territory.

27:08 Yeah.

27:09 Wait, what else is— Oh my god,

27:11 are they going for the Steal (chuckles) that we're going for?

27:14 Can they beat us there?

27:16 (bleep) Does this change our whole strategy?

27:19 Are they definitely gonna beat us— Here.

27:21 Let's not panic just yet.

27:22 I don't know what train they're on.

27:25 Oh dear.

27:26 Yeah.

27:26 Yeah.

27:27 They're gonna beat us there.

27:29 I didn't even consider that they could get there that fast.

27:32 No.

27:33 They must've had a pretty good train.

27:35 So we should start shedding.

27:36 I think we maybe want to drop more and then get off at Yuli.

27:41 (sighs loudly) And do whatever that is.

27:44 (bleep) So I think we just need to start reinforcing this line.

27:49 Okay, starting at Taimali?

27:50 Yeah.

27:51 Five?

27:52 (inhales stiffly) Definitely...

27:57 ...neuters the Steal.

27:59 But then it also might make it tricky for us to break through.

28:03 I mean, it really makes it hard for us to break through.

28:06 The other thing is that I'm really worried about is,

28:08 I really wanna get to that challenge that they failed,

28:10 that we have the bonus on.

28:12 But if they fortify this too much, we might not even be able to get there.

28:15 Yeah, they might be trying to kinda honestly protect it.

28:17 Oh, this game.

28:20 I think let's start dropping fives.

28:24 Go to Yuli.

28:25 (bleep) We've created our wall.

28:27 If we have to, we'll retreat.

28:30 Agh.

28:31 Okay.

28:33 Sheesh.

28:54 Alright.

28:54 We have 21 minutes here 'til our next train.

29:00 Welcome to Yilan, right?

29:02 Yilan.

29:02 Welcome to Yilan.

29:04 (scoffs) Cool.

29:07 This could be the most interesting looking station we've seen yet.

29:11 You think there are giraffes nearby?

29:13 There— I mean, clearly!

29:15 There's gotta be!

29:16 I mean, there's one.

29:19 So, we have one more train, then the challenge for the Steal.

29:24 We may not get a chance to eat for a while, so...

29:27 Classic convenience store snacking.

29:31 What are these?

29:33 Eggs?

29:33 Boiled eggs?

29:34 What did you end up getting?

29:36 Just a donut and cheese and ham bread.

29:38 I noticed they had ham and cheese bread and cheese and ham bread.

29:40 Oh, options.

29:41 Interesting.

29:42 It's good.

29:45 Half pack of ketchup and mustard, but you simply flex it towards each other...

29:52 and then squeeze...

29:54 and you get both down the length of your hot dog.

29:57 Pretty advanced.

29:58 That is actually brilliant.

30:00 Innovation.

30:01 We just need to decide what we want our allocation to be.

30:05 'cause I think we're gonna stop at— Oh yeah, for chips from here on.

30:08 I think we talked about earlier, you know,

30:10 building a wall as far south as we go.

30:12 So what if we did three each on the last five?

30:17 I was thinking five each on the last five.

30:20 On the last five?

30:21 That's a lot.

30:21 25 chips.

30:23 We want it to be really costly for them to come.

30:26 I guess it's true that given the map,

30:28 we probably want to retreat north after that.

30:31 Yeah.

30:31 Okay.

30:32 Five on the last five?

30:33 That means it's an expensive jump for them to decide to cross.

30:36 Yeah.

30:37 Okay.

30:37 Let's do that.

30:38 Let's do that.

30:39 Alright.

30:39 I think our train is almost here.

30:46 It was a good day.

30:51 Oh my gosh.

30:53 Sam?

30:53 Yeah.

30:54 It keeps getting better.

30:55 We have the whole place to ourself.

30:57 We get a footrest.

30:59 We get cupholders.

31:00 Look at the size of the windows.

31:02 That's what matters.

31:03 Let's see where they are.

31:04 What are their moves?

31:05 We haven't really checked.

31:06 They're on the move.

31:06 North.

31:07 North.

31:07 Yeah.

31:08 As we predicted.

31:09 They are dumping big time.

31:11 They've gotta be.

31:11 They know we're going for the Steal.

31:12 They do, but that's not necessarily the right play.

31:16 No.

31:16 It is if we're successful.

31:18 But if we're not, then you've wasted a ton of coins for nothing.

31:21 So the good news is they have a lot of confidence in us.

31:24 True.

31:25 If we do the Steal, they have almost no balance, and we're successful.

31:30 We still come out ahead because we prevent them from doing it,

31:33 and we force them to waste all these chips.

31:35 So their next challenge is in Yuli,

31:37 which they're not to yet, but they're not far away.

31:40 Not far.

31:40 So it'll be interesting to see if they get off in Yuli.

32:07 Ben, welcome to Yuli.

32:08 The actual challenge marker is...

32:11 It's pretty far away.

32:12 It's like a mile from here.

32:13 So let's get there and...

32:14 Let's trek on over.

32:20 Look at that cool little guy.

32:22 Yaaay.

32:26 Awesome.

32:46 Big ol' cliffs.

32:49 Big ol' cliffs.

32:57 Oh, Crayolas!

32:58 Look at the giant crayons!

33:00 Oh, that— There's a challenge there.

33:02 That's cool.

33:03 That's one of the challenges.

33:04 Yeah, that tracks.

33:06 Of course, we're not gonna get off right now.

33:07 No.

33:08 But we might be back here later.

33:09 Okay, cool.

33:11 These are a bunch of gray-ons.

33:14 They wish they could be crayons.

33:21 Welcome to "Zing-cheng".

33:23 Zin— Shin— "Shing-cheng".

33:25 "Zing-chang".

33:25 Something like that.

33:26 Well, the location is right at the station, so...

33:28 let's just get out front.

33:30 Oh, perfect.

33:30 Pull the challenge.

33:31 Man, the views are crazy.

33:33 It's like you put Switzerland right on the coast or something.

33:36 Yeah.

33:36 And with like jungley— Yeah.

33:38 Jungle vibes.

33:40 Okay, Ben.

33:41 Well, they...

33:42 I think they've made it.

33:43 The station where the Steal is?

33:45 Yeah.

33:45 And they— It's interesting.

33:46 They started fortifying.

33:48 They started putting five down on the last five stations.

33:52 Yeah.

33:53 I mean, I think that they really want to keep us out of...

33:56 Yeah.

33:57 ...that area because they know they have that failed challenge there.

34:01 I mean, look, we did everything we could do.

34:03 We got our balance way down.

34:06 So, I mean, the Steal is only gonna be

34:09 half as valuable as it would've been this morning.

34:11 But, god!

34:12 If they manage to get a Steal on us twice in two days, it's gonna be real tough.

34:18 Nice.

34:20 (sighs) Okay.

34:22 Alright.

34:23 Challenge time.

34:24 (sighs) High stakes.

34:26 High stakes.

34:27 The challenge in Xincheng is...

34:31 Find this thing.

34:32 Find this thing.

34:37 Find this thing.

34:38 If you don't find it within an hour, this challenge is failed.

34:42 That's gonna be a very chance-based one.

34:45 For a Steal.

34:47 You ready with timer?

34:49 Ready.

34:49 And we're ready to move, right?

34:50 Yep.

34:51 Three, two, one...

34:54 Okay.

34:55 We have to find a...

34:57 It's like a...

34:57 Little Caterpillar thing.

34:58 It's like a guy.

34:59 Stacked on cookies.

35:00 Like a guy.

35:01 Okay, here's the first thing I'm noticing.

35:02 That building in the background, it looks fairly modern.

35:04 It does look fairly modern.

35:05 There's a reflection that shows there's a building across the street.

35:08 Yes.

35:08 Looks like it's in front of a café or in a square.

35:10 Yes.

35:11 So my first thinking is to go to the downtown.

35:14 Yeah.

35:14 I think is vaguely that way.

35:15 You don't think that's maybe hidden at the cement factory behind us?

35:19 Let's check if there's any maps or anything at the station.

35:22 You wanna go down the main street?

35:23 And I think we should start by finding like the biggest road.

35:27 But wanna be fairly methodical.

35:32 Oh, here's a map.

35:33 So we're here.

35:36 This, everything...

35:38 that it shows...

35:39 Okay, so down the main road.

35:41 Yeah, the more dots are here or to the left.

35:44 Yeah, so I think we want to go to that area.

35:46 That already is a good start.

35:48 Yeah.

35:49 I think it's this one to the straight, 'cause it kinked left, right?

35:51 And that road is kinking left.

35:53 Yeah.

35:53 The photo to me...

35:54 Is like modern.

35:56 Yeah.

35:56 We're allowed to use a phone to look the photo.

35:58 It implies to me...

36:00 I don't think that's a single story building.

36:02 No.

36:04 Oh?

36:05 Like that color.

36:06 But that's not the facade.

36:07 No, but it could be those types of buildings.

36:10 Yeah, yellow brick.

36:12 So it's definitely not that color.

36:14 No, but that is the type of brick and white— It's a similar style.

36:18 Yeah.

36:18 Okay, I think let's keep going, but we really need to...

36:21 keep an eye out for this yellow brick.

36:25 Look at those legs go, folks.

36:27 Mhm.

36:27 Giving them the calf shots they want?

36:29 Those are marathon running legs.

36:30 Ultra marathon.

36:31 Ultra marathon.

36:32 But who's counting the miles, right?

36:34 Who's counting?

36:35 Not me.

36:39 Alright.

36:39 We gotta walk like halfway out.

36:43 Alright.

36:44 What is— What has Amy got in store for us here?

36:46 Oh, geez.

36:48 Okay.

36:49 Keep your balance across a continental plate.

36:57 Keep your balance across a continental plate.

37:00 You are at the Junction of Eurasian and Philippine Sea Plates marker.

37:04 Collisions between these two plates are a common cause of earthquakes in Taiwan.

37:07 You must keep your balance as you cross from one to the other.

37:10 Acquire any number of standard sized cans.

37:12 Stack them on top of each other, holding only the can on the bottom.

37:16 You must balance this stack of cans for a stretch of 200 feet,

37:19 from one continental plate to the other.

37:21 You may practice, but you only get one attempt to complete the challenge.

37:24 If any cans fall during your attempt,

37:26 you earn nothing, and this challenge is failed.

37:29 Otherwise, you earn 20 chips per can.

37:32 Okay, well that's very interesting.

37:34 Yeah.

37:34 It's...

37:36 It's a little scary.

37:38 It frightens me.

37:39 But 200 feet is not that bad.

37:41 I mean, I reckon I'm probably the one who's gonna do this.

37:43 You have better coordination than me.

37:45 I definitely think we want you on this.

37:48 Quick, quick, quick!

37:49 Quick, quick!

37:50 You got it, buddy!

37:52 Just hold onto something.

37:53 Oh!

37:54 So you just do this one.

37:57 (wheezes) The question is...

38:00 How many cans?

38:01 How many cans?

38:02 Obviously it gets sort of like probably

38:04 exponentially harder the more cans you stack.

38:06 I will note, by the way,

38:07 we are not going to do this challenge until they have already done the Steal.

38:11 No, and they should.

38:12 I mean, they should be there.

38:13 It's happening now.

38:14 They should be.

38:15 Whatever it is, it's happening.

38:17 I hope this is the right way.

38:19 Tall.

38:20 We saw those buildings, right?

38:21 Yeah, that's not it.

38:22 And they weren't the right brick.

38:24 Okay, we're starting to get to more modern stuff.

38:25 Presumably they have started whatever it is.

38:27 Yeah, they're sort of just heading into town now, so...

38:30 We wish you nothing but horrible news.

38:33 There's a 7-Eleven that way.

38:34 Let's go to the 7-Eleven.

38:36 Let's just eyeball some cans.

38:38 Yeah, let's vibe it out.

38:41 I mean, what do you think?

38:43 To me, that gave commercial building vibes, right?

38:45 Absolutely.

38:45 Like I said, it felt like café or modern building in the main square.

38:51 Yeah, my worry with downtown is it feels a little too straightforward.

38:55 Okay, there's a touristy bus.

38:56 Yep.

38:57 Keep going.

38:57 The downtown was just past this, right?

38:59 Yeah.

38:59 It's getting closer.

39:02 You know it's the right era.

39:03 Yeah.

39:07 That looks like downtown.

39:09 Yeah.

39:09 Big old building.

39:10 That's the kind of tile facade on the left here up high.

39:13 That— no, that style of brick.

39:15 Yeah, yeah.

39:15 Yeah.

39:16 But it's not on the majority of the building.

39:19 It makes me think there's a local brick vendor that sells that brick.

39:22 Right.

39:22 I'm feeling optimistic.

39:24 Me too.

39:24 The thing that makes me less optimistic is how optimistic I'm feeling.

39:29 We're pretty— Maybe.

39:30 Keep your eye on the edges.

39:32 Yeah.

39:32 'Cause it was right on the edge of the road.

39:34 It could be...

39:35 The curbs don't look smooth enough here.

39:37 No, it's not the same pavement.

39:39 This looks like main street maybe down here.

39:41 Yeah.

39:44 Oh, I'd hate to miss it with like, just barely.

39:47 I'm looking at buildings.

39:48 Looking at buildings.

39:50 Hi, don't mind me.

39:52 I can't get distracted.

39:56 We already went to your village.

39:57 Wait, wait, wait.

40:00 Oh?

40:01 Look at this.

40:02 Oh?

40:03 (bleep) -ing— It's right there.

40:04 It's right there.

40:05 Is that it already?

40:06 Is that it?

40:07 There it is.

40:09 There it is!

40:10 Sam!

40:13 Tell me this isn't the photo.

40:15 Let's line it up.

40:16 Cooked.

40:17 That, folks...

40:21 Oh!

40:22 That— We just walked directly here.

40:24 Oh!

40:25 Sam!

40:27 Let me deliver them the news.

40:28 That's a steal.

40:28 Let them know right now we want half their points.

40:35 Did they do it?

40:36 Yeah.

40:36 They did it.

40:39 Okay.

40:40 Well...

40:42 (groans angrily) The Night Herons are back!

40:46 (guffaws) 67 times 0.5, so we get 34 rounding up, I guess, and they lose 34.

40:53 Let me generate the next challenge.

40:55 Ohhh, it's a 50% Steal.

40:58 (laughs) It's another Steal.

41:00 Oh, shoot.

41:01 Where is it?

41:02 It's in the northwest.

41:03 So I think we hold a dominant position for that too,

41:06 and we can probably prevent them from progressing north.

41:09 Here?

41:09 Because they're on a lower balance now.

41:11 We should dump a lot on the stations.

41:14 Maybe.

41:15 Block them.

41:16 There's no way we're gonna break through their barricade up northeast now.

41:20 Especially after they fortify with all the stuff they just got.

41:23 I think we're gonna have to retreat back down.

41:25 I mean, we'll see how much they've got it fortified

41:28 after we're done with this, and we'll do the math.

41:31 'Cause I don't know, we could get like 80 chips from this.

41:33 Maybe.

41:34 (groans angrily) Alright, let's get our cans.

41:37 Should we go look at the ocean quickly?

41:38 Yeah, we should.

41:39 It's quite hot out here.

41:40 Let's take a moment and figure out our next move.

41:43 I genuinely don't know at this point, do we want to go north or south?

41:53 So these are the size cans that we need to use.

41:57 How's three feel then?

42:00 Not bad?

42:02 Three feels good.

42:03 Let's try four.

42:06 Ooh.

42:07 That's where it gets a little tricky?

42:11 Yeah.

42:13 You are doing it though.

42:15 Three feels very stable.

42:17 I feel quite confident with three.

42:21 Four is like...

42:25 I think I could do it.

42:27 Let me just throw five on there just to— whoa.

42:30 Just to see it?

42:43 I think that I could maybe do five.

42:46 If I'm really careful.

42:48 Okay.

42:48 Four and five didn't feel that different to me.

42:50 So we should do three or five.

42:52 Three or five.

42:53 Well, I guess the question is, if we get— if we manage five...

42:57 Yeah.

42:57 Does that give us the resources we need...

42:59 To break through the top?

43:01 'Cause here, let's do a little bit of math here, okay?

43:03 We gotta make it one, two, three, four, five, six...

43:06 It's 35 stations to that challenge.

43:09 Okay.

43:10 So they could potentially fortify quite a lot.

43:13 I don't know what they're gonna do here.

43:14 Here is my opinion at the moment.

43:16 I think we've gotta try to break through the northeast wall.

43:19 I think that retreating back into our territory is a disaster.

43:22 There are no challenges there.

43:23 We're gonna waste a half day doing nothing.

43:26 I kinda think that we gotta go big.

43:33 You are— You're going mad.

43:40 Whoa.

43:41 Seven is too much.

43:42 Okay.

43:43 Looks ambitious.

43:48 I don't know, man.

43:50 I mean, it's definitely a little dodgy.

43:54 I mean, six could be the difference between

43:56 being able to break into the north and...

43:59 not.

43:59 Let's buy these six and then feel what they feel like outside.

44:03 Chips look pretty different now.

44:06 33 to 141.

44:08 (snickers) but it's all about to change.

44:12 This is our ticket.

44:13 This is our ticket back in the game, Benjamin.

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44:23 The strategy is getting tight.

44:25 Let me tell— I will say— I think that this is— Are we reheated?

44:28 This is fair to say.

44:29 I think the next episode is probably

44:33 the most consequential episode of the season.

44:37 Big, big— So far, so far.

44:39 Yeah.

44:40 Big east coast showdown.

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44:45 We're about to really see the map finally,

44:48 fully filled up and the consequences of that, it's...

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47:06 Did this get left in?

47:07 Because especially if you use our link–

47:10 nebula.tv/jetlag– you'll get 50% off an annual subscription.

47:13 And how much does that bring it down to, you ask?

47:15 $30 for a year.

47:16 You know how much that is when you divide it by 12?

47:18 That's how many months there are in a year.

47:19 That's $2.50.

47:22 You know what else costs $2.50?

47:25 Not a New York City subway fare.

47:26 That's true.

47:27 That's up to $3 now.

47:28 Right.

47:28 Yeah.

47:29 So, imagine that.

47:31 A whole month of Nebula.

47:32 Okay, wait, wait.

47:32 I'm gonna imagine it.

47:33 For less than a subway fare.

47:35 Crazy!

47:35 I know this is not relatable to the vast majority of you,

47:38 but subway fare shouldn't be that much.

47:39 In fact, arguably, they should be free.

47:41 No?

47:41 That's a whole nother thing.

47:42 What?

47:43 Oh, whoa.

47:44 What?

47:44 Not...

47:45 not the way that the MTA works.

47:47 (stammers) You're trying to distract me from the point,

47:51 which is that they should go to nebula.tv/jetlag,

47:54 get 50% off an annual subscription, sign up right now,

47:58 watch all that stuff that we mentioned.

47:59 Adam's still imagining.

48:02 Good bye.