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.

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

But outside, everything looked like normal; beyond the initial rumble, there was only the sound of fervent

had mostly recovered

The disease

that whole area. No help's

heart sank; that was where lan

was

back to check her computer, her face

could crack open the earth and

with worry and

get through to the local officials to check out the situation over

a minute ago. 8.1 on the Richter

barricaded

shot on sight."

"Why?"

outbreak. With the

no cure, and if it spreads,

villagers and take

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

their own government.

reputation around the globe, scountries would choose to create multiple lies. The despair of

was new

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