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.

when she felt the table quiver. Dropping her fork, she rushed to

normal; beyond the initial rumble, there was only the

mostly recovered from recent

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

whole area.

sank; that was

was the

her computer,

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

with worry and called for lan's contacts

we get through to the local officials to

Pennyfeather, the news reported it just a minute ago. 8.1 on

help, but they've just barricaded the place with wire fences. Anyone trying to

shot on sight."

"Why?"

disease outbreak. With the earthquake,

cure, and if it spreads, the country is

to abandon those villagers and take them out if necessary, to

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

their own government.

good reputation around the globe, scountries would choose to create multiple lies.

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