Chapter 414: Rise

There was a stillness and calmness in the audience at this time. They exhilaration over what was to come was high. After everything they had seen tonight, they were all highly anticipating the act which was meant to close the gala. Everyone knew that two things mattered most when it came to the spring festival gala, how you opened it and how you closed it.

In the silence and darkness with the little glow of light being produced from the stars above, one girl waved her glowed stick and cheered so loudly. "Wuuuuuuuu."

Other members of the audience resisted the urge to shush her at this moment.

In the front row, the old madam hid her face in her husband’s chest. "Oh I can’t look, I am so nervous for what’s coming." she said.

"I just know it’s gonna be good." one of the triplets said.

On the dark stage, a recording started playing on a very large screen. A group of six military officials were watching new military recruits running in the cold rain. One of the recruits, a female was lagging behind, looking exhausted but full of spirit as she refused to give up.

"Who accepted that runt into our camp?" one man asked.

"Oh, it’s the action king." someone said.

"I did." another answered.

"And the action emperor someone screamed."

Wu Liang and Bei Qing were seen on screen together for the first time in decades and it was not an award ceremony. How had these two enemies that could not stand each other do this?

The screaming in the audience was so loud that some people could barely hear what was being said. The adults were excited but they were slightly irritated because they wanted to listen but the young ones could not control their lips.

The excitement was too much that some hyper fans of both actors jumped up and down, stepping on someone and a little scuffle was about to break out before a security guard broke it off.

At this time, the image on the screen was paused.

"Our lovely audience, we are requesting that you kindly settle down so that we can all enjoy this entertainment peacefully." an announcement was made.

"Tsk tsk, it’s the young kids, they cannot control themselves." an older man said.

Those who were eager to resume the viewing shushed others and within a minute, silence ensued and the video resumed.

On screen the two soldiers were facing each other in a hostile manner, with one demanding that the runt be thrown out and another saying the decision was not up to them.

A bet was made, to drop the female soldier [runt] in a deserted training area, if she could free herself and escape within a day, she would be accepted by her peers.

A small plane flew the female soldier whose eyes were blind folded and she was left in that place with no supplies.

"Is it a movie?" someone asked.

"Who is she?" another asked.

"Shh!" was the reply they all got.

The screen went still, with a video of the two men looking at the stage, and the lights on the stage became brighter. The stage was similar to that deserted training area, there was nothing to see but rocks, mountains and a pool of water far away. The female soldier in her military uniform roused from the dusty ground and took off her blind fold.

She looked around for a while and she staggered a bit as she walked. Attached to her back with small metal hooks was a large pink parachute that was dragging her back with each step she took.

When she fell down, she stood up again, twisted her body around and dragged the parachute to move along with her. The harder she pulled, the larger the wings of the parachute grew that they filled out the entire upper space above the audience.

"Wow." the children exclaimed at the floating pink body of the largest parachute they had ever seen.

Then on stage, the soldier opened her mouth, an angelic voice came out out of her mouth as she sung.

"I won’t just survive. Oh you will see me thrive."

"Can’t write my story,"

The harder she pulled, the more she fell down. The moment she got some momentum, the wind pulled her up and she flew back again.

Some girls screamed at the way she flew through the air as if she had been shot out of a cannon and when they saw her again, she was high up hanging limply on the rocks.

When she managed to get free, she fell into the pool of water and the parachute followed her.

Suddenly, below their seats, a blue light appeared and they saw her under water beneath them, swimming against the current.

People were lifting up their feet and looking down in wonder. Someone gently tapped their foot on what appeared to be a glass floor that could be shattered at any moment.

A little boy knelt down and looked down, mesmerized by the pink swirls in the water.

"Oh my God, this is so exciting." someone squealed.

The journalist in the audience decided to describe the seen in the most extravagant way possible for his readers.

"Will that pink parachute choke her?" a boy asked the little girl next to him.

They could all see her struggling against the water and the parachute which was holding her back. The water pushed her with force as if it was spitting her out and she returned to the stage on the surface.

With incredible determination she finally detached some parts of the overly large parachute and she flew up as the audience clapped. The rest of the pink cloth fell back down slowly to the ground as she disappeared into the fluffy white clouds.

"Ha, she actually made it." Wu Liang said on the screen.

"I win." Bei Qing smirked.

Chi Lian had tried her best to keep the originality of the music video and the song while adding a story line to it. Ling-Ling’s hair also survived because she eventually remembered that Katy Perry’s hair was long and it had some hair rings that made her look like a warrior.

From the cheers of that audience, she could assume that she had an excellent job.

"Congratulations host." T4 popped virtual champagne. "Time for fire works and it’s a wrap. It’s too bad that we gave up the dragon drone dance."

Outside of the venue, fireworks exploded, taking the shape of a phoenix that screeched majestically. The viewers inside saw it on the screen and they applauded louder. The screen turned dark and the glowing stars returned.

The hosts of the gala returned to the stage to thank the audience for coming and bid them goodnight.

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