The modern technology of audio devices is excellent.

Especially the equipment for news interviews, so the voice of the person sitting on the water with an ancient mask is captured with incredible clarity and transmitted to the entire world.

The president of the New Continent watched this scene that exceeded his understanding and fell into a long silence.

One of the oldest shrines in Sakura Island, the Izumo Country Shrine.

An old man wearing priestly attire had a frozen expression on his face.

Shen Zhou is the eastern extreme, and what happens here is transmitted to the leaders of various countries.

They saw this scene that went beyond common sense, and then the two names mentioned by the person wearing the ancient mask were quickly searched, along with the meanings and legendary stories associated with those names, all presented before these people, bringing even greater impact.

Before this, Wei Yuan lost interest and completed his agreement with Wu Zhiqi. He sat cross-legged on the water, and when everyone lost their ability to think due to being too shocked, the vast Huai River surged out from behind him, turning into an illusion that obscured the naked eye's observation, and then Wei Yuan directly disappeared into the water.

To the naked eye, it was just the person with the ancient mask, disappearing like that.

The live broadcast room suddenly exploded with a large number of barrage comments at this time.

"What the f*ck!"

"What did I hear?! Gong Gong, Yu the Great?!"

"What's going on with that person? He disappeared directly?! A deity?!"

"No... that's not right, it should be a projection technology, but how can it be so real!"

"Could it be that this diversion of the Huai River was done by this deity?!"

"Comrades, we must believe in science and not surrender to ignorance. That's enough, I'm going to surrender first."

Due to the dense barrage comments, the entire live broadcast room directly crashed and paralyzed in a short time. But this did not affect the fermentation of the event. The numerous keyboard warriors who were directly ignited began to gather in various online communities and communicate continuously.

The popularity continued to rise.

Who is that?!

That's the water deity Gong Gong, and the Great Yu who cast the Nine Tripod Cauldrons!

They actually said they drank together?

If they aren't deities, then tell me what deities are?!

Soon, under the collection of many keyboard warriors, the water deity in the legend of the Huai River was directly identified. One was the legendary Ying Long Geng Chen, who was acquainted with the Yellow Emperor, and his greatest achievement was defeating Chi You and Wu Zhiqi, which matched the person sitting on the water dragon.

The other one was Wu Zhiqi.

While the two sides were debating and arguing with each other, a netizen who was diving suddenly threw out a series of screenshots, which were the evidence from the live broadcast.

Then they silently said, "You can always trust the speed of netizens."

And then a series of thanks.

But the thread quickly went off-topic.

A picture of Doraemon's expression, with a thumbs-up gesture, "Thank you, silly netizen."

"Feel sorry for the OP, such fast speed."

"How many years have you been single?"

"Feel sorry together."

"Feel sorry +1."

"Feel sorry +10086."

"I originally wanted to feel sorry for the OP, but suddenly thought that my speed is not slow at all, so I hugged myself and my little brother with sympathy."

"What the f*ck, the person above is awesome, take care of yourself."

A series of comments went off-topic under the power of silly netizens.

But soon, the researchers began to study, and a series of analyses and arguments were made regarding the mask, with extensive references and citations. It could be said that they were knowledgeable and talented, and they derived a series of content that could write several papers, firmly believing that the mask had a unique meaning.

As for the person's identity, there was no need to doubt it when they saw the golden pupils—

The ancient texts recorded Wu Zhiqi as "resembling an ape, with golden eyes and snowy teeth, agile and elusive."

This directly matched.

Then someone asked, "If you don't understand, just ask, are there any other legends or special characteristics of Wu Zhiqi?"

Soon, the legend of Wu Zhiqi was placed in the highest position, and his greatest legend in ancient times was blocking King Yu. Then someone proposed another theory, "If we're talking about Wu Zhiqi, then Ta is very likely one of the prototypes of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven in Journey to the West..."

"Prototypes are prototypes, what does 'one of' mean?"

"Person above, the Great Sage was formed step by step by integrating a large number of ancient legends, and he is a composite character, and he is different in each era, although what we know is actually the final version (facepalm)."

"Yes, but there are a few points that are considered to come from Wu Zhiqi."

"Enough."

"Cough, then let's talk about the legend of Wu Zhiqi. He proclaimed himself the Lord of the Huai River, and then directly clashed with King Yu and the Western Kunlun, and finally Wu Zhiqi led a large army of water deities and fought against King Yu, but was defeated by the seven divine generals from the Western Kunlun. In the end, he was subdued by Ying Long Geng Chen and suppressed under the mountain."

Then someone directly posted the ancient texts.

"Yu was angry, summoned the Hundred Birds, appointed Gong Long, Tong Bai, and other mountain lords, and Yu captured the water deity named Wu Zhiqi, who imprisoned Hongmeng, Zhangshang, Doulu, and Liliu, and obtained the name of the water deity of the Huai River."

"The youth with a white head and golden eyes, possessing strength surpassing that of nine elephants, leaping and running swiftly... Yu taught him the child's law, but he couldn't control it; he taught him the black wood, but he couldn't control it; he taught him the gengchen, and he could control it. The Chi Pi Huan Hu Mu Mei Shui Ling Shan Yao Shi gathered and surrounded him, but he fought them off with gengchen, with a large lock around his neck and a golden bell through his nose, he moved to the foot of the Turtle Mountain in Huaiyin."

"Translated, it roughly means that this monkey has immense strength, excels in leaping and moving, and is extremely fierce. At the beginning, four heavenly generals were afraid to fight him. As a result, King Yu became furious and imprisoned the Hongmeng clan, the Zhangshang clan, the Doulou clan, and the Lilou clan. Then, two divine generals were sent out and both were defeated."

"It was not until Gengchen, who had previously defeated Chi You, stepped forward that they finally won."

"When they won, there were still thousands of elite soldiers from Chi Pi, Huan Hu, Mu Mei, Shui Ling, Shan Yao, and Shi Guai who wanted to rescue Wu Zhiqi. They were chased away by the Winged Dragon, and then Wu Zhiqi was locked up with chains, with a golden bell pierced through his nose and pressed under the mountain. Ahem, I wonder if everyone finds this familiar..."

"Oh, by the way, there's also this part, 'Snow Fang, Golden Claw, suddenly landed, about five zhang tall. Squatting like an ape, but unable to open both eyes, as if in a daze... Suddenly, both eyes opened, shining like lightning, looking at people with a desire for furious rage, causing onlookers to run in horror."

"Also, in the original Yuan Dynasty story, Sun Wukong used a restraining knife."

"But in the version we are familiar with, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, he has transformed into the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, completely linked to Yu's water control. In ancient Shen Zhou legends, there is only one ape-like divine being associated with Yu's water control. I have to say, their personalities are quite similar, both fearless and stubborn."

Silence fell.

In the hearts of the keyboard warriors, a divine beast galloped past, followed by the sensation of their scalps exploding.

Comments quickly refreshed below.

"So, to summarize, Wu Zhiqi has golden eyes, and when he opens his eyes, they shine like lightning."

"Similar to a certain monkey."

"Born from water, commanding an army of tens of thousands of non-monkey monsters, self-proclaimed as a ruler."

"Similar to a certain monkey."

"Me too.JPG"

"Then he led his army of monsters to battle against Emperor Yu's subordinates, continuously defeating the heavenly generals and intimidating Yu's four great generals so they dared not fight. Only then was he defeated by reinforcements, and these reinforcements were once mighty and heroic divine generals."

"Wu Zhiqi was taken away again, pierced with something, and suppressed under the mountain?"

"Isn't this the story of causing havoc in heaven, from the Little Sage to the Great Sage..."

"About to be bound by ropes, with a hook knife piercing through the pipa bone, bound and facing the Jade Emperor."

"This looks familiar, not just similar, it's exactly the same..."

....................

Due to changes in the Huai River water system, Kong Yingrui, who was forced to take a break, returned home.

In a short period of time, the hydropower stations upstream of the Huai River needed to be expanded, so he had nothing to do for the time being.

As he scrolled through the comments above, he planned to smoke a cigarette. When he saw the conclusions at the end, his mind went blank. It wasn't until the flame on the match was about to burn his fingers again that he snapped back to reality due to the intense pain and threw the match away.

He extinguished the match.

Then he fell into silence and decided to register an account on this online community, which he rarely did.

For some reason, this man, who was suffocated by societal pressure, had become jaded and no longer stubborn, felt his hands trembling as he typed out those words, sent them out, and sat exhaustedly, smoking a cigarette. He felt a numbness in his body.

Meanwhile, the keyboard warriors on the internet, who were currently engaged in a lively discussion, saw a line of text flash by.

"So, Sun Wukong is real? At least part of it is not fictional."

"He didn't become the pilgrim saved by the monk on the journey to the west, but the prototype of the Great Sage during the time of causing havoc in heaven, right?"

For a moment, the voices of those who were pondering and doubting were drowned out on the internet.

The most heroic part of the story in Journey to the West, which had already become a symbol, was now telling them that this symbol had a prototype. And then, they were told that in fact, he never experienced the later parts of the story, and his story ended when he was suppressed under the mountain.

The clamor instantly soared to its peak.

Meanwhile, Wu Zhiqi, who was unable to access the internet, remained unaware of all this.

He simply gazed at the Huai River flowing into the sea, closed his golden eyes, and finally said the words he hoped to say. This was no longer his era, even though he was as unruly as he was, even the Huai River Water God, who once blocked Dayu and the Western Kunlun, felt a sense of loss at this moment.

After sending Wei Yuan back to Quan City, he himself calmly closed his eyes.

This is no longer our era.

And at this moment, in a place unknown to ordinary people on the internet, the storm was just beginning.

The New Continent Congress convened an emergency meeting.

The emblems of the major families in Mist City gathered once again.

The five major shrines of Sakura Island opened the High Heaven Council.

And a call from the General of Zhen Guo in Shen Zhou once again reached the Heavenly Master's Mansion on Mount Longhu.PS: The prototype of Sun Wukong is a topic of great controversy, with over six or seven theories. Wu Zhiqi is undoubtedly one of the most important among them. The elements provided by the character prototype itself include—golden eyes, emitting light from the eyes, being suppressed under the mountain. And, the connection with Yu's control of water...

After all, the initial version of Sun Wukong used a knife and had nothing to do with Yu. However, the prototype of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven in Journey to the West has a high correlation with 'Yu's control of water', which is almost an ironclad fact.

In terms of plot, the source of the havoc in the heavenly palace is recorded in the "Extensive Records of the Taiping Era" from the Song Dynasty, which predates the initial legends of the Journey to the West by about five hundred years. Moreover, this book is not entirely fictional, most of it is factual literature, and it is categorized as a 'type' book.

One theory is that the two experiences of Sun Wukong in Journey to the West, before the Five Finger Mountain, come from Wu Zhiqi, and after that, they come from another monkey legend. As for Hanuman, it has been denied. In the latter legend, he expresses loyalty to the gods by kneeling down and opening his heart. It must be said, this is very Indian.

A quick look at tinyurl.com/2p9emv8w will leave you more fulfilled.