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Chapter 16: Overnight Popularity

"Om-"

"Buzz-"

"Squeak squeak..."

The next day.

noon.

I don’t know how long I slept soundly.

Xiao Yu slowly woke up amid the huge roar of the engine.

"Hmm... huh."

Lying on the ground, he stretched himself comfortably. He peeked out from the wheel of the truck with sleepy eyes and found two men surrounding the car, trying to drive away his house.

"Why won't the car move?"

"It seems the gearbox is broken."

"Wasn't it fine yesterday? Didn't you release the handbrake? I could hear the front tire slipping."

"The handbrake is fully released! It's not the handbrake's problem."

"Does that mean we are stuck in territory?"

The man who spoke bent down and looked carefully at the land: "..."

"Nothing. There are no bricks in front or behind the tire."

"That's weird... I'll get in the car and try again."

"Om-"

"Huh? It's ready to start! It's ready to start this time!"

"So what happened just now?"

“That’s not right…”

While the two were wondering, Xiao Yu had already walked away yawning, carrying a large backpack.

I found a public toilet along the way, turned on the tap, and washed my face with cold running water. Then I straightened up and felt refreshed.

Smacking his lips, he took out the toothbrush and toothpaste he carried from his big backpack. While brushing his teeth in front of the mirror, he felt his strengthened physique.

"..."

'Indeed, the increase is getting smaller and smaller.'

"Have I reached my limit? My body..."

Opening his hand and staring at his palm for a while, Xiao Yu spit out white foam from his mouth, took out his cell phone and turned it on.

After waiting for about half a minute, the screen lights up and enters the operation interface.

Immediately, the "ding ding dang dang" message notification sound began to sound continuously!
"Gulp--bah."

After spitting out a few more mouthfuls of white foam and rinsing his lips, Xiao Yu swiped the screen of his mobile phone to check the reminder messages.

New SMS, 999+
Missed call, 999+
Tik Tok notification, 999+
B station notice, 999+
There were so many messages that the phone's system was stuck.

"It seems that my real-life information has really been opened online."

Frowning, he clicked on the text message interface.

Sure enough! The vast majority of the thousands of text messages were cursing him.

The missed calls of 999+ were all from unfamiliar numbers.

“Buzz…buzz…”

While checking, another "harassing call" came in. Xiao Yu hung up immediately and turned on the airplane mode to avoid harassment. Then he put away his toothbrush, picked up his backpack, and left the public toilet.

Traditional martial arts have a bad reputation, and if he uses this kind of banner, he will inevitably be regarded as a liar. In addition, he has ridiculed many cities in succession and attracted the hatred of millions of citizens. He knew that he would be criticized.

It was even reported offline.

But what's the big deal?

True gold is not afraid of fire.

After a few days, when the hype is built up and he officially demonstrates his strength, everything will turn around.

not to mention……

What is the situation now?
Maybe tomorrow, doomsday disaster will spread all over the world.

In order to rule over all mankind before that "monster", he had no other choice.

Walk leisurely and arrive at the Xiangni City Music Square.

Xiao Yu entered a relatively remote fast food restaurant, sat by the window, and said loudly: "I want a bowl of spicy noodles. Do you have any?"

"Yes!" A woman immediately ran out from the kitchen, wiping her hands on her apron and asking enthusiastically, "What else do you want? Do you want some mixed vegetables?"

"Then give me a plate of shredded potatoes."

"Okay. Any drinks?"

"A bottle of Sprite." Xiao Yu raised his index finger.

"Okay! Are you ready to cook?"

“…That’s all.”

"Okay! Would you like some fried skewers?"

"..."

"We also have special chicken racks. How about braised eggs? Would you like one?"

"I don't want anything else. Just what I ordered." Xiao Yu held up his phone, showing the screen, and changed the subject: "Which WIFI do you have at home? What's the password?"

"The first one is it." The woman glanced at the screen: "The password is eight eights." "Okay." Xiao Yu nodded, entered the store's wireless network password in flight mode, and connected to the Internet.

"A bowl of spicy noodles, a plate of shredded potatoes, a bottle of Sprite, and a boiled egg. That's all, right?"

"No boiled eggs. Thank you."

"Where are the spicy noodles, shredded potatoes, Sprite, and napkins?"

"...Okay, okay."

"Okay! Wait a moment."

The aunt finally left.

Xiao Yu finally relaxed, leaned back in his chair, and opened WeChat on his phone.

I saw that the friend addition section on the contact page was also full.

With a blank expression on his face, he changed the setting in WeChat to "not be able to add friends by any means", then exited WeChat, opened Tiao Le, and checked the number of fans he had today.

"..."

This sight made his pupils shrink suddenly and he almost jumped up.

"One hundred and thirty-six?! Ten thousand?!"

"One million, three hundred and sixty thousand?!"

"???"

"Walter?!"

Last night, he still clearly remembered that he only had tens of thousands of fans!

How did it suddenly increase by a million overnight?!
He stood there in a daze for a long time. He subconsciously pulled down the screen and refreshed the page.

The number of fans immediately increased from 136 million to 137 million.

“This level of increase…”

He hurriedly opened the P station backend again.

The number of fans also saw a surge - to 77.

Slow Hand——121 million.

Jubo – 45.4.

"..."

"..."

"Multiple platforms... 4 million followers..."

No wonder he was unboxed last night.

All kinds of text messages, phone calls, and harassment bombarded me. Even the federal police came to pick a fight.

With millions of "anti-fans" digging for him, it's bound to be a mess...

Thinking about it, Xiao Yu opened Douyin again to find out why he became an inexplicable celebrity overnight.

Not a moment.

Through more than a dozen short videos, I understood the whole story.

To put it simply, when he had an appointment with Liu Honggang for a match last night, the first anchor he challenged, Dafei, released a video targeting him.

I probably bought a streaming package.

In addition, the content was explosive and the other party was originally a well-known Internet celebrity. The video went viral instantly after it was released!

Xiao Yu noticed that as of now, the number of likes on that video has exceeded 460,000, which means that the number of views is at least around 10 million.

At the same time, "Shuangxing News" and "Sichuan Discovery", which were professional at attracting traffic, also edited and reposted Dafei's video on multiple platforms, which also became a hit.

Now, many short video media organizations are like sharks that have smelled blood, and they are all taking action! They are having a great time reposting, creating original content, streaming, criticizing, etc.

And this is just the beginning.

In the second half of the night, perhaps because the topic really got heated, or perhaps there was someone behind the scenes pushing it, many local netizens in Los Angeles and Changcheng posted videos of "Xiao Yu pulling a banner to provoke" and the traffic also surged one after another.

It will further drive the growth of related video data of several major self-media such as Dafei, Shuangxing News, and Sichuan Discovery.

Early this morning, as many as hundreds of internet celebrities engaged in the "fighting" industry, although they realized it later, also posted videos and updates targeting Xiao Yu.

The wind helps the fire, and the fire takes advantage of the wind.

Once "traffic" explodes and forms widespread public opinion and focus, it will only intensify.

"..."

I quit TikTok with a short breath.

Xiao Yu opened the giant blog again and found a topic called "Another traditional martial arts master - Xiao Yu" on the first page of the rankings.

On the second page, there are as many as six related topics!
And with each refresh, the rankings of these topics rise.

Obviously.

A hot topic that is about to sweep across the entire Internet of Dongda University is rapidly accumulating, gathering momentum, and taking shape under the impetus of multiple parties...

"..."

Slowly put down the phone.

Xiao Yu stared out the window in a daze.

"..."

"...so fast?"

……

(End of this chapter)