Chapter 1059: Chapter 1058: Lighthouse Country Taking the Blame
Twelve hours passed quickly, and as the next day’s sun rose, the front-page headlines of almost every country’s newspapers, television broadcasts, radio stations, and websites were dominated by the Los Angeles disappearance incident.
It overshadowed all major events, be it local wars, diplomatic affairs, or economic exchanges, all making way for this globally shocking and strange incident.
So shocking!
So mysterious!
Beyond the ordinary public’s understanding!
However, the only silver lining is that most ordinary people already know that all the missing persons were yesterday’s rioters, not targets of a large-scale indiscriminate attack. So most people have breathed a sigh of relief and are not as frightened as yesterday.
Of course, people continue with their jobs and lives, but the protest crowd disappeared without a trace, while some criminals with past records are hiding at home, trembling.
Meanwhile, overnight, hundreds of various sects emerged in California, and dozens of previously established sects gained instant influence.
True God Sect, Spiritual Life Sect, Promise Sect, Only Evangelical Sect, Holy Flame Sect, Heavenly Golden Leaf Sect, Hellfire Church, Black Wings Sect...
Numerous Bible stories, historical legends, myths, and tales, along with various ghost stories from different places in Lighthouse Country, began circulating online.
On major global social apps, it can only be described as a frenzy of devils dancing.
Subsequently, countless conspiracies involving officials also started to gain traction.
Yes, although yesterday’s event was both miraculous and mysterious, after all, neither God nor the Devil directly manifested themselves, and no one saw any alien spacecraft descend from the sky.
Thus, more individuals with some knowledge reserves and the ability to voice their perspectives began observing the official reactions from their own viewpoints.
Even within Lighthouse Country’s various forces, there was suspicion that one of their own might be behind the incident, let alone some ordinary people, who were deeply affected and were vaguely aware of certain insider information.
Therefore, as Lighthouse Country’s various forces were internally exchanging information to see if any faction had developed a new biological weapon, many people online had already skillfully explained the incident from a scientific perspective, leading the narrative with great momentum.
"The Pentagon injected these people with something resembling the Doomsday virus, possibly some genetic nanovirus, controlled using miniature chips!"
"This also explains why only the related individuals completely disappeared; as long as anything contains your DNA, it falls within the range of the nanovirus’s engulfment, while everything else remains unaffected."
"Too terrifying!"
"Most of these people have been in prison; maybe they were controlled there. But many others haven’t, indicating that they have other channels to control us!"
"It could have been a vaccine injection or a minor operation where the miniature chip was already implanted in your body!"
"Whenever they wish, they can activate the nanovirus within your body, killing you, and everything about you will disappear from the world!"
"Think about the various military virus experiments conducted domestically, and the uterus removal surgeries conducted on those unfortunate immigrants down south!"
"Believe me, they are responsible for all this!"
"Capitalists and the military are working together; they are controlling the world!"
"The life and death of ordinary people are merely at the whims of those in power!"
"Yesterday was just an experiment they performed using the rioters!"
"If they succeed, ordinary people will no longer have the means to resist!"
"Countless unknown lives have already been controlled!"
"I’ve lost hope; the world is entering a dystopian apocalypse!"
Besides these half-informed individuals, many politicians, scientists, and media figures from other countries also focused their attention on Lighthouse Country’s hundreds of global biological laboratories.
Without definite proof that this was a mysterious incident, they still lean towards suspecting it was orchestrated by Lighthouse Country’s officials.
No other reason, too many past offenses!
Moreover, the scale of this incident is indeed too frightening; even those in power feel the tangible threat.
Silently, unknowingly, if someone wants to kill you, they might just need to lightly click a mouse from the other side of the Earth.
Thus, numerous inquiry documents, with content either soft or hard, showing concern or threats, were sent through various explicit or hidden channels to relevant persons in Lighthouse Country.
The high-levels of various forces in Lighthouse Country were going crazy!
They investigated all night, but no faction admitted responsibility for the incident, not even vague denials but sharp rejections.
"Pfizer, Roche, Johnson & Johnson, the country’s top ten pharmaceutical groups deny developing the virus."
"The Pentagon said their labs have no related research; Fort Detrick is researching gene-related biochemical weapons, unrelated to the incident."
"Labs located in other countries aren’t responsible for such advanced secret research either."
"The California consortium said they have nothing to do with it; Rockefeller, Morgan, DuPont, and Mellon Clan all denied it."
"Microsoft, Mate, and Google also reported back saying they have not developed similar chips."
"Through secret channels, it’s confirmed that Freemasonry and Skull and Bones Society’s biological labs have similar research, but still in early experimental stages, far from reaching such sophisticated levels."
After exchanges, similar conversations occurred in various meeting rooms.
"Gentlemen, ladies, what are your thoughts on what those forces said?"
"We can’t believe entirely, but can’t dismiss; they’re definitely hiding something."
"Fifteen hours have passed, whether this was done by evil scientists or by God or the Devil is still unclear; this is the biggest joke of the year!"
"The world has exploded; many people are demanding an explanation from us."
"Explain what? It’s not our doing; let them ask other forces for explanations!"
"Submit a report to the White House, inform them we did nothing, let them ask God for an explanation; after all, all Protestants can communicate with God!"
Thus...
The White House held a press conference, briefly explaining the incident and hurriedly ended, saying it’s still under investigation.
The host’s panicked performance made those with preconceived notions even firmer in their beliefs.
"The Pentagon wants to control the world!"
"Judgment Day from God is imminent!"
"The Devil is about to crawl from the abyss!"
Faced with Lighthouse Country’s response, people from other countries dispatched their personnel within Lighthouse Country, converging in Los Angeles to begin covert investigations.
Whether from the scientific direction or the theological direction, nothing is overlooked, as for those in power, leaving any possibility unexamined is unacceptable.
...
Across the ocean, a group of people are constantly monitoring the information here; after they learned about this incident...
"Goodness!"
"They did nothing, but once they did, it stirred such a huge commotion!"
"Too terrifying!"
"But... well done hahaha!"
"Should we add more fuel to the fire?"
"Of course, such a big matter, if we don’t voice out it would be odd. Tomorrow, let the spokesperson from the Foreign Ministry direct the flames towards Lighthouse Country’s labs, let’s not mention God and the Devil."
"After all..."
"We must believe in science!"
