Chapter 6: A Huge, Huge, Huge Wave
The light screen live stream ended less than half an hour ago, and major news media websites from various countries have published headlines:
The New York Times——Startling claim: A Da Qian man identifies as a dimensional traveler
BBC News——Daqian’s dimensional crossing hoax or scientific breakthrough?
Le Monde——Un voyageur dimensionnel de Daqian projette son message dans le ciel
La Repubblica——L’uomo di Daqian: viaggiatore spaziotemporale o illusione collettiva?
Спутник——Голографическоеявление:гражданинДацзяньобъявляетопутешествиивпространство-время
Asahi Shimbun——Daqian’s time-space traveler, message in the world’s sky
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Daqian News Agency——A young man from our country broadcasts his crossing experience through the sky screen.
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Different from the more cautious news reports of various countries’ media, the internet was much more lively, especially in Qi Xuan’s home country, Da Qian, where discussions were even more heated and rampant:
“He just ended the stream, it’s like he doesn’t care about people!”
“This is a live stream that the whole world is watching, what a waste of this huge traffic.”
“If it were other Streamers, they would have been live streaming for twenty-four hours, how dare he end the stream after twenty minutes?”
“Being able to live stream to the whole world, he’s just that willful!”
“Alright, the Streamer said he was tired, and he’s not going to stream again later? He can’t ruin his health for the sake of the live stream.”
“That’s right, it’s a combination of work and rest, everyone understands, but I’m more curious about how he can project the live stream globally, this is simply a miracle!”
“I heard that you can see the live stream light screen in the Taklamakan Desert, the coverage of this thing is too large.”
“Not only that, haven’t you noticed that you can understand the languages of various countries through the light screen? Language commonality is a power only gods have, this is too absurd.”
“What’s even more absurd is that he can speak in our heads, okay? Today he can speak in our heads, tomorrow he can make us take off our clothes, and the day after tomorrow he can make us oh ho oh ho oh ho.”
“Please, stop visiting Bika so much.”
“Speaking of which, since crossing can happen, it’s not surprising that these things happen.”
“I’ve read web novels for twenty years, and I never imagined that crossing was actually real. I apologize to the protagonists of the crossing novels, I’ve misunderstood you all along.”
“Speaking of crossing, I’m about to be jealous to the point of plasmolysis, why does he get all the good things?! I want to cross too ah ah ah ah!!”
“What’s there to be jealous of? Haven’t you seen the Streamer struggling to survive in the deep mountains and forests? It’s so much fun for me to watch the fun while eating ice cream in the air-conditioned room.”
“That’s right, it’s so dangerous in the forest, and there are no cat girls or rabbit girls, I wouldn’t cross even if you gave it to me.”
“Hehe, you only see him struggling in the forest, what if it’s a script he deliberately acted? What if it’s an Otherworld with a one-to-ten-thousand male-to-female ratio?”
“Why don’t you say it’s an Otherworld where the eerie is revived and ghosts and monsters are everywhere?”
“Warhammer 40K says hello to you.”
“Nyarlathotep is watching you meow.”
“The world where your ding-ding will shrink by one centimeter if you don’t take off ten times a day sends you a crossing invitation.”
“Damn, don’t say it, my ding-ding is starting to itch.”
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The public was chatting enthusiastically online, when suddenly, a Weibo post from a Netizen attracted the attention of many people:
“The following are photos taken by the Lighthouse Country via satellite, which can see that the vegetation displayed in the photos is very similar to the Secret Pomegranate Tree shown by Qi Xuan in the live stream. There is reason to suspect that he did not cross to the Otherworld, but crossed to the Floating Continent!”
Comments immediately followed:
“I’m so shocked, it really looks like it.”
“At least ninety percent similar.”
“The scattered fruits next to it are obviously Secret Pomegranates.”
“After all that, he actually went to the Floating Continent, can this still be called crossing?”
“Joke, landing on the moon, who told you it’s called crossing the moon?”
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Soon, under the dense comments and a large number of reposts from netizens, the popularity of this Weibo post became higher and higher, and the next day it even topped the Weibo headlines, attracting the attention of countless netizens.
And after realizing that Qi Xuan did not cross the Otherworld, but merely landed on the Floating Continent, the direction of public opinion immediately changed:
“Liar! Liar! He didn’t cross, but he still lied to us about crossing!”
“Lying in front of people all over the world, this behavior is too bad! It’s simply ruining the reputation of us Da Qian People!”
“Reputation or whatever, he’s on the Floating Continent now, if he accidentally touches some mechanism and causes the Floating Continent to fall, all of humanity will be destroyed!”
“How can we put the rise and fall of humanity on such an unreliable man?! We strongly demand that the state take action to punish him!”
“It should have been punished long ago, I know that Qi Xuan, he liked to play with girls in high school, and got three people pregnant, but he was still at large.”
“Not only that, he fought at our school in Middle School, and he even blinded someone’s eyes, but nothing happened! It shows how deep his background is!”
“I heard that he liked to play with female teachers in elementary school, and the female teachers dared not speak out.”
“This person is simply too bad! My wife just gave birth to a baby with black skin, it must be caused by the radiation from his live stream room!”
“Can we be rational? Maybe he doesn’t even know he’s on the Floating Continent.”
“Rational dog, get out!”
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The online comments became more and more absurd, especially after the addition of the Floating Continent and the doomsday theory, the public’s emotions quickly became intense and panicked under the influence of certain people, even though a small number of netizens called for a rational view, they still couldn’t reverse the situation.
However, just as many people were clamoring to “open the box” on Qi Xuan, the official Weibo account of the Da Qian News Agency posted a Weibo post, which was immediately pinned to the top:
“It is confirmed that Qi Xuan has successfully landed on the Floating Continent and become the world’s first lander. This is a fortunate event for all of humanity, and it plays a crucial role in our breaking the mystery of the Floating Continent. We warmly celebrate the achievements of Qi Xuan. The official will severely crack down on rumors and defamatory remarks against Qi Xuan!”
As soon as the official announcement came out, major media outlets immediately followed up.
Many accounts that spread rumors and caused trouble deleted their comments and canceled their accounts at the first opportunity, and the online atmosphere was instantly swept away.
The previously led-by-the-rhythm public also collectively apologized under the official media accounts.
Many aggrieved netizens were even more elated:
“I knew our Qi God wasn’t that kind of person.”
“He made such a big fuss, would he really just lie?”
“In my opinion, Qi Xuan said he crossed, it’s very likely that he himself doesn’t know he’s on the Floating Continent.”
“I heard him say that he can’t see the netizens’ Barrage in the live stream room, and the reward and private message functions are not turned on, so we seem to have no way to contact him.”
“Anyway, this live stream will probably have to be watched every day in the future. If he really crossed the Otherworld, that’s all, but he’s on the Floating Continent, so his every move is closely related to everyone’s fate.”
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No. 4 Aircraft Carrier.
Small conference room.
Seeing the comments online, Liu Wang nodded with satisfaction.
Little Li, the young Military Officer beside him, hesitated and asked:
“Leader, is it necessary for us to clear Qi Xuan’s name? What if he performs poorly in the live stream in the future, or even does something to smear the country’s image? After all, we can’t contact him.”
“We’ll talk about the future later, we can’t erase his current achievements because of the possibility of him making mistakes in the future.
If it weren’t for his live stream, we would still be in the dark about the situation on the Floating Continent.
And through his live stream, we can also increase the public’s understanding of the Floating Continent and further reduce panic.”
Speaking of this, Liu Wang smiled and said:
“Moreover, Qi Xuan himself is also extremely valuable. Apart from the fact that he has already landed in advance, the technology of global live streaming alone is something that no one has been able to fully understand yet.
We don’t know when we can truly enter the Floating Continent. Before we go in, we can only collect information from it through his live stream.
And you’ve also seen that his live stream time is only twenty minutes a day, and we can’t figure out his experiences during the rest of the time. In the long run, he will inevitably master a lot of important information that even we don’t know.
When we enter the Floating Continent and meet him one day, if we want to get the corresponding information from him, and he goes online and finds that he’s been slandered and no one cares, do you think he will feel disheartened?
At that time, foreign countries can casually give him something and win him over. Moreover, compared to the importance of the Floating Continent, there are plenty of people willing to offer him a high price.
Qi Xuan is a Da Qian person, and naturally has a blood relationship with us, which is our advantage, but don’t think that you can just order him around because of this advantage.
Since we want him to be loyal to us, we must start from now, at least let him feel the country’s importance to him, and its protection of him.”
Little Li nodded, looking taught.
Next, Liu Wang asked again:
“How is the information you collected?”
“I’m about to report to you.”
Saying this, Little Li quickly handed over the files in his arms with both hands.
Liu Wang took the files and started to look through them on the spot.
The first page was Qi Xuan’s two-inch photo and personal information, which looked like a job resume – but Qi Xuan had never written a resume, obviously this was information collected by the official in a short period of time.
After carefully reading for nearly five minutes, Liu Wang turned to the next page, which clearly stated some of Qi Xuan’s recent situation –
After graduating from university, Qi Xuan did not seek a job in society, but instead developed a game with three classmates. After nearly two years of work, the game was successfully launched, but the sales were disastrous, and the team disbanded.
Then Qi Xuan was urged by his parents to go on a blind date, and he went on twenty blind dates in a row within a month. Because Qi Xuan proposed to eat AA, all twenty blind dates ended in failure.
Then he charged the money he used for blind dates into the largest foot bath city in the area, and it is said that he met two blind date partners there.
Later, in order to avoid blind dates, he went on a trip to relax, but the plane crashed and fell into the Floating Continent.
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Looking at these materials, Liu Wang always had a feeling that he couldn’t put into words.
Until he finished reading the last page, he put down the materials and said in a deep voice:
“With such a high level of attention on the Sky Screen Live Stream, Qi Xuan’s personal information won’t be hidden for long, and it will be dug out soon. At that time, not only will the public pay close attention, but various countries may also send spies and agents, and we must make corresponding plans.”
Little Li immediately responded:
“Qi Xuan’s rented house in Modu hasn’t been vacated, and we’ve sent people to protect it to prevent it from being snatched and stolen. As for his parents, we’ve also sent people over there to prevent any unexpected changes.”
Liu Wang nodded, and then looked at the heavy fog sphere in the sky that was extremely oppressive:
“Although we have Qi Xuan’s live stream to provide information, we can’t be slack here either. Let the various groups speed up their actions and strive to break through the Thunderstorm barrier and successfully land as soon as possible.”
“Understood!”
