Fang Senyan and the others rushed to the outskirts of Washington DC. Because of the late start of the project, only five giant airships have been produced here. This place should have been regarded as a benefit provided to the government, and they would place people on board, but the government's main plan is still on the Ark and its own plan to follow China's cottage, so it has not paid enough attention to this place.
Due to Sheyan's misreporting of the time before, the popularity here was not very strong. At this time, it was so deserted that apart from the previously arranged staff, there were almost no ghosts to be seen... Probably already. Among the five giant airships that were ready to take off at any time, at least four of them had empty compartments.
Of course, at this time, the entire United States is only in the central region and the San Andreas fault area in the west of San Francisco. Terrible strong earthquakes have occurred, and the chain reaction has been slightly affected to the west coast of New York, Washington, but in any case, developed information and five There are also earthquakes with sustained aftermath of magnitude 6.
In addition, the terrifying volcanic ash cloud derived from the super volcanic eruption in Yellowstone Park also swept over. As Charlie said, "even the lights in Washington were extinguished"! People's panic and confusion can also be imagined.
Therefore, in this case, it is reasonable to say that this place is also a place to escape. The root cause of the low popularity is that a terrible ground fissure happened to occur in the previous aftershocks, and the three highways leading from Washington to here were all destroyed. Cut it off! In this turbulent time, it is natural that people are inaccessible.
The person in charge of all affairs here is the magic girl from Magneto's side. This woman can change into anyone's appearance, and even fingerprints can be copied. A man who can marry her is really a blessing, My wife doesn't bring heavy samples every day... This woman still has respect for Fang Senyan, and has long been troubled by these tedious administrative affairs, so she simply handed over the management rights of this sub-base.
At this time, Fang Sheyan's starting point is of course to save more people, but he remembers very clearly that Washington, New York will encounter a strong earthquake that even collapses the White House, and then it will be submerged by sea water.
Therefore, with the help of senior management talents like Zi, the workers were asked to continue to operate the filling device to inflate another giant airship that had been completed but not yet inflated, and imitated it into the airship formation.
Working overtime while the end of the world is in progress... Faced with such vicious demands from the capitalists... These workers are definitely not happy, but their families are also on the giant airship that has already lifted off, so they can only bite the bullet and operate.
During the waiting time, Fang Senyan also paid attention to the channels around the world that were still broadcasting, and found that almost all the leaders of the countries that participated in the Ark project had already flown to Zhuoming Valley, and the two heads of state who stayed behind were the United States. The President and the Prime Minister of Italy, US President Wilson insisted that he was with the people, while the Prime Minister of Italy stayed and prayed for a miracle - and just ten minutes ago, something weird happened, the Prime Minister of Italy was actually hijacked !
At this time, Fang Sheyan thought of the news that the somewhat crazy Charlie was also rescued, and he immediately came to the conclusion that when the end of the world came, saving these elites who enjoyed a high reputation among human beings should be There are great benefits.
Thinking of this, Fang Sheyan realized that another giant airship had been filled with enough gas, and simply incorporated it into the joint formation, then climbed to an altitude of 1,000 meters, aimed at Washington and sailed slowly. I believe that at this time, there should be no need to ask the Pentagon for instructions, and those bureaucrats should be asked to give flight permission.
At this time, the disadvantages of the giant airship are clearly displayed, that is, the moving speed is surprisingly slow, especially in the case of headwinds, only three engines are required to propel this behemoth, which can reach three speeds per hour. Ten kilometers per hour is really trying my best.
During this voyage... a strong earthquake happened.
A magnitude 9.4 earthquake finally came to Washington, the capital city of the United States! !
The Capitol, a landmark building equivalent to China's Monument to the People's Heroes, the 169-meter-high Washington Monument also collapsed. As for the Statue of Liberty, it has already collapsed.
Although the intensity of the earthquake was astonishing, Fang Sheyan was not worried that no one could be rescued. The permanent population of the downtown area of Washington was 500,000 people, and before the strong earthquake hit, there were already enough signs and enough time for people to evacuate , what he is now worried about is the problem of chaos caused by too many people.
As the airship formation slowly moved forward, many people on the airship covered their mouths and began to cry. Looking at the land from a bird's eye view, the continental plate below the entire urban area of Washington was pushed up, and then divided into more than a dozen scattered plates by the terrifying cracks in the abyss, and the side near the sea has gradually sunk into it.
Under the gloomy light, it is extremely heart-wrenching to witness the situation where the splendid and prosperous civilization built by human beings is being trampled and destroyed wantonly.
Fang Senyan stood at the front of the mothership and looked down. He was very happy to see that the center of downtown Washington—White House Square was still in good condition. Cracked plate, which means that the venerable black American president is still alive, and it seems that tens of thousands more survived.
Although the lingering prestige of the volcanic ash cloud is still there, and the sky is still covered with a veritable ash sleet, the humming of the giant airship engine and the bright searchlight column still make the survivors burst into tears, shouting loudly, even Ignite everything around you that can be ignited.
After sailing to the top of the White House Square, Sheyan let the airship drop the empty anchor, and fixed the entire airship formation here with great difficulty, but still maintained a height of 30 meters, and did not lower the gangway, because doing so would undoubtedly happen The unprecedented tragedy, in the face of the desire to survive, is enough to make most people lose their minds.
At this time, the airship began to use tweeters to direct people to line up and prepare for orderly boarding. At the same time, Fang Sheyan and the others directly pulled a rope and jumped off the airship. Of course, they were immediately caught by the airship. surrounded by people. At Sheyan's request, he soon met the respectable black president Wilson who was with the people.
At this time, the president looked quite embarrassed, because he had been encouraging lives and saving the wounded, so his whole body, hair, and eye sockets were covered with a lot of dust, and his voice was very hoarse. There was a puff of smoke and dust, and even the eye circles were sunken. Coupled with the signs of his black thick lips, he even looks a little bit like a chimpanzee.
But Fang Senyan looked at him, but his heart was full of respect, and he stretched out his hand to President Wilson and said:
"I am here to help you, Mr. President, but before that, I need your help. Our time is urgent and we cannot delay any longer."
President Wilson nodded and said:
"I will do my best."
Sheyan said very bluntly:
"Then let me make a long story short. Although the airship is huge, its carrying capacity is limited. We must use the precious carrying capacity on people as much as possible, not on the rest! So I need to organize the survivors on the square , not only must there be orderly boarding, but each person cannot carry items weighing more than one kilogram. This requires your prestige to convince them. As for food and tools to keep out the cold, we still have a lot of storage, and it should be ok Ensuring people's basic survival, here I must thank you for your enlightenment."
President Wilson nodded and said:
"I need a megaphone and then it shouldn't be a problem to convince them."
Sheyan then hesitated and said:
"There is 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, if We will not forcibly ask to abandon the wounded who have family members to take care of them."
The president was silent for a while, and could only nod his head.
In the face of life and death, since people saw the hope of surviving and mobilized by the president, they quickly appeared to be in order. Most of them burst into tears when they escaped from death, but after carrying a Regarding the limit of kilograms of items, although the penalty for violations is deprivation of the right to board the ship, many people still try their best, but after shooting several people on the spot, there has been no similar phenomenon. The so-called "use heavy codes in troubled times" is not without reason.
After rescuing the survivors around the White House area, the airship formation was filled with four ships, and then began to take off again. President Wilson is not necessarily someone who wants to die, he just wants to be with the people for the sake of the belief in his heart, so it is logical to board the centered mothership.
Next, he hoped that Sheyan and the others could send the people they carried to a safe area, and then return to Washington to save them. After hearing this request, Sheyan could only shake his head and smile wryly, and then called up the 3D animation of the computer to explain to him :
That is, the big earthquake in the seaside city is actually a sign, which means that the second stage of the end of the world is coming, and the crust of most of the earth has also started to move, which will provide sufficient energy for the big tsunami. During tsunami formation, earthquakes will actually occur at the bottom of the ocean, so there will be a buffer period of relative calm on land, so if people are dropped on giant airships now, the only thing they will do is hours later Being sucked into the water by a huge wave exceeding a kilometer and drowning...