182: Chapter 182, Act One! The Second Generation of the Mystic Maiden Welcomes the New Year! First Moon Landing, Live Broadcast!

Countless Chinese people waited in front of their televisions, or entered the CCTV online live streaming room via computers or mobile phones, to watch this annual grand event of China together.

At exactly 19:30, the live broadcast of the Year of the Snake Spring Festival Gala officially began.

First was the opening program, where 52 CCTV hosts sang the opening song "Joyous Songs to Celebrate the New Year" together.

Seeing this highly creative formation, the audience felt a sense of novelty.

Every year for the Spring Festival Gala opening, the director always tries every possible way to come up with gimmicks and new ideas.

But gathering so many famous CCTV anchors to perform the opening song together like today was a first.

"Isn't that Kang Guang!"

"Li Meng, Lu Yu, and Ouyang Dan, the three great beauties of CCTV, are also here!"

"Auntie Ju Ping is here too!"

"Not to say anything else, it sounds terrible, but it feels so familiar! Hahaha!"

"Looking at these faces, I thought I was watching the News Broadcast!"

"The Spring Festival Gala director really has some tricks up their sleeve; they always manage to come up with new gimmicks for us!"

"..."

Looking at this exceptionally familiar team of CCTV hosts, although the singing was indeed not very good, the audience, regardless of age or gender, gave this opening program a thumbs up.

It was indeed too familiar!

Soon, the opening song ended.

The six hosts of the Spring Festival Gala took the stage, consisting of three male hosts: Kang Guang, Zhu Jun, and Nigeti, and three female hosts: Li Si, Lu Yu, and Dong Qing.

Looking at this lineup, many viewers suddenly felt strange.

"Huh? Where is my Brother Yong?"

"Wait, what about Little Sa?"

"Didn't they both officially announce they would be hosts for the Year of the Snake Spring Festival Gala?"

"Yeah, why are they missing?"

Just as everyone was confused, the six hosts began their opening remarks for the Spring Festival Gala, one after another.

"Flowers bloom in the land of China, welcoming the New Year together!"

"Dear audience friends!"

"Happy New Year everyone!"

Kang Guang smiled: "This is the CCTV headquarters, the live broadcast venue for the 2013 Spring Festival Gala!"

"Together with the people of all ethnic groups in China and Chinese people all over the world, we welcome the arrival of the Guisi Year of the Snake!"

Lu Yu: "Today is a day of reunion!"

"A garden full of splendor, the world is one family; we invite you to join us in welcoming the New Year!"

Zhu Jun: "Today is a festive day!"

"Flowers bloom with prosperity, a magnificent China; we invite you to join us in celebrating the new joy!"

Li Si: "Today is a day for welcoming the new!"

"Discarding the old for the new, everything is renewed; we invite you to join us in showcasing new ideas!"

Nigeti: "Today is a day for praying for blessings!"

"Abundance every year, peace throughout the four seasons; we invite you to join us in writing a new chapter together!"

All six: "Today is a good day!"

"New Spring, New Ideas, New Joy, New Chapter!"

"Gathered together, it is our brand-new China!"

"..."

After the opening remarks, Kang Guang took over and continued hosting with a smile on his face.

"Tonight, we are all people attending an appointment!"

"Thank you for waiting by the screen year after year, letting us spend the last 4 hours of the Guisi Year of the Snake together!"

"I believe that today's unique Spring Festival Gala!"

"Will surely become the most beautiful memory in everyone's life!"

Having said this, Kang Guang paused, and a mysterious smile appeared on the corners of his lips.

"Dear audience friends!"

"Before the program officially begins, I think everyone must have a question in their hearts."

"That is, where have our hosts Li Yong and Reporter Sa Ning gone?"

"I believe everyone must be very curious!"

"Yes, some smart audience friends should have guessed it!"

"Next, please hold your breath!"

"The screen will broadcast to the live site of China's Moon Landing Project!"

"There, our first opening act will be held,"

"Xuan Nu Welcomes the Spring, Inviting the Bright Moon Together!"

As soon as Kang Guang's words came out, all the viewers watching the Spring Festival Gala were instantly in an uproar.

China's Moon Landing Project? Live site? What on earth?!

Before everyone could react, the Spring Festival Gala screen had already switched the broadcast.

"Hello everyone! I am Li Yong!"

"Hello everyone! I am Reporter Sa Ning!"

"I wish all the audience friends in front of the screen, Happy New Year!"

On the screen, Li Yong and Reporter Sa Ning were smiling and greeting everyone kindly.

If it were just this, there would be nothing strange about it.

But these two CCTV hosts were actually... wearing a set of "Kunlun" Exoskeleton Armor!

"Dear audience friends!"

"We are currently located at the Nantianmen Launch Center in Yan Province, which is the live broadcast site for China's first Moon Landing Project!"

Li Yong held his armor helmet under his arm, and hosted with excitement:

"Next, we will board the 'Xuan Nu' Aerospace Fighter and embark on the journey to the moon!"

"We will set up our Spring Festival Gala branch venue on the moon!"

"First of all!"

"Please allow me to grandly introduce to everyone,"

"The Commander and Deputy Commander of this Moon Landing Project!"

"China's great aerospace heroes, Commander Yang Weili, Deputy Commander Nie Shenghai!"

The camera turned to the side, and Commander Yang Weili and Deputy Commander Nie Shenghai spoke kindly.

"Audience friends, hello everyone, I am Commander Yang Weili, I am Deputy Commander Nie Shenghai!"

"Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!"

"Our Moon Landing Project this time is by..."

After greeting, the two began a simple explanation of the entire Moon Landing Project plan.

And at this moment, the audience in front of the televisions and live streaming rooms finally reacted.

"Ah!!!"

Many people started screaming loudly, their minds went blank, giving their families a big fright.

After calming down a little, they immediately called out to other family members who were busy with other things and not watching the Spring Festival Gala.

"Mom!!! Stop washing the dishes!!! Come and watch the Spring Festival Gala!!!"

"Brother!!! Stop setting off fireworks!!! The Spring Festival Gala, watch the Spring Festival Gala!!!"

"Honey!!! Don't play games, come over quickly!!!"

"What is it? Shouting and screaming on New Year's!"

"Moon landing! China is going to land on the moon! And it's a live broadcast of the moon landing!!"

"Holy cow!"

"Is it real or fake!!"

"I'm coming right away!!!"

"..."

Meanwhile, at the Nantianmen Launch Center, Commander Yang Weili's explanation of the plan continued.

"...This is the aerospace vehicle we are about to board; I believe many people are already very familiar with it!"

Commander Yang Weili faced the camera, pointed at the dark matte sci-fi fighter behind him, and said with a smile.

"That's right!"

"It is exactly our China's 'Xuan Nu' Aerospace Fighter!"

"And it is, the second-generation 'Xuan Nu' Aerospace Fighter!"

"The second-generation Xuan Nu is the new generation Aerospace Fighter newly developed by our China, with comprehensive performance far exceeding the previous first-generation Aerospace Fighter!"

"The maximum flight speed reaches Mach 100!"

"It can fully realize our manned moon landing project!"

"It is expected to take only 3 hours to reach the moon!"

"At that time!"

"We will set up a Spring Festival Gala branch venue on the moon to celebrate the New Year together with all audience friends!"

"And at the moon branch venue, we will conduct the countdown to welcome the Year of the Snake, and ring the silent bell of the New Year on the moon!"

"The entire moon landing process will be in the bottom right corner of the Spring Festival Gala program!"

"Broadcast live throughout!"

"..."

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