Chapter 170: "The Martians Attack Earth"
Before the crossing, because he didn't like boxing very much, the only boxers Monet knew were Tyson and Holyfield, who was bitten by his ear, but after the crossing, he met the legendary boxing champion Jack - Dempsey!
Dempsey is considered one of the most powerful and ferocious heavyweight champions in boxing history, and despite his short stature, his style is fierce and lethal, and he is said to have won at least 100 times in his life by knocking out his opponent in just one round, making him very popular at the time.
But it's a pity that Monet is not interested in the sport of boxing, although he went to see it with the mentality of joining in the fun and accompanying friends, but what made him interested was the bonus of 1.7 million US dollars, I didn't expect that there would be such a high bonus in this era, no wonder so many people risked being killed to come to boxing to make money.
And in his layman's opinion, this game is not interesting, and in the end, Dempsey actually lost to Gini-Tenney, who is known as the "Marine", by points, saying that boxing should not be the one who knocks the other party down, even if he wins, the point thing is not painful to look at, of course, he also knows that it is better not to say this kind of layman, otherwise the thousands of boxing fans present will teach themselves to be human......
After returning to the hotel, Monet just wanted to take a break, when Catherine suddenly said nervously: "Listen, there is breaking news!" β
Normally, a piece of music would be played ten minutes after the radio drama aired, but today's music was replaced by a "breaking news", and the announcer was heard to say in an extremely panicked voice: "Special announcement, the professor at the Mount Jennings Observatory in Chicago reported that an explosion on Mars has been observed!" β
Immediately after that, another press release announced, "A huge, blazing untitled fell on a farm near Grove Ridge, New Jersey." β
Subsequently, "reporter Phillips" followed up on the "scene" and described the scene of the "Martian" crawling out of the spaceship: "This is the most terrible thing I have ever seen...... It's some kind of creature...... They move like gray snakes...... Their bodies are the size of bears, their eyes are like pythons, and their mouths are V-shaped. β
"What's that? The flames slammed into the marching crowd...... The whole farm was on fire...... They're only 20 yards on my right! β
As soon as the words ended, the radio fell silent, and a few minutes later the announcer solemnly announced, "40 people, including state police officers, died on the farm, their bodies badly deformed." β
Immediately afterwards, the announcer said in a panic: all 7,000 members of the state National Guard sent were wiped out by the Martians. One voice (deliberately imitating President Coolidge) addressed the nation over the radio, calling on everyone to stand up to a brutal enemy. During this time, explosions, police shouts, and bizarre screams of Martians came and went. The announcer choked up and continued to report: "The cylinders from Mars have landed all over the country, one in the suburbs of Buffalo, one in Chicago, one in St. Louis ......"
Hearing this, Nicole said in a panicked trembling voice: "Oh my God, aliens have really come to occupy the earth?" β
Jessica chimed in: "I always thought that there was only such a scene in the interior, why did we encounter it?" β
"That's right, why did we encounter all the bad luck, first the world war, then the great plague, and now even the aliens are coming!" Daniela cried.
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Monet, on the other hand, was silent, because he always felt that all this was familiar, and it was not until Jessica's sentence "There is a scene in it" that he suddenly opened up and suddenly realized: "I just said how it sounds so familiar, isn't this Wells's "Star War"!" β
"Wells? Which Wells? Nicole didn't react for a moment.
"Let's just say Mr. Herbert-Wells, he visited me a few years ago, and you forgot?" Monet reminded.
Nicole suddenly realized, "Oh, I remember, it's that science fiction master!" Tony, youβyou said the current scene is the same as Mr. Wells's Star Wars? β
Monet nodded and replied, "I forgot how many chapters it was, but if you can find it, you'll definitely find almost the same description!" But what he didn't expect was that Nicole actually heard the opposite: "Could it be that Mr. Wells is still a master of prophecy?" He had already predicted today's tragic scene, so he wrote it to warn us? Just like when Mr. Morgan Robinson wrote "In Vain"? β
"You're misunderstanding wrong, I mean someone is joking with Mr. Wells's Star Wars!" Monet explained angrily.
"Are you kidding? How is thisβhow is this possible? It's a broadcast! Daniela questioned.
In fact, Daniela's mentality Monet can also understand, because before the crossing, many elderly people also had this mentality, thinking that TV would not deceive people, but as everyone knows, many small stations and unconscionable TV program producers rely on this psychology to deceive the elderly......
Therefore, Monet replied disapprenously: "How can radio not deceive people?" And if I'm not mistaken, at the beginning, people said that this is a radio drama, but the show effect is too realistic! β
Monet's guess proved correct, and although the show only ran for half an hour, the CBS building was surrounded by police. Hundreds of thousands of people across the United States shouted and ran into the streets, and thousands of people called radio stations and police stations.
Because the radio said that the "Martians" are currently gathering in New England, many Americans in New England have loaded their valuable belongings into cars and prepared to flee. Elsewhere, people rushed to churches to pray to God, and factories rushed to produce gas masks.
Quite a few people became hysterical, and some places reported suicides. Some adventurers loaded their bullets and headed to Grove Ridge, where they used the local farmers' water towers as "Martian tripods" for wild shooting. Several geologists from Princeton University went to investigate the so-called "meteorite......
The first call that night a police headquarters received was: "The Martians are bombing New Jersey." This has even spilled over into Canada, where some Canadians have called on the government to take urgent measures to combat the Martian invasion.
PS: I don't know if you have read the book "Martial Arts Agent of the Spy War Drama", in fact, I haven't read it either, but I was surprised when I saw his results yesterday, because although this book only had more than 2,000 income at the starting point last month, it had more than 40,000 horror income when reading on QQ, which simply broke through my imagination......
"The First Evolution"