By linking my account to the check-in system, I became a leisurely traveler.

Chapter 156 What?! Slandering my savior?! [First Update!]

One thing is undeniable: Li Younan has indeed grown into a major streamer with considerable influence.

Even in this era of rampant internet traffic, online streamers with more than 300 million followers are still a very small minority.

This means that he has already reached the top in his field or track.

Travel itself is a field where creating content is not easy.

To attract attention in this field, you have to be niche and novel.

It's not that difficult for ordinary people to travel nowadays, so people are more interested in travel destinations that are not easily accessible or travel styles that are not easy to emulate.

Some travel bloggers focus on global travel, luxury travel, or hiking across the country with great willpower.

In short, one cannot follow the usual path.

Li Younan attracted so much attention mainly because he demonstrated skills that are rare and cannot be imitated by ordinary people during his travels.

Whether it was the parkour initially shown, or the archery, skiing, carpentry, electrical work, and other skills presented in later videos, especially when so many impressive skills are combined in one person, ordinary people simply cannot imitate them.

So when someone jumps out and says that a certain skill Lee You-nan demonstrated was fake, that he used a stand-in or special filming techniques, it's an attack that almost shakes the foundation of his fanbase.

To JK Long's dismay, Li Younan seemed completely unconcerned about the matter.

After finally making contact with Li Younan, Li Younan remained calm, making it seem as if she, the young woman, was the one who was more anxious than the emperor... well, the young woman was the one who was anxious.

I've really worried myself sick over him.

But regardless of whether Li Younan himself is in a hurry or not, this matter is extremely important for JK Dragon.

She barely slept that night, working through the night and putting in high-intensity work for more than ten consecutive hours to edit the video as quickly as possible.

In fact, JK Long was completely stunned after reading all the materials that Li Younan sent her.

Originally, it was thought that Li Younan was just hiking for a short while, but unexpectedly, he ended up summiting Mount Gongga.

JK Long initially had no idea how terrifying the significance of climbing Mount Gongga was, but her brother did.

That evening, I called my brother over to edit the video together. After hearing about Li Younan's ascent of Mount Gongga, Liu Yu remained silent for a long time.

Before he could even watch the video, he couldn't help but ask, "You mean Li Younan had never hiked a long route before, but conquered Mount Gongga on his first trip?"

JK Long asked doubtfully, "Is Mount Gongga difficult to climb?"

Liu Yu did not answer JK Long, but instead called Li Younan and asked him if it was true.

Li Younan asked curiously on the phone, "Didn't I already send you the materials?"

Liu Yu said angrily, "I haven't had a chance to see it yet."

Li Younan patiently explained, "I wasn't originally planning to post it, but since I was already here... I just decided to post it anyway..."

The phrases "Since we're already here" and "by the way," which are often heard, seem a bit... inappropriate to discuss in relation to climbing Mount Gongga.

Liu Yu knew how difficult it was to climb Mount Gongga not because he was knowledgeable about mountaineering, but simply because, as the CEO of an advertising company, he had business dealings with Red Bull.

As we all know, Red Bull sponsors some death-defying sports. There's a saying: "Red Bull: I provide the money, you provide the life, let's create brilliance together!"

As it happened, Liu Yu knew that those who climbed Mount Gongga could even meet the standards sponsored by Red Bull.

It's easy to imagine how valuable this incident Li Younan did was.

The next morning, the brother and sister, both with dark circles under their eyes, sent the video to Li Younan.

Li Younan was naturally a little surprised and kept praising the two of them for their efficiency. He sent a voice message, in which the laughter sounded somewhat carefree.

Liu Yu said to JK Long with a hint of annoyance, "Sometimes your partner really acts like an idiot."

JK Long stretched and said, "Brother, I'm going to take a nap."

Liu Yu nodded: "Get some rest. I'm always a little unhappy when I see you staying up all night for that kid."

JK Long chuckled and said, "Brother, do you think it's possible that one day I'll go on a trip with him?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yu hesitated for a moment before nodding seriously: "Yes, you will definitely be able to leave this house one day!"

"No, brother, I didn't mean leaving this house. I meant going on a trip with him."

"Change the subject."

"what?"

While the brother and sister were talking, Li Younan had already started the video call.

At that moment, he was resting in the hotel, chewing on a piece of bread while watching videos.

The video starts with a bombshell.

To attract attention, the video's highlights are edited together and placed at the very beginning as a summary.

The first shot is Li Younan taking pictures of the surrounding mountains with his phone after reaching the summit. The second shot is of the starry sky he takes at night from his tent. The third shot is of cooking with a mountain stove in the early morning, with the background being the desolate wilderness.

These three shots alone have already generated immense attention and anticipation.

Li Younan couldn't help but admire her: "As expected of my Brother Long... no, I should call her Sister Long now."

Although JK Long is unaware that his gender has been exposed, he seems to be gradually forgetting his "Brother Long" persona when they talk. He occasionally speaks in a effeminate manner, but immediately tries to correct himself when he realizes it. Li Younan, of course, continues to play dumb as always.

Continuing to watch the video, after the behind-the-scenes footage, he began to seriously explain what he had been doing during the few days he had disappeared.

The story then unfolds from a first-person perspective, narrating the experience in chronological order.

Li Younan has a background in photography, and when using the camera, he subconsciously applies photographic techniques, mainly focusing on composition and lighting. Therefore, even his first-person video footage has a very high-quality feel. The entire process, edited by JK Long, is full of ups and downs, and includes numerous professional explanations about the Gongga Mountain loop traverse and mountaineering, allowing even those unfamiliar with the sport to understand what Li Younan is doing.

Seeing this, Li Younan felt a little moved.

He knew that JK Long had no prior knowledge of mountaineering, which meant that the other party had spent a lot of time researching and integrating information into the video last night when editing it.

After watching it, Li Younan put down his phone—it was a video of exceptionally high quality.

However, he didn't post it immediately because JK Long quickly sent another message: "By the way, Li Younan, you haven't uploaded the video yet, right? Don't post it for now. My brother said he wants to contact the sponsors. We should be able to insert a good ad into this video."

Although Li Younan was somewhat reluctant—after all, the video quality was so high, inserting ads would reduce the smoothness—no one would turn down money, and besides, he was currently in a cooperative relationship with the JK Long siblings, so he couldn't keep letting them work for free without his consent. Therefore, he agreed.

Just as he was waiting for Liu Yu's reply, something unexpected happened...

Xu Yusheng, who had been criticizing him, was now being attacked.

……

While lying in the hospital, Ding Rui naturally searched for information about Li Younan immediately.

During a previous chat, Li Younan mentioned that his ID on the video website was his own name.

Unexpectedly, the first thing that came up in the search results was not Li Younan's videos or his homepage, but a streamer named "Lao Xu" who shamelessly analyzed that Li Younan was faking it.

The first video that analyzed his faking was the one that had been uploaded a long time ago, showing Li Younan shooting arrows.

This video actually went viral due to the increased traffic it received.

The second video is where that old guy seriously analyzes that Li Younan definitely wouldn't dare to actually do a trek, he's just putting on a show, disappearing for a few days to gain this wave of traffic and that's it.

The fact that so many people liked and believed this baseless nonsense made Ding Rui, who was lying in his hospital bed, so angry that his teeth ached.

He also has a few followers on short video platforms, but because he doesn't usually manage his account much, he only has a few thousand followers.

But he has many friends in the industry.

If this old Xu were criticizing someone else, he wouldn't care. However, he's attacking Li Younan!

Who is Li Younan? Li Younan is his savior! Without Li Younan, he would never have seen the sun rise today!
As a person, you should have a conscience. If your savior is betrayed, can you just sit idly by?
Even putting that aside, he did encounter Li Younan while climbing Mount Gongga.

If Li Younan was putting on a show, then what I saw was a ghost?

Even from the perspective of a fair and objective bystander, I should still clarify things for Li Younan.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Looking at the so-called Old Xu's wise expression as if he had seen through everything, and a group of stupid, brainless netizens still following along with his nonsense, he suddenly lost his temper and started making a selfie video.

His first video was full of vulgar language and was rejected by the review committee immediately after being uploaded.

After a while, he calmed himself down and recorded another segment.

He was noticeably more restrained during this recording, but his very first sentence was still a furious rant against Lao Xu.

At this point, he launched into a tirade, a string of classic lines popping into his head. He said, "This Lao Xu keeps saying in his videos, 'Playing with traffic for the sake of traffic will inevitably backfire.' That's so true! I want to give him that line too! Hasn't he always been trying to gain traffic by exposing other people's flaws? Well, today I can say with absolute certainty—Lao Xu, you're in trouble! You've smeared my savior! Without Li Younan, I might have died right there on Mount Gongga! We had almost no signal on the mountain, and when we came down, we saw his audacious and laughable remarks!"

He then recounted, from a first-person perspective, the story of meeting Li Younan at the foot of Mount Gongga, repeatedly encountering Li Younan during the climb, and finally Li Younan saving his life.

As he spoke, he became completely immersed in the emotion, his eyes welling up with tears, which was very moving.

After filming the video, Ding Rui clicked upload again, and this time it finally passed.

In fact, video websites actively encourage videos with conflicting themes, because conflict means traffic and entertainment value, and they may even actively promote such videos that incite conflict.

He boldly spent 1,000 yuan on Douyin Plus to see the results first, and if the traffic wasn't good, he would continue investing.

Ding Rui was still not satisfied, so he sent messages to Zhao Liang and Gao Yonghui, asking them to film videos as well.

These two guys naturally felt obligated to help.

In order to expand their influence, they continued to contact other people in the circle.

They are all quite popular within the industry.

I naturally know some influential streamers in the industry, but this industry is indeed somewhat niche, and even the top mountaineering streamers only have a few hundred thousand fans.

But there is strength in numbers.

Gao Yonghui also took the opportunity to respond to Xu Yusheng's statement that Li Younan's archery video was fake.

He also had an action camera with him at the time, since it's important to keep a record of the mountain climbing experience.

At the time, he was carrying an action camera, which happened to capture the moment when Li Younan shot an arrow that shattered a rock wall.

After he posted the video, the number of views, likes, and comments on the video started to skyrocket almost instantly.

Thanks to Ding Rui's tireless efforts, dozens of online influencers with a certain number of followers helped him by liking, sharing, or speaking out. Almost overnight, public opinion about Li Younan reversed completely.

At this time, Li Younan was unaware of all this. After letting his family know he was safe, he lay down on the bed and continued to sleep soundly.

Climbing mountains is quite energy-consuming.

Quite coincidentally, while he was sleeping, Xu Yusheng was also sleeping in a rented room in a certain city.

But Xu Yusheng woke up earlier than Li Younan.

He woke up and, as usual, checked the platform information immediately.

But as soon as I opened the platform's message, it felt like the sky had fallen.

(End of this chapter)