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The crowd below stared in shock at Li Younan’s climbing style.

Suddenly, Sorlung Tendro thoughtfully exclaimed, "This Teacher Li is a true traveler in every sense. He is no longer a conventional traveler!"

The higher he climbed, the more astonished Li Younan felt; his muscular endurance at this moment was truly unbelievable.

He recalled a rock-climbing master who rested only with clips and ropes on a vertical rock wall and climbed consecutively for 19 days, with endurance comparable to a marathon runner.

Li Younan naturally possessed a physique comparable to that endurance climber, or even stronger.

So for him, climbing this gorge rock wall, which was only a few hundred meters high, was incredibly easy.

At this moment, Li Younan even leisurely turned on his camera.

Strictly speaking, this rock climb was his first proper climbing endeavor. Although he had climbed mountains before, and there were places requiring climbing during those ascents, they were not comparable to this hundreds-of-meters climb in one go.

During this process, Li Younan naturally didn’t forget the main objective of this challenge, which was to search for the lost external hard drive.

Even though the range of the monkey troop’s activities was identified, in reality, Li Younan’s climbing route and the monkeys’ climbing route still had some differences.

Li Younan said to the camera, "Macaques have a strong territorial awareness toward their territory and common paths. Can you all see these monkeys? They are starting to become very wary of me now."

Somewhat leisurely, Li Younan held up his camera, filming the monkeys dozens of meters away, only to find them all watching him with guarded expressions.

As Li Younan continued his ascent, they retreated while baring teeth and shrieking, yet not a single monkey dared to challenge him directly.

Li Younan chuckled, "I must concentrate fully from here onward. Seeing I’m not leaving, these monkeys are likely to make some defensive reactions, so we must maintain our distance as much as possible."

In this video, Li Younan didn’t reveal that his climbing was to find the external hard drive. After all, he intended to edit the video later, avoiding sensitive topics when possible.

As Li Younan’s climbing route gradually diverged from the monkeys’ paths, their responses became less intense, though they continued to follow him at a distance, remaining highly cautious.

The vegetation on the gorge rock wall was very rich, displaying an obvious vertical gradient.

Not only were there drought-resistant shrubs growing up there, but also some ferns, mosses, and vine-like plants.

Li Younan took out his phone, filming while explaining, "This is honeysuckle, and this is southern snake vine..."

"These vines allow the macaques to climb, and as we move into summer, they bear berries that become a good food source for the monkeys."

As Li Younan passed through an area of pine forests again, he once more emerged before the rock wall, where the drone in the sky could capture him smoothly, and his walkie-talkie sounded.

"Li Younan, we can see you now. For a long stretch ahead, we can track your movements via the drone. Be sure to stay safe!"

Li Younan smiled, "Okay, I’ll be sure to be careful."

The segment ahead, visible to the drone, meant the vegetation was sparse and, unlike the previously lush areas, offered fewer footholds, making it more dangerous.

Li Younan was climbing while searching, still finding nothing, but he was clear that if the hard drive was with the monkeys, it must be in their core habitat.

On the cliff, there were many naturally formed stone caves, crevices, and weathered depressions, providing natural shelters and protection from the elements.

Previously, Li Younan had observed from below that the monkey troop’s shelter was in a large rock depression above, not only having a wide rock platform but also narrow stone caves in the recessed area, where the monkey troop was gathered.

A macaque troop’s size is usually under 50; this troop, based on Li Younan’s detailed observation earlier, numbered around thirty, making it a medium-sized troop.

As Li Younan climbed further upwards, despite maintaining a safe distance from the monkey troop’s core habitat, the monkeys were becoming agitated, gathering within around ten meters of Li Younan, shrieking and baring teeth.

Li Younan didn’t pay attention to these monkeys; instead, he took out a high-powered telescope and continued observing intently.

Suddenly, in his telescope view appeared a noticeably stronger macaque, hooting a few times at him.

Li Younan lowered the telescope and saw that, right on the monkey troop’s core platform, the robust macaque apparently couldn’t sit still and was moving towards him.

Li Younan instantly understood this must be the troop’s monkey king.

The monkey king’s target was clearly him.

However, Li Younan wasn’t panicked. He calmly recorded the scene with his camera, saying, "The monkey king’s status in the troop is, of course, the highest, but its rights and duties are proportional. For instance, once a predator invades the territory, the monkey king is obliged to drive it away."