178: Chapter 176 Pet Show? That's how confident I am.

Five minutes later.

New York's Times Square.

On the massive electronic billboard,

which was originally playing an advertisement for the latest luxury goods,

suddenly,

the screen flickered and turned into static.

Immediately after, a young and handsome Eastern face appeared on the screen.

It was Luo Yu.

He was wearing a casual T-shirt, and the background appeared to be an ordinary room.

"Hey, friends all over the world, good afternoon. Sorry to disturb you all for a few minutes. I am Luo Yu."

His voice,

was transmitted clearly to everyone's ears through the square's loudspeakers.

People in the square, who were originally in a hurry, all stopped in their tracks, looking up at that face they both feared and knew well.

The White House, the Oval Office.

The President and a group of high-ranking officials also stared fixedly at the screen; they didn't understand what Luo Yu was trying to do by launching a global live stream at this time.

"I know that everyone might be feeling a bit uneasy today because of some 'sensational' news."

Luo Yu smiled at the camera. Then, from behind him, he pulled out a dark green little snake—only about a meter long, crystal clear all over, and looking somewhat cute...

"Come, Pandora, say hello to everyone."

He held the little snake up to the camera.

The little snake seemed to have a bit of stage fright; it shyly tucked its head behind Luo Yu's arm. The shrunken emerald eye on its forehead blinked, full of innocence.

"Don't be shy."

Luo Yu scratched its chin with his finger. "I'm telling you, if you don't perform well, there'll be no dinner for you tonight."

Hearing the word "dinner," the little snake's eyes instantly lit up.

No longer shy, it straightened its body, faced the camera, and tried its best to open its mouth, emitting a "hissing" sound.

Then,

under the gaze of billions of people around the world, it performed an action that made everyone's jaws drop.

The two small green horns on its head suddenly lit up with a faint glow.

Immediately after, a

small, weak, yet incredibly pure... crimson flame spurted from its mouth, forming a small, crooked... heart in the air.

After spitting it out,

it also rubbed its head against Luo Yu's finger in a pleasing manner, as if saying: Master, look how amazing I am! Give me something to eat!

"Good job."

Luo Yu nodded with satisfaction. Then, from his pocket, he pulled out a small cube of... some unknown metal that emitted a faint radioactive glow and tossed it into its mouth.

The little snake swallowed it in one gulp,

and squinted its eyes happily.

Having done all this, Luo Yu looked back at the camera, the smile on his face bright and innocent.

"Did everyone see that? This is the 'High-dimensional Invader' that some people say can destroy the world and bring about the apocalypse."

"Hmm... it is indeed quite dangerous. It almost scared my pet hamster to death last night."

"As for the so-called 'Spatial Beacon'..." Luo Yu paused, his expression becoming a bit more serious. "It does exist, and there are indeed potential risks."

"So..."

Luo Yu changed the subject and snapped his fingers.

"I've decided that once I get back from having dinner on the moon, I'll take my... well, 'pets,' to the other side of that beacon to see exactly who is being so rude as to throw things into someone else's home."

"If they are coming as guests, we in Dragon Country have good wine and food to entertain them."

"But if... they are here to cause trouble..."

A solemn, cold glint flashed in Luo Yu's eyes.

"Then I wouldn't mind adding a dish of 'High-dimensional Creature Sashimi' to Godzilla's menu."

"Alright, that's all for the live stream. I wish you all a happy life, and don't let some boring rumors affect your mood."

"Oh, right."

Just as the screen was about to cut off, Luo Yu added one more thing.

"By the way, a reminder to a certain Mr. President who likes to play little tricks behind the scenes: next time you want to spread rumors, please find a more professional team."

After saying that,

the screen went black, and the live stream ended.

The entire world fell into an eerie silence.

In Times Square, New York, a little blonde girl with blue eyes tugged at her mother's hem and asked in a childish voice:

"Mommy, that uncle's little snake is so cute. Can we have one too?"

"Pfft!!"

A Black man next to her couldn't hold it in any longer and spat out a mouthful of Coke.

Then came a second person, a third...

Deafening laughter rang through all of Times Square and echoed in every corner of the world.

The White House, the Oval Office.

*Crash!*

The tablet in the President's hand slipped to the ground, its screen shattering into pieces.

He sat slumped in his chair, eyes vacant, repeatedly muttering a single sentence:

"He... how could he... how could he do this..."

He wasn't crazy.

It was the world that had gone crazy.

His carefully planned "public opinion nuclear bomb," designed to trigger global panic, had been completely neutralized by the other party with a three-minute "pet show" and a casual quip.

No, it wasn't neutralized.

It was crushed.

His face, along with Eagle Country's last shred of dignity, had been pressed into the ground and ground under a heel three hundred times!

"It's over..."

In the President's eyes,

the last flicker of light was completely extinguished.

He knew that,

from this moment on, he and the Eagle Country he represented would become the laughingstock of the entire world.

A clown who had even his own "vicious dog" snatched away to be kept as a pet, yet still tried to blackmail the whole world in return.