Chapter 2724: Star Core Rescue (21)

"I must very regretfully tell everyone that this is a complete scam, entirely a mess created because of some people's selfishness."

In the short video, the female editor Chen was facing the camera, displaying some photos. Those were photos left behind when she participated in the editing of major well-known movies and game CGs, proving to the world that she was a top-notch editing director in the industry.

"About a year ago, to be precise, a year and two months ago, a brand-new effect technology called 'Magic Secret' was born. Just because of its realistic effect, the manufacturer was worried that it might cause chaos or criminal incidents and didn't announce it to the public on a large scale. They just created a film and television industry practitioner club, used to sell the latest technology products."

"There is no doubt that this technology is epoch-making, excellent, and perfect. It completely replaced green screen photography and could even make actors feel as if they were on the scene, helping them get into the play. Many directors tested the product almost immediately, and the conclusion they reached was that this would completely change the film industry."

"Major well-known directors around the world are in this club, and they are all using this brand-new effect to make movies. It's just because the technology has been out for too short a time, the latest batch of movies hasn't been released yet, and the public isn't familiar with this technology."

"We all believe that gold will always shine, but unfortunately, someone didn't comply with the industry confidentiality regulations and completely violated the club's rules, announcing this technology to the world in advance. That's right, it's the space station attack event everyone saw before."

"Yes, that flame monster you saw was completely created by an effect device. My colleagues and I found 30 points that can be proven to be effect editing. Next, we will explain them one by one."

"... Finally, I want to prove to you that the equipment that creates this illusion does indeed exist. It's this little thing in my hand. Next, I'm going to activate it. Don't blink, because you might be startled."

"... See that? It's just like this. You will find that the curling pattern of this fog is exactly the same as that flame monster. This is just the latest film and television effect technology, not some monster attack."

"It's someone who wants to use the hot topic of the space station to grandstand, and it's even possible that he deliberately stirred up trouble in the space station accident just to show off that he owns this equipment. In any case, this person is the enemy of all mankind, and he must stand up and take responsibility for this."

The video recorded by Eddie's technical team quickly became popular on major websites, and under the official push, it was even more popular than the first video, because they were higher definition, and the effect technology displayed was also more eye-catching.

At the same time, quite a few movie directors appeared, releasing some movie clips that were being filmed, and bloggers who had participated in the internal testing also released clips that were previously not allowed by the confidentiality agreement. People began to gradually have an understanding of this technology.

Many people also began to blame the person who released the space station video for having bad intentions, and if the video wasn't post-edited but filmed on-site, it meant that this whole accident was very likely self-directed and self-acted by this person, and the call for arresting the mastermind became higher and higher.

But soon, dissenting voices appeared.

Because if this were defined as an effect, many problems couldn't be explained. First of all, the hardest thing to explain was how the photovoltaic integration device was burned.

The so-called effect is nothing more than using light, but the light of this effect device doesn't have attack power. It's not that the effect is what it is, the monster can have what kind of nature. Fake is fake after all.

But the monster filmed in that video pounced forward and burned the entire photovoltaic integration device, and it was in an environment close to a vacuum. If it were an effect, how could it have such attack power?

And Aux clearly felt fear toward that monster. He was the first eyewitness to face this monster. Didn't he see it was an effect? If he saw it, why was he so panicked?

And many bloggers who came out to testify also said that this technology wasn't very perfect yet. If you were very close, you could still see it was an effect. So why didn't Aux see it?

If Aux was also an actor they hired, how much money did they have to spend to make Aux admit to the crime of destroying the space station? What's more, he looked like he was scared out of his wits. Space operations aren't something to play with; the danger is high to begin with, and he had to perform such a show. How did the mastermind make Aux work for his life?

Since ancient times, skepticism could be prevalent because humans are very good at persecution mania. Even if it doesn't reach a pathological degree, their thinking always has this tendency. And in skeptical thinking, doubting the government and law enforcement departments is the most popular direction.

Some people just treat the lizard man and alien control Earth theory as fun, but some people are serious. Even the flat Earth theory can be prevalent, so what is there that people wouldn't doubt?

So soon a new round of trends arose, nothing more than saying that these video bloggers and professionals were bought by the government, just to cover up the conspiracy of alien monsters attacking Earth. Some people also said that Earth had actually been sold to these flame monsters long ago, and the people on the space station were the first batch of sacrifices.

Nick could actually understand this kind of argument very well, because the US government indeed hadn't done less of this kind of thing. Those ordinary people who could only watch hot topics and eat melons across the internet had their own wars. Under the circumstances where many people cited empirical evidence, the two sides had been arguing endlessly.

Bark on the space station also saw the video.

That's right, the space station actually wasn't disconnected from the internet, it's just that employees on the space station needed permission to go online. It was said that the power outage affected the network, and everyone's permission wasn't working well, but as the head of software security, Bark wasn't affected.

He supported his hands on the edge of the table, looking at the computer screen with a gloomy face. A cloud of gloom seemed to condense on his body, with harmful thunder ready to strike at any time, causing a big fire.

With a 'bang', the mobile phone in his hand was thrown onto the table, falling apart. The people standing behind were startled. Female scientist Sophia walked up first and said, "Don't be like this, Beck, I..."

"This is my technology!! Mine!!! That damn thief Stark, he stole my technology and sold it to others. These praises and honors should have been mine!!!!"

Bark, no, Beck turned around and roared at everyone. Others also looked very helpless. The Chinese-American scientist hugged his arms and said, "Our previous backup plan came in handy. Sure enough, poisoning Aux and burning the photovoltaic integration device was right. At least now those people still have many problems that can't be explained."

"The key now is that we must prove that the Sun People truly exist." Sophia said, "We have to make more noise, make them believe that a group of monsters really lives in their sun, and we are the heroes who resist the monsters."

Beck took a deep breath, continued to turn around and stare at the computer, and said, "We need more eyewitnesses. Let Parker go."

The Chinese-American scientist seemed a bit embarrassed. He shrank his neck and said, "Ben Parker's nephew is Peter Parker. He holds an important position in the Stark Group, and his relationship with S. H. I. E. L. D. is also..."

"That's why I let him go!! He should pay for his nephew's recklessness and impulsiveness! If it weren't for him and Stark colluding, how could my research results be taken away?!!"

"Beck, calm down." Sophia said, "We do need more human witnesses. Parker alone isn't enough. Hasn't Jala come back yet?"

Others shook their heads. Sophia walked to Beck's side and said, "If it weren't for him doing stupid things first, Parker should still be on our side, instead of standing with that female agent."

The term 'female agent' was like a basin of cold water poured on Bark's head. He calmed down almost instantly, even feeling a chill on his back. He didn't know Seeing Natasha was Black Widow; he only knew she was the most dangerous woman he had ever seen.

"Right, Parker is mixed with that female agent. Letting him go is too easy to expose." Bark looked away and said, "For the sake of our plan, we should be safer. Where is that damn idiot Jala?"

"He hasn't come back." Li said, "I guess he was scared out of his wits by Parker and that female agent. Should we use the latest technology on him?"

Bark's complexion sank and said, "Anyway, he was just looking for a cannon fodder in the beginning. Let's do it."

"I'll go prepare." Sophia said, "The effect device with destructive laser needs a certain amount of time to arrange. You go search for the exact location where Jala is first, and I'll follow."

Black scientist Jala was now at the bottom of the space station, which was the area where the cabin door was located. He hadn't left here because he felt he had been discovered, and Seeing Natasha would kill him.

He was clearly discovered, Jala thought. At that time, they said that, actually, they were discussing the plan to lock himself in a certain room. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, locked them in, and then ran away.

That Bark wasn't sincerely wanting to cooperate with him either. Clearly, that group of people were all scientists, but they insisted on letting him pretend to be some physicist. If he was exposed, he couldn't be blamed.

Jala thought this way and walked quickly toward another direction. He wanted to return to the crowd. The power outage area with dim lights was simply too scary.

Because of the power outage, this part of the space station only had some emergency indicator lights that could provide weak light sources. Without a flashlight, it was almost equivalent to strolling in the dark, which would cause people's psychological pressure to climb step by step.

Especially since Jala didn't wear a watch. He didn't know the time, didn't know how long it would be before the oxygen ran out, didn't know when the rescue team would come, didn't know if he could go back before the rescue team came, and didn't know if he would be left here alone. It was hard to avoid, he became more and more nervous.

At this time, he thought of Aux, that unlucky guy who was chosen. Although he was unlucky, he was still a bit better than others, because he was smart enough, while Aux didn't know how to adapt, which was why he went crazy.

"Damn it! What does all this have to do with me?!" Jala cursed at the air, "It was all instigated by Bark! He let me mix into the maintenance group, and he also watched me every day to see if I replaced the poison canister on Aux's communication device, so what does all this have to do with me?!"

"Why can he stay there and play a good person, while I have to be here and might be abandoned at any time?! This is all his fault!"

Jala kept using such words to embolden himself, until he could no longer deceive himself. A thick fog appeared in the corridor in front of him—

The screen in front of Bark froze on Jala's constricted pupils.

"Well done, Sophia, make him shut that stinking mouth... preferably shut it forever." ===== CHAPTER 2725 =====