By the time Lu Ya went to the back to watch Li Younan catch fish, she was already feeling almost numb. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Li Younan was catching fish one after another as if he had installed a magnet on the hook and those fish were iron pieces, and as soon as the magnet touched them, they would stick.

Her understanding of Li Younan naturally needed a good refresh in her mind.

Originally, what she knew of Li Younan was all displayed in videos. This guy is a parkour enthusiast, a carving artisan, a carpenter, a plumber, an electricity technician, a budding skier, a born mountaineer... and so on and so forth.

Suddenly, his tag could again include a fisherman.

Strictly speaking, not in the ordinary sense of a fisherman, but a truly skilled angler.

At this moment, recalling Li Younan’s actions of spreading bait into the water, Lu Ya gradually began to understand a bit.

That was definitely not the random bait scattering she initially thought.

As for him not adjusting the float or testing the waters, there was naturally a reason, although she couldn’t quite see through it. She couldn’t help but ask.

Li Younan was unhooking a freshly caught fish and, hearing Lu Ya’s question about why he didn’t adjust the float and test the waters initially, he didn’t keep it secret but explained: "The reason is... feeding the spot. Adjusting the float and testing the waters might disturb the fish."

Lu Ya then couldn’t help but continue asking, "Then how do you know which water layer the fish are in?"

Li Younan shrugged and smiled, "Well, when you particularly understand fish habits, combined with the conditions of the water, the weather, the oxygen content, the color of the water, judging the nutrients in the water, so on and so forth, you can roughly deduce it... The specific principle is a bit complex, do you want to hear it?"

Lu Ya’s big watery eyes looked at Li Younan, nodding continuously to hear it!

Li Younan then continued to fish slowly while explaining the intricacies to Lu Ya.

He talked for a while, listening to Lu Ya getting more adorably bewildered, then she looked at Li Younan somewhat complicatedly, "I didn’t expect it, you’re actually a seasoned angler."

But although Li Younan explained for a while, the content he covered was really too vast; even the slightest variable could lead to different results. So despite Li Younan explaining most of it, it’s almost impossible to directly turn it into applicable experience.

Li Younan didn’t explain further, just smiled.

By this time, Li Younan had been catching fish for a while. He looked at the catch in the fish basket and felt it was probably enough to qualify, so he decided not to continue fishing.

The subsequent matters were relatively simple.

The judges inspected each fishing station’s catches and collected everyone’s scores for statistics.

During this time, Li Younan bid farewell to Lu Ya.

Then Li Younan found Liu Yu again, and Liu Yu still had the same calm expression.

Li Younan went over and asked, "How’s the fishing going?"

Liu Yu saw Li Younan and calmly said, "Fishing, generally speaking, is better when pursued for cultivating oneself. Adding competitiveness affects one’s mindset. Without that mindset, fishing loses its original fun. This is what I realized during this competition."

Li Younan laughed heartily and said, "Just say it, you seem to lead an empty army!"

Seeing Li Younan laughing so wildly, the corners of Liu Yu’s mouth revealed a faint smile.

That’s exactly the effect he wanted. Having said the previous words, it made Li Younan think he was certainly empty or didn’t do well in the competition, so when the result was finally announced, it would surprise Li Younan instead.

His catches today were actually quite decent. Although he didn’t reach the top 20 breakthrough of 500 points, in the final moments, he basically reached around 400 points.

Calculating it, entering the top 50 and advancing to tomorrow’s finals should still be possible.

He said calmly, "Let’s see the result."

The subsequent result was that the top 20 advancing people along with everyone else’s results would be counted together, and the final result was directly announced on the WeChat official account.

Li Younan drove with Liu Yu, ready to return to the hotel to rest.

At that time, the results were already announced on the WeChat official account, and Liu Yu eagerly took out his phone to check the top 50 advancing. He didn’t look at the first few individuals, he directly scrolled to the bottom. Even though he felt he had a chance to advance, he wasn’t so confident to appear early on the list, so searching from the back was obviously more convenient.

He scrolled to the last name of the top 50 on the list and saw that the final score was 436.

Seeing this score, he was taken aback for a moment, then sighed softly.

His score was 405, meaning he was 31 points short to advance.

If he had caught two more carp then, he might have reached this score.

But he felt this result was still not bad.

At this point, Li Younan asked him, "So, did you advance?"

Liu Yu put down his phone, leaned back in the seat, and said casually, "I didn’t advance; my score is 405. The cutoff for advancing is 436."

When he said this, there was actually a hint of pride in his tone. Scoring 405, although it didn’t reach the threshold for advancing, wasn’t a bad result. For an average fishing enthusiast, it’s actually a pretty good score.

Then he asked Li Younan, "By the way, what’s your score?"

While driving, Li Younan thought about it and said somewhat uncertainly, "I didn’t calculate carefully; it’s probably around seven or eight hundred."

"Oh." Liu Yu nodded, then suddenly reacted, his expression turning strange, thinking he heard wrong, "Hmm? How much?"

"Seven or eight hundred." Li Younan repeated.

Liu Yu’s eyes widened in disbelief, letting out a hum: "You must be joking, if it’s seven or eight hundred, then you’d be at least in the top ranks. Top ranks... Does this mean you could even..."

He quickly scrolled to the top of the page, and the next words got stuck in his throat.

Because, right at the top was Li Younan with 805 points, while Zhao Tianyu, who was the first to advance, had only over 700 points, coming in second.

Liu Yu looked at Li Younan in disbelief.

Li Younan hadn’t yet seen the rankings and just smiled, "So, did you find my name?"

Liu Yu quietly put his phone away, "Look at it yourself when you get back, I need to rest now, don’t bother me."

After saying that, he leaned back in the seat and closed his eyes to relax.

...

The next day’s competition was postponed due to heavy rain.

The sudden downpour showed no signs of stopping.

This kind of weather presents safety concerns, and additionally, it’s harder to control fishing conditions in the rain, significantly impacting contestants’ results.

If the audience keeps seeing no fish being caught, the competition becomes uninteresting, so postponement is quite reasonable.

After the competition was postponed, Li Younan and Liu Yu felt a bit bored, and the south, where Shengzhong Lake is located, isn’t a large county. Simply put, there’s nothing much to explore, so the two stayed in the hotel and didn’t go out.

They edited the video and posted it online.

One piece of good news was that in just a few days, Li Younan’s fan count had surpassed four million, bringing him closer to ten million followers.

Nowadays, whenever he posts a video, even without sponsored ads, he can receive a portion of revenue from the platform, and each time he posts, he quickly gets feedback.

This particular fishing video had most comments expressing shock and playful banter.

After Old Xu’s previous painful lesson, even if some people doubted how Younan suddenly became a fishing expert, they didn’t dare to openly question it.

Instead, his fans firmly believed in Younan’s abilities.

"Li Younan, how many more skills do you have that we don’t know about?! Just the other day, you were extreme climbing, and today you’re calmly fishing by the riverbank. What’s next, sculpting the fish you catch into art and making it into a Michelin meal on the spot? Not only are you ridiculously handsome, but you’ve maxed out your skill points. Are you even human?"

"I thought you were a ’hexagonal warrior’ in the travel influencer scene, but it turns out I underestimated you—picking up a fishing rod, you instantly become a ’circular battle god’! I suggest changing your name to ’Li·Doesn’t-Know-How-to-Fail·Younan’!"

"Help! Watching Li Younan fish, sitting quietly there, his profile unrivaled, fish must be biting just because of how handsome he is... This isn’t fishing; it’s reeling in all of us face and skill fans!"

The people paying attention to this video included Li Younan’s fans, his persistent critics, and talent scouts from "Alone in the Wilderness."

After Younan demonstrated his fishing skills, Cameron decisively elevated Younan’s importance level once again.

At this point, he wasn’t just someone to watch; given the skills he’s shown so far, he could be very capable of surviving in the wilderness.

If one contestant from China were to enter the "Alone in the Wilderness" show, at this moment, it could only be Li Younan.

However, bringing a Chinese participant into their show carries certain risks.

Though Asians and even some Chinese have participated before, they mostly flopped without much appeal.

Additionally, they needed to gauge the show’s influence in China, how much attention it would get, and whether there was a large market.

After considering this, they decided to release some news and see the reaction.

The following day, the "Alone in the Wilderness" production team posted an announcement across various online platforms: the next season of "Alone in the Wilderness" would recruit a survival expert from China to participate.

What the team didn’t anticipate was the Chinese people’s interest in "Alone in the Wilderness," which was far beyond their expectations.