After the applause, the entire hall fell silent. All eyes were on Zhou Yuanjue, and every camera lens was trained on the young man.
Even outside the grand auditorium, in the online live stream rooms, all the scrolling comments came to a halt.
Everyone was waiting for this young, powerful man—who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere—to speak at this pivotal moment in history, to say something that could influence the global landscape.
"Someone once told me the times have changed."
"With the crack of a gunshot, the Martial Dao fell into decline. This era doesn't believe in miracles, nor do they exist."
"But I never stopped searching."
"On the brink of life and death, in the gaps of an ordinary existence, facing a frail body and a fragile mind, I have always believed that the human body holds immense mysteries we have yet to uncover."
"And that is the truth. We are born frail, but we can pursue strength. We are born flawed, but we can strive for perfection, step by step."
