Darkness is Coming

  The United States, a country that prides itself on cultural diversity, may not be able to put aside discrimination and prejudice and warmly embrace every outsider, but the culture brought by outsiders, especially the food, is all accepted. In the past decade or so, Huaxia Meal has quickly crossed the brick walls of Chinatown, spreading violently in all directions in the United States like a spark thrown into a haystack, setting off a fire.

The delicacy of Chinese food has conquered the taste buds of Laomei. There are countless Chinese restaurants in New York, Manhattan, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities. Some famous Chinese restaurants are even familiar to the elites on Wall Street. In contrast, the "Nandu Impression", which is located on the border of New York and only serves Jiangbei specialties and Nandu snacks, is not well known and few people know it.

At this moment, there was a lonely figure sitting in the corner seat of Nandu Impression Hua Restaurant. It was a young man wearing a baseball cap. He was wearing a sweater that didn't fit the size of his upper body, and his fat sleeves were soaked in oil. It hangs down, showing a strong sense of decadence and sloppyness, which keeps other diners and waiters away.

Xu Le has long been accustomed to the awe and disgust in the eyes of others. Even if the eyes that are cast on him are now less awe and only disgust, Xu Le is still indifferent. loopholes.

   Five nights ago, Xu Le took the ferry arranged by Smith to return to Lilongwe Pier, and successfully left Malawi by hiding in a freighter. After several turnarounds on the way, he finally landed at Newark Port.

Xu Le is different from those Mexican illegal workers who are only concerned by the Immigration Bureau. I don’t know how many high-minded eyes are searching for Xu Le’s traces. Therefore, if you want to sneak into the United States, it is not a matter of sneaking ashore and everything will be fine. Xu Le Le also needed a new identity as cover.

Thanks to Mr. Smith’s thoughtful consideration—for the sake of his own life, he had to arrange everything as best he could—after Xu Le went ashore, someone contacted Xu Le, offered Xu Le a new identity of cover, and gave Xu Le a new identity. Give Xu Le a valid social security number and a driver's license.

The United States is known as the "country on the wheels of the car". Here, many times the driver's license can be used as the ID card of Huaxia. With the "ID card" and social security number, professionals are invited to do it in terms of appearance. With some changes, Xu Le, who changed his hair color and eye color, passed the road inspection smoothly, and after entering the urban area, he went all the way unimpeded.

Using the cash "borrowed" from Smith's old friend, Xu Le first went to rent a box truck, and then found the underground black market to buy some weapons. Although the United States is a country with lax gun control, even department stores will have them. Guns are sold, but in order to buy the high-power destructive weapons that Xu Le needs, you still have to find those guys who are active outside the law and sunshine.

   After purchasing the necessary equipment, Xu Le couldn't wait to rush to Washington, D.C., to hunt down his first target.

Xu Le does not need extra time to find targets, because he has the right to access all kinds of mutant-related information when he works in the control center, including many political dignitaries, wealthy businessmen and celebrities who may have an affair with the mutant. information. Radical members within the leadership of the Change Control Center have also made a list, and if necessary, they can consider assassinating and erasing the blacklisted suspects.

   Of course, this kind of low-level method with endless troubles will never be considered unless it is absolutely necessary. The assassination plan that the radicals have planned for a long time can only be put on hold indefinitely, and it is likely to end without a cause.

And Xu Le, as an activist in the radical faction, has long since memorized the list, and now is the time when it comes in handy. Since he has already smuggled to the United States with the hope of going nowhere, of course he has to be a big deal. To start killing, not only to kill mutants, but also to kill these people who have an affair with mutants. The harm that those people may cause is more terrible than most mutants, and Xu Le does not need to bother and spend time searching for the target, directly Starting from that list, swipe through one by one from the beginning to the end, I would rather kill the mistake than let it go.

   However, this simple and straightforward plan was met with great resistance from the beginning.

   Xu Le's first target was Sean Conrad, a designated survivor of the last State of the Union address, a member of current President William Harrison's cabinet.

The designation of survivors is a system created during the Cold War in the last century. The U.S. federal government deliberately arranged a cabinet member or important member when the president and senior leaders of other countries gathered in the same place because they were worried that the president and other senior leaders would be wiped out by a nuclear attack. Members of Congress are absent.

Under normal circumstances, the designated survivor will be selected from the top seventeen in the presidential succession list. When going out, they can enjoy presidential-level security protection, take special transportation, and be accompanied by a military attaché with a nuclear suitcase. , in case of unexpected needs.

  When the president, vice president, congressional leaders and cabinet members of the United States lose their lives, the designated survivor immediately becomes the acting president of the United States of America in accordance with the Presidential Succession Act.

   Sean Conrad was the designated survivor of the last State of the Union address and is currently the Minister of Housing and Urban Development. If this identity is involved with the mutant, the consequences will be disastrous. Xu Le didn't think too much, just thought that if Sean Conrad became the designated survivor again, and the president of the United States and the leaders of other countries "just happened" to be killed collectively in a certain attack... Just imagine, Xu Le Le shuddered.

I don't know if it was dark under the lights or for some other reason, the intelligence agencies of the United States did not seem to notice the filth between Sean Conrad and the mutant. Under any clues, the information held by the control center is basically just chasing shadows. With the little evidence in his hands, nothing can be proved, but Sean Conrad is among the top three on the assassination list for some reason.

  According to Xu Le's understanding, the person who made this list has a special information channel, and it seems to be a secret base somewhere in Shangjing. As for deeper information, Xu Le couldn't ask, and he didn't care.

   On the freighter, Xu Le made the first plan, taking Sean Conrad first.

   Under normal circumstances, the list should be ordered from bottom to top, starting with less important characters, because their deaths will not cause too great an impact. But Xu Le knew that there were not many opportunities for him to start. It is very likely that after several assassinations, he would be approached by the US federal government and mutants. Therefore, Xu Le had to kill the most important people in one fell swoop when the other party was least vigilant. , which reduced Xu Le's hunting range to two people: George Freeman, who was ranked No. 1, and Sean Conrad, who was ranked No. 2.

George Freeman is the contemporary head of the Freeman family, which originated from the medieval European noble family and is the family behind the mysterious PrioryofZion mentioned in the conspiracy theory bestseller "Holy.Blood.Holy.Gail" , originated in France and southern England, has a large amount of gold in Switzerland and the Royal Lloyd's bank in the United Kingdom, and has a wealthy industry in Europe and the United States.

According to the intelligence of the control center, George Freeman is likely to be the main source of income for the Temple, and George Freeman, who blatantly helps the mutant, is more than Sean Conrad and other congressmen who have sneaked into contact with the mutant. Mann even made Xu Lehen's teeth ticklish, but George Freeman was rarely on the road in public, and it was very difficult to find his whereabouts, requiring a lot of time, energy and money.

   Therefore, Xu Le, who was in a hurry to take action, chose Sean Conrad as the first target.

Four days after the incident at the Lilongwe shelter in Malawi, a dusty van drove to Washington, D.C., only a handful of people knew that the sniper rifle in the back of it had the potential to fire a third world. Large-caliber bullets for the Great War.