It Starts with Clearing Out America

Taking without permission is stealing. But by the time Li Siyuan stood atop the Empire State Building, he had already broadcast his plans to the entire world. From Area 51 beneath the Nevada desert to the Pentagon's classified servers, from Wall Street's vaults to the core nodes of North America's power grid, he said he was going to empty out America, and no one could lift a finger to stop him. “Remember, this isn't a discussion.” He gave a faint smile at the camera broadcasting live around the world. “It's a notification.” When a spaceship from deep space disintegrated outside the atmosphere, Earth's coordinates had already been exposed. In the dark forest, a child unknowingly waved a torch. A fleet bent on annihilating civilization crossed the sea of stars, and when the alien civilization replied with arrogant indifference, saying that the Lord did not care... Their home planet was taken away. “Now, who's the bug?” Someone had forcibly hit pause on the countdown to doomsday.