In the evening, the residents of London suddenly saw that shadows were slowly emerging on the sky above them.
It was a monster like never before, a fusiform body, a cannon like a searchlight and a tower-like landing pad, and an iron-gray, uneven metal armor with a heavy steel texture, as in the steampunk fantasy animation, a group of steel behemoths that mixed violence and cold mechanical beauty, spanning the London skyline like moving mountains, obscuring the entire sky It was five warships, each of which was larger than the largest aircraft carrier in the world Everyone showed a shocked look, some people began to scream in despair, fleeing in all directions, some people looked at the sky curiously, subconsciously raised their mobile phones, and took unprecedented wonders above their heads with great interest.
But today, it is destined not to be like this, everyone only has time to pick up their mobile phones, but in the next second, a missile suddenly rushed out from the bottom of the huge battleship, like a morning star, everyone did not even come to their senses, and the missile exploded directly in the air However, the expected earth-destroying flame did not appear, it was like a dud, just a flash of sparks and a large puff of smoke, and then completely disappeared However, if you look at the spaceship, you can see another strange scene.
From the beginning of the dud bomb explosion, the entire city's power system seemed to be devastated, an office building just turned on the lights, suddenly flashed twice, completely dimmed, and then the street lights that had just been lit, and the cars that turned on the lights, all the flashing machinery, after the building was extinguished, spread in a ray shape A building, a street, a city The whole of London began to be extinguished in a devastating attitude, as if some black fog was spreading, but in a few seconds, the whole of London was completely covered by darkness, and Huawei was in a dead darkness Click Before the people with their phones could make any moves, a mess flickered on their phone screens, and then they dimmed completely, flashing with sparks Electromagnetic bombs Many people finally understand what happened to them Barry Lynch is a legal citizen of London, he was originally a college student at Queen Mary, but just a few days ago, there were several serial disappearances in the school, and I heard that the police even found the body.
Later, the school simply announced the closure of classes and gave all students a long vacation, so Barry left the school and lived in a low-rent house near the college, which in his opinion has alarmed the government, believing that in less than a month, the suspect will be caught, and then the school can reopen.
However, soon after leaving the school, he faintly felt that something was wrong, he couldn't tell what it was like, in short, I don't know when it began, the whole city became gloomy, the gloom here does not refer to the temperature and weather, but to the atmosphere of the city, even on a sunny day, walking on the streets with people coming and going, Barry seems to feel a coldness that penetrates into his bones He didn't know where this feeling came from, but he found that he seemed to be afraid of the dark and solitude, and liked to stay in crowded places whenever he wanted, and after he went to Hyde Park at night, he was stunned to find that it was not only him, but many people who felt the same way as him, and these people did not want to stay in their own homes, but sought crowded places, and then stayed together as if they were huddled together for warmth.
Many of these people have already done psychological counseling, and psychologists have also pointed out that this symptom is just a very common anxiety disorder, but no matter how the doctor enlightens them, or even subconscious hints, they can't erase everyone's uneasiness.
And I heard people mention that not only their group, but also the whole city, there are many people with similar symptoms, especially some parks and other venues in the city center, and some people even set up tents and live in parks.
This phenomenon has aroused widespread attention in society, and even the news media have reported on this situation.
However, until this evening, Barry saw a scene that he will never forget.
In the evening, the slowly dim sky was red and the sun had sunset behind Notting Hill in the western suburbs, and only the brilliant remnant sun was like blood in the sky, Barry and his new companion Nick finished dinner at the fast food restaurant, and returned to their own tent in the park in a somewhat depressed mood, looking at the sunset overhead in a daze.
"Hey, Barry, I'm going to go to the bathroom, do you want to come with me" Nick patted him on the shoulder, pulling Barry back to reality.
"Okay."
Barry smiled, this kind of thing is very common among anxiety patients in the park, after all, their symptom is the fear of being alone, because Barry didn't say anything, just stood up, and the two walked towards the public toilet in the park.
When he got to the toilet door, Barry was stunned, and for some reason, he had a faint sense of ominousness.
The public toilet in the park is good, there are special sanitation workers to clean it every day, and it will not be full of smells and stains like the public toilets in the countryside, and it is full of the smell of air freshener at any time, but standing at the door of the public toilet, Barry has an eerie feeling, as if something is staring at him.
"Barry, what's wrong" Nick on the side patted Barry on the shoulder, "Are you going to wait for me at the door" "Nick" Barry shook his head, his face a little pale, "let's change the toilet." ” "Please, I can't hold it anymore, okay" Nick patted Barry hard, "We have to beat our fears, didn't the psychiatrist say it, it's just an anxiety disorder, maybe it's caused by the pollen from a new species of flowers transplanted in London in the spring, anyway, who knows."
With that, without waiting for Barry to answer, he walked in with a big grin.
Barry opened his mouth, but eventually had to follow in, and he watched as Nick walked into a cubicle, and then locked the rotating door lock of the cubicle, and the green unmanned sign outside the door automatically changed to a red sign that someone was in.
Seeing this, Barry shook his head, then walked to the cubicle next to Nick, unbuckled his pants and sat on the toilet.
"Hey, buddy, you know what" Perhaps a little frightened by the silence, Nick next door suddenly took the initiative to start the conversation, "Actually, I've seen ghosts. ” "Hey, don't try to scare me."
Barry was stunned and immediately shook his head.
"It's true, I've seen ghosts, and, just a few days ago," Nick's voice seemed to be a little quieter, with a hint of uneasiness in his voice, "You know, I used to be a courier, and the other day, when I was delivering a parcel to Avenue Fournier, I saw a package at 897 Avenue Fournier, which is a very luxurious single-family villa, and I drove the car and delivered the parcels there one by one in order, but when it arrived at number 897, for some reason, I actually felt a very eerie feeling there."
Barry gradually closed his mouth, listening to the words next door, only to hear Nick continue, "I didn't feel anything, just rang the doorbell, but no one answered, just as I was about to make the call on the package, the door of the villa opened automatically" "I didn't care at the time, I thought it was just an automatic door, I walked in, shouted inside, and suddenly, in a kitchen not far from the corridor, a girl wearing an apron showed half of her body, because of the distance, I couldn't see clearly, I could only hear her shouting at me, please wait a minute, I'll come when I'm busy with my work" "I still didn't think much of it, so I just waited there and waited, but I felt like I had waited for at least five minutes, and no one came, and I was a little annoyed at the time."
Nick's voice gradually lowered, "So, I shouted inside again, and then waited for more than ten seconds, and just as I was about to walk towards the kitchen, the girl leaned out half of her body and shouted at me, please wait a minute, come when I am done with my work" Barry was stunned for a moment, he faintly felt that something was wrong, but after thinking about it, he didn't feel anything, "Did the girl come out to get the courier at the end?"
"Hehe, if I take it, I'll say I've run into a ghost" I don't know if it was Barry's delusion, he heard Nick's voice with a trill, "I had to wait patiently, waiting, but, just when I couldn't bear it anymore, the girl appeared again" "Please wait a minute, I'll come when I'm done with my work" Nick said slowly in a girl's tone, full of sharpness and drama, but when he heard Nick's nondescript words, Barry suddenly felt an indescribable cold enveloping his body, he subconsciously hugged his arms and asked in a low voice, "You mean, her third cry is exactly the same as the first two" "That's right," Nick smiled wryly, "I finally felt wrong, and I started walking in the direction of the kitchen, but when I got to the kitchen, I saw that it was in the kitchen."
"There was no one" Barry subconsciously shivered, he smiled bitterly, "Nick, you scared me" But before he finished speaking, he was suddenly stunned, and in the next compartment, there was a faint indescribable voice It wasn't a sound, it was like a stuttering sound formed by a sound cassette, or a grinding sound made by stepping on a wooden floor, in short, it was a weird "gurgling" sound, and as time passed, the sound grew louder and louder "Nicknick" Barry's heart flashed with a creepy feeling, he subconsciously tilted his head and put his ear on the partition, but he was stunned to find that the wooden partition actually produced a strange cold.
At the same time, the gurgling sound was already close at hand, as if something strange was making the same action as himself, and he was only a plank away from the strange thing A goosebump popped up from Barry's body, and he suddenly had a feeling that he would die if he didn't leave immediately The feeling was inexplicable, but it sparked all the adrenaline in Barry's body, and he lifted his pants at an indescribable speed, then quickly pushed open the door to the cubicle and ran out of the bathroom The moment he ran out of the bathroom, the chill immediately faded, and it was only then that he bent down with his hands on his knees, gasping for air The crowd around him looked at Barry with a strange gaze, but Barry couldn't care anymore, he shouted to the crowd, "Nick, Nick is still inside, he's been attacked by something weird" These people were all people with the same anxiety disorder as him, and when they heard Barry's words, three or four bold people immediately walked into the toilet and, under Barry's guidance, kicked open the door of the cubicle where Nick was Inside the cubicle, it was empty.
Nick is missing Many people fell silent, and they knew that this was not the first time such a disappearance had been reported, and it was the first time that there had been countless disappearances reported on the news, and it was the first time that they had disappeared directly under the nose of everyone.
"Something is happening in this world that we can't understand" These were the words of a wise old man, and as soon as he finished saying this, huge warships began to slowly emerge in the sky.
At the moment of seeing these battleships, Barry could no longer support it, he rushed out of the park, took a taxi, and drove in the direction of the suburbs, he had to leave here immediately, leave this increasingly deserted city, otherwise, he couldn't believe that the next missing person would be himself However, after only a few seconds of driving, a puff of smoke suddenly erupted from the hood, and the whole car lost control and crashed into the street lamp next to it like a scrapped car At the same time, the city, which was still in the early stages of the lights, was completely plunged into darkness Boom, boom, boom All around, dozens of cars collided with each other at this moment, and countless pedestrians screamed one after another, until Barry and the taxi driver who had hit his head and bled out of the car climbed out of the door, only to find that the whole city had fallen into a deathly silence at this moment No, it wasn't silent, Barry suddenly saw that one of the huge warships was actually suspended not far above his head, and at the same time, the hatch at the bottom slowly opened, and a container-like thing began to be dropped from above "Be careful" Barry yelled, turned around and fled into the distance with his head in his hands, and before he could escape far, he felt a sudden shock under his feet, and at the same time a deafening impact sound came, he stopped in shock, looked behind him, and was shocked to see that a metal cabinet larger than a two-story villa was thrown down from a height of thousands of meters and smashed through the convenience store on the side of the road, and also smashed the taxi he was in just now What is this, aliens attacking Earth Barry felt that he was about to go numb, and he stared blankly at the metal cabinet, but before he could come back to his senses, the metal cabinet suddenly sounded an exhaust-like snort, as if it was about to remove the air pressure, and at the same time, the metal cabinet was facing Barry's side, and it began to rise slowly like a roller shutter, revealing a dense red light inside, as if it came from the eyes of a demon from hell It was a group of robots that could only be seen on television, skeleton-shaped robots, densely packed in a huge metal cabinet in a superimposed posture, and as the cabinet door opened, these robots burst out like a flood, and in a matter of seconds, hundreds of skeleton robots sprung up At the same time, a long and sharp alarm sounded faintly over the city, the sound was incomparably loud, as if it could transmit a radius of dozens of kilometers, penetrating everyone's eardrums, and at the same time, the sound of an electronic broadcast automatically sounded in the mouths of those skeleton-like robots "Citizens of London, this is the Stellar Life Science Foundation, we will take over London from now on, from now on, London has entered a state of military control, the whole city has been blocked, please everyone return to their homes, anyone who stays on the street will be arrested by the Foundation repeatedly, all citizens please stay in their homes, anyone who stays on the street, will be arrested by the Foundation Thank you for your cooperation."
"From now on, all stores in the city are closed to business, once discovered, they will be punished by the Foundation, if there are special circumstances, please hang a blue flag in front of your door, or use bed sheets and all other blue signs are allowed, we will come to your door within ten minutes" "From eighteen p.m. to eight a.m. the next morning, the city has a curfew system, and everyone is not allowed to go out during this time, please note that once we find that there are people staying in the outside world, we will arrest them, this is not a drill, repeat, this is not a drill, for the safety of you and your family, please do not make unnecessary resistance, the Foundation is friendly, and we promise not to hurt anyone" t1706231537: