Chapter 63 - She Changed Her Route at the Last Minute?

When Bingbing learned that Jiang Xun was going to livestream a marathon run, he went to look for her.

“Zhao Dejia and the other two know about it, too,” he said. “We want to set up a few supply points on the way so that we can replenish you with water or something,” Bingbing said.

“No need.” Jiang Xun waved her hand. “I’m not planning to run according to the map.”

“Why?” Bingbing asked, surprised.

“If those haters are going to plant themselves along the route, then let them.” Jiang Xun said. She refused to admit that her route map was just there for show because her sense of direction was utterly awful.

Her phone would be used for live streaming, so she couldn’t use it to help her navigate. When the time came, she would be relying on her intuition.

She didn’t want Bingbing and the others to wait along the route for similar reasons.

“As expected of the Boss!” Bingbing exclaimed, unaware that Jiang Xun had a bad sense of direction. He felt that her wisdom was unparalleled!

“So you don’t have to follow us. Just stay in school and watch the livestream.” Jiang Xun narrowed her eyes slightly. “I’ll show them.”

She wanted to get Merit Points from the haters, but she also didn’t want to get scolded by them for nothing.

However, Bingbing was still worried. “But if we don’t follow you, what if something happens to you? 100 kilometers is no joke—if you get too exhausted on the way, we can send you to the hospital immediately.”

Jiang Xun knew that she herself would definitely be fine, but she also knew that Bingbing and the others did not know about this.

“My phone is on gps. When you watch my livestream, if you notice anything wrong, you can immediately know my location,Jiang Xun reassured him. “I will also bring water and chocolate along with me to replenish my energy. Don’t worry—I can run very fast.”

Jiang Xun’s attitude was firm, so Bingbing had no choice but to agree.

On Saturday, with the necessary supplies in hand, Jiang Xun showed up at the entrance to Beijing University at 7 o’ clock sharp.

At this time, there were three netizens standing by the gate, all wearing cycling equipment. They were well prepared.

As soon as Jiang Xun started the livestream, more than 800,000 people instantly started watching it. The lower number of viewers was because it was too early, so many people had not yet woken up.

Shanpin had started recommending Jiang Xun since the previous night, and she had even started a live stream subscription plan. As long as the netizens were subscribed to her, if she started streaming, the system would automatically show her subscribers a popup button linking directly to her stream.

Bingbing, her roommates, and the former school bully trio had all come to see her off.

Jiang Xun first showed her location to the netizens in the live chat, confirming that she was at the entrance to her university.

“Boss, be careful on the road,” said Bingbing worriedly.

“If I’d known that this would happen, I would have followed you by bike.” Tailai regretted his decision to not bring his bicycle along. He turned to ask Zhenghui, “When the shopping mall opens, we can still make it in time to buy a bike, right?”

“If I run by the side of the road while you guys ride in the bicycle lane, it’ll be too dangerous since there will be a lot of cars about. It’s better if you stay here.” Jiang Xun’s expression turned serious. “Don’t do anything dangerous.”

The three netizens who were riding bicycles watched on in silence. After hearing Jiang Xun’s words, they suddenly didn’t want to follow her anymore.

In the live chat, Jiang Xun’s fans also said, [Jiang Jiang, you should do your best. If you feel uncomfortable midway, don’t run.]

[Yeah, your health is more important. Don’t pay attention to what the haters say.]

[Jiang Jiang, please take care.]

[We’re watching the livestream. If you feel uncomfortable, you have to tell us. We’ll call 120 immediately.]

Prior to the stream, Jiang Xun had bought a special headset with a phone holder attached to it. After she fixed her phone to it, she started running.

*

At this moment, a short-haired young man was standing on the side of a street. He was wearing a cap and a mask. Some hints of acne peeked out from under the edges of the mask.

“Hello, everyone. I’m Split Underpants, but you can call me Underbro.” Split Underpants lowered the brim of his cap to cover the acne on his face. “I’m heading to the sea now. According to the route map given by Jiang Xun, she’ll be passing by this place. I’ll wait here. Please keep it a secret for me and don’t tell her.”

“If she fakes and knows that I’m waiting for her here, it won’t be good if she only pretends to run away when we’re almost there,” he instructed.

The netizens in the live chat all assured him.

[Don’t worry. Since we’re here to watch, we want to watch you fight fakes.]

[Don’t worry, Underbro. I’ll go to Jiang Xun’s place from time to time and report to you when I’m back.]

[You can just call me Underbro, thank you.]

“Okay, Pantybro.”

[...]

The same thing happened on the other two roads.

“Milk Candies” and “Scrap Pickers of the past” were also waiting at different streets.

*

Jiang Xun wasn’t using a map, but with her rich experience in the apocalypse, she could easily determine how far she had run. However, although she wasn’t using a map, the netizens who were riding their bikes to supervise Jiang Xun were. There were also people wearing smart watches that showed how far they had run in real time.

The netizens who were riding their bicycles were wearing Bluetooth earphones to communicate with their friends in real time so that it would be convenient for their friends to report Jiang Xun’s progress in the live chat.

At this moment, Jiang Xun’s live chat already had five million people in it.

[Jiang Xun has already run 20 kilometers. Awesome!]

[She has only run for an hour and a half so far.]

[She can totally become a marathon professional.]

[And she’s going to run two and a half marathons today.]

[Let’s see if she can last till the end.]

[My Friend sent me another message. He said that there’s something wrong with Jiang Xun’s route.]

[What?]

[My friend said that Jiang Xun should be running towards the sea by now, but she’s currently on Xiangyang Road.]

[Jiang Xun changed her route at the last minute?]

[That’s hilarious. Underbro next door is still waiting at Chaohai Road.]

[Your friend is following her on her bike. Has Jiang Xun stopped for a break?]

[No, she didn’t rest the entire time. My friend tied a go pro to her bike and filmed the entire journey. She’ll upload the video online later so everyone can watch.]

[Is Jiang Xun really running all on her own?]

Since Jiang Xun’s phone was attached to her head, the only thing the viewers could see was the route she was taking.

[She’s really running. No one is following her, and there’s no car pulling her. She’s too awesome.]

[Lol can someone go and tell Underbro that he’s wasting his time?]

[Not necessarily. Maybe Jiang Xun will go back to Chaohai Road.]

However, someone did actually go and tell Underbro of the new developments. [Are you still waiting?]

Split underpants gritted his teeth. “Yes!”

[Jiang Xun ran to Zhengyang Road. She’s already five kilometers away from Chaohai Road. It’s impossible for her to go back.]

[Zhengyang Road? Isn’t that in a completely different direction from Xiyang Road?]

[As far as I know, Milk Candies is waiting there.]

[Looks like Jiang Xun won’t be going there, either.]

After another two hours, the number of people in the livestream reached 7 million.