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The induced earthquake lasted for half a month.

In the shelter covered by the national defense formation, people seem to have gradually become accustomed to the shaky life.

The chef in the kitchen would subconsciously hold the countertop, and occasionally it would shake when sprinkling salt or seasonings. Then he would have to eat an extra bowl of rice with the salty dishes that day.

When answering questions in school or taking exams, students often get so shaken that their pens bend and leave a black curve. They just silently fix the paper and continue writing with their heads down.

Almost all food processing factories have installed anti-vibration pads on their machines. If one or two products are damaged due to vibration, they can just consider it as a benefit for the employees.

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Humans are the most adaptable species to the environment. This earthquake has gone from a catastrophic disaster to daily background noise.

Zhang Jingyu was the latest to join the team serving the experts at the shelter center. He got a few meals from the cafeteria, carried the insulated lunch box, and went through several levels of certification before finally arriving at the place that was originally used as a leisure square.

The three members of the expert group have now mastered the placement of spirit stones, and they will take turns to rest.

"Professor Zhao." Zhang Jingyu greeted him and placed lunch on the table next to him.

Professor Zhao, who was in charge of this place, nodded at him and said, "I'll be right there."

Zhang Jingyu glanced at their speed and asked, "Has the impact of the earthquake slowed down now?"

Professor Zhao smiled and said, "It's not as harsh as it was in the first few days."

At the beginning, there were frequent earthquakes, and the impact of the induced earthquakes and aftershocks caused the spirit stones to be replaced almost every second.

The experts in all 36 shelters were like workers on an assembly line, nervous and numb.

Seeing that she was in a good mood, Zhang Jingyu couldn't help but ask, "How long will the induced earthquake last? I heard Xiguang's report this morning, and it seems that the arrival of the super earthquake's shockwaves has been delayed to seven days. Oh, and it seems that the magnitude and energy have also decreased?"

Now, what wakes up the people of the country every morning is the time of the super earthquake to be announced at 7 o'clock dawn.

This morning, Xiguang also shared some extra good news, which was that the underground pressure currently measured was decreasing, and the energy released would not be as strong as initially predicted.

For every increase in magnitude, the energy increases approximately 32 times.

A magnitude 8 earthquake releases 32 times the energy of a magnitude 7 earthquake and 1,000 times the energy of a magnitude 6 earthquake.

Earthquakes of magnitude 10 or above are called super earthquakes, and any reduction by one level is huge good news.

Maybe one day it will drop below level 10.

With such a good mood, Zhang Jingyu looked at Professor Zhao with hope, hoping to get more accurate good news from her.

Professor Zhao: “…”

She swallowed the white rice mixed with egg custard whole, her eyes wandering. "Hmm... the induced earthquake is almost over. I heard that Commander Fang has led his team back."

As for the second half of the sentence, she pretended not to hear it.

When she heard Xiguang's report in the morning, she was very happy, but later Li Wangruo instructed them privately: that was just a comforting report to appease the people.

Nowadays, the induced earthquakes in the country have poked the underground plates into a sieve, and energy has been consumed from each earthquake. However, how much of China's land area does it occupy in the world?

The energy that can be dissipated from a super earthquake is just a drop in the bucket.

"well."

A sigh echoed in the conference hall of the research base.

Li Wangruo is the last person left here, along with several service robots. The reason they stay here is because Xiguang's switchboard is here.

At this stage, they rely heavily on Xiguang's computing power and information integration capabilities, so the switchboard must not have any problems.

But the research base is in the mountains after all. It was originally chosen because it is not in an earthquake zone and has never been at risk of earthquakes.

Times have changed. The induced earthquake has left no place in the country untouched. There is a risk of collapse here, so Li Wangruo dismissed everyone else.

He thought Fang Xiheng would go to the shelter after completing the mission, but he didn't expect him to come here.

In the past half month, all the energy tanks in Fang Xiheng's hands were used up, and the original second-generation energy tanks could not withstand several energy launches and were all used up.

The combat robot lost its energy and was just a lump of iron. Fang Xiheng was helpless without rice, so he had to withdraw his troops.

"You've tried your best," Li Wangruo consoled him. "Fortunately, a chain reaction has occurred in the underground tectonic plates. Energy is being released through continuous small and medium-sized earthquakes, temporarily easing the pressure in the country."

Fang Xiheng forced a smile: "Yeah."

Li Wangruo looked at the holographic sphere on the conference table. Xiguang would mark each earthquake with a red dot when it occurred, and the red ripples around it were the range of the earthquake's spread.

At this time, the holographic sphere was almost full of red dots and red ripples, both at home and abroad, except for a few instruments that had lost their points due to the earthquake, leaving a certain area blank.

Even so, they could see that several earthquakes covering a large area in uninhabited areas were caused by Xie Yunsui.

The frequency of earthquakes in those uninhabited areas was very high. One could imagine how fast Xie Yunsui worked and how little time he had to rest.

"We have tried our best to fight the natural disaster and have done everything we can." Li Wangruo said, "For the rest, we can only rely on him."

Fang Xiheng's gaze remained silently on the holographic sphere, watching the red light spread across the earth and ocean.

If this is the case at home, how difficult it must be for that person to support himself alone in the vast world abroad where there is no big formation to protect him.

Even the little bee can't be contacted.

Before Fang Xiheng came back, he asked Xiguang to contact Little Bee. He wanted to learn about Xie Yunsui's situation through Little Bee, but he couldn't get in touch with her.

He lost contact with Xie Yunsui.

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Deep in the ocean, above the sub-solar trench.

Xie Yunsui hovered in the center of the storm, his eyes looking through the abyss and seeing the largest dark energy torrent below.

His white hair fluttered in the wind and snow, but his face was even paler than his hair. Xie Yunsui pursed his lips tightly to prevent his blood from spilling out.

Heng Taiwei, his good assistant, exhausted his true energy when forcibly twisting the energy plate. Before Xie Yunsui could take it back to the Wanjie Shop, it shattered into light spots and dissipated.

The power borrowed from Yin Hui was almost exhausted, and the power transmitted became weaker and weaker.

The energy accumulated in himself and in Xiao Wan's space was almost drained. Xie Yunsui also threw all the things in the warehouse space that could convert energy into it.

——We have reached the end of our rope.

But there is one last tyrannical dragon underground, rolling on the edge of the core. Once it breaks through the mantle barrier, all the previous efforts will be wasted.

Cannot be guided, cannot be transferred.

A little bee jumped out: "What are you looking at? What are you looking at! No! Absolutely not!"

Xie Yunsui smiled lightly and responded with his consciousness in Xiaowan Space.

"Don't worry, I'm going to absorb energy. I have Xiao Wan to back me up."

Although he said so, there was a flicker of determination in his eyes.

Little Bee: "The Wanjie Shop isn't omnipotent! Don't forget that my third boyfriend directly tricked the Wanjie Shop into a crack in time and space! You've also tricked it into a crack in time and space this time, and I can't even find Xiaoxi. And don't forget that you have a body now. Your body will disappear if you go underground, let alone deeper into the sea!"

Woo woo, the days in the gap between time and space are too hard to endure. After finally experiencing the good days in several worlds, the little bee really doesn’t want to go back to the past!

Moreover, this is the only good shop owner who cares about it and often lets it go out to play. The little bee really can't bear to part with it.

It tried to attack Xie Yunsui, knock Xie Yunsui down, and ignore this broken world.

Unfortunately, the shop owner’s authority was above all else, and not even the Myriad Worlds Shop could stop him from making this self-destructive decision.

Xie Yunsui carefully placed the little bee into the Wanjie Shop, which was then sealed and not allowed to come out again.

As long as the little bee does not leave the Wanjie Shop, it can still find its next owner.

Xie Yunsui took one last look at the distant land, as if he wanted to see the person he was thinking about through the huge barrier.

Then, without hesitation, he turned around and fell like a meteor towards the center of the dark blue vortex below.

The cold sea water instantly wrapped around him, and the huge impact force even made him feel suffocated.

He did not use energy to protect his body, but first took out a shuttle-shaped deep-sea boat. This was a submersible that he had modified and could theoretically withstand the terrifying pressure of a 10,000-meter trench.

The deep-sea submarine lit up its searchlight and dived steadily. The depth reading on the instrument panel jumped rapidly: 1000 meters, 3000 meters, 5000 meters... The surroundings were absolutely dark, and occasionally the corpses of deep-sea creatures were disturbed by the water current caused by the passing of the submarine.

When the deep-sea submarine reached a depth of 10,000 meters, which had been repeatedly explored by humans, it did not touch the bottom.

Due to repeated earthquakes, a new deep trench was created here.

Going further down, the deep-sea submarine could no longer cope with the pressure of the deep sea, and the warning lights were flashing wildly. Xie Yunsui had an idea and replaced it with the Linglong Tower.

The runes on the tower body flowed, forming a solid energy barrier that isolated the terrifying water pressure outside.

The old fellow given by Master Ling Ye has made a comeback and is surprisingly no less impressive.

The further down they went, the more Xie Yunsui could feel that the energy radiation from below had distorted the laws of physics. The sea water became viscous and hot, and the Linglong Pagoda could no longer bear the weight.

Almost there.

Xie Yunsui did not try to spend energy to repair the pagoda. Instead, he took a deep breath and took it back into the Xiaowan space just before the pagoda shattered.

The next moment, the vast and violent energy and deep-sea pressure instantly hit him from all directions like a huge hammer!

His skin felt like it was being torn apart, and his bones creaked. Xie Yunsui forced himself to circulate the last bit of energy, forming a thin layer of light film to wrap himself, while greeting Xiao Wan.

"bring it on!"

The energy that was vented crazily poured into the Wanjie Shop and almost exploded in an instant.

At this moment, Xie Yunsui's body turned into an energy channel. Every inch of flesh and blood, every strand of mental power was bearing unprecedented impact and burning.

His consciousness was in the midst of extreme pain and energy, like a faint candle in the wind and snow, about to go out at any time, but he still held on to the last bit of clarity, maintaining Xiao Wan's channel for absorbing energy.

It continues to sink, heading towards the ultimate source of the violent energy, without looking back.

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"All citizens, it is seven o'clock in the morning."

It was another morning, and Xiguang's usual announcement resounded throughout all the shelters.

"According to the latest detection data, the threat of super earthquakes has officially been lifted. Although strong earthquakes of magnitude 8 or 9 will continue to occur in the future, our country's existing protection system is sufficient to withstand earthquakes of these magnitudes."

"The darkest hour that lasted for eighty days is over. Thank you for your perseverance. From now on, please embrace your new life."