A Flower of Hope Blossoming in the Sea of Death (Part One)

"Look, there's a person inside the iron box—a pretty girl, too!"

At this moment.

At the sound of those sudden words,

the area where Huang Tongyu and the others were sitting fell silent.

Then came the clatter of chairs being knocked over. Almost everyone, Huang Tongyu included, sprang to their feet and craned their necks to look toward the front.

"Hey, Old Liu, you're blocking my view!"

"Ow! Shui Gen'er, your chair hit me!"

"My goodness. There really is a girl in there!"

"Hey, hey, those of you in the back, don't push! You're bumping into the children!"

A cacophony of voices instantly spread across the Militia Training Ground, turning the vast grounds busier than a market.

Fortunately, the local People's Armed Forces Department and commune had made preparations in advance. And since everyone had only acted on instinct rather than deliberately causing a disturbance, the situation was quickly brought under control.

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After sitting back down, Huang Tongyu and the others straightened their backs and craned their necks, staring intently at the television in front.

Just as the voice had said earlier,

a woman's image had appeared on the television screen.

She looked to be around thirty, with neat short hair and a dark T-shirt. She wasn't particularly pretty, but she seemed dignified and composed—clearly the picture of an intellectual.

Soon,

the woman on the screen began to speak. Her voice quickly rang out through the loudspeakers across the entire venue. No, across the whole land of China:

"Hello, everyone. Welcome to this special program, recorded live by Yanjing Television Station. I'm Shen Li, a host at Yanjing Television Station."

"As everyone knows, on October 1, thirteen years ago, the People's Republic of China was officially founded, and the Huaxia Nation turned a new page in its history."

"But