[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arrival-in-1994":3,"chapter-arrival-in-1994-arrival-in-1994-chapter-4":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arrival in 1994",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2352485,4601,"Chapter 4: Chapter Four: Godzilla Approaches","arrival-in-1994-chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>It was 8 p.m. New York time, at Madison Square Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huge waves of sound surged again and again—the cheers of fans threatening to overturn the entire square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a visual feast, a fan Kuanghuan ; Madonna Ciccone sang passionately on stage, her voice igniting the whole arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So noisy. Of course, coming to a concert was a terrible idea.” Ye Nan looked around at the excited fans and felt utterly miserable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheers echoed everywhere, shouts of excitement filled the air; the passion of American fans turned Madison Square Garden, already approaching autumn, into a furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Going to a concert is about enjoying the crowd’s frenzy, feeling the atmosphere. Who’s like you, completely clueless about fun?” Jessica rolled her eyes at Ye Nan, vigorously waving her glow stick to light up a tiny corner of the sea with her own glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fair point.” Ye Nan nodded reluctantly. “I shouldn’t have come. I don’t like any of these pop stars’ songs. Honestly, Chinese singers’ music is far better.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Language was the biggest barrier. He’d only been in America for half a year; while basic communication was no longer a problem, when people spoke too fast, he understood nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the concert, there was so much noise—the fans’ shouts drowned out Madonna’s voice, making it even harder for Ye Nan, who never paid attention to pop music, to catch anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re just an old-fashioned, humorless block of wood. You can’t even appreciate how beautiful Madonna’s songs are.” Jessica spat, then turned away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Ye Nan and Jessica watched the concert, a terrifying shadow was rapidly moving through the ocean floor toward Madison Square Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant beast had two enormous wings and a body thirty meters tall—just one glance made it clear it was a colossal monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrifying beast leapt from the sea, one foot crushing down on Madison Square Garden, its entire body descending and crouching within the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahhhh!” Screams erupted. The beast shattered the ground, sending debris flying everywhere; propelled by immense force, these fragments became more piercing than bullets—dozens collapsed on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell is this? What is that thing? A dragon? A lizard? Jessica, come with me.” Ye Nan immediately grabbed Jessica’s hand, shoved through the crowd, and ran toward the exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People were knocked down by Ye Nan and trampled underfoot, moaning in pain—but Ye Nan didn’t care anymore. He only wanted to get Jessica home, away from this terrifying monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother, what is that thing?” Jessica asked as she ran beside him, her voice trembling with tears; she was terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know. We just run. Monster problems aren’t ours to handle—they’re the military’s. Damn American military, how could they let such a huge monster enter New York?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Nan shoved aside the crowd ahead, blaming the military for everything—who else but them had taken taxpayers’ money?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look, the army’s here! The army’s come to protect us!” Jessica pointed at several helicopters in the distance and stopped crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Nan stared hard—he saw two fighter jets flying in the sky—but he didn’t cheer like Jessica did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jessica, we need to take cover.” Ye Nan pulled her toward a nearby skyscraper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why? Shouldn’t we run faster?” Jessica questioned him. She wanted to flee far from the terrifying monster—she never wanted to see it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Nan pulled her close and held her tight, stopping her from running wild. “Jessica, think: the military sent two fighter jets. What will they use to attack the monster? Machine guns? No, impossible. That beast is massive, covered in scales—even if they hit it, it won’t be fatal. The only option is missiles. Think about what happens after a missile explodes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no! There are still people there, people who haven’t run far enough. They’ll anger the monster. They can’t do this—it’s playing with lives!” Jessica cried out. Shrapnel from a missile explosion could pierce fragile human bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if the terrifying monster was enraged, imagine what it would do—just one stomp, and countless lives would be lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seemed far away, but they were still only a few hundred meters from Madison Square Garden. Even if they kept running, they couldn’t escape the combat zone. Imagine: a monster hundreds of meters tall—just one step, and they’d be flattened into pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Americans always treat human lives like a joke.” Ye Nan sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That student speaks truly. American soldiers have always treated human lives like a joke.” An old man in a white lab coat emerged from beside a trash bin, his blue eyes fixed on Ye Nan and Jessica, smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you?” Ye Nan eyed the sudden old man warily, pulling Jessica behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be nervous, child.” The old man’s wrinkled face broke into a smile resembling a chrysanthemum. “Let me introduce myself—I’m Ma Xiu Brooks. Call me Dr. Brooks, though I prefer you call me Ma Xiu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dr. Ma Xiu!” Jessica shrieked. “You’re the Ma Xiu Brooks, the biologist expelled by Hughes Medical Research Institute!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Expelled by Hughes Medical Research Institute?” Ye Nan frowned. He knew what Hughes Medical Research Institute was—it was one of America’s top biological research centers, dedicated to unlocking biological secrets to cure human diseases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Expelled? They’re just foolish.” Dr. Ma Xiu scoffed. “They’re too timid. Life itself is God’s gift. If we can obtain cells from other creatures and transplant them into humans, think how perfect that would be.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cheetah speed, black widow venom, elephant strength, rabbit hind legs, eagle wings—if all these were transplanted into humans, how great we’d become. It would shatter God’s limits. Humanity would evolve into an entirely new realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Ma Xiu painted a grand vision before Ye Nan—as if, in some future time, humanity would break free of God’s chains and become the true rulers of this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, my dear Dr. Ma Xiu. I must interrupt your fantasy—we need to run for our lives.” Ye Nan cut him off without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, a giant monster loomed behind them, a fleeing crowd blocked the front, cars scattered everywhere. Hiding here didn’t guarantee safety—they needed a safer refuge, not to listen to a mad scientist’s delusions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run? Why should we run?” Dr. Ma Xiu looked at Ye Nan as if he were an idiot, his eyes gleaming with hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know what that monster is called? It’s Godzilla. A lifeform mutated by French nuclear tests. It came here to lay eggs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What does that have to do with us? Let me tell you, Dr. Ma Xiu, our priority is finding a place to hide—not standing here chatting.” Ye Nan cut him off mercilessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no, no,” Dr. Ma Xiu shook his head. “It has everything to do with us. This monster is hermaphroditic, incredibly strong, and its wings grant it flight—it’s a marvel of nature.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I could get its egg, extract its genes, and transplant them into humans—imagine the strength greater than an elephant’s. What a temptation! It would be the greatest invention in human history.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re insane. Jessica, let’s go. Ignore this damn madman.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Nan realized now—he was a madman, a scientific lunatic. Such people were utterly unreasonable. Unless you could defeat their research and prove it wrong, you could never convince them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no intention of wasting more time on him. He needed to find a safe place to hide. As for this madman—he could go to hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run? Where can you run? The army surrounds you ahead, the giant monster behind. Do you think you can escape? Don’t forget—this dense crowd leaves you nowhere to flee.” Dr. Ma Xiu chuckled, like a wolf smiling at a trapped rabbit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Nan gave the smug Dr. Ma Xiu a cold look. He had to admit—going out now meant risking fate like everyone else. One misstep, and you wouldn’t even know how you died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can offer you a safe shelter. Beneath us is my lab—built with earthquake-resistant materials. Absolutely secure.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Say it. What do you want me to do?” Ye Nan said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bring me Godzilla’s egg for my research. The more eggs you bring, the happier I’ll be—and there’ll be rewards.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Dr. Ma Xiu pulled out a bag. “This is my own design—a travel bag made of bio-fiber. Guaranteed not to crack your eggs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bag Dr. Ma Xiu produced was an ordinary black travel bag—but inside, a complex network of interwoven fibers crisscrossed like a spider’s web.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I predicted Godzilla would come here. Originally, I planned to go myself. But now, young man—don’t forget to come back.” Dr. Ma Xiu stood with his hands behind his back, smiling smugly—his expression looked thoroughly sleazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Nan turned to Jessica. “Jessica, be good. Go with this old man to the lab and hide. I’ll be back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother, don’t go!” Jessica clung tightly to Ye Nan’s pants, staring at him stubbornly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, brother won’t go.” Ye Nan smiled, then delivered a sharp chop to Jessica’s neck, knocking her unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dr. Ma Xiu, if I come back and find anything’s happened to my sister, you can forget about getting Godzilla’s egg.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1515,"2026-06-21T03:32:50.781Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","781e9e5d89ad40a7332e2a6f88d21809db64f66b67d1a07a9d8667251ef8ef99","arrival-in-1994-chapter-5","arrival-in-1994-chapter-3",643,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farrival-in-1994-cover.jpg"]