This recording of 《Good Life》 (Wonderful Life) was also the last recording of this season.
Due to Dragon City's arrival, the production team specially arranged three days for Dragon City.
Mu Li had recently gained some popularity due to his appearance on the Flowers and Youth program.
Currently, the program's broadcast progress has reached their first travel destination—the New Kapu Islands.
And Mu Li's acquaintance with Tapu Fini became the program's first trending topic.
For the public, Tapu Fini is one of the Tapu Guardians, a legendary Pokémon.
The appearance of Tapu Fini also brought the program to a small climax.
However, due to the appearance of Tapu Fini, Mu Li's strength also became a trending topic—how strong is Mu Li really?
It is well known that Mu Li was once a reserve member of the National Team, and although he was eliminated without participating in any official matches, his specific strength was not clear to everyone.
And this time, during their travels, Mu Li and his companions encountered a professional player from South Korea.
But what surprised everyone was that Mu Li easily won the battle.
One must know that he was a professional Pokémon player, and his Charizard was at least Elite-level, yet Mu Li was able to win, which made Mu Li's fans and other viewers curious about his strength.
Thus, a bold guess emerged online—Mu Li might be A Li!
Initially, this was just a guess proposed by one netizen, but some of Mu Li's fans pushed this issue to the hot topics.
More importantly, these fans started digging for details.
For example, both Mu Li and A Li's names contain the character 'Li'.
Another example is that Mu Li has a Gardevoir and a Gengar, and A Li also has a Gardevoir and a Gengar.
Mu Li has a crimson Gyarados, and A Li also has an extra-large crimson Gyarados.
However, after this issue was pushed to the hot topics by Mu Li's fans, it was met with criticism from A Li's vast fanbase.
"Can anyone just try to 'leech' off A Li now?"
"Is it because A Li is too popular lately that even singers are trying to ride his coattails?"
"Just because their names are the same proves they are the same person? What about people with the same given name and surname?"
Because of this, Mu Li's Weibo was heavily criticized.
But then, a very important point was raised by fans—Mu Li has a very good relationship with the National Team's Champions.
Ling Fei even specifically brought the Champion team to participate in 《Good Life》 (Wonderful Life).
This, in turn, made people online waver a bit.
If Mu Li was just a player eliminated from the National Team, why would Ling Fei and those Elite Champions have such a good relationship with him?
One must know that the National Team eliminates countless people every year; why would an eliminated player from several years ago be remembered by so many people?
Some even listed Mu Li's recent itinerary.
When A Li appeared at the All-Star Game, Mu Li was recording a program there.
After Mu Li returned to the country, A Li immediately accepted an interview, and the location was in Magic City.
More importantly, there was the Bewear incident.
Mu Li's family has a Bewear, and also a Ditto that especially likes to Mimic the Bewear.
Very few people raise Bewear, let alone raising both a Bewear and a Ditto at the same time, with the Ditto even having the same personality and liking to Mimic the Bewear.
The most absurd thing is that through Mu Li's initial live stream, everyone dug up that Mu Li's family also has a short-tempered Ninetales and a Blissey.
The existence of Pokémon cannot lie.
Thus, this topic intensified on the internet.
"Why don't you just admit it and stop being so secretive?" Fu Peiyao was on the phone with Mu Li.
"No, if I admit it, what about my music career?" Mu Li refused.
"Admitting it won't affect you releasing albums, will it? And, more people will buy them, isn't that good?" Fu Peiyao asked, puzzled.
"You don't understand…" Mu Li said exasperatedly, "I finally found something interesting to do, and I don't want this career to become a second Pokémon battle."
Fu Peiyao also said exasperatedly, "I think you're just idle. I feel like you'd be better off going fishing when you have nothing to do."
Mu Li: "…Don't mention fishing to me…"
"Then how do you plan to handle the online situation?" Fu Peiyao asked, puzzled.
"Keep it a secret, what else can I do?" Mu Li shrugged, "Anyway, A Li's identity isn't going to appear again recently."
Fu Peiyao's mouth twitched: "Alright, if you like it, that's fine."
That evening, A Li directly released a video through Ling Fei's Weibo, mainly to clarify this matter.
"Of course, we are not the same person; we are good friends."
"Why are our names so similar? Because this name originated from Mu Li. When he left the National Team, we agreed to carry his name to the peak of the world. That's how it is."
"He often watched my matches and used to be in the National Team, so he's very familiar with those Champions."
"Bewear? What about it? We have many of the same Pokémon. Mu Li's hobby is collecting all kinds of Pokémon; he has hundreds of them at home."
"Similar personalities? Well, Pokémon that know each other and spend a long time together can easily become similar…"
The Champions, who were initially enjoying the show, were stunned after seeing this video: "What? Someone actually believes something so absurd?"
They were indeed correct; netizens commented that this was just A Li's side of the story, and everyone remained very skeptical about the matter.
But what these Champions didn't expect was that they were the last straw that broke the camel's back.
"Orders came from above, telling each of us to record a video proving that the content in A Li's video is true."
Everyone: "…"
Thus, while netizens were still suspicious, the active and retired Elite Champions began to post certified videos on their social media platforms.
Those without social media platforms even had to borrow others' platforms to make their statements.
Finally, even official media directly stepped in to certify the authenticity of the video.
At this point, even the most stubborn fans gave up their conjectures.
They could never have known that official media and numerous Elites and Champions would actually conspire with Mu Li.
Mu Li's identity was preserved, but the fact that he and A Li are good friends once again became a trending topic.
A netizen said: "No wonder A Li played Mu Li's song during his battle with Park Sang-eun; it turns out they are good friends."
At this point, Mu Li's album popularity reached its peak.
There was no other way; A Li's emergence in this wave instantly made him the most popular traffic globally.
Those fans had no place to spend money on A Li, but now it's good; they finally have a way to support A Li.
Mu Li, A Li, anyway, their names are similar, so supporting either one counts as supporting.
The album sales, which had accumulated to 500,000 during this period, instantly surpassed one million and rapidly soared worldwide.
