Huaxia Central.
It was already late at night, yet the gray-haired old man still hadn't gone to bed. He was in his office discussing something with Xuan Yuan Jingxiu.
Just then, the old man's secretary hurried over and knocked on the door. After receiving permission to enter, he rushed inside. "Chief, something huge has happened in Japan!"
The old man froze and glanced at Xuan Yuan Jingxiu beside him before asking gravely, "What happened in Japan?"
The secretary took a deep breath and quickly replied, "Just moments ago, the satellite monitoring center sent an urgent report. They spotted an anomaly in the sky above Mount Fuji. A massive, mysterious column of light erupted from the mountain's crater and shot into the sky."
"Right after that, two mysterious 'images' appeared above Mount Fuji, one large and one small, though both were enormous. Not long afterward, a giant several thousand meters tall suddenly appeared. Then that giant grew even larger, reaching at least ten thousand meters."
"Next, another enormous monster bird appeared, with a wingspan of several thousand meters. The bird and the giant seemed to fight fiercely. The scene was terrifying."
"Then Mount Fuji suddenly erupted, and a giant serpent several thousand meters long, with eight heads and eight tails, burst out of the lava..."
The secretary fought down his shock and gave them a rough account of what had happened. Then he added, "This is the satellite footage from the monitoring center. You can watch it yourselves."
As he spoke, he opened the tablet he had brought with him, started the video, and set it on the desk in front of the old man.
After hearing his account, the old man and Xuan Yuan Jingxiu stared in stunned disbelief. But they didn't say anything right away. Instead, they immediately turned