Chapter 52
The government of the Flower Kingdom is holding an emergency meeting.
The earthquake struck so suddenly that it caught everyone off guard. In fact, the earthquake bureau did issue a warning. Thirty seconds before the earthquake, earthquake bureaus in various regions detected the approaching earthquake, and staff immediately issued warnings to the public, including contacting municipalities and sounding sirens.
However, the timing of this earthquake was unusual. During the Spring Festival, a time for family reunions, government agencies were on holiday and staff were short-staffed. People were enjoying the holiday and had no time to pay attention to official warnings.
A leader intended to use the party as a warning, but before he could even make the call, the earthquake struck.
"Mobilize all available personnel and resources to go to the disaster area for rescue."
Everything was done quickly, and resources from all parties were soon coordinated, loaded into flying vehicles, and headed to the earthquake zone.
Following the snowstorm in Asso, the aerial train was selected as a national strategic resource due to its high speed and large carrying capacity, leading to increased reserves by local governments.
It was precisely because of the reserves of supplies for snow disaster relief that the earthquake relief efforts were handled more smoothly this time.
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Linhua City is the area most severely affected by the disaster in the entire Flower Kingdom.
Even with the life-saving spatial ring, Linhua City still suffered considerable casualties. Some were because they forgot that the other end of the spatial ring was set to the company, some were too panicked to set it up in time, and some thought the spatial ring was too expensive to buy. There were various reasons why they could not escape safely.
The building collapsed, the road broke, and the red lanterns that had just been hung up for the Spring Festival were cruelly crushed in the ruins. Cries and screams of pain mingled together, and everyone who faced this human tragedy felt a surge of sorrow.
Xia Ke donated a total of 100 million yuan to various earthquake-stricken areas in the name of the red flag. During the Spring Festival, she did not want to disturb her employees' rest, so she simply did not donate any supplies. Letting the state allocate the donated funds was also a good approach.
"Volunteers, come this way, we're going to distribute lunch now."
Xia Ke and Xia An, wearing red armbands, were distributing lunches to disaster relief workers. While distributing the meals, Xia Ke overheard the residents of Linhua talking.
"Have you noticed? There have been so many disasters this year; it feels very unusual."
"Who can argue with that? The snowstorm hasn't even completely subsided yet, and now an earthquake has struck. Both of them are global events."
"I also think it's very strange."
Xia Ke walked past them as if nothing had happened.
Don't say that ordinary people are slow to react; in fact, they are the most perceptive. Whenever something happens, they are always the first to notice it.
The same conversation took place at Chen Ying's meeting.
"We must now seriously discuss whether the series of major disasters that have occurred in the Flower Kingdom and even the world are necessarily related to the person behind Xia Ke."
"Could someone behind this have such immense power to cause a simultaneous catastrophe across the entire planet?"
"Even the ancestors of the Flower Kingdom thousands of years ago could not have imagined that we, a thousand years later, could truly reach for the moon in the heavens and dive into the deep sea. There is a vast chasm of time and space between us, so we must not underestimate them."
"So, if it really is related to the person behind this, how should we handle it?"
The problem is whether they can resist the existence of such power.
In the silence, Chen Ying spoke up, "Everyone, I think our speculations at this moment are meaningless. What we need to do first is to determine whether these changes on Blue Star are related to the people behind them."
"We can only discuss how to respond after we've confirmed it, right?"
In fact, according to Chen Ying's judgment, it should have nothing to do with the person behind Xia Ke. They had discussed it internally several times, wondering why the person behind Xia Ke would want to establish a person in charge for them.
After overturning countless conclusions, a more reliable inference was finally reached: the person behind it cannot appear directly on Earth due to certain rules or restrictions, and must have a representative to represent them in order to exist legitimately on Earth.
According to the state's observation, Xia Ke's actions were all from her own heart and there was no trace of being threatened by others. In other words, there may be some exchange of interests between the two that the state is unaware of, but such an exchange of interests must be based on the premise that Xia Ke agrees.
Having known Xia Ke for a year, Chen Ying believed he understood her fairly well. Kind, sincere, and compassionate—a model youth educated under the red flag. If the person behind her truly harbored ill intentions, he wouldn't have been able to get past Xia Ke.
"Then how do you plan to confirm?"
"Should we just go and ask Comrade Xia Ke directly?"
"Of course, Comrade Xia Ke is a citizen of the Flower Country and has the obligation to safeguard national security as well as the obligation to accept the country's investigation."
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At this moment, Xia Ke and Xia An are squatting on an open space eating instant noodles.
Although it was just simple work like helping distribute supplies and coordinate personnel, the two were still exhausted.
"Your country is suffering everywhere. As a qualified and empathetic entrepreneur, you should have the courage to face disasters and the obligation to bring hope and comfort to the people in the disaster area. Please go to the disaster area and do your best to provide assistance. Mission complete, reward 50 points."
"Host, your mission is complete. You may leave now."
"Who told you I came here just to complete a mission?"
The system was speechless. Based on what it had observed after binding, it really felt that the main system didn't need to waste points to issue this kind of task to this host. She was clearly very enthusiastic and would have been willing to come even without points.
"Okay, but please allow me to warn you, you're in trouble."
"Huh?" Before Xia Ke could react, she was suddenly tackled to the ground by Wei Qingyu.
Bang!
The gunshot shattered the rocks with a loud bang.
Ah! The crowd was terrified by the sudden gunshot and fled in panic, quickly creating a vacuum zone centered on Xia Ke.
Under Wei Qingyu's protection, Xia Ke saw her sister being taken away by Wei Qingyu's subordinates, and her heart, which had been pounding, was now half at ease.
Bang bang bang!
Undeterred by their initial failure, the attackers fired several more shots, their aim directed at Xia Ke.
Wei Qingyu rolled on the ground with Xia Ke in her arms to avoid the stones, protecting her well. Apart from a backache from being blocked by the stones on the ground, she was not injured at all.
Xia Ke heard the sound of helicopter rotors spinning, heard gunshots overhead, and heard Wei Qingyu's painful gasps.
"How are you? Are you alright?"
The rescue came just in time. After confirming that the surrounding area was safe, Wei Qingyu released Xia Ke from the protective circle.
"It's nothing, the bullet just grazed my arm."
"They're bleeding. Let's go to the hospital first."
While waiting for Wei Qingyu to have her wound treated at the hospital, Xia Ke saw Chen Ying.
Her first words were, "Today's attack on an overseas group that had been infiltrating our country for a long time was due to our oversight, coupled with the chaotic situation of people in the disaster area, which allowed them to infiltrate."
I want to apologize to you for what happened today.
"It's none of your business. Have you found out which country they're from?"
"It's under review. I'll let you know when the results are available."
"Okay, thank you for your help, Minister Chen."
The air grew quiet. Xia Ke's mood wasn't very good. Chen Ying hadn't left after talking about the person who attacked them, so she must have something else to say, but Xia Ke didn't bother to investigate.
"Comrade Xia An, I would like to speak with Xia Ke alone for a few minutes. Please excuse me."
Xia An glanced at her younger sister with concern, her mouth opening and closing silently, but in the end she left without saying anything.
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