Waves of air and shards of glass interrupted melodious music and impassioned speeches.

Alarm bells rang loudly, and violent explosions triggered fire protection devices in the banquet hall, and marble statues scattered throughout the hall opened their mouths to spray water. The well-dressed celebrity gentlemen were drenched in the screams.

"What's going on?"

"There's an attack!"

"I want to be hit by something."

There were shouts of babbling in the hall, and the hall was in chaos, like boiling water pressed by the lid of a pot. It can explode at any time.

"Everyone, calm down! Sedation! ”

Mayor Michael yelled into the microphone. But in the middle of his sentence, the microphone in front of him was hit by a piece of glass, and the shattered parts and glass shards called him a spirit.

Through the cracks between the windows and doors where only the shelves remain, one can see the light of the fire and the rich stream of steam flickering together. Short roars and gunshots, the screeching of steel against the ground, and the occasional scream.

After a while, there was a sudden silence outside the door.

Everyone looked at each other, and suddenly, two four-meter-high log doors opened to the left and right, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke and rubber products permeated the hall, and in front of the empty door stood a figure that was not very tall, and the shadow was very long.

Behind him were billowing black smoke, a few security guards wailing and writhing in pools of blood, and mechanical wreckage everywhere. I can vaguely see that it was originally a flying ball and a steam dog on patrol.

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Not long after the explosion of the Eros Tower, it alarmed almost the entire city's steam guard.

The steam police mobilized like clockwork, and the steam cars of large and small blocks rushed to converge on the Eros Tower.

The traffic tracks, which normally run through the entire city and allow trains to reach any corner in half an hour, have strangely been damaged and cracked. There were even a few security trains that were eager to support the Eros Tower, flying off the tracks! Make the situation even more chaotic.

"What the hell is going on?!"

The chief inspector of the police station angrily banged on the window of the train.

"Detective! The cause of the track failure was found. A police officer ran out of breath: "The murderer had put a large number of homemade steam toy cars on the railroad junction in San Francisco beforehand, and these little things destroyed the principle of the railway, similar to the lead willow nail safety valve of a train boiler. Its structure is very simple, once the temperature is too high, the triathlon ball will catalyze the lead valve melting, and the flowing lead liquid will fill the gap of the angle iron rail, and the cooling volume will become larger, and the rail will be directly expanded and cracked. ”

The police officer swallowed: "I have never seen this kind of whimsical criminal method in my life." The murderer must have had a high level of knowledge in the structural design of the railway, and at the same time, he was also very familiar with the wear and tear of the railway in San Francisco, otherwise he would not have been able to make such a perfect bottom. ”

The detective yelled angrily, "Do I still want to give him a medal?!" Tell all the officers to support the Eros Tower as fast as possible, with airships, fast! ”

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The clockwork on the bodies of a dozen pocket-sized individual soldiers gurgled and turned, and they rushed into the hall from behind Chang Yu, and the rolling tracks brought up a cloud of sand and gravel, which was obviously only a few tens of centimeters high, but gave people an extremely dangerous and unstable aura.

A Pinkerton agent armed with a steam soldier shoots subconsciously, and the bullet shatters the shell of the pocket soldier, and the colorless steam leaking from it snorts. Immediately after a burst of flames, the individual soldier immediately turned red and swelled, followed by a violent explosion.

"Get down!"

Robert was hoarse.

The flames of the explosion swept through the hall like the tongue of a Cerberus. The beams and pillars supporting the building were blasted into several large cracks, and the towering tower of Eros trembled.

"Ceasefire! Cease fire! ”

Robert shouted. Robert stared at the figure under the door in a daze, and asked tentatively, "Chang Yu, is that you?" ”

Saint-Yves, who was hiding in the crowd, listened, and also raised his head.

Chang Yu looked around, took off the hood of his cloak, and the black hair and black eyes against the brass mask were extremely cold and hard.

"Hello, Robert. Sorry to disturb you. ”

Robert listened and bowed his head in some shame.

Chang Yu walked into the hall, and the light illuminated his face. He stretched out his hand and pointed to the cellist player to the side. "Please continue."

The player swallowed and did not move.

"Then forget it."

Chang Yu turned his face, the meaning in his eyes was indescribable, and he couldn't say clearly: "I may have to delay the gentlemen and ladies for a little precious time, so you can stand a little tighter with each other, okay?" ”

The guests attending the celebration banquet were driven by mechanical soldiers who emerged from all over the place, and gathered in one place in a loose manner. The process took a full 10 minutes, but only police officers from a few nearby neighborhoods arrived at the scene.

The speed of mobilization of San Francisco's police officers was so fast that even Li Yan was surprised, but at this moment, the shortcomings of the city's security relying too much on public power equipment were exposed, there were no rail cars to carry firepower, and many heavy steam weapons and elite troops could not arrive at the scene in time.

The crowd in the hall stared at Chang Yu in horror, and occasionally someone could be heard sobbing and praying.

Chang Yu continued to walk forward, his eyes bloodshot, and he couldn't tell if it was anger, fatigue, or a side effect of reading the Book of Genesis.

"I have a couple of questions, about Michael, the mayor of San Francisco."

When Michael heard this, he was not afraid, but took a few steps forward with a calm face: "San Francisco will not compromise with any thug. ”

Chang Yu was stunned for a moment, followed by extremely violent surprise and anger.

"That's a good point, Lord Mayor. I'm not interested in asking you half a question right now. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, an old retainer pistol stretched out from the corner of his robe, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed directly at Michael.

Old Michael pursed his lips and closed his eyes.

Everyone held their breath.

"Please wait!"

A clear voice came from the crowd, Dorothy, who was dressed up to attend the party, had her hair scattered at the moment, and she gasped to dissuade Chang Yu: "My name is Dorothy, and I am a drama actor. I can probably guess why you're here. I once donated US$10,000 out of my own pocket to the Chinese Federation to improve their living conditions. After the new law was enacted, I hired professional lawyers for the people of Chinatown to support them in using local laws to charge the city for inaction against Chinese violence. Early this morning in the Chinatown fires, I invited a reporter from the News Newspaper to join me for the evening to prepare to question the Health Department and City Hall in person, and this is a letter I wrote to the News reporter. The other one was prepared by me in advance to question the City Hall and the Health Bureau on suspicion of deliberately burning down Chinatown and causing a large number of Chinese deaths. ”

Dorothy was just an actor, and a few explosions were enough to scare him out of his will, and she breathed heavily: "I guess I'm qualified to say something, right?" ”

Chang Yu didn't speak, just stared at Dorothy coldly.

"Often, have you ever thought that violence and blood will only make those stubborn ones hate you even more? In the past, they would say that Chinese are thieves, infectious disease patients, greedy and cunning criminals, but what about after you make such a big move? They will say that the Chinese are all terrorists, careerists, bombers. Those stereotyped, bitter people don't keep their mouths shut, but get worse. If you shoot Mayor Michael, his possible crimes will go down to naught, and people will remember him as a hero who braved rape. Whatever happened to you, I don't think that's what you want to see, right? ”

Chang Yu still stared at Dorothy coldly.

"San Francisco has a law, and whoever kills innocent people for personal gain, he will be punished. Someone will identify his crimes. Dorothy slowed her tone: "You are not a lone hero, you have like-minded people, we will help you." ”

She swallowed, "Put down the gun first, okay?" ”

Four or five breaths passed, Chang Yu pulled the trigger, and the bullet passed through Michael's skull, and the red and white plasma and broken bones showed a bursting arc. The screams were endless.

Dorothy slumped to the ground.

"Lady Dorothy, you've interrupted my train of thought. Where did I just go? Chang Yu thought for a while: "Oh, that's right. ”

His voice was a little louder: "I have a few questions, about Jock Lauderford, the medical officer in command of this morning's plague eradication operation, the first is, are you a hero who is not afraid of violence?" ”