The Fourth Disaster Begins at the Dawn of the Millennium

"So, Comrade Lin Dengsheng, it is far from enough for you to be eloquent, self-deprecating, and trash-talking in talk shows. You need to have a wider range of acting skills to become a 'superstar' in the political world! Our corporate warriors are rushing to write scripts for you, and then looking for suitable directors and actors in Hollywood. Those scripts are quite good. The ones that impressed me the most are "House of Cards" and "Servant of the People"........... But these still need time to polish. We have a movie now, and we may need you to take time out to participate in the filming immediately. The script is in the hands of our corporate warriors, and he will come to you today. Comrade Lin Dengsheng, I hope you still keep the habit of going to the gym, and that muscle is still there..........."

After meeting with Linden Wan, Linden Sheng felt that his campaign path was deviating from the original development path. He was originally planning to take the traditional path of congressman campaign, but he did not expect that after being messed around by the corporate warriors, he began to develop in the direction of a Hollywood star. Moreover, Linden Wan and Linden Tu seemed to agree with the ideas of the corporate warriors. When the board of directors voted in the meeting, they also agreed to let him develop in the direction of a star. Well, since it was the organization's request, he could only obey the organization's arrangement.

"I want to see what the young comrades have prepared for me..."

In the afternoon, the excited player knocked on Lin Dengsheng's door, and then brought a movie script called "Escape from Jakarta" to Lin Dengsheng, and began to explain the plot page by page:

"The story begins with a happy classic family of four. The hero and the heroine met at a campus dance, fell in love, got married, and had a son and a daughter. After that, the hero responded to the call of the country and joined the US military to perform missions overseas. The time came to 1992. In that year, a large-scale riot broke out in Los Angeles, and the hero's family was brutally killed by thugs. The grief-stricken hero could not get out of the grief. The next year, the hero's unit participated in the Somalia peacekeeping. In the battle of Mogadishu, he witnessed the tragic death of his comrades and suffered from PTSD. Then, due to PTSD, he fell into a state of self-abandonment and was forced to retire.

Having lost his wife and children and suffering from PTSD, the hero began to numb himself with alcohol and made do with the savings from selling his house and the help from his sister. One day in 1997, the unshaven hero passed out in a dark place on the roadside and lost consciousness. He was targeted by several gangsters, who robbed him of all his money and prepared to send him to the "kidney cutter" to exchange money. However, four giant security guards patrolling the street appeared in time and rescued the hero.

When the male protagonist woke up, he realized that he had almost become a spare part last night. It was also after waking up that he realized that the first batch of Giant God Security Guards had just moved into his community and that he had been away from normal social life for too long. When he saw these fully armed Giant God Security Guards, his mind recalled his life in the army, and after understanding the style of the Giant God Security Guards little by little, he sighed and said how good it would be if the Giant God Security Guards had appeared five years earlier.

After that, the hero returned to community life and became a member of the citizen patrol team, gaining a sense of identity by helping others. After half a year of patrol life, the hero felt that he should cheer up and start a new life. He chose to apply to become a Giant God security guard. On the one hand, this job can better utilize the skills he learned in the Delta Special Forces; on the other hand, its salary is high enough. Here, the hero met the boss of Giant God Company. After learning about the hero's past experience, the boss said that Giant God Company very much welcomes the joining of a former special forces sergeant, and hopes that this new job will bring a new life to the hero.

Then the movie begins to "get to the point", or to say, to its climax. In 1998, the protagonist's sister, who was assigned to work in Jakarta, called her brother to tell him that the situation in Indonesia was becoming increasingly chaotic, riots were raging in Jakarta, and foreigners living and working here were in danger of being attacked at any time. This immediately reminded the protagonist of the past when his wife and children died in the riots in 1992.

Just at this time, the boss of Giant Security told the male protagonist that the company was starting a new business in Jakarta and needed some people with rich military experience to develop the new business. The male protagonist immediately decided to apply to go to Jakarta.

The scene switches to Jakarta, where the riots are much more serious than those in Los Angeles in 1992 (with all kinds of violent and bloody scenes). After the male protagonist and the security team arrived in Jakarta, they had almost no time to rest before they received the task of covering the evacuation of civilians. The destination of the mission was the company where the male protagonist's sister worked.

The hero immediately led his team to carry out the mission. Most of the gunfights, explosions, car races and action scenes in the movie are gathered in this section. In the fierce battle and chaos, the hero successfully rescued his sister and met her best friend. Of course, there are also beautiful women scenes that the American people love to see. In the crisis of adrenaline rush, the hero and his best friend gradually develop feelings.

At the last scene of the movie, the hero married his sister's best friend and started a new life. But the story did not end with a simple, pure and warm ending. When the hero was working on the decoration of his new home, the boss of Giant God Company called him:

"We have tracked down the information of the thug who killed your ex-wife and children six years ago. He is from the MS-13 gang. He escaped sanctions and returned to El Salvador. He has now become a local warlord, controlling a large amount of drugs and dumping them in the United States. Now, he has become our next target. We have just signed a contract with the US Drug Enforcement Administration and need a smart and capable person to lead a ghost team to carry out black operations in El Salvador. I thought of you."

"This script sounds good..." Lin Dengsheng said, "But..." "Is there anything that needs to be changed? Just tell me, this is only the third version, our screenwriter can still handle it."

Lin Dengsheng: "Exactly. Indonesia is not in chaos right now. I saw on the news that there are only sporadic violent incidents in Indonesia. When we write the story like this, is it a bit fictional?"

"That's not a problem. The key is that we have to shoot as soon as possible. We can't wait until large-scale riots happen in Indonesia. If we release it late, we won't be able to catch up with the trend."

Chapter 152: Movies released simultaneously with reality

In May 1998, a letter signed by the "suffering Chinese community in Jakarta, Indonesia" appeared in the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper also quoted a report from a human rights organization, saying that the riots that broke out in Jakarta in May "were the result of an organized anti-Chinese group in Indonesia looting, massacre, setting fire to houses and shops, and publicly raping Chinese women against Chinese residents."

The article specifically accused the thugs of "gang-raping women and little girls, and burning some of the victims alive." According to the compiled reports, more than 300 women or girls were raped in the Jakarta area alone. The Los Angeles Times also questioned whether the authorities were involved because the perpetrators were organized and had typical military hairstyles. According to sources, a large number of personnel from the Indonesian Army Strategic Reserve secretly left the barracks in May and their whereabouts are unknown.

As soon as the Los Angeles Times published its content in the west, the New York Times in the east followed suit and published a related article, citing written materials submitted by Catholic priest volunteers in Indonesia, and listing many examples of rape in detail, making it impossible for the Indonesian authorities to argue that it was an "isolated incident." As the American media "fired", Southeast Asian countries, including some media in Indonesia, began to compete to report on it.

At this time, the United States was still a country that "cares a little bit about its own face, respects the United Nations, and regards itself as a beacon of freedom." Of course, it is just a little bit, but not much. In the matter of opposing Indonesia, the United States, which still cares a little bit about its face, began to oppose Indonesia.

From a public perspective, since Indonesia has messed things up so badly, the United States has followed suit, criticizing, condemning, cutting off aid, negotiating conditions with IMF aid, and using all means to backstab its former ally. There is no psychological pressure. Moreover, the United States really wants to take advantage of the situation, and while Indonesia is suffering from the turmoil caused by the Asian financial crisis, it wants to reap the achievements of Indonesia's construction over the past decades.

Personally, President Clinton might need to use some foreign news to divert the public's attention. "Everyone, stop caring about the zipper gate! Pay attention to the human rights issues in Indonesia!"

As the news from Indonesia gradually fermented in May and reached a climax in June, a poster that appeared in front of major movie theaters across the United States also attracted everyone's attention. It was "Escape from Jakarta", which had a background almost identical to Indonesia's "Black May".

At the entrance of the cinema, several long lines of people were moving slowly. The moving crowd seemed to be a microcosm of the entire city, noisy and enthusiastic. The outer wall of the cinema was decorated with a promotional poster of "Escape from Jakarta". The content on the poster undoubtedly suits the appetite of Americans, with macho men and beautiful women, gunfights and car racing. Recently, there is the "Mission Impossible" that has already been released, and there may be "Fast and Furious" later. The plot content is actually very direct and rough, and the main attraction is the fighting scenes, "bang bang bang" and car racing.

Escape from Jakarta has all the above-mentioned exciting contents. As for the plot, Escape from Jakarta directly uses current events (what happened last month, you can tell whether it is fresh or not) as the background, with "redemption", tenderness of tough guys, American theme, and "justice triumphs over evil". In short, it meets the expectations of most Americans for an action blockbuster.

The atmosphere in the cinema became more and more exciting as the audience poured in. Everyone was getting ready for the upcoming film. The audience entered the hall from the door, took the movie tickets one by one, and quickly walked towards the theater. The whole process was full of anticipation and excitement for the movie. As the opening time of the movie approached, the entrance of the cinema began to quiet down, and the footsteps and conversations of people were gradually replaced by the sound effects in the theater. The audience entered the theater one after another, sat in their seats, and waited for the film to begin. On the screen of the cinema, as the last trailer ended, the lights in the dark slowly dimmed, and the entire theater was filled with anticipation and excitement for the movie.

On the streets, flames raged and the chaotic scene was like a doomsday scene. Broken glass and burned cars were scattered all over the ground, and the honking of car horns, the explosions of buildings and the screams of people merged into a noisy symphony, as if the whole city was burning.

The camera turned and the hospital corridors were filled with panicked screams and helpless cries for help. The thugs were committing crimes with impunity. Their behavior was outrageous - nurses were raped, patients were brutally killed, and even pregnant women were not spared. The paintings on the wall fell off due to the violent shaking, and the ground was full of overturned medicine bottles and torn documents.

Just when the hospital was in despair, a jeep suddenly rushed in from the main entrance of the hospital. The wheels splashed dust on the gravel and ruins, and the huge engine sound tore through the screams that originally filled the air. The door suddenly opened, and the actor and his teammates quickly jumped out of the car, dispersed, and began to shoot at the thugs.

The sound of assault rifle gunfire rang out in the hospital, and bullets cut through the air and hit the thugs. Sparks flew, and the thugs fell to the ground in panic, with blood and debris splashing on the ground. The male protagonist naturally became the MVP of the whole game. He could not only use accurate shooting to cover his teammates' advance, but also wield the dagger in his hand to engage in close combat with the thugs who attacked him. Every action was carefully designed, crisp and clean, and every move drew blood.

However, the four Giant God security guards only opened an escape route, and more thugs swarmed around them. They also had guns in their hands and shot at the Giant God security guards and the evacuated patients and medical staff at will. The male protagonist and his teammates covered everyone's retreat. As more and more people evacuated, the Giant God security team also prepared to evacuate, but the male protagonist disagreed because he knew his sister was also here, but he had never seen her among the retreating crowd.

So, the male protagonist ordered his teammates to cover everyone's retreat first and he himself became a "lone hero".

The hero walked through the corridor engulfed by flames and came to the top floor. At this time, the hero's sister was holding an M1911 and hiding in the room with her bestie, not daring to go out. The bestie's clothes had been torn into rags by the thugs, but the thug who tried to rape the bestie had been shot by the hero's sister with the ancestral M1911. There was a lot of gunfire downstairs, and the two girls naturally didn't dare to go out casually until the hero's sister saw her brother covered in blood. The emotions were completely released, and the brother and sister hugged and cried. As for the disheveled bestie......... The hero first feasted his eyes, then took out an American flag from his backpack and wrapped it.

As for the subsequent plot, the male protagonist tried to evacuate with the two girls, but was blocked on the top floor by more and more armed thugs and had no choice. Just when the male protagonist was almost out of bullets, the rotor of the helicopter roared in the fierce wind, and the male protagonist's good brothers came with a helicopter to support.

"Wow, gentlemen, I want to know, is the content of the movie consistent with reality? I heard that it is based on what is happening in Indonesia now..........."

"Mr. President, the preliminary report from the Department of Defense is that, yes, Giant Security's operations in Indonesia are indeed not much different from the strength shown in the movie. To some extent, this is the company's propaganda film."

"I remember that we did not authorize any military action in Indonesia, but anyone who has seen the movie will feel that we could easily have intervened militarily in Indonesia," Clinton said.

"Mr. President, this is also mentioned in the recent report of the Department of Defense. Some people in the Department of Defense believe that if we need to carry out military operations like Operation Restore Hope in the future, we can outsource this part of the business to Giant God Company without sending out the US military. This can avoid the outcome of the Battle of Mogadishu, which is really damaging to the face of the United States."

Chapter 153: Americans, You Are Not Safe

As long as the quality of the movie is not bad, it will definitely be a hit. Nowadays, it is quite "politically correct" to criticize the Indonesian government in society, and "Escape from Jakarta" can well satisfy everyone's "emotional output" towards the Indonesian government, and it can also satisfy the "patriotism" of Americans who have watched this movie, giving them a feeling of "Ah, no matter where I am, there is a powerful United States behind me to help me escape from danger..." This feeling is as good as taking marijuana.

At the same time, the CEO of Giant God, the investor of the film, made a public statement, saying that he would use a sum of money from the box office profits to sponsor the American Legion to help veterans like the protagonist of the film who suffer from PTSD to receive psychological treatment and start their lives again. This made Giant God Company more visible, and more importantly, made Americans who had seen the movie exclaim:

"Fuck, it turns out the Giant God Corporation in the movie is real!"

Then, more Americans, like curious babies, sent emails and made phone calls to the headquarters of Giant God Company to raise questions:

"Did you really open a community security service like in the movies? Your business is only in California? Why not open business in other states? We need Giant Security!"

"The news said that Giant Security rescued hundreds of Americans from danger in the Jakarta area. Did you rescue them like in the movies? This is so cool! Does xxXx (name of the male protagonist in the movie) have a girlfriend? He is simply the real-life Captain America!"

"You are a group of tough guys. When our compatriots were besieged by thugs, the US fleet and the Marine Corps did not show up. It was you who rescued our compatriots in time. I salute you! In addition, there is also my resume in this letter. Is your company willing to give a job to a former Green Beret veteran? I guarantee that our capabilities are no less than those of the Delta Force..."

In California, where Giant Films is located, especially in Los Angeles, which has a lot of dealings with "movies", "Escape from Jakarta" has undoubtedly affected the local mayoral election. While the Republican candidate on the other side was still chattering about cutting government spending, the Democratic mayoral candidate, Underwood, had already combined the film promotion with the mayoral campaign. He spoke on the stage wearing the same clothes he wore when filming the movie.

Someone asked Underwood how he would fight corruption. Underwood said he would drive a jeep to the corrupt official's office and arrest him like in the movie. Someone asked Underwood how he would protect the safety of Los Angeles. Underwood said he would take one day a week to drive a motorcycle around Los Angeles. If the public security in Los Angeles is not good, he would be shot like everyone else, or he would shoot the criminals like in the movie. Someone else asked if the riots like the 1992 happened again in Los Angeles...

"Then I will join the LAPD and the California National Guard in taking to the streets with assault rifles to protect everyone!"

Facing Underwood's unconventional approach, the Republicans were caught off guard. They never thought that the other side would use a movie to support the election. This was too outrageous. The Los Angeles citizens who voted had no impression of the Republican candidate. If they didn't take a look at the campaign posters posted outdoors, they might not even remember his name. But the Democratic candidate was different. He was a rising movie star. When you walked to the voting station, would you choose a politician with white hair and no sense of what he was talking about, or a handsome guy you knew?

When Underwood was leading in the polls by a large margin and there was little chance of a reversal, the bigwigs of the California Democratic Party called to congratulate him and said they would use the propaganda machine controlled by the Democratic Party to fully support Underwood. Underwood flattered them, thanked them and expressed his loyalty, but he did not intend to discuss any practical matters with them.

After the call ended, several big families of the California Democratic Party were somewhat depressed and irritated. They were members of the Democratic Party like Underwood, but they played no role in Underwood's campaign and were mostly just watching the show. Therefore, they could not force Underwood to promise to exchange benefits after the election, and could only get some polite words.

The political elites in California saw a very "stubborn" Underwood. Seeing that these old money "would not show their eagles until they saw the rabbit", he turned around and went to look for new money, and actually attracted investment, successfully persuading emerging companies such as Los Angeles Giants and Silicon Valley's Prometheus Data Lab to support him. If Underwood succeeds in becoming the mayor of Los Angeles and can really win over a group of California's new money to unite around him, these political elites will no longer be able to despise this young man who has just started out.

While these local California bigwigs were still paying attention to Underwood, the rising political star, they did not notice that the new money supporting Underwood had already been noticed by Washington, far away on the East Coast.

The origin of the incident has to start from Africa, thousands of miles away.

As early as May 1998, a reporter from the American Broadcasting Corporation interviewed Bin Laden in a camp hidden in the mountains and forests on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the interview, Bin Laden said: "The day when America falls into darkness will soon come, and soon there will be violent incidents that shock the world." However, Bin Laden made too many alarmist remarks, and the United States thought he was just talking nonsense and did not take it seriously.

One day in August, a truck drove to the U.S. Embassy in Kenya, which is located in the bustling city center of the capital Nairobi. The truck arrived at the door of the U.S. Embassy, ​​but it did not drive in directly. Instead, it turned quickly and drove to the back door of the embassy, ​​which is specially used for loading and unloading goods. The guard at the back door did not let the truck in. The person in the car jumped out of the car and planned to use a gun to force the guard to lift the horizontal bar to let it pass. Unexpectedly, the pistol was left on the car. He took out a grenade and threw it at the guard.

At the same time, the accomplice in the car suddenly shot at the guard with a pistol. During the fierce battle, the accomplice pressed the detonation button, and with a loud bang, the truck exploded.

A huge earth pit of several dozen square meters was blown out in the open space behind the embassy building. The surrounding cars and shops were instantly turned into a sea of ​​fire. Buildings within a radius of 1000 meters were damaged to varying degrees. Flying glass fragments and rubble injured passers-by on the street. A section of the wall of the American Embassy was blown down, the dish-shaped satellite antenna was blown over, and the flagpole of the American flag was blown off, with the torn flag lying across the iron fence.

The most serious damage was to the annex of the comprehensive commercial building next to the embassy. The entire building collapsed and fell on buses and pedestrians. Hundreds of students from a college who were attending classes in the building were buried underneath.

Ten minutes later, the US Embassy in the capital of Tanzania also exploded. People saw a rectangular pit about the size of a car and more than one meter deep near the entrance of the embassy. The bottom of the pit was burned black, which was the center of the explosion. Not far from the crater, there were scattered human organs and tissues. Some big trees on the roadside were broken and caught fire. The trunks lay across the road in all directions. Unripe papayas fell to the ground. Some of the houses in the more than a dozen residential courtyards around the embassy had their roofs blown off, some walls collapsed, and some furniture hung in the air.

The two bombings ultimately killed hundreds of people and injured thousands.

The US President was confused at first, and then he was ecstatic, because Clinton's previous efforts to divert the attention of the Zippergate incident had become less and less effective after August. At this time, Suharto's family in Indonesia had already gone to hell, and no one would buy it if you used Indonesia's affairs to divert attention. At this time, the terrorists came to assist again and successfully attracted the attention of the whole United States.

Clinton immediately ordered an investigation team composed of anti-terrorism experts from the FBI, CIA and other departments to hunt down the suspects in the US embassy bombing. The efforts paid off and the investigation team soon found clues pointing to the al-Qaeda organization led by Bin Laden. The planner of the bombing was an al-Qaeda member named "Hovaida". He has now flown away from Nairobi. He and other organizers are preparing to cross the border into Afghanistan through Pakistan, where Bin Laden's people are ready to welcome the "hero" home.

"We must bring all the participants in the bombing to the United States!" President Clinton said, "We must give an explanation to the country!"

"But, Mr. President, we cannot be sure that Pakistan will not hold back on us. They have an ambiguous relationship with the Taliban in Afghanistan. If there are no armed forces directly under the command of the United States, we cannot guarantee that we can arrest the target. But if the US military force is to be deployed, it may involve..."

The dispatch of the US military to conduct secret operations inevitably reminds people of the hostage crisis in Iran. At that time, President Carter approved a cross-service joint secret rescue operation called "Operation Eagle Claw". The US special forces encountered a series of troubles in this operation and were forced to interrupt the operation and the rescue failed. Many people believe that Carter's subsequent election failure was due to his incompetence in the "hostage crisis".

"If the U.S. military is dispatched and succeeds, that's fine. But if it fails..."

"Then don't send out the U.S. military. Send out some professionals who have nothing to do with the government," Clinton said to his Secretary of State. "We need to have a meeting with the Department of Defense. Before that, notify the CEO of Giant God to take the nearest flight and fly to Washington immediately!"

Chapter 154: Contract from the Ministry of National Defense

The US government does not want any traces of American soldiers to appear in Pakistan. At that time, Pakistan's relations with the United States were very tense due to nuclear weapons experiments. If they were to discover that American soldiers had secretly set foot in Pakistan, there would be bad consequences.

"It is hard to say that there will be no sacrifices in secret military operations. If someone is destined to be sacrificed, we hope that those who die in Pakistan are just a group of insignificant mercenaries..."

The strength demonstrated by Giant Security in Indonesia has given the Pentagon and the White House an opportunity to outsource the project security and avoid trouble for the government. Generally speaking, the Pentagon and the White House prefer more familiar partners, such as companies like MPRI. However, these companies do not want to and are unwilling to contract such operations that go directly deep into the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan to arrest people without the assistance of the US military, even if the price is higher. It is really too cost-effective, the success rate is too low, and once the mission fails, it is easy to get into trouble.

But Giant Security is different. We are a newcomer. We are willing to do things that those old military contractors don't want to do!

This made President Clinton very happy, and he praised the CEO of Giant Security as a true patriotic citizen!

"By the way, is there a chance we can meet Bin Laden himself here?"

"We probably won't see him. Bin Laden himself is in the mountains of Afghanistan. We are just trying to capture a small leader here..."

The scorching sun mercilessly burned the border town, which was surrounded by barren mountains and endless deserts, and the air was filled with a smell of dry dust. Although this town was remote, it became a gathering place for all kinds of merchants and smugglers due to its unique geographical location. The market was crowded with people, and various hawking sounds came one after another.

The security personnel of Giant God Company, a team of players who set out from Indonesia, had disguised themselves as a caravan and sneaked into the market. They wore traditional local costumes, turbans, fake beards, and their faces were dusty. Each of them carefully observed the surroundings, but this was not aimless shaking of the head, but moving the game character's line of sight to act as a rotatable "surveillance probe".

This is where the "plug-in software" provided by Prometheus Data Lab (some computer industry big brothers who love games) comes in. All players who come here to perform tasks have borrowed the right to use "someone's face recognition software" from the lab. They take screenshots of the target's photo and input it into the face recognition software, which then identifies the person who appears on the player's screen and finds the target to capture. Surprisingly, the game itself does not seem to exclude the use of such plug-ins. As long as you don't try to directly modify the data in the game, it is quite tolerant of ordinary plug-ins.

A player pretending to be a small vendor was selling his wares everywhere, but he kept glancing at the passers-by from the corner of his eyes. Suddenly, his eyes locked on a passer-by (the facial recognition software recognized it!). The man was wearing an ordinary robe and had a thick beard on his face. At first glance, he looked very different from the photo provided by the CIA, but after comparing it with the facial recognition software, the player found that if the thick beard was removed, the similarity would be very high.

The player dressed as a peddler continued his sales work, and then unconsciously walked to the target of the action: "Sir, look at these handkerchiefs, they are all made of the finest silk." There was a bit of enthusiasm and flattery in his voice.

The pedestrian looked up at the player, a trace of suspicion flashed in his eyes, but he immediately concealed it. He shook his head, indicating that he was not interested, and turned to leave. In fact, when the player approached, the face recognition software captured a clearer portrait and gave a result of 99% similarity, which almost confirmed that it was this person. For more resources, please add QQ: 3 89 94 33 120 This book is constantly updated

The player's game character, still maintaining a professional smile on his face, kept chasing after the man and continued to sell the handkerchief in his hand.

"Brothers, I've marked the target. This is the one we need to catch!" "The facial recognition software gave a very high similarity result. Also, I noticed that when you approached, several people nearby suddenly cast their eyes over. There must be something wrong with this person."

"Got it, everyone get ready to draw your guns!"

When the player, who was dressed as a peddler, was only one step away from the target, he suddenly reached out and tried to grab the man's wrist, while his other hand reached for the handcuffs hidden in his clothes. However, at this moment, the target reacted faster, not only dodged the player's hand, but also took out a pistol from his waist and pointed it at Max's stomach almost instantly.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" A series of gunshots rang out, and the blood instantly dyed the ground red. The player's game character immediately fell to the ground and curled up. The player still wanted to control the character to pick up the gun and try to fight back, but a few more gunshots followed, and the game screen turned bloody and then fell into darkness.

"Okay guys, see you in 24 hours!"

When the gunshots rang out, many armed men holding AK47s suddenly appeared on the surrounding streets. Players scattered around the market quickly took out the weapons hidden in their pockets and opened fire on the armed men around them. The town suddenly fell into chaos. The vendors and pedestrians in the market screamed and fled for their lives. The whole market turned into a battlefield.

"Except for the marked guy, all others with guns will be shot to death!"

Players with guns and players without guns are two different concepts. These combat players from Indonesia have accumulated enough experience in the May riots and the operation to kill Suharto's family. They are already small soldiers per capita. In the absence of heavy weapons, they are still very advantageous against al-Qaeda members with limited training (there are old guerrillas who resisted the Soviet occupation, but they are much fewer). In the chaotic town, everyone is wearing local clothes and wearing scarves covering their faces. In this chaotic battle, players who can identify friendly forces have a greater advantage when facing al-Qaeda members who need to distinguish between enemies and friends before shooting.

A player hiding on the second floor installed a 25x scope on his rifle, and used the assault rifle as a precision shooting rifle. He first paid special attention not to shoot by the window, but to shoot from inside the house to avoid the muzzle flash. He also sprinkled some water on the ground and the table to prevent the dust from the rifle on the table from exposing his position. Aim, fire, experience +100, one after another, four al-Qaeda members fell to the ground. After the player got experience points, he did not covet this shooting position, and quickly changed his position to continue to provide long-range fire support.

On the other hand, players who like to shoot, at a dangerous distance, hide their bodies only by relying on walls and messy goods and carts in the market. These things cannot even be considered qualified cover and can only conceal their tracks. But the shooting players don't care. They only know that the opponent has no reliable cover like themselves. Bullets are flying all around, and the players who are blood-thirsty are intoxicated by it. They either kill the opponent to get experience points, or are hit by a volley of bullets from the opponent, and then watch their game characters fall in a pool of blood and gradually stop moving, and then say to their comrades: "See you tomorrow, brothers!".

The battle lasted for several minutes, and the entire market was covered in smoke and flames. Al-Qaeda members were wiped out one by one. As for Howayda, who was to be captured, he was first shot by a precision shooting player, which broke his palms. Then, the players took turns using Tasers to hit him, causing his muscles to twitch and his urine to become incontinent. A rag was forcefully stuffed into Howayda's mouth, and his hands were tied behind his back, and he was controlled. Before he was put on a black hood, the last scene Howayda saw was his comrades lying on the ground being shot one by one by the opponent.

Who these cruel and mysterious enemies are is obvious.

"Fuck you Americans!" Howayda roared in his heart, but his mouth was blocked and he couldn't even curse. He couldn't even commit suicide now, after all, the White House wanted to broadcast the terrorist's execution live on TV.

"Tell the men at the Ministry of National Defense to prepare to pay the balance!"

When Howayda was forced by Giant Security to leave Pakistan and fly to the United States, some strangers appeared on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. This seemed normal to the locals in the town. Smugglers, jihadist organizations, and all kinds of people might appear here.

These people crossed the border and headed for Afghanistan. Their excuse for going through customs was to do business, but the locals and border officials knew that five out of ten people going to Afghanistan from here were going to join Al-Qaeda. If someone is particularly sensitive to numbers, they will find that the number of "bearded men" crossing the border is exactly the same as the number of Americans who died in the last "border town gunfight".

Chapter 155: Idle Chess Piece

Surrounded by endless mountains and endless deserts, the sky and the earth seemed to be covered by a layer of pale yellow dust, and the air was filled with a dry breath. The sky was blue and the sun was high, and the scorching sun seemed to burn the whole world. In this desolate land, a group of people and horses were galloping along the rugged valley path. Everyone was wearing a robe, a turban, a thick beard on his face, and his eyes were full of determination and resoluteness. They rode on tall horses, and the horses' hooves stepped on the soft sand, raising clouds of dust.

The team slowly moved forward, passing through the winding path in the mountains, and the majestic figure of the Bamiyan Buddha appeared in front of them. The sun shone through the thin clouds and sprinkled on the face of the Buddha, as if coating this ancient statue with a layer of sacred glory. The Buddha stood quietly on the cliff, overlooking the vast Bamiyan Valley. Hundreds of years of wind, frost, rain and snow have left traces of time on its face, but it has not reduced its deep majesty and tranquility at all.

"Ah, is this what the Bamiyan Buddha looked like before it was bombed?" "Sure, sure, the statue has been restored in the game."

After pausing for a while in front of the Buddha, these players with faces sculpted from local Afghans continued on their way. The sound of horse hooves echoed in the valley. Overall, this journey was quite boring, mainly because the game was too realistic. It would take a long time to walk in reality, and it would also take a lot of time in the game. If these players had not obtained the permission to set up a resurrection point here, they would definitely not stay here for long. No one would be willing to spend a lot of game time and travel thousands of miles from abroad to Afghanistan.

After another tiring journey, the team that went deep into Afghanistan met Taliban members in the suburbs. The Taliban members stationed here have seen many of these people who have "semi-smuggled" in from Pakistan. After all, many of the weapons, ammunition and funds needed for the Taliban's development and growth come from Pakistan, with which it has an ambiguous relationship.

"The Taliban are now in control of Afghanistan. They started their uprising in 1994 and captured Kabul in 1996. No warlord in Afghanistan can resist their attack." Xiang Dang, who was leading the player team to the city center, pointed to the many severed hands and feet hanging on the trees on the roadside. "See those? Some of them are from Taliban members. The reason for their chopped-off hands and feet is robbery. Some are from civilian thieves and robbers."

Suddenly, a group of vicious men holding several women passed by the players, and the players asked the guide, are these also theft and robbery?

"Oh, those people, it's best not to have anything to do with them. Those men are the religious police of the 'Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice'. As for the women, I don't know why they were arrested. It could be because they secretly went to school or secretly worked, which is not allowed in Afghanistan..." The guide lowered his voice and said, "I don't know what the Taliban thinks. Afghanistan has been in war for years, and the men of many families have died. If women are not allowed to work, won't they starve to death?"

The Taliban is doing its best to build Afghanistan into a pure, religious country like in the Middle Ages, where drinking alcohol will be punished by flogging, and sources of evil such as drugs must be eradicated; at the same time, communist elements such as May Day must also be eradicated, and women must wear robes tightly as required by religious decrees, cannot speak in public, cannot be treated by male doctors, cannot go to school, cannot work, cannot go out without a man, cannot smile in front of strangers, etc.

The guide explained to the players many things they need to pay attention to in this religious country, took them to a place similar to a "recruitment station" of the local Taliban, collected the players' payment, and turned away. He still had to go back to Pakistan. There were still many fanatics in the world who wanted to enter Afghanistan through Pakistan, and the guide had a new job.

Players who come here are undoubtedly members of the "Black Ops" team. They receive almost no official help, but this also means more freedom.

They looked at the task bar and saw two very important tasks.

One of them is "Infiltrating the highest levels of the Taliban", and the note of the mission is "If 'our cause' requires us to control the United States in the future, we'd better also control this enemy that will give the United States a headache in the future.";