Chapter 225 I photographed a dragon! An epic eyewitness account!
Atop the mountain peak, there was a deathly silence.
The leader, Chief Zhang, and all the veteran generals who had spent their lives in the military subconsciously held their breath, tilting their heads back and gazing reverently at the golden dragon.
No one spoke; in this sacred moment, any words seemed pale and powerless.
The dragon circled once, as if surveying its territory, and its massive head gently nodded toward the crowd.
It's like a form of recognition.
It's more like a silent promise.
"hold head high--"
Another deep dragon roar rang out. This time, it lacked the earth-shattering sound of the previous roar, instead carrying a calming power that resonated deep within everyone's soul.
Then, the enormous body, which was a thousand meters long, began to slowly dissipate.
Its golden scales transformed into countless dazzling golden specks, like fireflies on a summer night, or like dandelions scattered in the air, falling one after another.
The golden light blended into the night, into the mountains and rivers, into the city, and finally disappeared completely.
The dark clouds in the sky dispersed, and the thunder ceased.
The night sky returned to its deep and tranquil state, as if the earth-shattering yet sacred and solemn scene had never happened.
At the mountaintop, all was silent.
After a long while, Commander Zhang let out a long sigh: "Phew..."
He wanted to say something, but found his throat was so dry that he couldn't utter a single word. He raised his hand to wipe his eyes, only to find that his battle-hardened hand, which had never trembled when holding a gun, was now shaking like a leaf in the autumn wind.
"It...it's back..."
An old general muttered to himself, his voice hoarse.
They fought their entire lives to ensure that this country and its people would no longer suffer humiliation and could stand tall.
And now, they have seen it.
I saw the country's oldest totem, announcing its return in the most awe-inspiring way.
This is more than just a guardian deity.
This is the highest reward for all of them, for the millions who have given their blood and sweat to this country!
"From this day forward," the leader turned around, his clothes fluttering in the mountain wind, his gaze sweeping over everyone present, his voice firm and powerful: "China has a true pillar of stability!"
...
at the same time.
Fragrant Hills, western suburbs of Beijing.
A college student named Li Hao was holding up his phone, panting as he livestreamed his night hike.
"Family members, who understands? I stayed up for three days to finish my thesis and I feel like I'm about to collapse. I came out for a hike to stretch my muscles."
He spoke to the camera while adjusting his breathing.
Just as he was about to say a few more witty remarks and interact with the audience in the live broadcast room, his words got stuck in his throat.
His eyes were wide open, like copper bells.
What did he see?
In the distant night sky, clouds churned, and lightning flashed and thunder roared.
Then, a huge golden dragon, a creature that only exists in myths and legends, poked its head out from the clouds!
Li Hao's mind went blank with a buzz.
He forgot about the live broadcast, forgot to breathe, and froze in place as if he had been frozen in place.
The live stream chat exploded instantly.
Why is the streamer not saying anything?
Is it stuck?
[Holy crap! Look behind the streamer! What's that?!]
[Special effects, right? These special effects are so realistic!]
It wasn't until that soul-piercing dragon's roar rang out that Li Hao suddenly jolted back to his senses.
He glanced at his phone screen, then suddenly looked up at the sky.
It's not a hallucination!
It's true!
His hands began to tremble violently, almost unable to hold the phone. Instinctively, with the instinct of a modern man, he pointed the camera intently at the golden dragon swimming in the clouds.
He even forgot he was live-streaming and just frantically pressed the record button on his phone.
He recorded every detail of the dragon circling, and the breathtaking scene of it finally transforming into a sky full of golden light.
Even after the night sky returned to calm, Li Hao remained in that pose, like a statue.
A few minutes later, he seemed to come back to life, and suddenly looked down at the video on his phone, which was shaky but incredibly clear.
He opened his Weibo account, which had three million followers, with trembling hands.
He typed a line, his fingers trembling.
He pressed the send button, his hand trembling.
"Holy crap! I filmed a dragon! A real dragon! I have video! Location: Fragrant Hills, Beijing! See for yourself!!!"
The post has been published.
One second.
Two seconds.
Ten seconds.
One minute later.
[Comment: 1]
[Forwarded: 0]
Li Hao's heart sank. So, nobody believed him after all?
However, the next second...
[Comments: 99+]
[Shared: 99+]
[Likes: 99+]
His phone went crazy.
The constant notification sounds and vibrations almost made the phone jump out of his hand.
[Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! What is this? A movie trailer?]
[Is this photoshopped? Is the blogger from Filmstorm? The special effects are amazing!]
[No, the blogger was live-streaming at the time, and I saw it in the live stream too!]
[No! Listen to that sound! That dragon's roar! I just heard it too! I'm in Tongzhou! I thought it was thunder!]
[Location: At the foot of the Great Wall! I saw it too! Our entire camping convoy saw it! Photos coming soon!]
[A workaholic passing by, I just saw a golden dragon fly across the sky above our CBD! I thought I was hallucinating from working so hard! My colleagues saw it too!]
[I'm on a plane! I took this picture! It was taken from above the clouds! My goodness! It's huge!]
[Really? I was so engrossed in watching the group dance that I didn't notice, was there really a dragon?]
One post after another sprang up like mushrooms after rain.
On the Great Wall, a group of hikers gathered together, excitedly looking at a photo on their camera showing a giant dragon with the winding Great Wall as the background.
In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the China World Trade Center, a group of white-collar workers who had just finished a meeting forgot their fatigue and stared intently out the window, talking incoherently.
On the passenger plane at 10,000 meters altitude, passengers by the window exclaimed in surprise, and the lights of countless mobile phone screens flickered in the dark cabin.
evidence!
People from different places, from different perspectives, and from different backgrounds provided a wealth of photos and videos!
A complete and irrefutable chain of evidence was formed in just a few minutes!
Myth has become reality!
Weibo has crashed.
Douyin video upload failed.
Call, server 502.
At the same time, all social media platforms were paralyzed like never before because of the same topic.
After the technicians made emergency repairs, a blood-red entry, in a manner unprecedented and unlikely to be repeated, dominated the top spot on the trending search lists of all platforms.
#夜空龙影#【Explosion】
The entire Chinese internet was in an uproar that night.
...
Online public opinion monitoring center.
The shrill ringing of telephones rose and fell incessantly.
"Report! V-Bet server is down! Repairs are underway!"
"Report! Douyin short video platform is experiencing traffic overload! All videos related to 'dragon' cannot be uploaded or deleted!"
"Report! All mainstream media outlets overseas are frantically sharing our video screenshots!"
The person in charge stood in front of the huge data monitoring screen, watching the red warning lines that were growing exponentially, and cold sweat poured out of his forehead layer after layer.
He knew something terrible had happened.
Something terrible has happened!
He grabbed the red secure phone on the table and dialed a number with trembling hands.
The call was answered almost instantly.
"Speak!" Chen Jianguo's calm voice rang out.
The person in charge wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his voice trembling with tears.
"Chief of Staff...it's too late..."
"Videos and photos about dragons... the blockade has completely failed... they're going viral across the entire internet!"
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