Alien paradise

"Can we ask the army not to intervene for the time being?" Chaoyang asked K.

"Why?" K was confused. "This situation is beyond the control of the police."

"I don't know where to start with the explanation, but judging from the current situation, the stuff coming out of that door may have a unique ability to infect mechanical equipment. It is only cars and other household machinery that are affected now. If it is replaced by military equipment, If we use weapons, the situation may get out of control.”

"Infected?" Elodie looked at him in surprise, "You mean Long Jiujun made the machines on Earth also have self-awareness?"

It sounds incredible, even counterintuitive. After all, most machines are not considered to operate automatically when they are first manufactured. Just like a doll without a brain, no matter how you improve it, you cannot make it suddenly speak. But the other world is full of mysteries. Not only does it have more willing power, but there are also many other unexplainable powers. If this vision is attributed to the power of gods, it is not completely impossible.

"I'll give it a try." Seeing Chaoyang's insistence, K immediately used his connections to communicate upwards.

About five minutes later, he shook his head and said he was helpless. "Unless the president orders a stop, the military will not agree to stop the operation."

Chaoyang was not surprised by this result.

K has considerable influence in M ​​City, and is considered to be one of the top people in business, but when it comes to government and military matters, this reputation is not so great. What's more, unlike the Canadian military next door, it is under the command of the central government, and the city government cannot interfere with the military's decisions.

He connected to the Internet and took a look. Videos of "weird hollows" appearing in urban areas of M City have been trending on many websites, including videos of people falling from mid-air and cars crashing into each other uncontrollably. However, the following Most of the netizens’ replies stated that the video was not trustworthy and thought it was just a special effects prank or an AI-generated video. Canadian netizens moved out the live broadcast address of their own news station, trying to prove that this was definitely not a joke.

At this moment, almost an hour has passed since the passage was opened.

Chaoyang walked to the side of the banquet hall and dialed the number of the Comprehensive Prevention and Control Center alone - he knew that this line was a special line specially reserved for him by the prevention and control center, and it was manned 24 hours a day. Sure enough, after the phone rang once, the call came through, "This is the Prevention and Control Center. What are your requirements?"

"Ask your leader to answer the phone." Chaoyang said briefly.

In less than ten seconds, Gao Wei's voice came over, "I am Gao Wei."

"It is recommended to immediately cut off direct flights to Canada and review the connecting flights and shipping routes related to Canada in the next 48 hours."

"What did you say?"

Chaoyang didn't explain much and hung up the phone directly. He knew that such a reminder would be enough for these people.

The first batch of law and order troops finally arrived at the scene. They began to block the streets and tried to clear out all residents around the intersection. Even reporters on the scene were expelled.

"They are not just there for public security." Elodie said with a worried look, "What will happen if the people here enter another world?"

"It depends on what the person who opened the channel thinks." Chaoyang continued to use street cameras to observe the scene. "If the other party only allows consciousness to pass through, the consciousness of the person who has lost his body will also collapse, and it will be no different from death; if the two All are allowed to pass, and those who open it will have to pay a large amount of willpower. Of course, it can also be set to one-way passage to minimize the loss of willpower - after all, the gas circulation inside and outside the channel also consumes energy."

"Do you think there is someone else who opened the channel?"

"There are some things that the devil said that I care about." He thought about it carefully and said, "That person once mentioned 'hometown' and 'their place'. Hometown should refer to the earth."

Because there is another saying that the angels of the hometown hunt the demons.

This can be considered the norm on earth.

The two are mortal enemies, and once the devil is exposed, he will be pursued by the angels endlessly.

Elodie nodded slightly, "But I don't think he is from the earth...at least he has never dealt with angels before."

"How to say?"

"Because he called me 'an angel who can enslave his fellow humans'." She thought seriously, "Maybe he thought that the wind speed and high-speed continuous slashes I performed were worthy of the name of an angel, but the fact is that because of the earth There are almost no demons in the world, and the abilities of angels are also sparse. For example, before I cooperated with you, my strength was less than one-tenth of what it is now. I always feel that his understanding of angels is still in the age of oral transmission. Retro feel."

"I see." Chaoyang nodded thoughtfully, "So all he knows about his 'hometown' is what he heard from others, and the people who call the earth their hometown should have been away from the earth for a long time and cannot return. 'They' should be where Charlie was born and grew up...a ​​world different from Earth."

He once lived on Earth and opened passages to other worlds... Elodie and Chaoyang both remembered a historical figure.

"Could it be...that it's him?" She murmured.

Sussus, the demon awakener who once fought against K and whose whereabouts are ultimately unknown.

According to K's description, it was a desolate, dead world, like the end of the world. Even if he only glimpsed it, it left an indelible impression on him.

"Mr. Chao..." K's voice suddenly interrupted the two people's conscious conversation, "Your speculation may be correct. M City is in big trouble..."

When he said this, his eyes were still fixed on the screen. His tone was both indignant and regretful, and mixed with a trace of reluctance. This ability to express complex emotions is not necessarily possessed by many humans.

Chaoyang followed K's gaze and saw the picture captured by a camera next to the intersection: the tank that had just driven off the transport vehicle to clear the obstacles suddenly accelerated in disguise, crushing the soldiers commanding on the side into a pool of meat paste. At the same time, the turret was also slowly rotating, and the muzzle was aimed at a troop transport truck 50 meters away.

The soldiers on the car did not realize the danger at all. They were still getting off the car in an orderly manner, sorting out their equipment, and listening to the assignments issued by their superiors.

Then the tank opened fire--

After a flash, the truck instantly turned into a bright fireball, and more than half of the soldiers around fell on the spot. The remaining ones who could still move rolled on the ground, as if screaming.

This camera does not have a recording function, so this series of scenes is like a pantomime, but even if no sound can be heard, it does not prevent the three from understanding how bad the situation has deteriorated.

What's worse is that the images on the big screen are constantly decreasing, from the initial twenty or so to four or five now. Some are lost due to power outages and equipment damage, while others are out of Chaoyang's control, as if they are no longer tools at the mercy of others, but living beings that have re-recognized themselves.

No one knows how strong the diffusion ability of this mechanical army protected by the God of All Machines is.

But they all know that the normal operation of human society cannot be separated from the help of machines.

"It's not that M City is in big trouble..." Chaoyang said slowly, "but that all humans on Earth are in big trouble."