Tread

"Everyone, a message has just been broadcast across all channels. The evil steel armor known as the Destroyer will fall from the sky and may very likely trigger a nuclear explosion. The police and military are now rapidly clearing the area..."

The crowd still gathered at the scene instantly felt a chill run through their hearts. They surged out in a flood from First Avenue, Third Avenue, and Sixth Avenue.

Those trying to flee by car kept blaring their horns, agitated enough to want to ram through the packed crowd ahead. Yet they had no choice but to get out of their cars and flee the Super Technology Building on foot, their hurried footsteps mixing with piercing police sirens, chaotic footsteps, and screams.

The people in the nearby high-rises could no longer remain calm either. They hurried downstairs and followed the terrified crowds away from the Super Technology Building.

The New York Police Department officers and the military units that had just arrived quickly began forcibly maintaining order, dragging away stubborn streamers in the high-rises who still refused to leave and insisted on watching the excitement.

Like ants scattering from a nest, the crowd fled the Super Technology Building through every avenue and alley.

"Everyone, we're leaving the area now. We'll secure the cameras in place so you can see the latest developments at the scene..."

The staff from every television news station abandoned cameras worth hundreds of thousands, fastening them in place to ensure they captured this intense scene before quickly running away.

Before long, the area around the Super Technology Building was completely deserted, with only a chaotic mess left behind on the roads.

Only viewers elsewhere remained glued to the empty image of the sky.

At that moment, He-El had reached an altitude of nearly twenty-five thousand