In the top cabin of the giant airship, it was dark all around. Flashes of lightning flashed from time to time below, illuminating the devastated land tens of thousands of metres below. The plateau was tenaciously resisting the erosion of the violent seawater, but with little effect. On the other hand, the volcanic ash was floating in the high troposphere like low-level tumors. Even the lightning seemed to have been blocked by it. Such a grand and strange scene was probably something that ordinary people would never see in their entire lives.
Under the bright light, a group of people sat together. The high-power communication instrument made a rustling sound. The communication satellite launched into space was still working faithfully.
With a nervous heart, a staff member adjusted the high-power radio to the frequency band agreed upon before the end of the world …. But there was dead silence here, only the rustling sound brought by the noise of the storm could be heard.
The thick lips of the black staff member opened and closed for a moment. With a nervous heart and great pressure, he aimed at the microphone.
"This is Air Force One, this is Air Force One. There are still 43,000 people around me who have survived. They are now in a good situation. They have their own beds and can get heated food. If anyone heard what I said, please respond. If you have any difficulties, we will do our best to help you. "
It was still quiet, as if only the echo of his hoarse and tired voice could be heard. Everyone was waiting silently, but despair was slowly rising like a tide.
Suddenly, a calm voice broke the embarrassing silence.
"This is Noah's Ark D. I'm Captain Stephen. Please forgive my directness. Air Force One should have been submerged in Cho Ming Valley by now, so please state your true identity. “
The female assistant to the President, Sally, bent down and said seriously into the microphone.
"I'm Sally, the chief secretary of the President. Captain Stephen, you're putting the cart before the horse! Only an aircraft carrying the President of the United States is qualified to be called Air Force One! If the Boeing 747 aircraft codenamed S7M3B does not have the President on board, it doesn't deserve this glorious name! "
The person on the other side was stunned for a moment. His tone became much more polite.
"Did a miracle really happen? We lost contact with the White House during the earthquake that hit Washington. “
All of a sudden, another voice joined the conversation.
"This is Secret Base B in Alaska. I'm Lieutenant General Agil. We're very safe at the bottom of the sea. The earthquake was very lucky to let us go. Because of the destruction of the communication equipment, I'd like to greet you on behalf of Base D and Base E. The number of survivors on our side is 160,000. Finally, is Mr. President still alive?"
As soon as the greeting from Alaska ended, another voice came over.
"This is Tuna Formation. I repeat, this is Tuna Formation..."
The Tuna Formation was a temporary organization set up by the United States after learning about China's copycat operation. It was also the government's biggest hope for salvation. Everyone held their breath when they heard the news about the Tuna Formation. To put it bluntly, the future revival of the United States and its international status would all depend on the success of this plan.
"The damage rate of the Tuna Formation is 23.1%. The plan is basically a success! Let me repeat my previous question. Is Mr. President really still there? "
As soon as they heard this news, everyone present cheered. This meant that at least millions of Americans had survived. After hearing this news, a lot of news came one after another in this encrypted channel. Some were official and some were private, but all of them mentioned Mr. President.
To be honest, ever since President Wilson made up his mind to stay and live and die with the people, his prestige was almost comparable to that of the first president in the history of the United States. His powerful personality and charisma made his prestige soar in the hearts of all Americans.
President Wilson finally sat down at the table. He slowly said in a hoarse and tired voice, "I'm Wilson.
"I'm Wilson. I'm sailing in the sky 12 kilometers above the ground with the last 43,000 of my compatriots who survived Washington. I've never hated the arrangement of fate as much as I do now because it almost made the great and proud human race face extinction. I've also never been so grateful to fate because it still left us with a glimmer of hope in such a difficult situation. Long live the great United States of America!"
***
"Huh? What's this? " Following President Wilson's hoarse, tired, but firm voice, a strange table suddenly appeared on the retina of Party Ace and the others.
China: Total number of people directly and indirectly saved, 54,771,109.
United States: Total number of people directly and indirectly saved, 9,817,211.
Your team has received Jackson Curtis' gratitude. Curtis' gratitude.
Your team has received Dr. Gordon's gratitude.
Your team has received the friendship of Mr. G, an international leader.
Your team has received the friendship of Mr. Wilson, an international leader.
[Calculation in progress]
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[Party Ace has completed a Hall of Fame event: 'Savior'! During the 2012 apocalypse, they successfully saved the lives of 5 million people who should have died!] “
[Evaluation for this Hall of Fame event: B, + 10 achievement points for everyone in the party.]
Hall of Fame events are the ultimate secrets hidden in every world. They are extremely difficult to discover and are unique. Once a contestant completes a Hall of Fame event, the other contestants will not be able to achieve this goal.
You have triggered the relevant conditions. All of you will receive an additional reward of + 1 legend level, but your completion evaluation reward will be cleared.
Do you wish to choose this reward?] (Yes/No)
[In a non-combat state, a legend level can increase the reputation of the owner among any Nightmare World storyline characters. + 1 legend level = the required reputation points to increase your reputation with any faction will be reduced by 10%. Your discount on transactions with storyline characters will be increased by 10%. You will also have the right to directly converse with certain high-status storyline characters.]
[In a combat state, + 1 legend level will increase your evasion rate and hit rate by 5%!]
[In the completion evaluation, + 1 legend level will give you an additional evaluation!]
Everyone was shocked. They never expected that they would receive such a powerful reward for sticking to Sheyan's rescue policy all this while! Legend level!
Although Sheyan's legend level did not seem to have an effect for a long time, that was only because the world he had experienced after becoming a Growth Hunter was too difficult. In fact, it was only because of the fact that "+ 1 legend level will give you an additional evaluation in the mission summary" that it had been suppressed.
The other attributes of the legend level had been silently playing their role all this while.
In truth, the rest of the contestants had been coveting Sheyan's legendary status for a long time. Compared to that, what was a mere clearance reward worth? In addition, if they could abduct Melody's race out of the Lord of the Rings world, they would also be able to obtain a legend level. This was probably something that would happen very soon. This was the so-called 'good things come in pairs'.
Next, Party Ace received a notification that they had completed the main mission with a low evaluation. The reward was only 5,000 utility points. From this reward, it could be seen how perfunctory Party Ace was.
After that, the Realm gave them an hour to prepare before they had to return. However, Party Ace did not intend to vanish from the face of the earth. He planned to hand over a lot of things to President Wilson before leaving.
There was no doubt that, according to the information currently in hand, the rise of China, which had a population of tens of millions and successfully survived the 2012 disaster, was inevitable. The fall of the United States from its position as the world's hegemon was almost inevitable.
Therefore, Sheyan did not have any psychological burden when he did these things. Without harming the interests of China, his purpose was still to make sure that the people living at the bottom of society could live a better life.
***
"… That's it. This is the current map of all the food storage locations and the structure of the mothership. Because we still have to stay in the sky for about 15 days, and considering that the passengers are bound to have some irrational emotions, we've formed a temporary armed force to maintain order. “
"I understand." The President's sunken eye sockets showed that he was quite tired, but he still tried his best to listen to Sheyan's words. He even wrote them down with a pen and paper for fear that he would forget.
"Mr. President, what do you think of the mutants and the vampires who don't attack humans? Sheyan asked tentatively.
"We welcome all forces with goodwill. Even when the country was at its strongest, we tried to give them the respect and treatment they deserve, let alone now."
Sheyan nodded in satisfaction when he heard the President's answer. In his opinion, Professor X had no experience in politics after all. His specialty was in soothing people's hearts. Therefore, Sheyan felt that the post-disaster reconstruction should be left to President Wilson and the others who were familiar with it. If Professor X hastily intervened, he might just make things worse.
On the contrary, religion was the most suitable thing for Professor X. He could unscrupulously soothe people's hearts with his spiritual tentacles, similar to the Pope. Such a system of separation of church and state should be the most suitable for post-disaster reconstruction.
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I originally planned to add a chapter, but I was delayed by something during the day, so I'll make it up today. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you're welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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