I'm the boss because I have a harem of anime characters.

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Most of them were very ordinary, some were simply talents who emerged under the pressure of chaotic times. By ancient standards, they were called heroes from humble backgrounds, but even heroes from humble backgrounds were more popular than insects.

Once the Shanghai faction is cleaned up, we'll find a way to promote these people. Although they may not be perfect, they are at least much better than those who wet their pants at crucial moments.

If it's not allowed domestically, we can choose a development path abroad; at worst, we can take them to another world to develop.

It makes perfect sense for the powerful Chinese civilization to develop another world.

Fairy Yunmeng has given a clear countdown: the Gate of the Abyss will appear in the sky above Shanghai in a month at most. The strength of the invaders is unknown, so no matter what, the people must be evacuated first.

This is absolutely politically correct. No one dares to openly disagree. Even if they complain in private, they have to keep their voices down. Otherwise, if the people of Shanghai find out, they will be criticized behind their backs. If something goes wrong, the higher-ups will need someone to take the blame. You, the guy who talks nonsense, are just the right size and length. Go ahead and push him up.

"Don't keep it from your people. They will have to face these things sooner or later. They have the right to know. Besides, even if you don't say anything, if those recorders broadcast it live, you won't be able to cover it up. The situation will only get worse."

Fairy Yunmeng's well-intentioned reminder stripped away the last shred of hope for the Shanghai system, and now it's time for the state apparatus to exert its power.

Soon, major television stations, live broadcasts, and major websites began to repeatedly broadcast content about the Abyss and topics related to another world. With the backing of national power, the vast majority of people will choose to believe it this time.

But it really does shock people's values.

"Another world? Aliens? Monster invasion? Which timeline of Earth are we in?!"

"Could it be that we are actually characters in a novel, Daoist Master? I get it now!"

"You never thought you'd see a battle between powerful figures in real life, did you? Dying now would have been worth it."

"Heavens above! I just bought a house in Shanghai, and I took out a loan of over seven million yuan!"

"What a pitiful person, let me pat him on the back."

"Is there any way to stop our own soldiers?"

Some were delighted, some were shocked, some complained, and some were furious. But whatever they thought, the one-month countdown had already begun. National forces were mobilized from all directions, with land, sea, and air forces all working together to evacuate nearly 25 million permanent residents of Shanghai to other cities in the shortest possible time.

As for where to remove them, the farther the better, of course.

In Qin Shan's plan, the entire city of Shanghai will become a battlefield, and no one can be allowed on the surrounding islands.

But there are also those who go against the tide, and those are the most lovable people.

Although Fairy Yunmeng had warned that conventional military force was meaningless, it was clearly inappropriate for one of the two permanent members of the UN Security Council to do nothing and run away without even testing the enemy's strength. Moreover, the soldiers did not believe that they would lose to invaders from another world with the help of modern weapons.

The situation in the Red Sea is indeed frustrating, but this is Shanghai, our homeland. When fighting on home soil, are we worried about not having powerful weapons? Let's go all out and bomb!

Admittedly, this will cause great losses, but as everyone knows, our infrastructure capabilities are such that the disappearance of an old city is no big deal; a new city will rise up on the earth!

"Alright, let the comrades experience the combat power of a high-level superhuman firsthand."

Ordinary superhumans and high-level superhumans are two different concepts. Understanding them only through a few Hamas superhumans can easily lead to strategic misjudgments. However, if they were to face a real high-level superhuman enemy, the losses would be extremely heavy. It would be better to let the soldiers in Qin Shan's scenario truly understand the high-end combat power of the future enemy.

It is believed that after such a battle, the cultivation of extraordinary individuals will receive extreme attention from all countries.

As all parties prepared and maneuvered, the time came to September 2024.

Chapter 23: War Begins!

The well-known forum Zhihu once asked: What would happen if the rabbits were to mobilize in full force?

My friend, that's not World War III. With at least 50 million of the 1.4 billion people becoming soldiers, any neighboring country would tremble in fear, and the United States would become a giant mouthpiece.

Putting aside everything else, the annual output of one billion tons of steel, if converted into weapons, could ensure the downfall of any country if smashed on its head.

Although what is about to happen in Shanghai is not enough to warrant a full mobilization, the troop movement of a military region is enough to attract the world's attention. In addition, the live broadcast room has already started, and the recorder is faithfully recording various events. The live broadcast camera happens to be in Shanghai. Anyone with an IQ higher than a shoe insole knows where the next event will take place.

However, before the Abyss Gate appeared, the scenery of Shanghai attracted a wave of attention.

"Wow, is this the Shanghai of today?"

"Didn't they say the people there were dirty and chaotic, and that they all wore long braids?"

"This place is even more New York than Washington, D.C.! We've been fooled!"

"Our government is indeed full of lies."

"This isn't Tachibana, this isn't it!"

"It must be photoshopped, no doubt about it, it's all fake!"

"Yes, yes, what they said above is right, these are all movie special effects."

"I can vouch for myself, my family is from Shanghai, and we were so poor! So poor that we could only afford to eat crabs."

"These are nothing compared to Mumbai in India, which is far more beautiful!"

Perhaps 2024 will be a classic boomerang year. The lies spread by Western governments back then have now turned into Kennedy-style greetings stuck in their heads. On the other hand, Abe's hometown, with its open-mindedness, is relatively more rational. After all, the demolition is right next door, and the physical distance determines that even if there is a filter, it cannot be exaggerated too much.

As a result, while people in China were busy evacuating, people in other countries were busy breaking down their defenses and, incidentally, criticizing their own governments for lying.

This is extremely difficult for Western governments, after all, this is not a certain TK that can be banned, and lies are no match for facts.

Of course, there were also rednecks who refused to believe it, but in their anger, they directed more of their fury at the Biden administration.

Our enemies are so powerful, and you're still lying, shit! You're all traitors, only Trump is our true leader, Great America, King Trump!

While things are chaotic abroad, things aren't peaceful at home either. After all, for some people, seeing others make money through illegal means is more painful than losing money themselves. Yes, I'm talking about those shady characters, those vermin who specialize in jumping out at times like this to perform their ugliness and twisted nature, desperately stirring up trouble. But this time, they've been dealt a heavy blow.

Because of what happened in Shanghai, the higher-ups are furious right now. Plus, this matter is being treated like a war. Do you know what a war is? It's a life-or-death struggle that the entire country has to seriously confront. So when the real action was taken, these demons and monsters were punished with an iron fist as soon as they jumped out. It wasn't as simple as just banning their accounts; they were arrested, imprisoned, and interrogated.

All the commotion before was just a prelude to making a list today; some people are already on that list.

This wave of internet cleanup isn't just about controlling public opinion; it also involves offline physical interactions. However, there's one place that even national-level forces can't investigate: the recorder's livestream room.

The team tried every possible way to communicate with the recorder, but the other party didn't respond and just kept broadcasting.

The only good news is that the only way to stir up trouble here is to send bullet comments. However, as we all know, the number of bullet comments on a single screen is limited. After all, too many bullet comments will not only cause the game to crash, but will also completely block the screen. Therefore, the bullet comments in the live stream are distributed. Just because you can see some bullet comments does not mean that others can see them. In addition, this is a random distribution, which leads to some live streams having bullet comments that are like a den of traitors, while other live streams have harmonious bullet comments, and if a traitor appears, he will be attacked by the whole group.

All statements made here are untraceable and unverifiable by the government, which directly leads to anyone daring to say anything and being able to see any content on the bullet screen. However, those overly simplistic online comments are directly condensed into a single sentence followed by a multiplication sign and numbers.

Therefore, identical items will be merged into similar items, and there are also language restrictions.

For example, if you post an English comment in France, only people from English-speaking countries can see it; if you post a Chinese comment in the United States, only people from Chinese-speaking countries can see it.

Furthermore, the bullet screen input only accepts keyboard input, whether virtual or physical, but it cannot read scripts that are directly spammed. Thanks to Beizhai for his strong technical support, his Beizhai AI is indeed very useful.

Although the live streaming room may appear to be unregulated, it is actually under management, which can be summarized as fairness.

True freedom of speech means no one will target you for no reason, and no one will suddenly come to your door and shoot you in the back because of your words. People in Europe and America are finally liberated and can't wait to have a three-hundred-round battle with their keyboards.

No matter how much governments rack their brains, they can only watch helplessly. As for sending people to solve this problem, please, this problem is beyond the comprehension of ordinary Earthlings. How can it be solved?

"what is that?"

As soon as this comment appeared, the chat in the live stream disappeared briefly, and then it exploded again.

Above Shanghai, a dark red vortex began to slowly take shape.

"It's here, the Gate to the Abyss. It certainly looks evil."

"The world is going to end! Everyone run!"

"Is the legendary Doomsday Judgment finally about to arrive?"

"Selling a post-apocalyptic survival kit at a discounted price. Contact XXXXXXXXX if interested."

That's right, this is the Gate of the Abyss. However, after being absorbed by the system, its name was changed to "Dimensional Gate," and the dark red color was replaced by sky blue. There was no skin-changing service, but this didn't stump Qin Shan. He just had Xiao Zhai use the spatial disguise skill to change the color. It was no big deal. The reason for changing it to this color was very simple: it was aggressive enough to make people more wary when they saw it.

"Attention all units, the target has been spotted."

"Personnel transfer complete, attack permitted."

"Missiles ready!"

Although the enemy hasn't appeared yet, reality isn't a transformation comic where both sides transform before the fight begins. The key is to take advantage of your transformation to deliver a powerful blow. Sorry, there are no invincibility frames in reality.

In an instant, countless rockets and artillery shells streaked across the sky, flying towards the Gate of the Abyss. This was the first time that the power of one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council had collided head-on with the Gate of the Abyss. Even though Fairy Yunmeng had warned in advance that it would be useless, the nation still had to try.

We can't let the public see that we did nothing from beginning to end and relied entirely on others for protection. Even if this was due to objective reasons, some people will still question, "What is the value of our army?"

Yes, this is nitpicking and misleading, but many people don't delve into explaining the root cause; they only judge right and wrong based on the superficial results.

If the treatment was ineffective, that's an unavoidable objective fact.

If we don't fight and just watch, we're giving the enemy an opportunity to smear us.

For ordinary people in China, this was the first time they had seen the country's army take action and unleash its full firepower right from the start. The scene fully demonstrated what it meant to be overwhelming. For the first time, those who suffer from the fear of insufficient firepower in modern military forces launched an all-out attack on an unknown enemy.

But these attacks vanished the instant they approached the Abyss Gate.

There was no explosion, no fire, it simply vanished.

This scene shocked viewers around the world to the point of speechlessness.

"As expected of the firepower of our Rabbit Army, tsk tsk tsk."

On the other side of the Abyss Gate, Qin Shan was enjoying the explosions on the sea, which were much more exciting than the Spring Festival.

The reason why attacking the Abyss Gate is pointless is very simple: the Abyss Gate has no physical form; it exists in another spatial dimension. However, if you get close to its real-world projection, you will be teleported. To an outsider, this distance would seem like you would need to reach out and touch the Abyss Gate, but in reality, you wouldn't even touch it.

Therefore, the firepower coverage of various units around Shanghai was actually teleported to the other side, which was effective in a sense, except that the attack was on the other side, not the Abyss Gate itself.

After all, the energy that forms the Abyss Gate is the energy that tears apart the world's barrier, which is even higher than the ninth rank. In his previous life, although Qin Shan was able to truly touch the Abyss Gate's true form when he was at the ninth rank, it was impossible for him to do anything to it, such as forcibly closing the gate or moving it away.

The closer an abyss gate is to a permanent state, the more secure it is. Even a less secure abyss gate has an energy level of rank nine or higher. Instead of thinking about how to destroy it, it's better to just block the gate. Anyway, it will disappear on its own after a while.

However, to outsiders, this is a symbol of the Abyss Gate's invincibility; it cannot be destroyed by human power.

The appetizers are pretty much done here. After all, we can't use nuclear weapons. This is Shanghai, after all. Even if everyone has been evacuated, it's still a major city in our country. No one dares to take responsibility for Shanghai being nuked.

The damage caused by war is acceptable, but the initial uncontrollable destruction cannot be caused by our own people.

Just then, with a deafening roar, countless bizarre seafoods fell from the sky. Some of them looked very abstract. If there was anything in common, it was that they were all amphibious and all were extraordinary individuals, with their strength mainly between the first and third tiers.

These individuals, numbering in the millions, were controlled by Xiaozhai using beast-taming skills. Of course, it wasn't precise control; skills requiring equal strength between the summoner and the beast tamer are quite advanced. But for these small fry, powerful skills aren't necessary. Besides, even if they're all at the first to third tier, they're still extraordinary individuals. A million of them is quite terrifying for Earth, which lacks high-level extraordinary beings. But what if they can't break free?

This is Qin Shan's plan: to turn Shanghai into an extraordinary training ground.

However, before that, this training ground needs to be "modified".

Section 24: Make Way, Demolition

When a bunch of enormous amphibians crashed into Shanghai, the viewers in the live stream were stunned.

"Wait a minute, that crab that just passed by was bigger than a truck!"

"My car! My brand new car, and it's flat! Waaaaah~"

"Let me comfort you, you're really unlucky."

"Is it reasonable for seafood that big to move so fast on land?"

"Hey friend, the world has gone mad. Throw away your common sense."

"Common sense broken +1." ×108

It has to be said that seeing such a group of seafood, each at least the size of a Wuling Hongguang minivan, running rampant in the city is quite a sight. And these "cute" little guys quickly demonstrated their destructive power. Although they are only at the bottom of the list of extraordinary beings, they are still extraordinary individuals, and demolishing buildings is no problem for them.

Within minutes, images of buildings collapsing across large areas of Shanghai's eastern and western districts, including Chongming Island, began to appear, reminiscent of 9/11. Even iconic landmarks of Shanghai collapsed amidst the roar. In an area of ​​over 2,000 square kilometers, at least half of the buildings collapsed in less than ten minutes. This destructive power was more terrifying than any missile, bomb, or nuclear weapon.

This was, of course, ordered by Qin Shan, with the aim of demonstrating extraordinary destructive power to the world in this straightforward manner. And this was only at the entry-level level of extraordinary power. I believe the Israeli army, facing Hamas's superhuman strength, has already felt this deeply.

"All units, take aim at the designated area and fire!"

Shanghai is about to be completely demolished. Why hold back now? Let's just blow it up.

When the troops arrived, they had already divided the city into different sections based on the actual terrain. As soon as the order came from above, they could unleash a barrage of artillery fire. But if possible, everyone hoped that this would never be necessary.

Now it seems we shouldn't have taken any chances. The enemy has already begun to wreak havoc in Shanghai. We absolutely cannot let those monsters come over, otherwise the affected area will only become larger.

The various long-range firepower units, which had already completed their second reloading, immediately launched an even more extravagant barrage. The previous attacks had failed, which had already discouraged the soldiers, but now the enemy was a more specific target, and they had to achieve some effect, even if it was just blowing up some corners. At least they could prove to the world that conventional human forces could also retaliate against supernatural forces.

As for the difference between high-level superhumans and ordinary superhumans, who in general would understand? As long as the people see the superhuman enemy being eliminated, nothing else matters.

However, all of these attacks exploded in mid-air after they landed.

It wasn't intercepted, but rather hit something—something transparent, like a protective shield.

This scene was incredibly heartbreaking, because it wasn't some clever defense, but rather a direct confrontation with the firepower of at least three brigades, including ballistic missiles, without any exceptions being able to penetrate its defenses.

That's outrageous! The biggest characteristic of modern weapons is that offense overpowers defense. All weapons can only be used for specialized defense against certain types of weapons, and cannot provide all-round, all-around defense. This is determined by the balance of power, armor, and firepower. Humans in the early 21st century could not compare with Astartes, let alone have powered armor that could withstand heavy machine guns. Even if they did, the batteries would not allow it.

However, if the enemy's defenses could render all of our weapons except nuclear bombs ineffective, the casualty ratio on the battlefield would be extremely poor. Even if the enemy only had a machete, they could still charge in unscathed and unleash their full power. This would be the most terrifying blow to the morale of the army.

As the smoke cleared, the world fell silent once more. Was nuclear weapons about to be deployed?