Modern technology has produced remarkably sophisticated audio equipment.

Especially the equipment used for news interviews. As a result, the voice of the person sitting on the water, wearing an ancient mask, was captured with crystal clarity and transmitted to the far reaches of the world.

The president of the New World watched this unbelievable scene in prolonged silence.

At Izumo Taisha, one of the oldest shrines in Sakura Island, an elderly man in Shinto priest robes wore a frozen expression.

As the eastern pillar, the events happening in Shenzhou were relayed to the leaders of various countries.

They witnessed the extraordinary scene. Then, the two names spoken by the person wearing the ancient mask were quickly searched. The meanings contained within those names, the legendary stories they represented, were presented before these leaders, bringing an even greater shock.

Before this, Wei Yuan had listlessly fulfilled his agreement with Wuzhiqi. He sat cross-legged above the water. While everyone was still too shocked to think, the vast Huai River surged out from behind him. The water turned into an illusion, obscuring the view. Then, Wei Yuan directly遁入水中 (dun ru shui zhong, vanished into the water).

To the naked eye, it seemed that the person wearing the ancient mask had simply disappeared before their very eyes.

At this moment, the live-streaming room exploded with a flood of comments.

"Holy crap!"

"What did I just hear?! Gonggong, Dayu?!"

"What's going on with that guy? He just vanished?! Is he a god?!"

"No… no way, that's impossible. It must be projection technology, but how could it be so realistic?!"

"Are you saying that this change in the course of the Huai River was caused by this god?!"

"Comrades, we must believe in science! We can't surrender to ignorance! I'm not saying anymore, I'm going to surrender first."

Due to the overwhelmingly dense barrage of comments, the entire live-streaming room crashed and became paralyzed in a short amount of time. But this did not affect the incident from escalating. The numerous keyboard warriors, now thoroughly ignited, began gathering in various online communities to communicate.

The heat continued to climb.

Who was that?!

That was the Water God Gonggong, and Dayu, who forged the nine tripods!

He actually said he drank with them?

If that's not a god, then what is?!

Then, quickly, under the searching of numerous keyboard warriors, they directly locked onto the water gods in the legends of the Huai River. One was the legendary Yinglong Gengchen, who was acquainted with the Yellow Emperor. His greatest achievement was defeating Chi You and Wuzhiqi. This was consistent with the water dragon under the masked man's seat.

The other was Wuzhiqi.

Just as the two sides were deadlocked and began arguing with each other, a netizen who was currently diving suddenly threw out a series of screenshots, which were the evidence from the live broadcast.

Then, he silently said, "You can always trust the speed of netizens' hands."

Then, a series of thank yous.

But the building quickly went crooked.

An Ultraman meme, giving a thumbs-up: "Thank you, silly netizen."

"My heart aches for the poster. How many years have you been single?"

"Same, my heart aches."

"Heart aches +1."

"Heart aches +10086."

"I originally wanted to feel sorry for the poster, but I suddenly realized that my hand speed is not slow at all, so I couldn't help but hug myself and my little brother with heartache."

"Holy crap, upstairs, you're awesome, take care of your body."

Under the power of the silly netizens, a series of floors went completely off in an unknown direction.

But soon there were also textual research experts who began to study, making a series of analyses and demonstrations targeting the mask, quoting extensively, which can be described as knowledgeable and talented, deriving enough content to write a series of papers, and firmly believing that this mask has a unique meaning.

As for his identity, there was no need to doubt after seeing those golden pupils—

Ancient books record Wuzhiqi as having 'the form of an ape, golden eyes and snow teeth, light and agile.'

This directly matched.

Then someone asked, "Just asking if I don't understand, what other legends and special characteristics does Wuzhiqi have?"

Soon, the legends about Wuzhiqi were placed at the top. The greatest legend about him in ancient times was that he stood in front of King Yu. Then someone put forward another argument: "If we're talking about Wuzhiqi, then He is very likely to be one of the prototypes of the Monkey King in Journey to the West…"

"Prototype is prototype, why 'one of'? What does that mean?"

"Upstairs, the Great Sage was formed step by step by integrating a large number of ancient legends. He is a composite character, and he is different in each era. Although what we know is actually the last version (manual dog head)."

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

"Let it out."

"Ahem, this requires talking about the legend of Wuzhiqi. He proclaimed himself the Lord of the Huai River, and then directly stubbornly clashed with King Yu and West Kunlun. Finally, Wuzhiqi led an army of water spirits and monsters and fought fiercely with King Yu, repeatedly defeating the seven divine generals from West Kunlun, and was finally subdued by Yinglong Gengchen and suppressed under the mountain."

Then someone directly posted the ancient books.

"Yu was furious, summoned all spirits, and ordered Genglong, Tongbai and other mountain monarchs to bow their heads and ask for orders. Yu then imprisoned Hongmeng Clan, Zhangshang Clan, Doulu Clan, and Lilou Clan, and then captured the water god of the Huai River named Wuzhiqi."

"Green body and white head, golden eyes and snow teeth, strength surpassing nine elephants, skilled in fighting and leaping… Yu taught him Tong Lü, but could not control him; taught him Wumu You, but could not control him; taught him Gengchen, and he could control him. The owl, spleen, Huan Hu, wood demons, water spirits, mountain demons, and stone monsters roared and gathered around, and Gengchen drove them away with war, chained his neck with a thick rope, pierced his nose with a golden bell, and moved him to the foot of Guishan Mountain in Huaiyin."

"The translation is probably that this monkey is extremely powerful, good at fighting and maneuvering, and is fierce as hell. At first, four great generals and gods were afraid and dared not fight. King Yu was furious and imprisoned Hongmeng Clan, Zhangshang Clan, Doulu Clan, and Lilou Clan, and then sent two divine generals who were defeated."

"It wasn't until Gengchen, who had defeated Chi You before, took action that he won."

"When he won, there were still thousands of elite troops of Chi Pi, Huan Hu, wood demons, water spirits, mountain demons, and stone monsters who wanted to rescue Wuzhiqi, but they were driven away by Yinglong, and then Wuzhiqi was locked with chains, his nose pierced with a golden bell and suppressed under the mountain, ahem, I wonder if everyone is familiar with this…"

"Oh, that's right, there's also this paragraph, 'Snow teeth and golden claws, rushing ashore, more than five zhang tall. Squatting like an ape, but his eyes cannot be opened, as if in a daze… Suddenly his eyes opened, his brilliance was like lightning, he looked at people, wanting to go mad with rage, the onlookers were horrified and fled.'"

"In addition, the earliest Yuan Dynasty story of Sun Wukong used a monk's spade."

"And the Monkey King we are familiar with has been transformed into the Ruyi Jingu Bang, completely connected with Dayu's flood control, and in the ancient Shenzhou legends, there is only one ape-like god associated with Dayu's flood control. I have to say, the personalities are particularly similar, both stubborn and fearless."

A moment of silence.

The keyboard warriors felt countless mythical beasts galloping through their minds, followed by a scalp-tingling sensation.

Comments quickly refreshed below.

"Then to summarize, Wuzhiqi has golden eyes, and when he opens his eyes, his brilliance is like lightning."

"A certain monkey also has them."

"Born by the water, he has subdued all kinds of non-monkey monster armies of hundreds of thousands, and calls himself a king."

"A certain monkey also has this."

"Me too.jpg"

"Then he led an army of monsters and fought fiercely with Emperor Yu's subordinates, continuously defeating the heavenly gods, and terrifying Emperor Yu's four great generals so that they dared not fight again. Afterwards, he was defeated by reinforcements who had made great achievements in the past, the brave and martial god general."

"Wuzhiqi was also taken away by chains, and his body was pierced with something, and suppressed under the mountain?"

"Isn't this Making Havoc in Heaven, Little Sage Subdues the Great Sage…"

"He will be tied with ropes, and his pipa bone pierced with a hooked knife, bound to meet the Jade Emperor."

"This is not familiar, not very similar, that is exactly the same..."

……………………

Kong Yingrui, who had been forced to take a vacation due to the changes in the Huai River water system, returned home.

In a short period of time, the hydropower stations upstream of the Huai River had to be expanded, so he was temporarily free.

Browsing the online comments, he scrolled while planning to smoke a cigarette. When he saw the final conclusions, his whole mind went blank. It wasn't until the flame on the match was about to burn his fingers again that he came back to his senses due to the pain and threw the match away.

He stamped out the match.

Then he was silent for a while, and rarely took the initiative to register an account on this online community.

For some reason, the man, who was overwhelmed by social pressure, gradually becoming worldly-wise, and no longer stubborn, trembled a little. He typed out that line of words, word by word, and sent it out. He sat down exhausted and smoked, feeling that his body was a little numb.

And the keyboard warriors, who were now happily arguing online, saw a line of words flash past.

"In other words, Sun Wukong is real? At least part of it is not fiction."

"Not the pilgrim rescued by the monk to go to the west, but the prototype of the Great Sage during the Making Havoc in Heaven period, came out?"

The comments and barrages that were constantly appearing and being suppressed on the Internet actually froze at this moment.

Then it turned into a unified "Holy crap."

…………………………

For various reasons, some thoughtful and skeptical voices were instantly drowned out on the Internet.

The most heroic part of the story of Journey to the West, which has already become a symbol, is now telling you that this symbol has a prototype, and then telling you that He has not experienced the latter part at all, and His story ends when He is suppressed under the mountain.

The shouts soared to the top in an instant.

Wuzhiqi, who could not access the Internet, knew nothing about this.

He just watched the Huai River flow east into the sea, closed his golden eyes. The last words of hope had already been spoken. After all, this was no longer his era. Even though he was as unruly as He, the Lord of the Huai River, who once stood in front of Dayu and West Kunlun, felt listless at this moment.

He sent Wei Yuan back to Quanshi, and then calmly closed his eyes.

This is no longer the era of us.

And at this time, in places unknown to ordinary people on the Internet, the storm had just begun.

The New World Congress opened an emergency meeting.

The family crests of the various families in Misty City gathered together once again.

The five major shrines of Sakura Island opened the Takamagahara Council.

And the call from the Zhen Guo (stabilizing the nation) General of Shenzhou once again reached the Tianshi Mansion of Longhu Mountain.

ps: The prototype of Sun Wukong is a huge controversial topic. There are more than six or seven theories. Wuzhiqi is undoubtedly one of the most important ones. The character prototype itself provides elements for—golden eyes, the light shining from the eyes, being suppressed under the mountain. And, the connection with Dayu's flood control...

After all, the earliest version of Sun Wukong used a knife and had nothing to do with Dayu. And the fact that the prototype of the Monkey King in Journey to the West and 'Dayu's flood control' are highly related is almost ironclad.

In terms of plot, it is the source of Making Havoc in Heaven, recorded in the Song Dynasty's *Taiping Guangji*, about five hundred years earlier than the original Journey to the West legend. In addition, this book is not completely fictional. Most of it is factual literature, which is the most insane. This book is classified as a 'category' book.

One theory is that the two experiences of Sun Wukong in Journey to the West, before the Five Fingers Mountain, came from Wuzhiqi, and after that, came from another monkey legend. As for Hanuman, it has already been denied. In the latter legend, he knelt down to express his loyalty to God and cut out his heart, which is very Indian, I have to say.