Stanford University, women's dormitory.
Linda Danforth was taking a shower when she suddenly heard a scream.
"Linda! Come out, come out quickly."
Linda wiped her hair, covered her graceful body with a bath towel, and looked at her noisy roommate with helplessness.
"Melissa, don't tell me you have a new boyfriend. I'm not interested in them."
"Not a boyfriend."
Melissa opened the webpage and saw a line of large words written on it:
What is a hero?
Under the eye-catching title were two short videos marked with a mark. Linda only watched half of them when her expression changed.
"Where did the video come from?"
"Who knows? Everyone's been saying, isn't it cool? That guy actually dragged the cruise ship with his bare hands. That's awesome. I really want to be his girlfriend."
Linda automatically ignored the rest of the conversation and watched the video over and over again. The one with the bat mask didn't interest her, but the other one made her think deeply.
Kal-El!
Is that you?
Melissa leaned over and blew hot air into her best friend's ear, "I'm moved, sweetheart."
"I'm not interested. I just want to know where the video originated from."
Melissa curled her lips, "Pretending!"
"The video is on ShowMe, check it out yourself."
"Show Me? What's that?"
"You're not going to tell me you don't even know ShowMe!" Melissa said with an exaggerated expression. "My Linda, you're so pitiful. You should find a boyfriend and experience the beauty of love. If you want to find love, start with ShowMe."
Melissa did what she said, clicked on the registration page, and filled in her personal information. ShowMe was different from other social software, requiring the use of real names. Linda was very concerned about this, as she didn't want her name to appear on social networks. Melissa didn't care at all. She entered her name, email address, and mobile phone number, and the verification was quickly passed.
"Come on, sweetheart, be more proactive and make sure you end your single life. You're already twenty years old."
"Alright, alright!"
Linda waved her hands impatiently. After searching for the video, she found the source according to the link below. It was a guy with the online name Ghost Guest. There was no other content in his space, only two short videos.
The video was uploaded in the afternoon and has already garnered over three million views.
Linda didn't pay attention to these things. She added the ghost guest to her friend list and sent him a text message.
"Who are you? Why do you have a video of Superman? What's his name?"
…
The video went viral, incredibly popular, and it climbed up the search rankings at a rocket-like speed. In just two hours, it reached the top 50 on the search list.
Reporters from major newspapers called their editors to report this historic news, and NBC even broadcast it live.
Superhumans have been hiding among ordinary people. This is the first time they appear in front of the world.
In an abandoned warehouse somewhere in Central City, Barry Allen looked at the black-clad hunter on the screen in shock.
Batman? Superman?
What about me?
What should I call myself.
…
At the Boston Historical Museum, Mindy Meier hurriedly pushed open the door of the storage room.
"Diana, you have to see this."
The two videos were played, and Diana Prince put down the carving knife, her delicate face showing a bit of solemnity.
"Demigod?"
…
Colorado State Police, John Jones, who had just finished an interrogation, watched the news quietly for a while and sighed.
"How many secrets does this planet hide?"
…
In Metropolis, the headquarters of the wealthy LexCorp, watching the huge cruise ship gliding on the ice, the omnipotent Lex Luthor experienced for the first time what true power is. He likes power.
But he doesn't like power being in the hands of others.
"Wade, search for any information related to Superman. I want his information."
"I will follow your orders, Mr. President."
…
Wayne Manor, a suburb of Gotham City.
Alfred pushed open the bedroom door and said to the handsome young man who was fixing his appearance in front of the mirror,
"I have two pieces of news to tell you, one good and one bad. Which one do you want to hear?"
Bruce said calmly, "Alfred, the party is about to begin."
"You're always so impatient. Sometimes I really want you to stop, take a few days off, and work on your marriage."
Alfred opened his notebook.
"Congratulations, Master Wayne, you've become famous, known throughout America. They've even given you a very fitting nickname—Batman. What do you think of this name?"
After several hours of fermentation, the video has been viewed over 20 million times, and there are thousands of comments below, with all kinds of content.
After watching the video, Bruce Wayne lowered his head in thought, looking confused.
"What's the problem?"
"I've seen this video. It's in the monitoring center of the Yingge underground factory. I deleted it."
"Maybe there's a backup."
"No, I checked carefully, and there's no backup file." Bruce shook his head and asked, "Where did the video come from?"
"A social software called ShowMe has been very popular recently."
"Show Me?"
Alfred said helplessly, "Master, I support your idea of eradicating evil, but sometimes you have to pay attention to the family business. Blair (Wayne Group's Chief Operating Officer) once offered ShowMe a $50 million acquisition plan, but was rejected. They said they would discuss it again in three months."
"It seems we can't wait three months."
"I think so."
Alfred turned and left, "I'll make the call now!"
"No, let's wait a few days. I want to see how things develop."
"What about Superman?"
Bruce paused for a moment, shook his head and said, "Ignore him for now."
…
There are usually two outcomes for the first person to try something new: either he becomes an instant hit and takes the biggest piece of cake, or he dies suddenly and becomes a stepping stone for those who come after him.
With Batman and Superman backing it up, ShowMe's popularity skyrocketed, and it took only half a day to surpass other social software. Of course, there were also a lot of troubles.
The FBI, CIA, state government, and the White House office called one after another, but Charlie used the excuse that his boss was seriously ill to put them off. After several attempts failed, those people lost their patience and took action.
On the 13th floor of Haixing Building, a thrilling hacker war is beginning. On one side is the fat otaku from ShowMe's technical department, and on the other side is a cyber investigation team led by the FBI and employees from several government agencies.
The two groups used the host server as a battlefield and fought fiercely.
Luke sat on the podium, and although he had not slept all night, he was still excited. Not only him, but everyone else was the same, especially those guys who had a grudge against the FBI, such as Zack, Dahl, Mike, etc., each of them was like a chicken with its blood injected, not only to defend but also to attack.
The two sides fought back and forth, and the fighting became increasingly fierce.
Charlie walked in quickly from outside.
"Boss, that group of people is coming again."
"Let the lawyers handle it."
"This time is different." Charlie's tone was full of nervousness. "They have an investigation warrant issued by the White House. The leader, Roger Consius, specifically wants to see you. If things go wrong, they might arrest you."
"Why are you panicking? It's just the FBI. They can eat people."
Luke waved his hand, "Come on, meet them with me."
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