Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 88 Earth Fire (Part 3)

"Coal City is over!"

Looking at the coal-producing cities that had turned completely red on the underground thermal map, and the half of the Northwest Province radiating outwards in all directions, an expert slumped into his chair.

Hundreds of experts from around the world are working to find solutions, and a large number of troops have entered the coal city for rescue operations. The rescue efforts aim to evacuate as many stranded residents as possible from the city before its road system collapses.

Firefighting forces from surrounding provinces and cities are also gathering, and rescue teams from various countries are arriving near the coal city one after another at the call of the PDC.

But everyone felt a sense of powerlessness when faced with the coal city that was "steaming" over.

Help? How can we help this person?
Extinguish the fire? The fire is underground; there are no open flames on the surface.

Unlike the hesitant rescue teams, wave after wave of troops rushed in without hesitation. The coal city was like a giant wormhole, sucking in the dark green-clad people and replacing them with even more ordinary residents.

Disaster relief command center.

"Coal seam fires of this scale are beyond extinguishing. The deep coal heat temperature has reached 6,000 degrees Celsius, which is almost the temperature of the sun's surface. The thermal reaction of coal under high temperature and pressure cannot be extinguished by isolating oxygen."

"If the coal thermal reaction continues for more than three months, crustal activity will enter a period of high activity, and the Earth will be 'awakened'!"

"We must find a way to put out the fire! We must use unconventional methods."

"Could we use a nuclear bomb to blast a breach and divert the Yellow River to flood the city?"

"The Fen River has dried up! The Yellow River's flow is insufficient, and it's the dry season. Diverting water from the Yangtze River would be more feasible!"

"Stop talking nonsense. A small amount of water won't work. If you turn a barbecue into a boil, it's worse than a barbecue! Unless you can bring seawater directly here! Does anyone know how many residents of the coal city have already been evacuated?"

"Two million and one hundred and thirteen thousand people have been evacuated."

"There are many?"

"More than ten million..."

Upon hearing this number, everyone present felt a chill run down their spines.

"There's no other way. We've used all the helicopters and transport planes. Russia has also flown over almost all of its stockpiled helicopters. Aid planes from Japan and South Korea are still on their way. Europe and the United States are too far away. India's aid planes all crashed en route. And even if all the helicopters in the world were here, we still couldn't transport 1000 million people in a single day!"

"What about the railway?"

"The rails are hugging the ground and are already showing signs of softening! The trains are unusable!"

"What about the highway?"

"You can still drive for two hours, but not anymore. The asphalt is as soft as jelly. Driving in there is like a mouse getting stuck on a sticky mouse trap."

"Couldn't we use a drone to strap people together and fly them out?!"

"The heat distorts the airflow, making small drones very easy to lose control. Once an open flame appears, the air above the entire city will be burned up immediately, helicopters won't be able to take off, and everyone will suffocate on the rooftops!"

"It's over, everything is over... Wait, where is the Wallfacer?"

"Yes, what about the Wallfacers?"

"Look at the sky outside the window," someone suddenly said.

Everyone looked up at the window and saw that the sky in the direction of the coal city was covered by a huge film of water. The film stretched across half of the Northwest Province and was suspended at an altitude of about 10,000 meters. Sunlight could shine through the film, making it sparkle and turn a faint blue.

"Where did the water come from in the sky?" a meteorologist asked in astonishment.

"The Wallfacer has brought the Bohai Sea here!!!"

"Bohai Sea? Is it the Bohai Sea I understand?" "Wait a minute, if the Bohai Sea dries up, won't Tianjin and Tangshan be destroyed by the Pacific tsunami?"

"No, he slashed at the Pacific Ocean with his sword, and the sword energy blocked the strait between Shandong and Liaoning, forming a sword energy barrier that prevented the seawater from entering."

"Damn it, I thought I was listening to a myth."

“Even myths aren’t this scary. At least he’s on our side. Let the Wallfacers handle the firefighting; we’ll save people!”

"Wait, about the seawater flooding, quickly stop the wall-facing man and tell him not to use the water indiscriminately. Flooding is only effective for shallow coal seam fires, and deep underground fires can quickly boil large amounts of seawater. At that time, the high temperature and heat of the water vapor can kill everyone!"

"The Wallfacer sent back a message saying he understood. The Bohai Sea will remain suspended in the sky for a while. He warned all support aircraft to be careful and lower their altitude to below 10,000 meters in advance to avoid crashing into the ocean in the sky!"

"Okay, I'll send out the notification. Does anyone know where the Wallfacer is?"

"Breaking news: This Wallfacer has gone to the Arctic again and brought back a lot of ice! Witnesses on the Chukchi Peninsula have seen more than ten icebergs, each ten kilometers in diameter, lining up to fly this way—but not too fast. Icebergs of this size, if they fly at supersonic speeds, the resulting air vibrations would destroy all houses."

"But the problem is, you can't put out a fire with an iceberg!" the leading expert cried out in despair.

"But it can lower the temperature," someone said calmly.

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Three-body world.

As the leader watched this scene, his mind membrane fell into deep thought: "I believe that even without the threat of the First Fleet, human civilization is highly likely to be destroyed by itself."

Sociologists agree that "human civilization is more individualistic than the Trisolaran civilization, and human civilization relies on a small group of elite humans to drive social development. In this case, a small group of elite humans can easily cause disastrous consequences, and the entire civilization will have to pay the price."

The leader asked, "Was the human who started the fire a member of ETO? If so, then he deserves credit."

The Sophon Observer gave the answer: "No!"

The leader asked, "What is the ETO doing?"

Sophon Observer: "Copernicus, Ptolemy, and Bruno are fleeing for their lives in the coal city, while the other ETO members remain silent."

Geologists, on the other hand, pondered, "This subterranean fire is a very big disaster for humanity."

The scientific administrator's thought membrane revealed: "At this time, the advantage of dehydration becomes apparent. If the Trisolaran civilization were facing such a disaster, it could completely dehydrate the tissue, then roll up all the dry fibers and transport it out as quickly as possible."

The leader's thought membrane trembled slightly: "This is nothing to be proud of. If I could, I would rather the plants and animals of the Trisolaran world had never mastered the skill of 'dehydration'."

The skill of dehydration is ultimately developed out of necessity by extreme environments.

The scientific governor's mind clouded over as he sighed, "I really envy Earth's environment. This little bit of subterranean fire wouldn't even make the news in our world."

The leader interrupted the scientific governor: "Ignore this subterranean fire. The deaths of these ten million people are meaningless to us. Have Sophon keep an eye on the Wallfacers, and have the team researching Luo Qing quickly record his performance in this disaster. As a super-individual from an unknown civilization, Luo Qing is a potentially huge threat to us. Get to it now!"

"Yes." The science administrator revealed his thoughts.

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