Immediately afterward, the town's air raid sirens sounded. The soldiers guarding the New Century Defense Line marched in formation around the town, their megaphones carrying for several kilometers: "Everyone, go home and watch the news! Everyone, go home and watch the news! Important news!"
"What's got everyone so worked up? We're not going to war again, are we?" Lin Fangqiang's wife swallowed, a little nervous, and involuntarily clenched her fists.
All the diners were put on edge by the scene.
Several paid and hurried back to their homes.
The remaining diners stayed in their seats, hastily eating their dinners.
"It's all right." Lin Fangqiang held his wife's hand tightly.
Then the diners at the stall erupted into chatter again, because bright red banners had appeared on the screen: "Warmly celebrating the official establishment of the Great Academy of Sciences and Great Knowledge Institute"?!
"Warmly celebrating the return of Mr. Zhang Ming, founder of the Human Breathing Technique, to the human world"?!
The recent rumors had been confirmed, causing an immediate sensation!
"The Great Academy of Sciences?"
"Old Zhang... really came back?" Ordinary people knew nothing about so-called "Transcendents" or "Spirit Limit Users." Those things were simply too far removed from them. S-Class experts were much closer to their lives.
All they knew was that their textbooks said Old Zhang was the first person to break through the three barriers of the human limit-the first Statesman!
More than a hundred and fifty years had passed since that day, and the other Statesmen had all used breakthrough methods he had provided.
Someone their textbooks had extensively publicized had disappeared for 159 years, then crossed the Demon God's Sea to return. It all felt inexplicably fantastical!
Those two banners alone provided ample room for speculation, and online discussion exploded. Many S-Class and A-Class