Chapter 235: Internet Sensation, Confidentiality Agreement

The white large bird in the distance no longer showed its former brilliance before takeoff; it was like a lump of scrap metal, its black exterior covered everywhere with scratches from fragments and traces of explosions.

They had expected to see severed limbs, but most of the aircraft's fuselage remained intact, making the situation far better than anyone imagined.

Although the plane did not explode, the entire fuselage suffered massive damage, even the steel was twisted and deformed.

Although they couldn't see inside, the exterior was so devastated that the people inside could not possibly be in good condition.

"It's really strange—how could the plane remain partially intact?"

"Logically, after falling from such a height, it should have already disintegrated."

"Could there have been a buffer?"

"Let's go check—since the plane didn't explode, there might still be a few intact bodies inside."

The search-and-rescue team members looked puzzled, discussing while they took out tools and cautiously walked toward the side of the aircraft; only after confirming there was no danger did they enter the cabin.

The cabin was pitch black; just as they turned on their flashlights and shone them deeper, a faint voice suddenly sounded.

"Is anyone there?"

"Help!"

Hearing that voice, everyone froze; at first they thought they were hallucinating, but the search-and-rescue team widened their eyes and suddenly pointed their flashlights toward the source of the sound.

Upon seeing the scene clearly, everyone was incredulous.

Though the black cabin had deformed, the seats remained perfectly intact; all passengers were buckled in, eyes tightly shut as if asleep.

"What is going on?!"

"They're actually still alive like this!"

The search-and-rescue team members blurted this out instinctively.

Hundreds of passengers were unconscious, likely from the immense impact.

The search-and-rescue team's hearts raced; they had braced for the worst, but the scene before them completely defied reason.

Falling from such height with such immense impact, it was impossible for anyone to survive—yet someone did.

From the broken parts they had previously found, the aircraft had already suffered severe damage and had no power left.

Even without an explosion, a vertical drop from that altitude would make survival impossible for a person.

The feeble voice sounded again: "Help——"

Inside the cabin, a man covered in blood strained to open his eyes and weakly spoke.

"Hurry up and save them!"

The Captain shouted loudly, snapping everyone back to reality; the others wasted no time, immediately sprang into action and first contacted the hospital.

The well-trained search-and-rescue team quickly tore an opening in the fuselage under their operation, and all passengers were carefully carried out.

These passengers were immediately sent to the hospital, including the crew—over 300 people in total, with not a single death!

The most seriously injured only had a few broken bones and were already out of mortal danger.

This result left everyone utterly shocked.

Even looking at the whole world, such a survival rate is unprecedented.

Soon investigators arrived, determined to find out why the plane crashed, what happened after the crash, and why everyone on board survived.

"I don't know—I just heard a loud bang and then lost consciousness."

"The scene inside the plane was too chaotic; I just heard the alarm blaring nonstop, and by then I was already drafting my will."

"The purple mist was too thick to see outside clearly, but I seemed to see a golden light."

"I also saw the golden light, and I seemed to hear a strange roaring sound."

Even the survivors couldn't believe it—having lived through that crisis, they were still alive, but unfortunately everyone had been in deep unconsciousness at the time, so they had no idea what had happened.

The investigators questioned everyone but found no useful information; although they located the plane's black box, the magnetic field interference at the time likely prevented it from recording the crash footage.

They had thought the leads ended here, but unexpectedly the awakened captain revealed a major piece of information.

"I saw it—a shadow whose whole body was emanating golden light."

???

The investigators had a string of question marks pop up in their heads, and they gently asked, "Captain Su, haven't you fully come to yet?"

Captain Su firmly shook his head, saying, "Before I lost consciousness I saw it clearly—a golden‑light‑shrouded figure appearing ahead of the plane, and I also saw its golden pupils."

Recalling that scene, Captain Su still feels a lingering dread, as if a savior had appeared in the desperate situation.

"Although I couldn't make out his face, he felt… like a Super Saiyan?"

"Exactly! Just like a Super Saiyan, or like a heaven‑standing, earth‑standing Sun Wukong!"

As he said this, Captain Su's expression became frenzied to the extreme.

He suspected that the plane's safe landing and zero casualties were due to that golden figure!

"Why not say Captain America?"

The investigators exchanged glances, their expressions turning odd; they thought Captain Su's words sounded like they were from a movie shoot.

"Captain Su, you might have just woken up; perhaps your memory is scrambled, maybe you had a hallucination or blurred vision at the time."

Captain Su grew a bit anxious, saying, "I'm telling the truth—I really saw a golden figure when the plane crashed; hey, don't go—if you don't believe me, you can ask the co‑pilot!"

The co‑pilot's words were hardly different from Captain Su's.

Although the investigators initially didn't believe them, many passengers said they had seen that mysterious golden light.

If only two people said that, it could be dismissed, but with so many reporting strange light, one cannot help but ponder.

Armed with this information, the investigators reported the situation to their superiors.

"It's just like this: we preliminarily infer that the plane's accident may have been caused by that purple mist, after which all passengers fell unconscious, but the captain said he saw a golden figure, and passengers also heard an inexplicable roar before losing consciousness."

After hearing this, the mayor frowned.

"What's with this golden light again? Earlier they said the whole of Mount Hua was covered in purple mist—how could this stuff appear? It's utterly absurd."

The people under him shook their heads, indicating they weren't sure either, saying, "These are all what Captain Su said; we haven't found anything else on the black box side, so we can't verify whether what they said is true or false."

What Captain Su said was truly unbelievable, but many passengers said they heard cries and saw golden light, and his earnest demeanor didn't look like he was lying.

The whole affair became increasingly puzzling and mysterious.

Before the mayor could even make sense of the matter, the personnel sent to clean up the aircraft wreckage had a new discovery.

"Mayor, it's not good!"

The secretary hurried over, looking flustered.

The mayor frowned slightly, his heart gave a jolt, and he couldn't help but ask, "What happened again?"

"Not far from the crash site, a group of animals has gathered there."

The mayor initially thought it was something major; hearing this, he involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief, feeling the secretary was making a fuss over nothing. He replied dismissively, "It's just a bunch of animals—what's the big deal?"

He hadn't noticed the secretary's complex expression; if they were merely ordinary animals, he naturally wouldn't bother the mayor with such a trivial matter.

For a moment, the secretary didn't know how to speak, saying, "Mayor, this is the video they filmed on site; you'll understand once you see it."

The mayor's expression was somewhat nonchalant; at first the screen showed just a few animals, which wasn't anything remarkable, but when he saw what came next, his expression changed abruptly.

More and more animals appeared on the screen—jackals, wild boars, brown bears, yellow weasels, and so on, plus many birds.

The animals crowded together densely; although there were natural enemies among them, they now got along harmoniously. Despite their large numbers, the scene didn't look chaotic; instead, it gave an impression of orderly order.

Afterward, the animals' behavior began to turn strange: some stood upright, others sat cross-legged with their paws on their knees, eyes tightly shut, as if doing something unknown.

After a moment, the animals all lay prone on the ground, as if worshipping something, and the pupils of their eyes flickered with a devout light.

And in their midst was a golden silk monkey over half a person's height!

Seeing this, the mayor's breathing grew heavy, and he asked, "What's going on?"

"Why are these animals behaving so strangely!"

Before this, everything had been normal; ever since purple mist appeared over Mount Hua, there was first a sudden crash, and then everyone on the plane survived.

Now the personnel sent to the scene to clean up the wreckage have captured this footage again, which is truly bewildering.

The scene before our eyes is truly too eerie—so many living beings gathered together, worshipping this golden silk monkey.

The golden silk monkey's whole body looked as if cast from gold; its golden fur fluttered in the wind, each strand emitting a glossy divine light, making it especially conspicuous in the dim forest, giving an overall sense of unreality.

The mayor had seen many golden silk monkeys at the zoo before, but none resembled the one in the video.

Moreover, its fur was stained with blood, as if it had once been injured.

The golden silk monkey sat cross‑legged, opening and closing its mouth as if murmuring something; the surrounding animals followed, shaking their heads and swaying, showing a dazed, intoxicated expression.

The mayor couldn't help but swallow, feeling through the screen a faint yet palpable pressure spreading outward.

With so many animals gathered here, and their demeanor and behavior so strange, it seems they might be worshipping the golden silk monkey?!

"What's there to worship about a monkey?"

"Are they really worshipping that monkey?"

"As the saying goes, 'When there's no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king.'"

"It's simply too unbelievable."

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't dare believe what was before them.

Beside them, an investigator suddenly seemed to think of something, his eyes widening involuntarily as he blurted out, "Golden, humanoid."

The mayor's face was full of a bewildered expression; he glanced sideways slightly and asked, "What are you saying?"

"Just feels like a bit of a coincidence."

All of these matched what the captain and passengers had said, and the investigator couldn't help but say, "I feel this monkey resembles the humanoid being Captain Su described."

If what Captain Su saw was real, could it be that a mere monkey saved everyone's lives?!

The mayor furrowed his brows even tighter, saying, "Captain Su is still injured and unconscious; are you also addled? How big is this monkey—could it stop a plane from landing? It's not an omnipotent demon."

The monkey on the screen is only a little over half a person tall—how big is an airplane?

The secretary pondered for a moment and said, "A demon isn't impossible; Mayor, do you still remember the earlier demon incident that caused such an uproar?"

As the authority of the city, the mayor's information is naturally well‑informed; although this incident occurred in Wu Du, he too had heard rumors and received news.

There might truly be demons in this world, and the higher-ups have already planned to take formal action, with officials already moving.

"Do you mean to say that there might also be demons on our Hua Shan side?"

"That's simply too absurd."

Although they harbored many doubts, no matter how they searched, they found no clues; the whole affair exuded strangeness.

Whether it was the earlier purple mist, the subsequent crash of Flight AF999, or that mysterious golden silk monkey.

Someone asked, "Then should we continue investigating?"

The mayor rubbed his faintly aching temples and said, "Tell me how to investigate this."

No one could answer the mayor's question; in the end they could only suppress their doubts.

In the spacious office, not a soul spoke; after a long while the mayor finally broke the silence, saying, "First, seal off related information and closely monitor any movements on Hua Shan."

Soon, the leaders of the city where Hua Shan is located held a press conference.

"We believe everyone has been closely following the purple mist incident at Hua Shan and the crash of Flight AF999; we have already begun investigating, and we trust that before long we will be able to give the public a satisfactory answer."

"Furthermore, I want to announce some good news: the crashed flight has been located, and fortunately all passengers are out of danger—including the crew, a total of 356 people have all survived!"

"This is a miracle of life, and also the scene we most wish to see!"

After the announcement was released, it caused an uproar across the entire network.

For dozens of hours, news of the plane's loss and crash had already spread all over the internet.

That's over three hundred lives! Countless people in Great Xia were paying attention.

Upon hearing this news, many people were moved to tears, exclaiming, "Did I hear wrong? No one died!"

"It was found so quickly—no wonder, our vast Great Xia; give the government's speed a thumbs‑up, it's simply awesome!"

「Should we give this term's government a drumstick? I won't say anything else, just one word: awesome! 」

In response to the government's announcement, many foreign media outlets also raised doubts.

The AF999 flight also attracted attention internationally; this is no small matter.

「Falling from ten thousand meters high, even a fool knows it couldn't remain unharmed. 」

「The news must be fake, right? No casualties at all—this isn't just a tall tale, is it? 」

Not only did foreign media find it hard to believe, but it also sparked a huge discussion among domestic netizens.

Tragedy unfolds: 【AF999 flight crashed, fell from high altitude, no one died among all aboard; if it weren't officially announced, I'd suspect it's a joke.】

Two mouths read one word: 【When I saw this news report, I still thought it was a prank, or maybe I hadn't woken up today.】

Best Loneliness Award: 【Really, my aunt is one of them; she didn't suffer any injury, she's already discharged from the hospital, jumping around happily, making the family overjoyed.】

Lightness skill on water: 【Damn! How miraculous is this, how exactly is it done? It's utterly unscientific—even jumping from the third floor would cause injury, let alone such a height.】

Sunlight drying tears: 【I have a relative in the rescue team; he told me the plane's engines were all broken, and the critical parts suffered catastrophic damage—originally they had prepared for the worst.】

Love one round, hurt one round: 【I also find it miraculous; according to passengers' descriptions, when the plane crashed, a beam of golden light appeared, plus the roar of an unknown creature, and the captain even said he saw a golden humanoid figure.】

Excessive demand: 【This must be fake, right? It feels like listening to a story.】

Extraordinary in the ordinary: 【I can testify that the person upstairs wasn't lying; I was on the plane at the time and really saw a beam of golden light, but then I passed out, and when I woke up again I was already in the hospital.】

Logically speaking, for such a huge aircraft to fall from high altitude, the fuselage and engines would sustain damage; under these circumstances, no one could possibly survive, and even if anyone did, they'd be an extremely rare lucky few.

But now everyone survived, not to mention hardly anyone suffered serious injuries—it's truly unbelievable.

More and more passengers came forward, saying they saw golden light before losing consciousness and heard strange roaring sounds, leading netizens to wonder: could it be that all these people survived thanks to the mysterious golden light?

This matter blew up online; although people were surprised, more were happy and excited—no matter what, as long as people are alive, that's good.

Everyone was celebrating the rescue of these passengers, but no one noticed that Mount Hua is no longer open to the outside.

Even the official website posted a notice, saying that due to the aircraft accident, debris needs to be cleared, so it will be closed for a period of time.

Aside from the many monks still living in the temple above, troops are stationed in all directions to prevent anyone from sneaking in.

Nearby residents were curious and wanted to come take a look, but upon arriving they were politely sent back by the military, who said approaching is not allowed.

「How strange—why was this place suddenly sealed off? It was fine just the day before yesterday, wasn't it? 」

「It seems they said they'd clear the aircraft wreckage. 」

「No, clearing aircraft wreckage wouldn't require deploying troops to guard here, would it? 」

「Who knows? 」

Nearby residents chattered endlessly, not knowing why this happened, and posted it online, but everyone was immersed in joy and didn't notice this tiny detail.

And on that very day, the city government of the city where Mount Hua is located received a 【confidential agreement】 from the capital; the arrival of this agreement also foreshadows that the official negotiation team stationed near Wu Du Longyuan Mountain has already made unknown progress! (End of chapter)