A live stream that dramatically transformed a depressed schoolgirl shocked netizens across the count

Chen Lang held the steering wheel with one hand and glanced at the rapidly scrolling barrage of comments.

He remained silent, leaning back in the leather seat, his fingers returning to the steering wheel, a wicked smile playing on his lips.

"So, the theme of today's live stream is—"

Chen Lang raised an eyebrow at the ultra-high-definition live broadcast ball in mid-air.

"Take this passenger in the front seat and let's see some scenery we've never seen before."

"It's not one of those trendy photo spots where people are packed together and you have to stand in line to take pictures while smelling sweat."

"It's the kind of place where you can truly feel at peace and at ease."

The traffic outside the window was completely jammed, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the asphalt road that was emitting sultry exhaust fumes. The piercing sound of horns and the roar of engines mingled together.

Chen Lang chuckled softly.

"Of course, if any of you brothers want to see how your Brother Lang uses a 52-ton vehicle to clear the way in a hardcore way, you can fasten your seatbelts now."

"Friendly reminder: We are not responsible for cancellations due to motion sickness."

[Holy crap, it's here! This is the heavy-duty truck off-road live stream I've been waiting for!]

[High-energy warning ahead! Everyone stand up!]

Traffic jams? In Lang Ge's dictionary, there's no such thing as "no way to go." If there's no road, he'll just grind one down and make one!

The number of online viewers exceeded 100,000 within three minutes of the broadcast starting, and the data is still climbing rapidly.

Chen Lang snapped his fingers at the camera.

"Titan, deactivate Level 5 cruise control, switch the powertrain to manual heavy-load mode. Lift the chassis hydraulically to its maximum limit."

"Roger that, sir. Manual mode has been activated, and the chassis armor has been raised to its maximum."

"Current terrain warning: No standard road ahead."

The Titan's cold, mechanical voice echoed through the carriage.

Chen Lang stepped on the brakes, and the heavy truck slowly came to a stop at a traffic intersection.

On the left is the main road leading to Erhai Scenic Area, where cars and buses of all colors are lined up for several kilometers.

To the right was a muddy road that wasn't even marked on the navigation system. It was overgrown with waist-high thorny weeds and several dead tree trunks lying haphazardly. It looked like a dead end leading into the deep mountains.

Without pausing, Chen Lang's right arm muscles, which had been torn anew from pulling the winch yesterday, tensed up sharply, and the veins on his wheat-colored hand bulged.

He gripped the steering wheel with both hands and turned it sharply to the right.

The V12 engine emitted a deep, resonant roar.

The 52-ton black armored vehicle ran directly over the half-meter-high curb, and the thick dead branches and gravel were instantly crushed by the run-flat tires.

The heavy truck plunged onto the wild road on the right, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The screen immediately filled with a dense barrage of question marks.

【Brother Lang, are you crazy?! That's a makeshift path for mining coal in the back mountains!】

This car is almost three meters wide; it'll definitely get stuck in the woods!

[He just said there were scenic spots the navigation couldn't find... Really? Is he going to forge his own path?!]

Several SUVs stuck in traffic on the main road next to it also witnessed this scene.

A red Jeep Wrangler rolled down its window, and the driver, wearing sunglasses, leaned out and shouted loudly at the back of the heavy truck.

"Hey! You RV driver! That's a dead end! Your wide-body vehicle will get stuck in the tree branches in less than a hundred meters!"

"We'll call a heavy-duty tow truck to pick you up in a bit; it'll cost at least twenty or thirty thousand!"

People in several nearby cars peered out to watch the spectacle, then shook their heads and sneered.

Chen Lang heard the shouts coming from outside the window, but he didn't roll down the window. He just smiled at the live broadcast camera.

Some people say that there's no way forward.

He patted the bulletproof armored dashboard below the steering wheel with one hand.

"That's because their scrap metal is blocked."

Sitting in the passenger seat, Shen Qingci turned her head slightly and quietly looked at Chen Lang.

She didn't panic, nor did she ask if she had gone to the wrong place.

Those eyes, which were originally cold and aloof, were now unusually calm.

If Chen Lang is driving, even if there's a cliff in front of her, she'd probably crash into it without even blinking.

Chen Lang met her gaze, a slight smile playing on his lips, his eyes returning to the dense forest ahead.

"Going to scenic spots to queue up and breathe in exhaust fumes? Competing with a bunch of middle-aged women for a spot to make peace signs?"

"That's not my style, Chen Lang."

He floored the accelerator.

Today, I'll show you some blind boxes that God has secretly hidden away.

The dirt road was extremely narrow, with thorny shrubs and thick tree trunks growing wildly on both sides, squeezing the space inside the vehicle.

If it were that Wrangler from before, the chassis would have been completely wrecked.

But under Chen Lang's control, this heavily modified heavy truck managed to carve a path through the dense forest.

The dense foliage was smashed open by the tilted front bumper armor, and the sharp branches scraped against the matte black bulletproof paint without leaving even the slightest white mark.

The Wrangler driver, who had been shouting from behind, watched helplessly as the behemoth disappeared from sight without even turning on its brake lights.

His hand holding the phone froze in mid-air, and his sunglasses slipped down to the bridge of his nose.

"That's... a tank, isn't it?"

As we went deeper, the road became narrower and narrower, and the bumps became more and more intense.

Until a five-meter-high cliff appeared ahead, completely blocking their way.

Thick, ancient vines intertwine to form a net, completely sealing the cliff face, with their robust roots deeply embedded in the rock crevices.

This is a true dead end.

The live stream chat exploded instantly.

[Oh no! We've really hit a wall! There's no road ahead, hurry up and reverse, Lang Ge!]

[You're new here, aren't you? The word "reverse" doesn't exist in Brother Lang's dictionary!]

"Titan, full armor lock, hydraulic crash beam deployed."

A row of menacing solid alloy crash beams slowly protruded from the front of the car.

Instead of slowing down, Chen Lang slammed the accelerator pedal into the floor.

"Hold on tight, little princess."

The heavy truck engine roared as it tore through the air, and the sudden surge of power pressed the two men firmly into their seats.

The pitch-black front of the car, carrying terrifying momentum, crashed violently into the vine-covered stone wall.

A deafening thud.

The tough vines snapped and broke under the crushing weight of 52 tons, and hundreds of kilograms of broken wood were violently flung by the anti-collision steel beams, hitting the bulletproof glass with a series of crisp sounds.

The car body shook violently for two seconds.

Then, suddenly everything became clear.

All the engine roars and the sounds of trees snapping ceased abruptly the moment the wall of vines was breached, replaced by the sound of a clear, empty wind.

Behind the ruins lies an undeveloped alpine meadow platform suspended in mid-air.

Unidentified wildflowers swayed in the wind.

Directly in front of them, the unobstructed Erhai Lake stretched out before them.

The water, dyed orange-gold by the sunset, rippled in the evening breeze, with the snow-capped Cangshan Mountains right in front of it.

There are no crowds here, no iron fences, only a clean mountain breeze blowing through.

The chat in the live stream paused for ten seconds, then erupted in excitement.

Holy crap!!! I've lived in Dali for three years and I had no idea such an amazing place existed!

Is this the allure of hardcore heavy-duty truck exploration?! That crash into the wall just now gave me goosebumps all over!

[This angle is amazing! Yesterday I queued for two hours at Haishi Park and only managed to get a bunch of pictures of the backs of my heads. I feel like a clown now.]

Within fifteen minutes of the broadcast starting, the number of online viewers exceeded 100,000, and the screen full of gift effects almost crashed the server.

Ignoring the frenzy in the live stream, Chen Lang pushed open the car door and jumped out.

He went around to the passenger side, opened the car door, unbuckled Shen Qingci's seatbelt, and reached out his large hand, which bore a few fine bloodstains, to grasp her pale, slender wrist.

He led her out of the car and onto the lush green viewing terrace.

A cool mountain breeze ruffled Shen Qingci's slightly disheveled hair.

She walked barefoot on the soft meadow, her gaze lingering on the shimmering Erhai Lake.

At this moment, there were no endless exam papers, no suffocating curses from her mother, only this clean landscape before her and the man holding her hand.

In Chen Lang's mind, the system's light blue panel quietly popped up.

[Ding! Detected a significant weakening of the target person "Shen Qingci's" mental defenses.]

[Cure progress: 38% → 45%]

[The host receives emotional value feedback: Reputation points +50000.]

The lingering gloom in Shen Qingci's eyes was somewhat dispelled by the gust of wind.

She turned her head and looked at Chen Lang, who was standing beside her against the wind.

The corners of his mouth slowly turned up, a clean smile, yet tinged with a hint of brokenness.

The floating live-streaming ball accurately captured this scene, and the close-up of the girl's cool profile was clearly transmitted to the screens of 200,000 viewers.

[So beautiful... This girl's smile is amazing, that delicate and aloof quality, it blows away all those pretty-girl types!]

[A long-time fan who's been following her since yesterday, seeing her finally smile, even I, a grown man, was moved to tears.]

[Lang Ge really did it. He said he would bring her to Dali, and he really did crash into a mountainside to show her the cleanest sea in the world.]

Chen Lang looked at the light that finally appeared in her eyes, and his gaze softened slightly.

He pulled another lollipop from his pocket, unwrapped it, stuffed it into his mouth, and gave a sly laugh.

"How is it, little princess? Is this place worthy of your eyes?"

Shen Qingci nodded emphatically.

She didn't say anything, but simply reached out and grabbed the hem of Chen Lang's windbreaker very naturally.

Her fingers were slender, yet she exerted so much force that her knuckles turned white.

This live stream caused Chen Lang's account data to experience explosive growth.

The hashtags #52tonheavytruckhardcorelandclearing# and #Dalihiddenfairyland# immediately jumped into the top three of the trending searches.

Meanwhile, in Shanghai.

Inside the headquarters building of Xingyao Interactive Entertainment, a top domestic MCN agency.

The head of the data analytics department stared at the vertically soaring traffic curve on the big screen and dialed the operations director's internal phone.

"Boss! It's out! That amateur account of Chen Lang's has completely exploded!"

"With a 98% fan retention rate and extremely high engagement, this is definitely a high-potential IP!"

On the other end of the phone, the operations director, dressed in a bespoke suit, held a glass of red wine and stared at the computer screen.

The screen was frozen on Shen Qingci's profile smile.

"Have the business team book the next available flight to Dali immediately."

The director's voice was calculating.

"Go and negotiate with him with the highest level of performance-based agreement."

"Well... what if he's stubborn and doesn't want to sign with our agency? I checked his resume yesterday; this guy's a troublemaker." The supervisor hesitated.

"Make contact first; anything that can be won over with money is no big deal."

The director gave a cold laugh and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

"If Chen Lang really can't win her over, he should try to contact the girl in the video privately. Nowadays, netizens love this kind of aloof and redeeming persona."

"Just sign her, fabricate a few stories about her dysfunctional family, package her as a high-achieving student with depression, and you can monetize that traffic. I don't need to tell you how much, right?"