Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 213 The Final Magnitude 10 Super Earthquake

5 month 28 day.

As soon as midnight struck, everyone was on high alert.

From this point on, the final magnitude 10 earthquake could strike at any time.

The vast majority of people are already in sturdy shelters, awaiting the final outcome.

Guan Tong and the others who were going to be teleported to the epicenter stayed in the operations base.

He was a key member, and there was an assistance team of about two hundred people besides him.

These people have different roles in the team, but they all have the same task: to ensure that Guan Tong can successfully contact the ley lines and complete the task of weakening the disaster.

To ensure the success of this operation, the research lab incurred significant costs.

Each member of the team carries over a hundred items, all of which are high-value items with special effects.

Because if the mission fails, a fully powered level 10 super earthquake will basically destroy most of Beixing, and the cost will be something that these items cannot make up for.

In this somber atmosphere, although so many people were gathered together, almost no one spoke; they were all silently waiting for the earthquake to strike.

The group sat there from dawn until noon when they suddenly felt the ground beneath their feet tremble.

Everyone was shocked: Could the earthquake have occurred nearby?!
A notification immediately came through the headset: "The earthquake source has been identified; it's located off the coast of Lincang! Coordinates are below. Transmit immediately!"

LC City? That's a small seaside tourist town in the northeast.

The location is near the coast of Lincang, which means that the epicenter of this earthquake was on the seabed.
Before anyone could think further, the people in charge of the teleportation activated the group teleportation device.

The team's captain, Dragon Soul, shouted, "Activate the strongest defenses now! Make sure the shadows get close to the ley lines!"

Learning from the lessons of previous earthquakes, everyone knows that they cannot wait until they are teleported to take precautions, otherwise it may be too late and they will be injured by the seismic waves.

This unprecedented magnitude 10 earthquake demands the utmost seriousness and cannot be taken lightly.

Guan Tong himself had already set up a full defense before being teleported there, and the volunteers who were going to use their abilities to protect him were now all gathered around him.

hum!
The teleportation beam engulfed everyone, and the next moment, upon arriving at the target location, an indescribable, immense pressure emanated from the heavens and earth. A terrifying roar seemed to be the howl of some demon deep within the earth, frantically ravaging everyone's eardrums.

Gale-force winds, torrential rain, lightning, and thunder—all sorts of secondary disasters brought about by the super earthquake erupted in the epicenter area.

Almost instantly, a large number of people were killed by the massive energy field in the epicenter area, and at least thirty figures fell from the sky into the huge vortex whose edge could not be seen with the naked eye!

Guan Tong felt dizzy after just one glance down.

The earthquake on the seabed caused the seawater to form a super-giant whirlpool. Even a ship weighing tens of thousands of tons would be swallowed up by the whirlpool in an instant, let alone a tiny human being.
And what's most deadly is that this time the pillar of the earth's veins stands right in the center of the vortex!
Those who didn't die immediately were now frantically using all sorts of tools to build a makeshift foothold and defensive position on both sides of Guan Tong, but they couldn't keep up with the speed at which it was being destroyed.

At this rate, everyone will die in less than half a minute!
Therefore, he immediately used the short-distance movement tool provided to him by the authorities, and under the protection of the positions provided by the personnel on both sides, he continuously teleported towards the location of the ley line pillar.

The closer he got to the ley line pillar, the more terrifying tension from the massive vortex brought him to the brink of losing control of his body—several times he felt like he was about to be sucked in, and had to release a large amount of mental energy to create thousands of shadow lines that shot towards the ley line pillar to bind it to his body.

That's right, it's impossible to stand on the pillar! The huge vortex beneath your feet, the storm of unknown magnitude, and the constant lightning strikes all make standing on top of the pillar extremely foolish.

Guan Tong had no other choice but to manipulate his shadow to bind his entire body to the ley line pillar, thus enabling him to output mental energy while maintaining physical stability.

"open!"

The moment Guan Tong touched the pillar of the earth vein, he immediately poured all his mental energy into the [Book Without Words] to complete the transformation of the cracking power.

However, a sudden change occurred. When he injected more than a billion units of mental energy, the [Wordless Book] became extremely hot, even scorching through several of his defensive items.

What's going on? Is there a limit to how much it can absorb?!

Guan Tong sensed something was wrong. During the last magnitude 9 earthquake, the [Wordless Book] had developed a fever.

He hadn't paid much attention at the time, and time was of the essence; he had to receive mental energy transmissions every second, so he didn't have time to study it carefully. Now the fever had returned, and it wasn't just ordinary heat; it had reached a level that could potentially harm him, the holder!

Moreover, Guan Tong discovered that he could not inject all of his billions of mental energy into the [Book Without Words] at once; at most, he could only inject up to one billion, and by that point, its overheating was out of control.

If the injection can't be done all at once, even if it's a billion per second, it will still take ten seconds to complete the conversion. In the event of such a massive earthquake, every extra second of delay will result in countless more deaths.

Rumble——!
A thunderbolt ripped through the sky, striking more than a dozen people on the suspended platform. They instantly froze and fell from the sky.

Guan Tong was caught off guard and watched as they fell into the whirlpool, her heart pounding wildly.

He didn't see Shi Jingyi or Long Hun, or anyone he knew, but he knew they were still alive.

Before this teleportation, he had separately separated some shadow lines, connecting them to these people. He knew who each connecting shadow line corresponded to, and the fact that those shadow lines were now suspended high up meant that the corresponding people were still alive.

However, due to the obstructed view, Guan Tong could not see the situation on the high ground at all.

Because the magnitude 9 earthquake occurred in the city center, the dust raised by countless collapsed buildings obscured everyone's vision, and no one could see where anyone else was.

But this time, what obscured the view was an overwhelming storm! The force was so great that it was as if the sky had been torn open, and all the rain was pouring down.

Even with goggles on, Guan Tong still couldn't see clearly. He could only vaguely make out someone after they fell.

hurry up……

He experienced firsthand what it meant for a second to feel like an eternity; those ten seconds felt longer than ten hours.

He channeled one billion units of his spiritual energy into the earth's vein pillars each time, transforming it into cracking power.

He couldn't see how much of the pillar had collapsed. All he knew was that this ley line pillar was far larger than any of the previous ones.

Every second, someone falls from the sky.

Guan Tong gritted his teeth, and at the ninth second, he felt a shadow line connecting his right little finger fall rapidly from above, which immediately startled him.

The shadow thread wrapped around his right little finger was the one connecting him to Shi Jingyi. This shadow thread suddenly moved from top to bottom, representing that Shi Jingyi had fallen!

Based on the location of the shadow lines, Guan Tong immediately released a large number of shadows to rescue people. He could not let Shi Jingyi fall into the vortex; no matter how strong she was, she would surely die!

As he completed the final second of the transmission, he released the numerous shadow lines binding himself and the pillar, sending them towards the direction where Shi Jingyi was falling, in an attempt to prevent her from falling into the vortex.

However, what he didn't expect was that the shadow line connecting Shi Jingyi stopped after falling to a certain extent, and then moved laterally towards him.

He then realized that the latter had not fallen due to injury, but had voluntarily come down from the defensive position to check the situation.

Sure enough, the next moment he saw Shi Jingyi, soaked to the bone, emerge from the storm. She must have low mental strength and could no longer maintain the protection of the spiritual energy shield, relying entirely on defensive items for temporary support.

Guan Tong manipulated his shadow lines to pull her body, and at that moment, the voice of the Dragon Soul rang in his headphones.

"Shadow! Someone from the base has teleported in to report that the earthquake's energy release has been weakened by about 40%. Mission complete, you can teleport away now!"

Forty percent... Is this all that can be achieved with over a billion units of mental power?

Guan Tong thought to himself, and then he noticed that Shi Jingyi gave him a thumbs up when she saw him.

Both understood each other's meaning. When Shi Jingyi noticed the shadow approaching her, she knew that Guan Tong was still alive.

This is all I can do. I need to teleport away quickly!
Guan Tong took out the teleportation item, and suddenly caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye.

He turned his head and saw a dark wall that seemed to connect to the sky, looming closer and closer.

A black wall? No... it's a super tsunami!

　The update is a bit late. I've made some changes because I'm not sure if there were any violations in the previous content.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)