The gamble, the emergency meetings, and those with ulterior motives each playing out their own schemes had plunged the world into a tense atmosphere.
At this moment, ordinary people, too, found certain thoughts stirring within them.
No one was willing to remain mediocre or stay forever at their current social level.
Unrest and resistance broke out in some areas. For instance, Central Park in the United States was currently surrounded by FBI agents, troops, and even tanks.
Yet citizens who believed in "freedom" had already gathered a force of nearly ten thousand people outside.
They held up banners and even tore off their shirts, charging barehanded at the ranks armed with riot shields and firearms. They claimed that since this black barrier had appeared in the square, it meant that the "aliens" had likewise granted ordinary people like them the right to enter the black barrier.
Whether they chose to enter or not was a matter of personal freedom.
As taxpayers, every one of them had the right to choose, rather than being kept under guard. This violated United States law and should not be allowed.
"Move aside! Move aside!"
"Give us back our right to choose!"
Layer after layer of people pressed toward the armed troops. Even if those at the front wanted to stop, the protesters behind them kept squeezing them forward.
How many among them were doing it deliberately was difficult to judge.
But the marching crowd was like a mudslide pouring into Central Park, utterly unstoppable. Even opening fire would have been futile.
Unless they used large-scale bombing weapons and killed everyone.
"Back off! Back off! First warning. Second warning. Third warning!"
"Deploy tear gas!"
Following the order from above, canisters billowing red smoke were thrown into the crowd. Those choked by the gas tried to