Chapter 556: Chapter 448: The Globally Shocking Press Conference
The next day, 3 PM.
Countless people flocked to a certain media’s Douyin live room online.
"It’s time! It’s time!"
"The Ancestral Gods’ global live press conference is starting!"
"It’s here! I’m here!"
"Has the press conference begun?"
"Not yet, but looking at the time, it should be starting soon."
As soon as many netizens entered the live room, they immediately started shouting to "check-in," indicating that they were there.
People from all over the world were filled with immense curiosity about the press conference held today by the Ancestral Gods.
They truly wanted to know how the Ancestral Gods came back to life from being burned to ashes and what major global-impacting event they were going to announce.
Naturally, when the scheduled time arrived, many people were willing to put down their work to come and find out.
The number of people in the live room was rapidly climbing.
Ten thousand!
Eighty thousand!
In just a few minutes, the number of viewers had surpassed 100,000!
And this was just one of the media’s live rooms.
In fact, at this moment, there were thousands of similar media live rooms worldwide.
If someone were to conduct a quick headcount, they would surely find that at least two to three billion viewers were simultaneously watching the Ancestral Gods’ press conference.
Everyone started by casually chatting in the live room for a bit.
Around 3:01, the camera in the live room shook.
"It’s starting!"
"The press conference is starting!"
"Guys, hurry up, the press conference is starting!"
Netizens swiftly called their friends and then quickly fell silent, staring intently at the live room, eager to hear every answer from the Ancestral Gods firsthand.
...
The park, exhibition center.
The last press meeting Lu Li held was here.
This time, Gu Wei also arranged the press conference here.
The Pillarless Banquet Hall was already packed to capacity.
All around, one could see professionally set-up cameras.
Photographers were adjusting their equipment and angles, trying to align with the interview platform ahead as much as possible.
Rows of journalists had long settled in their seats.
There were men and women, young and old.
Most were journalists from Huaxia.
Of course, there were also foreign journalists.
These journalists all had one thing in common: they were holding recorders in their hands.
"Finally, it’s about to start."
"What do you think the Ancestral Gods will announce today that will impact the world?"
"I have no idea. If I did, I would have written the article and published it already, no need to come here for the press conference."
"I’m so excited, can’t wait to know what the Ancestral Gods will announce today."
"Who isn’t?"
As the journalists whispered to each other, their eyes were fixed on Lu Li, seated behind the interview platform in front.
So far, no information had leaked about what Lu Li might announce.
Naturally, the journalists were bursting with curiosity, whispering and constantly asking and speculating.
"Quiet!"
"Quiet!"
The onsite staff maintained order.
The three or four thousand journalists quickly calmed down, focusing on the front.
The host of the press conference was a young woman with short shoulder-length hair.
She approached the microphone to lay out the rules, "Because there are quite a few journalist friends attending today’s press conference, and our time is rather tight, anyone who wants to ask a question later must raise their hand, and only those named can ask a question. Also, each person can only ask one question. Any problems with that?"
"No."
"That’s fine."
The journalists responded in small groups.
Having received affirmative answers, the young woman said into the microphone, "Great, now let’s invite Mr. Lu to start the press conference."
Clap, clap, clap.
A round of applause erupted below.
Click, click.
Countless camera flashes shone brightly.
Amidst the anticipation of the crowd, Lu Li adjusted the microphone and softly said, "I suppose many of you are curious about why I suddenly wanted to hold this press conference and what I am preparing to announce, right?"
The reporters nodded quickly.
The livestream audience reacted similarly.
Lu Li did not hold back and straightforwardly said, "The reason I’m holding this press conference starts with when I used my ability to foresee the future and sensed that a gamma-ray burst was about to visit the solar system."
"Uh?"
"Why bring up the gamma-ray burst visiting the solar system again?"
"Wasn’t the gamma-ray burst completely resolved by the Ancestral Gods? What’s the point of mentioning a previous foreseeing of the future now?"
The livestream audience was confused, discussing through their keyboards.
The reporters on-site were also perplexed, but their professionalism was top-notch; no one made a noise, diligently recording the scene.
Lu Li glanced at the reporters below, then sensed the reactions of Gu Wei, Liu Jiren, and other bigwigs of Huaxia in the back, as well as audiences around the world watching the livestream, then slowly said, "When I sensed the gamma-ray burst was about to arrive, I had an instinctive intuition that this gamma-ray burst visiting our solar system was likely not a coincidence, but artificially created..."
He hadn’t finished speaking when the reporters, despite their professionalism, were in an uproar.
"What?"
"What?"
"The gamma-ray burst wasn’t a coincidence, but artificially created?"
"How is that possible? Gamma-ray bursts are among the most powerful rays in the cosmos, releasing energy equivalent to the total energy released by the Sun over fifteen billion years. Who could create such terrifying high-energy rays?"
"Hey, don’t get loud; the Ancestral Gods only said it was highly possible, not definite."
"Right, the Ancestral Gods only said it was possible. Let’s quiet down and listen to him."
The reporters quieted down after a brief commotion, waiting for Lu Li to continue.
The livestream audience, not bound by the same considerations as the reporters, was already shocked and continuously commenting after hearing Lu Li’s words.
"Oh my god!"
"The gamma-ray burst was artificially created?"
"Wow! If the Ancestral Gods are telling the truth, to what degree of advancement has the civilization or race that created the gamma-ray burst reached?"
"Could it be that the Ancestral Gods imply that besides us humans, there really are extraterrestrial civilizations in the cosmos?"
"Gosh! Are we finally entering the era of interstellar civilization?"
Netizens were in an uproar, each extremely shocked and incredulous at this news.
The onsite press conference continued.
Seeing the reporters quiet down, Lu Li went on: "At that time, I couldn’t be certain whether my premonition was right or wrong. I even leveraged my abilities to foresee the future, as well as some miraculous abilities beyond imagination, for various simulations. Unfortunately, these did not reveal any traces of artificial creation."
Upon hearing this, both the reporters and livestream audiences sighed in relief.
Everyone felt that Earth’s technology was quite advanced; yet it hadn’t captured any evidence of extraterrestrial existence, making the possibility of alien civilizations in the cosmos rather slim.
Or rather, they didn’t want to accept the idea that there could be civilizations more advanced than Earth’s.
After all, if such civilizations did exist, humankind on Earth would be in grave danger.
Naturally, they were unwilling to believe it.
Now, hearing Lu Li say that multiple simulations found no traces of artificial creation, they obviously felt relieved.
However, before they had much time to celebrate, Lu Li’s following words left everyone dumbfounded.
He adopted a heavier tone, saying, "At that time, I assumed my prior premonition was wrong. However, when I absorbed the gamma-ray burst... well, let me first address something you’re all quite interested in—how I returned to Earth when there was not even a trace of ash left of me."
This indeed piqued everyone’s interest.
The reporters promptly sat up in attention.
The livestream audiences quickly stopped to temporarily close mouths, eager to hear what happened.
Lu Li said, "I told you before, due to an extremely unexpected situation, all my genetic locks were unlocked, allowing me to evolve daily. During this limitless evolution, once I reached a certain strength, a transformation from quantitative to qualitative change occurred, entering a level known as ’deep evolution.’ If I could successfully ’deeply evolve,’ my strength would undergo a qualitative transformation. Just before the gamma-ray burst arrived, I was amidst the fifth to sixth deep evolution stages. Coincidentally, on the eve of the gamma-ray burst landing, I entered the sixth deep evolution stage, requiring a massive amount of energy to complete it. Thus, I chose to absorb the gamma-ray burst’s energy to complete this evolution."
At this point, he paused, then continued, "The reason I ignited and left not even ashes under the gamma-ray burst’s impact wasn’t that it caused significant harm to me. In fact, even at the fifth deep evolution stage, my body’s robustness couldn’t be destroyed by a gamma-ray burst. The real reason is I absorbed all the gamma-ray burst’s energy, completing a new round of deep evolution, bringing myself to a level similar to the ’Yang God Realm’ in Taoist culture, meaning ’condensing forms and dispersing into breath.’ It led you to mistakenly think I had died. Now, do you understand what happened?"
Actually, his level far exceeded the ’condensing forms and dispersing into breath’ of the Yang God Realm by countless times.
But if he were to explain it truthfully, neither the reporters nor the netizens would understand.
So, he opted for a more accessible explanation and metaphor.
Even though Lu Li had been "humble," the reporters and netizens were astounded and unable to contain themselves upon hearing this.
"Damn!"
"So, the Ancestral God really is an immortal?"
"Oh my god, he’s reached the Yang God Realm, no wonder he could endure the gamma-ray burst."
"Hey, brother, I’m an Old Ugly person, what is the Yang God? Why are you all so shocked?"
"Whoa, you foreigners have no idea about the wonder of the Yang God, do you? The Yang God is... Now do you understand?"
"Oh Lord, the Yang God is so mighty, living as long as heaven and earth, indestructible through any calamity. Truly astonishing."
The shock was beyond words for the reporters and netizens.
They had previously speculated whether the Ancestral God had truly become a deity, and now hearing the person himself confirm reaching the "Yang God" realm, they realized it was far beyond merely becoming a god, but achieving an incredible, transcendent level of immortality, everlasting like heaven and earth!
