The strange phenomenon of an unexplainable and bizarre sound shrouding the entire city soon caused a heated discussion among the people through Noah World's increasingly perfect network system.
Fortunately, before the government or the major scientific research institutions could give an official and authoritative explanation, this incredible supernatural phenomenon disappeared without a trace as abruptly as it appeared. At least, it did not cause further panic.
What the tens of millions of federal citizens did not know was that at the same time the strange sound disappeared in their ears, at the bottom of the Hope Farm's deep and unpredictable underground lake, an incomparably huge creature with a body length of more than a thousand meters appeared.
Its entire body was covered with octagonal scales that were constantly changing color at an extremely slow speed.
A tadpole-like oval-shaped monster was born from the shattered mountain stone egg.
The giant monster had no nose, ears, hands, and feet. Other than a ferocious big mouth that sometimes looked like a deep black hole when it opened and closed, there was only a circle of black eyes that were half-closed on top of its head.
Behind it was a thin tail that was twice as long as its body, swaying gently in the cold lake water.
"It's really Tao Tie. This is really a big gamble …" Standing in front of the newborn monster and looking up at its huge body, a human-headed snake monster that looked as small as a speck of dust in comparison revealed an irrepressible surprise and joy. Muttering to himself, he stretched out his hand and made a forceful cut on his chest.
Immediately, sharp nails with a crescent moon-like arc pierced the scales on his chest, tearing a long wound on his chest.
Thick black and red blood gushed out along the wound in an instant, dying a large area of the lake within a radius of thousands of meters into a dark red color.
In the overflowing blood, the snake monster's dim pupils flashed with a hint of coldness. Summoning the last of its strength, it ignited all the totems in its land of faith.
In just a few seconds, countless power of faith began to float out from the leather scroll that seemed to be able to cover the sky above the monster's head. Hundreds of millions of strands of pure white brilliance surged into the monster's body like moths flying into a flame.
Amidst the endless hubbub of brilliance, the snake-bodied demon god that had been reborn after being nourished by a massive amount of power of faith condensed the great power around its body. The mysterious imprint that was naturally evolved by its will, along with the blood essence that was leaking out, rushed towards the giant tadpole monster that was not far away, triggering the struggle and resistance of both its soul and body.
The impact and tearing force of the newborn giant monster, which was almost self-mutilating, actually caused the continental plate with a diameter of more than a thousand kilometers to shake.
It actually caused the hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land purchased by the LS Group to be affected the most significantly. Whether it was the desert, the grassland that had just been cultivated, or the farmland, the sand and soil were all turned over and long cracks appeared on the ground. It was a scene of catastrophe.
"Earthquake, what the hell, it's a big damn earthquake, we have to leave quickly." The sudden appearance of the jeep and the undulating violent vibration caused the LS Group's president to jump up from the back seat as though there was a spring under his butt and shouted in panic.
When the overly frightened driver heard this, he immediately snapped back to reality and was about to step on the accelerator in a panic, but the old geologist in the passenger seat held the steering wheel. "There are frightened animals everywhere now and there are cracks in the earth's crust. It's not safe anywhere, so the smartest thing for us to do is to stay where we are."
"Stay where we are?" Charlie was stunned for a moment before asking, "But what if a crack happens to appear under our car, Dr. Carnegie?"
"If that's the case, then it's fate that we must die today, Mr. Charlie. We can only die." The geologist looked at the herds that were fleeing in all directions on the shaking and cracked ground and said in a low voice, "In such a natural disaster, the only thing we can do is to pray to God."
"Pray to God …" He suddenly remembered that he was no longer an old and weak mortal who had never had a violent conflict with anyone before.
Charlie, who had always lived in a civilized and peaceful environment, so he usually did not have the awareness that a powerhouse who mastered supernatural powers should have, regained his calmness at once. A disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth as he muttered to himself in a voice so soft that nobody could hear, "He can't save anyone's life." Then, he no longer said anything.
Just like this, the two passengers in the jeep began to panic.
One of them observed the movement of the earth's crust calmly.
The other passenger, who appeared to be anxious and panicked on the surface but was actually not afraid of the disaster deep down in his heart, unified his opinion and parked the car on the spot. The car shook violently for a while and slowly jolted for a while from noon to dusk. In the end, they were lucky enough to survive the earthquake unscathed.
By the time the fluctuating ground finally calmed down under the illumination of the fiery red sunset, as the faint sound of propellers turning resonated from the distant sky, the government rescue team that had arrived late finally arrived and began to search for the injured in the messy vast farm to carry out first aid.
"AT001 has discovered the injured. The initial diagnosis is rib fractures and there are signs of internal bleeding. The danger level is B +. The nearest medical team, please rush to position B09.
The nearest medical team, please … "The early warning aircraft locked on to the injured according to the instructions of the radar-type life detector and placed a positioning target. Then, it used a light sensor to scan the injury and summoned an emergency doctor to carry out rescue according to the level of injury.
"Attention, command center! Attention, command center! T7 medical team, lock on to the target and rescue B09 …" Each medical team, on the other hand, carried out treatment for the critical injured in different areas according to the distance.
The high-quality professional emergency rescue personnel ensured that the rescue was carried out in a tense but orderly rhythm from the beginning, quickly controlling the deteriorating situation. After two to three hours, the rescue of the injured had already reached the final stage.
At this time, Charlie, who had insisted on staying in the Hope Farm to assist the federal rescue team but did not play any role in reality, finally had a chance to perform. In the early warning aircraft cabin, the tall and solemn rescue operation commander Jonos, who looked like a soldier, personally contacted him and asked, "Mr. Charlie, the initial rescue of the injured will be completed soon.
I need a detailed list of your farm personnel and their scope of work to formulate the next rescue plan. Can you provide it? "
"Of course, Mr. Jonos. I have all the information of the farm in the computer that I carry with me. I can transfer it to you right away." The short and fat LS Group's president, who took the risk to stay in the only prefab house that had not collapsed in the experimental oasis of the origin of the Hope Farm, glanced at the dark night outside the window and replied.
Then, he squatted directly on the floor of the house where the furniture was all over the place. After taking out the tablet computer in his briefcase, he turned it on and began to transfer the information according to the phone call.
On the computer screen, the color block in the data reading bar slowly extended from nothing to something. While waiting, Charlie asked with concern, "Mr. Jonos, may I know how many injured people have you rescued so far?"
"164 people with minor injuries, 39 people with serious injuries, and five dead people. We've done our best, Mr. Charlie." The rescue commander said in a low voice on the other end of the phone.
"Of course, I believe that you've done your best, Mr. Jonos. The number of successful rescues of 203 has far exceeded my imagination."
"Mr. Charlie, what's the approximate number of employees working on the farm in your impression?" Jonos ignored Charlie's comforting exclamation and asked after a few seconds of silence.
"Speaking of which, it's really a blessing in misfortune. Because it's going to be Christmas soon, most of the employees on the farm have gone back to the city on holiday, leaving only about 20% of the people who are still working for the sake of the bonus. There are about 220 people, otherwise, the number of casualties today would have been much higher."
The instant Charlie's words left his mouth, the file had already been transferred. The rescue commander pondered for a while and muttered to himself, "Then, it means that there are still more than ten missing people …" Then, he opened the file that had just been sent over and found the employee list. He selected the information of the personnel marked with 'working status' and compared it with the names of the injured that he had already obtained.
A few minutes later, he raised his voice and asked, "Mr. Charlie, I see that the names of you and some scientists are not on the employee list, right?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Jonos. I was so panicked that I forgot to remind you that we didn't record the directors and managers of the LS Group, as well as Dr. Carnegie and his scientific team who are collaborators with LS."
"There's nothing to be sorry about, Mr. Charlie. I can understand your feelings at this moment.
In fact, you're already a very brave and responsible person to insist on staying here to help, "Jonos comforted Charlie." But even so, I still want to ask you one more thing. How many senior managers and collaborators of the LS Group were left on the farm when the earthquake happened today? "
"Dr. Carnegie's team has seven people, and if you add the two graduate students, it'll be nine people.
Professor Doris's team that studies breeding has a total of eight people, "Charlie muttered to himself as he calculated and blurted out a number," 19 … "Suddenly, he felt that something was wrong so he hurriedly corrected himself." No, no, it's 18, Mr. Jonos. There are only 18 people who are not registered on the list. "
"Is it 19 or 18, Mr. Charlie? This is related to human lives. Please give me an exact number."
"It's 18 people, Mr. Jonos, it's 18 …" Charlie seemed to have thought of something as he suddenly became absent-minded. His voice drifted as he replied.
"It's 18 people, Mr. Jonos. Thank you for your help."
Alright, Mr. Charlie. Thank you for your help! "The rescue commander said and ended the call.
On the other end of the phone, the LS Group's president stood up in a daze while holding his phone. He stared at the night that was getting darker outside the window again with an inexplicable anxiety in his eyes. Without warning, a hoarse voice resonated behind him. "Charlie, what are you looking at?"
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