The data stream of the live broadcast surged frantically through the optical cables. In a mere ten minutes, the trending topic [Hua Xia Eccentric Bare-Handed Crushes Armor] broke through the trending-search barriers of social platforms in various countries at a rate of thirty thousand new discussions per second.
The giant screen on the streets of Shibuya in Tokyo was temporarily interrupted. When Hua Qiang's huge palm print smashed against the tank...
The scene where the tracks and metal instantly wrinkled and deformed like paper appeared, and office workers crossing the street stopped in unison, their mobile phone lenses pointed squarely at the screen as traffic was paralyzed for a time.
Inside the Stock Exchange in Manhattan, New York, the traders' gazes fixed on the trading software frequently drifted toward the spare screen in the corner.
In CNBC's urgent breaking broadcast footage, the military expert's fingers grasping the microphone turned white from exertion, repeatedly playing the slow-motion footage of the bullets pausing between Hua Qiang's fingers and then falling.
The emergency meeting of Sifang City was already convened by the third minute of the live broadcast's spread.
On both sides of the long table, the satellite maps spread out before the generals in military uniform had the street where Hua Qiang was located repeatedly marked with red circles. In the real-time transmitted drone footage, that area previously blanketed by the smoke of war had been temporarily placed under martial law, and special forces dressed in black training uniforms were screening every corner in tactical formation.
"Immediately activate the 'Tianshu' contingency plan, and deploy the amphibious combat brigade to blockade the surrounding fifty-kilometer airspace. Absolutely no scouts from overseas forces are allowed to approach!"
The Chief of the General Staff's voice spread through the microphone across the conference room, his fingertips sliding