Chapter 78 p1
[Wow, wow, wow! It’s all gathered so quickly! And there are even an extra hundred thousand Activation Coins!]
The system also did a carp flip, drooling as if it had never seen so much money in its life.
Xia Anran was also in a daze. She counted the zeros several times before confirming that this balance was not a figment of her imagination.
“This is too fast. I thought we’d have to wait a few days,” she said, sucking in a sharp breath.
When she had communicated with Ye Yuxing before, although he hadn’t said it explicitly, his words had implied that it would be difficult for them to come up with so much cash flow at once. So, she had been prepared for it not to be gathered immediately. She never thought that it would all be sent over in just one night.
Ye Yuxing had also sent a message saying that they still had reserve funds, and if there was any further need, they could contact them at any time. After all, there’s a big tycoon over here just waiting to send money to Anran, he had thought to himself as he typed the line.
She sent a thank-you message to him and then quickly went to the shop and bought the hugely expensive psychic power detector.
The item was in her hands in no time. This detector, which had cost her a whopping fifty million and the combined efforts of the entire interstellar era, was a small, round sphere with a very plain and simple USB interface. The system thoughtfully explained that this thing had to be plugged into a computer to be used. After all, it was difficult to display the results of such a large-scale search. This had even been adjusted according to Earth’s technological level, with a special connector.
She rushed to the Academy of Sciences with the item. Professor Gong led her into a classified laboratory. Before connecting the detector, she spent a huge sum of 100 Activation Coins to commission the system to check if this computer had been infiltrated by any spies.
After the system said it was fine, she connected the USB interface with an easy mind. The system also took the opportunity to say that for another two hundred Activation Coins, it could give their computer a comprehensive, three-dimensional defense upgrade, guaranteeing that no hackers would be able to break in again. And then it was mercilessly ignored by her.
After connecting, a round, black icon appeared on the computer desktop. After clicking on it, the operation was very simple, with only a start button. She took a deep breath and clicked it.
Blue search ripples began to expand, spreading from the capital to the entire Earth. A world map also appeared behind it. Unlike the simple version of the detector, this software used latitude and longitude to mark in detail the number of psychics in each region and their locations. It was even a dynamic display, as she could see many red dots still moving.
The results of the scan were not good. The entire Hua nation currently had fewer than two thousand people with psychic potential. The Hua nation had a population of 1.4 billion. Such a ratio was really very low. And in the half of the Earth that had been detected so far, excluding the Hua nation, there were fewer than a thousand people. The number of psychic power users in the Hua nation was already in a league of its own.
She took the results to the top leader. The leaders were in a meeting. When she went in, she found that the Qilin was also there, squatting properly on a chair next to the top leader, its head held high, looking very majestic.
“Little Xia is here, just in time,” the top leader said, greeting her with a smile. “We’re just discussing the military parade in a couple of days.”
A military parade?
She was stunned for a moment. It wasn’t the National Day or Army Day recently. Why was there a sudden military parade?
The top leader explained that they had decided to announce the Yaxun star invasion at the parade and would also reveal some of the new technologies obtained from the interstellar era and the system to appease the public. More importantly, he had decided to let the Qilin make its official debut at the parade.
“In difficult times, we need some spiritual comfort,” he said. “The people of the Hua nation have been like this since ancient times. It is with tenacious willpower and faith that they have been able to walk step by step to this day.”
After listening for a while, she asked, “Is there any new movement from the Yaxun star?” If they hadn’t confirmed that the Yaxun star was advancing towards Earth, the leaders probably wouldn’t have made the decision to go public so quickly.
The top leader nodded, his voice deep. “This morning, according to the latest news from the monitor, several spaceships have already gathered at the Yaxun starship port. Two advance ships have already set off towards Earth. According to their speed, they will arrive at Earth in about five days.”
Five days… No wonder they were in such a hurry.
“By the way, Little Xia, you’ve been so busy these past few days without streaming. Is that alright?” the top leader suddenly asked.
She quickly said, “I’ve already explained the situation to the audience on the StarNet. Everyone is very understanding.” And to be honest, she was in no mood to stream at a time like this. Now that she had uploaded many film and television works, she also had a source of income, and the interstellar officials had also provided a lot of funds.
On the way here, she had also taken a moment to scroll through everyone’s comments and had almost been moved to tears.
[No wonder Anran hasn’t streamed for so long. So it’s come to this.]
[I feel like I’m witnessing history. The Hua nation and Earth must hold on this time!!!]
[The government has been raising money for the past two days. Was it to help Anran? I want to donate money to the Hua nation too!]
[I’ve already started sending gifts to Anran. Opening my little treasury.]
[Go, Hua nation!!!]
[Anran, you must be careful! We’re waiting for you to come back!]
[If Earth can survive this crisis, we will have changed history.]
[Ahhh, I’m so nervous! Our parallel universe selves must be happy! Don’t leave Earth!]
[Besides money, what else do you need? Don’t be polite with us!]
[So nervous, so afraid that Anran will one day disappear completely and never come back.]
[Praying for Earth, and doing my best to help!]
Seeing the funds in her account increasing rapidly, she quickly contacted Ye Yuxing and asked the officials to issue an announcement, asking everyone to consume rationally and not to force donations. He replied with a “don’t worry” and quickly contacted the Consul General. In less than half an hour, the United Star System, the Interstellar Empire, and the Beastman race had jointly issued an announcement, advising everyone to consume rationally and stating that the officials would do their best to help the Hua nation and Earth.
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On the Earth side, the Hua nation had already made the news of the Yaxun star’s advance public to all countries in the world this morning. Country A was the first to respond, stating that they would fully support this interstellar war and were willing to actively cooperate under the leadership of the Hua nation.
With Country A having stated their position, the other countries all responded one after another and then began to quickly hold meetings to prepare for related matters. At the same time, countless calls were made to the Hua nation to ask for more detailed information. Some heads of state had even begun to prepare to fly directly to the Hua nation for face-to-face discussions. But all were politely declined. With the war imminent, the Hua nation had more things to prepare.
The whole world quickly entered a tense state of war preparation.
Of course, there was also a downside to making it public. The topic of the end of the world slowly spread throughout the world. These remarks soon appeared on the Hua nation’s internet as well.
[My god, is the alien invasion of Earth really true or not?]
[I’ve seen this said in many places…]
[It’s already spread all over the foreign internet, and you guys still don’t know?]
[Climbing the firewall will get you arrested!]
[Once again, I’m worried about the IQ of our domestic netizens. This sounds too fake.]
[You guys actually believe this? You must be too well-fed.]
[…There’s no smoke without fire. It’s said with such detail. And this kind of talk isn’t even banned abroad.]
[Even if it’s not the end of the world, something big must have happened. Many stocks are being sold off. Don’t you know the stock market is volatile?]
[…Thanks for asking. I can’t afford it.]
[Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, there’s a military parade tomorrow!]
[I just saw the news! This is too sudden!]
[It’s not the New Year or a festival. Why is there a military parade?]
[And there was no news about it in advance…]
[This is bad. Could it be a world war???]
[I think that sounds more reliable than an alien invasion of Earth.]
[There’s a lot of discussion online, but no official denial. That’s not like our domestic style.]
[I have a bad feeling. Everyone, prepare for the worst.]
“Should we tell them the information about the remaining psychic power users in the other countries?” she asked, after syncing the detector’s results with the leaders.
The top leader deliberated for a moment. “Compile the information and send it to them.” At a time like this, every extra combatant counted. They couldn’t consider that much anymore.
The news was quickly sent to the countries where psychic power users had been detected. After receiving the news from the Hua nation, most of the countries were—subway, old man, looking at phone.
Has the Hua nation finally gone mad? First, an alien invasion, then the awakening of special abilities. Did they think they were filming a sci-fi movie? But the locations and information they had given did indeed match. Most countries were half-believing and half-doubting, but they gathered the people first. Only Country A was quick to react and responded with enthusiasm. They gathered the people immediately and sent them to the Hua nation.
In the information, the Hua nation had stated that after gathering the people, they should be sent to the Hua nation as soon as possible. The psychic power activation needed to be done there.
After receiving the news, Kaelen paced back and forth in the conference room with excitement. “I told you the Hua nation must be hiding something from us! Psychics, ability users,” he muttered. “Something even more incredible than advanced technology has actually happened.”
“It’s incredible. In just a few short days, the whole Earth has been turned upside down.”
The other high-ranking officials of Country A also nodded in agreement. “And we have no other choice now but to believe in and rely on the Hua nation.”
“If we can win this time, the world order will surely undergo a huge change afterwards.”
Kaelen sneered. “Let’s see if we can get through it first before we talk about the future.”
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