A Thorny Problem

After the "Antarctic Crisis" at the end of 2020—the worldwide climate and weather disruptions, the global panic—2021 suddenly sank into an eerie calm.

But without question, everyone knew this was a false calm. During the "Antarctic Crisis," countless people around the world had witnessed the "Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Giant illusion" with their own eyes. After everyone had endured those months that felt as though the apocalypse was about to descend, many deep-rooted things, many once-fixed perceptions, had been completely shattered.

What exactly was this world like? This question was raised once more by many people.

There were countless discussions online and across social media platforms about the "Antarctic Crisis" and the "Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed illusion," along with all kinds of speculation, deductions, and hypotheses. Yet in real life, it seemed that nothing had changed. People still went to work, still went to school. It was as if, after the world had been pulled back from the brink of destruction by the "Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Giant," everyone's lives had returned to normal as well.

Yes, even though no official media outlet or country had made any formal statement or conclusion, among the public and online, everyone had already accepted that the "Antarctic Crisis" had been resolved by the "Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Giant," and that the world had been saved by it.

As for the "Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Giant," this being, creature, existence that seemed to lurk beneath the deep ice, some people held different views.

The most popular theory was the "Lightning Superman" theory. Not only were there eyewitnesses, but an internet celebrity streamer had also released a series of commentary videos, emphatically describing how, on the day of "Salvation Day," he had seen "Superman" riding lightning into the sky in a coastal city. There were also some "insiders" who confirmed through other means that, at