Section 186

With that said...

Lin Xian pressed the connect button—

Beep beep!

The connection was established!

When they saw the profile picture appearing in the bottom right corner of the screen—

Everyone gasped!

Holy crap!?

The sun really has risen from the west.

Chapter 116: South China Sea Islander! The Lonely [Island Defender]! Guarding the Motherland's Territory! Sacred and Inviolable!

The profile picture of the second fan to connect... surpassed everyone's expectations!

[It really was a farmer]!

This truly made everyone feel like the sun had risen from the west...

Lin Xian!

Does he actually have farmer fans?

They had originally thought he should only have military enthusiast fans!

The profile picture of this fan was a very simple selfie in a field... the kind that was genuinely rustic to the extreme! There wasn't a single trace of fakery to be seen!

Dark, loose skin...

A simple, honest smile...

A tattered straw hat on his head...

A somewhat ragged and wrinkled white three-hole tank top...

This standard attire and aura!

There was absolutely no mistaking it!

While equipment, clothes, and outfits could be faked...

The unique aura of an old farmer and that specific light in his eyes... could absolutely not be forged!

Furthermore...

Attentive netizens immediately clicked into this fan's personal homepage to check his past updates and videos, becoming even more convinced of their judgment!

This account showed no signs of being a facade!

This old farmer... had been intermittently posting short videos to record his life for several years, and every single one was a very authentic portrayal of rural field life...

No mistake about it.

This was definitely a real old farmer from the fields!

Lin Xian...

[Actually has genuine farmer fans].

At this moment!

The bullet chat in the livestream room boiled over—

"Oh my god! I can't believe my eyes... this second viewer seems to be a genuine, 100% real farmer uncle! This is truly a moment worth remembering! We've been waiting for '530' all night... after so many scripts of military district soldiers pretending to be farmers... finally! Finally, we have a real farmer uncle! No mistake, brothers... I swear by the girls on my hard drive! This farmer is definitely real!"

"The sun really has risen from the west! Lin Xian is now known online as the Emperor of Munitions and the Lord of War! I thought the people interested in Lin Xian's products and waiting in the livestream to connect... could only be military enthusiasts, soldiers, or people who like high-tech weapons! After all, how should I put it... you could insist all of Lin Xian's inventions are farm tools and that would be fine, but anyone with eyes can see! These are definitely super weapons far beyond current technology!"

"Hahahaha! This time, Lin Xian is finally going to manufacture a proper farm tool, right? Lin Xian's previous products... basically all came from Lin Xian's own understanding of agricultural activities—no, no... it's more like [distortions] and [misunderstandings]! That's why he turned a series of farm tools into munitions... but this time is different! Facing the needs presented face-to-face by this old farmer... the munitions Lin Xian makes can't still be munitions, right? Even if it goes off-track, it can't go that far!"

"Speaking of which, it really brings tears to one's eyes! As the director of an agricultural machinery factory... Lin Xian hasn't made a single decent farm tool to date! The whole basket of products he's made are undoubtedly munitions! This has even made us forget that he inherited an agricultural machinery factory... those who don't know would think he inherited a munitions factory! This time, facing the real needs of a genuine farmer... I believe Lin Xian will definitely manufacture a proper farm tool!"

"In my mind, Lin Xian's figure is gradually overlapping with that blue fat cat... I'm even starting to wonder if Lin Xian really has a four-dimensional pocket that can pull out all sorts of magical gadgets! It's like... he really is Aladdin's lamp! There's nothing in this world that Lin Xian can't handle! Everyone, cherish the chance to watch Lin Xian's livestreams now... once the country really invites Lin Xian into a classified agency... we won't be able to see livestreams like this anymore!"

...

Although the second fan's identity was that of a genuine farmer... which lacked the comedic feel of the soldier-impersonation plot...

Everyone was still extremely excited!

After all, Lin Xian had been releasing all kinds of munitions all night... if they could see a proper farm tool, they would be very curious!

After all, rarity makes things precious!

Getting Fuqiang Agricultural Machinery Factory to manufacture a real farm tool... was truly harder than reaching the heavens!

And now...

This wish might actually come true!

Amidst the cheers of the full-screen bullet chat, Lin Xian smiled and greeted the second fan:

"Hello, Uncle. Please give everyone a brief introduction of yourself."

Being able to connect with Lin Xian...

It was clear this old farmer uncle was truly very happy!

He was very emotional and said with a slight stutter:

"Mr... Mr. Lin, hello! I, I, I... I really didn't expect to successfully connect with you! I'm very excited right now!"

"He... Hello to the audience across the country! As you can see... I'm a genuine farmer! You could say... since I was old enough to understand things, I started farming with my parents, and I've been farming until now in my 80s... I've been farming my whole life."

When talking about farming, the old man's mood was very pleasant, as if it were the meaning of his life.

But in the next instant...

The old man's words became somewhat sad:

"But in recent years... especially starting from this year, the land I can farm is getting less and less... even the places where I can live and move about, let alone farmland, are getting smaller and smaller."

"If this trend continues... before long, I might not even have a place to stand... I have nowhere else to go, so I might really just die here..."

??????

What the!?

Everything was fine... how did it suddenly turn to talk of life and death!

The netizens were all very confused...

When did the threshold for farming become so high!?

Nowadays, there's wasteland everywhere in the suburbs... if you really want to farm, can't you just find a patch of land to clear?

How could there be a situation where there's [no land to farm] or even [no place to live and move about]?

Not only could the netizens not guess the old man's situation...

Even Lin Xian didn't fully understand the old man's words for a moment.

Just what...

Kind of difficulty was he facing?

Why would he say the land he farmed and the area he lived in were getting smaller and smaller?

But Lin Xian didn't rush the old farmer, instead patiently listening as he continued...

Sure enough.

The old farmer uncle began to describe his situation:

"While it's true I'm a farmer... in reality, my identity and where I am are different from what you usually think of as a farmer..."

"Normal farmers farm on the plains of the Central Plains, or on terraced fields in hilly areas, or perhaps there are large tracts of fertile land in mountain valleys or basins! But... I'm different from them; the place where I farm doesn't have such good conditions..."

At this point.

The old man paused with a heavy tone.

With this pause...

The netizens finally heard the background noise in the connection as if realizing something!

That whistling sound... everyone had originally thought it was noise from a bad signal... but now they heard it clearly!

That wasn't signal noise!

That was the [sound of whistling sea winds]!

Hiss...

Everyone couldn't help but gasp!

Thinking back to what the old man just said about "the farmable land getting less and less..." "even the place to live is almost gone..." "likely to die here..."

In an instant!

The answer was about to come out!

Just then, the old man also recovered from his deep sadness and continued over the connection:

"I'm different from normal farmers... the place where I live and farm... is on a small island in the South China Sea territory of the Dragon Kingdom!"