Undercurrents Stirring

What happened when a spoonful of cold water was poured into a pot of hot oil?

It was hard to put into words. Only by seeing it firsthand could one understand the intensity and frenzy involved.

Less than two or three days after a certain extraordinary change had truly occurred, in corners few noticed, a rather strange trending search topic seemingly related to an "Internet Urban Legend" quietly appeared on some search engines. Then, due to certain covert influences, it swiftly vanished before the public could truly take notice, leaving without a trace.

At the same time, however, a strange blank URL suddenly transformed from a "secret" known to only a few insiders into something rapidly spreading outward.

Visits from all over the world were frantically converging upon it.

After all, though no one knew it, a certain "administrator's" tacit approval inherently meant the competition was escalating further.

Once it was confirmed that the URL could not be blocked and specific users could not be prevented from accessing it, some people had already seen the problem—

"It can't be stopped. This platform webpage has clearly entered the internet with an actively open attitude toward the outside world, which differs greatly from the conclusions our experts previously predicted!"

"In theory, it should have been operating under a confidentiality mechanism, but its attitude has now made a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn!"

"Of course, we can still buy some time through channels that regulate the spread of online information and make the process a little smoother, but that would only treat the symptoms, not the root cause!"

Inside the conference room, the formally dressed people seated around the table patiently listened to the experts' rapidly produced preliminary analysis—or, alternatively, their endless chatter.

"A massive amount of related information has already begun spreading online. In