Daxia’s outrageous move left the nation dumbfounded!

The earth-shattering changes that Great Xia was about to experience were naturally unknown to its billions of citizens.

But this did not dampen their excitement and pride, which had been almost overflowing recently.

This was because, just a few days prior, Great Xia had held an unprecedentedly grand military exercise.

Initially, everyone thought it was just a routine show of force,

intended to warn certain countries that liked to jump around on the international stage, oblivious to their own limitations.

But no one expected that the scale of this military exercise would be ridiculously large, completely exceeding everyone's imagination.

New-generation supersonic fighter jets roared, tearing through the sky,

new-generation deep-blue aircraft carrier formations patrolled the seas like steel behemoths,

and new-generation strategic missiles silently displayed their global reach.

Even those cutting-edge strategic devices that had never been seen in public, existing only in legends,

were generously brought out this time, openly showcased.

For a time, the entire world fell silent.

Everyone was utterly shocked by the terrifying reserves Great Xia had accumulated so quietly.

Even the Beautiful Country, which had always considered itself the world's hegemon,

was severely suppressed and fell into prolonged silence when faced with this almost unreasonable display of strength.

This series of chain reactions directly pushed the national pride of Great Xia's citizens to its peak.

They now genuinely felt that being born in Great Xia was the luckiest thing in their lives.

Walking on foreign streets, they could hold their heads higher than ever before!

Many citizens of small countries struggling with war and poverty cast undisguised looks of envy towards the citizens of Great Xia.

After all, in this world, having such a powerful and stable homeland as a backing was itself a great blessing.

Since the military exercise ended, the online hot search rankings have been completely dominated by related topics.

Great Xia's netizens' favorite thing to do every day was to express their excited feelings on various social media platforms.

“Family, who understands! This feeling of finally being able to hold our heads high is just too good!”

“From now on, I'd like to see who on this planet dares to point fingers at our Great Xia!”

“Upstairs, what's with all that pent-up grievance? Even without this military exercise, no one dared to bully us casually, okay!”

“Exactly, times have changed! My Great Xia now holds a pivotal position internationally, it is already a behemoth that no one can ignore!”

“That's right! But after this military exercise, the status of my Great Xia will be firmly established at the pinnacle of the world!”

“It didn't make a sound, but when it did, it dropped a king bomb on the whole world!”

“As expected of our motherland, always trustworthy! Hahahaha!”

“...”

The internet was harmonious, with most netizens feeling honored and immersed in great joy.

However, wherever there is light, there will always be dark corners.

No matter the era, there will always be a few bugs who like to sing a different tune.

“That's enough, what are these people awkwardly bragging about? It's embarrassing to watch.”

“Great Xia's little bit of stuff, compared to the Beautiful Country, isn't even a hair.”

“They just can't be bothered to bring it out, do you really think you're invincible?”

An extremely discordant remark suddenly appeared,

every word exuding an infinite longing for the Beautiful Country and a deliberate belittling of Great Xia.

As soon as this comment appeared, it instantly ignited everyone's anger.

“Where did this fifty-cent come from? Crying for your daddy here?”

“Are you a pet dog raised by Eagle-chan? Speaking so hard for your master?”

“Good heavens, I declare someone has been triggered! Certain groups, after watching this military exercise, their faith collapsed, and their Dao Heart shattered on the spot!”

“Do you like the emoji of the Beautiful Country's president's face turning dark after our military exercise ended? If you like it, I'll send you a few.”

“Those small, insignificant countries that used to love to jump around in front of us, after hearing the words 'global coverage' this time, collectively went silent.”

“Why is that, exactly? It's so hard to guess~”

Countless sarcastic replies instantly drowned out that clown.

Finally, after being verbally flayed by netizens, that account was swiftly banned by the platform with lightning speed... The popularity of Great Xia's military exercise reached an unprecedented high, almost daily dominating the top spot on all hot search rankings.

However, tonight, the online sentiment began to gradually change.

The military exercise's popularity began to quietly decline, replaced by a new topic that left everyone a bit bewildered.

The reason was that Great Xia's official media released a brand-new conceptual promotional video.

The theme of this promotional video was to envision Great Xia's future, perhaps one day entering a more extraordinary, more powerful new stage.

In the video, the Nanshan Gate Project, once considered a sci-fi dream by countless people, was prominently featured.

Originally, at this time of national excitement, Great Xia's official release of such a futuristic conceptual video,

would only make the citizens even more ecstatic, full of infinite aspirations for the future.

But the problem was, when countless people eagerly clicked on this conceptual video, everyone was stunned, their minds filled with big question marks.

This was because the Nanshan Gate Project displayed in this conceptual video seemed to be a tiny, tiny bit different from what they had imagined.

What was with those cloud-shrouded, Immortal Qi-filled palaces and jade towers?

Was that giant golden Dragon shadow, faintly visible and circling in the clouds, for real?

No matter how you look at it, your Nanshan Gate Project doesn't have a single trace of technological content!

Are you really going to build a mythical Nanshan Gate?

For a time, all the citizens were dumbfounded.

They racked their brains but couldn't comprehend what this conceptual video was trying to convey.

And then, even more baffling operations followed.

Major online literature websites in the country, as if by prior agreement, began to spare no effort in heavily promoting Xuanhuan and cultivation novels.

They even jointly organized a writing contest with the theme of “National Cultivation,” requiring the story's background prototype to be Great Xia.

Even major short video platforms overnight saw countless videos emerge envisioning “What if Great Xia started nationwide cultivation?”

The key was that these topics, which would have seemed incredibly chuunibyou in the past, were now exceptionally popular, and the official channels were even deliberately guiding traffic, encouraging countless people to participate in the discussions.

Many astute individuals sensed an unusual meaning from this series of abnormal operations.

But as to why, they couldn't figure it out no matter how hard they thought.

It couldn't be... it couldn't be that the country was really going to promote nationwide cultivation next, could it?

Ha, don't be ridiculous!

If there really were any gods or monsters in this world, how could science, having developed to this day, not have found any trace?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!