[No Cliches, No Female Lead, Modern Monster Disaster + Nation-Building + Technological Advancement + Civilizational War, At Least Three Million Words]
Eight-year-old Su Xiao'an walked into the police station with an Ultraman backpack and said in a babyish voice, “Officer, do you believe in light? I want to turn in my big brother.”
The police thought he was lost, until he unzipped his backpack. Inside lay a thirty-centimeter-tall gray stone statue.
“My brother says a monster will appear in the waters off Linhai City in three hours. Missiles can't kill it.”
Everyone burst out laughing.
The next second, a red light glowed in the statue's chest. Every security camera in the station went dark at once, and a deep voice entered everyone's minds:
“I am Su Chen. Current status: Giant of Light statue.”
“In three hours, the first Kaiju will make landfall.”
“Contact the supreme commander immediately.”
That night, the monster crushed the port, and tanks and missiles proved useless. On a nationwide live broadcast, a hundred-meter-tall Giant of Light rose from the coast and punched straight through the monster's chest.
From then on, Huaxia's approach changed completely.
Other countries struggled to survive the apocalypse. Huaxia mobilized the entire nation to create light.
Solar power matrices, nuclear fusion bases, armies of light-powered mechs, and a nationwide mental resonance network were brought online one after another.
Su Chen had only one condition:
“Take good care of my little brother, and don't let him eat instant noodles anymore.”
