The area where Sheyan and the others arrived was on the outskirts of Washington. Because the project started late here, only five giant airships had been produced. This place was supposed to be a place provided to the government so that they could arrange for people to board the airships. However, the government's main plan was still to build the Ark and follow China's plan, so they did not pay much attention to this place.
Due to Sheyan's previous miscalculation of time, this place wasn't very lively to begin with. Now, it was so deserted that apart from the previously arranged staff, there wasn't even a ghost to be seen …... it was estimated that among the five gigantic airships that were ready to take off at any time, at least four of them had empty cabins.
Of course, only the central and western San Francisco – San Andreas fault zone in the United States had experienced a terrifying earthquake. The chain reaction that spread to the west coast of New York and Washington was also much milder. But in any case, with the advanced information system, there were still earthquakes with a magnitude of 5 or 6.
In addition, the terrifying volcanic ash cloud derived from the eruption of the supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park had also swept over. Just as Charlie had said, "even the lights of Washington were extinguished"! It was easy to imagine the panic and chaos of the people.
Therefore, under such circumstances, this place should have been a good place to escape. The main reason for the lack of popularity was that a terrifying crack happened to appear in the ground during the previous aftershock, cutting off the three roads leading to Washington! In this chaotic time of war, it was natural that few people would come here.
The person in charge of all the affairs here was Magneto's Enchantress. This woman could change her appearance into anyone she wanted. She could even copy fingerprints. Any man who could marry her would be extremely lucky. He would have a different wife every day …. This woman still had respect for Sheyan. She had long had a headache dealing with these cumbersome administrative matters, so she simply handed over the management rights of this sub-base.
Sheyan's priority at the moment was, of course, to save as many people as possible. He remembered very clearly that New York and Washington would suffer a strong earthquake that would cause even the White House to collapse before being submerged by the sea.
Therefore, with the help of a senior management talent like Zi, the workers continued to inflate another completed but uninflated airship and incorporated it into the airship fleet.
Working overtime during the end of the world … facing such vicious demands from the capitalists … the workers were definitely unwilling, but their families were all aboard the giant airships that had already taken off, so they could only grit their teeth and continue working.
While waiting, Sheyan also paid attention to the channels around the world that were still broadcasting. He found that almost all the leaders who participated in the Ark project had flown to Cho Ming Valley. The two leaders who stayed behind were the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Italy. The President of the United States insisted on staying with the people, while the Prime Minister of Italy stayed behind to pray for a miracle. But ten minutes ago, something strange happened. The Prime Minister of Italy was kidnapped!
Sheyan thought of the news that the somewhat crazy Charlie was also rescued. He immediately came to the conclusion that in the end of the world, saving these elites who enjoyed high prestige among the human race should be of great benefit.
With this in mind, Sheyan found that the other giant airship had been filled with enough gas, so he simply incorporated it into the joint airship fleet. The airship then rose to an altitude of a thousand meters and slowly sailed towards Washington. He believed that there was no need to ask the Pentagon for permission to fly at this time.
At this time, the drawbacks of the giant airship were clearly displayed – its speed was astonishingly slow, especially when the wind was against it. The only three engines that could propel such a huge object could only reach a speed of 30 km/h.
But in the middle of the voyage … a strong earthquake occurred.
A magnitude 9.4 earthquake finally arrived in Washington, the capital city of the United States!!
The Capitol Building, a landmark building equivalent to the Monument to the People's Heroes in China, the 169-meter-tall Washington Monument, also collapsed. As for the Statue of Liberty, it had already collapsed.
Despite the intensity of the earthquake, Sheyan was not worried that no one could be rescued. There were 500,000 permanent residents in downtown Washington, and before the strong earthquake hit, there were sufficient signs and time for people to take shelter. Instead, he was now worried about the chaos caused by too many people.
As the airship fleet slowly moved forward, many people on the airship covered their mouths and wept. Looking at the ground from a bird's eye view, a section of the continental plate under the city of Washington was pushed up, and then divided into more than a dozen scattered plates by the terrible abyssal crack. The side near the sea had slowly sunk into it.
Under the gloomy light, witnessing the scene of the glorious and prosperous civilization built by mankind being trampled and destroyed wantonly made one's heart ache.
Sheyan stood at the front of the mothership and looked down. He was very happy to see that the center of downtown Washington, the White House Square, was still largely intact. This area was located on a broken plate about seven or eight square kilometers in size, which meant that the venerable black president of the United States was still alive, and there seemed to be tens of thousands of survivors on the White House Square.
Although the remnant of the volcanic ash cloud was still there, the humming of the engines of the giant airships and the bright searchlights made the survivors burst into tears. They shouted loudly and even lit up everything around them that could be ignited.
After sailing to the top of the White House Square, Sheyan let the airship drop the air anchor and struggled to fix the entire airship fleet here. They still maintained a height of 30 meters and did not lower the gangway ladder, because doing so would undoubtedly cause an unprecedented tragedy. In the face of the desire to survive, most people would lose their minds.
At this time, the people on the airship began to use loudspeakers to instruct the people to line up and prepare to board the airship in an orderly manner. At the same time, Sheyan and the others directly pulled a rope and jumped down from the airship. Of course, they were immediately surrounded as soon as they came down. At Sheyan's request, he soon met the venerable black president, Wilson, who was with the people.
At this time, the president was in a rather sorry state. Because he had been encouraging people to save lives and saving the wounded, his entire body, hair, and eyes were covered with a large amount of dust. His voice was also very hoarse. A casual slap would cause a cloud of dust to rise from his body. Even his eyes were sunken. Coupled with the thick lips of a black man, he even looked a bit like a chimpanzee.
But when Sheyan looked at him, his heart was full of respect. He reached out his hand to President Wilson and said.
"I'm here to help you, Mr. President. But before that, I need your help. We're in a hurry, we can't delay any longer."
President Wilson nodded and said, "Yes.
"I'll do my best."
Sheyan said bluntly.
"Then I'll make a long story short. Although the airship is huge, its carrying capacity is limited. We must use the precious carrying capacity of the airship on people as much as possible, and not on other things! So I need to organize the survivors in the square. Not only do they have to board the airship in an orderly manner, but each person can't carry anything heavier than one kilogram. I'll need your prestige to convince them. As for food and tools to keep out the cold, we've prepared a lot of them. They should be enough to ensure the basic survival of the people. I must thank you for your open-mindedness. "
President Wilson nodded and said, "Yes.
"I'll need a loudspeaker. Convincing them shouldn't be a problem."
Sheyan then hesitated for a moment.
"There's one more thing, a very cruel thing …. The wounded who can't move are destined to be abandoned. Because of the shortage of medicine and food, our carrying capacity is limited, and there are still many healthy people waiting for us to save. Of course, if the wounded have family members to take care of them, we won't force them to be abandoned. "
The President was silent for a while, but he could only nod.
In the face of life and death, since the people saw the hope of survival, and with the president's encouragement, they quickly became orderly. Most of them had tears in their eyes after escaping death. However, on the one-kilogram restriction, although the punishment for violating it was to be deprived of the right to board the ship, there were still many people who tried to break the law. However, after a few people were shot dead on the spot, there were no more similar incidents. As the saying goes, "In troubled times, severe punishments are needed".
After rescuing the survivors around the White House area, the airship formation had filled up four airships. They then began to take off again. President Wilson was not a person who necessarily wanted to die. He just wanted to be with the people for the sake of his beliefs, so he boarded the mothership in the middle.
He hoped that Sheyan and the others could send the people they were carrying to a safe area, then return to Washington to save the people. Sheyan could only shake his head with a wry smile when he heard this request. He then pulled up the 3D animation on the computer to explain to the President.
The earthquake in the coastal cities was actually a sign that the second stage of the apocalypse was coming. Most of the earth's crust had begun to move, which would provide enough energy for the tsunami. During the formation of the tsunami, the earthquake would actually occur at the bottom of the ocean, so there would be a relatively calm buffer period on land. Therefore, if the people were to be put down from the giant airship now, they would only end up drowning in the huge waves of more than a kilometer in a few hours ….
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