306: Chapter 306 "Am I...dreaming?"

"Am I... dreaming?"

For a moment, countless fingers froze in mid-air.

Captain Xia?

After a brief moment of shock, an intense curiosity, like a cat scratching at one's heart, drove hundreds of millions of netizens to click on that red notification simultaneously without hesitation.

There was no flashy, special-effect-laden opening.

There was no pretentious editing.

On screen, there was only the cold, realistic panoramic view of the military's internal underground testing facility.

And accompanying the test, lines of cold, yet absolutely authoritative test data flickered and updated rapidly along the edge of the screen.

The video's progress bar slid rapidly to the end.

When the screen froze on the soldier who stood like an iron tower at the end—

"Bang!!!"

A sound, unprocessed by any audio effects, came through the phone speakers and slammed hard against everyone's eardrums!

The force-measuring target vibrated violently, and in the center of the screen, a set of crimson extreme values flickered wildly before finally locking in, branding themselves deeply onto the retinas of every viewer.

At this moment, the first batch of netizens who finished watching the video experienced a collective brain crash.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds...

But as they came back to their senses, extreme shock and ecstasy completely overwhelmed their hearts.

The Super Soldier Serum that had been the subject of heated debate across the internet, with countless people frantically discussing it in the comments section of Lin Yuan...

...had actually been successfully developed!

The state hadn't issued any teasers or held any press conferences; they had just simply and brutally slapped the finished product into everyone's faces.

Furthermore, they had quietly created a living, breathing Captain Xia!

Countless comments completely occupied the comments section of that post within a few short seconds.

At first, due to sheer excitement, these comments were mostly incoherent, jumbled nonsense, filled with various unintelligible interjections.

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!"

"Ahhhhhh! Help, what am I seeing!"

"Oh my god! I must have gotten up too fast; am I actually watching a sci-fi blockbuster on an official account?!"

However, as the audience recovered slightly from that extreme shock, the style of the comments section began to undergo a drastic distortion.

"A punch of 1,200 kilograms?! Is this even human? This is a humanoid pile driver!"

"Crazy! Totally crazy! A 100-meter dash in 6.2 seconds? A neural reaction speed of 0.08 seconds? Sir Isaac Newton's coffin lid is about to fly off!!"

"Don't just look at the top data; didn't you notice the other data before it? Even the most basic version has a bench press of 145 kilograms; this is a team of superhumans!"

"A few days ago, I was still making memes and wishing in God Lin's comments section, and today they just threw the finished product in my face?! Has the turtle in the wishing pool actually become sentient? It's granting every wish!"

As the core data in the video was dug out line by line, the entire comments section descended into complete madness.

At the same time, the meme-making talent ingrained in the bones of netizens from Xia was completely ignited during this moment of national celebration.

Countless brilliant comments filled the gaps, pushing this feast of emotions to a whole new level.

"Movie companies from The Other Side of the Ocean are holding emergency meetings overnight, with their entire legal departments mobilized, preparing to sue Xia... The charge: Using their sci-fi movie settings as a product manual! (Dog head emoji)"

"Following Iron Man from Xia singing 'my people, my country' at the Spring Festival Gala, Captain Xia has also emerged! I declare that the cultural hegemony of The Other Side of the Ocean is officially bankrupt as of today! Our God Lin has plucked them clean down to their underwear!"

"I would like to call this: The ultimate form of 'takingism'! Thanks to our good brothers on The Other Side of the Ocean for providing the sci-fi creative scripts; you provide the imagination, and we in Xia will take responsibility for turning them all into reality!"

The comments section was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

This terrifying information storm completely tore apart all existing internet hot topics within just half an hour.

#Captain Xia#

#1200kg punch#

#The Other Side of the Ocean: Oh no, we've been 'taken' from again!#

One visually impactful topic after another swept through the trending lists of all major social media platforms across the entire internet with unstoppable momentum!

Countless netizens who were originally scrolling through entertainment gossip and watching funny skits were attracted by this overwhelming wave of discussion and clicked on the video with a skeptical attitude.

Then... they went crazy too.

"Oh my god... Is this real? It's not a movie special effect?"

"This is too crazy! This world is too crazy! I feel like I'm dreaming!"

The entire internet fell into an unprecedented collective climax.

Seeing this, the sense of smell of major news media and self-media influencers was incredibly keen.

In the face of this monstrous wave, they didn't hesitate at all; they immediately turned their ships around, keyboards clattering so fast sparks flew, and frantically followed up with reports.

"Subverting Cognition! Xia Military Releases Super Soldier Test, Multiple Data Points Exceed Theoretical Human Limits!"

"From Iron Man to Captain Xia, Those Sci-Fi Dreams We've Brought to Reality!"

"In-Depth Analysis: Behind the Super Soldier Serum Is a Great Leap for Xia in the Field of Life Sciences!"

From the technology section to the military section, and then to the social life section, the front-page headlines of all pages were completely dominated by the two keywords: "Captain Xia" and "Super Soldier Serum".

Immediately afterward, a top science and technology popularization influencer with tens of millions of followers, "Geek Frontier Exploration", hurriedly produced and published a highly inflammatory in-depth commentary article, raising the significance of this event directly to an unprecedented strategic level.

"Milestone! We Have Opened the Door to a New World!"

In the article, the host wrote with a nearly trembling touch:

"This is not just the birth of a 'Captain Xia'."

"It further represents a great breakthrough that Xia has achieved in the field of Life Sciences, one capable of subverting the entire course of civilization!"

"This is the first time in human history that we have relied on the power of technology to actively break through the limits of carbon-based organisms that have shackled us for countless years!"

After this article was published, a highly impactful and tempting concept was officially thrown out, igniting the ultimate fantasy of everyone on the internet.

"Is the era of the 'New Human'... coming?"

"Since the military already has super soldiers, will we, as ordinary people, be able to enjoy the civil dividends of this technology in the future as it iterates?"

"I dare not imagine it, I really dare not! If everyone in the future can have athlete-level physical fitness, then how glorious the future of our entire nation will be..."

An extreme, grand sense of expectation stemming from collective evolution spread through the internet cables into the very bones of the 1.4 billion people of Xia.

...

Meanwhile.

This terrifying information storm that originated in Xia crossed the ocean at lightning speed and was captured by foreign media personnel and information gatherers who were constantly monitoring the trends of the Xia internet.

In front of computer screens, the faint blue light illuminated face after face of foreign personnel in sheer horror.

1,200 kilograms...

6.2 seconds...

0.08 seconds...

Looking at that set of terrifying data that was enough to completely crush all their perceptions, looking at the force-measuring target in the video that had been smashed into a dent with a single punch, and looking at the shocking spiderweb cracks on the ground...

Everyone was stunned.

After a very long time, someone stared fixedly at the screen and muttered in a hoarse, dreamlike voice.

"Am I... dreaming?"