The buzz online did not die down. Instead, it only grew more intense.
The video titled "Eastern Deities" was dissected frame by frame. Netizens took magnifying glasses to the blurry pixels, hunting for clues.
Shencheng, the top-floor conference room at Rice Technology headquarters.
The image on the enormous projection screen was frozen.
Lei strode up to the screen and pointed at the black-clad man who had fought the Blood Skeletons bare-handed.
"Yu, Musk, look at his clothes-and his build." Lei's voice was strained.
Yu the Big Mouth adjusted his glasses and stared fixedly at the screen. Elon Musk stood straight up, his blue eyes filled with shock.
"Black Bespoke Suit, buzz cut, sunglasses." Yu the Big Mouth's Adam's apple bobbed. "Isn't that the bodyguard who's always with Mr. Chen?"
Elon Musk braced both hands on the conference table, breathing rapidly. "The man who summoned that purple lightning and vaporized the aircraft carrier was Mr. Chen!"
The three exchanged looks, their scalps prickling.
Previously, they had only known that Chen Lin had extraordinarily powerful connections and miraculous abilities. The state had even assessed him as "one man worth ten Heavy Combined-Arms Brigades."
But that had only been an abstract concept.
Now the concept had become reality. Chen Lin was no ordinary human-he was a true god!
Online, some sharp-eyed people had already begun steering the conversation.
"Remember Chen Family Village in Yicheng? Everyone who's been there says it can cure any illness. Even dead trees bloom there!"
"Autumn Forest Group's Clear-Vision Dew and its weight-loss drug both came out of Yicheng!"
"Holy shit! The East China Sea, Yicheng, miracle drugs... case closed, folks! That immortal is definitely in Chen Family Village!"
Public attention was converging on Chen Family Village with unstoppable momentum.
"Get the plane ready!" Lei spun around and grabbed