I've already reached the Nascent Soul stage, and you're saying I didn't time travel?

Chapter 6 A Huge Uproar
Less than half an hour after the live broadcast ended, major news websites around the world published it as their headline:
The New York Times——Starting claim: A Daqian man identifies as a dimensional traveler
BBC News - Daqian's dimensional crossing hoax or scientific breakthrough?
Le Monde——Un voyageur dimensionnel de Daqian projette son message dans le ciel
La Repubblica - L'uomo di Daqian: viaggiatore spaziotemporale or illusione collettiva?
Спутник——Голографическоеявление:гражданинДацзяньобъявляетопутешествиивпространство-время
Asahi Shimbun - Daegan no time traveler, world no space space

——,

Daqian News Agency – A young Chinese man broadcast his time-traveling experience live via a sky-light screen.

……

Unlike the relatively cautious news reports from media outlets around the world, the internet was much more lively, especially in Daqian, the home country of Qi Xuan, where discussions were rampant and widespread.
"They just end the broadcast like that, it's inhuman!"

"This is a live stream that's being watched all over the world, what a waste of such a huge amount of traffic."

"Other streamers would have to stream 24/7, how dare he end the stream after only 20 minutes?"

"Being able to broadcast live all over the world, that's how awesome I am!"

"Alright, the streamer said he was tired, but he's not going to stop streaming. He can't ruin his health just for streaming."

"That's right, it's all about work-life balance, everyone should be understanding. But I'm more curious about how he can broadcast it live globally via projection, that's practically a miracle!"

"I heard that you can see live broadcast screens even in the Taklamakan Desert. The coverage area of ​​this thing is too big."

"Not only that, haven't you noticed that you can understand languages ​​from different countries at will through the light screen? The ability to understand languages ​​is a power that only gods can possess, it's too outrageous."

"What's even more outrageous is that he can talk inside our heads, okay? Today he can talk inside our heads, tomorrow he can make us take our clothes off, and the day after tomorrow he can make us go 'oh ho oh ho oh ho'."

"Please, stop browsing Bilibili."

"Now that I think about it, time travel can happen, so it's not surprising that these kinds of situations occur."

"I've been reading online novels for twenty years, and I never imagined that time travel was actually real. I apologize to all the protagonists in time travel novels; I've misunderstood you all all this time."

"Just thinking about time travel makes me so jealous I feel like my body is about to break apart! How come he gets all the good things in the world?! I want to time travel too!!!"

"What's there to be jealous of? Didn't you see the streamer struggling to survive in the deep mountains and forests? Meanwhile, I'm enjoying ice cream in an air-conditioned room while watching the show. It couldn't be more enjoyable."

"Exactly, the forest is so dangerous, and there are no catgirls or rabbitgirls there. I wouldn't wear it even if you gave it to me."

"Heh, you only saw him struggling to move in the forest. What if it was a script he was deliberately acting out? What if it was an alternate world where the male-to-female ratio was 10,000 to 10,000?"

"Why don't you say it's a strange, revival-filled otherworld full of ghosts and monsters?"

"Warhammer 40K sends its greetings."

"Nyarlathotep is watching you, meow."

"A world where your penis will shrink by one centimeter if you don't take off ten times a day is inviting you to travel through."

"Damn, stop talking, my penis is starting to itch."

……

While people were chatting enthusiastically online, a Weibo post by a netizen suddenly attracted a lot of attention:
"The following are photos taken by the United States via satellite. The vegetation shown in the photos is very similar to the pomegranate tree that Qi Xuan showed in the live broadcast. There is reason to suspect that he did not travel to another world, but to a floating continent!"

Comments immediately followed below:
"Holy crap, it really looks like it."

"It's at least 90% accurate."

"The fruit scattered around are clearly durians."

"So after all that, he ended up in a floating continent. Can this still be called time travel?"

"What a joke! Landing on the moon? Who told you to 'travel across the moon'?"

……

Soon, with numerous comments and reposts from netizens, the Weibo post became increasingly popular, even making it to the top of Weibo's trending topics the next day, attracting the attention of countless netizens.

However, after it was discovered that Qi Xuan had not transmigrated to another world, but merely landed on a floating continent, the tide of public opinion immediately turned:

"Liar! Liar! They tricked us into thinking we traveled through time when they clearly didn't!"

"Lying in front of the whole world is outrageous! It's utterly ruining the reputation of the Great Qian people!"

"Putting reputation aside for now, he's currently on a floating continent. If he accidentally triggers some mechanism and causes the floating continent to crash, all of humanity will be destroyed!"

"How can we entrust the fate of humanity to such an unreliable man?! We strongly demand that the government take action to punish him!"

“He should have been punished long ago. I know that Qi Xuan. He liked to play around with girls in high school and got three of them pregnant, but he still got away with it.”

"That's not all! He got into a fight at our school in junior high and blinded someone, but nothing happened to him! That shows how powerful his connections are!"

"I heard that he liked to ask female teachers to hit tiles when he was in elementary school, and the female teachers dared not speak out against it."

"This guy is absolutely wicked! My wife just gave birth to a baby with dark skin all over; it must be from the radiation in his livestreaming room!"

"Can we be a little more rational? They might not even know we're on a floating continent."

"Rational dogs, get out of here!"

……

Online comments became increasingly outrageous, especially after the inclusion of floating continents and doomsday theories. Public sentiment quickly turned intense and panicked under the influence of certain individuals. Even though a small number of netizens called for a rational perspective, they were unable to reverse the overall situation.

However, just as many people were clamoring to unpack Qi Xuan's image, the official Weibo account of Daqian News Agency posted a message that was immediately pinned to the top:

"It has been confirmed that Qi Xuan has successfully landed on the floating continent, becoming the world's first person to do so. This is a great event for all mankind and plays a vital role in solving the mysteries of the floating continent. We warmly celebrate Qi Xuan's achievement. The authorities will severely crack down on any rumors and slander against Qi Xuan!" As soon as the official announcement was released, major media outlets immediately followed up.

Many accounts that spread rumors and caused trouble deleted their comments and canceled their accounts immediately, and the evil atmosphere on the internet was swept away in an instant.

The public who had been misled earlier all went to the official media accounts to apologize.

Many aggrieved netizens felt a surge of relief and pride:
"I knew all along that our God Qi wasn't that kind of person."

"Would they go to such lengths just to tell a lie?"

"In my opinion, Qi Xuan's claim that he traveled through time is likely because he himself is unaware that he is in a floating continent."

"He said that he couldn't see the comments from viewers in the live stream, and the donation and private message functions weren't enabled. It seems we can't contact him either."

"In any case, I'll probably have to watch this live stream every day from now on. If he really did travel to another world, that would be one thing, but he's in a floating continent, so his every move is closely related to everyone's fate."

……

The fourth aircraft carrier.

Small meeting room.

Seeing the comments online, Liu Wang nodded in satisfaction.

The young officer, Xiao Li, standing to the side hesitated before asking:

"Boss, is it necessary for us to clear Qi Xuan's name? What if he performs poorly in future live streams, or even does something that tarnishes the country's reputation? After all, we can't contact him at all."

"We'll deal with the future later. We can't erase his current achievements just because he might make mistakes in the future."

Without his live stream, we would still be completely clueless about the situation on the floating continent.

Furthermore, his live streams can increase public understanding of the floating continent, further reducing panic.

At this point, Liu Wang smiled again and said:

"Moreover, Qi Xuan himself is extremely valuable. Besides the fact that he has already logged in ahead of time, no one has yet been able to fully master the technology of global live streaming."

We don't know when we'll be able to actually enter the floating continent. Until then, we can only gather information about it through his live streams.

And as you've seen, he only streams for twenty minutes each day. We have no idea what he does the rest of the time. If this continues, he will inevitably acquire a lot of important information that even we don't know.

When we finally meet him in the floating continent and try to get the information we need from him, he goes online and finds that he's been completely hacked and nobody cares. Do you think he'll feel disheartened?

At that time, foreign countries can easily win him over with a little charity. Moreover, compared to the importance of the floating continent, there are plenty of people willing to offer him high prices.

Qi Xuan is a member of our Great Qian Dynasty, and we naturally share a blood relationship, which is our advantage. But don't think that having this advantage means you can order him around at will.

If we want him to be loyal to us, we must start now, at least making him feel that the country values ​​and protects him.

Xiao Li nodded, looking like he had learned something.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Wang asked:

"How's the information you asked me to gather coming along?"

"I was just about to report to you."

As he spoke, Xiao Li quickly handed over the documents he was holding with both hands.

Liu Wang took the document and began to look through it on the spot.

The first page prominently featured Qi Xuan's two-inch photo and personal information, looking almost like a job application resume—but Qi Xuan had never written a resume before, so this was clearly information collected by the authorities in a short period of time.

After carefully reading for nearly five minutes, Liu Wang turned to the next page, which prominently featured some recent information about Qi Xuan—

After graduating from university, Qi Xuan did not seek employment in the community. Instead, he worked with three classmates to develop a game. After nearly two years of hard work, the game was successfully launched, but sales were disastrous, and the team disbanded.

Immediately afterwards, Qi Xuan was urged by his parents to go on blind dates. Within a month, he went on twenty blind dates in a row. Because Qi Xuan suggested splitting the bill, all twenty blind dates ended in failure.

He then transferred the money he had intended for a blind date to the largest foot massage parlor in the area, where he reportedly met two potential partners.

Later, in an attempt to escape blind dates, she went on a trip to clear her head, but her plane crashed and she ended up on a floating continent.

……

Looking at these documents, Liu Wang had a feeling he couldn't quite put his finger on.

After reading the last page, he put down the document and said in a deep voice:
"With such a large amount of attention on Sky Live, Qi Xuan's personal information cannot be kept hidden for long and will soon be exposed. At that time, not only will the public pay close attention, but various countries may also send spies and agents. We must prepare corresponding contingency plans."

Xiao Li immediately replied:

"Qi Xuan hasn't returned his rented apartment in Shanghai. We've already sent people there to protect it and prevent looting and theft. As for his parents, we've also sent people there in case anything unexpected happens."

Liu Wang nodded, then turned to look at the oppressively thick fog in the sky:

"Although Qi Xuan's live stream provides intelligence, we cannot slack off on our side. We need to have each team speed up their actions and strive to break through the thunderstorm barrier and successfully land as soon as possible."

"understand!"

(End of this chapter)