Chapter 198: The public knew before the military did.

Inside the livestream room, the bullet screen comments were flying by rapidly.

"It's my turn, let me be the one to call in this time."

"Don't fight me for it! I'm a UFO eyewitness. I'll ask the questions, you guys just listen."

"I'm actually a bit skeptical. Why are there so many UFOs in the United States but so few in our country? Could someone be faking it?"

"..."

The livestream room was not lacking in rational viewers.

They believed that UFOs were man-made fictions, fabrications that shouldn't be taken seriously!

Inside the monitoring room.

Watching Jiang Zhe finish his last sentence, Old Wang finally stood up from the sofa, his face filled with a sense of wanting more.

"I didn't expect that the fermi paradox would seem a bit outdated by the end of 2024."

"A paradox from the last century turns out to be defenseless in front of so many UFO eyewitnesses today."

Old Wang couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Ordinary people were still exploring where the aliens were!

Who would have thought that those aliens had already appeared on Earth, and multiple times at that.

"But is this news really reliable? Is it truly real?"

Suddenly, he glanced at the monitoring screen. The combined viewership of the livestream and the TV station had surpassed 30 million.

The livestream in particular had come from behind to overtake the TV station, reaching a staggering 20 million online viewers.

"My god, when did we break the viewership record?"

Xiao Li, who was standing nearby, had a darkened expression. "Master, it was broken long ago. You've been watching the broadcast the whole time. I told you several times, but you didn't hear me; you were completely immersed in Teacher Jiang's livestream."

"Is that so!" Old Wang rubbed his nose awkwardly. "Alright, you continue monitoring. I'll watch the upcoming Q&A."

"Understood, Master."

...

Inside the leadership conference room.

Old Zhao and Old Wang were immersed in the previous explanation, unable to pull themselves away.

The fermi paradox, which was originally almost impossible to answer, was unexpectedly cracked by Jiang Zhe in just two hours.

No, to modern people, the fermi paradox was no longer considered a paradox.

It was simply that alien civilizations had appeared on Earth long ago, and more than one race at that.

However, they still had one question in their hearts.

Are alien civilizations truly kind groups?

Why aren't there any evil ones?

Just then, a "beep-beep-beep" sound came from the large screen.

Soon, the first call was connected.

"It's me, it's me! It's actually me!"

The person speaking on the other side was a young man with a somewhat youthful voice.

Jiang Zhe adjusted his headset and asked, "Hello, lucky viewer. What is your question?"

"Hello, host. I'm a sophomore at the Kyoto Astronomical Institute."

"I've thought about this for a long time, and I only have one question: Why do UFOs always appear in the United States and rarely in our country?"

"By comparing different countries, can I propose a theory? That is, UFOs are faked by the United States. Generally, countries with strong political motives will disguise how advanced their science is. They first tell the world that UFOs belong to aliens, then one day in the future when a war truly breaks out, they'll send those UFOs to carry out precision strikes on different countries. I remember this belongs to a certain tactic in The Art of War: pretend to tell the outside world you don't have this technology, then wait for wartime to catch the enemy off guard."

As soon as this question was asked, the entire livestream room erupted.

Because he had asked exactly what was on many people's minds.

"Yes, yes, yes, this might be one of their strategic goals; UFOs really belong to the United States, not alien civilizations."

"It's possible. Otherwise, why would alien UFOs appear most often in the United States?"

"Wait, that's not right. There are also UFO sightings in South America, Europe, and Africa, and quite a few of them!"

"Then is there a possibility that the United States sent those UFOs out for reconnaissance?"

"Reconnaissance for what? What is there to scout in Africa?"

"Oil?"

"Holy crap, I can't believe you guys could come up with that..."

"Then what about the domestic UFO reports? Especially the frequent UFO sightings in recent years?"

"..."

Quite a few viewers and experts agreed with the words of this astronomy student.

It was indeed true; there were many UFOs in the United States. Why were there so few domestically?

Just then, Jiang Zhe's counter-question caught the other party off guard.

"Student, is there a possibility that there are many domestically as well? And the videos haven't been banned; they can be seen everywhere on the internet?"

As soon as this was said, the college student was stunned. "Ah? That's not right. There are clearly very few domestically!"

Hearing this, Jiang Zhe shook his head with a helpless smile. "Alright, since you think they are few, you might as well listen to what I have to say."

"Please go ahead!"

Jiang Zhe explained while operating the laptop in front of him.

"A summary of cigar-shaped UFO sightings in various provinces across the country in June 2023."

"These are videos reported by UFO eyewitnesses nationwide last year."

"Please look at the first video."

He pushed the laptop toward the camera, letting the photographer aim directly at the screen.

The first video showed high-rise buildings in Sichuan. In the sky, a colorful cylindrical light curtain flickered, and a deep blue light curtain was surrounded on all sides by the cylindrical craft.

"As everyone can see."

"This was last year, June 11, 2023, in Qingbaijiang, Chengdu."

"A cylindrical craft is emitting colorful light. Near this colorful light curtain, even more deep blue light curtains appear, tinting the distant clouds above the buildings."

Soon, the video footage transitioned from night to day.

A cylindrical craft stood tall in the sky.

Accompanied by the Sichuan dialect heard in the video.

"Holy crap, what is that!"

"Is that a plane?"

"How could a plane be that bright? It's been parked there all night."

"..."

Soon, the video came to an abrupt end.

The viewers were left dazed. Most of them were unaware of these videos. Now that they were being exposed, many people quickly went to the internet to search for keywords.

Sure enough, every search was a hit!

"Holy cow, I actually found this video."

"Is this video real?"

"It's real. I checked it with software. It's not a mirage or lights from distant buildings."

"My goodness... I was just looking for whether aliens exist, and I didn't expect they had already appeared on Earth long ago!"

If Jiang Zhe hadn't released the video, they would have thought it was a secret national military facility.

At this time, inside the lecture hall.

Professor Hua Yunfeng quickly looked at Old Feng and asked, "I have a question. The national military bases should know about those UFOs, right?"

Old Feng said with certainty, "They definitely know. In fact, the military would have found out immediately."

Who would have thought that in the next moment, an astronomy expert below the podium would quickly shake his head in denial:

"No, they don't know. I know people in the military. Every time a UFO event occurs domestically, the military actually doesn't know about it. The first to know are the eyewitnesses near the UFO."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the experts in the room looked at the elderly expert.

"Why? How could the military not know about a UFO event immediately?"

"Why? Isn't the military's radar the most advanced? Could it be that it's not even as fast as the naked eye observations of the common people?"

"..."

The old expert shook his head regretfully:

"Currently, the stealth technology mainly used between nations is radar stealth. Sometimes we can't detect the United States' fighter jets, and sometimes the United States can't detect ours."

"The fact is indeed so. Our reconnaissance technology for fighter jets from the same Earth is hit-or-miss, let alone for extraterrestrial civilizations."

"In reality, the military truly doesn't know when an alien craft descends to Earth. They can only judge the other party through the firsthand videos from civilian eyewitnesses."

Once these words came out, the experts present were stunned.

They had thought the military was very powerful, but on this level, the speed of receiving information was truly inferior to the eyewitnesses with firsthand civilian news.

Just then, Jiang Zhe faced the camera, smiled slightly, and gave the answer they were curious about: