Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 190: A Chaotic World

Panna drove the luxury car directly to the entrance of a high-end hotel, where a doorman took over the vehicle.

Zhou Yuan showed the receptionist something that looked like a card. The receptionist registered it and gave Zhou Yuan a room key and room card after Zhou Yuan swiped the card.

Their room was on the 9th floor. After washing up, Zhou Yuan and Panna made love passionately for a while. Panna then leaned against Zhou Yuan and fell asleep. Zhou Yuan was still awake, thinking about the Superpower Alliance. He turned on the TV and tuned to the news channel.

Several news items scrolling across the news channel piqued Zhou Yuan's interest.

Humanity on Earth has suddenly discovered five stars five light-years away, appearing exceptionally large and bright in the night sky. Surprisingly, each of these five stars has nine planets sharing a single orbit around the sun. The human government has launched fifteen probes, three for each star; however, given the probes' current travel speed of only one ten-thousandth the speed of light, it is estimated that they will not reach the vicinity of these five stars for another fifty thousand years.

If humanity on Earth isn't already alarmed by the appearance of these five stars, then the fact that each of these stars has nine Earth-like planets, and that all nine stars orbit the sun in the same path, will truly terrify all humankind. High-ranking officials in human governments have been holding meetings for several days to discuss countermeasures to prevent an alien invasion.

Some have pointed out that, faced with an alien invasion, humans and those with supernatural abilities should set aside their past grievances and mutual hatred, and unite to fight against the alien invasion.

According to sources, Vice President Smith is attempting to make contact with the leader of the Superpowered Alliance. While relations between humans and superpowered individuals are beginning to improve, the killing of over twenty police officers by superpowered individuals on Galactic Avenue hours earlier has intensified public fear of superpowered individuals, with some protesters demonstrating against the alliance between the government and superpowered individuals.

Werewolves and demons from the earth, stirred by the sudden appearance of five stars, have increased the frequency and intensity of their attacks on humans. Tonight, in Kaleidoscope Square in the capital, over a hundred people were attacked by werewolves, and more than sixty are missing. The scene was chaotic, and police have completely cordoned off Kaleidoscope Square. Following this incident, the Liberal Alliance has pressured the government to repeal gun control laws, allowing the public to legally own firearms to combat enemies such as aliens and werewolves. Federal President Gustave stated at a press conference that the government is considering and discussing this demand.

Professor Huo Jing, head of the "time machine" development project, stated that the "time machine" has achieved some astonishing results. The young, beautiful professor claimed that in an experiment two days ago, a cat sent back twenty years appeared in a photograph from nineteen years ago; to distinguish it, a tuft of fur on the cat's head was painted blue. However, many people expressed skepticism, wondering if it might be a prank.

An insider revealed that the military allocated a huge sum of money for a time travel machine in order to kill James, the progenitor of superhumans, a hundred years ago. James was only sixteen years old at the time, and began to mutate at seventeen, eventually becoming extremely powerful. The insider also revealed that the military successfully developed a "Terminator" robot a month ago, intended to eliminate superhumans. However, given the impending alien invasion and the government's desire to cooperate with superhumans, these "Terminator" robots are likely to be used to fight the aliens. This mission will be supported by clones, humanity's strongest soldiers, which are already being mass-produced.

This afternoon, the school for people with superpowers was surrounded by a large number of police officers who were searching for a person with superpowers who could move instantly. This teleporter was said to have some top-secret information from the military.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have an urgent news briefing. The International Astronomical Union (IAU), the organization that discovered five stars located five light-years from Earth, has just announced astonishing news: they have observed numerous flying objects on the surface of Mars, which appear to be giant warships! Mars, our neighbor, indeed harbors an advanced intelligent civilization. More than thirty probes have already entered space from Mars, reaching astonishing speeds of 90% of the speed of light! In about five and a half years, these probes will reach the vicinity of the five stars.

Zhou Yuan felt the clothes on the bedside table vibrating, so he quickly picked them up and took out the little bee.

"My lord, a message has arrived from fleet headquarters stating that an anomaly has been detected on Mars, and fleet headquarters has dispatched a stealth fleet to Mars. My lord, another important message has arrived from fleet headquarters."

"what news?"

"There is an Earth-like planet on a star 17 light-years away from the fleet headquarters. This planet has just sent 5,000 warships to launch a surprise attack on the fleet headquarters at near the speed of light. The fleet headquarters has dispatched warships to intercept them."

"Okay, I understand. Tell Thomas to be wary of these five thousand warships being clones."

"Received, Your Majesty."

"Little bee, I'm going to take a nap now. Give me your news tomorrow morning."

"Yes, Sage." The little bee flew back into Zhou Yuan's pocket.

Because Mars News was broadcast in the middle of the night, when most people in the capital were still asleep, those who enjoyed nightlife still saw the explosive news. As a result, the lights in the buildings in the capital were turned on again, and people were closely watching the situation on Mars.

This human world, like a movie blending various elements, seems to have gone mad after the tranquility of this microcosm was shattered by five stars. This human world on Earth is truly a chaotic world.

Zhou Yuan and Pan Na were awakened by the sounds of gongs and drums and the noise outside the hotel. When they checked the time, it was already past seven in the morning.

Zhou Yuan walked to the window and pulled back the curtains. Good heavens, the streets were filled with people holding various banners and slogans, and there was a deafening sound of gongs and drums. The slogans read, "How many aliens are there? Gust government, we have the right to know the truth!" Clearly, the people were already terrified of the aliens orbiting the sun in a five-star, nine-planet system. Now, warships and probes had suddenly appeared on Mars, Earth's neighbor, right near Earth. How could they not panic?

Zhou Yuan looked up and saw several fighter jets roaring overhead as they flew by at high speed.

The Earth Federation government seems to have been caught off guard by the appearance of the Martian fleet and is currently mobilizing its forces for defensive deployment.

Zhou Yuan thought to himself, if these Earthlings knew that there was a huge fleet 22 light-years away from Earth, wouldn't they all commit mass suicide?

“Sage, Fleet Commander Thomas is calling.”

"Little bee, take it."

"Good morning, Sage. Our scientists have analyzed that this microcosm is incredibly complex."

"How to say?"

"The humans on Earth you are now are actually test subjects of the Martians."

"Oh, so what kind of experiments will be conducted on Earthlings?"

"The role of the consciousness field, or rather, the superpower. The Martians believed that the rapid development of humans on Earth would endanger their own safety, so they secretly released a virus among humans, causing a human mutation."

"James?"

"Yes."

"Why do the Martians hide on their home planet Mars, never showing themselves, never attacking Earth, and never traveling to other planets?"

"Because there is a greater threat to the Martians, an enemy 22 light-years away, the Martians have never dared to show themselves."

What kind of intelligent life civilization is 22 light-years away?

"Through long-range observation, we discovered a huge beetle-like creature on that Earth-like planet, which scientists believe to be the replicator mother beetle."

"Then where did the clones of this planet come from? Could they be part of our mother world's recycling mechanism?"

“Sage, no, these copyists are creations of a more advanced intelligent civilization.”

"You've found them?"

"No need to search anymore. Our hyperspace detection system has detected a hyperspace oscillation in one location within this small world. It should be heading towards us."

"Hyperspace oscillation?" Zhou Yuan was taken aback. If the other party could perform hyperspace oscillation, how could they circumvent the three laws of this virtual universe: the speed of light limit, the law of causality, and the resource recycling mechanism?

"Yes, Sage, these hyperspace oscillations are not very strong and are not driven by stellar or galactic forces."

"That's alright. If it were a stellar or galactic-scale drive, we might be in trouble."

"Yes. The Imperial Fleet is ready to engage, and all advanced weapons are in place."

"How long will it take for this hyperspace fleet to arrive?"

"Five years and two months later."

"This really is a strange parallel world."

"Yes, this parallel world is like a big pot of mixed ingredients, containing all sorts of elements: hyperspace, clones, Martian aliens, Superman, Terminator, clones, werewolves, demons, time machines, and so on."

"Could this parallel world be an advanced testing ground for our mother world?"

"That's a possibility, so we've decided to settle down in this parallel world for the time being, to make all sorts of construction and production preparations, and to prepare for all-out war, so that we can observe what will happen in this world."

"Alright, thank you for your hard work. It seems I need to go and meet the human leaders and elites of this world. Panna and I need everything we need in this world, including a fake identity, bank cards, the identity of the president of a large technology company, a place to live, a vehicle, and so on. For security personnel, I will call upon the special forces in the skies above this earth."

"clear."

"By the way, I heard on the news last night that Professor Huo Jing is developing a time machine. I need the Academy of Sciences to find out the feasibility of time travel in this small world, or this human world. Also, what's the deal with those werewolves and wolf-driving demons underground?"

"Okay. We'll find out soon. We'll send the relevant information to Little Bee later."

"Ok."

Zhou Yuan sorted out his thoughts; this parallel world was indeed very complicated.

"Uncle, what are you thinking about? It's your turn to shower." Panna had just come out of the shower, looking as fresh as a lotus emerging from the water.

"Almost done, my little beauty." Zhou Yuan kissed Panna on the cheek and went into the bathroom.

After breakfast, Zhou Yuan and Pan Na spent some more time cuddling on the hotel bed. A little while later, the little bee in their pocket started vibrating again.

Zhou Yuan snapped his fingers, and the little bee popped its head out of his pocket, then flew to the bedside and projected a holographic message sent to him by the fleet headquarters. The message showed that Zhou Yuan and Panna's identities, as well as all the necessary items, assets, and certificates for their activities, had been processed. Panna was Zhou Yuan's personal secretary, while Chu Xiaolu was the leader of Zhou Yuan's personal bodyguard team, with the other bodyguards being special forces soldiers from the Imperial Fleet.

The investigation into werewolves and those werewolf-driving demons revealed that at least 50,000 werewolves live deep underground on this planet. These demons drive the werewolves to attack humans on the surface at night. These so-called werewolf-driving demons are actually vampires. These vampires play a piccolo instrument and control the werewolves to hunt humans for food and drink their blood by controlling the strength and tone of the piccolo's sound.