Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 201: Live Broadcast

"Team leader, Miss Linghu, what's wrong?" Huo Jing's colleague, Xiao Mei, was awakened by the two shouts.

Huo Jing and Linghu Ying woke up almost simultaneously and got up. They saw Xiao Mei standing between them, anxiously looking around. Huo Jing and Linghu Ying both looked at each other almost at the same time.

"Little sister, Professor Huo, what's wrong? Are you alright?" Linghu Guang's voice came from behind him.

"Brother, we're fine, go to sleep." Linghu Ying glanced at Huo Jing, then lay down on the sofa and continued sleeping.

"Xiaomei, go to sleep. We're fine. I just had a dream."

"Oh, okay then." Xiaomei rubbed her sleepy eyes, yawned, and went back to sleep.

Huo Jing lay down, but couldn't fall asleep no matter what she did. She kept thinking about the strange encounter in her dream and trying to figure out what was going on.

In a daze, Huo Jing was awakened by the sound of children playing and laughing. She looked around and saw that Xiao Mei and Linghu Ying were no longer on the sofa. She could hear the sound of a man and a woman chatting in the next room.

"Auntie, it's already seven in the morning, why aren't you up yet?" A little boy smiled at Huo Jing.

"It's seven o'clock?" Huo Jing jumped up, tidied her hair and clothes, and walked to the small hall next door.

"Professor Huo, get up. What happened last night? You and my sister were both screaming, which startled me."

"Ah, nothing."

"That's strange, my sister also said there's nothing wrong with it," Linghu Guang muttered.

"Where are Zhou Yuan and the others?"

"Brother Zhou and the other two have gone out and said they'll be back in a bit."

"Oh, you guys go to the lobby, it's a big place." Huo Jing quickly went into a restroom and started washing up.

After washing up, Huo Jing walked into the hall and met Zhou Yuan's gaze before quickly looking away.

"Everyone, we'll disembark right away and go somewhere for breakfast, and then we'll watch the Martian fireworks show."

"Great! Great!" The three children clapped their hands repeatedly upon hearing about the fireworks display.

Zhou Yuan led the way, stepping out of the cabin, followed by the others. The spaceship transformed back into a tiny bee, which flew directly into Zhou Yuan's pocket.

Zhou Yuan snapped his fingers, and suddenly, a flash of light appeared, and they saw the bodies of the people opposite them disintegrating. Huo Jing was shocked, but quickly lost consciousness.

When everyone woke up, they found themselves surrounded by metal walls, with beams of light flowing across them. These beams of light were not encased in plastic or any other material. Beside them, seven or eight humans were watching them. These people were dressed in uniforms, handsome men and beautiful women, and they all greeted Zhou Yuan, "Good morning, Saint."

"Hello, Xiao Zhang. How's the breakfast preparation for the guests?"

A beautiful woman stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, we have prepared a variety of delicious breakfasts according to our guests' dietary habits."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. Everyone, please follow me."

Zhou Yuan took the lead, and everyone followed him. Along the way, the men and women in uniform greeted Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan walked into a large room, and everyone followed him in. There was a large rectangular table inside, and Zhou Yuan gestured for everyone to sit down.

A short while later, four or five silver-white robots brought various plates filled with different kinds of breakfast food to the group.

Huo Jing examined the silver-white robots closely and remembered seeing similar robots in online videos. These robots were product prototypes from GenAI.

These breakfasts and dishes were indeed to my liking, and extremely delicious. Zhou Yuan, however, was eating potstickers, those with yellowish, oily skins.

Half an hour later, everyone had finished their breakfast, and the intelligent robot removed the tableware and wiped the table dry.

"Good morning, distinguished human guests from Earth. It is now 8:00 AM Earth Standard Time." A synthesized female voice sounded. "I am the super artificial intelligence of this warship. My name is Nana."

After he finished speaking, two large holographic spheres appeared in front of the table. The holographic sphere on the left showed Earth, and the holographic sphere on the right showed Mars.

The holographic sphere on the right magnifies, obscuring the Earth on the left. Mars slowly grows larger, as if being photographed from above, revealing its surface clearly. However, the surface of Mars is empty except for crimson dust.

As the camera slowly panned across the surface and into the Martian interior, the viewers saw numerous enormous cities and towering buildings beneath the surface. Above and between these cities, warships and spacecraft patrolled and moved about. Advanced intelligent life was hidden beneath the Martian surface.

The camera then zooms back to the Martian surface, then back to the Martian skies, focusing on the dense array of warships overhead, many of which are en route to Earth.

The Mars hologram slowly shrank back to its original size, while the Earth hologram slowly enlarged. These Martian warships instantly arrived on Earth, just as Luo Shu, Linghu Guang, and Linghu Ying had seen. These warships arrived above Earth and released flying saucers, mechanical scorpions, robots, mechs, and other objects.

Suddenly, in two holographic displays, ten spacecraft each flew rapidly toward Mars and Earth.

Ten spacecraft flew towards Earth. Ten Martian warships met the ten spacecraft, which continued their flight.

Ten warships opened fire fiercely, firing lasers and electromagnetic cannons one after another. Ten aircraft were hit, but they continued to fly as if nothing had happened. Soon they reached the Earth's equator, separated, and then began to orbit the Earth.

Dozens of warships fired at ten aircraft at once, but the ten aircraft were completely unharmed as if the warships did not exist. The warships were completely ineffective in destroying them.

A warship suddenly accelerated and crashed into an aircraft at high speed. The warship collided with the aircraft, but the warship exploded violently while the aircraft remained intact.

Huo Jing stared in disbelief at the holographic display; those tiny flying machines had captured everyone's attention.

A familiar voice suddenly came from the Earth holographic sphere.

"Fellow countrymen, these barbaric Martians have slaughtered our kind and destroyed our homes. We urge everyone to cooperate and eliminate them. Clearly, the heavens are watching over us; our communications and navigation have been restored. I hereby declare: Fire on the Martians!"

“That’s the president’s voice,” a little boy said, pointing to the holographic sphere on the left.

Inside the Earth holographic sphere, human fighter jets and bombers take off and fire at various Martian targets on Earth, while tens of thousands of missiles are launched simultaneously towards the motherships over various cities.

Humanity on Earth launched a massive counterattack. Public sentiment surged, and ordinary citizens took to the streets, armed and ready to fight the robots and mechs. Meanwhile, more warships hurtled towards Earth from the skies above Mars.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the holographic sphere on the left began to broadcast a news channel from humanity. President Gust appeared in a televised address, which was presumably being broadcast live from an underground military base. Several soldiers in military uniforms stood next to him, along with three ordinary-looking people who also stood beside him.

"Fellow countrymen, I am delighted to see that our human counterattack against the Martians is beginning to take effect. The Martian armed forces on Earth are being gradually eliminated by us. Although their warships are fast and indestructible, their robots and mechs have suffered heavy losses globally, and their flying saucers have also suffered heavy losses under the attacks of our air force and missile units. In the battle between humanity and the Martians, our partners, the superhumans, have also made indelible contributions. The three people beside me are the three leaders of the superhumans: James, Muko, and Elder Kongxiang. Welcome our superhuman leader, James, to speak." Gust waved to a tall, strong young man, signaling him to come over and speak. The people around President Gust applauded in welcome.

James slowly approached Gust. Gust turned, left the podium, took a few steps, and shook hands with James, who gave a stiff smile as he clasped his right hand in return. Suddenly, everyone saw something flash before their eyes, followed by a spray of blood-red liquid. Then, from within the holographic sphere came the sounds of impacts, gunshots, and screams of agony, along with Elder Kongxiang's rebuke, "James, you traitor!" The holographic broadcast then vanished.

"What just happened?" Uncle Luo asked loudly.

"What else? James betrayed us and killed President Gust and his entourage." Huo Jing directly voiced everyone's thoughts.

Dore was terrified. He remembered Zhou Yuan's warning to be careful of James. In the live broadcast just now, James's left fist hit Gust directly in the head with incredible speed and force, splitting Gust's head open. If it were him, no matter how fast he was, he wouldn't be able to dodge James's fatal punch under such a sudden attack, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

On the left side of the holographic Earth, a battle scene appears where superhumans and human armies cooperate to fight against robots and mechs.

A woman in a black trench coat controlled and levitated numerous machine guns, which unleashed a barrage of fire at the robots. A teenager wearing sunglasses summoned meteor fireballs, hurling them at the mechs. A tall, overweight man darted among the robots, his fists striking rapidly, snapping the robots' necks, sending sparks flying, before they collapsed. A middle-aged man used freezing magic to freeze the mechs in place. Human rocket launchers fired, severing the mechs' legs.

Dora looked at his familiar comrades, all of whom were fighting bravely on the battlefield, and couldn't help but stand up.

"Brother Zhou, I want to go back."

Zhou Yuan glanced at Dora and nodded. He then whispered a few words to Pan Na and Chu Xiaolu, who both nodded in agreement.

"Everyone, please excuse me. I have to go with Dore to run some errands."

"Where are you going? I want to go too." Linghu Ying prepared to get up.

“Miss Linghu, Uncle and Dole are going to a very dangerous place. You'd better not cause trouble, okay?” Panna glared at Linghu Ying, who shrank back.

Zhou Yuan led Dolai directly to the house where many people had been teleported earlier. The two stood inside the yellow circle. Dolai felt dizzy and briefly lost consciousness.

"Hey, Dora, what are you standing there for?" a woman's voice called out.

"Oh my god, Uncle Zhou, you're here too!"

Dora opened his eyes and saw a dozen or so superhumans fighting against robots and mechs, including the trench coat-clad beauty, Alton, Cruise, and others he had just seen in the holographic sphere on the warship.

A surge of adrenaline rushed through Dore. He gripped the hilt of his long dagger tightly, pushed off with his foot, and charged swiftly into the ranks of robots and mechs. "Kill!" Dore roared, his blade flashing as the robot heads drooped and fell to the ground.

Dora is like a vicious tiger that has been locked up for a long time. Once released, it pounces directly on its prey.

Zhou Yuan followed behind these superhumans at a leisurely pace, not participating in the battle. However, the intense plasma beams fired by the robots and mechs seemed to be under a spell, failing to harm him in the slightest.

The footage of a battle between a dozen superhumans was transmitted to the Earth holographic sphere that Huo Jing and the others were watching, and was also broadcast live on television among the humans on that planet.