First, a green guide laser light fell straight from the air and locked the target's position. Then, a ball of dark blue plasma ejected out of the mouth of a huge gun with a diameter of more than five meters. Under the constraint of a strong magnetic field, it turned into a high-speed flying shell, and fell straight towards the fusion body below.

The Starfire cruiser was hovering at a very low height, and the plasma shell almost hit the target immediately after it was released. The strong white light like a supernova exploded instantly filled the entire street. If it weren't for Zeluo's space barriers isolating the space where the two were located from the outside world, Ke Lan, who stood on the roof of the building, would have been instantly vaporized by the high temperature of hundreds of thousands of degrees Celsius.

Even the Starfire's own armor could not withstand such high temperatures. After firing out the plasma shell, it immediately turned on the energy shield and quickly pulled the hull up.

The white light lasted for about ten seconds. After the surrounding vision returned to normal, everything changed completely.

Half a block evaporated, leaving behind a large hemispherical pit with a diameter of about one kilometer. Through this pit, you can even see the interlayer structure and part of the skeleton of the ark hull... As for the fusion body that bombards the center, there is no residue left.

The metal fuse at the edge of the pit is still emitting an orange-red light. All things on the ground that are not resistant to high temperatures are either evaporated or burned. The concrete structure of the building exploded and pulverized, and even the support steel bars inside become soft and curved. None of the buildings in the entire economic development zone are spared and all collapsed.

In this case, unless you hide in a safe house that can withstand the nuclear explosion level, all those who stay in this economic development zone will probably have died.

Except for Ke Lan and Ze Luo.

Of course, whether they can still be considered "people" now... remains to be discussed.

The department store under Ke Lan's feet has long disappeared, and it is less than a hundred meters away from the bombardment center. Whether it is concrete or metal, it has been sublimated at the moment when the plasma shell explodes... There is no physical material that humans can use at present that can withstand such high temperatures, even Nino alloys cannot.

Zeluo and Ke Lan floated over a ruin about 500 meters away from the edge of the pit. According to the temperature measurement device provided by the smart glasses, we can know that the ground temperature here is still maintained at about 700 degrees Celsius. Although the alloy foundation will not be melted, the asphalt pavement on it evaporated completely.

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(Note: Asphalt has no fixed boiling point. According to the information I collected online, it is about 200 degrees Celsius to 500 degrees Celsius. The temperature of nearby plots is instantly heated to more than 1,000 degrees Celsius, so the asphalt paved on the road is likely to have evaporated before it has spontaneously burned out.)

As for the artificial stone bricks built on the sidewalk, they have all been restored to powder-like raw materials...

A little further away, thick smoke rising from the fire could be seen everywhere... The aircraft of the garrison troops had entered these blocks and began spraying fire-extinguishing foam and gel down from the air.

As for the ground personnel, it is because of temperature and toxic gases that they are unable to enter these blocks for emergency rescue. For example, protective clothing that can withstand high temperatures and is equipped with a complete gas circulation device is not available anywhere. The nearest fire department has less than 30 sets of inventory. This number is not more appropriate for the entire economic development zone to describe it in the idiom "stop-of-the-walk".

But then again, in this case, there is actually nothing to rescue... The people who stayed inside must have died. As for the property left inside, they were almost destroyed within a few seconds after the fire. As for what was not destroyed, this small fire can only be considered tickling compared to the "high-energy moment" just now.

"Hiss...hiss..."

The magnetic field interference caused by the plasma explosion took nearly ten minutes to disappear. As soon as the communication resumed, Aya's voice came from the headphones: "Is it successful...has it been successful?"

"Well, that guy was so blasted that there was no slag left." Ke Lan said, "But the economic losses caused by the same are great enough... I guess a lot of companies will go bankrupt because of this. For these unlucky guys, this is really a disaster..."

Although the Ark official will compensate these companies and individuals whose assets were lost in this incident later, the long and complicated investigation, statistics and accounting work is estimated to take several months. In addition, in this special period, even if the compensation plan is set, it will probably take a long time to actually send compensation... For these companies whose fixed assets are almost completely lost, the capital chain is broken, the means of production are lost, and the work and production cannot resume work and production in a short time, which is almost directly sentenced to death.

Especially those companies that rely on business loans to maintain their operations, heavy debt alone is enough to crush them.

As for the official compensation from Ark, it is already surprisingly efficient if you can get it within one year.

Distant water cannot quench near thirst, especially not long after the "Alexander disaster" occurred and the whole society was in a state of high tension in resources... these companies could only admit that they were unlucky.

The only thing the Ark official needs to pay attention to is whether someone will do something too extreme because he is desperate.

After all, in extreme despair, it is easy for people to take their anger at innocent people or things.

But if we really want to investigate, the cause of this incident has to be traced back to the inner demons of the Immortal Crew Association... But no matter whether the inner demons are found or not, the official of the Ark will not recognize this relationship. From the perspective of the people, the main responsibility must be borne by this group of heretic sects led by the Rising Star Chamber of Commerce... As the "direct perpetrators", they are not wronged... It's a pity that these heretic sects almost all died in the headquarters building of the Rising Star Chamber of Commerce. A few guys who were able to escape from the black-clad men were also seized by security agencies and garrison troops when they passed the checkpoint and were shot dead on the spot - they didn't even give them a chance to be tried and convicted.

As for the two captured instructors, they were buried in the ruins when the building of the New Star Chamber of Commerce collapsed. Whether they were eaten by the fusion or killed by the plasma cannon, they would not suffer the pain of being cursed and tortured, and Ke Lan did not break his promise.

"That thing is over?" Aya deliberately lowered her voice at the other end of the communicator, "The crew will..."

"For you, this matter is over." Ke Lan said to Aya, "As for the Immortal Crew Association, it's another matter, and you can't intervene."

"I know that at our level, we cannot intervene in this level of game..." Aya's voice lowered a little further, "But if we need to use us, I...I will not refuse. Even if I cannot mobilize the power of the Security Bureau, I will be in my personal capacity..."

"Don't rush to stand in a row." Ke Lan interrupted her, "The crew will do something here, um... why do you say it, it's very complicated. You just need to treat it as if you don't know anything."

"...Okay, okay." Aya's answer seemed a little lonely and unwilling.

"By the way, Ms. Aya Breya, there is one thing I want to confirm with." Ke Lan suddenly said.

"What's up?"

"Do you work for the Immortal Crew or for the humans on this ship."

The other end of the communicator was silent for a few seconds before Aya's firm voice came over: "For humanity."

"Okay, then I'll be relieved." Ke Lan's mouth curled and she quit the communication channel.

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Central core area, dedicated conference hall for Immortal Crew Club.

As the initiator of the vote, Ke Lan glanced at the virtual projections sitting on both sides of the long table with expressionless face, and one red or green light column after another lit up... Finally, on the empty main seat at the end of the long table, a red light column last lit up.

Ten votes in favor and ten votes against, the votes are equal, the result is invalid and the proposal is not passed.

Compared to the surprise of the crew members when the red light beam lit up at this position last time, everyone's mood became much calmer this time, and it seemed that they had expected this result a long time ago.

"Chiron, the time of every member of the crew will be precious." Zeus, the fourth "King", said impatiently, "The exact same vote was held just once not long ago. I think you are wasting our time."

"Don't you spend most of your time sleeping in the 'Coffin of Eternal Life'?" Ke Lan was not afraid that the other party's qualifications would be much older than himself, and openly spoke out provocatively, "And, the content of my voting this time is not exactly the same as last time."

That's right, this time, Ke Lan really added the conditions "except for the zero-seat 'fool'" to the proposal, just as he joked last time, but the mysterious fool still voted against it.

This is obviously the first time I have a good chance to get information from other people for free? Why did he refuse?

According to Ke Lan's metaphor last time, it is equivalent to publicizing the private property of everyone other than the "richest man in the world". The biggest beneficiary of doing so is not the "absolutely poor" Ke Lan, but the fool, who still retains the "largest private property".

People do not worry about lack of worries but unevenness. The existence of fools is the biggest "unevenness".

Ke Lan thought about it and listed three possibilities-

The first type is that the fool is a member of the insider. Although his secret will not be revealed, his "accomplices" are likely to be bitten out by him. In order to protect his accomplices, he must vote against them.

This possibility is the most direct and logically understandable... But for some reason, Ke Lan always feels that this possibility is the lowest.

Just like doing multiple-choice questions, many people subconsciously feel that the shortest and simplest option is often not the correct answer.

The second type is that the fool is a stubborn and upright faction. He wants to maintain the status quo and does not want the members of the Immortal Crew to break with each other. Although there are insiders, as long as the forces of both sides are balanced, he will not take any radical measures.

Ke Lan felt that if the content and nature of the voting were exchanged with the camps of both sides, the fool would still vote for the camp with only nine votes.

Ke Lan and the others wanted to change, but the fool did not want any change in this situation.

Some people say that "responding to changes with the same change" is a great foolish and wise monetization, but in Ke Lan's view, maintaining stability is equivalent to chronic suicide.

This time it is the basement of the Rising Star Chamber of Commerce, so what is the next time?

Pan is already dead, and it is impossible to find out who took the action... So, who will be the next one to die?

Fools do not want to change the current situation, but the insiders obviously don't think so. They are already taking action for their own purposes... If this stable situation is broken by them, it will be too late.

It is impossible for a fool to understand this truth.

Then there is only a third possibility - Ke Lan initiated this proposal to expose the underwear of everyone except the fool so that they no longer have secrets... But perhaps for the fool, the other members of the Immortal Crew Club have no secrets... He knows everything, who is the inner demon, and what the purpose of the inner demon is.

He didn't need to vote to know these things... In order not to quickly intensify the conflicts between crew members, he voted against them?

Then he...has his own plan?

Ke Lan was still staring at the empty seat at the end of the long table, and "Zeus" rang beside him with a slight anger: "Pay attention to your attitude towards speaking, Chiron! Not long ago, you were just a piece that could not decide your own life and death... We gave you the opportunity to become a chess player!"

"Oh, you know it was not long ago? But I am already a member of the Immortal Crew. According to the rules of the Immortal Crew, we should be completely equal, right?" Ke Lan glanced at "Zeus" with a disdain, "And I remember that in my decision to join the Immortal Crew, you should vote against it? My chance was not given by you. I really don't know how I counted myself as 'we' with a shame."

Ke Lan is in a bad mood now, so when Zeus jumped out, he decided to confront this guy who had never given him a good face since he joined the crew meeting.

Even if Zeus decides to "impeach" himself because of his anger, the vote will most likely remain the same. Since the fool did not interfere in joining the crew member, he will not kick himself out because he verbally offended a crew member.
Chapter completed!