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It is precisely in this context that several factions have formed on the Chinese Internet, where they curse and quarrel with each other on a daily basis. Otherwise, it is still a one-sided public opinion platform dominated by public intellectuals and elites.

……

Emily wore a headscarf with an American five-pointed star printed on it, with her brilliant golden hair hanging down on both sides as if containing starlight. She was wearing a stand-up collar sportswear and was walking on a street that was full of devastated abandoned car wreckage and bomb craters.

This was once a prosperous street in Xinxiang City. Referring to the outcome of the lockdown in the parallel universe of Covina due to the epidemic - lockdown means traffic cut-off, traffic cut-off means inability to work, inability to work means no income, and no income means going hungry.

Therefore, even in the areas where the "Sky Demon" Zerg invasions were most frequent, American could not close off a city, let alone relocate more than 15 million people.

In fact, it is similar to their daily life. The public security situation in Xinxiang City is much better than that in Chicago and Detroit, but there are still hundreds of incidents such as gun battles almost every day, but now the scale and intensity are a little larger.

In the past, at most a machine gunner would break into a dance or a party, but now, it is an anti-aircraft battalion deployed on a certain street. The anti-aircraft artillery outside cooperates with the "Advanced Divine Muscle Exoskeleton" troops of the American Army to fight a fierce battle with the "Sky Demon" insect people. In the roadside pizza restaurant, people still drink coffee and eat the pineapple pizza that angered the Italians.

There are only a few occasional incidents of accidental casualties caused by high-explosive ammunition hitting high-end apartments or crowded areas.

For the residents of Xinxiang City, as long as they are not beaten to death on the spot, life must go on.

As a native of America, Emily is extremely adaptable to the atmosphere of America.

She was walking leisurely as if she was strolling in a garden, chewing gum in her mouth, with a fashionable backpack slung across her body, walking on the devastated streets.

Now this street has been invaded by "sky demon" insects because it is too densely populated, and the residents of Xinxiang City have to abandon this place. Apart from wild dogs, cats and mice, only some street urchins with ulterior motives will risk appearing here.

So you can imagine how conspicuous a beautiful blonde white girl would be when she appears here, especially since she is dressed in fancy clothes and seems to be wearing expensive ornaments on her wrists.

No one knew where they came from, but soon some young men with bad intentions gathered in front and behind her, including white people and Asians.

Before they could even cause trouble for Emily, these people started to become inward-looking.

"Hey, you guys, this is Boss Eugene's territory, if you know what's good for you, get out of here as soon as you can!"

"This is the first time I've heard of someone daring to protect Fifth Avenue. Do you want me to call a few Sky Demon Insects over and ask for their opinions?"

"Hey, little girl, come here quickly, these people have bad intentions"

"You Yakuza are the good guys? Don't be afraid, little girl, we only want money..."

Emily observed everyone while chewing the gum... well, they were all young people, no matter which group they were from, they all had that look of wanting to get her pregnant. After all, she was a beauty, and most of the boys she knew had that look in their eyes, so it was hard to tell who was the bad guy at the moment.

she is not

She didn't come here to experience life, nor to feel performance art like some artists. She took the initiative to take over the job of installing some kind of testing device from Lucas, wanting to show off in the eyes of her man.

She looked at a high-rise window of a building a few hundred meters away. Although she did not witness anything, Zhuo Yisi, who was responsible for keeping watch for her, said through the intercom in her ear that there was a sniper point there that should be a regular US military position.

So if we can't solve these troubles here, we will be seen.

After taking a quick look at the terrain, she suddenly shouted emotionlessly, "Help! Don't come over here!"

With acting skills worse than those of young actors, he ran to a fork in the road.

Led by her, a group of people followed her into the alley.

If Lucas were here, although he would also be insincere, he would still give some advice just out of politeness: Don't be so upset.

Emily had no such leisure.

When she turned around and saw the last person entering the alley, a faint black mist suddenly emerged from her body.

【Shadow Raid】

With a flash of black light and special effects, she appeared behind the last person and inserted her finger like a knife into the space between the third and fourth ribs under his armpit.

Although there was no intention to kill, and he did not actually poke his palm through his body and insert it into the gap between his ribs, but it basically destroyed this man's fighting ability. His ribs were slightly fractured, and a large area of ​​his body would turn black in a few minutes. If he did not recuperate for two weeks afterwards, he would have difficulty getting out of bed and moving around.

Because the bullet poked his lungs through his ribs, the man's throat made a "gurgling" sound and was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. He trembled all over for a while before he fell unconscious to the ground.

"Wang Defa!?"

"Hou Lixie! Who the hell are you?!"

“Ah (a terrible scream)!!!”

Emily didn't run, she just walked forward normally, but her movements, often a seemingly insignificant little action, could defeat a strong adult man.

For example, when a slap hits the other person's ear, the person will feel like he has been hit by a stun grenade head-on. He will fall to the ground with his eyes rolled back, and blood will flow from his ears and nose after a while.

Or it was like she gently kicked someone in the shin, "Ah..." The person hugged his legs and screamed, and his body couldn't help but lowered a little, but she just happened to be hit by a seemingly light elbow, gently hitting the face or cheek, and there was a click, and the cervical vertebrae made a terrible crisp sound, and the person stopped crying out in pain and fell softly to the ground.

His chest was still rising and falling, he was not dead, but had been knocked unconscious by the impact that had penetrated his brain directly.

The Yakuza and suspected Chinese gangsters were very perceptive. One of them said in Japanese, and the other in a dialect that Emily couldn't understand, "Don't use guns, use knives!"

Then he shouted "Ah" or "Ah" and rushed towards Emily.

But the white people and the Hey people didn't think so quickly. This is America in a different time and space, the parallel time and space isotope of the Flower Country, the place where traditional North American martial arts originated and prevailed. They all pulled out their guns:

"Bang bang bang-"

"Bang bang bang-"

"Bang bang bang-"

In the eyes of ordinary people, Emily's figure was like a ghost, constantly disappearing in a puff of smoke between people, and reappearing in a puff of smoke. Those Asians who used knives were still okay, because they were knocked unconscious by her or had their diaphragms cut, and lost their fighting ability due to the severe pain, and could only drool and tremble on the ground like idiots.

But the dozen or so people who fired the gun did not have such a good ending.

Although they both fainted, the instantaneous contact caused either their arms to be broken or their legs to be kicked off.

If she punched or kicked them, the people in front could still scream and hold their arms or legs in pain, but the arms or legs of those who fired the guns were twisted into angles that normal humans couldn't do. A white busty guy with poor-quality pants could be seen bending his leg joints to the side through the torn trousers, with bloody broken bones piercing from under his skin and flesh...

Such a ruthless person... Seeing this, those who did not fainted burst out with the greatest will to survive. They tried hard to hold their breath and reduce their presence. As for the guns hidden in their waists or pants, they dared not take them out at all.

Emily kicked the gun away from the ground, or threw it far away, and looked back at the scene that she had dealt with in two minutes.

Continue walking forward while chewing gum.

Only until she disappeared around the corner did the few people pretending to be dead on the ground dare to make a sound.

"Fuck... who the hell is this chick!?"

"I suspect she's a secret cyborg from the military. Shit! Shit! Look at her body shape. She's even hotter than the hottest chick in the gym..."

"Are you okay? You call that kind of chick a hottie!"

"Fuck, that's because you guys have strong tastes. Her figure is hot, while Kardashian's is fat."

"Fuck, if I could stand up, I would have argued with you. Kardashian's figure is really plump and hot, okay!"

"I, Beyonce, don't accept it"

"What's wrong with you? Are we discussing this issue? Call an ambulance immediately!"

"凸(艹皿艹), you don't want to live anymore, dare you call an ambulance!?"

"Thank you so much, boss. Otherwise, we would be like those unlucky guys."

0006

As Emily was taking action, so was Lucas.

However, he was heading to another area of ​​Xinxiang City.

The reason why we were assured that Emily would act alone was that the conditions in the area she was heading to were relatively simple. This was an area where the "Sky Demon" insect people were active frequently and was forced to be abandoned by the residents of Xinxiang City. Apart from a small number of active "scavengers" and military observation points, there were very few other environmental or human factors.

As long as Emily is a human, especially with blonde hair, blue eyes and white features, although this is a little strange in this area, there will definitely be no problem with personal safety.

At most, she would encounter some energetic gang members, or a small number of "sky demon" insect people living in this area, but neither of them poses any threat to Emily. We have already seen the fate of the former. Although she did not encounter the latter, the ending would not be much better than the former.

In particular, the submarine airship was operating at an altitude of several hundred meters above Emily's head. There were some magical reconnaissance methods on the airship, such as the small map function in the game. All life forms that were the size of a cat or larger, including undead creatures, would be displayed on the map in the form of "hostile radar". Combined with several other magical reconnaissance methods, any targets lurking in the area could be identified by comparing details, such as the American military sniper point that Zoeys reported to Emily.

So although Emily's action seems quite dangerous, it is actually very simple. She only needs to avoid being seen, and then place the experimental device made by Lucas at the designated location, and then she can teleport away immediately.

On Lucas's side, the operation was full of obstacles due to the complex environment and human factors.

He was experimenting with a space interference device. In the magical world, although this kind of world usually cannot even solve the problem of food and clothing, its upper limit is really high. People who master extraordinary abilities can easily reach the levels of "space" and "space-time channel".

The "mystical knowledge" in Lucas's brain contains a lot of things in this regard. Having verified the authenticity of a lot of "mystical knowledge", Lucas has to take it seriously even if the content of this knowledge is outrageous.

For example, there is the [Dimension Anchor] that appears in many fantasy works and can block the space and prohibit space teleportation.

However, the [Dimension Anchor] spell and the protective formation derived from this spell model are not applicable to the current situation of the Earth's space and time.

First of all, neither Lucas nor those "celestial demon" insect people came to this world by "teleportation", but by "traveling" through an existing "time and space channel" to come to this world.

The [Dimension Anchor] spell and its derived array can block the space-time channel outside the "protection range", but the exit still exists, just as if Lucas's submarine airship appeared in space - of course, this result occurred naturally and was not the result of human intervention.

However, after the [Dimension Anchor] formation is built, the space-time channel of the "Sky Demon" insect people can be shielded outside a large range, which mainly depends on the level of this protective formation.

For this world, this approach may not make sense, because the "Sky Demon" insect people will continue to come to this world, and even if all the exits of the "space-time channel" are twisted into space, Lucas estimates that it will not make much sense, because these "Sky Demon" insect people may have the ability to survive in space for a short period of time - this speculation is not groundless, they can all physically travel through the space-time channel full of violent and disordered turbulent energy. Compared with short-term survival in space, the latter is just child's play.

However, for the creatures on the earth (mainly humans, of course, but also other creatures) and countries, this approach makes a lot of sense.

As long as the appearance range of the "Sky Demon" insect people is limited, humans can carry out targeted defense against them and confine them to a controllable range. Other large areas will not be harmed by them. Whether it is the redevelopment of agriculture or breeding, or simply protecting the original ecological environment of the earth, it will have extremely positive significance.

But unfortunately, unless the Earth also becomes a magical world, there is no way to use the [Dimension Anchor] and its derivative magic array for protection, because this is a pure magical ability, or called magical technology, which is maintained in a magic-free environment that is not a magical world, and the daily consumption is extremely huge.

Lucas does have a way of converting electricity into magic, but the conversion rate is very sad. The core of resisting or controlling the harm caused by the "Sky Demon" is to protect all existing resources on the earth. However, if the resources consumed by the conversion of magic power are too huge, this approach itself will be no different from the harm caused by the "Sky Demon" insect people.

So what Lucas made and tested in Xinxiang City was not the [Dimension Anchor] and the magic circle derived from it, but another kind of magic protection technology with lower daily consumption. Compared with magic technology, it is not so pure, but compared with science and technology, it has a bit of magic.

Moreover, when it comes to actual deployment, the construction period is somewhat long and the investment is extremely huge, but the advantage is that the maintenance cost after completion is extremely small, and ordinary electricity can be used as energy consumption, whether it is wind power, thermal power, or hydropower. Of course, nuclear power is no problem at all, as long as it is electricity, it is not picky.

Strictly speaking, it is neither magic nor a magical technique. Using modern science as an analogy, it is a

Magical phenomena with no economic value or practical significance.

Lucas didn't know what world it came from. He only knew that it seemed to be an academic institution similar to a magic university. A group of researchers with advanced magical abilities explored and researched a magical phenomenon that was "of no use".

It is a method of "artificially destroying space stability and creating relatively controllable space-time turbulence."

In the magical world, from the magician's point of view, anything that is not controlled is worthless. Even if defensive measures are made with the concept of "destroying the stability of space and time and creating space and time turbulence", magicians prefer controllable magic shields, barriers and space and time barriers.

Perhaps this “practice” is more easily explained using Harry Potter’s magical worldview – a kind of mischief magic?

However, in Lucas's eyes, this thing seemed to be a magical technology tailor-made for this world to deal with the threat of "celestial demon" insect people.

"Destroying the stability of space" will cause anyone, including Lucas, who enters or passes through the destroyed area of ​​space and time through "teleportation" or "space-time tunnel", the results of "teleportation" and "travel" will become unstable.

The former will be directly twisted to a random location by the turbulence of space-time, and the latter will be like a transparent hose placed in a running washing machine. The end, which is the exit, will be thrown out of the huge vortex, and the location of appearance will also become random.

First of all, the earth is a world without magic, and the nature of space is extremely stable. It will not cause the phenomenon of space-time collapse due to this degree of man-made "space turbulence".

Secondly, by building a national magic circle on the surface, it is possible to achieve large-scale control of this "distortion" and "escapement".

In the wizarding world, most of the magic kingdoms do not have infrastructure capabilities. Even if they do, they will only serve the powerful class at the top of the pyramid and will not benefit the general public.

Only when the development direction of magic technology happens to be roughly consistent with the interests of the people can ordinary people enjoy the convenience and benefits brought by magic.

Therefore, this technology is meaningless in most of the magical world, unless there is a country that regards the welfare of ordinary residents as the goal of its governance.

……

This is a parallel universe. Although Lucas has lived in the Flower Kingdom, he has never been to Xinxiang City.

In America, and among its peers, the differences between communities and cities are sometimes greater than those between humans and dogs.

Therefore, his experience in Rossanki City and Guanyingshan Community cannot be completely copied to Xinxiang City.

Fortunately, Lucas was a cautious man, wearing the magic ring and wristband. In addition, the city of Xinxiang was quite chaotic at that time, so it was normal even if someone discovered that he was wearing a bulletproof vest under his coat.

Ordinary people don't wear bulletproof vests not because they are really careless, but because they don't have them or can't buy them at all. This involves another point of knowledge: in countries where weapons are legal, bulletproof vests are not allowed to be worn on the streets everywhere.

The first place Lucas went to was just 300 meters away from the war zone. A few days ago, it seemed that a missile or an artillery shell accidentally flew into a former office building here that had become a homeless residence. The building collapsed, resulting in 13 deaths, 43 injuries, and 507 missing persons.

So when he came here, he found that the crossroads were filled with candles and withered bouquets of flowers. There were also memorial walls on some barbed wire fences, which were sections with many photos of the victims and missing persons.

However, the daily lives of the people around did not seem to be affected, except that no one cleaned up the wreckage of the building and no one collected the bodies of the victims.

Xinxiang City’s local PD, fire, sanitation and other service departments have also abandoned these areas and now only appear in communities with better security and environment.

We can't blame the practitioners in these special industries. After all, for them, it's just a job. Moreover, even ambulances and fire trucks have been robbed, and it's probably not long before Jing cars are robbed. It's impossible that every time they go on a mission, they are escorted by a team of armed forces with armored vehicles, right?

These areas, which are relatively close to the war zone, have now become places no different from the war zones in the Middle East, with rape, robbery, and shootings occurring frequently. The military seems to have set up a cordon here, but it's of no use.

Even Corvina cannot restrict the American people's freedom to go out, let alone some unguarded barbed wire fences. In particular, the corpses of the "Sky Demon" insect people are currently the best-selling goods in any market. Whether it is meat, skin or any tissue fluid from the insect people, they are all hard currency that can be exchanged for daily necessities.

Lucas felt that America and the entire European and American world had never been good at governing such areas, or they were too lazy to govern and watched these areas breed and grow wildly.

Walking here, you can see militants wearing simple "magic muscle" exoskeletons. Because the police, firefighters and all public service departments have retreated to areas with better security, armed gunmen can be seen everywhere. Combined with the damaged buildings and messy roads, this neighborhood looks particularly chaotic and "war-torn".

There are many street vendors cooking fragrant "worm meat". You can buy a slightly larger paper cup of this "special snack" for about two dollars.