Live Streaming: Great Adventure in the Wilderness - Chapter 391

Chapter 391: Chapter 389: Reserve a Spot

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Those who reserved a spot, you know what I mean.

Edited in the wee hours.

The elevator doors opened and a tide of noise rushed in, accompanied by billowing black smoke.

Bi Fang coughed twice, the black smoke cleared, and he looked around the office in surprise. For those in the know, it was Yao Jun’s office. To the uninformed, it looked like a rock band’s recording studio—plus a recent fire.

Yao Jun set down the wrench, supported himself against the wall to turn on the light. There was no Vanguard Band, just an antique engine booming loudly, its chains and gears clacking together like the tight bite of skeletons, constantly emitting thick smoke, like a dark steed from Hell.

Pop!

A clear, cracking sound echoed.

Bi Fang dodged a flying part, which clearly harbored intentions of escape, and left a shallow dent on the gray-white wall. With an annoyed kick, Bi Fang sent a wrench on the floor flying and said, “Where did you dig up this antique? Planning to take it to an off-road race?”

Yao Jun wiped the sweat from his forehead, leaving a streak of black oil. He animatedly explained, “It’s not mine. It’s an antique my dad collected. A few days ago, for some reason, he suddenly remembered this thing, then found out when he rode it that it had broken down long ago, the engine won’t even turn, and insisted I fix it. I’ve been at it all day and it seems to have gotten worse. Some parts are discontinued, and they’re even hard to buy.”

“Can’t you just get someone else to fix it?”

Yao Jun shook his head. “No way, the old man specifically named me to do the repair.”

“Why?” Bi Fang got curious, “It’s not like you broke it… alright, never mind, I understand.”

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Bi Fang covered his eyes, feeling weary.

Yao Jun, feeling somewhat embarrassed, laughed sheepishly and cleared a pathway in the cluttered office, then asked in puzzlement, “How did you think of coming to me? The club’s matters still need some time. Although most of the facilities are set up, we still need to do some testing. We’re planning to release some tickets for a trial run, and the online mode isn’t ready yet. Didn’t you say last time you were going to introduce someone to us?”

“Don’t mention it, can’t even get in touch with them. Let’s talk later, if I haven’t made contact by May, you’ll have to find someone else.” Bi Fang found a spot to sit down and casually explained a bit. He had intended to give a helping hand, but what could he do if he couldn’t find the person?

Yao Jun nodded; after all, it wasn’t charity work. They couldn’t really delay the project just for one person. He handed Bi Fang a cup of brewed tea and sighed, “That was really close. I saw it on the screen, all those guns flashing, it made my eyes hurt and my heart almost jumped out of my chest. So, were you able to catch them? Half the face was captured, even though it was a bit blurry, it shouldn’t be hard, right?”

Unexpectedly, Bi Fang shook his head, which truly surprised Yao Jun.

“The person was caught on camera and still can’t be apprehended?”

“It’s difficult!” Bi Fang took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, “You don’t often run out there and don’t know much about this area. It’s not just about knowing who’s at fault, you can’t just make a judgment. And if it was just small fry it’d be one thing, but you can tell from the show of force, the other party is organized, and definitely not small.”

That night, the distance was too great to estimate the size of the boats, but boats that could hold a hundred people definitely weren’t small.

The overall quality of the other party wasn’t something average gangs could match. Compared to those bandit gangs, it was like a dimension reduction strike, not just in terms of weapons and equipment, but in overall quality.

Orders flowed without violation. The neat and orderly manner in which they operated could only come from a trained team. Bi Fang couldn’t think of any place other than the military that could develop such team quality.

Any organizational structure, once it scales up, becomes difficult to deal with. It’s not something easily brought down by a blurry photo, especially overseas.

“If you can’t handle them, aren’t you in danger? They won’t retaliate, will they?” Yao Jun was startled after hearing this. A whole group of fierce bandits, and Bi Fang had taken their photo, making it public knowledge. Wasn’t that like offending the other party? “Should I talk to Lin Chang and figure out a way to help you push it down…”

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“There’s no need, it’s all been a long time, everyone online already knows. What’s the use of remedying it now? And if I dared to do it, I’m not afraid of them,” Bi Fang shrugged his shoulders, seeming unconcerned, “You think real life is like in the movies, offend someone and they’d go to the trouble of eradicating you completely? The larger the organization, the more methodical they are with their actions. A little investigation would show them that I’m just a broadcaster, and that taking those photos was merely an accident, not intentional tracking. Since it was accidental, there’s no point in fretting over what’s already happened.”

“Unless we became archenemies, they wouldn’t seek revenge just for the sake of it, unless we were unlucky enough to meet again, but that’s even less likely. I’m just going to visit Ruins City once; I’m essentially a wilderness broadcaster. The chances of going to such a place again are next to none; those guys are not going to venture into the wilderness, would they? That would be stretching their business too wide.”

Though both involve illegal trafficking, the sale of humans and animals are completely different matters, with entirely different supply and demand networks, and it’s extremely hard to bridge the two separate chains of interests.

Both are hugely profitable, but so too are the risks very high. Double the risk isn’t a simple matter of one plus one, but rather a multiplier effect; getting involved in just one can feed you to the point of bursting.

Bi Fang didn’t believe they could effectively manage both.

If they were that formidable, then the organization must be so vast it’s beyond even what he could imagine.

Yao Jun listened for a while and somewhat understood; in summary, Bi Fang would be sticking to the wilderness and avoiding those city thugs in the future. But Yao Jun was still somewhat worried: “But I always feel…”

“You need to realize one thing, if they could handle both, then my personal worries are useless.”

If things really did take a turn for the worst, what good would his worries do? Could he stay home forever and never go out?

Bi Fang tapped his temple and smiled: “Human troubles often stem from excessive imagination and negative speculation, not from facts, but from ‘thoughts.’ Once you fear the future you’ve fantasized about, you hesitate.”

“Fear of these guys, apart from causing me sleepless nights, brings no benefit.”

What he could do was continuously grow stronger, creating dazzling sights on the path of adventure, getting stronger. That was what truly mattered.

Yao Jun’s eyes widened, and he was momentarily stupefied until Bi Fang waved a hand in front of him to bring him back to reality.

“What’s wrong?”

Yao Jun didn’t reply but instead exclaimed in admiration, “Incredible!”

Bi Fang said in annoyance: “Stop talking nonsense. You’ve distracted me so much I’ve forgotten what I came here for; our conversation has strayed. I came to you because I need a favor.”

“Just say it, I’ll help wherever I can!”

“I want to borrow some of your equipment; I have a big plan.”

“No problem! You can take everything you need! I can afford it! But if it’s alright to ask, what’s the plan? Are you sure you don’t need to rest for a while? This could be very dangerous.”

When Yao Jun heard what Bi Fang was planning, he turned serious. The journey through the city ruins had been incredibly dangerous, fraught with fatal perils that terrified not just the viewers but also Bi Fang himself, who had experienced it firsthand.

Yao Jun, also an adventure enthusiast, was well aware of the enormous toll such high-stakes livestreaming could take on a person’s vitality.

It’s like someone giving their all for a task; they might lose their zest for a while afterward, languishing in a state of fatigue-induced comfort, both physically and mentally. To then engage in risky activities could indeed lead to mishaps.

The simplest analogy is being exhausted for hours after a math test, and Bi Fang’s intensive livestreams were even more draining, requiring at least a week’s recovery.

Yao Jun had expected Bi Fang to rest for a while after returning, so he was surprised by the quick turnaround. As both a top contributor in the livestream and a real-life friend, he was eager to witness Bi Fang create miracles, but he didn’t want him to take any risks.

Particularly with Bi Fang being so young, he worried that his popularity and some overzealous fans might cloud his judgment, prompting him to recklessly challenge his limits and seek greater human peaks.

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Adventure, you see, if you really want to pursue it, it’s an endless journey!

Humans have their peak, but adventure has none! The spirit of adventure has none!

Bi Fang waved his hand, “Don’t worry, I know what you’re thinking. I’m not that suicidal. I’m just borrowing it for now. I need to go abroad earlier this time and train for at least a month before I take any action.”

Yao Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Bi Fang continued, “I plan to train for a month, and then try my hand at the snow mountains!”

Train for a month before taking on the snow mountains?

Even Master Fang needed a month of training before attempting it, and he even came specifically to borrow gear from him. The difficulty must be quite substantial, right?

Yao Jun took a sip of tea, “Abroad? The Alps? Or maybe the Alaska Range? Or perhaps…”

“Mount Everest.”

“Puh! Cough cough cough, cough cough cough!”

Yao Jun suddenly sprayed the tea from his mouth, choking on the leaves that came out of his nose, leaning against the office desk, coughing nonstop. It took him a long time to pull out a tissue to wipe his face clean and take deep breaths.

Awesome, my brother!

Yao Jun was completely taken aback. Damn it, are you saying you want to climb the world’s highest mountain? Be reasonable, you’re a wilderness broadcaster, what’s with the sudden switch to extreme sports? Can we not joke around?

You’re here to borrow gear?

Why not borrow a coffin plank while you’re at it?

Considering our long-standing friendship, I’ll spend a fortune to craft you a luxury casket of agarwood to ensure you rest with a scent soothing even in death!

Bi Fang laughed and didn’t continue to provoke Yao Jun. Unlike laymen like Matthew and Hask, Yao Jun was very knowledgeable about various extreme sports, especially the famous Mount Everest, and was well aware of its difficulties. It wasn’t something you could just coax someone into believing with a couple of words.

But Bi Fang knew his own goal. This was not just a mission from the System. If he couldn’t ascend Mount Everest once in his life, he would regret it forever.

“You’re not a layman, so you should know that in the world, there are not only Mount Everest above eight thousand meters; in fact, there are fourteen such peaks in total. Although Everest is the highest, it’s not the most difficult. It doesn’t even rank in the top ten; it wouldn’t even make the top ten. I’m not aiming for the toughest, like Annapurna I, which I wouldn’t even consider without half a year of training as a foundation.”

Yao Jun was at a loss for words, unable to find anything to rebuke the nonchalance with which Bi Fang spoke. It seemed only natural, so all he could muster was a feeble, “But it’s still Mount Everest.”

“It’s already April now. The best climbing window is approaching. I don’t want to wait another year. The seed of adventure has been sown, and waiting another year would drive me mad. In one year, it will burst through my skull, growing out of my brain. Do you understand?”

Bi Fang placed his hand on his Heavenly Spirit Cover and spread his fingers as if a giant tree were really sprouting from it, a sight that made onlookers’ eyelids twitch.

“Ah, this, ah, this…”

Bi Fang earnestly patted Yao Jun on the shoulder, “If you don’t want to see me become a vegetable with a plant growing out of my head in a year’s time, then support me.”

Yao Jun was completely speechless, with the conversation at this point, what more could he say? If the other party had truly decided, he had no right to interfere anyway.

“This is just too crazy!”

“You’re only thirty, that’s exactly the age to be crazy, isn’t it?”

“Damn right, let’s do it! If you die, don’t come back and haunt me as a ghost!”

“Hahaha, don’t worry, if I really die, it’ll be on Goddess Peak and I’ll return to the embrace of nature. What would I want with a smelly man like you?”

“Have you told Wang Yongbo yet?”

“No, he’s older and can’t take it as well as you. I’m afraid it might just scare him to death.”

Yao Jun: “…”

On April 17th, the second day after returning home, Bi Fang personally checked his equipment and zipped up the seal bag. All the gear provided by Yao Jun alone, his collection was nothing short of terrifying.

Ice axe, snow goggles, gloves, to the moisture-wicking breathable socks, everything was accounted for.

Just this one seal bag, the equipment inside was worth millions. And Bi Fang had prepared not just one, but three such bags.

Amateur climbing, even to meet the most basic conditions, costs at least 200,000 RMB.

You see, because of weather and other factors, there’s no guarantee that even after spending the money, one would definitely reach the summit. In other words, tens of thousands of RMB could potentially go down the drain in one trip.

For non-amateurs, to fulfill the highest demands, a climb could cost millions, and it’s not just scaremongering.

The snow mountain expedition was incomparable to any previous adventure. It was too extreme, and the more extreme the sport, the higher the demand for equipment. The requirements could range from major items down to a pair of socks.

Even though System equipment was of higher quality, with the Points Bi Fang had accumulated after surviving Ruins City, it was entirely impossible to gather so much gear all at once. However, he found something great in the System’s store.

“Universal Prop Coupon.”

From Bi Fang borrowing equipment from Yao Jun, the use of this coupon was self-explanatory.

“Phew, now I still need to contact Jerret and the others. I’ll let Wang Yongbo know at the last minute, just in case it’s too much for him.”

Bi Fang wiped the sweat from his forehead. The upcoming climb of Mount Everest was truly an extreme journey. A single mistake could be fatal, which is why Bi Fang wanted to ensure everything was perfect. He didn’t want to leave any regrets.

That’s why he needed to get in touch with Jerret, the industry’s top photography team.

As he thought about reaching out to them, Bi Fang habitually opened the System store. It was the store’s refresh day, and he wanted to see if there were any good items. Since he hadn’t spent on equipment, he still had quite a few Points left.

As his eyes skimmed over some regular items, a golden ticket suddenly caught his eye.

At that moment, Bi Fang’s breath became slightly heavier.

“Oxygen Uptake Index Enhancement Coupon*1”

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