Ti reached mid-May. As the earthquake magnitudes gradually increased, people's sense of crisis also grew stronger.
For the previous magnitudes 1-4, hardly anyone felt them much. But during that magnitude 5 one, people in cities near the epicenter felt the tremors, and so who were sleeping were even startled awake.
This made people realize that the uneventful first half of the month had ended.
The latter half, which truly represented disaster and destruction, had already begun.
Because, similar to the ti gaps between the previous low-magnitude quakes, the ti gaps between these high-magnitude earthquakes—magnitude 7, 8, 9, and even the final magnitude 10 gaquake—were still 72 hours.
How many 72-hour periods would it take to complete rescue operations for a disaster caused by a magnitude 8 gaquake?
Imagine the disaster from magnitude 8 not even being dealt with properly before magnitude 9 was about to hit, followed imdiately by magnitude 10... With the situation so severe, it was no wonder that in many countries, nurous doomsday determinists had erged, believing struggle was futile and simply starting a final frenzy, doing whatever they wanted.
But while ordinary people could hold such pessimistic views, the official governnts of various countries were definitely still making preparations to combat the disaster at all costs.
The countries that had survived until now since the descent of the Doomsday Rules all had relatively responsible official governnts.
Those countries with irresponsible official governnts mostly perished early on. Many important figures from the governnts of small nations even fled with their entire families to seek shelter in other major powers imdiately after the Doomsday Rules descended. Such countries, left leaderless, had no reason not to be rapidly destroyed by the Doomsday Rules.
Beixing, due to its cooperation with Guan Tong and having successfully mitigated two consecutive earthquakes of magnitudes 4 and 5, saw a great boost in confidence. The higher-ups had authorized the Counterasures Research Office, allowing them to mobilize resources at will and go all out to ensure they survived this disaster.
However, the person in charge, Gao Liangwei, also understood that the higher-ups didn't have just one decision-making plan; they couldn't place all their hopes on a single sche. Therefore, there must be other secret departnts responsible for preparing other contingency plans for destruction.
But if it truly ca to needing to activate those contingency plans, it would an the vast majority of the nation's population had already perished, which was unacceptable in Gao Liangwei's view.
May 16th, the day the magnitude 6 earthquake erupted.
Because the previous two collaborations had gone very smoothly, Zhang Minglu proposed to Guan Tong this ti, suggesting he and the Mind Power delivery troops act together using a mass teleportation item.
After consideration, Guan Tong agreed.
Because it was evident from the last ti they handled the magnitude 5 earthquake disaster that when the official side used teleportation items, they reached the epicenter location much faster than he did.
Unless the epicenter happened to be at one of his shadow line locations, he always had to first identify the shadow line closest to the epicenter, use Body Swap, and then still travel so distance. Using a teleportation item allowed point-to-point imdiate arrival at the target location.
For the earlier low-magnitude earthquakes, wasting so ti wasn't a big deal. But as the earthquake magnitudes increased later, every extra second the earthquake released was an enormous amount of energy. It was still best to make contact and handle it as quickly as possible.
Thus, Guan Tong t up with the official Mind Power transmission troops in advance this ti, ready to teleport at any mont after the earthquake erupted.
The rendezvous point wasn't far from the capital, Yong'an. It was a place similar to a military base. After Guan Tong arrived, the looks everyone gave him were sowhat strange.
Undoubtedly, he had changed his appearance again today, appearing as a teenager.
Furthermore, besides Squad Dragon Soul, Guan Tong also noticed so rather special Ascendants, who should also be mbers of the official teams.
Among them was also an acquaintance of his.
That's right, it was Chen Na.
Guan Tong looked at Chen Na, who was talking with Silver Fox. He hadn't seen her since the Yongzhou base. Several months had passed, and Chen Na had grown quite a bit taller, and her hair had grown longer too, from the ear-length bob back then to reaching her neck now.
It seed this girl had also joined an official team.
Guan Tong thought to himself that it wasn't strange for Chen Na's abilities to be recognized and cultivated by the official side.
Moreover, back when Chen Na was controlled by that "Childhood Friend" provider organization, they had customized many "firsts" for her during the Eighth Rule, greatly increasing her Mind Power upper limit. This was probably also the reason she was participating in this operation this ti, responsible for delivering Mind Power to him.
As if sensing Guan Tong's gaze, Chen Na turned her head to look over.
Guan Tong smiled at her.
Chen Na nodded sowhat stiffly in response, then sowhat embarrassed, turned her head back.
Silver Fox noticed this situation and asked, "Xiao Na, do you know him?"
Chen Na looked puzzled. "No. Why do you ask, Sister Silver Fox?"
Silver Fox whispered, "Let
tell you a secret. I suspect he is 'Shadow.' You were rescued from that evil organization's base by Shadow back then, right? So I was wondering if you might recognize him."
"Huh?" Chen Na was stunned. "But the one who saved
back then was a sister..."
"It's not like items that can change appearance don't exist," Silver Fox said with a laugh. "But sothing like temperant, I don't think that changes."
"Temperant..."
Chen Na looked towards Guan Tong again. The latter was now chatting with Dragon Soul, who had walked over.
Perhaps influenced by what Silver Fox had said, she really felt that person gave her a strangely familiar feeling.
"Mu Tong, the Counterasures Office has mobilized more personnel this ti," Dragon Soul said as he walked up to Guan Tong and struck up a conversation. "The Mind Power needed to handle a magnitude 6 earthquake will definitely be much greater than for magnitude 5."
Guan Tong nodded. "Yes. But when the magnitude gets even higher later, this number of personnel probably still won't be enough."
"We are aware of that," Dragon Soul said. "Currently, the Counterasures Research Office has already held several etings with the academy's managent. They plan to start from handling the magnitude 7 earthquake by mobilizing high-Mind Power students from the academy to assist."
"Mobilizing academy students..."
Hearing this, Guan Tong wasn't exactly surprised. This batch of academy students was indeed quite good. Putting aside other things, just the admission requirent of being stuck at the 80-point Mind Power upper limit proved that each student had mid-to-high-level talent.
Moreover, these students enrolled after the fourth rule, aning around August last year. It hadn't even been a year until this May, and they had enjoyed comprehensive protection from the official side during the period of six rules. Now that they were needed to contribute, they also had to step up.
Dragon Soul: "Yes, we have no choice. But if we can't reduce the damage from this disaster as much as possible, then the academy probably won't exist afterwards either."
"That's true too."
"By the way, Dr. Zhang asked
to ask you if you were satisfied with those two items that increase the Mind Power upper limit."
"Very satisfied," Guan Tong said. "I know both items are very precious, and I also thank the official side for this support."
"It's all for the people living on this land," Dragon Soul said. "All for one and one for all. Only in this way can we survive."
Guan Tong nodded slightly. At that mont, Dragon Soul's expression changed, as if he had heard so news through his earpiece.
He imdiately said, "The magnitude 6 earthquake has occurred. Coordinates confird. We teleport imdiately!"
"Okay."
Everyone imdiately gathered under Dragon Soul's call, then used the mass teleportation item.
This was Guan Tong's first ti experiencing teleportation. The feeling was completely different from "Body Swap." It was as if his entire body was enveloped by a special kind of Mind Power, sucked into one space, and then erged from another space.
It made him inexplicably think of a sci-fi concept: "wormhole jump."
But he had no ti to think about other things now, because as soon as the teleportation ended, he felt his body suddenly falling. Looking down, the ground where they had teleported out was already cracked open. Right under his feet was a fissure torn open by the earthquake!
The energy release of a magnitude 6 earthquake was already terrifying. Especially at the epicenter, multiple large fissures had already appeared. It wasn't just Guan Tong; quite a few unlucky individuals who teleported over found themselves right above fissures and started falling in!
"Ah!!!"
"Save !"
Many people, unprepared, panicked montarily, exclaiming repeatedly.
As soone with relatively quick reactions, Guan Tong couldn't care about exposing his identity now. He imdiately summoned the Shadow, transforming it into several shadow ropes. One wrapped around the Geomantic Pillar, while the others went to grab those falling into the ground fissures, saving over ten lives.
Simultaneously, Dragon Soul and the others also sprang into action. So rescued people, so used items to create hovering platforms for people to stand on.
But even so, seven or eight people were still swallowed by the fissures, instantly disappearing in the movent of the earth. This scene was undoubtedly horrifying. People were so shocked that they didn't even have ti to be surprised by the fact that Guan Tong manipulating shadows exposed his identity.
At this mont, the earthquake had occurred for less than half a minute. The energy released from the epicenter location would only increase from here. Guan Tong didn't dare delay. He imdiately urged the shadow ropes, "pulling" himself to the side of the Geomantic Pillar and "throwing" the people caught by the other shadow ropes onto the hovering platforms created by items.
He imdiately placed his hand on the Geomantic Pillar. "Imdiately deliver Mind Power to ! We must reduce the damage from this earthquake as quickly as possible!"
"Okay!" Dragon Soul, holding the Negative Magnet, was still the first to transmit. The extrely fast Silver Fox was responsible for delivering "Mind Soft Candy" into Guan Tong's hand.
Others also had their respective tasks. So were responsible for maintaining and creating more hovering platforms for people to stand on. So were treating those who were injured.
And it was only then that people ca back to their senses and realized: That "Mu Tong" had just manipulated shadow ropes to hook and save over ten people. This undoubtedly proved he was that legendary "Shadow."
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