Intelligence agents in America, Britain, other Western European nations, and Japan traced the video to the Central Continent. Video experts analyzed it frame by frame and made a startling discovery: it had no edits or special effects. Someone had filmed it on a phone!
If it wasn't a movie, an edit, or a special effect, then the question was: were the headless monster and those powerful men and women with Blood-colored Wolf Smoke swirling around them actually real?!
Was this some kind of Superhuman Warrior the Central Continent had developed? When had it acquired such advanced Human Biological Technology? How could their intelligence agents have known nothing about it?!
There was a wealth of information about the video online in the Central Continent. But the more the agents from America, Britain, the other Western European nations, and Japan investigated, the more baffled they became. The claims were simply too outlandish.
The gist was that the ruins of an ancient Central Continent dynasty called Wu Ming contained a mysterious cultivation art known as the Human Immortal Martial Dao. They also held puppets made from soldiers of the defeated Great Yuan Army, which could awaken and attack after six or seven hundred years. Stranger still, part of the remains of a man sealed there more than seven hundred years ago had supposedly come back to life, only to be defeated by several martial arts masters?!
It sounded like the plot of a Mythological Legend television drama. No matter how they looked at it, something felt off. Surely this was nonsense?!
Submitting a report like that would get them torn to shreds. To avoid a dressing-down, they reworded their findings into something more reasonable: the Central Continent had secretly researched Human Biological Weapons and created Superhuman Warriors. The video was leaked test footage!
The intelligence agents in America, Britain, the other Western European nations, and Japan grew tense. Not daring to delay, they reported their conclusion to their superiors and uploaded the video along with everything they had uncovered.
Experts in relevant fields were soon brought in. They modeled and simulated the various parameters shown in the video, and cries of astonishment immediately filled the room.
"Oh my God! Incredible! According to our model, the Dark Light covering this monster could easily withstand a barrage of nine-millimeter bullets, a direct blast from a High-Explosive Grenade, and a hit from a Grenade Launcher. It's like a Psychokinetic Shield from a movie, protecting it from every angle without a single blind spot! This is an extraordinary discovery!"
"No, no. What amazes me more are the Central Continent men and women who fought that headless monster head-on. They're the truly incredible ones. The first young man to attack crossed more than thirty meters in a single step, moving fast enough to leave an afterimage on video. Then there was that tall man, who caused an air blast with a single punch! It's hard to imagine. The others were no less impressive. They're definitely superhumans..."
"Good Lord, these Central Continent People looked like superheroes straight out of a movie! It's unbelievable!"
Watching the professors and experts exclaim over the footage, the Federal Intelligence Director coughed and cut off their discussion.
"Professors, experts, let's pause for a moment. What we need to discuss is how these Central Continent People came to possess such terrifying strength. What is that strange Blood-colored Wolf Smoke swirling around them? Is the Central Continent conducting some special program to modify human bodies through experimentation?"
The invited experts exchanged awkward looks. They could see how extraordinarily powerful the people in the video were, but they had no idea why.
"What we can say for certain is that the Central Continent has concealed its development of Superhuman Warriors from us. Every one of them is immensely strong, capable of exerting nearly ten tons of force and creating air blasts with their bare hands. They're faster than cheetahs, possess mysterious powers, and are formidable fighters..."
The Federal Intelligence Director sighed. He then swiftly issued a series of secret orders, setting plans in motion to send agents to steal information on the Central Continent's Superhuman Warriors.
The same thing happened elsewhere. Intelligence Departments in Britain, the other Western European nations, and Japan also decided to send spies after the secrets. They planned to expose the Central Continent's covert research into Human Biological Weapons and challenge it on the international stage.
Nearly ten days had passed since the Wu Ming Ruins opened, but public interest showed no sign of fading. The Central Continent's enthusiasm for National Martial Arts only grew. Countless people wanted to train until they met the minimum physical requirements for the Five Organs Chapter of the Human Immortal Martial Dao. Then they could become like Li Hansha and the other Pill Embracement and Transforming Strength Great Boxers, who had beaten the reanimated, demonized remains of the Great Yuan Imperial Advisor to a pulp.
As more people came to believe in the Human Immortal Martial Dao, Gu Chen earned Origin Points almost every day. In just ten days, he gained nearly another 200,000, leaving him in an excellent mood.
At this rate, after he opened another set of Wu Ming Ruins, he might have enough Origin Points to use Refine Falsehood Into Truth on Pei Canghai, a Martial Dao Human Immortal. The thought alone was exhilarating.
Over those days, the international situation shifted dramatically. For some reason, America, Britain, the other Western European nations, and Japan suddenly began pressuring the Central Continent, insisting it had been secretly experimenting with Human Biological Weapons and demanding an explanation.
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