Chapter 118: A Global Shock

Daxia has officially completed the preliminary construction of the Great Steel Wall!

When this news was first released, it instantly triggered a global uproar.

"What? Daxia actually finished it?"
"Are you kidding? I thought the Great Steel Wall was just a joke!"
"Impossible, I don't believe it! It’s only been a month! I heard the preliminary Great Steel Wall they planned was a hundred meters high and two thousand kilometers long!"
"I am from the great Republic of the White Elephant. Daxia must be lying. The people of Daxia are notorious for being cunning and boastful! Last time they claimed to build a hospital in seven days, and now they say they built a Great Steel Wall in a month?"
"Exactly, Daxia is definitely bluffing..."

On the international internet, a crowd of foreign netizens expressed their disbelief.

However, no one from Daxia came out to refute these claims, as all Daxia citizens were preoccupied with the Great Steel Wall and the impending arrival of the gods.

Just as the foreign netizens were reveling in their skepticism, a video suddenly went viral.

At the beginning, there were bold, bright red characters:
"Daxia officially announces that through the arduous struggle of our entire nation, we have completed the preliminary project of the Great Steel Wall in just one month!"

The national anthem began to play.
Red flags fluttered.

The scene shifted.
Along the dividing line between ocean and land, small black dots appeared, seemingly insignificant.
A few people stood with construction blueprints, facing the vast ocean, gesturing and planning the work.

Immediately, the black dots multiplied.
A sea of them.

Large pieces of machinery entered the designated areas, and amidst the roar of engines, deep foundations appeared in the ground.
Humans, like a colony of ants, excavated a massive nest.

The video then accelerated; foundations were poured with concrete, steel reinforcements were inserted, and more and more concrete and steel piled up, rising higher and higher!
Higher and higher!

Those busy black dots worked like ants, while massive machinery roared incessantly.
Finally, the wall stood a hundred meters high, stretching as far as the eye could see!
And beneath it, the black dots remained, still like ants.

In a mere thirty seconds, the accelerated footage captured the entire process of the wall rising from nothing to a towering reality.

Just then, the fast-paced video suddenly slowed down.

The camera zoomed in on the wall.
At this moment, a massive sense of oppression struck every viewer watching the video. The wall, spanning across the land and sky, resembled a giant beast guarding Daxia, stretching four thousand li, separating the ocean from the land.
Even while just lying there in silence, the sheer weight of its presence was overwhelming.

The Daxia people moving about on the Great Steel Wall looked like tiny black specks, their features indistinguishable.
In that moment, everyone felt how insignificant humanity truly was.
Yet, this terrifying beast, this wall stretching across the heavens and earth, was created by human hands!

Even the foreign netizens who had been indifferent felt a surge of pride in being human.
One netizen tremblingly typed on their keyboard: "If this is real... what an honor it would be to live in the same era as the people of Daxia."

But the video was not over!
The camera zoomed in further!
On the wall, guns and artillery stood in rows!

Combat zones were set up by squads, with a giant cannon every fifty meters and a temporary missile launch base every one hundred and fifty meters.
Those cold, massive missiles pointed straight at the sky, like arrows of Daxia waiting to be unleashed!
In every combat zone, light and heavy machine guns were mounted, ammunition was stacked like mountains, and there were anti-aircraft fire and hundreds of rocket-propelled grenades ready for full-scale combat!

Looking along the wall, it was as if war were imminent.
Those countless weapons represented the entirety of Daxia's strength!

Then, the camera pulled back.
From high above, the Great Steel Wall appeared as an impassable boundary, separating the land from the sea. In front lay the vast ocean, and behind it, the mountains and rivers of Daxia.
The camera panned to the rear.
The Great Steel Wall stretched endlessly.
Spanning across the heavens and earth.

At this moment, the foreign netizens fell silent.
It wasn't until the video ended that the comments under it began to multiply rapidly!

"Impossible!"
"Damn, this is too exaggerated!"
"But I’ve checked carefully; the video isn't faked. The thirty-day construction process is clearly captured. You can slow down the playback and check for yourself; every frame is legitimate..."
"Are the people of Daxia crazy?"
"Building such a behemoth in just over thirty days, are they insane?"
"Do they actually believe that gods are going to descend?"
"Impossible, how could such a thing exist? It was originally just a malicious lie fabricated by Daxia. They—they are trying to provoke a war!"

"But if they were trying to provoke a war, who would spend so much resources building a wall? With that kind of effort, they’d be better off building hundreds of aircraft carriers..."

Once this was said, the international netizens realized the point.
If it were truly to start a war with other nations, Daxia would never have built such an enormous wall.
Furthermore, which country would be worth Daxia building such a terrifying wall to defend against?
This...
"Could it be that the gods really are descending?"
"Damn it, let’s stop discussing whether gods are coming or not. After seeing this video, I just want to be a Daxia citizen. This is so inspiring!"
"I’ve always known Daxia was an infrastructure maniac, but this is just too exaggerated..."

Meanwhile.
In the Freedom Nation, at the White House.
The leader of the Freedom Nation watched the video, his expression tense.

"Are those people in Daxia crazy?"
"How could they actually build such a terrifying wall!"

But then, a smile of a scheme fulfilled appeared on his chubby face.
"Daxia, heh, it seems they have forced themselves to swallow their own lies."
"They wanted to use the lie of the gods' descent to make us follow suit and drain our national strength. Little did they know, I, the wise leader Trump, had already seen through their ruse."
"Not a single country has responded to Daxia."
"But I truly didn't expect Daxia to be so stupid as to grit their teeth and exhaust their national resources to finish this Great Steel Wall, and even deliberately put on a show of being in a rush... Heh, do they think they can fool me?"

"It’s all a lie by Daxia!"
"The harder they perform, the less we believe them!"

A secretary walked in quickly and whispered, "Daxia just sent an urgent telegram saying the time for the gods' descent has been moved forward; they will arrive at the East Sea coast in about three days. They are asking us to prepare."

"That’s all bullshit, total bullshit!" the leader of the Freedom Nation sneered. "Those Daxia people are still as devious as ever, wanting us to follow their example and drain our national strength so they can reap the benefits!"
"I am so wise, I will never believe it!"
"Tell the citizens to keep doing what they are doing. Oh, and those who are clamoring to go welcome the gods, don't stop them. We will use this to show Daxia that we don't believe them and they can't fool us!"

At this moment, the leader of the Freedom Nation did not know how much disaster his "wisdom" would bring to the people of his country...

After he finished speaking, still feeling unsatisfied, he suddenly thought of something and sneered: "Also, send an urgent telegram to the leaders of all countries friendly with us. I am calling a world summit to discuss this matter!"

His smile was chilling.