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St. Freya College has been established for 120 years and has produced many famous talents. It is not only the most outstanding university in Canghai City, but also a famous university that has always firmly occupied the 12th place in the world's university rankings, making it a true university resident.
St. Freya Academy is most famous not for its diverse and inclusive departments and the largest number of research institutes, but for its abundance of handsome men and beautiful women. It seems that the students who graduate from St. Freya Academy are all raised to be exceptionally good-looking; any one of them would be a visual stunner outside the academy.
In short, St. Freya Academy is not only full of handsome men and beautiful women, but also has many research institutes, making it the most prestigious university in Canghai City.
But on that very day, St. Freya Academy was the site of a shooting.
Someone attempted to shoot and kill a bright student from St. Freya Academy.
Within half an hour of the incident, police were already rapidly searching for any traces around St. Freya College.
The victim of the shooting, Alicia, was immediately taken to the Canghai City Police Department for protection.
The appearance of a high-powered firearm in Canghai City, along with the attempt to kill students from a prestigious school in the city, has drawn immediate and serious attention.
Based on the analysis and investigation of the two bullets left at the scene, the Canghai City Police Department discovered that they were special bullets never seen before, and they were also full-power, large-caliber bullets. Even a slight graze from them would take away a large amount of flesh and blood, let alone a direct hit.
These bullets are completely prohibited, and the firearms loaded with them are even more prohibited.
Alicia was unfortunate; no one knew who had shot her with such a powerful weapon, attempting to kill her.
But Alicia was also lucky. The terrorists fired two shots at her. The first shot only went through Alicia's long pink hair, while the second shot shattered the crystal flower hair ornament on her head.
Police experts have determined that whether it's the first or the second shot, even a slight deviation of just a few millimeters, or even a mere glancing blow, would be fatal.
Those who wield such powerful firearms are no longer mere criminals, but outright terrorists; however, this information has not yet been released.
"We appreciate Alicia's cooperation. You can go and rest for a bit now," a male and a female police officer said with a smile to the uneasy Alicia in the ordinary interrogation room.
Seeing Alicia's fearful and uneasy expression, they couldn't help but feel a pang of pity, followed by a sense of responsibility.
Anyone who wants to harm this kind and beautiful female student must first get past the police!
"Um, thank you," Alicia said as soon as she stood up to express her gratitude, but her legs gave way and she collapsed back down.
Fortunately, the armrests of the seats were padded, which prevented Alicia from bumping her hand.
The policewoman quickly stepped forward and helped Alicia out of the interrogation room.
"Sister!" Alice, who looks exactly like Alice, had been waiting outside. When she saw Alice being helped out, she immediately rushed forward to catch her.
"Let me take you to rest," the policewoman said with a smile.
"Okay," Alicia and Ali nodded in unison.
The policewoman then arranged for them to stay in the police station's secure dormitory, where all the officers lived. They would only be allowed to go home after the other terrorists were found, which was also to protect the two innocent sisters.
The police have conducted a thorough investigation. Looking at the experiences of the sisters, Alicia and Ali, from childhood to adulthood, although they were orphans, they always felt the kindness of those around them, and they continued to treat others with kindness as adults. They were just an ordinary pair of twin high-achieving students who got into St. Freya Academy through their own hard work.
But why would suspected terrorists want to kill them?
Although the terrorists were dead and many traces had been destroyed by the intense flames, this only made the police more vigilant. They failed to kill and instead committed suicide by setting fire to destroy the evidence. These were no ordinary terrorists!
Who can be sure there weren't accomplices of terrorists? High-powered firearms can't be brought in by just anyone; there must be accomplices involved.
The police in Canghai City are on high alert and are requesting and deploying more support, including special police and armed police, to ensure that such terrorists and their remnants are not allowed to live in this world!
In addition to protecting the twin sisters, Alicia and Ali, the Canghai City police immediately deployed more police officers and veteran security guards to protect St. Freya Academy.
St. Freya Academy also has many outstanding geniuses, all of whom are the future pillars of the nation.
However, the terrorists' suicides reminded the police of a puzzling case: a couple who committed suicide on the beach, burning their bodies in a similar manner to destroy evidence.
Now it seems that they weren't a couple at all, but terrorists!
"This is bad," Kevin thought with a headache. He had failed to kill Alicia in the virtual world and then wake her up.
Not only that, but it also alarmed the police in Canghai City.
Kevin could imagine that if he entered the virtual world again, he would most likely be arrested by the Canghai City police.
“The situation may not be so bad,” Mei pondered. She and Kevin had confirmed that their fingerprints and appearances would not give them away before they began their operation.
If the two did not commit suicide and return to the real world, but continued in the virtual world, they would be found by Canghai City's surveillance system within a day.
But both May and Kevin chose to commit suicide, and then burned away the traces and bodies with incendiary materials. There is no DNA in the ashes, so the police cannot use DNA to find Kevin and May.
However, that alone is not enough. The Canghai City police will also use big data analysis of surveillance footage to gradually narrow down the search area, eventually finding Kevin, who should have died, and then discovering Mei.
"Can't we try to tell the people of China the truth?" Kevin asked after thinking for a while.
"Many people in the virtual world do not exist in the real world, and most of the people in the virtual world who are 'canned' in China are not ordinary individuals."
Mei replied helplessly.
"Besides, they won't believe us. Even if we tell them everything, commit suicide in front of them, and then return to the virtual world, they still won't choose to help us kill those Fusion Warriors who are already citizens of Shenzhou."
"Most humans can't help us."
"Our only option is to try and awaken the other fusion warriors."
Chapter 333 Achieving the Goal
"boom!"
A massive explosion occurred somewhere at the Firemoth base, but neither May nor Kevin were surprised, because they were the ones who caused it.
Since the Moth of Fire base has no energy, many areas are sealed off by metal gates, so Mei has no choice but to concoct some explosives to blast open the sealed areas of the base.
The ingredients for these explosives were found in a nearby abandoned city, where a lot of supplies that had been stored for an unknown period of time were found in various parts of the city, as well as some weapons and ammunition that were barely usable.
This also allowed Mei to successfully manufacture some simple explosives.
Upon arriving at the base and seeing the holes blasted into the walls, Mei was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.
The area that was blown open is the backup power generation area of the Fire Moth base.
After May and Kevin entered the room with flashlights, they found a large number of various power generation devices. However, the fuel for power generation was not here, but in another place, and they could no longer use explosives to blow it open.
If May hadn't found some base staff notes and manuals, she wouldn't have been able to locate the backup energy zone so quickly.
“Let’s start trying to get it started,” May said to Kevin, turning to him.
Kevin then walked out of the blasted hole and carried all the large buckets that were on the handcart outside into the backup energy zone.
The liquid in these buckets is usable fuel found in the abandoned city.
After filling a generator with fuel, May began trying to start it up.
"Did it work?"
Kevin looked curiously at the operating power generation equipment.
“It’s alright. These power generation devices should all be usable. After reconnecting to the base’s power supply, we should be able to start up a small area,” Mei said as she shut down the successfully started power generation devices.
Afterwards, May and Kevin worked together for several days to finally restart and test the power generation equipment in the backup energy zone. Fortunately, although these power generation devices were for emergency and backup purposes, they were of very good quality and could be restarted normally after an unknown period of time.
With sufficient energy, the Moth of Fire base can be reactivated and restarted. In addition, the electronic equipment and artificial intelligence (AI) within the base can assist in subsequent operations.
Mei pressed the main power switch for the backup energy zone. With a snap, the lights here began to turn on one by one, followed by the lights throughout the entire Moth Chaser base. However, many lights in other areas were damaged and could not be turned on.
But these were not Mei's main concerns. She quickly went to a closed door and saw that the electronic panel on the door, which had been closed, had lit up again.
As soon as Mei approached, her image lit up on the electronic panel, and then the gate quickly rose.
"Kevin, I'm going to the control center first. Wait for me outside," Mei said to Kevin, taking out a military communicator.
"it is good"
Kevin's voice came through the communicator.
Mei didn't delay any longer and quickly headed towards the main control center of the Fire Moth base.
All the closed gates along the way have been reopened and automatically raised after Mei was detected.
But this was only temporary. The fuel in the backup energy zone was not enough to fully restart the massive Moth of Fire base, and Kevin was reporting the fuel consumption of the power generation equipment from time to time.
Mei had done a quick calculation in her mind: the fuel she and Kevin had filled the power generation equipment with was only enough to temporarily keep the Moth of Fire base running for 2 hours, or even less. Mei had to hurry.
Fortunately, by the time Mei arrived at the main control center, all the electronic systems there had already been activated.
"Hello, Dr. Mei," a emotionless electronic voice suddenly sounded as Mei entered the control center.
Mei has memories of the source of this electronic voice. It comes from a rather dull electronic AI in the Fire Moth base named Ai Yi. There are many electronic AIs like this in the Fire Moth base.
After all, the number of humans in the real world has decreased sharply, so naturally we can only use some electronic AI. However, many of these electronic AIs were not used before the humans on Earth were suddenly put into canisters.
"Aiyi, immediately prepare a subroutine USB drive, open all the main gates of the base, and then lock them all."
"Yes"
Ai quickly opened all the doors to the base, but Mei then heard an alarm; several doors were either malfunctioning or locked.
Not long after, Ai's subroutine was also burned onto a USB drive, but shortly after Mei received it, she heard Kevin's report.
"Mei, we're running low on fuel."
As soon as Kevin finished speaking, the base lost power, and all electronic equipment in the main control center was shut down.
Fortunately, before the electronic devices were turned off, Ai's subroutine was burned onto a USB drive. This USB drive could be used by Mei in the virtual world to assist Mei and Kevin in various actions and to conceal the electronic devices in the virtual world.
However, this is ultimately just a subroutine of an intelligent AI. Mei doesn't have any computing devices in the virtual world, so she still needs to act cautiously.
Not long after, May and Kevin reunited.
"We're preparing to return to the virtual world, but this time we need to be more careful."
May and Kevin walked together toward the base's weapons storage area; they needed some new equipment and weapons that could be brought into the virtual world to achieve their goal.
"Vilvie is also at St. Freya Academy, but it's becoming increasingly difficult to find an opportunity to awaken her now."
"So who is our target?" Kevin asked.
"Mebius"
A virtual world, a biological research institute on an artificial island in Canghai City.
"Is it that serious?"
Inside the research institute, Mebius looked at his phone with surprise.
The phone rang again with Möbius's mother's voice, her voice tinged with anger.
"Hmph, believe it or not, just stay in the research institute for now and don't run around! The biology students are annoying enough, don't bother me!"
The call was then disconnected.
Mebius put down his phone, speechless at his mother, but also puzzled by the current situation. Where did this group of powerful terrorists come from in Canghai City, armed and trying to kill students of St. Freya Academy?
"Forget it, let's not go back."
Mebius originally intended to return to St. Freya Academy to visit her parents and, incidentally, teach the students in the biology department on their behalf. These were all her juniors, and as an outstanding graduate of the biology department at St. Freya Academy, Mebius naturally enjoyed teaching them.
But the sudden shooting ruined Mebius's plans, and she could only squat dejectedly in the laboratory, looking at the research data in front of her.
At noon, Mebius and Klein prepared to return to their dormitory to rest and have lunch.
While walking along the road enjoying the sea breeze, Mebius suddenly felt something staring at her.
Mebius instinctively looked up and saw a drone he had never seen before, with something seemingly hanging on it.
'What fell down?' These were Möbius' last thoughts.
Since no clues have been found about the remnants of the terrorists or their accomplices, Canghai City has issued a discreet reminder to all research institutes not to let researchers go out during this period and to protect themselves as much as possible.
Throughout the week, the Canghai City police failed to discover any trace of other terrorists or their accomplices, and therefore had to temporarily go into hiding, maintaining a cautious but outwardly relaxed stance.
However, the two terrorists who wanted to kill St. Freya students but instead committed suicide had already been identified. Through extensive surveillance investigation and analysis, the Canghai City police tracked them down to Mei's home and found some residual special fuel there, which was very likely produced by the terrorists.
However, the police did not suspect that May was a terrorist. Instead, they believed that May had been killed by terrorists because she had been missing for a long time, as if she had vanished into thin air. May's boyfriend, Kevin, was already dead, a fact confirmed by the hospital.
Police have deployed surveillance cameras and plainclothes officers near Mei's home, and special police are on standby. They will arrest any suspicious persons who appear!
But not long after, the Canghai City police received a shocking message.
"Huh?! The Möbius Biological Research Institute has been attacked by drones?! Dr. Möbius was killed on the spot?!"
Chapter 334 How will you know if you don't try?
"Dr. Möbius, this is the truth of the matter."
"This is the real world."
"..."
Mebius's gaze remained calm, and he showed no reaction to what Mebius had said. He simply looked silently at the documents Mebius had given him—files and archives about the Honkai.
These were all found by Mei at the Fire Moth base.