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Chapter 480 They Can Only See What I Let Them See
While Yang Le was talking with Frank, the unrest in other blocks of New York City didn't stop like a game pausing for plot information. The riot was still ongoing.
Currently, Yang Le and Gwen had resolved two giants: Frank, who had transformed back into a human, and the unknown giant that Yang Le had dismembered.
One could only marvel at Frank's good luck. Gwen brought news of the giant infestation, prompting Yang Le to ask questions. Otherwise, Frank's fate might have been the same as the first giant they encountered.
According to the information Frank provided, there were 12 experiment subjects in his batch alone. Even counting just these 12, Yang Le had only dealt with one-sixth of them. Not to mention the total number of giants was more than just these 12.
"42." A neatly dressed soldier was standing in a temporary command post made of a military tent. In front of him was a two-meter-long table projecting a holographic projection. Several armed soldiers stood around the table, and General Ross, in the main seat at the far end, also looked serious.
"According to the statistics from the Research Institute, a total of 42 experiment subjects have escaped from the Research Institute."
"How many experiment subjects are currently in New York City?" an officer standing to the left of the table asked.
"42." The soldier glanced at the data pad in his hand. "According to the data collected from soldiers, super heroes, and air drones, all 42 experiment subjects are currently gathered in New York."
As the soldier spoke, the holographic projection on the table changed. Several slowly flashing red dots appeared on the blue city model.
"All in New York?" General Ross lowered his head and scanned the city model on the table. "Should I say this is fortunate or unfortunate?"
No one in the room responded. These people were not only General Ross's confidants, but they also knew more or less about the shady things General Ross was doing in secret. Otherwise, they wouldn't be standing in this tent.
They knew what General Ross meant by fortunate and unfortunate. The fortunate part was that these troubles were now concentrated in New York, which would save them a lot of trouble in cleaning up.
The unfortunate part was that the commotion this time was too big. The death toll in New York City due to this incident might be no less than ten thousand. It was the biggest disaster since the founding of America, even more shocking than the 616 Incident caused by the mutant Professor X.
Moreover, this incident would have a certain degree of impact on America's status in the world. Coupled with the subsequent reconstruction of New York, the disadvantages were countless. Compared to this, the aforementioned fortune was simply insignificant.
"Overall, it's a good thing." General Ross took the pipe out of his mouth. As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked and looked at him with disbelief.
"Don't forget our identity." General Ross tapped the medal on his chest with his pipe. "If this business is handled well, my votes will increase a lot again. What can those office dwellers and real estate development people compare with me?"
"But General," Glenn hesitated to speak from the side, and only opened his mouth to speak at General Ross's prompting.
"But General, this time's business is..." There was no need to continue. None of the people present were idiots, and they all understood Glenn's meaning. This giant riot was caused by their military. It would be good enough if they weren't held accountable. At this time, hoping for the position of President was a bit too wishful thinking, wasn't it?
In fact, they had all thought this way at first, but no one dared to actually say it. As expected of General Ross's second-in-command, he really spoke his words.
"You're very thorough in your thinking, Glenn." General Ross tapped his pipe against the table in front of him a few times, knocking out all the remaining ash. "However, your knowledge is still too narrow. Although this business was indeed caused by our negligence, who else knows?"
General Ross frowned, casually discarded the expensive pipe in his hand, and took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth. An officer next to him quickly took out a lighter and lit it for General Ross.
General Ross took a deep drag of the cigarette in his hand, exhaled the foul air, and then continued, "What the public can see and hear is all determined by us. The only thing you should be considering now is how to eliminate those things. As long as we silence everyone cleanly, everything will be fine."
As General Ross explained, the cigarette in his hand continued to burn. Eventually, the long ash, unable to bear its weight, fell from the cigarette, turning into countless tiny dust particles in the air, mixed with sparks, and drifted down towards the New York City holographic projection model on the table.
…Waving her hand to disperse the smoke and sparks drifting in front of her, Katie felt that today was absolutely terrible. She originally thought the weather was nice today and wanted to take advantage of the vacation to go street shopping, but unexpectedly, she ran into an ordinary person who suddenly transformed into a giant and started destroying everything.
To make matters worse, before the giant's transformation, Katie was no more than five meters away from him. Originally, Katie saw that the person was acting strangely and was just about to move away when he suddenly transformed.
Even worse, in her panic, Katie ran directly into a roadside clothing store. After transforming, the giant smashed and trashed everything, and even threw a car into the clothing store where she was hiding.
The clothing store owner was hit directly by the car. Although Katie had escaped unscathed, she was buried under the ruins by the falling ceiling and other debris.
Fortunately, of all misfortunes, even though she was clearly buried under the ruins, she was not injured at all. The reason she made this judgment was because she felt no pain anywhere on her body.
Katie was now curled up in a ball lying on the ground, not daring to move at all. She was afraid that her small movements would cause the ruins, which were in a precarious balance and hadn't collapsed yet, to become unbalanced and crush her into mincemeat.
'Please, someone come save me!' Katie prayed desperately in her heart, begging every God she knew. But she still didn't dare to make a sound. Trapped under the ruins, she couldn't see what was happening outside. What if that giant hadn't left?
Katie had maintained this position for a long time. She didn't know the exact time, but Katie felt that it had been at least an hour or even longer. If this continued, she might be trapped to death under the ruins. She had to find a method to save herself.
'Right, Morse Code!' Katie suddenly thought of the knowledge she had seen in TV dramas. In TV dramas, many characters were rescued by sending an SOS signal using Morse Code. With so much noise outside, even if that giant was still there, it wouldn't be able to notice the small movements she made.
On the contrary, if human rescuers came, they would definitely notice her. Katie felt like she was simply a genius.
'I remember SOS is three short, three long, three short.' Katie recalled the plot in the TV drama, and then stretched out a finger, wanting to tap the ground near her cheek.
Then she saw her finger sink into the ground.
(End of Chapter)
While Yang Le was talking with Frank, the unrest in other blocks of New York City didn't stop like a game pausing for plot information. The riot was still ongoing.
Currently, Yang Le and Gwen had resolved two giants: Frank, who had transformed back into a human, and the unknown giant that Yang Le had dismembered.
One could only marvel at Frank's good luck. Gwen brought news of the giant infestation, prompting Yang Le to ask questions. Otherwise, Frank's fate might have been the same as the first giant they encountered.
According to the information Frank provided, there were 12 experiment subjects in his batch alone. Even counting just these 12, Yang Le had only dealt with one-sixth of them. Not to mention the total number of giants was more than just these 12.
"42." A neatly dressed soldier was standing in a temporary command post made of a military tent. In front of him was a two-meter-long table projecting a holographic projection. Several armed soldiers stood around the table, and General Ross, in the main seat at the far end, also looked serious.
"According to the statistics from the Research Institute, a total of 42 experiment subjects have escaped from the Research Institute."
"How many experiment subjects are currently in New York City?" an officer standing to the left of the table asked.
"42." The soldier glanced at the data pad in his hand. "According to the data collected from soldiers, super heroes, and air drones, all 42 experiment subjects are currently gathered in New York."
As the soldier spoke, the holographic projection on the table changed. Several slowly flashing red dots appeared on the blue city model.
"All in New York?" General Ross lowered his head and scanned the city model on the table. "Should I say this is fortunate or unfortunate?"
No one in the room responded. These people were not only General Ross's confidants, but they also knew more or less about the shady things General Ross was doing in secret. Otherwise, they wouldn't be standing in this tent.
They knew what General Ross meant by fortunate and unfortunate. The fortunate part was that these troubles were now concentrated in New York, which would save them a lot of trouble in cleaning up.
The unfortunate part was that the commotion this time was too big. The death toll in New York City due to this incident might be no less than ten thousand. It was the biggest disaster since the founding of America, even more shocking than the 616 Incident caused by the mutant Professor X.
Moreover, this incident would have a certain degree of impact on America's status in the world. Coupled with the subsequent reconstruction of New York, the disadvantages were countless. Compared to this, the aforementioned fortune was simply insignificant.
"Overall, it's a good thing." General Ross took the pipe out of his mouth. As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked and looked at him with disbelief.
"Don't forget our identity." General Ross tapped the medal on his chest with his pipe. "If this business is handled well, my votes will increase a lot again. What can those office dwellers and real estate development people compare with me?"
"But General," Glenn hesitated to speak from the side, and only opened his mouth to speak at General Ross's prompting.
"But General, this time's business is..." There was no need to continue. None of the people present were idiots, and they all understood Glenn's meaning. This giant riot was caused by their military. It would be good enough if they weren't held accountable. At this time, hoping for the position of President was a bit too wishful thinking, wasn't it?
In fact, they had all thought this way at first, but no one dared to actually say it. As expected of General Ross's second-in-command, he really spoke his words.
"You're very thorough in your thinking, Glenn." General Ross tapped his pipe against the table in front of him a few times, knocking out all the remaining ash. "However, your knowledge is still too narrow. Although this business was indeed caused by our negligence, who else knows?"
General Ross frowned, casually discarded the expensive pipe in his hand, and took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth. An officer next to him quickly took out a lighter and lit it for General Ross.
General Ross took a deep drag of the cigarette in his hand, exhaled the foul air, and then continued, "What the public can see and hear is all determined by us. The only thing you should be considering now is how to eliminate those things. As long as we silence everyone cleanly, everything will be fine."
As General Ross explained, the cigarette in his hand continued to burn. Eventually, the long ash, unable to bear its weight, fell from the cigarette, turning into countless tiny dust particles in the air, mixed with sparks, and drifted down towards the New York City holographic projection model on the table.
…Waving her hand to disperse the smoke and sparks drifting in front of her, Katie felt that today was absolutely terrible. She originally thought the weather was nice today and wanted to take advantage of the vacation to go street shopping, but unexpectedly, she ran into an ordinary person who suddenly transformed into a giant and started destroying everything.
To make matters worse, before the giant's transformation, Katie was no more than five meters away from him. Originally, Katie saw that the person was acting strangely and was just about to move away when he suddenly transformed.
Even worse, in her panic, Katie ran directly into a roadside clothing store. After transforming, the giant smashed and trashed everything, and even threw a car into the clothing store where she was hiding.
The clothing store owner was hit directly by the car. Although Katie had escaped unscathed, she was buried under the ruins by the falling ceiling and other debris.
Fortunately, of all misfortunes, even though she was clearly buried under the ruins, she was not injured at all. The reason she made this judgment was because she felt no pain anywhere on her body.
Katie was now curled up in a ball lying on the ground, not daring to move at all. She was afraid that her small movements would cause the ruins, which were in a precarious balance and hadn't collapsed yet, to become unbalanced and crush her into mincemeat.
'Please, someone come save me!' Katie prayed desperately in her heart, begging every God she knew. But she still didn't dare to make a sound. Trapped under the ruins, she couldn't see what was happening outside. What if that giant hadn't left?
Katie had maintained this position for a long time. She didn't know the exact time, but Katie felt that it had been at least an hour or even longer. If this continued, she might be trapped to death under the ruins. She had to find a method to save herself.
'Right, Morse Code!' Katie suddenly thought of the knowledge she had seen in TV dramas. In TV dramas, many characters were rescued by sending an SOS signal using Morse Code. With so much noise outside, even if that giant was still there, it wouldn't be able to notice the small movements she made.
On the contrary, if human rescuers came, they would definitely notice her. Katie felt like she was simply a genius.
'I remember SOS is three short, three long, three short.' Katie recalled the plot in the TV drama, and then stretched out a finger, wanting to tap the ground near her cheek.
Then she saw her finger sink into the ground.
(End of Chapter)
