Doomsday disaster: Start by building a shelter.

Chapter 346 Pancontinental Shelf Earthquake
Rumble.

A series of deep, thunderous sounds echoed through the distant mountains.

Then there are endless mountains, like high walls.

It is collapsing little by little at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The earthquake, originating from the ocean, made landfall on the coastline three hours later.

It then spread rapidly at an incredible speed, reaching hundreds of kilometers deep into the interior of the continent.

They approached Su Wu's Terra refuge.

Terra.

The control center is located on the first basement level.

In front of a futuristic-looking control console.

The massive screen wall is divided into thousands of sections.

It presents images of the area surrounding the shelter, spanning nearly 100 kilometers, from different perspectives.

This reveals the original solid ice field, mountains, and hills near the refuge.

They all began to sway like the undulating surface of the sea.

Occasionally, towering mountains, like giant ships in the ocean, glide slowly across the plains.

On a few split-screen displays.

There was also a faint crimson glow.

That color was created by magma being squeezed and ejected from deep underground.

“The D1037 transport formation has been destroyed.”

"The current cumulative loss is 723 Ice Lake-class transport ships."

Several lines of red warning text appeared in the AI's operation log.

This caught Su Wu's eye.

The Ice Lake-class transport ship can only hover and move at a maximum altitude of one meter above flat ground.

Its ability to withstand geological disasters is not very strong.

In addition, its movement speed is extremely slow.

Once trapped in an area of ​​frequent geological activity, the chances of survival are extremely slim.

To avoid this situation.

The only solution is to take preventative measures in advance.

"The surface environment near Terra is no longer suitable for the Icelake-class transport ships to navigate."

"We can temporarily use Steel City, Changming City, and several other megacities as temporary transit warehouses."

"Gathering supplies from the surrounding area."

Even the prophesied super disaster did not sweep across the entire Eastern Continent at once.

Its current central area of ​​activity.

It remains confined to the Kuanjiang River basin area, and at most extends to both sides for several hundred kilometers.

Therefore, Su Wu has enough space to house his Ice Lake-class transport ships, which now number over 7.

As for the more maneuverable sixth and seventh generation fighter jets and the Dawn-class transport ships.

Then it will be basically unaffected.

They can still continue to supply Terra with people and valuable resources in a steady stream, following the original process.

7pm.

surface.

Below the rolling clouds.

Occasionally, a burst of intense purple lightning flashed by, along with a few streaks of crimson light lingering at the edge of the sky.

A faint halo of light enveloped the world that should have been plunged into darkness.

Being there, you can feel it very clearly.

Even the air trembled incessantly with the massive earthquake and rolling thunder all around.

Like the prelude to the world's destruction.

In this darkness.

A massive transport ship whose exterior is illuminated by a row of steady, dim lights.

Slowly breaking through the clouds, it landed in an airport ten stories above Terra.

Hundreds of thousands of refugees arrived here from the north, nearly a thousand kilometers away.

Come out of the cabin.

Looking out through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the airport, one sees a scene that seems like the end of the world.

One by one, they couldn't help but tremble with fear.

Many people were so frightened that their legs went weak and they needed help to move.

"Hurry up and make room for the people behind you." "There's nothing to be afraid of outside. You are about to enter a huge shelter with a population of one billion."

"If danger can be encountered here, it can only be worse anywhere else in the world."

Terra staff responsible for receiving guests and maintaining order at the port.

They tried their best to guide the crowd.

Their actions calmed the panic of many people.

Humans are social creatures that conform to the crowd.

The number 10 billion.

No matter how you interpret it, it's enough to give people a great sense of security.

As these trembling refugees entered the shelter one after another.

Beneath their feet was the control center, located on the first basement level.

Su Wu was focusing almost all his attention on observing earthquakes on the ground.

After more than half a day of evolution.

The trajectory of this earthquake gradually became clear.

Its main seismic zone extends deep into the mainland along the Kuanjiang River basin.

The overall trend is basically the same as that of the super earthquake at the beginning of the apocalypse.

The only difference this time is that it lasted longer and was more destructive.

"Fortunately, most of the population from those areas had already been absorbed into Terra in advance."

"Otherwise, the current death toll would probably be no less than 1 million."

The brightly lit control room was as quiet as ever.

Apart from Su Wu's own breathing and the occasional notifications from artificial intelligence.

There was no further movement.

If we ignore the data and only rely on our feelings here...

It's hard to imagine that this is right in the epicenter of an earthquake.

Even massive Icelake-class transport ships, some as large as 10,000 tons, appeared outside the sanctuary at this time.

They are all like small boats in a tsunami, in danger of capsizing at any moment.

I followed the earthquake situation for a while.

Su Wu turned his gaze to other continents beyond the Eastern Continent.

Unlike the earthquake that is currently occurring on a continental plate level in Dongzhou.

Other continents were almost unaffected.

Especially North America, where the federal center is located, and the Western Continent, which were the two most prosperous regions in the pre-apocalyptic human world.

At this moment, it feels as if we are blessed by the heavens.

Even the cold wave was much smaller than usual.

In some areas, the normal ambient temperature has risen to around -50 degrees Celsius.

It allows some ordinary people to go out and engage in normal activities.

"No wonder the Federation has never paid much attention to the Eastern Continent."

"That's the reason."

Su Wu seemed to realize something, but he wasn't too indignant.

For ordinary people in Dongzhou, they may have been treated unfairly.

They became the first group of people abandoned in the apocalypse.

But for Su Wu...

It was precisely because Dongzhou had already been abandoned by the Federation that he had the opportunity to rise.

The focus shifted from the outer continents back to the Eastern Continent.

This time, Su Wu's gaze fell on the edge of the earthquake zone.

Compared to the earthquake center, which is now almost deserted.

In those remote areas, there are still many shelters and people.

Their environment cannot be described as particularly safe.

Under the influence of aftershocks from a plate-scale earthquake.

Even a large shelter capable of accommodating hundreds of thousands of people has a considerable chance of becoming ruins.

"We can prioritize bringing the population from these areas to Terra."

"The supplies that can't be taken away will be handled by the Ice Lake-class transport ships."

"They are transported little by little to those megacities that serve as temporary transit points in the opposite direction."

(End of this chapter)