American Celestial Master

Chapter 228, Confrontation

Just as states and the federal government were fighting over budget matters, an unexpected incident suddenly caused new waves. In the city of Del Rio, near the border of Texas and Mexico, an event that was almost a natural disaster occurred - a group of monsters suddenly appeared in Del Rio, and then went on a killing spree in this small city with a population of more than 60,000. (Del Rio originally only had a population of more than 30,000. After the revival of spiritual energy, because the suburbs were not safe enough, more people gathered in the city, plus people who came from Mexico, so at this time, the city's population was Almost doubled)

As for things like monsters suddenly killing people in the city, although they are not particularly common in the United States in the past two years, they are not rare either. Most American people have long been accustomed to this, but this time, the situation is completely different. It was different, because the number of monsters was increasing rapidly. Some residents who were originally normal humans suddenly turned into monsters for some unknown reason, and then began to attack the people next to them crazily.

There are a large number of federal troops stationed in Texas, and there is a military camp near Del Rio. It also happened to be a weekend, and a group of federal soldiers happened to enter the city, and then they ran into this incident, and they survived. Some of the guys turned into monsters.

There are many people who were contaminated by something in Del Rio and turned into monsters. Some of these people who became monsters have completely lost their human form and turned into some kind of nightmare beast, but Others transformed into monsters but basically remained human.

Then, the Texas National Guard, who got the news and rushed over quickly, ran into this group of monsters wearing U.S. military uniforms and fought with them. When the fighting was in full swing, the federal army also arrived, and then... In short, there was a small misunderstanding between the Texas National Guard and the federal army, and they even opened fire on each other. Although the exchange of fire lasted for a short time and caused few casualties, it caused huge interference to the actions of both parties.

In order to avoid greater misunderstandings, after the exchange of fire, the commanders of both sides were ordered to retreat immediately and disengage. This order was also received by the Army and Texas Army who were panicking because their comrades around them sometimes suddenly turned into monsters. The National Guard soldiers carried out the action quickly and resolutely.

A bigger misunderstanding was of course avoided, but the rescue mission was naturally left unattended. The result was that the city of Del Rio suffered huge losses and was almost completely razed to the ground. Because when the incident occurred, there were many refugees from Mexico in Del Rio City, so no one knew how many people there were in the city. Therefore, no one can tell how many people died in this incident. However, after the incident, the state government found more than 7,000 corpses in the ruins of Del Rio City, so more than 7,000 is the lowest number. Both Texas and the federal government have recognized this number. Of course, according to other organizations, the real number of deaths is at least double this number. But even this organization's statement did not take into account the people coming from Mexico.

Originally, this incident was supposed to have passed like this. It was nothing more than lowering the flags of Texas and the federal government together in mourning, and blaming each other for not being professional enough in this incident. But then another person in Texas called Trane A similar thing happened again in the small town of Gua.

Terlingua is a small town with a population of less than 100. It was once prosperous due to mining. At its peak, it produced more than 40% of the mercury in the United States and had a population of several thousand, including many of wealthy people. But as the mines dried up, residents moved out one after another, and their homes, including the mansions of the wealthy, were abandoned, leaving it an empty "ghost town."

Precisely because there are few people in this place, it is easier to investigate after the incident occurs. And because the place is close to the border, the Texas government's own drones often patrol there, so the investigation results come out quickly. According to drone footage, the initial monster appeared in a car traveling from out of town. The car lost control at that time and crashed directly into an empty house on the roadside. Then the driver, who had turned into a monster, got out of the car and began to attack the people next to him crazily.

The video captured by the drone also confirmed one thing, that is, the first monster was not the source of infection, because the people killed by it did not become monsters, but other people in places where it did not go at all. , automatically turned into a monster. According to the location where the monsters appear, you can see that the monsters gradually appear with the car as the center point. Apparently, there's something in that car that can suddenly turn a person into a monster.

But it was already approaching dusk, and by the time the state government reacted, it was already dark. Checking out something so dangerous at night? How can that work? Not even adding money! Neither the National Guard, nor the state police, nor some superhero organizations that maintain good cooperative relations with the Texas government agree to check on such dangerous things at night. Therefore, everyone can only sleep nearby and wait until daybreak before going over to check. Although they all heard the sound of engines coming from the other side of the town at night, everyone pretended that it didn't happen.

After daybreak, the National Guard entered the town along with several superheroes employed by the state government, but they found nothing in the car.

At this time, the sound of the engine that everyone heard at night became an important clue. Soon someone from the National Guard said that the sound of the engine was very similar to what he heard when he was in western Pakistan. The sound of a stealth helicopter used by the CIA to perform special missions.

At this moment, the Texas government jumped up - what on earth is the federal government doing?

Texas has always been the territory of the Elephant Party. During the current term of the president, they have long had opinions on the current federal government. In addition, the governor himself has just been exposed by some media with a background of the Elephant Party that he was a university student at that time. At that time, there was a dark history of bullying female classmates. Although the governor himself dismissed this and even said this when facing reporters: "At least I have not been to a certain island." However, these messy things still had a certain impact on his reputation. Now with such news, of course he would seize the opportunity to take revenge and go back.

So the governor gave an order, and National Guard tanks drove to the gate of the federal army barracks. The governor said that federal government and federal military personnel are prohibited from leaving the station until the matter is thoroughly investigated.

(End of this chapter)