redvbooks #715 - Alien invasion!
#715 - Alien invasion!
The next day, very early in the morning ~
Liang Yue took her three classmates and moved out of there, relocating to the vicinity of New York University, where she rented a luxurious apartment just a few dozen meters from the school, to serve as their daily interaction space.
The lease was signed for ten years ~
Anyway, according to Liang Yue's thinking, she should have a stronghold on this piece of New York peninsula that extends into the sea.
The apartment she had previously rented near the high school had naturally expired, and the location of this luxury apartment was undoubtedly even better.
Even if these three didn't live there in the future, she could use it as a base of operations...…
Although New York would become a city plagued by disasters in the future, and rent prices would likely decrease, signing a ten-year lease now might seem like a loss.
But it didn't matter, the astronomical figures in the accounts of the AI Xiao Wu had already piled up, and not spending some of it would be letting down its hard work over the years ~
The various furniture, appliances, and facilities in the apartment were all readily available, but based on each person's lifestyle habits, it was also necessary to add some other items.
Liang Yue naturally wouldn't interfere much in this aspect, and after giving each of them a sum for expenses, he temporarily left to take care of his own affairs.
As for Gu Na, Tina, and Milava, they probably had a lot to keep them busy in the coming days.
New York University and the neighboring Columbia University had different start dates for the semester, but the deadline was basically already in the latter half.
When Liang Yue was chatting with Gwen and Naizi in the stronghold world, he often heard them complaining about how much there was to do at the start of the new semester, with all sorts of things needing to be re-registered, which was incredibly troublesome.
It was probably the same for the three of them here ~
As for Betty...…
This girl had probably enjoyed enough time with Liang Yue these past few days, and now she was deliberately avoiding him.
She even used the excuse of reminiscing and providing technical guidance to temporarily find a part-time job at Stark Industries.
Afterward, she edited this information and sent it to him through Xiao Wu's avatar ~
Upon seeing this, Liang Yue naturally wouldn't be so tactless, so he directly returned to his own manor.
However, he took the matter of the chubby chef seeking employment from him quite seriously. After returning home, he had Xiao Wu specifically investigate and discovered that Liu Yi's sanatorium did indeed have many high-paying positions for those working in the kitchen.
So, he personally called to inquire and secured a lucrative position from the dining system for the chubby chef.
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“Report, Master, just now, Xiao Wu’s holographic warning coverage system detected unknown alien ships invading the atmosphere! In about three minutes, they will land in the waters near the Hawaiian Islands in the United States.
However, there is currently a joint fleet led by the United States conducting combat exercises in the area. Do you want to intervene?”
One week later, in the morning, around ten o'clock.
After busying himself in the instance dungeon for a while, finally taking Yu Linglong, Xiao Jingang, and Thunder Beast through the entire Diablo 2 instance dungeon, just as he had returned to reality, the AI Xiao Wu immediately delivered an interesting piece of intelligence.
Liang Yue opened the panoramic sand table and saw on the screen several metallic spheres, descending in a manner comparable to meteorites, currently breaking through the Earth's atmospheric barrier.
However, this process didn't seem to be going very smoothly ~
“Xiao Wu, connect me to Stark's communication video.”
A moment later, the video was connected, and Stark's sleepy-eyed appearance suddenly appeared on the light screen in front of Liang Yue.
At this time, the big dog tycoon was full of greasy shine, and the dark circles under his eyes were swollen.
“Oh ~ Hey, buddy, what's up? I just went to sleep.”
“Looks like you haven't rested much lately.”
Looking at Stark on the other side, Liang Yue smiled.
In his heart, he admired this billionaire, who could clearly just lie down and enjoy life, but insisted on going further and further down the path of a science and technology nerd.
What's even more excessive is that this guy also had a first-class talent for doing business. While mastering core technology, he was also a top-notch businessman.
“Isn't it still those technical materials brought back from Xandar? Those things are so interesting, buddy. If my research goes smoothly this time.
I'm afraid the textbooks on Earth today will have to be re-edited, um ~ you're not here to talk about cooperation, are you? Like that one about the construction and operation of a virtual world.”
At this time, Stark on the other side was obviously still a little confused, and his words were a bit rambling, probably because his mind hadn't cleared up yet...…
“No, it's about the alien invasion.”
“Um? What, alien invasion of Earth? How long have I been asleep? A whole year? I haven't even received the news.”
Stark was stunned when he heard this, shook his head, and looked at him strangely.
“Just now, several alien spaceships landed in the Pacific Ocean, near Hawaii. The scale is very small, probably just a reconnaissance team at most.”
As he spoke, Liang Yue had Xiao Wu send him the previous panoramic view.
Soon, with Jarvis's help, Stark quickly understood the whole process.
As with his previous evaluation, this dog tycoon also voiced his disdain for the alien spaceship technology.
“So, you contacted me this time because you plan to ask me to go and take a look together?”
“There is already a US military fleet doing joint combat exercises there, and their military strength should not be bad. I didn't plan to join in on the fun myself, I just wanted to ask if you were interested.
But it seems like you're not in the state.”
Looking at Stark yawning on the other side, Liang Yue spread his hands.
“I'm fine, I'm very well now. As long as I have a cup of your spiritual tea, I can immediately recover. I also want to see what kind of technology these aliens have.
After all, races that can travel across the universe are worth our careful consideration.”
“I think you should get some sleep first. Xiao Wu and Jarvis are in charge of monitoring the situation. Maybe by the time you wake up, the Navy will have completed the battle.
If you're really worried, you can also reveal this information to your partners in the military and have them give a reminder to that joint fleet.”
“Um...… That's true, our Earth's military should indeed feel the threat of aliens. Even I can feel that they're starting to get a little inflated lately.
I'll contact Rhodey right away. By the way ~ let me borrow Xiao Wu's panoramic sand table first, and I'll have Jarvis be responsible for real-time tracking of the front-line battle situation.”
As he spoke, Stark yawned again, waved at the communication video, and hung up the communication.
Liang Yue, on the other hand, sat in front of the sand table with great interest, continuing to pay attention to the movements of those alien ships.
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