I, the screenwriter, have experienced a resurgence of inspiration.

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[@Chang'an Lao Gao: Holy crap!!! Holy crap!!! I live in Baoji!!! I opened the window!!! And there's the sea in front of me!!! It's the real sea!!! Not a mirage!!! I can smell it!!! It's salty!!! I've lived for forty-seven years!!! And this is the first time I've known there's a sea in Shaanxi!!!]

[@WheatIsRipe: My parents' apple orchard is flooded!! But my uncle called and said the other half of the orchard is still there! It's just like there's a sea in the middle now!]

[@WillDieIfYouDontEatCilantro: Wait, wait, wait. So we now have an island of 200,000 square kilometers? What does 200,000 square kilometers even mean?]

[@Liu Huaqiang, the melon-buying ambassador: South Korea's land area is only 100,000 square kilometers!! Do we have an extra South Korea??? And that doesn't even include the surrounding seas??? Am I dead asleep? Is this a parallel universe?]

[@MapMadman: The official satellite map includes not only the 659,000 square kilometers of sea area, but also the islands.]

The total is 659,000, which is larger than the combined total of France, Ukraine, and Afghanistan.

[@The damp, gloomy male ghost who sleeps in the bunk below me: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha I was playing games and didn't sleep, then I looked up and my house turned into a sea-view house!]

[@XijingXiaobawang: Is this something I can say...? I'm starting to understand why the British were so eager to seize territory all over the world back then. The feeling of seeing a huge chunk of land appear on the map...it's so satisfying.]

[@Don'tAskWhoIs: I have a friend from Tianshui, Gansu. His farmland has sprung up on the other side of the sea, and his WeChat Moments are full of people suggesting he open a seafood stall.]

[@MilkTeaThreePointsSugar: Is this territory? This is our ancestral land! This is territorial expansion! This is the largest territorial expansion since Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms! Without firing a single shot! Our players cleared a dungeon! They brought us back a whole Britain! Hahahahahahahahaha!]

[@StraightManNoExplanation: Calm down, we need to calm down. There are unknown creatures in that sea, and we don't know the situation on the island. We haven't figured out the situation yet, so we can't be too happy.]

[@AngryOldBroOnlineComplaint: Calm down, my foot! 200,000 square kilometers of islands, 650,000 square kilometers of sea! Do you know what that means? This is resources! This is strategic depth! This is a gateway to the sea! An inland gateway to the sea! The fate of Northwest China has been rewritten! And you're telling me to calm down? Weng Yang is a jerk!!!]

[@Western Development Volunteers: I studied economics. Let me tell you what this means—it means the Northwest region will have its own port.]

Why is the coastal economy so developed? Because of fishing, shipping, and marine industries; on a larger scale, oil and minerals—the entire industrial structure of the Northwest needs restructuring.

[@LuckyCatIsACat: No national destiny novel is as satisfying as real life! Even Weng Yang, when he opens a national destiny novel, has to say, "What kind of satisfying novel is this?!" Winning a dungeon rewards you with land, but what about ancient mythology? What about Indian mythology?!]

[@Financial Observer Xiao Wang: Note that the official statement uses the phrase "protective development," and these words are very important.]

This demonstrates that the region is sustainable and capable of generating economic benefits. The economic landscape of the five northwestern provinces is about to take off starting tonight. Time to buy stocks!

[@PostgraduateExamGeniusNeverGivesUp: I'm going to study oceanography for my postgraduate entrance exam, and I'm applying directly to the Ocean University of Xi'an! What, you say Xi'an doesn't have an ocean university? Don't worry, with the sea around, there's bound to be a university there!]

[@ThoseWhoWillDieIfTheyDontEatBreakfast: Wait a minute. So from now on, we'll have to take a boat from Xi'an to Lanzhou?]

[Traffic Radio Report: Currently, the following expressways are completely closed: Baoji section of the Lianyungang-Horgos Expressway, Pingliang section of the G22 Qinglan Expressway, Yulin section of the G20 Qingyin Expressway, Tianshui section of the Longhai Railway, and Guyuan section of the Baozhong Railway. Detour routes: Detour north through Inner Mongolia, or detour south through Sichuan. Please take note.]

[@Logistics driver Lao Zhao: I thought the navigation was malfunctioning. This player is amazing, sneakily conquering a piece of territory.]

[@Lanzhou Ramen Association: On behalf of Lanzhou ramen, I welcome seafood from Shaanxi! I hereby announce that sea cucumber can now be added to ramen.]

[@Xi'anFoodExploration: The Xi'an seafood market was packed early this morning. I estimate that all seafood restaurants in Xi'an will be offering discounts for the next week.]

[@FishingBar Bro: I caught my first fish on the Lianyungang-Huoerguosi Expressway! It must be a black sea bream, weighing 23.3 jin!!! I can brag about this for the rest of my life!]

[@SwimmingFish: Are you being rude? This thing is glowing! It's obviously a dungeon creature, right?! Watch out, the Special Administration might be checking your water meter!]

[@Cultural Person Xiao Zhang: I have a question, do the British know about this island? (Schadenfreude·JPG)]

[@BritishThings: The internet is already buzzing. It's daytime there, and British netizens have already started organizing protests. Apparently, they can't accept the continent of Camelot becoming part of China.]

[@Translate this from foreign websites: Selected comments from British netizens – "This can't be true. Britain will always belong to Britain. China must be returned."]

"King Arthur is ours. Merlin is ours. Britain is ours."

"What are our players doing? Why did the Chinese players clear our dungeon?"

"The government must take action. This is a territorial issue."

"I can't accept this, it's absurd! I opened the map, and there's another Britain between Gansu and Shaanxi provinces in China! What the hell happened?"

[@International Observer Lao Liu: The British Foreign Office has lodged a protest with its own players.]

They don't understand why Chinese players were able to complete their cultural instance, and an investigation has reportedly been launched and is currently underway.

[@TheCatWhoDoesntEatFish: LOL, Britain: You stole our Britain! China: King Arthur is ours. Britain: That's ours too! China: King Arthur is ours. Britain: ...I'm going to sue you at the WTO! China: King Arthur is ours.]

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4:30 a.m.

[@Investor: All listed companies in Northwest China with land reserves or assets in coastal areas should see their stock prices hit the daily limit up when the market opens tomorrow. I suggest everyone pay attention.]

Ocean, tourism, shipping, fishing, ports, infrastructure—opportunities abound.

[@Ordinary Person Xiao Wang: Springtime is coming for civil engineers!]

[@ImpatientNetizen: I can't wait any longer! I've already ordered an inflatable boat. Tomorrow I'm going to row to work and show my boss what it means to be an amphibious worker.]

[@Joketeller Afei: A future belike for people from Xishi: eating paomo (pita bread soaked in mutton soup) at the Bell Tower in the morning, watching the sea in Xianyang at noon, sunbathing on the beach in Baoji in the afternoon, and returning to Xishi in the evening—perfect.]

[@WeatherBureauLittleDingDang: Just a quick note, since this sea appeared, the air humidity in Northwest China has started to rise. There may be sea breezes and land breezes in the future, leading to a change in precipitation patterns and making Northwest China even more humid.]

[@Environmentalists: Can we release shrimp, seaweed, or fish into this sea? Or wait for natural evolution? Or do nothing at all?]

[@Ecologist Lao Li: Do nothing, observe and study first. Do not damage or introduce alien species that could disrupt the existing ecosystem.]

[@Anxiety sufferer: Wait, I saw some players saying there are many giant snakes hundreds of meters long on that island. Could these snakes swim out and attack coastal cities?]

[@DefenseObserver: According to official information, the deep sea is off-limits due to fog and barrier-like objects. Shallow waters pose no danger. There are currently no records of Naga landing on land. Police and military forces have been deployed along the coast. Please do not panic.]

[Mr. Zhang, a resident of Baoji: I'm not panicked, I welcome it! I'm going to the beach tomorrow to collect seashells. If there really is a Naga, I definitely want to take a picture with it.]

[@Fellow Gansu natives: Our Gansu province finally has access to the sea! From now on, please don't call us the Northwest Inland Region, but the Northwest Coastal Region.]

[@ShandanDandanFlowers: Will the Yellow River dry up? Or will it flow into the sea?]

[@Ningxia Lamb Offal Soup is Delicious: So our autonomous region is now surrounded by the sea?]

[@Amateur Science Map Update Team: Attention, the China map has been updated. Please download it again. You can see that the border between Gansu and Shaanxi provinces still exists, which is quite amazing and meaningful.]

[@Xi'an Jiaotong University: Our School of Oceanography has been officially established and is now enrolling students in four undergraduate programs: Marine Science, Marine Engineering, Marine Resources, and Marine Ecology. We welcome your applications.]

[Northwestern Polytechnical University: Our university has added a new major in Marine Engineering and Technology.]

[@RefinedMaleUniversity: Only a few hours have passed, and we're not even sure if the island will disappear, yet you've already started your majors???]

[@Night Shift Taxi Driver Lao Zhang: I just picked up a British foreigner who kept crying after seeing the news, so I didn't feel comfortable taking his fare.]

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5:10 a.m.

[@TradeWarObserver: Britain's current feeling is probably equivalent to your ancestral home in a parallel universe being bought by a distant relative. There's no loss, but it's still unsettling.]

[@NeonNetizensWatchingTheFun: Mainland netizens, congratulations! You're really like in a game. Clearing a dungeon grants you more territory. Does this mean that every dungeon can become territory in the future?]

[@XiaoHanNetizen in China: This is unfair; our cultural relics should also be considered territory.]

[@Elemi: Wait, so if our players clear the China instance, will China's parallel universe territory also become ours?]

[@子不语我语: You can try it. Our mythology is far more outrageous than this. A divine beast every three steps, a saint every five steps. If you go in and manage to defeat it, you'll be considered amazing.]

[@Russian netizens: A small instance has appeared in Siberia too. No sea, that's unfair.]

[@French netizens: Gaul. Gaul. We want a Gaul in a parallel universe. Does anyone have any information on this?]

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[@NeonNanako: China, you now have your own Mediterranean! Congratulations on achieving the goal of collecting all the landforms on Earth!]

[@AnonymousLady: Thank you. Next time you travel to Britain, remember to get a visa and a record of not visiting any shrines to evil spirits.]

[@KoreanKimchi: Britain belongs to Britain, you should return it.]

[@SillyNewsBroadcastHost: Weng Yang cleared the dungeon. If you have a problem with that, the next one will be your South Korean dungeon. We'll conquer your territory and plant cabbages all over it.]

[@Indian dance teacher: So what is the current land area of ​​China?]

[@Data Emperor: The original territory of China was about 9.6 million square kilometers, plus 659,000 square kilometers of sea area, plus 209,000 square kilometers of islands.]

However, since the islands fall within the maritime area, the additional area is approximately 659,000 square kilometers. The area under China's actual control is now approximately 10,259,000 square kilometers, equivalent to the combined area of ​​France and Belgium.

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At six o'clock in the morning, a sliver of light appeared on the horizon.

The online frenzy has not diminished over time.

The crashed servers have been restored, but the trending topics are still popping up.

A new day begins.

And on the map of China, a sea has been added.

"What do you mean... my reward is a real piece of land?"

Song Mo, with a toothbrush in his mouth, stared blankly at the morning news, his brain momentarily blank.

Will the wild dungeon become an open dungeon in reality after being cleared?

What about the other dungeons?

"The Moon Palace," "The End of the Fairy Tale," "The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons in the Warring States Period," "The Priest of the Temple of Sea God," and "The Garden of Cornunos"—

If you complete all the levels.

The Earth can't just grow in patches here and there, can it?!