Above Destiny

Chapter 725 again
At first, no one paid attention to this disaster. Everyone thought it was just an ordinary power outage, a fire, or a production accident.

Until this disaster became relevant to everyone.

On an ordinary afternoon, under the blazing sun and a clear blue sky.

Under the azure sky, the bustling and vibrant city center of Roh Island remains a hub of activity.

On the luxurious yet elegant duty-free shopping street, people adorned with jewels come and go.

Compared to usual, there were many more people on the streets and alleys. Numerous heavily armed guards stood watch at key roads, coldly observing everyone who passed by, and frequently stopping suspicious individuals to verify their identities. In fact, any slight mistake or conflict would result in immediate arrest and detention.

Their attitude of "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free" left all the tourists and travelers momentarily puzzled, unable to understand what could possibly warrant such a great deal of trouble, even at the cost of affecting their business and offending so many people.

"There really has been a terrorist attack."

Inside the armored vehicle parked in the alley, the captain smoked a cigarette, staring at the numerous monitoring screens in front of him. He yawned, puzzled: "Why is everyone so tense all of a sudden?"

"You didn't know?" The driver, who had just finished using the restroom, sat back down and sighed. "Royal Island and Elephant Continent have fallen out. The Chopra family might attack at any time. My relative who works at the docks told me that ships have been bringing back weapons one after another these past two days. They say there are even retired warships and armored vehicles from the Federation!"

"Holy crap—"

The captain watching the surveillance cursed, shoving his cigarette butt into the mountain of ashtrays, utterly annoyed: "They all talk so convincingly, but we haven't seen a single hair on Chopra's house yet, while we errand runners are working ourselves to the bone... Now even the riot cats say there are risks and won't let us use them, so they'll do whatever it takes to torment us."

Seriously, there's a Chopra out there, come out and show me.

"Doesn't she look like a Chopra assassin?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the fat woman in the leather coat on the monitor screen, and then to the garbage collector: "What about him? Doesn't he look just like Minkler? I think he looks exactly like him, let's just arrest them both."

The driver and everyone on the channel immediately burst into laughter.

The atmosphere inside and outside the carriage was filled with a joyful feeling.

The captain wiped his nose, scratched the itchy needle hole under his cuff, cursed, rolled a cigarette, lit it with his head tilted, and took a deep drag.

As the wisps of smoke rose, his expression immediately relaxed.

Then, it froze again.

Right in front of him, the monitor screen began to flicker rapidly, displaying a large amount of static, causing the lying captain to subconsciously sit up and pat the screen.

"The signal is acting up again? How much kickback did that idiot procurement guy take? I told you the goods from Thousand Islands are unreliable..." He looked at the driver: "Go and adjust the antenna again."

The driver leaned out and fumbled around for a while, but the signal got worse and worse.

This enraged the captain, who yelled, "What the hell are you doing? Adjust the signals!"

"Captain... Captain..."

The driver, who had climbed onto the roof of the car, spoke hesitantly: "You...would you like to come out...and take a look?"

"What are you looking at?"

The captain glared, opened the window, leaned out, and roared, "I'm looking at you—"

The words stopped abruptly.

He stood frozen in place, along with the driver and everyone else.

Not only inside the train carriage, but the entire commercial street, from the giant rotating advertising screens on the street to the images displayed in front of each shop, the televisions inside the shops, and even everyone's mobile phones, were all shrouded in dense snowflakes.

The pedestrians on the street seemed to sense something was wrong, looking down at their phones and exchanging bewildered glances.

At that moment, everyone stared wide-eyed.

Amidst the endless, noisy snowflakes, a hand seemed to faintly emerge, outstretched, reaching out towards the commercial street, towards Luo Island, towards everyone present at this moment, slowly extending and clenching.

It easily smoothed away the snow and noise, writing a flowing countdown on the screen.

【5】

For a moment, the captain forgot to breathe, his contracted pupils reflecting the numbers on the giant screen.

【4】

"Is it some kind of flash mob event?" The wealthy tourist who stopped the slender saleswoman grinned and clicked his tongue in admiration, "It's quite unique."

【3】

"Do we have this event?" The mall's broadcasting manager, still not quite understanding, looked blankly at his subordinate, whose face grew increasingly terrified and dazed as he pointed out the window at Ro Island, the city center, and the towering clock tower.

The clock tower roared, and the hour hand jumped back a notch.

【2】

As the bell tolled, pedestrians in the square subconsciously looked up and around. All eyes fell on the office buildings in the commercial district, where a crimson color flowed and slowly slid down on those huge, high-end screens, the remaining traces outlining the final countdown.

【1】

In that instant, the dense surveillance, the expansive giant screen, everyone's cell phones, and even the roaring clock tower and broadcasts, all seemed to be screaming and howling, issuing a final warning.

It resounded throughout everything.

Dead silence. No one spoke in the dead silence. An instinctive unease rose in my heart. Under the blazing sun, it felt like falling into an ice cave.

But nothing happened.

"What the hell?" The captain's expression twitched, forcing a reassuring smile. "What's with this charade?"

Then, his face was shrouded in the shadows of the sky. Boom!!!
In the azure sky, an airship that had just taken off suddenly trembled and billowed thick smoke, and was engulfed in flames right before everyone's eyes.

Stumbling and falling, it lost its footing...

come down!

At this moment, the fallen giant whale, trailing thick, blood-like smoke, descended from the azure sky and sea, swept past coral-like buildings, startled schools of fish fleeing in confusion, passed through the bustling city, and shattered the false peace and tranquility.

The mournful howl that pierced the air seemed to be a grand, soaring song.

Thus, witnessed by the entire island of Roh, the ever-growing shadow completely covered the solemn building at the very center of Roh.

That central building, once constructed under the personal leadership of the empire's renowned design master, served as the headquarters of the ruling Ro Island government, embodying the 'crown throne' of the Sukarno family's authority and dominance!
It sounded like a roar.

In the void, a faint barrier emerged, supporting and protecting the throne!
As stable as Mount Tai.

Airship attack? What a joke! Do they really think Ro Island is completely undefended?!
Until, as the airships gradually advanced, the Guardians finally discovered them.

and many more!

Something seems a little off?
The airship amidst the flames and thick smoke looks so much like... the one the family used to transport phlogiston and weapons.

Beneath the thick smoke and raging flames, a flash of red light appeared.

At the highest point of the crown throne, the guardian stood frozen, speechless.

I couldn't help but want to laugh.

"What the hell..."

boom! ! ! !

The tyrannical light engulfed everything, and amidst the deafening roar and tremors that shook the entire island of Ro, a mushroom cloud slowly rose from the sky.

Thick smoke billowed and dust flew everywhere.

The last thing that came was a broken, mournful cry.

The throne of the crown has been broken in half!

This marked the beginning of chaos...

Half an hour ago, Ji Jue sat down in front of the best viewing spot and picked up his teacup.

Half an hour later, Ro Island was completely out of control.

Everything under control collapsed.

The fire burned for a full day and night. Even late at night, the rising flames still illuminated half the sky in a fiery red glow, and the drifting ashes caused a complete sell-out of face masks throughout the entire island of Roh.

The ensuing secondary explosions and reignitions continued to cause trouble until Sukarno's house was finally hit by a torrential downpour...

There's no way around it; the fire safety system was already a makeshift operation, and it became even more so when the situation got serious. Even when the throne was involved, the already sluggish bureaucracy sprang to unprecedented speed, but it was still utterly useless.

From the moment the explosion occurred until an hour later, a series of errors in the command sequence and various strange and unforeseen circumstances meant that the fire department did not even receive a signal to be dispatched.

Then, a massive traffic jam that covered the entire island of Rohdea suddenly and without warning happened, and coincidentally, the fire trucks were stuck several kilometers away, unable to get close at all.

Just before takeoff, the aerial firefighting and rescue operation encountered an oil leak and numerous safety issues. The firefighting helicopter completely lost control, its radio frequency became completely out of control, producing only noise, and the walkie-talkies were filled with noise and had inconsistent timing.

All the equipment that relies on modern civilization has mysteriously started to exhibit strange behavior.

Everything is disconnected!

It wasn't until the enraged Sukarno family resorted to the most primitive human methods that they were able to barely contain the fire, and there were still many setbacks along the way.

Not only transportation and communication, but also the supply of electricity and water are facing numerous problems.

As the flames illuminated half the night sky, the other half of the island beneath was plunged into darkness, with all power and water supplies cut off.

A gas station mysteriously exploded and went out of control, with frequent leaks and depressurization of fuel reserves.

Even in brightly lit resorts and numerous luxury hotels, chaos continues to emerge. Electricity leaks in heated swimming pools, and fires break out at popular tourist attractions. Dozens of false fire alarms at different hotels overnight have caused Rohde Island's reputation for tourism, built up over decades, to collapse completely in a single night.

The financial industry, in particular, has been hit by a catastrophe.

The bull market, which had been soaring all the way, turned out to be due to a computer error at the close of trading in the afternoon. Several funds that held major shares in Sukarno's family had failed to complete large-scale buying and selling transactions... The market movement was bizarre and completely out of control.

The losses weren't serious, but the profits were much more terrifying!
In particular, when several shipping companies of the Federation and the Empire discovered that their cruise ships had encountered accidents near Rocco Island, the Sukarno family had already shorted them beforehand... Before the next day even started, the securities regulatory commissions of both sides had already frozen all of the Sukarno family's financial assets and begun a thorough investigation!

In just eight hours, the entire island of Roh was in unprecedented chaos and on the verge of collapse.

But just before dawn... everything miraculously returned to normal!
It's back, it's all back!

It was as if nothing had happened, no errors had occurred; everything continued to function as usual, and all the troubles left behind by the previous events were being dealt with in an orderly manner.

After a peaceful day, the trouble was mostly dealt with, and just when everyone was realizing how difficult it was to have a good life, just when the Sukano family thought that Ji Jue had given up...

He tapped his screen again.

He picked up his teacup.

Let Roland Island be great again!

AGAIN!!!
(End of this chapter)