American Hunting: Starting with Solitary Life in the Wilderness

Chapter 240 The World's Impression of China!
The focus shifts to the comments section of the YouTube platform.

The atmosphere here was equally vibrant, but the style was completely different, with comments from all over the world forming an "international symposium" on technology.

The comments section was flooded with various languages, but the core message was surprisingly consistent—shocking.

A top-rated comment came from German carpenter Klaus: "As a carpenter, I must say his treatment of those logs was absolutely correct. Respect!"

Immediately following this was a reply from a Texas farmer, which received thousands of likes: "Hey guys, I have to say something about that XCMG loader! I have a smaller XC9 series on my farm."

Three years ago, when my dealer recommended it, I was still hesitant, after all, we Texans only recognize John Deere and Caterpillar.

But I must say, it was one of the wisest investments I've ever made! This Chinese beast is rugged, durable, powerful, and has much lower maintenance costs than American brands.

It helped me rebuild after a tornado and pulled a seed drill stuck in the mud. I'm not surprised it was used in that godforsaken place, Alaska. Good stuff shines wherever it is.

This personal account instantly sparked a deeper discussion about "China".

@Tom_in_Shanghai: [That's exactly what I wanted to say! Forget all the fake news the BBC and CNN are feeding you! I spent five years in Shanghai and Shenzhen, China, for work, and it was like a world from the future!]

Clean streets, unbelievably safe midnight hours, and high-speed trains a hundred times more punctual than the London Underground! Western media coverage of China is utterly a joke.

@BaguetteVSBaozi: [The person upstairs is right! I'm studying in Beijing, and what impresses me most is their mobile payment and logistics. I can buy anything with my phone and have it delivered to my dorm door within half an hour.]

Returning to Paris after the holidays, I felt like I'd traveled from the future back to the Middle Ages! Lin in this video, and the China behind him, share the same logic: they don't like to talk, they only like to do, and then they astound everyone with their results.

@MapleLeafExplorer: [What truly impressed me was Lin's way of thinking, his long-term planning, and his ability to endure absolute solitude.]

@Milan Craftsman: [To add to that, I noticed some of the furniture designs inside his wooden house. The lines are simple and full of Eastern Zen, but the structure uses very modern mortise and tenon techniques.]

This ability to perfectly blend traditional aesthetics with modern craftsmanship is a microcosm of what is happening in China, a country that is both ancient and vibrant.

Of course, where there is praise, there are bound to be dissenting voices. Soon, several comments with obvious bias appeared.

A comment from user "FreedomEagle1776" reads: "[Impressive building skills, but I hope he won't harm those lovely animals in the wilderness. After all, we all know that Chinese people eat everything, especially dogs.]"

Another comment was even more sarcastic: "How could such a backward country like China quickly become capable of producing these machines? Perhaps they stole Western technology? I have my doubts."

These two comments, like pebbles thrown into a calm lake, have already begun to educate many rational foreign netizens before Chinese students can even react.

@Sociologist Alex (replying to "FreedomEagle1776"): [Wake up, my friend, it's the 21st century now. Using outdated, racially discriminatory stereotypes like "eating dog meat" to attack a country only makes you look incredibly ignorant and pathetic.]

By the way, some regions in Switzerland also eat dog meat. Would you attack all Swiss people for that? Use your media-influenced brain to think about it.

@SeoulWalkerKimJaejoong (replying to "FreedomEagle1776"): [I am Korean, and our country does have a tradition of eating dog meat, but it is very unfair to label this complex cultural phenomenon and use it to attack a completely unrelated individual.]

This video is full of respect for nature, and your comments are completely out of sync with its theme.

@Mechanic Dave (replying to the technology theft theory): [Stealing technology? Friend, what era are you living in? The yellow loader you mentioned comes from XCMG Group, a top global construction machinery manufacturer with annual revenue of tens of billions of US dollars.]

Whose technology are they trying to steal? They are among the very ones who define technology. Go Google it, do some research, and don't let your ignorance become a laughingstock.

Soon after, the Texas rancher reappeared and directly replied to the comment about technology theft: "Hey kid, I swear on my reputation that this Chinese machine is sturdier than the Ford pickup truck in my garage."

If you believe that good things can only be made in the United States, it means you not only don't understand the world, but you also don't understand how your own country is being surpassed.

Wilderness Patriot, the host of an American survival channel with hundreds of thousands of followers, also appeared in the comments section and left a long comment: "I've been in this business for 20 years and have seen countless log cabin building videos. But Lin's is something completely different."

Most of us (including myself) are built on a barely passable dirt road and a hardware store an hour's drive away.

The location he chose, as a map shows, is practically at the edge of civilization. This meant he had absolutely no room for error. In the video, every cut and every hoisting maneuver was executed with robotic precision.

This wasn't about showing off his skills, but because he couldn't afford the consequences of any mistake. If a piece of wood was ruined or a screw was stripped, there might not be any spares.

This ability to remain calm and precise under absolute pressure is the core quality of a true survivalist. He built not just a house, but a completely self-sufficient and sustainable ecosystem.

Planning, skills, risk assessment… this is the true masterclass in 'offline home living.' Hats off to you, sir, you have earned my subscription and my deepest respect.

The video's viral spread even attracted the attention of some mainstream Western media outlets.

An editor at the tech blog The Verge commented: "Hi Lin, fantastic work. We're considering featuring your story in an article about the intersection of technology, craftsmanship, and the new wave of digital home life. Please check your business email."

Inside the cabin in Weissman, Lin Yu'an sat quietly at her desk, refreshing the webpage, watching the first comment, "Front row!", scroll by, followed by the second, the third...

He watched as the comments on the screen went from sparse to dense, and then flooded the screen like a torrent...

Lin Yu'an sat quietly at his desk, the light from the screen illuminating his calm face.

He didn't pay too much attention to the rapidly fluctuating data, but instead slowly read through the comments section, one by one, the goodwill and praise that transcended language and national borders.

I also saw those glaring prejudices and ignorance, as well as many strangers spontaneously standing up to defend him and China.

He saw Klaus's admiration, the Texas farmer's buyer reviews, and the British engineer and French student's defense and protection of the real China behind him.

A long-lost smile appeared on Lin Yu'an's face. It was a satisfaction that transcended personal achievement, but a deeper sense of pride in being Chinese.

Then, he focused all his attention on the data panel in the background.

In just ten minutes, the number of views on Bilibili jumped to an astonishing 150,000.

The prime-time release, coupled with a base of millions of fans, gave this two-hour-long video a terrifying initial speed comparable to top-tier trending short videos.

Meanwhile, the YouTube channel steadily surpassed 15,000 views, with European viewers contributing the first solid wave of international traffic during their lunch break.

Lin Yu'an picked up the whiskey beside him, took a small sip, and felt calm. He knew this was just the beginning.

Instead of refreshing the page frequently, he opened the video itself, put on his headphones, turned the bullet comment transparency to the lowest level, and began to relive that summer with his fans.

Watching myself cut down the first tree under the polar day sun, watching the barrage of comments go from sparse to dense, and then flood the entire screen like a torrent.

Time passed by unnoticed.

When he switched back to the background, the curve representing the increase in play count was climbing at an almost vertical angle!
The number of views on Bilibili has surged past 880,000, the number of likes has exceeded 150,000, and the number of coins, which represents the highest level of audience approval, has easily surpassed the threshold of 50,000.

What shocked him most was the real-time online viewership displayed in the background. At that moment, over two hundred thousand people were watching this long and epic construction process alongside him. It seems that there are still as many sleepless night owls in China as ever.

Unsurprisingly, the video has already broken into the top five of Bilibili's overall trending list. On YouTube, the number of views has also skyrocketed to 90,000.

In the comments section, the two "personal accounts" from the Texas farmer and the German carpenter Klaus have been pushed to the top and received thousands of replies.

Time passed, and the aurora outside the window changed its dance. It was three in the morning in Weisman, and Lin Yu'an was preparing to refresh the backend one last time before going to sleep.

At this moment, it's 10 PM in China, another peak time for Bilibili's late-night traffic. This time, the data has completely "exploded."

The total number of views on Bilibili was a staggering 2.1 million! In just three hours after its release, it easily achieved the "million views" milestone that many content creators dream of, and even doubled it.

The number of new followers in the backend was also rapidly increasing, already exceeding 20,000. Old Cat sent a brief message, consisting almost entirely of punctuation: "It's exploded! Brother An!!"

YouTube's recommendation algorithm has also been fully activated, and the number of views successfully surpassed 250,000, far exceeding his number of subscribers, and began to radiate to a wider international audience. He saw the rapidly increasing numbers in the background, and he also saw the goodwill and praise in the comments section that transcended language and national borders.

A smile appeared on his face; it was a feeling of being understood, recognized, and praised, and no one could dislike that feeling.

I turned off the computer, shutting out all the noise from the screen.

The ups and downs in his career have long since become insignificant to him; this moment of "celebration in the cloud" is just a small scene in his long journey of life.

He went back to the bedroom and gently lay down next to his family.

At this moment, nothing brings him more peace and contentment than the even breathing of his sleeping family members beside him.

Time: December 25, early morning Alaskan time.

As Lin Yu-an slept soundly in the warmth of the Wiseman cabin, the video was sweeping the world like wildfire!

In the first few hours after the video was released, the explosion in popularity was predictable. The anticipation that had been building up for half a year was like a spring that had been compressed to its limit, releasing an amazing burst of energy.

Bilibili's trending list and YouTube's recommendation algorithm pushed this two-hour construction epic to eager fans and passersby attracted by the "hardcore" tag.

The 2.1 million views he saw were merely sparks in this wildfire. They represented only the initial energy contributed by core fans and the first batch of casual viewers recommended by the algorithm.

The energy that truly drove this storm to continue its mutation and eventually sweep across the globe came from a detail he had never anticipated.

What is the background music in a video that is two hours, fifteen minutes, and thirty-seven seconds long?
For the vast majority of viewers who spend their Christmas afternoons idly scrolling through their phones, the answer to this question is ambiguous.

That melody, like the air of Alaska, is omnipresent yet indescribable; it simply blends perfectly with the visuals, becoming a part of the emotion.

Music is merely a catalyst that binds all these sensory experiences together. They find it pleasant and fitting without delving into its origins.

However, in the comments section of YouTube, some subtle, clandestine exchanges began to quietly emerge amidst the flood of information.

One German comment read: "Merry Christmas! And this music... isn't that an old Bieber song? It keeps repeating itself."

A reply in French quickly followed: "Yes! I feel like it's the Recovery from the Journals album! What an incredible and crazy Christmas gift!"

These scattered sparks initially went largely unnoticed. After all, discussing Justin Bieber in the comments section of a hardcore build video seemed somewhat out of place.

But there are always some people in the world whose ears have a religiously devout ability to recognize a particular sound.

They are Justin Bieber's "Beliebers," loyal followers who have accompanied him through his highs and lows, and are familiar with every melody and every vocal transition of his music.

For them, the existence of this song is like discovering a hidden signature of their idol in a realistic landscape painting.

December 25, 7:14 PM, London, UK, a student apartment.

Chloe Harrison was idly poking at the leftover Christmas roast chicken on her plate, while outside the window, London night had already fallen.

The festive lights reflected a hazy glow on the wet streets. For her, Christmas was just another day to stay online all night, as an international student staying on campus alone.

As the operator of "Bieber's Journals," a Twitter account with 200,000 followers, her digital world is far more exciting than her real life.

She was planning to watch a romantic movie, but YouTube's algorithm, like a busy Santa Claus, recommended the video she had clicked on that afternoon on the homepage.

This time, she noticed that the video had already surpassed five million views and was still growing at a visible rate.

Next to that fiery "hot" label, there was even an additional recommendation: "phenomenal".

“Okay, okay, ‘My Complete Account of Building a Log Cabin in Alaska!’ I want to see what’s so amazing.” She muttered, clicking on the video.

The video opens with a minute-long aerial shot, in which the drone, like a silent snow falcon, soars over the boundless coniferous forest and finally hovers over a cleared area.

The scene was so quiet you could hear the wind; the loneliness of the wilderness almost overflowed from the screen.

Then, the music starts.

It was just a simple, slightly melancholic electric piano prelude, but Chloe's body trembled violently as if struck by an electric current.

This melody...

Her heart started pounding! She quickly dragged the progress bar to different points in time.

15分21秒，男人正在用带锯机切割巨大的原木；1小时32分40秒，木屋的框架在夕阳下矗立……

No matter where she hovered the mouse pointer, that familiar melody and Justin's young, clear voice, tinged with struggle and vulnerability, played on repeat.

"Oh my God..." Chloe covered her mouth with her hand, trying to suppress the scream that was about to escape her lips.

"It's Recovery!"

It's not "Baby," it's not "Sorry," it's not any of those globally popular chart-topping singles that were even played in shopping malls during Christmas.

Instead, it's a song from the 2013 album "Journals," an experimental album considered a turning point in Bieber's musical career but far from commercially successful.

A song that only hardcore fans will listen to over and over again, a song considered a "hidden gem" that truly reflects Bieber's inner struggles back then.

And this creator simply and crudely played the entire song on a loop a full thirty-seven times in a video that lasted more than two hours!

At first, Chloe thought this approach was a bit strange.

But as she became immersed in the video, watching the man chop down trees, cut, and build in an endless loop, she gradually began to experience an incomparably wonderful feeling.

The roar of chainsaws, the crack of axes, the pounding of hammers... these real white noises create a wonderful contrast with the song that sings of "revival" and "healing"!

It was as if the man was responding to the illusory, inner struggle in the music with real, arduous labor.

Each cycle is like a self-examination; each construction is like an answer to that question.

The monotonous repetition, far from being boring, actually draws the audience into the protagonist's lonely and focused world through this extreme repetition.

Chloe's breathing quickened, a missionary-like sense of duty gripping her. She had to tell the whole world, every Belieber, about this most special "Christmas gift"!
Her fingers flew across the keyboard, sending out a tweet that carried all her excitement and passion: "Beliebers! Merry Christmas! I found the best Christmas present of the year!"

A Chinese creator built a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness and played the song "Recovery" on repeat for more than two hours!

This is simply the craziest and most romantic tribute I've ever seen! He's practically living out this song!

She clicked send, and the tweet, like a spark falling into boiling oil, instantly ignited the peaceful Christmas night of her fans.

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(There's no escaping it now; doesn't this look like a monthly pass?)
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