Chapter 286: Chapter 285: Bandaging the Glacier

In recent days, Qiao Yuxi has been fuming because Su Zhining tried to imitate Xu Ying’s style. This morning, she got her revenge by reposting a photo of Xu Ying’s back on the ice with the caption: “Trying to copy? Can you even afford to? Know your place.”

The online gossipers were abuzz.

[Hahaha, the savior got imitated by a wannabe, you can tell Miss Qiao is really furious!]

[As a loyal fan of Little Xu Station Chief, I’m really pissed off, being randomly dragged into this mess, but thank goodness Alex’s golden words were so satisfying!]

[Su Zhining did everything she could to pull some shady moves on the show, but it didn’t even take Little Xu Station Chief to act, her number one fan jumped in directly!]

[She’s trying so hard to create buzz, but in the end, her fashion resources got crushed by outsiders. Xu Ying’s fans appreciate a certain Miss’s contribution in making the bridal gown ready.]

Su Zhining’s fans were fuming and hinted: [Qiao Group and Alex are collaborating recently, could Alex’s post be bought by Qiao Group?]

But they were immediately shot down by netizens. [Are you okay? Does Qiao Group have the power to put a knife to Alex’s throat and force him to donate all earnings to the rescue station?]

[Their luxury ready-to-wear series is expected to make millions of US Dollars.]

[In the fashion industry abroad, many luxury brands are interested in this “Man Ying” series Alex mentioned in his post, and they’re quickly sending people to discuss with Alex. Now it’s up to Little Xu Station Chief’s decision.]

Qiao Yuxi was thrilled seeing netizens refute Xu Ying’s fans. Alex knew that Qiao Yanli indeed helped Xu Ying. Initially, Qiao Yanli just wanted to ask Alex, who he had a good relationship with, for a favor—to design a set of jewelry for Xu Ying and make a post.

But neither Qiao Family’s uncle nor nephew expected Alex to become a hardcore fan of Xu Ying after watching her various fluffy livestreams and iconic variety show moments.

Learning that Xu Ying was getting copied and intentionally matched clothes by a lesser-known artist, Alex was furious. Such flamboyant and lavish strategies were too infuriating!

This led to the iconic moment this morning when Alex posted a ranting post praising Little Xu Station Chief.

Su Zhining, who deliberately imitated Xu Ying’s style, has now become the laughingstock of the entire internet, a joke that reached even abroad. She did get the topic exposure she wanted though.

At this moment, on the show, Su Zhining was being as low-key as possible. She’d already guessed that her live broadcast today would be mocked by netizens.

In the variety show live broadcast, the five celebrity guests stood obediently in line, listening to Xu Ying announce the task.

“You are now in our glacier protection Zone 1!”

Xu Ying held the task card, speaking mysteriously: “Please look at the soil beneath your feet, do you feel there’s anything different about it?”

Little fangirl Ye Jie immediately raised her hand: “Little Xu Station Chief, as I walked over, the ground felt like a huge, cracked glass sheet, solid but fragile, every step made a cracking sound.”

Xu Ying smiled and explained: “That’s the sound of permafrost losing its structural support after thawing.”

Su Zhining, with a sour face, complained: “The alpine plants here are so flimsy, the cold wind blows them mixed with bits of mud onto my new pants! It’s so hard to clean!”

“This filming environment is so harsh.”

Yao Yingzhe wholeheartedly agreed: “Today I understand Little Su.”

Under the direct sunlight, the surface of the permafrost under everyone’s feet was slightly sticky. Like half-melted chocolate.

“This ground isn’t solid permafrost nor soft mud; it feels like it could collapse at any time.”

Yao Yingzhe bent down, warming his calves with a hot water bottle: “Sometimes you step on a spot and your foot suddenly sinks half an inch, a cold and damp chill seeps through the cracks, my old cold legs are about to act up!”

“Exactly, this seemingly unremarkable soil beneath us is actually permafrost the assassin!”

Xu Ying took out a small data board: “Why are they called assassins? These exposed permafrost surfaces release 4.3kg of carbon dioxide per cubic meter in summer, equivalent to a car’s carbon emission over 20 kilometers!”

Everyone was shocked.

“This vast glacier protection area, how many cars’ worth of carbon emissions does it equate to!”

Ye Jie frowned deeply: “Little Xu Station Chief, are there any remedies? Can we only watch this permafrost melt helplessly?”

“Of course, there are ways, which brings us to our environmental protectors’ first challenge task!”

Xu Ying signaled the production team to bring in today’s animal guests: “Together with the mouse rabbits, we’ll give these permafrosts ’bandages’ and ’gauze,’ blocking the sunlight!”

The production team staff pushed a cart with highland mouse rabbits; seen from afar, these mouse rabbits clumped together like balls of yarn in large wooden crates, extremely cute.

Five crates of mouse rabbits, each rabbit in the crates had differently colored scarves around their necks for easy team distinction.

And then, the second thing the production team brought surprised everyone.

Sod pieces were brought to the center of the show venue by staff.

Ye Jie blinked, seemingly guessing: “Are these the bandages and gauze for the permafrost?”

Su Zhining chimed in: “I thought it was some high-end medical equipment, turns out it’s just green stuff?”

“This is lab-grown moss, cold-resistant and drought-tolerant,” Xu Ying introduced.

She presented some pictures prepared by the production team to the camera: “In high-altitude regions like the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, scientists have successfully used moss to cover exposed permafrost, effectively laying an ecological shade cloth for these permafrosts, helping them cool down~”

“Moreover, these moss layers can retain other plant seeds, allowing more plants to root and sprout in the permafrost layer, restoring the ecosystem.”

Netizens couldn’t help but exclaim:

[Wow, sometimes I think human wisdom is pretty amazing!]

[The Earth is broken, humans patch it up. Some tear the land, others stitch rivers and mountains. ]

[Scientists: We are just nature’s porters~]

[Moss: I am aloof, cold-resistant, drought-tolerant, but easy to sustain!]

[Permafrost: Thanks to the moss buddy for the sunshade!]

“Next, we’ll announce the rules for our first task: ’Carpet Laying Battle’,” Xu Ying mischievously tapped the rules card.

“The scoring rules are simple,”

“5 celebrity guests will compete to lay moss on the permafrost—”

Xu Ying snapped her fingers, “Within the allotted game time, the one who covers the largest moss area wins this round!”

“Everyone can have 10 mouse rabbits as helpers,” she said, winking slyly, “as for how to get these helpers to assist… ” she purposely paused, “that depends on each guest’s ability!”

“Little Xu Station Chief, let’s get started already!” Lu Jinyu was already eager to begin. Isn’t this just like a simple coloring game? Just like in games, grab materials, adopt the right strategy, and command teammates!

He wants to prove himself through this game! He doesn’t rely on teammates when gaming; he can win big even in other games!

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