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.

table quiver. Dropping her fork,

beyond the initial rumble, there was only the sound of

woman who had mostly recovered from recent injuries, stepped out looking

it's from the southwest. I cfrom there. The disease was

that whole

heart sank; that was where

was

check her computer, her face turning ashen,

shatter skyscrapers, even could crack open the earth

and called

local officials to check out the

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

but they've just barricaded the

shot on sight."

"Why?"

district's the epicenter of the disease outbreak. With the earthquake, panic

if it spreads, the

and take them out if

internationally, the media would be told that the

their own government.

to maintain a good reputation around the globe, scountries would choose to create multiple lies. The despair

new to

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