Chapter 143 The Situation

The area where Fang Senyan and the others arrived was in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Because the project was started relatively late here, only five giant airships had been produced. Originally, this was supposed to be a benefit provided to the government, allowing them to place personnel on board. However, the government's main plan was still focused on the Ark and its own copycat project following China's lead, so their attention here was severely lacking.

Due to the earlier mix-up where Fang Senyan misreported the time, the popularity here was already low. Now, it was even more deserted, with hardly a ghost to be seen apart from the staff that had been arranged beforehand... It was estimated that at least four of the five giant airships, which were ready to take off at any moment, had completely empty cabins.

Of course, at this time, only the central and western regions of the United States, as well as the San Andreas Fault area in San Francisco, were experiencing terrifying earthquakes. The ripple effects that reached the west coast of New York and Washington were much milder, but in any case, the advanced information and the continuous aftershocks of magnitude five or six were still present.

Coupled with the terrifying volcanic ash cloud derived from the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano, which also swept over, it was truly as Charlie said, "Even the lights of Washington have been extinguished!" The people's panic and confusion could be imagined.

Therefore, under these circumstances, this should logically be a place to escape. The fundamental reason for its unpopularity was that a terrifying fissure had appeared during the previous aftershocks, cutting off the three highways leading from Washington to here! In this chaotic time, it naturally became a place rarely visited.

The person in charge of everything here was Mystique from Magneto's side. This woman could transform into anyone, even replicating fingerprints. The man who married her would be incredibly happy, with a wife who looked different every day... This woman still had respect for Fang Senyan and had long been troubled by these tedious administrative affairs, so she simply handed over the management of this virgin base.

At this time, Fang Senyan's starting point was, of course, to save as many people as possible, which he remembered very clearly. Washington and New York would soon experience a strong earthquake that would even collapse the White House, and then they would be submerged by the sea.

Therefore, with the help of a high-level management talent like Zi, he had the workers continue to operate the filling devices, inflating another completed but uninflated giant airship, and adding it to the airship fleet.

Overtime during the apocalypse... Faced with such vicious demands from the capitalists... the workers were certainly unwilling, but their families were also on the giant airships that had already taken off, so they could only bite the bullet and continue operating.

While waiting, Fang Senyan also paid attention to the channels still broadcasting around the world. He discovered that almost all the leaders of various countries who had participated in the Ark Project had already flown to Zhuoming Valley. The two remaining heads of state were the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Italy. President Wilson insisted that he wanted to be with the people, while the Prime Minister of Italy stayed behind to pray for a miracle. However, just ten minutes earlier, something strange happened: the Prime Minister of Italy was actually kidnapped!

Fang Senyan then thought of the news that the somewhat crazy Charlie had also been rescued. He immediately came to the conclusion that there should be great benefits in rescuing these elites who enjoyed high prestige among humans when the apocalypse arrived.

With this thought in mind, Fang Senyan discovered that another giant airship had been filled with enough gas. He very simply added it to the joint fleet, then ascended to a height of one thousand meters and slowly sailed towards Washington. He believed that at this time, it would not be necessary to ask the Pentagon for flight permission from those bureaucrats.

At this time, the disadvantages of the giant airship became clear: its movement speed was surprisingly slow. Especially in headwinds, the only three engines had to push this behemoth, and reaching a speed of thirty kilometers per hour was truly an all-out effort.

It was during this sailing process that... the strong earthquake occurred.

A 9.4 magnitude earthquake finally descended on Washington, the capital city of the United States!

The Capitol Building, the iconic building equivalent to the People's Heroes Monument in China, and the 169-meter-high Washington Monument also collapsed. As for the Statue of Liberty, it had already crumbled.

Despite the amazing intensity of the earthquake, Fang Senyan was not worried that no one could be saved. The permanent population of Washington D.C. was five hundred thousand, and before the strong earthquake struck, there had been sufficient warning and enough time for people to take shelter. He was now more worried about the chaos caused by too many people.

As the airship fleet moved forward slowly, many people on the airships covered their mouths and cried. Looking down at the earth, the continental plate below the entire downtown area of Washington had been lifted up, and then it was divided into more than a dozen scattered plates by terrifying abyssal cracks. The side facing the sea had slowly sunk into it.

In the gloomy light, witnessing the scene where this brilliant and prosperous civilization built by mankind was wantonly trampled and destroyed was truly heartbreaking.

Fang Senyan stood at the front of the mothership, looking 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 fragmented plate of about seven or eight square kilometers, which meant that the respectable African-American President was still alive, and it seemed that tens of thousands of people had survived on it.

Although the aftereffects of the volcanic ash cloud were still present, and the sky was still snowing gray ash, the buzzing of the giant airship engines and the bright beams of the searchlights made the survivors burst into tears, shouting loudly and even lighting everything around them that could be lit.

After sailing above the White House Square, Fang Senyan had the airship drop its empty anchors, laboriously fixing the entire airship fleet in place, but still maintaining a height of thirty meters. He did not lower the gangway because doing so would undoubtedly lead to an unprecedented tragedy. In the face of survival, most people would lose their minds.

At this time, the airships began to use loudspeakers to direct people to line up and prepare to board the airships in an orderly manner. At the same time, Fang Senyan and the others directly pulled a rope and slid and jumped down from the airship. Of course, they were immediately surrounded by people. At Fang Senyan's request, he soon met the respectable African-American President Wilson, who was with the people.

At this time, the president looked quite disheveled. Because he had been encouraging people and rescuing the wounded, his entire body, including his hair and eye sockets, was covered in a large amount of dust, and his voice was very hoarse. A cloud of dust would rise from him with a casual pat, and his eye sockets were also sunken. Coupled with the characteristics of his black thick lips, he even looked somewhat comically like a chimpanzee.

However, Fang Senyan looked at him and was filled with respect. He extended his hand to President Wilson and said:

"I'm here to help you, Mr. President, but before that, I need your help. Our time is urgent, and we can't delay any longer."

President Wilson nodded and said:

"I will do everything I can."

Fang Senyan said very bluntly:

"Then I'll cut to the chase. Although the airships are huge, their carrying capacity is limited. We must apply the valuable carrying capacity to people as much as possible, rather than other things! So I need to organize the survivors on the square, not only to board the airships in an orderly manner, but also to ensure that each person cannot carry more than one kilogram of items. This requires your prestige to persuade them. As for food and cold-weather tools, we have prepared and stored a lot of them, which should ensure people's basic survival. Here, I must thank you for your enlightenedness."

President Wilson nodded and said:

"I need a megaphone, and then convincing them shouldn't be a problem."

Fang Senyan hesitated for a moment and then said:

"There's one more thing, a very cruel thing... The wounded who cannot 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, we will not forcibly demand the abandonment of the wounded if they have family members to take care of them."

The President was silent for a while and could only nod.

In the face of life and death, since people saw the hope of survival and had the President's mobilization, they soon appeared orderly. Most people were in tears after escaping death, but on the limitation of carrying one kilogram of items, although the punishment for violating the rules was to be deprived of the right to board the ship, there were still many people who tried to break the law. However, after several people were shot on the spot, similar phenomena no longer occurred. The so-called "severe punishment in troubled times" is not without reason.

After rescuing the survivors around the White House area, the airship fleet was already filled with four ships, and then it began to take off again. President Wilson did not necessarily demand to die, but he wanted to be with the people for the belief in his heart, so he naturally boarded the central mothership.

Next, he hoped that Fang Senyan and the others could transport the people to a safe area and then return to Washington to rescue people. After hearing this request, Fang Senyan could only shake his head and smile bitterly, and then pulled out the computer's 3D animation to explain to him:

That is, the earthquake in the coastal city is actually a sign, which means that the second stage of the apocalypse is coming. Most of the Earth's crust is also starting to move, which will provide sufficient energy for the mega-tsunami. During the formation of the tsunami, the earthquake will actually occur at the bottom of the ocean, so the land will show a relatively calm buffer period. Therefore, if people are put down from the giant airship now, then their only fate will be to be swept into the water and drowned by waves exceeding one kilometer in a few hours...

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Wahahaha, still no one can guess my thoughts, but considering how enthusiastic you are, I'll add another chapter tomorrow.

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