This is a very ordinary day.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the stock market continues to hit the limit down, those who should be in school start to catch up on their homework, and those who should be at work start to brush their teeth and wash up. Everything is very normal.
The city of Hiro, or any city in the world.
It's all like that.
However... .
However, this daily routine completely collapsed at the moment of twelve noon.
... ... ... ..
The Insect Warrior is a hero. He was born in an insect laboratory and became a fairly famous superhero after awakening various insect abilities.
He is very proud of this identity.
But it also troubled him a lot.
What he is proud of is that he has gained a lot of fans and received a lot of attention. Of course he has vanity, but what bothers him is that... .
His private life was somewhat less private.
Being a superhero is not his job. Although he has become a superhero, Insect Warrior is still a researcher who is passionate about studying insects.
On this ordinary day, he originally planned to wear a hood to cover his insect antennae as usual, and go to the coffee shop downstairs to order a cup of warm and mellow coffee. While enjoying the beauty of summer, he sorted out his recent experimental report and read the news at the same time.
Then he witnessed a horrifying scene.
All advertisements on the streets were stopped, all televisions at home were tuned to one channel, a video window kept popping up on the turned-on computers, and mobile phones began to receive countless messages. Everything, the information network on which human beings depend for survival, was issuing a notice.
Including his own personal computer, he couldn't even open any experimental reports.
There was only one video pop-up window that kept popping up.
He wanted to ask other people, but surprisingly found that except for him, everyone in the coffee shop, whether it was the staff or the customers, did not move, as if time had stopped. One customer who was pouring coffee did not even show any emotion when the scalding coffee was poured on his hand.
Then, it appeared on the computer in front of the insect warrior, the LCD TV in the cafe, and the advertising screen on the high-rise building outside the window.
A figure slowly emerged.
"... ..Mayor?"
The presence of Hiro Mayor Brad made the insect warrior feel more at ease, but the strange scene before him still made him extremely anxious and confused.
At this moment, Brad on all the screens suddenly spoke. His voice came from all directions, and it seemed that his voice was the only voice in the entire city of Hiro.
"Dear citizens of Hilo."
"Dear brave superheroes."
"I'm your mayor, Brad."
"Before I speak, I must show you a video."
... ... ... .
Then, a carefully edited video appeared in the eyes of the Insect Warriors, starting from the familiar Sheriff Aldridge secretly summoning heroes to Emperor Island, to the heroes landing on Emperor Island and entering the Emperor's secret base, and then a series of events happened.
The existence of the emperor's flesh and blood was concealed, and appropriate editing was done to focus on the helplessness of the heroic team and the death of the heroic "Heart Envoy".
Finally, the video ends with Moguang putting on the ring of the Ten Commandments.
It is also accompanied by an extremely evil and heroic BGM, giving people endless room for imagination.
The insect warrior himself was even more horrified.
The video played for more than twenty minutes, but the insect warrior didn't feel the passage of time at all. When he came to his senses, Brad's figure had reappeared.
"I believe everyone understands after watching the video, right?"
"That's right."
"Dear superheroes... .."
At this moment, Brad's voice in the video suddenly paused, but the people around the insect warrior, including the coffee shop clerk, the customer pouring Coke, the passers-by, and everyone around the insect warrior, all turned their heads and said in unison with Brad in the video with a sly smile on their faces:
"... You are finished!"
"From today on!"
"The Emperor will officially come to Xiluo City!"
Click!
The next second, the TV, advertising screens, and computers all went black, and the cell phones also showed a signal disconnection sign. The surrounding citizens of Hiro, like robots that had lost power, all fell to the ground in an instant, leaving only the insect warrior standing there.
The same thing happens to every superhero.
There are more than one million citizens in Hilo City.
There are nearly a hundred registered superheroes.
Everyone, regardless of whether they were operating in public or in secret, saw this communication, and the city of Hiro, which had been operating as usual, came to a complete standstill as all citizens except superheroes and super criminals fainted.
... ... ... ... ... ...
"What on earth is going on!?"
"Crazy! Crazy!"
"Aldridge! Can you contact Aldridge!?"
"No... it's gone!"
"Why did Brad send this message? Is he really the emperor's pawn? Why didn't the Heart Envoy find out... oh yes, the Heart Envoy is dead."
"I'm afraid it's more than just a pawn."
The network in Hiro City was completely disconnected. The superheroes were all in danger, but they had lost their means of communication. Just when they were at a loss, a new network reappeared and swept across the city at a speed visible to the naked eye, contacting every superhero.
A similar method to Brad's, but this time, Iron Man, Kingfisher, and the Ten Commandments appeared on the screen.
At the same time, they are also the "parties involved" in the video released by Brad.
As communications were established, all the superheroes who did not know the truth immediately questioned Iron Man and his team, and in the end, the Ten Commandments stood up.
The Ten Commandments do not contain any excuses or evasive remarks.
He simply stated a fact:
"Everyone, the moment of life and death for Hilo City has arrived."
"Or fight back."
"Or sit back and wait for death."
“There is no third way.”
Some heroes obviously find it difficult to accept such a simple declaration.
"What on earth just happened!"
"At least tell us the truth, what should we do?"
“... ..”
After a moment of silence, Shijie gave the answer according to Gu Moli and Zhiji Nanxun's instructions: "Everything started with the raid we launched against the emperor."
"We have discovered the emperor's true identity."
"He is the strongest psychic in Hiro City, mainly in the form of mind control. He manipulated the Heart Envoy to kill Aldridge, and his mind control has spread throughout Hiro City. If he is not killed, the citizens of Hiro City will not be able to return to normal. As for his plan..."
"... ..is to completely turn Hiro City into a paradise for criminals."
"Mind control is only the first step."
"We don't know what his next plan is,"
"But we must not let him succeed."
"Tonight, I will join Iron Man, Kingfisher, and our allies outside of Hilo City to launch an attack on the city government occupied by the Emperor."
"Come if you want to."
After saying that, the Ten Commandments took the initiative to cut off communication.