Chapter 157 Tragic Results

Even though Su Mo set off as soon as he learned of the situation and arrived at the Moonlight Building as quickly as possible, he was still late.

Su Mo got off the modified off-road vehicle. When he saw the girl hanging by a rope outside the 12th floor of the building, he reluctantly punched the hood.

Everything that is happening in the Moonlight Building has also been played out in the "Dawn" game plot. It is called the "Xinghai Cinema Hostage Incident."

The trigger for this incident was Wolf King Fenrir breaking through the Rusty Wall, which gained Wolf Raid a huge amount of hearts in the Border King selection.

Crow's Nest, the current king of the border, sensed that the situation was out of control and decided to respond with even greater atrocities.

They sent elite thugs to sneak into the inner city, take hostages at the Xinghai Cinema, threaten the authorities, and demand independence for the border areas.

If we succeed, we will create history.

Defeat, this shocking move will also shock the entire border and eclipse Fenrir's victory through the rust wall.

In either case, Crow's Nest can completely win the King's Choice with this move.

This is how the "Xinghai Cinema Hostage Incident" occurred.

This was the most brutal and largest hostage-taking incident in Crescent City history, and it set an inhumane precedent for targeting children.

According to the plot development of the "Dawn" game, when faced with the lives of the hostages and the dignity of the World Government, Crescent City Acting Mayor Schenkov chose the latter and decided to take responsibility.

After many fruitless negotiations with Toei Muto, Schenkov ordered a rescue by force on the fourth day. This was also the beginning of the tragedy.

Faced with the firepower of the rescue force, Muto Toei and other Crow's Nest thugs became completely frantic. They held the child in front of them to block bullets, even laid booby traps on the child, and then pushed him into the arms of the rescue soldiers.

Those crying children exploded one after another, like bursting tomatoes. Every player who had experienced that scene was red-eyed.

At the end of the incident, Muto Toei and other Crow's Nest thugs were all killed.

Among the 315 teachers and students of Chiyang Affiliated Primary School who were kidnapped, 164 were killed.

67 people were left permanently disabled.

Only 84 people truly returned to their parents' arms intact.

The "Xinghai Cinema Hostage Incident" is a pain for the entire Crescent City, and it is also an indelible regret in the hearts of many players, including Su Mo.

Because of his hyperamnesia, he couldn't help but remember all the details after finishing that episode, and even had nightmares for a long time.

After traveling through time, especially after meeting Dongdong, he realized that the NPCs controlled by codes were all flesh and blood.

Regardless of whether they are passers-by or part-timers in the game, in reality, everyone has a complete life.

This made Su Mo more determined to prevent this tragedy.

However, the changes in the world line were beyond his expectation.

Especially for such complex and major changes in events, there is no way to prevent them in advance.

The "Rusty Wall Fall Incident" and the "Xinghai Cinema Hostage Incident" that were supposed to happen a week later happened without warning today, catching him completely off guard.

Su Mo paced back and forth, took a deep breath to suppress the depression in his heart, and said to himself: "Calm down, calmly think about the follow-up plot, and think about the strategies that I have done."

Now it has happened.

Regret or any early remedial measures are of no use.

Next, I can only rely on my own understanding of the "Dawn" game to find a way to turn the tide amidst the drastic changes.

There was no way he could stay out of this catastrophe.

This is not just a matter of regret and basic ethics.

Also because this catastrophe involved a person.

A person who is extremely "important" to him.

Su Mo looked up in the direction of the "Civic Center" and murmured to himself: "The meeting should be held next."

[October 3, 21:56]

[Civic Center Municipal Building, Conference Room 1]

The room was smoky and the pungent smell of smoke was everywhere.

Schenkov sat in the main seat, the ashtray in front of him was full of cigarette butts, and he still had one in his mouth. His eyes were red and bloodshot, and there were many blood blisters around his lips.

Above the conference table, the holographic image was fixed on Nannan's body hanging by a rope.

Everyone participating in the meeting lowered their heads, and the room was filled with deathly silence.

Ivan, the captain of the Fourth Anti-Violence Section, had returned from the front line. He stood up and said angrily: "Mr. Acting Speaker, we can't go on like this!"

"The thugs repeatedly challenged the bottom line and even extended the butcher knife to innocent children. This is not only a declaration of war on the authorities, but also a declaration of war on the morality of the entire human world!"

Schenkov sat there with cigarette ashes as long as his knuckles, but he completely forgot to dust them off.

Ivan said anxiously: "Sir! Please make up your mind!"

"What resolution are you making?!" Suddenly, a sharp shout came from outside the conference room.

Dozens of well-dressed men and women broke into the conference room, and the guards responsible for guarding outside followed them in. They were sweating profusely and said with a trembling voice: "Leaders, I can't stop them."

These are the parents of students who were kidnapped from Chiyang Primary School. The leader is Du Lang, chairman of the Mark Reading Group, a powerful figure in the business world.

Du Lang looked at Ivan and asked coldly: "What are you determined to do? Are you planning to attack Xinghai Cinema?"

Ivan replied in a deep voice: "Now that the matter has come to this, do we still have any choice?"

Du Lang said angrily: "Oh God, you in the Fourth Anti-Violence Class only know how to kill people, right?! Who do you think was kidnapped there? Those are all our children! My son is also in there!"

As the anti-violence captain, Ivan had a bad temper, so he pushed back: "Otherwise? What do you think we should do? Agree to the Crow's Nest's request and recognize the independence of the border areas?"

Du Lang asked: "Why not? Do you really care about bad places like the border? Those border dogs want to leave Crescent City, then let them go!"

"Without the border, Crescent City's future development will only be better, and all social data will only be more beautiful! By then, the city ranking will not be at the bottom among the five major cities every year!"

Ivan pounded the table hard and said angrily: "Do you think Crescent City is your company? Just cut it off when you encounter non-performing assets?"

"The issue now is not the future development of Crescent City, but the dignity of the authorities being challenged. No matter where it is, no matter who the other party is, the act of dividing the city is unacceptable!"

Du Lang didn't want to talk to Ivan anymore. He looked directly at the silent Schenkov, pointed at his nose and said, "Listen up, Schenkov, I don't care about the face of your city council."

"We, the consortium, have spent so much money to push this city council team to its current position. We are not asking you to protect your dignity, but we are asking you to protect our interests!"

"I have only one request here, and that is for our children to come home intact! No matter what the price you pay, this request must be met!"