Townsend was a reporter. To be precise, he was a very famous reporter.
He had won a Pulitzer Prize, he had exposed a major corruption case in Congress, he had reported on the destruction of the Mafia, and he had exclusively interviewed two presidents. At the age of 31, he was really proud of all these achievements. It could be said that in some ways, he was really a celebrity in the news industry.
However, he was not a war reporter. Furthermore, a news reporter had never encountered such a situation before. Ever since the shooting began, Tang Weisen had been in a semi-daze. He could only let Chu Hao pull him along. Not long after, he appeared to be in a sorry state.
They were in a pedestrian plaza, surrounded by an open area. Further away, there were nearby high-rise buildings. In some ways, Chu Hao was now ambushed from all sides. It was impossible for him to escape even if he had wings. Around the plaza, dozens of police cars had appeared one after another. A large number of policemen and special forces had appeared in the surroundings. There were even three helicopters in the sky. Chu Hao had already pulled Townsend to hide in a small bush in the center of the plaza. However, the policemen and special forces were approaching, and they would be surrounded in a few seconds at most.
Townsend was stunned. As he was being dragged, he shouted, "Chu Hao, what's going on?! Why are there so many policemen? Who the hell are you?! What the hell did you do?! "
At this time, the policeman outside had already used a loudspeaker to say, "The bomber of the International Airport Bombing inside, the terrorist inside, listen up. You have been surrounded. You can't escape even if you have wings. Throw down your weapons and surrender immediately! Throw down your weapons and surrender immediately!"
Townsend immediately looked back at Chu Hao with difficulty and said word by word, "You bombed the New York International Airport?!"
Chu Hao smiled and said, "Yes, I was targeted at that time. I had no choice but to do so. Otherwise, if I was arrested, the world would be over."
Townsend's face turned red with anger. He roared in a low voice, "Do you know what you did?! You're crazy! You killed dozens of people! Adults, children, the youngest was only 11 years old! You killed them with your own hands!! Dozens of people!! "
Chu Hao stopped smiling. He looked deeply at Tang Weisen and said, "I know, dozens of people … Human life is more valuable than anything after the apocalypse, but it's also more lowly than anything else. If I hadn't created an explosion to escape, it wouldn't have just been a matter of dozens of people dying …"
Tang Weisen was unyielding. Even though he knew that Chu Hao was a terrorist and possibly a psychopath, he still scolded and struggled. However, at this moment, a helicopter in the sky suddenly exploded. It turned into a fireball in mid-air. When it fell to the ground, it pressed down on two police cars. Suddenly, a series of explosions occurred.
Tang Weisen was shocked once again. He murmured, "What's going on? What's going on? You … Do you have any other accomplices nearby?! "
"That's right." Chu Hao smiled and said, "I've said it before. I've gathered the most powerful tactical team in the future. It's a team specially used to fight against the robot army in the future. How can I be the only one?"
Just when Tang Weisen was about to tell Chu Hao to stop fantasizing, he suddenly saw a lump of mercury-like metal liquid slowly fuse together and stand up from the collapsed helicopter. It was neither too fast nor too slow. It was just enough for Tang Weisen to see it clearly. At this moment, he even forgot to scold and question Chu Hao. He just opened his eyes wide and stared at the lump of mercury-like metal in a daze.
In less than ten seconds, the mercury-like metallic liquid had turned into a human, and it began to regain its color. Just like that, the metallic liquid turned into a special police officer wearing a police uniform. All the characteristics of a human being were completely different. It was impossible to tell that it used to be a lump of liquid metal.
"This, this, this …."
Tang Weisen couldn't finish his sentence. His common sense had been shattered at this moment. Then, he saw the metal-turned-special police officer rushing toward him. It was getting faster and faster, but when it was only a few meters away, there was a loud bang. The metal-turned-special police officer's upper body was blown apart, and its whole body began to squirm and heal again …
"I see it now. The wonder in this rabbit hole. This is something beyond common sense. The truth of this world …."
Chu Hao smiled and closed his eyes abruptly. When he opened them again, his eyes had become blank. Then, he pulled Townsend and rushed to the other side of the square. Just as he rushed out of the bushes, another helicopter flew over, but that was it. An arrow with a spiral stream of wind directly pierced through the helicopter. In an instant, another fireball appeared in mid-air ….
With the cover of the explosion, Chu Hao had already rushed to the edge of the square. In front of him, there were more than ten police cars and more than ten policemen who were pointing their guns at him. At this moment, he suddenly pointed one of his hands in the direction of Chu Hao and chanted a spell at the same time. In an instant, the police cars and the policemen were plunged into absolute darkness. There wasn't even the slightest bit of light. In an instant, a large number of gunshots could be heard in the darkness.
After releasing this spell, Chu Hao immediately constructed another spell. In less than a second, he also used this spell. It was a level-1 Magic Shield spell that he had just exchanged. In the magic rules of Dungeons and Dragons, this spell was supposed to increase armor and block magic missiles. When it was used in reality, it could block a certain amount of kinetic damage, such as bullets and arrows. At that moment, Townsend saw as if an invisible wall or shield had appeared in front of Chu Hao. All the bullets were blocked in front of him. And just like that, Chu Hao carried him with one hand and ran all the way forward. After avoiding the strange area of darkness visible to the naked eye, he rushed directly into a small alley. Behind him, countless gunshots were still heard …
Townsend sat on a chair in the basement in a daze. He stared blankly at Chu Hao, a man, and a woman in front of him. These three people were newly published in the newspaper, the perpetrators of the XX Square bombing in New York City, the three terrorists ….
"… It says that more than 60 special police officers died. You … you didn't kill that many people, did you?" Townsend asked, his voice lacking in confidence.
Chu Hao glanced at Zhang Heng and Lu Zixue. Both of them shook their heads. He then turned back to Townsend with a bitter smile and said, "We definitely didn't kill that many people. You were at the scene, so do your own calculations. Including the two helicopters and the people who were accidentally injured and killed in the dark, at most 20 people died. These 60 people …. They probably saw the robots. No matter if it was a T1000 or a T800, as long as they saw them, they would be secretly wiped out by the government.
Townsend put down the newspaper in his hand. He gritted his teeth and said, "The T800 is a metal skeleton covered with living cell tissue, which is similar to human muscle and skin. The T1000 is a memory metal that can imitate the appearance of any human. That's how Skynet's robot army works, right?"
Chu Hao smiled bitterly and hopelessly. "That's not all. There are even older models, but there's a frightening number of them. There's the T600, which is a pure metal skeleton. There are also spaceships and aircraft, battle robots that are more than 10 meters tall, motorized robots, spy robots, and underwater battle robots that look like snakes. In short … Skynet's evolution speed far exceeds the evolution speed of our weapons."
"The beginning of the 21st century?" Townsend stood up. He gritted his teeth and said, "Judgment Day, the birth of Skynet, was it the beginning of the 21st century? Billions of people died in the world, right? "
"Yes … That's why we have to change the future. Even if we have to sacrifice millions of people, we have to achieve this. This is my heart and my mission," Chu Hao replied.
Tang Weisen let out a deep breath, then looked at Chu Hao seriously and said, "I understand. Although I don't agree with your idea and action of sacrificing tens of millions of people, I will do what I should do … I have my own connections in the circle, I have my own channels of communication, I have my own power … I hope that you can send someone to protect me at all times. At least, before I do what I should do, I don't want to be killed by a robot."
Tang Weisen nodded at Tang Weisen. Zhang Heng smiled at Tang Weisen, but Tang Weisen didn't smile at all. He took a deep look at the three of them, and then walked towards the door of the basement …
Behind him, on the table in the basement, there was a copy of the evening newspaper. Other than the picture of Chu Hao's group and the terrorist attack on the front page, Townsend's picture was also on it. And the crime that he was charged with was …
Terrorist, terrorist attack, attempted subversion of the country, crimes against humanity …
Townsend was a criminal!
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