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Chapter 279 Re-entering!

Without a discrete oxygen concentrator, engaging in high-intensity partner exercise at this altitude would be extremely dangerous.

With an oxygen concentrator, the oxygen content in the room remains stable at a comfortable level for most people, thus eliminating this problem.

Li Younan closed the door, then had Asurada close all the blackout curtains before reluctantly walking over and helping Liu Li, who had fallen to the ground, up.

"Why are you back?" Liu Li asked, ignoring the head injury she had suffered.

"There was a slight mishap, so we'll have to stay here for two or three days before we can set off again."

"Oh my god, that scared me... Hey, what are you doing?"

"Let me check if you've broken anything."

"I hit my head, what are you doing... No, don't take it off..."

Although the girl verbally resisted, she didn't have much strength in her body. After a few token resistances, Liu Li was already limp and lying on Li Younan's body, and he easily took off her nightgown.

"You just got back and you're already going to let me bully you?" Liu Li whispered in Li Younan's ear, her face flushed.

"You bullied me?"

Li Younan immediately smiled.

"I'm serious... You, you just came back from such a high altitude, are you really okay?"

"Go take a shower."

"what?"

"Hmm... Let's go take a shower together, it should be fun. I'll scrub your back."

"Ugh, are you saying I'm dirty?"

"Just a massage."

Without a word, Li Younan picked Liu Li up in his arms. The girl's legs were raised high and swung back and forth, while her arms were wrapped around Li Younan's neck.

"Am I heavy?"

"It's not heavy, it's just right."

Liu Li laughed and hugged Li Younan even tighter.

……

After their lovemaking, the two lay in bed.

With the curtains closed, the entire space became quiet and dim.

Liu Li was a little bored, so she drew circles on Li Younan's chest with her finger.

After listening to Li Younan briefly explain why he came down this time, he said, "I didn't expect Red Bull to be so generous."

"No matter what, they are a globally renowned multinational corporation."

"By the way, my brother called you. You didn't tell him about you and me, did you?"

"Hmm. I think it would be better if you told him. I hope you are mentally prepared and will tell him later."

"Actually, either is fine."

Liu Li gently leaned on Li Younan's shoulder and said, "Anyway, you're already my man, so it's okay anytime."

Suddenly, Liu Li paused, looking at Li Younan with some surprise: "You, you're better again?"

"Ah……"

"Then do you want to do it again?" Liu Li took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and made a gesture as if she were about to be executed. "Then... this time, I want to be on top."

"It will be very tiring..."

"I don't care, I want it."

……

I spent two very peaceful and happy days with Liu Li at the base camp.

These past two days haven't been too boring.

During the day, Li Younan would take Liu Li for a stroll nearby, but not too far. After all, Liu Li didn't have his superhuman physical condition. Even at an altitude like the base camp, she would experience mild altitude sickness symptoms if she stayed at the same time for too long without an oxygen machine.

Besides that, the main things I do are two things: one is to tease the two birds—Tuantuan and Xuanhuan.

Strictly speaking, they were all fledglings that had just matured. After they left their parents, Li Younan helped them complete the most important process of transforming from fledglings into adult birds.

In a sense, both birds regarded Li Younan as their family.

From an instinctive perspective, birds are extremely loyal animals. Most birds have only one mate in their lifetime, and when it comes to raising the next generation, the chicks are driven away soon after they grow up.

However, both Tuantuan and Xuanhuan have similar experiences. They were not driven away, but rather suffered an accident that brought about a major life change. Therefore, they have never experienced being driven away by their parents, and their understanding of this point is vague. They do not understand independence, so they tend to stay by Li Younan's side.

Li Younan naturally had a selfish side to this.

If we truly stand in the birds' shoes, perhaps they should be released back into the wild.

Especially in the eyes of environmentalists.

However, Li Younan really likes these two little guys as his pets, so he has no plans to do so for the time being.

So be it if I'm a little selfish. At least for now, Tuantuan and Xuanhuan are both happy to stay by my side, aren't they?
The two birds are growing at an amazing rate, but during the day, Tuantuan spends most of her time sleeping and doesn't like to run around.

In contrast, the daytime is much more active in fantasy worlds.

In the past two days, the fantasy world has done something that has left people speechless.

Seemingly realizing that very light things like toilet paper or ronda can fly up with a gust of wind, it had the ingenious idea of ​​flying up to step on the ronda floating in the sky.

At first, Li Younan didn't understand what it was doing, but then he suddenly realized: Xuanhuan seemed to have observed that Longda could fly, so he thought that if he stepped on Longda, wouldn't he be able to fly without flapping his wings?

After realizing this, Li Younan was speechless for a moment.

Are crows really that intelligent?
It has already discovered the laws of nature and is trying to utilize them?

Just horrible.

During the day, I would play with the birds, and at night, I would spend a very cozy time with Liu Li.

Aside from a little commotion on the first night, Liu Li focused on studying on the second night.

Right now, she's still focused on English, memorizing vocabulary every day, with Li Younan as her practice partner.

The simplest and most effective way to learn English is to read and memorize a lot. The more you read, the better you'll be able to speak and understand English.

Red Bull kept its word, and on the third day, a convoy of three off-road vehicles bearing the Red Bull logo arrived at the base camp.

The team flew directly over, and the car was rented locally.

They brought the cooperation agreement, as well as the complete set of live streaming equipment that had been agreed upon with Li Younan in advance.

This set of live streaming equipment, worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, did not take up much space or weight in my backpack.

Just as Jimmy and Li Younan had discussed before, the entire set of equipment weighs only about 5 kilograms.

Of course, 5 kilograms is an extremely heavy weight for any athlete climbing Mount Everest, so the Red Bull staff who arrived this time were somewhat hesitant.

However, this was of course not a problem for Li Younan. On the contrary, he politely expressed his gratitude to Red Bull.

Next, Red Bull plans to send a reporter to accompany Li Younan to the forward camp to record some footage along the way, which will be helpful for making a documentary later.

But Li Younan refused, since he had already wasted more than two days here, so he did not intend to waste any more time.

He told Red Bull staff, "I will be live-streaming the whole thing, and I will be moving very fast, so I may not be able to take care of the reporters and photographers accompanying me."

"As for the documentary, we'll think of other ways to supplement the footage from the journey later. After all, the video footage recorded by the third-person panoramic camera should be enough for editing."

The Red Bull convoy arrived on the morning of the third day, so Li Younan didn't plan to delay any longer. After handing over the equipment and the two cans of Red Bull he had drunk at the summit, he set off again.

This time, he used brand-new live streaming equipment. This live stream was led by Red Bull and was not conducted on his own account, but instead utilized Red Bull's channels for a global, multi-platform live stream.

This live broadcast was not a simple personal broadcast; it was backed by a complete program production system, with all the necessary elements such as a host, guests, and a studio.

The live streams on TikTok are under Red Bull's official account. In addition, there are simultaneous broadcasts on YouTube overseas, and even on some European and American TV programs. This is very easy for Red Bull's channels to achieve.

After Li Younan had been carrying his backpack for about two hours, his live streaming equipment was finally set up.

This time, however, the live stream was a much better experience for Li Younan.

His live stream was directly connected to Red Bull's official live stream room, where he chatted with hosts and guests, unlike when he streamed alone before, when the comments were so fast that he couldn't even see them.

Of course, the host and guests only go online at specific times, and most of the time the live broadcast room only shows Li Younan alone.

Some fans who had been following Li Younan's live streams complained.

After all, Li Younan had suddenly cut off the signal for two or three days without prior notice.

Many people are speculating why Li Younan didn't get up to do a live stream the next morning as promised.

Of course, no one thought that Li Younan had encountered an accident; most people speculated that perhaps his equipment had malfunctioned.

After all, batteries are very likely to malfunction under such extremely cold conditions.

When Li Younan logged back in, he used a different platform and a smoother device.

Even more outrageous, everyone noticed the Red Bull logo on Li Younan's helmet.

"After three days of absence, when he logged back in, why was there a Red Bull on his head?"

"I guessed that was it. I was wondering why there was no reaction to Li Younan's challenge to Red Bull."

"Yes, yes, is there any challenge that better fits Red Bull's sponsorship style than Li Younan's challenge?"

The host who just went live is an experienced middle-aged man. The live broadcast is presented in a split-screen format, with one screen showing the live feed transmitted by Li Younan and the other screen showing the live broadcast room.

After the connection was established, Li Younan heard the host's voice coming from the device: "Okay, we are now connected to Li Younan. Can Younan hear us?"

It is worth mentioning that although this is the middle area between the base camp and the transition camp at an altitude of five or six thousand meters, the host and Li Younan could communicate without any delay because the country had already achieved full 5G signal coverage on Mount Everest 24 years ago.

The comical scenes that used to frequently appear in news footage, where a studio host would connect with a reporter on the ground, ask a question, and then the reporter would pause for two or three seconds before replying, "Okay, host...", will no longer be seen.

Li Younan smiled and said, "I feel great."

The host then introduced Li Younan to the audience, and of course, the information provided was all well-known.

For example, he once climbed Mount Gongga and saved a person, performed well in the program "Living Alone in the Wilderness", and has extremely strong skiing and parkour skills.

During the introduction, there was naturally a lot of praise, and then Li Younan was asked some questions, mostly those that the audience would be more concerned about.

“You Nan, this time you’re challenging yourself to climb Mount Everest without oxygen and then ski down from it. I think our viewers are also curious about why you chose this challenge. Everyone knows you have no shortage of attention and ways to make money.” Li You Nan rephrased what he had said to Jimmy earlier, but the general meaning remained the same.

The host then asked a series of questions, such as, "How long did you prepare for this challenge?", "Compared to Mount Gongga, which side do you think is more difficult to climb?", and "Is the path you are on now easy to walk?", to which Li Younan answered them one by one.

As the altitude gradually increased, the host sensibly stopped asking Li Younan questions and stopped disturbing his climb, instead chatting with the guests in the live broadcast room.

The guest in the live stream was also a seasoned mountaineer, and in fact, his expression was somewhat strange.

Because Li Younan's mountaineering plan this time has a particularly exaggerated label: solo.

Ascending Mount Everest from the north face alone, without any teamwork, is the ultimate challenge. A solo climber must face all the risks alone, and the mortality rate is far higher than that of a team climb. Very few people worldwide have successfully completed it.

Li Younan not only live-streamed the entire process, but also carried more and heavier equipment than the average person without any assistance. After reaching the summit, he also live-streamed his downhill skiing, making the difficulty of the task unimaginable.

He had originally been invited here as a guest, but he didn't know much about the details of Li Younan's climb, so you can imagine how surprised he was when he learned that Li Younan had actually climbed alone.

Once the topic came up, the guest seemed to open up and began to describe and analyze how outrageous Li Younan's challenge was.

He is an extremely professional mountaineer.

"The north slope itself is full of ice towers, and the wind speed is extremely high at the wind gap above 8 meters."

"Being alone without cooperation means no removal of protection, no material support, no emergency rescue. Any mistake is fatal. There are very few successful cases in history. It is equivalent to going head-to-head with the extreme cold and lack of oxygen on Mount Everest alone. Every step is a gamble with your life."

"In fact, setting aside Li Younan's decision to prepare for mountain speed skating, the only recognized successful solo ascent of the north face of Mount Everest is the feat accomplished by Reinhold in 1980."

As the host and guests delved deeper into the conversation, the viewers in the live stream gained a more comprehensive understanding of the significance and risk of Li Younan's challenge.

However, this part of the conversation was not discussed when Li Younan connected with them, so Li Younan did not hear it.

Otherwise, he would definitely have made a righteous and indignant complaint: It's not as exaggerated as you guys say.

After all, Li Younan knew very well that Liu Li, Liu Yu, and possibly even his mother were among those watching his live stream. It wouldn't be a good thing if they thought the trip was dangerous.

About two more hours passed before the hosts and guests in the live stream finally logged off, and all the screens were switched to Li Younan's main screen.

Not long after, Li Younan returned to the transitional camp.

……

The group at the transition camp had been acclimatizing for three days and were preparing to set off for the advance camp early the next morning. Just then, a figure slowly walked towards them from a distance.

"Damn, it's just one person again."

Some of the team members were somewhat surprised.

Any experienced climber knows that climbing Mount Everest is extremely dangerous for a person.

Whether on the south or north slope, it was always a group of highly experienced climbers traveling together.

It was already surprising to encounter a solo climber, but fortunately, it seemed that the climber did not intend to climb Everest, but only went that day and came back the next day, so it was reasonable.

They were chatting and talking about that person, guessing that he might just be going to advance camp for a hike.

After all, it's impossible for anyone to climb Mount Everest alone.

But when Li Younan approached and officially came into their view, everyone present was stunned: "Huh? It's him again."

Just like when he returned before, Li Younan greeted them.

This time, Li Younan didn't even plan to rest and set off immediately.

The team members present couldn't help but ask, "You...you just went straight up there?"

Li Younan smiled and said, "We've already wasted two or three days, we can't afford to waste any more time."

Suddenly, one of the team members noticed the Red Bull logo on Li Younan's helmet and clothes: "You, you're sponsored by Red Bull? Wait, that's not right, you didn't seem to have this logo before."

Li Younan nodded: "The reason we returned to base camp from the forward camp was to retrieve the equipment and tags they sent us."

"what?"

All the team members present were well aware of what Red Bull sponsorship meant for Lee You-nan.

You have to understand, although they also climb Mount Everest and even have their own sponsors, it's Red Bull! It's Red Bull! Other sponsors are simply incomparable to Red Bull.

In the mountaineering community, anyone who dares to climb Mount Everest from the north face is already recognized as a master, but to do so solo and receive sponsorship from Red Bull makes one a master among masters.

As Li Younan disappeared from their sight at an extremely fast speed, they realized that he had arrived from the base camp almost without stopping and then continued on his way.

There was absolutely no adaptation?

At this moment, the speed at which he left did not seem like he was walking at an altitude of 6 meters.

Is this the difference between a master and an ordinary person?

The group was left only with astonishment.

……

Li Younan didn't stop and arrived at the advance camp again before dark.

It was obviously not a good time to continue climbing, so Li Younan could only rest for another night.

Fortunately, this window of opportunity has not yet passed, and we should be able to pass through the North Col and arrive at Camp C1 early tomorrow morning.

After resting at the advance camp for one night, Li Younan got up early the next morning, packed his equipment, turned on the live stream again, and went directly into the live stream room.

At this time, Red Bull's official hosts and guests had not yet come online.

His current livestream audience is a global group of viewers from various platforms. He distributes content through a single livestream room, so Li Younan cannot see their comments.

But this did not prevent Li Younan from introducing what he was doing to the camera.

Li Younan smiled and said to the camera, "Next, we will set off from the advance camp. Today's main task is to climb the North Col."

Li Younan checked his equipment again before setting off.

The next section is a steep slope completely covered by thick snow, and the rest of the climb will require wearing crampons the entire time.

The snow crunched underfoot, but Li Younan's gaze kept scanning the road.

After a while, he said to the camera, "Actually, I was looking at the best route down this road by skiing, and as it stands, it is an ideal skiing route."

Along the way, you can see many mountaineering teams that are heading up the mountain today; this is the real scene of Mount Everest today.

Although this place remains a forbidden zone for life, traces of people are no longer lacking.

A long line of a dozen or even several dozen people dressed in bright red clothes slowly made their way up the hill.

Li Younan was extremely fast and quickly overtook them.

The hikers along the way watched Li Younan leave with some surprise.

The altitude is constantly rising, and this slope, completely covered by ice and snow, is several kilometers long.

“It would be really cool to ski down from here,” Li Younan said as he climbed.

Soon, Li Younan reached the 400-meter-high ice and snow cliff.

Standing here, Li Younan finally stopped.

He said to the camera, "Let me show you, next is the first major obstacle on the north slope. You need to master some crampon climbing techniques here, and this is also the only passage connecting the advance base camp and the high-altitude camp."

"Next, I will demonstrate some techniques for climbing such snow walls. Of course, these techniques may not be entirely correct, so please observe and learn them critically."

Li Younan then moved the camera from the front to the side, took out his ice axe, and began preparing to climb.

Before that, it's natural to observe first.

Li Younan's gaze swept over the ice wall above. This steep ice and snow wall was not exactly vertical. Judging by sight, the average slope was about 50 degrees, and some particularly steep places were about 70 degrees.

With the support of the system's skills, Li Younan quickly saw a very reasonable climbing route.

This route is not an old path that has been climbed before. In comparison, it has a very high technical barrier, but it is very suitable for Li Younan.

In addition, he carefully observed how to design the most reasonable route to ski down from here.

After planning everything in his mind, Li Younan began his actual climb.

So far, Li Younan has been very relaxed.

He climbed up about 200 meters and reached a small platform when suddenly a red figure appeared in his field of vision, lying about 30 or 40 meters away from the platform.

Li Younan's heart sank slightly. He said to the camera, "There seems to be someone over there. Let's go check it out."

Li Younan hammered his ice axe into the snow wall and carefully approached the person.

Only then did I realize that, judging from the figure, it seemed to be a woman, lying there, seemingly unconscious.

Li Younan frowned, a sense of foreboding creeping into her heart. She then gently touched the other person: "Hey, are you alright?"

However, his expression changed the next moment. What he touched was not a soft body, but a touch as hard as stone!

It's hard to describe this feeling.

At this point, the comments in the live stream room started flashing.

"It must be a dead person. There are too many corpses like that on Mount Everest."

"Why isn't this person rotting?"

"Are you mistaken, upstairs? This is Mount Everest, colder than your freezer. How could a corpse possibly decompose here?"

"Damn, is this the first time Li Younan has seen a scene like this?"

"Li Younan, are you alright?"

Li Younan couldn't see these comments for the time being. He stared at the corpse in silence for a while, shook his head, said nothing more, sighed, and continued climbing upwards.

He then did not interact with the live stream at all, and simply climbed silently.

Finally, after two or three hours, we successfully reached the North Col and arrived at Camp C1.

There is also a team at Camp C1.

This is a small team of six or seven people, who are currently preparing lunch.

Li Younan's stomach also started rumbling; she was getting hungry.

At that moment, he suddenly noticed that the guide of that small team was digging up snow to boil water.

Li Younan's eyes flickered...

(End of this chapter)