Shadow of the Beautiful World

Woo, woo, woo

On the west coast of the North American continent, low-pitched sirens echoed throughout San Francisco.

Just like the air defense siren sounded during the war, it indicates that the danger is coming in the human city.

The evacuation of the entire city officially started 2 hours ago. The order was issued by the White House, and the initial evacuation work was carried out by the Sky Eye.

The streets of the city are crowded with people, and there is even a long queue on the road leading to the outside of the city.

In this era of advanced information technology, things like big monsters attacking cities cannot be hidden at all.

In fact, the gossip exploded on the Internet when the Titan on the 20th appeared and moved towards San Francisco.

In all fairness, the government's response cannot be considered slow, but when the official forces intervened, the entire city had entered a state of panic and chaos.

But the situation didn't get any worse.

There was no mass exodus of millions of people.

Because another force intervened in the San Francisco evacuation earlier than the official.

Please don't panic! Please follow the instructions! Take care of your family and follow me!

An omnic housekeeper pushed a wheelchair out of the elevator. An old man was sitting in the wheelchair. Behind the wheelchair was a family, husband, wife, and two daughters carrying emergency supplies.

The omnic butler in their home constantly comforted the family and led them away from the apartment to the nearest underground shelter.

Titan No. 20, code-named 'Muto', is 273 kilometers away from San Francisco, and the estimated arrival time of the impact is 54 minutes. The evacuation time is completely sufficient, and there is no need to panic.

The way to the shelter is set, follow me.

In the downward elevator, pushing the wheelchair, the polite omnic turned his head and projected a clear evacuation path to the slightly panicked family members behind him, and reached out to hold the 7-year-old girl in his arms .

The little girl didn't know what was about to happen. She was held in the arms of the omnic butler, holding the arm of the robot uncle with a smile, and beckoning to the slightly pale parents.

Adults have more ideas, and they don't want their family members to be hurt or threatened.

But instead of going out and running around by yourself at this moment, it is better to follow the well-organized omnic butler.

Although they still don't know when the crisis intervention program suddenly launched by their own omnic butler was downloaded before the monster Muto attacked the city.

Ding

The elevator door opened, and the family followed the omnic out of the elevator.

Please let me drive, please fasten your seat belt.

The omnic housekeeper who didn't panic at all carried the old man out of the wheelchair, put it in the car, and put the wheelchair in the rear compartment. It refused the family's request to drive the car, and sat in the driver's seat by itself.

While reminding others to fasten their seat belts, they started the car.

Soon, the car drove out of the residential area. When entering the urban area, the child sitting in the car suddenly pointed at the car window and shouted to his parents:

Look! The robots are dancing!

Parents look out the car window, the streets are already filled with robots, but they are not dancing.

These municipal robots, who are usually responsible for city cleaning and security protection, formed a human wall on the highway.

There are also a steady stream of cars coming from all over the place, and those vehicles stop in the center of the road, cutting off the road and forming a temporary blockade.

The omnics got out of the car and joined the human wall of robots in a very orderly manner.

They continuously send out voice prompts to prevent the panicked crowd from running around aimlessly. At the end of the maze of human walls composed of robots is the entrance to the subway station.

Several police officers were standing in front of the subway station, shouting loudly to calm the crowd.

The flow of people congested here was forcibly divided by the human wall of robots, leaving a road that only allowed 3 people to pass side by side.

Unable to maintain their composure due to various reasons, the agitators who tried to attack the order would be crushed to the ground neatly by the quick-witted machines.

This kind of action will cause people around to scream, but those struggling guys will be sent to a special restricted area quickly, and they will be sent to the subway station at the last time to avoid hurting themselves or others.

The crowd was agitated, but basic order could still be maintained.

Beneath the city at this time, San Francisco's subway stations were packed.

But just like the omnics in the city who spontaneously participated in the evacuation operation, there are also omnic robots with disaster warning activated in the subway station to maintain order.

Even the operation of the subway system is taken over by a special program.

The constantly running subway will send people in the city to the station closest to the shelter. After the citizens get off the train, there will also be activated omnics to guide them into the underground shelter.

San Francisco is a big city on the west coast. There was also a branch of S.H.I.E.L.D. here. During the years when S.H.I.E.L.D. was in power, many things were done quietly.

For example, the seven underground shelters built near San Francisco can accommodate at least 400,000 people in emergency situations.

Many cities have built such refuge facilities underground. In the current emergency situation, this has greatly relieved the pressure on the evacuation of San Francisco.

The car carrying the family evacuated along the planned road and experienced a slight traffic jam. After 15 minutes, the family was sent to the entrance of the opened underground shelter.

There are also omnics here who are responsible for the entry of citizens.

But those omnics are different from the omnics in the city. They are painted black, hold weapons in their hands, streamlined bodies and red eyes, giving them a chilling aura.

There are also some weird omnics wearing robes and holding steel scriptures, standing on the platform at the entrance of the shelter, soothing the crowd with gentle voices, and guiding them the way forward.

click

The car turned off, and the omnic butler driving the car turned around, with a farewell smile on his face loaded with bionic materials.

It says to its family:

Please enter the shelter, sir, and ladies, take care of your children, my compatriots will protect you for the rest of the time.

how about you?

The old man at home asked:

Aren't you going in with us?

No, sir.

The omnic butler opened the car door, carried the old man out, and put him in the wheelchair. It whispered to the old man it usually took care of:

I need to return to the city and join my fellow citizens in the ongoing evacuation, which is our mission...

The birth of omnics is to protect human beings.

Goodbye, family.

It handed over the wheelchair in its hand to the man beside it, and it bent down again, patting the head of the little girl.

it says:

If all goes well, you can see me again when you return to your warm home. At that time, I will continue to serve you and I am very happy to have spent two years of happy time with you.

The omnic got back into the car, rolled down the window, and bid farewell to his family, who also stood where they were, watching it leave.

Don't worry anymore, Mechanicus will protect your safety.

A gentle, metallic voice sounded behind the family. They turned around and saw a female omnic in a robe standing there.

The robe on her body has a skull emblem made of gears, and she stretches out her hand, making a please gesture.

Please follow me and enter the shelter, where hot water and food are ready.

The family had never heard of the Mechanicus organization.

But the current situation did not allow them to think too much, and they followed the female omnic to the entrance of the refuge.

Beside them, there are a steady stream of citizens sent here by the omnics, like a river with slight waves, finally merging into a safe sea.

At this time, over the city of San Francisco, four space carriers marked with the unique emblem of the Sky Eye Society are parading.

The decks of these motherships are like containers, but the transport cabinets loaded with flight systems are constantly rising and falling.

Those poor-looking transport containers fell on the edge of the deck. With the sound of gears colliding and opening, the closed hatch in front of the containers opened, and the citizens staying inside entered the deck area under the guidance of the agents.

And the transport cabinet that was emptied of people will start again, falling into 38 evacuation points in the city below, and continuously sending the citizens stranded on the surface into the sky.

According to the size of these space carriers, without considering comfort, the four carrier ships can accommodate at least 120,000 people.

At the city port of San Francisco, there are also large cargo ships that have been mobilized to receive asylum seekers. So far, the evacuation operations are being carried out in an orderly manner.

Who allowed you to intervene in this matter?

On the bridge of the command ship of the Sky Eye, Amanda Waller, with her arms folded, looked at the projection in front of her expressionlessly. In the blue projection was Ms. Hope's face that was always smiling.

Facing Waller's questioning, the omnic elder sister said softly:

What? Are you dissatisfied? If you need it, Waller, we can evacuate San Francisco immediately, but those citizens who are being sent to shelters have no one to protect them.

And order in the city...

Hope divided the high-altitude view of the city into four frames and projected it in front of Waller's eyes.

In those pictures, the gathered omnics move as precisely as the mechanical arms running on the factory assembly line, and the citizens pouring into the streets are the raw materials for industry.

They were separated, sent into omnic-controlled areas, and then sent into assembled ground vehicles, along cleared and protected roads, to shelters, or simply sent into the underground subway system.

The scene is not chaotic.

At least for Waller, who has participated in many large-scale evacuations, the monster will attack the city in more than 40 minutes.

The current situation in San Francisco is much more optimistic than expected.

There was no mass panic, no previous looting and vandalism, and no horrific stampedes and casualties.

All this is because of the intervention of Mechanicus.

Under their control, millions of omnics throughout the city of San Francisco are like moved building blocks, building a high wall of evacuation and protection for innocent citizens before the disaster.

As far as reason is concerned, Waller seems to have no reason to reprimand these robots for messing around.

You guys need to help next time... please let me know in advance.

Waller stared at the picture in front of her, she snorted, and she said:

I have a bad heart.

Haha, why didn't I know when you had a heart attack?

Miss Hope in the projection laughed, but her expression quickly became serious, and she said to Waller:

There are only 40 minutes left. Before the arrival of Muto, the people in the city cannot be completely evacuated. The best way to deal with it is to block the monster out of the city.

But I noticed that you don't seem to have any plans to involve superheroes in the fight.

A projection appeared in front of Waller's eyes. On that projection, Superman Clark, wearing a blue combat uniform and a red cape, was lifting an apartment building full of people and flying towards the port.

The scene was too scary, as if a building had grown its own wings and was flying.

The most powerful thing was that the roof of that building was full of people, and some bastards who were not afraid of death were still waving their arms and shouting Superman's name, like a fanatic watching his idol's performance.

It is conservatively estimated that this building holds at least 2,000 people.

Well, but in terms of rescue efficiency, Superman is definitely top-notch.

You let a group of heroes who are strong enough to resist monsters do logistical work?

Hope's weird voice sounded in the projection, she said:

Isn't it too good for its use?

The Ministry of Defense is trying to deal with Muto with heavy weapons.

Speaking of this, Waller's face also flashed a trace of irritability, she said:

Those generals are stubborn, and the White House is having a hard time making decisions.

What an inappropriate pride.

Hope sarcastically said:

Your army is retreating steadily. With all due respect, the development of human military technology is not designed to fight against such unreasonable monsters.

Muto's emp launch ability can make your advanced weapons useless, and conventional firepower can't hurt it at all.

Titans thrive on devouring atomic energy, and your greatest reliance on nuclear weapons is more like a supplement to it... Let the heroes enter the field, it's time to make a decision, Waller.

I know that better than you do, Hope.

Waller's hands behind her back have been clenched into fists, and she said in a sad tone:

But we are not S.H.I.E.L.D., we don't have such a high level of authority, we can bypass the authorities and do things on our own... We are waiting for orders.

That's why you're not as good as Fury or Merlin.

Hope on the projection stared at Waller, and she said in a faint tone:

You know what's the right thing to do, and in this situation, you're the real expert compared to those who make the decisions, but you just can't make up your mind and let arrogant laymen tell you what to do and interfere. your actions.

What's important, Waller.

The more than 300,000 people stranded in the city, or your position and power?

You hand over the power to make decisions to others, and you are willing to be the executor. If something goes wrong, you can use this to get rid of accountability. This is a very smart strategy.

But the problem is, you don't even have the courage and responsibility to take the blame afterwards...

How can you save the world?

Hope's projection dimmed, and at the moment her signal disappeared, she finally sounded in Waller's ears like a reminder or an admonition.

Top heroes don't believe in you, they despise you, there is a reason.

You can't manage them, you can't win them. It's not because of the lack of power in the Sky Eye. It's just your personal problem. When you need to make sacrifices, everyone hates people who play tricks...

Hope's signal disappeared, and Waller stood alone in the high place of the command room, her expression was cloudy.

A few seconds later, she grabbed the communicator at hand and said to the person waiting on the other end:

'God's Rod' enters the launching procedure immediately!

In the name of Tianyanhui, help me contact the Justice League and s..l.d.

From now on, Sky Eye will take over this special matter, and let those who are in the way of the Ministry of National Defense get away! I will give them 15 minutes to evacuate. As for all the consequences of this incident...

Waller touched her aching abdomen, a coldness flashed across her thin face, and she said:

Let me, a dying person, bear the burden!