US police: outlaws

Chapter 126 The First 7-Star Reward

As time ticked by, more than 5000 people, including those from the land, sea, air, and National Guard, climbed the mountain. They searched for most of the day in San Antonio. During the search, an avalanche and a fall from a cliff resulted in 4 deaths and 3 injuries. The extreme weather in the mountains is truly a great threat.

A few hours later, the main force had to withdraw in large numbers. They found no clues, not even the tank tracks, let alone the target. They left behind only a few dozen people and withdrew in this anticlimactic manner.

The perpetrator had long since returned to his residence in the San Fernando Valley, where a state government press conference was playing on television.

"A natural gas explosion occurred at California Governor Brett Bird's mountain villa in San Antonio, killing the governor and causing heavy casualties among his security team."

"The meteorological bureau detected a super Arctic vortex moving southward, and a major cold wave, the likes of which only occur once every 20 years, is expected in the next few days. The government has deployed the military to conduct large-scale drills to prevent certain emergencies from occurring."

Li Yisen moved his almost fully recovered right hand and complained.

"The governor was killed in a gas explosion, and they're conducting a large-scale drill to prevent emergencies? That's utterly unbelievable. Everyone knows America's character; do they really think they can rely on the military to rescue civilians?"

Lee Esen had considered that the government might cover it up, but he never expected them to cover it all up.

The government could only keep it a secret for a day or two, because he planned to edit the video and secretly send it abroad for exposure, but first he wanted to see the reward.

[Ding! Destroyed a wicked family that had committed evil for two hundred years and murdered over 2 people. Received a 7-star reward. Rewards are being generated.]

[7-Star Skill for Idealistic Type: Scattering Hair to Form Soldiers: Plucking a hair consumes 15 points of spirit to summon a clone. The clone can look like the original or be random, and there is no limit to the number.]

The clone exists for 6 hours. The original body can only sense the clone but cannot control it. It can be automatically deactivated. The clone has only one-tenth of the original body's stamina and each clone has a different personality. [Strength +10, Endurance +10, Agility +10, Spirit +20]

【Strength: 60】

[Endurance: 63]

[Agility: 54]

【Spirit: 74】

[Ding! Agility has exceeded 50, gaining agility-related skills, including extraordinary dynamic vision]

[Exceptional dynamic vision: Enhanced dynamic vision makes it easier to capture fast-moving objects.]

Li Yisen felt an itch in his eyes. If he could see the details of a vehicle traveling at 100 kilometers per hour before, he could probably see it at 200 kilometers per hour now.

Lee Ethan picked up his pistol and fired. The bullet was no longer completely invisible; a trace of its movement could be seen. This thing was supersonic.

Perhaps even without the threat perception skill, I can dodge bullets?

Thinking it through and doing it, Li Yisen decided to try out the somewhat useless skill, "Scattering Feathers to Create Soldiers," which he considered inferior to the 6-star skill "Controlling Creatures."

His mental energy was halved, the duration was only 6 hours, his physical fitness was 1/10, and with his current strength of only 6 points, he was not even as good as an average adult male, like a woman. Compared to that, he was really useless.

Li Yisen plucked a hair and threw it on the ground. Soon, an identical person appeared before him and immediately shouted with a serious expression.

"Are you my Master?"

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Li Yisen patted his forehead. Is this thing a joker?

"Go make me a cup of water."

The clone lay directly on the ground.

"Doing housework is impossible. I'd rather jump off Hollywood Hills than do housework. And why? Well, your true form doesn't do housework either."

Lee Ethan resisted the urge to hit someone, canceled the clone, and summoned another clone.

"Can you do housework?"

"As long as blood flows like a river, any guy who dares to offend me will have his ashes scattered to the winds that very night."

Li Yisen watched as the newly appeared clone tore its clothes to shreds, looking ready for battle. He really didn't know what to say; these clones were truly damn unique.

Oh well, let's just make use of it.

Lee Ethan handed the pistol to the other party.

Shoot me.

"Bang bang bang bang"

Lee Ethan barely dodged one bullet, but the other three hit him squarely.

It seems that he could barely dodge a single bullet at the speed of sound, but his act of creating a clone left him speechless.

"Hey, I told you to shoot, why did you fire four shots?"

"You didn't say how many shots you fired. So what if you fire a lot? You won't die."

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Li Yisen casually canceled the clone, and less than 20 minutes later, he felt a little dizzy.

He endured the discomfort to dig out the bullet before continuing to watch the reward video.

[Ding! You have destroyed private property worth $100 million and gained a miniature artificial intelligence five years in the future.]

[Positioning: A small AI system designed for privacy protection and penetration testing]

[Real-time modification of video metadata and generation of adversarial network-based forged backgrounds create untraceable paths, enabling breaches of physical security systems through simulated biometrics and vulnerability analysis.]

[Configured with 14 processors (3 high-performance mainframes + 12+ edge terminals), the monthly power consumption is equivalent to that of 3 America's households.]

Li Yisen hadn't expected a small-scale AI device for the future. Unfortunately, it was just a small gadget. As AI develops, small-scale devices will gradually be replaced by medium and large-scale ones. However, its functionality gave him a different idea.

[Ding! Killed the governor and more than 30 members of his security team. Obtained a 6-star weapon reward.]

[Ding! You have obtained a Tornado-class patrol boat, valued at 3800 million.]

[Length: 51.82 meters, Beam: 7.62 meters, Draft: 2.38 meters, Full load displacement: 340 tons]

[4-axis propulsion system, top speed 35 knots (65 km/h)]

[Weaponry: 25mm remote-controlled chain gun, equipped with 1000 rounds of ammunition]

[Ground-to-ground and anti-ship missiles: MK-60 Griffin missile launcher, range 15-20 kilometers, 30 missiles deployed.]

[Close-in weaponry: Two MK-1940mm automatic grenade launchers, 100 shells]

Air defense system: 6 FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft missile launchers, with a range of 5 kilometers, equipped with 12 Stinger missiles.

[Fully staffed for 28 people, minimum driver requirement: 8 people]

"Cough cough cough."

Lee Ethan coughed twice. What the hell? What's the point of giving him a patrol boat? Putting aside the fact that he can't gather enough personnel, the boat is useless to him. It would be better to just reward him with a brand-new Apache attack helicopter or an F-35 fighter jet.

"I don't know how to use it either."

Just as Lee Ethan was complaining about his bad luck today, the doorbell rang, and the visitor was a man who looked somewhat familiar.

This surprised Lee Ethan. He hadn't visited his neighbors since he moved in, and he could sense a subtle sense of rejection. After all, the surrounding residents were all wealthy white people; there were hardly any Asians, let alone Black people.

He received quite a few phone calls from women working in the San Fernando Valley, and he wouldn't mind sponsoring these women who dream of becoming actresses.

The door opened, and a man named Edgar Carl handed out an invitation.

"Mr. Li, my daughter's 11th birthday is on the 28th. I hope you can grace us with your presence."

"I will."

After the guests left, Li Yisen realized this was an opportunity to network with the community. In that case, he would meet these high-society figures in eight days.

On the third day after the governor's death, just as the storm surrounding the case was beginning to subside, a new video suddenly posted online stirred up a new wave of controversy, appearing on various websites even after it had been deleted.

A masked man appears in the video.

"Hello everyone, my name is Zero, and I am the external representative of the Revitalization Association. You may not know what the Revitalization Association is like before, but you will definitely understand it very well in the future."

As for why, it's because we killed California Governor Brett Bird—we killed him with a tank, not by some gas explosion—on the grounds that he blasphemed the Constitution, so we punished him. Please watch the following video.

The camera feed shifts to a tank's perspective, showing the massacre that begins as the tank storms into the manor, culminating in the killing of the monster and the governor.

"You should all have a pretty good idea of ​​the cause and effect. The Bird family is a sinful family, and that monster is their god and their ancestor. The Revival Society will never allow anything that violates the Constitution of America."

The video's comments are increasing rapidly. In fact, Li Yisen posted it online through the AI ​​system. He originally had the idea of ​​posting it secretly, but with AI, he didn't even need to cover it up and could post it openly.

The website's review process is so poor that it can't even block anything.

The video's content shocked the entire state of California and even the nation.

"What is the relationship between the Revitalization Association and the military? It's unbelievable that they would use an M1A2 tank to kill the governor."

"This is a terrorist organization. California has a second terrorist organization?"

"I'm more concerned that the Bird family's disgraceful deeds are all true, and the body was even taken by the government. Why did they lie? What were they trying to cover up?"

The internet exploded, but protests actually decreased, since the two masterminds were indeed dead.

Lee Ethan, the instigator, was too busy to participate in the discussion, but his long-awaited return to the police station brought him unexpected joy.

In the office of the Director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, Director Austin Cole handed a document to Ethan Lee.

"Ethan, this is the Department of Internal Affairs' assessment of your Bird case, and congratulations on becoming a second-class detective and head of the homicide squad."

"Thank you for your guidance, Director."

With the Bird case concluded, Osjan Cole grew increasingly fond of Ethan Lee, as having a capable subordinate could help him advance further.

"No need to thank me. You did a great job in the Bird family case; you deserve it. But do you have any complaints about being suspended from your duties recently?"

"I have no complaints. I know very well that this is the department taking care of me."

"Good that you understand. Now you can go out. There have been some personnel changes in your group; you should go back and find out more."

"I'll take my leave now."

The chief's sudden cryptic behavior puzzled Lee Esen. When he returned to the homicide division office, he ran into Kaiya, so he gave her some instructions and went back to the third team's office.

"Kaiya, notify Group Three to have a meeting, and while you're at it, make me a cup of coffee."

Soon after, the coffee was served, and Evelyn arrived as well. However, as soon as she saw Kaia, she asked her questions with curiosity.

"Kaiya, what brings you here? Do Group 3 and Group 5 have a collaborative project?"

Kaiya glanced at someone, a malicious glint in her eyes.

"Your team leader insisted that I make him a cup of coffee. I'm curious to see how a colleague of the same rank would be perceived within the department, since everyone was watching just now."

"Pfft, cough cough cough"

Lee Esen spat out a little coffee, and without careful observation, one wouldn't notice that Kaia's badge indicated she was a second-level detective.

"What the hell? You're already level two?!"

"Yes, we also have to thank the Bird case."

Li Yisen was envious. As expected, different people have different fates. For the same case, one person's case is worth two.

"Those despicable sons of officials, all they know is how to use back channels."

The familiar kidney strike occurred the next second, but this time Li Yisen didn't feel much pain, which surprised the policewoman.

"You're not in pain anymore?"

"you guess."

"What a monster."

Snowflakes began to fall outside the window. At the end of February, Los Angeles welcomed its first snowfall in 20 years, which was definitely terrible weather for the West Coast, where the Rocky Mountains had blocked the cold air.

Because of the sudden drop in temperature of more than 20 degrees Celsius, many households, as well as power supply equipment and power plants, were overwhelmed, especially the homeless and illegal immigrants.