The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 614 Oh no! Aliens have invaded Earth! (Seeking monthly votes!)

Paris, 1 a.m.

Mael removes the brainwave signal collector and wakes up from the virtual world.

He stepped onto the balcony, looked at the brightly lit Parisian nightscape, and let out a long sigh of relief.

"We succeeded just before the deadline!"

He spent over a week working in the virtual world, spending a lot of time building and protecting roads. Seeing that the roads were unlikely to be completed before the deadline, he even assembled an elite team to attempt to cross the rainforest multiple times.

Unfortunately, they suffered repeated defeats.

In the end, they found three Nen-powered guides with excellent reputations and the most successful resumes. With three-quarters of the "tour group" members gone, they were lucky enough to become one of the six people who arrived at the Lost Ship.

After activating "Deep Space Echoes", he quickly finished a game, left a game record, and then logged off, exhausted.

He wasn't actually that tired—after all, he spent most of his time sleeping and dreaming.

However, psychologically, they are under immense pressure due to the ever-approaching deadline and the uncertain outcome.

Now that it was finally finished, a deep sense of exhaustion washed over him, and he quickly logged off to catch his breath.

He stood on the balcony, enjoying the night breeze, looking at the Champ de Mars and the Eiffel Tower across the river, and opened a can of iced coffee, feeling extremely content.

"It's better at night; you can't see so many out-of-towners then," Mael muttered to himself.

I put down my coffee, took out my phone, and planned to browse social media.

1 a.m. in Paris is 8 a.m. in Xia Country. On the first day of every month, Zhumeng always does something.

Paying attention to the latest developments of Dream Building on the 1st of each month has almost become a habit for many players.

However, after Mael checked all the accounts, he didn't see any new messages.

"Is it too early?"

He put down his phone in disappointment and picked up his coffee again.

As I tilted my head back to drink my coffee, I noticed something seemed off about the sky—

Suddenly, some clouds of various sizes appeared in the night sky.

At first there were only a few dozen flowers, but within a few seconds they became densely packed, so many that they couldn't be counted.

In another moment of distraction, those clouds merged together into a large cloud that slowly rolled and expanded in the night sky.

Mael rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.

But soon, the cloud became so large that it could no longer be ignored.

He heard his neighbor's surprised voice and saw flashes of light coming from the rooftops beneath the clouds.

Couples on the street stopped kissing and pointed at the sky in surprise, saying something.

More and more people are noticing something is wrong with the sky.

By the time the cloud covered the entire Champ de Mars and even crossed the Seine towards the Palais de Chaillot, its scale was beyond anyone's ability to ignore.

Mael panicked a little and hurriedly opened his phone to see if he had received a thunderstorm warning.

—The moment he saw this unusual cloud formation, he immediately thought of extreme weather.

However, the weather bureau remained completely silent, not only failing to send any text message notifications but also failing to respond on its social media accounts.

The latest update, posted 4 hours ago, is: [Goodnight, Paris.]
It also features an emoji with a French flag.

He raised his phone, intending to record a video and post it on Bit-bite to ask netizens.

The moment he pressed the record button, he saw through his phone screen that the speed at which the cloud mass rolled suddenly increased, and a large area at its center collapsed and sank!
Before I could think any further, a dark, shadowy object pushed through the clouds and fell into the frame.

Mael quickly shifted his gaze from his phone screen to the clouds in reality.

Now he could see it much more clearly—

A colossal object, obscuring the sky and the sun, slowly emerged, bathed in the flowing clouds.

Its shadow was so large that, in Mael's eyes, it was almost enough to cover the entire Champ de Mars below!
In comparison, the brightly lit Eiffel Tower looks like a glowing toy in a store.

A few seconds later, the giant object completely broke free from the clouds, revealing its full form.

That was actually a spaceship!
Mael stared in shock, his eyes wide.

A moment later, however, he felt that this spaceship... seemed somewhat familiar!
"Isn't this the Lost Ship?!"

"Dream Chaser...they really built the spaceship?!"

Has Xu Menglai invaded Paris?

Mael's mind was in complete chaos.

At the same time, his phone, which was recording a video, started buzzing, and messages kept popping up on the screen:

"Wake up, all of you! Come out and see the aliens attacking Paris!"

Giant UFO spotted in Paris!

"Bloody hell! Xu Meng is in Paris?"

"Xu Meng has finally decided to unify the world!"

"I waited two hours, and instead of an announcement, I saw aliens!"

……

The streets became noisy.

Mael looked out and saw the passersby strolling and embracing under the Eiffel Tower suddenly disperse!

On the highway outside Ares Park, cars were honking their horns wildly and even ignoring traffic rules by forcibly changing lanes to get away from the shadow of the spaceship.

Suddenly, a large number of residents appeared downstairs, gathering together and chattering.

Even on the balcony, you can clearly feel it:
The entire city is rapidly becoming noisy and restless!

Even more outrageous, he soon heard a huge propeller noise overhead.

Looking up, an Airbus H125 helicopter with "[France 2]" marked on its belly swept overhead, approaching the massive object in the sky.

He ended the recording in surprise, turned around and turned on the TV in the living room, switching to France 2.

I actually saw a live broadcast on the TV screen!

[Breaking News! A giant spaceship has been spotted over Paris! Our reporters are bringing you live coverage!]
"Putain! (Damn!)"

Mael, watching the reporters and pilots charging headlong into the spaceship on screen, swore.

"That powerful?!"

He was a seasoned player after all, and he had seen the Lost Ship in person just two hours earlier, so he could roughly tell that the ship in the sky was created by Dream Building.

—It's not 100% certain yet.

But this reporter... actually rushed up there?

Aren't you afraid of dying?
He didn't immediately think of holographic images because the spaceship was just too big!

It looms over most of Champ de Mars, its shadow stretches across the Seine for dozens of kilometers...

This astonishingly large object is completely different from the holographic girl he usually interacts with in the living room.

The differences are so great that they are completely unrelated!

The citizens of Ningzhou have at least seen a holographic snake dragon that is hundreds of meters tall, but overseas users have no experience in this area at all.

Upon seeing a large, unfamiliar creature, the first reaction is to flee, fearing being caught in the crossfire.

Anyone who dares to approach is a tough guy!

Just as Mael was thinking this, a series of exclamations erupted outside—

"Oh my god!!"

"What happened?" He turned around in surprise and saw the flames of an explosion outside the window.

He rushed to the balcony and was completely stunned.

The Eiffel Tower is engulfed in flames!

A deep blue laser weapon descended from the sky, igniting not only the Eiffel Tower but also spreading flames and shockwaves.

A magnificent blue shockwave swept across the entire Ares Park! The Airbus H125 helicopter, which was extremely close by, was affected by the shockwave and crashed erratically, exploding into a fireball.

The bright yellow firelight reflected in Mael's green pupils, deeply shaking his soul.

"Are you serious?"

He glanced back at the live television broadcast in disbelief and found that the screen had been switched to a distant view of the spaceship looking up.

Three Rafale fighter jets suddenly appeared on screen!

“Putain! Putain!” Mael exclaimed twice, then turned around and rushed to the balcony again, raising his phone towards the sky.

The moment the record button was pressed, the fighter jet launched a missile!
A stationary spaceship is obviously not immune to this attack.

All three Astra air-to-air missiles hit their targets! Huge flames erupted from the spaceship's cold, hard hull.

The flames from this explosion were far more spectacular and sensational than a helicopter self-destruction!
Mael posted the video on social media in disbelief:
"Friends, Paris is at war with aliens! Should I run away right now?"

After posting, he casually scrolled through his feed and found that alien spaceships from various angles were already flooding social media—

Wake up, everyone! Come out and watch aliens bomb Paris!
[Holy crap, I woke up to find aliens on top of me!]
[Run! Run! Aliens have invaded!]
[The Statue of Liberty has been blown to pieces by aliens! The spaceship is hurtling towards the city center!]
[Manhattan National Park is burning fiercely!]
[This is Los Angeles, and the people here have gone completely mad...]
[I knew it! I knew it! Xu Meng is an alien in disguise! Now you all believe me, right?!]
……

Mael was shocked to discover that short video platforms were now dominated by news about alien spaceships.

I watched 20 videos in a row, and 16 of them were related to alien spaceships!

Even more outrageous is:
Paris wasn't the only place invaded by aliens!
New York, Sydney, London, Moscow, Hong Kong...

Alien spaceships are everywhere!

At this moment, the skies of 16 cities around the world simultaneously welcomed uninvited guests!
As Niiiko watched the unimaginable behemoth slowly fly overhead in the New York night, its shadow swallowing up the bustling streets and towering buildings.

Over there, the Statue of Liberty is burning.

Pedestrians stopped on the street.

Looking at the burning Statue of Liberty, and then at the spaceship silently flying towards the city center overhead, everyone was dumbfounded, almost speechless.
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Karn in London received the news in the game and hurriedly logged off to wake up.

He rushed to the window and pulled back the curtains in a flash.

The night sky outside was brightly lit.

Several high-powered searchlights shone obliquely from the ground into the sky, illuminating the dark mass of spaceships overhead.

The spaceship is slowly descending.

The visual pressure is getting stronger!

It's springtime in Sydney, with cool weather and the peak tourist season.

A group of tourists arrived outside the Sydney Opera House, wondering why it was closed on September 1st, a day when there was no town or shop nearby, when they saw a beam of blue light descend from the sky.

The entire Sydney Opera House suddenly collapsed and disintegrated from the inside out, and then exploded open just two seconds later!

Pedestrians strolling and taking photos nearby screamed in terror.

In the chaos, some people even slipped and fell into the Parramatta River, frantically struggling and shouting for help.

But the pedestrians on the shore didn't bother to look down; instead, they all looked up at the sky.

There, a spaceship of astonishing size was slowly emerging from the clouds...

……

……

Amazing scenes are unfolding all over the world.

Images of large numbers of fighter jets rushing towards the alien spaceship and missiles exploding went viral on social media.

It's as if the world's most famous and developed cities were all invaded by aliens at the same time!
Social networks were in chaos, and people on camera were panicking—especially American netizens, who immediately started buying things for free, promoting doomsday scenarios, and fleeing the city…

The most outrageous thing is that those panicked citizens didn't even live in New York!

This situation left Mael somewhat uncertain.

Hesitantly asked in the player community, "This thing... it can't be real, right?"

Should I run now?

His comment immediately drew a burst of laughter from the group:
"Seriously, buddy? It's one thing for others not to know what's going on, but you're pulling this stunt too?"

"Calm down, haha. Although this scene is a bit exaggerated, it should still be the work of Zhumeng."

"You don't really think Mr. Xu is an alien who wants to conquer the world, do you? If so, I'll have to laugh at you, hahaha!"

"It should be a super-large holographic image. Let's wait and see. Zhumeng should be able to explain the situation soon."

……

Mael couldn't help but retort: ​​"You can only be so calm because you weren't there."

"I was right next to the spaceship! I was witnessing fighter jets bombing the spaceship!"

"How could it be calm?!"

Everyone verbally expressed their understanding, but in reality, they didn't take it seriously.

They immediately began compiling a list of major cities that had been invaded by alien warships.

"Paris, New York, Sydney, London, Moscow, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro..."

"Wait, why isn't Tokyo mentioned?"

"Isn't Tokyo worthy?"

"Haha, Boss Xu really does hate the people of Izumo!"

……

Netizens from all over the world passionately chatted in the group chat.

Izumo players were speechless on this topic.

But actually, they misunderstood Xu Meng—he really wanted to make a big splash in Tokyo.

Unfortunately, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government rejected the application to build the dream.

—They not only have great concerns about the city being bombed, but they are also extremely resistant to the idea of ​​building a large number of drones flying over their city!

In their view, Xu Meng was lawless and extremely destructive.

What's even more troublesome is that he actually has the ability to attack the entire city all by himself!

If you don't give him the chance, he can paralyze the entire city's internet.

If you give him a springboard to launch hundreds or thousands of drones in Tokyo, what terrible things could he do?
The mere thought of this possibility sent chills down the spines of Tokyo city government officials!
Even more outrageous is:
Even if Xu Meng causes massive destruction, there's nothing they can do about it.

—What else can be done besides publicly condemning them and imposing a fine?
Should we have the Xia people arrest Xu Meng and hand him over to the Izumo government?
What are you dreaming about?

These concerns directly led the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to firmly reject the application to build the dream.

No matter how high the price Chen Junyi offered, it didn't sway them.

Players in Tokyo were thus forced to miss out on the excitement of this alien invasion, unable to witness the spectacle from their "home."

……

……

Five minutes after the Lost Ship appeared in major cities and the first act of the drama unfolded in various places, the Dream Building statement finally arrived belatedly.

Moreover, the content of this "statement" is somewhat improper—

"Alarm! Alarm!"

Aliens are invading Earth!
Please stay indoors and do not go out on the streets.

Please stay calm; aliens are not invincible!
please……

What? Aliens are outside my window?

My God!
I'm off! Good luck to everyone!

(End of this chapter)