Chapter 131: Small
In the closed metal room, the middle-aged man known as No. 166 looked at the display screen in front of him, and the assistant next to him had already called up the image, and then he looked at the image in front of him and frowned.
"What is this?"
This is a surveillance camera, but except for the monitoring time mark in the lower right, it is just a blurry image, with mottled light spots everywhere, and nothing can be seen clearly.
"It's not just this surveillance camera, it's this, this, this ......"
The assistant next to him frowned, and said urgently, while his fingers kept operating on the keyboard. Then in front of No. 166, a series of windows popped up, and many surveillance videos were without exception mottled points of light.
The assistant clicked on a few of the videos and said.
"This is a surveillance camera in several blocks near the World Tower in Manhattan, and for 10 minutes, several cameras have been affected by unknown causes, and then there is only a snowflake in the image. I live in this neighborhood and am familiar with these places, the locations of these blocks are all continuous, and they are destroyed in the same order, as if something is moving nearby. β
"Manhattan?"
When he heard this word, No. 166's face remained unchanged, and he only groaned, but something instantly came to mind in his heart.
Just now, Manhattan was confirmed to have suffered an unexplained change, and everyone within a few kilometers of the World Tower disappeared for unknown reasons, yes, disappeared.
If there are explosions, vandalism, bloodstains, corpses and the like, men can barely understand that it is similar to the terrorist attack of 911 last year, but the problem is nothing, everything has not changed, cars, buildings, road signs, street lights...... Everything was intact, except for all the living creatures.
Whether it's in a building, sitting in a car, human, cat or dog, all life is gone after the solar anomaly 17 minutes ago.
A conservative estimate of 100,000 people suddenly disappeared, and who can hide such a thing from bustling New York?
Thanks to the images of the sun's anomalous activity, all network communications have been hit, and the media and citizens may still be confused, but the government has long been aware of the incident, and just two minutes ago, No. 166 was informed of it on the intranet.
And now, strange news suddenly came from a place where no one was confirmed, how could he not associate it with him?
"Can we contact anyone near the World Tower, let's say some shadow troops scout?"
After only a little thought, No. 166 immediately made a decision and asked directly.
The assistant shook his head.
"There are not many shadow units with the ability to respond to nuclear strikes, and our 163 Research Institute is deep underground, and the impact is relatively small, but most of the troops are now paralyzed, either not in New York, or special forces, and I am afraid that they need the authorization of the Secretary of Defense or the Combat Command. β
No. 166 is a bit embarrassed, and it may not be worth asking the Pentagon for authorization for a situation of uncertain value.
"Bell bell bell ...... Bell bell bell ......"
Just as he hesitated, suddenly, in the corner of the room, the red phone that had been placed for years but never rang rang.
No. 166 looked surprised, and the assistant on the side was also stunned. The red call had never been called, nor had it ever been mentioned, but everyone knew the weight of the call.
The red phone was still ringing, and No. 166 put his hand on the phone, but inexplicably felt his heart beating with a pop, and then took a deep breath and solemnly picked up the phone.
"Okay...... Well...... ...... by all means."
In the face of the phone, No. 166 had a serious face, listened carefully to the voice on the other end of the phone, and nodded incessantly.
Putting down the phone in his hand, No. 166 raised his head, and then said to his assistant.
"Let's get the 7th Air Rescue Team to Manhattan. β
......
"A bunch of maniacs. β
Looking at the sun that had already set but rose again in the sky, the thin man realized that his fingers holding the cigar were trembling slightly.
When was the last time he was scared? It seems like it was more than a decade ago.
Since he sat in that coveted position for countless people, he had not known for a long time what fear and powerlessness were, and the power of Freemasonry to do whatever he wanted, even the Xunshan Hermitage could not comprehend.
For a long time, Freemasonry and the Xunshan Hermitage held the power of the Inner World, but the Freemasons were more concerned with the world, while the Xunshan Hermitage was content to govern the Inner World. The two behemoths fought and compromised with each other, and sixty years ago, they even united against the German FΓΌhrer, who held the keys to the world.
When the Italian name Uberto Bruni came into his sights, the Freemasons were more interested in the technology in their hands than in the keys to the world, because the genius showed them his wisdom. In front of him, even the huge Freemasons are nothing more than bloated and sluggish fat, and the Freemasons, who have seen all the information and secrets, are like cannons beating flies, and any plans will be deciphered by them, and this genius will not be caught at all.
Such a capacity for the use of information amazed the Freemasons. The Freemasons were not short of information, they could know all the secrets at will, but they could not extract what they wanted from the vast amount of information, and at the time, it was widely believed within the Freemasons that this genius had in his hands some technology that surpassed the human race.
But as the pursuit deepened, the Freemasons realized that this incident was not simple, and the fact that the Xunshan Hermitage, an old rival for hundreds of years, was destroyed overnight, also made these superiors cowardly.
No matter how powerful it is, it has been dubbed by the world as "extremely intelligent", "powerful", "shadow government" and so on, but it must be preceded by a prefix - "human".
Freemasonry is only human after all, and it is something that human beings cannot do.
Louis, a self-proclaimed god, the key to the world that was opened......
For these things that are beyond the scope of human beings, Freemasonry has even seriously discussed the possibility of bombing the whole of New York with nuclear bombs. And eventually, before the Freemasons could try to stop it, the madmen finally unleashed something terrible.
Others may not know it, but Freemasonry has much more information than the average person.
The sun in the sky, the mutation in Manhattan, the dragon that the citizens saw before these events...... Even though Louis had turned the vicinity of the World Mansion into his palace, the Freemasons had no way of knowing the details, but they still deduced what had happened.
The madman who calls himself the new god has finally made things out of control.
He didn't want to toss with these madmen, and he didn't bother to pay attention to what the religious madmen of the Xunshan Monastery thought, but Freemasonry was more about living comfortably than chasing self-destruction.
The fall of the Xunshan Hermitage gave the Freemasons great vigilance, but the Freemasons still underestimated that power after all, and did not expect that the power within the World Key would be able to do this.
"Is that the force moving the sun?"
Looking at the sun in the sky, Roman's face turned pale.
Only by understanding the power of this action can we realize our own insignificance and fear. In the face of this power, whether it is the Tearful Freemasonry or the human race, it is too small, and the insignificance is not worth mentioning.
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New York.
Although they lost the ability to communicate, people still had tongues to spread the word, and soon, the mutations near the World Mansion were spread through tongues.
"There is not a single living person near the World Tower......"
"UFO?"
It has only been a little over a year since the events of 911 passed not long after the Dreadlord's prophecy of doom, and various events have sparked people's curiosity, and many versions of rumors have spread through word of mouth.
But the rumors didn't spread for long, as the government police arrived.
"Why! What right do you have to do that!"
Some young people shouted in discontent in the face of police evictions and clearances citing "dangerous areas", but only the silence and riot shields of the police responded to them.
Most of the people complained a few words and then had to leave, and of course, there were some overly active elements who would be impressed by the "professional persuasion skills" of the police, but after all, it was quite smooth.
"Boom ......"
And just as the people were leaving, several jet fighters roared past their heads......
"Joseph has arrived at the appointed place, repeat, Joseph has arrived at the appointed place, finished. β
Joseph, who was piloting the fighter plane, stared intently at the instrument and said.
Nearby, you can faintly hear a loud voice.
The fluctuations caused by the sun do not stop for a moment, on the contrary, the abnormal activity of solar flares is just beginning to be triggered, even if it is only this kind of short-distance communication industry is extremely difficult.
"Pay attention to the radar display...... Repeat, pay attention to the radar display, done. β
In the midst of the cacophony, there were muffled answers from teammates.
Normally, when this kind of conversation is not heard clearly, it should not be on a mission, but how many times have people like them performed a task normally?
Even if it is dangerous, it has to be hard-headed.
At the moment, there is no remote instruction, and after that, it can only depend on the cooperation and improvisation of the five of them.
As for this mission, the five people knew very little, and they were ordered to carry out reconnaissance almost in a hurry, so that they did not know the situation at all. It was only before taking off that he was warned that he would only do reconnaissance missions, write down what he saw, and return immediately if he was in danger.
Looking at the current situation, the five of them were hurriedly asked to take off without even understanding what they were going to investigate, and this kind of strange action was the first time in their lives.
"What the hell is this asking me to investigate? β
Joseph felt speechless.
And looking down at the radar, he was suddenly stunned.
"Joseph called David, repeated, Joseph called David, radar has a situation......"
On his radar, a huge flickering point of light appeared.