My classmates chose martial arts and fantasy, but I chose the prehistoric world.

Less than half an hour after Shi Hao flipped the table, the official Da Xia government simultaneously released a brief announcement through all official channels, along with a video link.

Announcement Title: [Explanation Regarding the Historical Circumstances Related to the "Fourth Option for Teleportation Across the Myriad Realms"]

Video Title: [Minutes of the Global "Emergency Summit on Interdimensional Affairs" 703 Years Ago (Top Secret/Declassified)]

Countless people flocked to the link instantly.

The scene in the video is a huge circular venue filled with people of different clothes and skin colors, but all of them have an extraordinary aura.

The narrator explains that the attendees were representatives of major countries and forces around the world at that time, as well as the first batch of top experts who returned from the myriad worlds.

The meeting's topic was the new discovery that one could travel to the "celestial realm" and the "demon realm" through meditation, and whether this option should be made public to the general public.

After a lengthy debate and data presentation, the voting process began.

The camera then focuses on the seats of the Daxia delegation.

The ten representatives included an elderly man in a Zhongshan suit, a Taoist priest with an ethereal aura, and a soldier with sharp eyes...

The vote counting begins.

"...Zhang Shouzhen, representative of Daxia, agrees to make it public."

"Li Muxuan, representative of the Great Xia Dynasty, agrees to make it public."

"Wang Shanhe, representative of Daxia, agrees to make it public."

……

Nine votes in a row, all the representatives of Daxia cast their votes in favor of making the announcement public!

Only one vote was abstaining.

In the video, hushed discussions arose among the representatives of other countries, with many showing expressions of surprise, disapproval, or even opposition.

However, global vote counts show that the number of votes against making the information public far exceeded those in favor.

The reasons given by the opponents are shown in subsequent excerpts from the meeting minutes:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the data doesn't lie! According to the findings of our reconnaissance, which came at the cost of tens of thousands of warriors, the mortality rate in these two new worlds is despairingly high! Over 60% in the Celestial Realm, and over 95% in the Demon Realm! This isn't an adventure, it's suicide! It's murder!"

"Make it public? Let those naive teenagers, full of illusions, go to these two hellish hells to their deaths? This is irresponsible towards their lives! It's a crime against the future of humanity!"

"The right to know? If they know, we won't be able to stop it! So, it's better not to know!"

"We need time! We need more exploration, to establish outposts, and to mitigate risks! Until then, we must control who is informed!"

"I propose that this information be classified as top secret and jointly monitored by all parties present. At the same time, we should increase support for the 'wuxia' and 'xianxia' genres; this is a more suitable and relatively stable path for the general public..."

The video ends.

The final image is from that top-secret document from back then, bearing the seals of major global powers: "Joint Resolution on Temporarily Not Disclosing the 'Fourth Option' and Establishing a Control Mechanism."

Subsequently, the official account of the Great Xia Dynasty posted the latest statistical report, revised based on data from the past seven hundred years:

[Cease rate in the Immortal Realm: 61.72%]

[Demon Realm Mortality Rate: 95.29%]

The cold, hard numbers, coupled with the protesters' shouts in the video that "the death rate is over 95%", were like a bucket of ice water poured on the hearts of many who were blinded by anger and greed.

The online uproar paused briefly.

So... that's the truth?

The Great Xia Dynasty was actually the party that strongly advocated for openness back then?

It just couldn't overcome the majority of the world?

"this……"

Many angry netizens' words stopped typing in the input box.

His emotions remained complex, with lingering fear of the high mortality rate and resentment at not being able to fight for his life in the celestial or demonic realms when he was young. However, the rage at being deliberately deceived and fooled by "his own people" had indeed dissipated considerably.

Instead, there is a deeper sense of heaviness and a more complex feeling towards the boy named "Shi Hao".

He returned alive from the demon realm, where the mortality rate exceeded 95%!

He set off from the Great Xia Kingdom, crossed the border to the Sakura Kingdom to seek revenge, broke out the enemy's national protective formation, fought against more than a dozen Xuanxian-level powerhouses, and displayed unparalleled power!

He brazenly overturned the table that had been maintained by countries and forces around the world for more than seven hundred years, throwing the bloody truth and the horrific choices in front of the whole world!

What exactly did he experience in the Demon Realm?

How strong is he?

……

The Great Xia Dynasty, the capital city, an underground conference room buried deep underground.

The smoke was thicker than it had been a few hours earlier.

"Public opinion has stabilized for the time being."

The middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses rubbed his temples, looking at the curve of public opinion monitoring data on the screen. "The revelation of the historical truth has diverted a lot of attention. The public is now more shocked and discussing the 'Immortal and Demon World' itself, and... Shi Hao as a person."

"But the hidden dangers are far from being eliminated."

The elderly man in the Zhongshan suit slowly said, "The secret is out; Pandora's box has been opened. This September, on the day of departure, countless people will try those two paths like moths to a flame. Even if we know it's a near-certain death, we can't stop them!"

"And that little guy Shi Hao..."

The old man in the Taoist robe took a deep breath. "In September two years ago, the only red teleportation beam on the playground of the Second High School in the capital took away a student... At the time, we immediately blocked the news, thinking he would die in the demon realm, but we never expected him to come back alive!"

"Not only did he return, but he also gained astonishing strength. Although he returned injured, he managed to shake off our surveillance immediately."

"After recovering from his injuries for four months, he went on a rampage in Japan, causing such a huge commotion! He even overturned a table!"

As he spoke, he sighed, but there was no hint of blame in his eyes or on his face.

"Has his ability been assessed?"

A middle-aged man in military uniform asked a question.

The technical official next to him pulled up the data, his voice dry: "Based on the destruction model of the Sakura Kingdom's territory and the analysis of the captured residual energy spectrum... its combat power level, conservatively estimated, is at least at the 'early stage of Golden Immortal' in the Immortal and Demon world."

"His opponents were the dozen or so Xuanxian cultivators left behind in the Sakura Kingdom, who came out in full force, forming an array to fight him!"

Early stage of Golden Immortal?

A collective gasp filled the conference room.

It should be noted that among the powerful beings of the Great Xia Immortal Realm who remain on Blue Star, those above the Golden Immortal level are no more than a handful.

"His return from the Demon Realm is at the early stage of the Golden Immortal realm... If we place him among the Demon Realm returnees in the history of our Great Xia Kingdom, his achievement would be enough to rank him in the top ten."

"Fortunately, for the past seven hundred years, countries around the world have been utilizing resources from both the immortal and demonic realms to coordinate the deployment of multi-layered planetary arrays to protect Earth... If it were Earth eight hundred years ago, that battle alone would have been enough to destroy the entire planet!"

Someone sighed, then changed the subject, "What do we do next? He caused such a big commotion this time, and he's from our Great Xia Kingdom... The other countries, especially the Sakura Kingdom, will inevitably hold him accountable!"

"snort--!!"

The middle-aged man in military uniform snorted coldly, saying disdainfully, "Since he's one of our Great Xia people, we naturally have to protect him! As for the questions raised by other countries, we don't need to pay them any mind!"

"The Great Xia of today is not the Great Xia of a thousand years ago... On Blue Star, no country or power can force the Great Xia to bow its head!"