The deafening blast cin an instant, Philip's pupils contracting in an instant. The following sound was unbearably loud.

Phil stood in the doorway, buffeted by a force that sent him stumbling backward, slamming the door shut in its wake.

The world inside the base began to spin out of control, a cacophony that sounded like the heavens themselves were collapsing.

Pinned against the wall by the invisible hammer of the blast, Phil struggled to his feet, oddly numb to the pain. It felt as though

something was cushioning his fall.

Turning, he saw Philip splayed out behind him, acting as a human shield and already spitting out blood.

"Philip!" His voice was a whisper against the roar.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have gone after that insect. Philip, con, wake up."

Meanwhile, the entire base was lifted by spowerful force. In face of nature, human engineering designed to withstand a

magnitude 8 earthquake, seemed trivial against the dual onslaught of the landslide and the earth's violent shaking. Every secure

door had been breached.

The base was uplifted from its subterranean stronghold by the landslide and then harshly flung down, carried forward unstoppably.

Even the citizens could hear the earth-shattering noise. Sfell to their knees in prayer, murmuring for salvation.

about to dig into her meal when she felt the table quiver. Dropping her fork, she

the hallway. But outside, everything looked like normal; beyond the

neighbor, a woman who had mostly recovered from recent injuries, stepped

the southwest. I cfrom there. The disease was bad enough, but with an earthquake.The

that whole

sank; that was

was the

computer, her face turning ashen,

that strong could shatter skyscrapers, even could crack open the earth and then shut

and

to the local officials

the news reported it just a minute ago. 8.1 on the Richter scale. The higher-ups aren't

just barricaded the place

shot on sight."

"Why?"

the earthquake, panic villagers would definitely

cure, and if it spreads, the country is done

and take them out

media would be told that the villagers were casualties of the quake -

their own government.

reputation around the globe, scountries would choose to create

was new

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