mtl008 Chapter 119 Announcement
Chapter 119 Announcement
Amidst the heated public discussion about prosthetic limbs, the Ministry of Education issued an announcement.
To improve the physical fitness of primary and secondary school students, including university students, a martial arts subject has been added, with the military sending soldiers to various schools to serve as martial arts instructors and teach students martial arts.
Amidst the huge wave of discussion surrounding mechanical prosthetics, this announcement did not garner much attention.
Everyone thought this was just an extra physical education class added by the government to encourage students to exercise.
There were some positive responses in the parents' group, which shows that the country values children's physical fitness.
Of course, some older students and college students might complain a bit about having an extra physical education class every day, but it doesn't cause much of a stir.
Li Lele is a fourth-grade student at Yucai Primary School. In order to get these primary school students to follow the martial arts training properly, the martial arts instructor showed them a lot of martial arts cartoons to arouse their interest, such as Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit Seven Heroes, Qin's Moon, and so on.
The exciting storyline and cool martial arts moves instantly captivated the children. Watching the characters in the animation roam the world with their swords and uphold justice, a seed of martial arts was planted in Li Lele's heart.
Besides practicing diligently in martial arts class at school, after finishing his meals and homework at home, he would stay in his room practicing horse stance, punching, and kicking. He even stopped playing on his iPad, which he usually held onto all the time.
His parents were overjoyed and even filmed Li Lele practicing martial arts at home and posted it online.
The video quickly attracted a lot of attention from netizens after it was released.
"Even elementary school students dream of becoming heroes, hahaha."
"I must say, these two moves are actually quite impressive, pretty standard."
"The government's policy is great. It can promote traditional martial arts culture, improve physical health, and help primary school students with internet addiction to quit their addiction. It's a triple win."
"To be honest, when I was young, I read martial arts novels and had a martial arts dream. Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity when I was young. Kids these days are so lucky; they are taught martial arts in school."
"Hahaha, if you have school-aged children at home, you can let them learn it and then teach them to you at home."
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After the video went viral, others followed suit and started making videos of their own children practicing martial arts. College students even made their own vlogs to record their martial arts training process.
Suddenly, everyone in the country knows that the government is promoting martial arts in schools. Now, online, besides prosthetic limbs, the second most popular topic is the Ministry of Education's promotion of martial arts.
Until one day, someone posted a video claiming that they had developed the internal energy described in martial arts novels.
The video is simple; it was filmed by someone holding a mobile phone. In the video, a hand slowly appears and pushes a rock not far away, causing the rock to wobble slightly.
The person filming the video exclaimed in surprise, and the camera zoomed in on the stone, revealing clear signs that it had been pushed by an invisible force.
The video instantly caused a huge uproar, with netizens questioning its authenticity.
"This can't be special effects, can it? There's no way something so magical could happen."
"I don't believe it. Internal energy only exists in novels and TV dramas."
"As we all know, videos can be edited."
Many people have begun to analyze the video. The video is a single take with no signs of editing. As for whether the person who filmed it used other methods, there are many different opinions on the internet.
The day after the video was released, the official account reposted it, confirming its authenticity, and then issued a statement.
The statement pointed out that the martial arts discipline promoted by the state can indeed cultivate internal strength. The martial arts discipline is not only to improve students' physical fitness, but also to discover and cultivate potential martial arts talents.
Because younger people can achieve results more quickly, martial arts will be prioritized for promotion in schools. The government will then build multiple martial arts schools in every city for people nationwide to learn martial arts.
The announcement caused a nationwide uproar.
"What! I woke up to find that we've entered an era where everyone practices martial arts?"
"Our nation is awesome!"
"I can learn martial arts and become a great hero? Am I dreaming?"
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The online discussion about martial arts for all is still going strong, and its popularity has surpassed that of mechanical prosthetics.
Unbeknownst to them, the military region also sent people to various schools to test students' magical talents. Those with magical talents were recorded and trained in a unified manner.
A few days later, the official announcement came: the first magic academy in the Flower Kingdom has been completed, and the first batch of magic apprentices will soon be enrolled to begin their studies.
The social media platforms crashed as soon as the news was released. Fortunately, Zou Yue helped to fix it in time, otherwise the network would have been paralyzed for a long time.
"What the heck? I just announced that everyone should learn martial arts, and now I'm being told I can also learn magic?"
What's wrong with this world? Am I dreaming?
"Mechanical prosthetics, martial arts training for everyone, magic... I get the feeling the country is planning something big!"
"Can anyone tell me how to get into that magic academy? I want to learn magic!"
"I heard that they're going to test magical talent, and only those with magical talent can enter the magic academy. Those with magical talent are one in a hundred."
"There are so many people in our country, and even one in a hundred is a lot of people. Why can't I be one of them? Father Country, I want to learn magic. When can you test my magical talent?"
Foreigners are incredibly envious after learning about what happened in the Flower Country.
"Flower Kingdom Kung Fu! I want to learn Flower Kingdom Kung Fu!"
"It's so wonderful to be a citizen of the Flower Country!"
"Magic? Isn't that something from the West? The Flower Kingdom has actually stolen something from our Western country; they must return it!"
"Agreed! The Flower Kingdom must return all information about magic to the Western countries!"
Faced with these unfounded accusations, the country quickly responded.
A spokesperson for the Flower Kingdom solemnly declared on the international stage: "The development of martial arts and magic in the Flower Kingdom is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Flower Kingdom people. Magic is not exclusive to the West. The Flower Kingdom has always been committed to the innovative development of science and technology and culture, contributing its own strength to the progress of mankind, rather than so-called 'theft.' Certain countries should not make wild guesses; they should provide evidence if they dare to speculate!"
Meanwhile, citizens of the Flower Country also took to the internet to refute these false claims. "Why do you say it's from the West? If you claim it's yours, then show us the evidence! You bunch of robbers, used to stealing, now you dare to turn around and accuse others!"
Those countries persisted and began to pressure China in international public opinion, demanding that China disclose these technologies and educational models, claiming that they were for the development of all mankind.
Secretly, they all sent out spies to try to find out the specific situation and technical secrets of the Flower Kingdom in terms of mechanical prosthetics, martial arts training for all citizens, and magic academies.
Prior to this, some people had sent mercenaries to the Flower Kingdom to steal mechanical prosthetics, but they lacked the transplantation technology, so even if they got them, they were useless. Moreover, each prosthetic was equipped with a positioning system, which allowed the Flower Kingdom to easily capture all these mercenaries.
This incident also made the Flower Kingdom more vigilant, waiting for spies from various countries to emerge from the shadows and into the light.
With Zou Yue around, the Flower Kingdom has many advanced technological means to conduct comprehensive monitoring of areas where espionage activities may occur, and they have indeed caught quite a few lurking spies.
Seeing that this plan was not working, the Western theory of the "flower country threat" began to spread rapidly on foreign websites.
They loudly proclaimed that the development of the Flower Kingdom in all aspects was a "threat" to the world, attempting to incite other countries' fear and hostility towards the Flower Kingdom.
There were even rumors that the United States was going to declare war on the United States, so Zou Yue directly cut off their military's weapons control system.
This decisive action plunged the United States into chaos, leaving it with no time to deal with the United Kingdom.