As the night wore on, a ray of light appeared on the horizon.
In Manhattan, at the entrance of Wall Street, Elizabeth Green, who had always been worried about by Tony, came here and looked up at the world's financial heart belonging to modern society.
Da da da…
The sound of forward footsteps echoed in the silent street, and along with it, a light red blood mist floated from Elizabeth's body, spreading in all directions at a speed that seemed slow but was actually fast.
The black and red blood vessels climbed and spread from the ground where Elizabeth walked to the surroundings. In just a short moment, they covered both sides of the street and eroded into the interior of the buildings on both sides.
As Elizabeth continued to move forward, the blood-red color gradually replaced the original color of Wall Street.
The sudden change woke up the guards on duty, and as the blood mist continued to spread, screams of terror rang out from inside the buildings on both sides.
"Fuck... What the hell is this?"
"Oh my God... Call the police!"
“No, don’t come over here… Aaaah!!! Help!!!”
"… "
Countless voices gathered in Elizabeth's ears along with the spreading virus. Listening to the terrified screams and desperate pleas for mercy of human beings, Elizabeth, who had already walked this one-third mile, had no change in her expression.
"Evolution... Begins..."
She uttered an ambiguous whisper and looked at the Black Watch army that was approaching from a distance. The next moment, bright red flesh and blood spread up from the ground and wrapped around her. In a very short time, it sank into the ground covered with a layer of flesh and blood fungus carpet as if it had melted away.
…
The White House press conference in Washington.
Inside the conference hall, the current US President stood on the podium and gave a speech. Below, all the authoritative news organizations in the world gathered together to record what they saw and heard at the press conference.
"…The Manhattan biological and chemical attack was a serious provocation against the United States. After consultation between the White House and Congress, it was decided that the United States will officially enter a state of national war readiness from this moment on. It will severely retaliate against foreign forces that dare to take such actions against the United States. The possibility of using nuclear weapons is not ruled out. In addition…"
The noise suddenly exploded at this moment. A female reporter from the UK stood up and raised the microphone to ask:
"According to the latest news, the virus outbreak was caused by Jintek Pharmaceutical Group, which is a US-based company..."
"Reporter, you got one thing wrong." The president interrupted the female reporter and said, "Just because a company is registered in the United States doesn't mean it is an American company. And our people are investigating. The people of Jintek Group activated the self-destruct device without hesitation. There are only a handful of forces that can place such a device in Manhattan."
"That means we already have clues. Can you tell us who the suspects are now?" the female reporter asked with shining eyes.
"Yes, we do have a clue, but we won't reveal the other party's name until we are sure. And reporter, please abide by the rules of the press conference, otherwise I can only regretfully ask you to leave here."
The president looked at the female reporter who kept asking questions with dissatisfaction. When he saw the female reporter covering her mouth to indicate that she would not speak anymore, he continued, "In view of the serious epidemic in Manhattan, we will support..."
A series of subsequent arrangements came out of the president's mouth on the stage, and reporters from various countries below continued to record faithfully.
Everything should have proceeded and ended just like that, but as the first phone rang among the reporters in the audience, in the blink of an eye, the entire press conference was filled with various phone ringing sounds.
When someone answered the phone and got the news from the other end, the press conference instantly fell into chaos.
"what happened?"
The president stopped speaking and asked quietly to the people around him.
The person being questioned shook his head, and before he could continue asking questions, questions from reporters below suddenly flooded in.
"What impact will what happened on Wall Street have on the future strategy of the United States..."
"Does the United States currently have any suspects in this matter? Is the United States hiding more information..."
"Is the Wall Street incident related to those monsters? Regarding this virus..."
"Excuse me… "
"Excuse me… "
Countless microphones were suddenly thrown forward, and the security personnel responsible for maintaining order stepped forward to form a human wall to prevent these crazy reporters from rushing over.
On the stage, when the president heard these reporters say that something had happened on Wall Street, his heart skipped a beat. And when someone behind the scenes came over and whispered in his ear for a while, his face turned completely black.
"Didn't Nick Fury and Peter Randall say that the situation is still under control for the time being?!!"
The president asked in a low voice with anger, but the person who came to deliver the message just lowered his head and did not respond at all.
After reading this, the president temporarily suppressed his anger, looked at the crazy reporters below the stage, and said coldly: "The press conference is temporarily terminated, you go and deal with it."
After saying this, the president turned around and strode away from the backstage.
As the financial center of the United States, Wall Street has extraordinary strategic significance.
Although it cannot be said that the US financial industry was destroyed because of the incident there, it is certain that economic development has regressed by at least ten years.
Compared with all the losses that have already occurred, this incident reflects a more terrifying consequence, that is, the United States has lost control of the entire situation. The incident on Wall Street shows that there is definitely a third-party force that has intervened and stabbed the United States hard in its difficult predicament.
Originally, the claim at the press conference that foreign forces were involved was just an attempt to shirk responsibility and find an excuse to gain benefits, but now, it is hard to say whether foreign forces are really involved.
"Call Robert and John!"
Inside the White House, the president instructed the people around him to find the two top agents of the FBI and CIA.
Although SHIELD people are now in Manhattan, SHIELD is a global organization after all. Although it leans towards the United States, its internal forces are also complicated.
Moreover, after this incident, he no longer believed in SHIELD as much as before.
…
Manhattan Virus Research Base.
Colin looked at the person Nick brought over, checked him, and shook his head at Nick who looked expectant.
"Forget about it. These people have been thoroughly infected. Even if I can eliminate the virus from their bodies, the one who survives is just an idiot with a completely destroyed brain. Not to mention that I don't have that much antidote for these people."
As he spoke, he looked at Nick, who was showing a bit of disappointment, and found a stool to sit down, and asked curiously: "Tell me, who are these people? How could they be so powerful that they could come to you to ask me for a solution?"
I will start updating twice a day tomorrow... I hope I can keep doing it...
(End of this chapter)