Chapter Five: Carnival

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  On the edge of Yunzhou City's 12 major streets, a TV on an advertisement board was broadcasting Wu Yuan's nude run. Waves of cheers mixed with curses, and the audience's emotions were all very excited.

  "Bang!" A wine bottle smashed onto the TV screen.

  A big Han waved his thick arm and shouted at the crowd staring at him: "What's the point of looking like this, let's go find that bastard together!"

  "What's your name?"

  A few small thieves used a knife to slap a middle-aged man in the face and robbed him of all his valuables.

  "My name is Helian Bobo, let me go, I only have this much money on me."

  The little rascal nodded, just as they were about to finish up, he suddenly looked at the advertisement TV on the roadside building, where Wu Yuan's nude running scene was being played. He chuckled and all the young people burst out laughing.

  They thought of a very interesting game.

  Under the threat of the knife, a middle-aged man named Helian Bobo was stripped naked. A punch landed on Helian Bobo's right eye, and the tone suddenly turned cold: "Go streaking now!"

  "Streaking?"

  The poor middle-aged man raised an incredulous query, but this small act of defiance immediately summoned a punch to his left eye.

  "Haha, exactly! Quick, go streaking, if we catch up to you, we'll poke you to death!"

  Another little one giggled and said, "You now look like a panda, haha!"

  "Counting to three, we'll start chasing you, one, two..."

  That middle-aged man, although fat like an animal that suffers a disaster every New Year's, was running naked at an extremely fast speed. He quickly disappeared from everyone's line of sight, and his panicked appearance brought genuine joy to the little ones. Crazy laughter burst out of their mouths as they high-fived each other: "Let's keep looking for fat sheep, the police don't have the mood to care about us now. Let's strip them bare and make them run naked, how about that?"

  The four major streets east of Yunzhou City.

  The TV screen hanging on the high-rise building is playing Wu Yuan's naked run scene - although he temporarily escaped from the police cordon, the helicopter in the sky has been following his footsteps.

  A group of protesters and police maintaining order clashed, the conflict quickly turned into a melee, a surge of protesters took advantage of their numerical superiority to overpower the police. Someone suddenly shouted loudly, those people started stripping off the police uniforms, in less than a moment, more than ten bare buttocks appeared before everyone's eyes.

  Police who had lost their uniforms were chased by the crowd and ran wildly in the streets, with countless heads popping out of windows on both sides, laughing loudly.

  Everything that happened here was quickly relayed back to the television stations by sharp-eyed reporters.

  Watching those normally well-dressed and dignified police officers become butt naked, countless people burst into laughter in front of the TV. This was just the beginning, soon even more hilarious scenes appeared.

  Those journalists who were taking pictures by the roadside did not notice that the crowd, still unsatisfied, had reached a state of high excitement. Their blood-red eyes scanned around like hungry wolves and soon discovered this group of uncrowned kings. Then, the crowd, like ants, surged towards here.

  The camera that was thrown to the ground faithfully broadcasted what happened afterwards to thousands of households, and people could clearly see on TV the journalists' frightened, helpless, pleading, and ashamed expressions.

  Just now, the reporters who were still gloating over the misfortune of others were all stripped naked, and Yunzhou City had more than a dozen bare buttocks. Everyone covered that place with their hands, looking embarrassed like a girl who had just been violated.

  Things started to get chaotic, the next scene can be seen from the TV station's camera in the sky, the crazy crowd began to strip off anyone who entered their line of sight - the commentator on the helicopter used a sympathetic tone to explain the scene below, but the sarcasm was audible to everyone.

  Yunzhou City, as one of the most prosperous cities in the Great Tang Empire, has countless things to be proud of. However, it has never become the focus of attention for everyone like today, and from tonight on, it will have a new nickname.

  The real carnival has begun.

  The entire city was plunged into chaos, with countless crowds pouring out of the streets and alleys. They were all wielding clubs, searching for a man named Wu Yuan, while even more people were there to experience the madness.

  An activity called streaking has unfolded in this city, with people's bodies visible on every street. Now, as long as someone looks displeasing or too pleasing to the eye, a crowd of people will rush up and strip them naked, making them streak.

  In the city, high-ranking officials became the best targets, and there wasn't a single girl on the streets. The mayor had long since fled his besieged home by helicopter before things got out of hand, while those officials who were slow to react or stuck to their posts were quickly dragged out and stripped bare.

  Street police no longer dare to maintain order, their only thought is to take off their uniforms.

  They are not unbrave, the fierce bulls facing thousands of beasts will also be loyal to their duties. But no one wants to be stripped naked and paraded in the streets, let alone on live TV!

  A flood of people rampaged through the entire city, and the thin police force was unable to do anything. The police desperately sought help from the military, but they were always met with laughter and told that they were not yet ready.

  Brothers, hold on! Remember not to be taken advantage of!

  The military informed the struggling police officers in a regretful tone that their helicopters were under major repairs, the armored vehicles had run out of gas, and their superiors were unable to give orders because they had laughed so hard their stomachs hurt. The soldiers, fearing the chaos in Yunzhou City, could only stand by and wait for further instructions.

  The police had no choice but to watch as the situation deteriorated step by step until it collapsed.

  No one dares to use weapons, and the whole world is watching Yunzhou City.

  The police once dispatched a 300-strong riot squad to Nandajie, attempting to rescue the besieged government spokesperson Liu Tiannan. However, this renowned team was like a cup of water poured into a raging fire; their bare buttocks and Liu Tiannan's naked body appeared on screens around the world.

  The streets are now empty of police, the ones who didn't have time to escape were stripped naked by the surging crowds and left running in the streets. The entire city is without anyone maintaining order, everyone is reveling wildly.

  On the rooftop, in the midst of the bustling city, under the moonlight, countless **naked bodies were twisting, running wildly, and reveling. Those **people had begun their counterattack, they started attacking those who still wore clothes, they wanted to make those clothed people become like them!

  European Federal Television, American Free Television, African Third Television... All TV stations around the world have urgently stopped their normal programs. The naked run in Yunzhou City has become the top concern of people on Earth. More and more satellites are being urgently rented and mobilized by news agencies to hover above Yunzhou City.

  Countless patients with sudden heart conditions were sent to the hospital, they were still laughing hysterically when being pushed into the operating room. The doctors' hands holding the surgical knives were shaking, their minds were all on TV.

  In a city of the Tang Empire, a sudden power outage occurred, and all TV programs in the city were immediately interrupted. The angry crowd rushed to the power plant, stripping all the workers inside, big and small, and parading them on the streets.

  Some European cities have seen naked parades, with more and more people walking on the streets stark naked.

  ……

  Under the incitement of live television, one city after another appeared with either large or small scenes of nudity. At this moment, there were more naked people on earth than at any other time in history. Crazy people shouted slogans like "Nudity is reasonable, no crime" as they rushed out of their homes.

  More and more cities fell into a frenzy, and these scenes were immediately sent back to the television stations by reporters. The programs on TV stimulated even more people to take to the streets, and these scenes were again sent back to the television stations.

  Watching groups of shiny people wandering around on the streets, watching those normally dignified big shots become butt-naked, everyone laughed to the point of tears. This is a thrill of breaking taboos, this is a joy from the heart.

  Humans have never been so carefree, they put down all their worries, sorrows, grief and concerns in their hearts. The class distinction between humans is completely shattered at this moment, nudity is the only way to go!

  This is absolutely not some violent activity, this is just a carnival!

  Now there are only two kinds of people in the world: those who have been stripped and those who haven't been stripped yet.

  All of this is just because of a person named Wu Yuan.

  It was just because of his jump from that one leap.

  His figure illuminated by lightning at that moment still solidified in legend after millions of years.

  At this time, Wu Yuan was still streaking.

  The helicopter that had been following him informed the entire Yunzhou City of his location, and the bright light pillar never left him. The stolen motorcycle was long gone, and countless people were chasing after him. Although there were occasionally other naked runners appearing in everyone's line of sight, allowing Wu Yuan to narrowly escape the crowd behind him several times. However, the eyes of the masses were sharp, and the searchlights in the sky even more excitedly guided the citizens in the direction.

  His feet felt cold and smooth, it was then that Wu Yuan realized he had arrived at Victory Square.

  Victory Square is a symbolic building built to commemorate the rebirth of humanity, with dozens of acres of land fully paved with marble. In the center of the square, there is a towering flagpole that reaches into the clouds.

  The crowd from all sides had surrounded Wu Yuan, the encirclement was so tight that not even a fly could fly out.

  With a loud bite, Wu Yuan rushed to the front of the flagpole in the middle of the square. The flagpole was made of high-tech materials and was so sturdy that even a heavy truck could not knock it down. Wu Yuan climbed up the smooth flagpole like a monkey and sat at the very top.

  Some people wanted to climb up and catch the turtle, but they climbed a few meters at most and fell down. Even if someone could climb under Wu Yuan's feet, he would be kicked off by him.

  Countless people below were shouting, cursing and jumping.

  A gust of cold wind blew by, and Wu Yuan's mind was no longer dull. The long period of frantic running had made him completely awake to everything that had happened.

  The sky is so close, as if you can touch the stars with just a stretch of your hand.

  Several helicopters hovered around him, and countless spotlights illuminated every single hair on his body.

  Looking down from the flagpole, the entire city fell into a kind of madness, countless faces were so blurred, those noisy sounds were so distant.

  For some reason, Wu Yuan suddenly burst into tears, with drops of water flowing from his eyes. Finally, he lay on the flagpole and wailed loudly, crying more and more sorrowfully.

  After a long while, he finally lifted his head. The stars in the sky were like pairs of eyes, like distant street lamps.

  His hands grasping the flagpole had gone numb, a sense of desolation and sadness filled his entire body.

  He suddenly wanted to go home.