Chapter 363 Online Carnival in Full Swing
As the closing theme song of the evening news program ended, the screen went dark.
No one spoke in Wang Hao's living room.
The shattered porcelain bowl fragments still lay quietly on the ground.
"Dad, is...is it true?" Wang Hao's voice was dry as he looked at his father.
Wang's father did not answer; he simply stared at the reflection on the television screen, his eyes filled with a complex light.
There was shock, there was bewilderment, but more than anything, there was an irrepressible pride that emanated from the very core of my being.
“Old Wang,” Wang’s mother patted her husband’s shoulder, her voice trembling, “When you were in the army…did you ever see anything like this?”
"Never seen it before." Wang's father uttered three words, then slowly sat down, picked up the wine glass on the table, and downed the rest of the liquor in one gulp.
After drinking the strong liquor, it seemed as if moisture was rising from his bloodshot eyes.
"But I believe it."
"I believe in the country."
"I believe her too."
Wang Hao knew who the "she" his father was referring to was.
He stopped talking, picked up his phone, which was vibrating so hard it was getting hot, and unlocked the screen.
At that moment, the entire internet erupted like a volcano that had been hit by a nuclear bomb.
The servers of platforms such as Weibo and Douyin crashed within the first minute after the news ended.
The technicians in the back office, looking at the data cable that shot straight up into the sky, didn't even have the energy to curse.
Fifteen minutes later, when the social media platforms were barely restored, what came to mind was a torrent of emotions that hundreds of millions of netizens had been holding back for a long time.
[Holy crap!!!]
[Alive! I actually saw immortals alive! Flying on swords! That was fucking flying on swords!!!]
[Attention! This is not the technological aircraft previously released by the government! It's real sword flight!!]
[I knew there must have been some real ones mixed in with those AI flight videos from a while back!]
[That's right! It's me! I told you last time I could fly on a sword, but you didn't believe me! You even said my whole family could fly! Check out my profile! See if it's really true!]
[!! Return to base permitted! Also, could someone please guide me?]
[Mom! Mom, look! There are gods on the news! Our country has gods!!!]
[I was wrong, I was so wrong! I even laughed at my brother for playing that crappy game. I'll give him a free ride tomorrow! Bro! Take me to cultivate immortality!]
General Zhou! From this day forward, she is my one and only goddess! Anyone object? Step forward!
[Oppose? I'll give you a resounding thrashing! That's the guardian deity of China! I'm willing to draw my sword for General Zhou! Though he may be far away, he will be brought to justice!]
Looking at the heated comments, Wang Hao's fingers trembled as he clicked on the most popular post.
The post's title is simple and direct.
"I'm coming clean: I have a mid-grade fire spirit root. Anyone want to team up?"
Tens of thousands of floors were instantly built below.
[Holy crap! Fellow Daoist! I have a low-grade water elemental root, please help me!]
I'm a body cultivator with no spiritual roots, but I have hard fists and can take a beating. Looking for a team!
[Get out of here, everyone upstairs! I have a superior-grade wood spirit root! Is there any sect that recognizes my worth and wants to take me in? I can bring my own rations!]
[Hahaha! I'm dying of laughter! Why are they even targeting sects? But speaking of which, is Yunlan University still recruiting? Is it too late for me to drop out and go back to retake the exam?]
Forget it, didn't you see? The vice principal is General Zhou! That's the Tsinghua and Peking University of the cultivation world! We mortals shouldn't even dream of it!
[Students of Yunlan University, come out and show yourselves! Let's see what this amazing university looks like!]
Soon, a comment with the "Yunlan University student" verification mark appeared as the top comment.
[Thanks for the invitation. I'm currently at school, just finished flying off the sword. Nothing special, except the food in the cafeteria has a bit more spiritual energy than outside, and the teachers occasionally demonstrate how to conjure lightning with their hands during class. Oh, and by the way, Vice Principal Zhou is even cooler in person than on TV. [smile.jpg]]
[Thanks for the invitation. I'm just an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator, sob sob sob. I can't fly on a sword yet; I need to reach Foundation Establishment first. *crying*]
[Although I'm only 5 years old, I've already reached the Foundation Establishment stage! My teacher says I'm the one who will save the world! Look how cool I fly!]
[Enough! There are even elementary school students practicing cultivation! I've had enough of this life where I'm worse off than my elders and children! I'm really going to make a scene! Unless the government recruits me too. Pathetic.jpg]
The comment was instantly flooded with "poor thing.jpg" emojis.
Amid the revelry, some voices of concern also emerged.
Haven't you thought about this? If everyone had power, wouldn't society descend into chaos? What if someone used a flying sword to rob a bank?
This question was like a bucket of cold water, but it was quickly drowned out by more and more rebuttals.
[Dude upstairs, did you come online without watching the evening news?]
[How idiotic! Didn't you hear about the "Regulations for the Management of Extraordinary Powers"? The government has already thought of that!]
[You think the 'Kunlun Mirror' is just a bracelet accessory? You had those thoughts one minute, and the community is already offering help! Precise positioning, down to the centimeter! Run? Where are you going?]
[Exactly! General Zhou can flatten a mountain with a single sword strike! You still want to cause trouble under her nose? Do you have a death wish?]
Now that you mention it... I suddenly feel incredibly safe! It's like the government has given each of us a super bodyguard!
[Not a bodyguard, but confidence! A strong sense of self-assurance! A confidence passed down from our ancestors!]
[I used to not believe it when they kept telling us we were descendants of the dragon, but now I do! Dragons can indeed soar through the clouds!]
[Speaking of the dragon photographed last time, could it be that the spiritual energy has revived, causing the dragon to appear?]
[Stop talking! I'm crying! I have no regrets about being born Chinese in this life, and I'll be a Chinese again in the next! I'm going to buy ten sets of "Spiritual Resurrection" right now! One set to play with, and nine sets to collect!]
Countless people who had previously scoffed at or hesitated about the "Qiankun Instrument" flocked to the official store like madmen.
Then they saw that cold "Sold Out" button.
A new wave of wailing and howling has once again resounded across the internet.
...
The nights in China are vibrant, celebratory, and belong to the future.
But the night on the other side of the earth is cold, terrifying, and full of the unknown.
Eagle-sauce, white-house.
The office was brightly lit, but the atmosphere was so oppressive it felt like it was about to burst into flames.
The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Director of the CIA... all the top-level key figures were present.
On the huge screen in front of them, the recording from China News Network was playing repeatedly.
Over and over again.
Every time Zhou Jue stepped onto his flying sword and soared into the sky, everyone present felt their hearts involuntarily skip a beat.
Every time they saw that mountain peak being silently flattened, and that water dragon roaring out of the sea, their throats would go dry.
"Is this true?" A gray-haired aide broke the silence with a hoarse voice.
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