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Chapter 61 A Life-and-Death Struggle (I)

《A huge explosion occurred in Fort Eldworth in the Western District! 》

《Shock! Big explosion in the Western District!》

"A suspected meteorite fell in Fort Elward, Orlando, in the western region of the state."

"Casualties from the Fort Aldworth explosion are being counted."

"The Human Federal Government launches rescue operations at the fastest speed!"

"The most serious asteroid impact event in human history!"

《Charlie, the founder of TUUIK platform, has been confirmed to have died in this meteorite impact.》

《TUUIK stock market plummets.》

Where is the future of mankind?

"The head of the Human Federation attaches great importance to this and has postponed the originally scheduled activities. He will give a post-disaster speech at the Federal Building at 10 a.m. today."

……

It’s just dawn in the Western District.

It was just getting dark in the East District.

An explosive piece of news spread far and wide, hitting the headlines of major media outlets around the world.

The city of Fort Aldworth exploded.

Then, the official public accounts of the federal governments of the five major regions, namely the Western Region, Eastern Region, Southern Region, Northern Region, and Oceanic Region, simultaneously published real-time reports.

[Today, at 047:116 a.m. Western time, a 35-meter-diameter rocky asteroid labeled K-J fell miles east of Fort Aldward. ]

[Due to the Roche limit tearing, K-J047 split at an altitude of 70 miles. Three fragments split again at an altitude of 23 miles. A total of 18 asteroid fragments hit the ground one after another, causing a violent explosion.]

[According to on-site estimates, the explosion caused by the asteroid impact created a total of 13 impact craters with a span of about 26 to meters and a depth of more than meters in the east of Fort Aldward. One-third of the city of Fort Aldward was severely damaged.]

[It has been confirmed that TUUIK founder and CEO Charlie Josman died in this disaster. 】

[The scientific team that arrived at the asteroid impact site at 3 a.m. today collected a large number of soil samples and found many silicate compounds in magnetite. There were also metals such as cobalt, nickel, copper, and iridium. ]

[After multiple tests, there is no radioactive phenomenon in the entire city of Fort Eldworth. In order to more effectively rescue, the east-west routes leading to the city have been blocked...]

In the comment sections of these explosive news, netizens around the world were also gobsmacked.

[What? Humanity almost perished? ]

【horrible……】

[I once again felt the insignificance of civilization. 】

[The Western District is so useless! Can't they intercept such a big meteorite? Just drop a nuclear bomb on it!]

[Popular Science: Humans have never successfully intercepted any meteorite, let alone an asteroid with a diameter of more than 100 meters.]

[The meteorite impact can't stop the kiss. 】

[Who said we can’t stop them? Send our Master Xiao Yu up there! ]

【23333333...】

[Hahahaha, one punch cuts through eternity! ]

[I have been waiting in Master Xiao's live broadcast room for a long time, just to see how the master plays today. ]

[Hurry up and develop aerospace technology! Now that humans have united as a federation, shouldn't we head into deep space? ]

[The news is fake. Before the explosion, the entire Fort Aldridge was without internet.] (Deleted)
【I felt the earthquake even in the Northern District! 】

[Also in the western region of Orlando, there was a sense of tremor! ]

[I was under the goddess' bed and felt the vibration too! ]

【…】

As it should be.

All comment sections under official news will eventually go astray.

……

"Mr. Yuansheng. (Xida language)" Xida District, Human Federation Building, top floor.

A blonde secretary walked slowly behind Lee Howard, holding a document in her hand, and bowed respectfully: "All invited guests and reporters have taken their seats in front of the building square."

"Ah."

Sitting in front of the makeup mirror, Lee Huade, who was being made up by a makeup artist, had a blank expression on his face: "Are you done?"

"Not yet, Your Excellency." The makeup artist lowered her head, put away her makeup box, and took two steps back: "Your hairstyle is not fixed yet."

"No need. Back off."

"Yes." The makeup artist bowed deeply and turned to leave.

"Clap."

And closed the door wisely.

"What's the matter? Tell me." Lee Ward remained seated, picked up a small black glass bottle, and sprayed it on his hair.

"Great leader, this is your speech for today." With no outsiders around, the secretary with blond wavy hair knelt on one knee with an almost "pious" attitude and handed over the document.

"Leave it there."

"Yes."

Slowly standing up, the blonde secretary respectfully placed the documents on the dressing table: "Great Führer, Commander John Joemai sent a message that the entire Charlie Manor has been crystallized into more than a dozen deep pits under the high temperature."

"Has Xiao's body been found?" Lee Ward paused while spraying hairspray.

"Headmaster." The blonde secretary whispered softly, "No living creature can leave a corpse under a temperature of hundreds of millions of degrees. Commander John Joemai is just reporting to you that Xiao is 100% dead. Before the bombing was ordered, the investigation team saw Xiao sleeping in bed at close range. They uploaded the video. Great Headmaster, you can..."

"Don't say any more. I trust you, Commander, to do your job."

Waving his hand to interrupt the secretary, Lee Ward put down the small black bottle, stood up, walked to a soft sofa, and sat down.

The whole person sank into it comfortably: "Pour me some wine, I want to celebrate."

"Yes. Great Führer."

The blonde secretary twisted her hips, filled a small glass of red wine for Lee Ward and handed it to him respectfully.

"After all, mankind is still in the era of civilization and technology." Lee Huade raised the corners of his handsome face and raised his glass: "Cheers to mankind."

The blonde secretary tilted her head and smiled gently, "Yes."

"We also respect Professor Zhang Hua's think tank team."

"Yes."

"We should also pay tribute to our Commander John Chomai."

"Yes."

Drink one glass.

Lee Ward lazily lay down for a while, raised his wrist to check the time, sighed, and stood up: "Time's up. It's time to give a speech."

"Yes. Great Führer." The blonde secretary pressed the earphones beside her ears: "The dressing team can come in."

"pat-"

Five seconds later.

The heavy wooden door of the head of state's office was quietly pushed open, and four women entered respectfully, carrying hangers and jewelry trays.

Dress Lee Ward in a jacket, suit, and leather shoes, and wear a watch and tie.

"I don't know why." Lee Ward opened his arms and waited for the dressing team to smooth out his clothes. He turned to the blonde secretary and said, "My eyelids kept twitching when I woke up this morning. They kept twitching."

"Mr. Yuan, you stayed up too late last night." The blonde secretary smiled and said, "After the speech, I will invite Dr. James' team to give you a physical examination."

"That's fine." Lee Ward nodded.

"And according to the tradition of the University of Tokyo, eyelid twitching means good things are about to happen."

"That's even better. I like the University of East."

……

(End of this chapter)