Chapter 14 Exploding Across the Galaxy.

Chapter 14: Going Viral Across the Galaxy.

The director’s prediction was right.

When Yu Xin first revealed his cooking skills, the live audience consisted mainly of the show’s regular viewers. Even though they were amazed by Yu Xin’s culinary techniques, it only caused a small ripple of impact.

But after a blogger posted a video of Yu Xin cooking and it hit the trending list on the Star Network, hordes of new viewers flooded into the live stream. Most of these newcomers were Yu Xin’s anti-fans, almost all of them skeptical, believing Yu Xin and the production team were colluding. They tuned in hoping to find evidence to crush the Yu Xin they despised.

It’s easy to imagine how shocked they were when they witnessed the Yu Xin they viewed as a useless waste displaying god-like cooking skills.

The contrast in Yu Xin before and after was just too striking. How could one person be so full of contradictions? The former subcultural punk was him, and now the calm, beautiful figure on screen was also him. Frivolous and foolish was him, steady and reliable was also him.

They scorned Yu Xin for being the fake young master who took someone else's place for eighteen years, yet they couldn’t help being drawn to his unique qualities, feeling utterly conflicted.

This peculiar sentiment fueled a strong desire to talk about it, whether to people around them or on social platforms across the Star Network; they became organic promoters for the variety show "Wilderness Adventure."

The impact these people brought was enormous, completely incomparable to before, spreading exponentially from one to ten, ten to a hundred. As a result, the popularity of "Wilderness Adventure" on the Star Network began soaring at a terrifying rate.

It was late at night. The show’s director had already fallen asleep but was shaken awake by the assistant director: "Director, director, wake up! Quick, look at the Star Network!"

The assistant director was so excited his voice was trembling: "The top trending spots are all about our show! So many people are discussing it, the real-time heat is ridiculously high. Our ratings have shot up like crazy!"

The director’s drowsy eyes snapped wide open, his irritation at being dragged out of his warm bed vanishing instantly. He practically threw himself at the monitor screen: "Let me see!"

His hands trembling, he scrolled through the screen. The assistant director wasn't exaggerating—of the top ten trending topics, "Wilderness Adventure" occupied a full five!

#MomAskedWhyI’mDroolingOverASurvivalShow#

#YuXinWildernessAdventure#

#WhatKindOfGodlyCookingIsThis#

#YuXinWithoutMakeup#

#WhoKnewYouCouldEatShrimpLikeThis#

…

The top one clearly spoke for all viewers:

#WhyHaven’tTheyInventedTerminalsThatCanSmellThingsYetAAAAAA#

As a core member of the production team, the director knew very well that aside from buying trending spots during the promotional period, they hadn’t purchased any since the show began airing.

Which meant all these trending topics were pushed up entirely by enthusiastic internet users on the Star Network!

In all his years making variety shows, he had never seen anything like this!

The director and assistant director locked eyes, then tightly grasped each other’s hands.

Their show had truly exploded—massively!

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"Wilderness Adventure" dominated the trending list for a full day, with no sign of heat dying down.

Most internet users were utterly bewildered when they first clicked on these trending topics, unable to hold back their genuine questions:

"What’s happening?"

"Where is my royal secretary? Hurry up and bring me a full story!"

"Waiting for someone to summarize."

"Yu Xin? Is that the Yu Xin I’m thinking of??"

They usually didn’t remain confused for long, because soon a wave of enthusiastic show fans or helpful viewers would jump in to explain:

"Yes, exactly, it’s that Yu Xin!!"

"To understand all this, we have to start from when Wilderness Adventure invited Yu Xin."

"I know about Wilderness Adventure, I watched a few episodes of the first two seasons, but I didn’t follow the new season. Why did they invite Yu Xin this time??"

【What’s the point of inviting that waste? To be a freeloading ‘mascot’ who does nothing??】

"That’s not it!! Girl, trust me, Yu Xin is nothing like the waste we thought he was, we’ve all been deceived by the rumors. Yu Xin, he is actually amazing, you’ll understand once you watch it!!"

"Putting aside everything else, if Yu Xin were really useless, could he make food that looks this delicious?? Live stream food screenshot 1, Live stream food screenshot 2"

"! What is this? It looks really good!!"

"All of this was made by Yu Xin in the wild! The wild, can you believe it! If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t believe it…"

"The wild?? How did he manage that?"

"He’s seriously impressive. He pulled off so many moves I never would have thought possible. Can you believe they even lost their pot because of Sheng Xingyao? The stuff in these pictures was made without a pot."

"I’m back from watching, thanks to the friend who provided the video. I wasn’t hungry before, but now I wanna eat something wuuu"

"I watched it too. I was planning to live on nutrient packs for the next week, but that’s totally impossible now. Tears are streaming down from the corner of my mouth.jpg"

"I’m going to watch the full show. Yu Xin, I admit your little tricks have gotten my attention. You’ve successfully piqued my interest!!"

More and more internet users joined the discussion. They initially only meant to glance at the hype, but after watching clips of Yu Xin cooking, strongly recommended by helpful strangers, they couldn’t look away.

Really, who could resist such a top-tier visual feast of food? They certainly couldn’t hold out wuuu.

Report! This person is using unauthorized magic attacks!! Ordinary physical shields can’t block them at all QAQQ

Moreover, unlike typical food shows, all the ingredients in Wilderness Adventure were gathered or caught by the guests themselves. They built their own kitchen, made their own utensils, started their own fires, and along the way experienced all sorts of hilarious accidents and jokes, making their eventual success in creating delicious food feel even more genuine and precious.

Especially the segments where Sheng Xingyao lost the pot and Sheng, Ruan, and Shen were spearfishing became iconic moments later cherished by fans.

A show with a great-looking cast, full of laughs and memorable moments, set against stunning scenery and featuring incredible food—what reason did they have not to follow it!

Especially with Yu Xin, once hated across the entire network, now redeeming himself through his own abilities—this was exactly the kind of storyline internet users loved most.

The exquisite cooking skills, his high-level survival abilities, and dependable personality Yu Xin displayed in Wilderness Adventure all made viewers exclaim:

"Yu Xin, what other surprises do you have that I don’t know about!"

And such a person also had a face that, without any makeup, was so stunning even without makeup.

He had too many mysteries and charms—his face became the least noteworthy aspect.

But even so, a significant number of people felt their hearts stir because of his appearance.

In the topic #YuXinWithoutMakeup, the most shared content were various screenshots of Yu Xin from the show.

There he was, focused on preparing food; drowsy just after waking up in the morning; with sunlight on his face after morning exercise; his forehead fully exposed and dotted with water droplets after washing his face…

The comments are filled with screams:

"Who is this!! Which unknown but gorgeous little idol is this? This face just struck right at my, uh, heartstrings!"

"Sis, look up, this trending topic is called 'Yu Xin's bare face'."

"I know, sob sob, I just couldn't believe it. I thought it was some fan using the hashtag/trending topic to promote their own idol. This is actually Yu Xin! Amazing!"

"I can't believe it either. Was I blind before? How did I never notice Yu Xin is so good-looking!!"

"Friend above, I don't think it's your fault. With Yu Xin's previous style, who could have guessed there was such a stunning face hidden underneath?"

"I've studied it carefully. Even before, his bone structure and facial contours were quite outstanding, but his taste was just too questionable."

"And his previous vibe was... it felt particularly narrow-minded, which could detract three points even from a ten-out-of-ten face. But now it's completely different. How do I put it? Even though Sheng Xingyao and Shen Tong are also good-looking, my eyes always go to Yu Xin first."

"Right! Even though he always seems cold and indifferent, like he doesn't care about anything, you just can't look away. Especially when he's expressionless—if he glanced at me, I'd want to chicken scream!!"

"I absolutely adore this kind of refined, slightly disdainful cat-like face!! Starting today, I'm a fan of Yu Xin's looks! Hot people can get away with anything!!"

"Count me in too. From now on, if anyone badmouths Yu Xin, I'll defend him just for that face!"

...

Regardless of whether the content is positive or negative, it's undeniable that Yu Xin's discussion buzz is far ahead, leading by a large margin across the entire star network.

Those who admire and are captivated by his cooking skills, those discussing the contradictions in his persona, and those simply fawning over his looks—all are sprouting up like fresh sprouts after rain.

It's as if they're discovering this young man for the first time, obsessively gathering everything about him. His outstanding performances on the show have been compiled into collections and posted on short video platforms, gaining terrifyingly high view counts.

Among them are many who once followed the trend to criticize Yu Xin. Now that the wind has changed direction, they're all rushing to praise Yu Xin instead.

There's no helping it—even in the Interstellar Age, netizens are still like this: they define a person based on one-sided information of unknown authenticity and are extremely prone to following the crowd, like weathervanes, as if they never said those derogatory things before.

Yu Xin is full of mysteries, shrouded in mist and hard to clearly see, yet it inevitably makes people want to explore and understand him.

It's safe to say that tonight, every netizen across the galaxies who hasn't cut off from the star network will come across the name Yu Xin during their browsing.

Overnight, Yu Xin completely reversed his previous reputation. His original social media account was deactivated. If he were to have a new verified public account, its follower count would undoubtedly grow at a terrifying speed.

Yu Xin, a young man in his early twenties, has achieved true, explosive fame across the entire star system!

Author's note:

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Sorry I'm late!

Today's chapter is really short, qwq.