79: Chapter 79 Global Response

Hong Kong, Victoria Harbour.

Chen Mo stood on the pier, the salty, fishy sea breeze blowing against his face.

Sunlight shattered across the sea surface, ferries slowly crossed the harbour, and the sound of their whistles was low and long.

He had just arrived here.

The curtain walls of the skyscrapers opposite reflected the afternoon light, white-collar workers moved between office buildings, the tea restaurants were packed, and pedestrians at the subway entrance walked in a hurry.

Everything seemed no different from before the Spiritual Energy Revival.

But his Mental Perception coverage captured a different picture.

The entire city was discussing what had just happened.

"Did you see it? Someone actually held up a plane and landed it!"

An elderly woman in a tea restaurant had her phone lying horizontally on the table, the screen showing a replay of the news broadcast.

As she spoke, she gestured with her hands to mimic the lifting motion, her chopsticks almost poking the person opposite her.

"You're crazy, how is that possible?"

The elderly man opposite her waved his hand, but his eyes still darted toward the screen.

"It was on the news! Could it be fake?"

"Let me tell you, this must be CGI."

"CGI my foot! Thousands of people saw it with their own eyes!"

Similar conversations were happening in countless corners at the same time.

In a convenience store, the young person behind the cash register was scrolling through their phone, the trending searches on the screen already exploding.

The top three were all different phrasings of the same topic.

#Mysterious Power#, #God of the Human World#, #Mach 12 Sonic Boom#.

The comment section was like a pot of boiling water, piling up layer by layer.

No names, no faces.

Only a blurry telephoto shot recorded that scene, the moment the plane landed steadily.

The elderly passenger on the ground tried to kneel, but his knees were lifted by an invisible force.

Then the sky; a white streak tore through the clouds, and the shockwave of the sonic boom sent the surrounding scattered clouds into circular ripples.

The footage ended there.

Chen Mo stood at the street corner waiting for the red light, and a middle school student in a school uniform next to him was excitedly sending a voice message on his phone:

"Did you see it? Superman really exists! I told you before that the Spiritual Energy Revival would produce superhumans, but you didn't believe me."

"Don't believe it now? He held up an entire plane!"

"Of course I have to train, I'm starting to run today."

The young person's excitement was almost overflowing from his voice.

They were imagining themselves becoming that strong during the Spiritual Energy Revival.

The red light turned green.

Chen Mo crossed the street, and within his perception range appeared a man in a suit, speaking in a low, irritable tone on the phone:

"...What the hell is going on? Why mess with all this? The stock market has already fallen so much recently, what will happen to the economy if this continues? He has a hand in everything, what if he's in a bad mood? We don't even know who he is."

Worry.

Facing a power that could not be seen or touched, ordinary people began to worry that their peaceful lives would be disrupted.

Life in all its forms, each different.

Young people were cheering, hotly discussing "how to become strong as quickly as possible during the Spiritual Energy Revival";

Middle-aged people were worried, afraid that the existing order would be torn apart by uncontrollable power;

The elderly were sighing, in awe, connecting this event to the gods and Buddhas in the temples;

Others were cursing, disbelieving, convinced it was a scam or some kind of conspiracy.

But whether believing or doubting, shocked or afraid.

Chen Mo's existence thoroughly set off a frenzy for the Spiritual Energy Revival.

Before this, although official data had been released and they were still promoting the Basic Muscle Tension Technique nationwide.

But to most ordinary people, the four words "Spiritual Energy Revival" still had no substantive meaning.

But today.

A person who could lift a plane, fly at Mach 12, and remain completely invisible to all detection methods had concretized the four words "Spiritual Energy Revival" into a terrifying reality.

There was no need for any more official explanations, no need for any more speculation.

The God of the Human World truly existed.

Everyone began to truly realize that this world was no longer the same.

Jing City, headquarters of the Aura and Evolution Investigation Department.

The air in the conference room was heavy.

On the leftmost screen was the entire altitude curve of Flight 2289 from loss of control to steady descent, with raw data and corrected force analysis displayed side-by-side.

On the center screen was a frame-by-frame breakdown of the sonic boom video over the airport.

On the right screen was the report submitted by Cheng Jian.

The core of the report: Cheng Jian suspected that the person who held up the plane was the same mysterious person who had left behind the Human Breathing Method manual in the mountains of Yi City years ago.

The conference table was filled with people on both sides.

Military uniforms, suits, research lab coats—the department numbers on their badges were all different, but the expressions on every face were struggling to maintain composure.

"Precise location of the force application point: directly below the center of gravity of the plane, a spherical range of two to three meters."

"No imaging equipment could capture the target?"

"None."

The technical director shook his head, "Visible light, infrared, ultraviolet, synthetic aperture radar—all blank. This power entity itself is completely invisible."

"Were there any satellites overhead at the time?"

"Yes. Four consecutive satellites passed over, and each one performed a full-band scan. They reached the same conclusion: nothing."

A brief pause.

The deputy minister at the end of the conference table leaned back in his chair, his voice calm:

"In other words, from the moment the accident happened to the landing of the plane, we never captured any trace of that power from start to finish."

"The only evidence is the flight data that we cannot explain physically."

"Yes."

"And the final active display."

The technical director pointed to the center screen with a pointer:

"About two minutes after landing, the target released control over the airport and actively created a visible sonic boom."

"This display lasted a very short time, but it produced obvious energy traces in the atmospheric disturbance."

"Based on calculations from these traces, the limit speed is Mach 12."

This number was like a stone thrown into water, the ripples spreading throughout the meeting room.

Mach 12.

Four thousand three hundred and twenty meters per second.

Autonomous flight.

Stealth capability.

Force Field protection.

Static force bearing of at least three hundred and eighty tons.

Everyone was silent for a while.

Someone asked:

"Is it possible that it's the person Cheng Jian submitted?"

The technical director switched the screen.

On the left was the video previously submitted by Cheng Jian.

On the right was the newly captured back-calculation map of the sonic boom trajectory in the clouds.

"The speed measured in the previous video was 70 meters per second."

"The speed captured today is 4320 meters per second."

"A difference of 61 times, with a time span of a few months."

A long silence in the conference room.

How long has the Spiritual Energy Revival been going on?

If this God of the Human World today is the same person who left the notebook and video a few months ago...

Then how many times has he improved?

Or perhaps.

What he displayed a few months ago was not his full power at all.

Everyone was thinking about this possibility.

Silence.

After a long while, someone spoke up: "We need to know who he is."

The atmosphere in the conference room tightened.

"No,"

Another voice interrupted, not loudly,

"The minister said, strictly forbid active investigation for the time being."

"We do not have a reliable method of contact, nor are we confident in controlling any potential consequences of conflict."

"Under these circumstances, active investigation will only push the other party to the opposing side."

More people fell silent.

Data and logic told everyone not to act rashly.

"The consensus from above is unanimous: maintain observation, maintain contact, and wait for the opportunity."

The deputy minister's voice was calm and restrained:

"We must understand that this is not a power that can be controlled, nor is it even a power that can be opposed."

He looked at the analysis data on the big screen,

"If contact is truly necessary, the only way is to wait for the other party to come to us."

The meeting ended.

The conclusion was simple and clear: wait.

In the Xia Kingdom, all senior officials involved in this matter knew that they were standing on the threshold of human history.

Yet they did not know what was behind the door, nor did they know if the person standing inside the door would push it open or close it.

And waiting became the only strategy.

Meanwhile, the world of the internet had completely fallen into a frenzy.

Media from various countries were updating the latest developments in real-time, constantly stuffing interviews near the airport, live videos, and testimonies from ground witnesses into articles from different angles.

The discussion about the "God of the Human World" swept across the globe like a tsunami.

"Plane lifted by unknown force, then departed at Mach 12 speed."

This in itself sounded like a myth.

But this time, there were videos, data, and witnesses.

Those blurry photos, shaky footage, and the scene of the elderly man at the airport being lifted by an invisible force were repeatedly analyzed, enlarged, and interpreted frame by frame.

A tech blogger used professional software to analyze the air ripples produced by the sonic boom, and the conclusion was highly consistent with the Xia Kingdom Investigation Bureau: the speed was around Mach 12.

He was silent for several seconds at the end of the video, and finally said:

"If this data is true, then all existing air defense systems in the world are effectively non-existent in the face of his speed and stealth capabilities."

The video was translated into six languages within an hour.

The first country to jump out was the India.

The official news agency of the India released a strongly worded statement an hour later.

The statement was not long, but the tone was extremely harsh.

"Did the Xia Kingdom obtain certain key information in advance during the Spiritual Energy Revival process?"

"Have they mastered power that we do not know about?"

"The Xia Kingdom has a responsibility to explain this; the international community has the right to know the truth."

It wasn't just one country that followed suit.

The conference tables were full, and the lights in the foreign minister offices of major countries stayed on until late at night.

The President of the United States across the ocean was still urgently convening a dedicated National Security Council meeting.

"The information we currently have shows,"

The United States intelligence department reported via an encrypted channel, "So far, no intelligence source can confirm the true identity of this extraordinary power."

"But the collected evidence indicates that the only source of extraordinary power globally with confirmed records that existed before the Spiritual Energy Revival is in the Xia Kingdom."

"What exactly is it?"

"A video and a notebook; we cannot confirm anything more specific."

The President asked: "What about other countries?"

"The Russia in the north has publicly denied involvement in this matter, and the various European parties have not expressed a clear attitude."

"The Middle East is still watching."

"The India is very active and has already issued the first round of diplomatic notes to the Xia Kingdom."

Undercurrents were surging.

On the internet, conspiracy theories spread like wildfire.

Foreign ministries of countries around the world issued at least ten formal inquiries to the Xia Kingdom, either directly or indirectly.

Some were subtle in tone, others direct.

Facing the global gaze, the Xia Kingdom's Ministry of Foreign Affairs only replied with one sentence at the press conference.

"We have noted the relevant reports and are also closely monitoring the progress of the relevant events."

"The Xia Kingdom has always advocated for the peaceful use of relevant capabilities and is willing to work with other countries to share the achievements humanity has made in the new era at an appropriate time."

No admission, no denial.