This was what her brother had discussed with the leader.
It had to be.
The elderly man closed with a few words about maintaining social order, avoiding panic, and proceeding in an orderly manner. Then his address ended.
It was brief. Less than fifteen minutes in total.
But the world would need a long time to digest those fifteen minutes.
The internet did not explode the second the address ended.
Everyone was still in a daze.
About thirty seconds later, the trending searches finally started moving. Then came the live comments. Then the Moments feeds. Then Weibo. Then every place where people could type—all of them were flooded with the same topic.
High Martial Arts School.
The mood in the comments shifted from shock to confusion to excitement at an absurd speed.
"Wait, wait, wait—High Martial Arts School? Isn't that something you only find in novels?"
"Why couldn't this have happened when I was in school? I'd gladly take the college entrance exam all over again!"
"Hold on, the announcement said anyone from eighteen to thirty can apply. Guys under thirty, this is your chance!"
"I'm twenty-nine! I've got one year left! Fuck, should I quit my job and take the exam?"
"Check your absorption rate first. The cutoff is 2%."
In the White House communications room in the United States, three intelligence analysts finished translating the address and reported it word for word. Forty minutes later, the secretary of state called an emergency meeting.
There was only one central issue: Huaxia was about to make evolution available to its entire population.
"They're no longer keeping it under wraps," a senior adviser said. "They're opening up the ability to evolve to the whole country. What does that mean?"
"It means that within ten years, Huaxia will have the largest population