Chapter 244: Super Earthquake

After watching the videos and pictures sent back by the US fighter jets from the scene, the US generals present discovered a huge black giant python in the videos and pictures. On the restored videos and pictures, Xiao Hei's body looked extremely clear and huge. It quickly shuttled through the sea to attack its aircraft carrier battle group, and its destructive power was amazing, which surprised them.

In the video and pictures, Xiao Hei fiercely destroyed the USS Stanis aircraft carrier battle group. Moreover, Xiao Hei's destruction of the USS Stanis aircraft carrier battle group was very simple and quick. The whole process was only ten minutes, but the US fighter jets in the sky had no way to deal with Xiao Hei's sabotage operation.

The generals' faces began to turn pale. If calculated based on the destructive power of this black giant python, any active warship of the US military would not be its opponent at sea. Suddenly, the black giant python that appeared in the Arabian waters gave these generals a heavy blow and officially announced the end of the era of US naval dominance on a global scale. In the future, as long as this black giant python exists, the US Navy's warships must avoid it from far away, otherwise they will not have any sense of security in front of the black giant python, and will sink as long as they are hit by it.

Gates said with a heavy expression: "Everyone, today is our saddest day. Today, not only did our war operations in the Gulf region fail, but our "Stannis" aircraft carrier battle group was destroyed again. The most important thing is that our natural enemies of the US Navy appeared. From then on, the sea will no longer be our territory."

The US President asked: "Mr. Gates, what exactly is this thing? It can actually sink our aircraft carrier battle group. Is there no way we can deal with it?"

Gates replied: "Mr. President, according to our computer analysis, the unknown object that sunks our aircraft carrier battle group, the size of a huge black python. The length of this black python reaches 230 meters, and the average diameter of the body exceeds eight meters. Moreover, it is extremely powerful, has a wind, and is invulnerable to swords and guns. As long as it exists for one day, our American warships will not be its opponent."

The US President frowned and said, "So how did this black giant python appear? You should know that the python we have seen before is only more than 20 meters long, and why did it attack our warships? Do these huge sea snakes have a grudge against us?"

The US president was very depressed. Two years ago, a US "Sea Wolf"-class attack nuclear submarine was attacked by a sea snake more than 20 meters long, which led to the end of the "Sea Wolf" nuclear submarine being captured by the Chinese Navy. He paid a great price to get them all back. Unexpectedly, this time it was even more exaggerated. The entire aircraft carrier formation was killed by a larger black giant python.

But what the US president did not expect was that the sea snake more than 20 meters long before was actually the same as the giant python more than 200 meters long now, but the size difference between them was too large, which made him not connect the two for a while.

Gates spread his hands and said, "Dear President, I don't know what you asked about. But I think that such a huge creature is definitely related to the nuclear weapon tests conducted by humans. Because generally speaking, only when nuclear radiation is contaminated, the genes of this type of creature will mutate and become extremely huge. I remember that there is a movie in the United States called "Godzilla", which shows a story about a small lizard being contaminated by nuclear radiation and then becoming extremely huge. As for why this black giant python came to attack our warships, I think it might be that our aircraft carrier battle group was in the area where it was active. The noise from the aircraft carrier battle group disturbed it, otherwise it would not have attacked us twice near the Strait of Hormuz. You must know that the concept of animals' domain is very strong."

Smith, who was beside the US President, suddenly said loudly: "I think I understand that there was a nuclear explosion in the Indian Ocean last year. At that time, a large area of ​​sea areas were contaminated by the nuclear radiation generated by the nuclear explosion. Could this black giant python be contaminated by nuclear radiation at that time, and it turned out to be like this?"

Only then did everyone remember the nuclear explosion that happened in the Indian Ocean last year, and they also felt that what Smith said made some sense.

However, whether it is the US President, Gates, or Director Smith, who is in charge of intelligence collection, they never thought that Xiao Hei would be a monster created by humans on Earth. They thought Xiao Hei was born naturally, but they were just unlucky and didn't know that they had offended Xiao Hei, so they were attacked twice in a row.

They didn't think that an organization or individual could create such a behemoth, not only because the current genetic technology simply cannot reach such a height, but also because such a behemoth is simply unable to control in their imagination, and they did not associate the Xiaohei incident with the Starry Sky Group. They thought that the time when Xiaohei appeared was just a coincidence.

The US President said: "Everyone, this black python has seriously threatened our national security, so how should we deal with it? We can't retreat every time it appears, right?"

Smith said: "Mr. President, some research shows that organisms with gene mutations suddenly cause large changes in body shape will overdraw their vitality in large quantities. So we can wait until this big black snake dies naturally, and the sea will still be our world. And the lifespan of this black python is usually about five or six years. Now its lifespan is overdrawn, and it is estimated that it can live for at most one or two years!"

The US president said dissatisfiedly: "This big black snake will not die a year or two later. So how can we protect our current maritime interests?"

So Smith became speechless, not knowing how to answer this topic that was obviously beyond his cognition.

Just when the generals in the room had no way to solve the threat of the black giant python, Gates' secretary suddenly sent him the latest news. After reading the news, Gates's two eyebrows were tweaked together and his face became gloomy.

"Mr. Gates, what happened again?" the US President asked.

"Dear Mr. President, our operation to seize the Star Group cargo ship near Guam failed. Our old warship was destroyed by unknown weapons, and then all the people on the warship were captured by the other side."

The US President was shocked and said, "How is this possible? Guam is our sphere of influence. We are all familiar with every grass and tree there. How could they be destroyed by unknown weapons? Also, the elite soldiers we sent out, how could they be captured by the seamen at will? Didn't they say any more detailed information?"

Gates shook his head and said, "Our people just had time to send such a message, and then they lost contact with us, and we don't know their specific situation now."

The US President has suffered too many blows today. Now, stimulated by this news, he finally started to go wild. He swept the things on the table to the ground and shouted loudly: "This must be the Starry Sky Group making trouble. It must be them. They destroyed our warships. We must retaliate against them. We must dispatch powerful troops to directly attack their headquarters in Hong Kong."

Gates and the generals in the room ignored the president's roar. Attacking Hong Kong would be equivalent to attacking China. A war would break out between the United States and China. At that time, it would not be as simple as a local conflict. Maybe both sides would be red-eyed and fired nuclear weapons to each other, which would destroy the world.

Just as the US president lost his mind and shouted that he would attack Hong Kong, a CIA intelligence officer walked in and handed Smith a piece of intelligence with an anxious face.

After reading this information, Smith's face changed drastically. He said to the President: "Mr. President, something big has happened in our country. We are no longer able to take care of the Star Group's affairs." As he said that, he handed the information to the President of the United States.

When the US president saw clearly what was written in the intelligence, he was shocked and couldn't even hold the small piece of paper, causing the intelligence to fall to the ground.

The generals were shocked and looked over and found that the note was simply written with a few big words: "At 2:23 am on August 9, 2014, a magnitude 10 earthquake occurred in downtown Los Angeles at 2:23 am on August 9, 2014."

Los Angeles is the second largest urban belt in the United States, one of the most prosperous regions in the United States, and is also the place where Hollywood, the world-famous movie city is located.

At the same time, Los Angeles is located within the Pacific Rim seismic zone, the world's largest earthquake zone, and is a high-incidence area. In Hollywood movies, Los Angeles has been destroyed countless times by sudden earthquakes. The destruction scenes are very shocking, but that is what happened in the movie after all. The citizens of Los Angeles have no intuitive feeling about the earthquake. They still live their healthy and orderly leisurely life.

Although there was a major earthquake in northwest Los Angeles in 1994, twenty years have passed. As the older generation of Los Angeles gradually grows older, the new generation of Los Angeles people have long forgotten the strong shock brought to them by the major earthquake that year.

Late at night on August 9, 2014, the bustling Los Angeles had become quiet. Most people were resting at their homes so that they could go to work and make money tomorrow. Only a few boring people wandered around the city. The whole city seemed quiet and peaceful. No one expected that a super disaster was approaching them quietly.

There is a large crust active fault at a depth of about 20,000 meters below the city of Los Angeles. Further below this crust fault, a large amount of crust lava is constantly rolling upwards, thus generating huge energy. These energy cannot be effectively relieved, so they slowly accumulate together. However, because these huge energy has not exceeded the endurance limit of the crust fault, the crust fault did not move, and the observation stations on the ground did not find any abnormal situation.

Until this evening, the energy of the underground lava finally accumulated to an extremely huge peak. After these huge energy reached this peak, the quantitative change finally produced a qualitative change, which suddenly caused this crustal fault that had existed for countless years to move horizontally. This lateral movement triggered a series of chain reactions, which eventually caused a strong earthquake to occur underground in Los Angeles, and huge energy began to be emitted.

As soon as a strong earthquake occurred, various earthquake waves quickly spread to all directions. The first seismic wave to reach the ground was a longitudinal wave, so almost in an instant, the entire city of Los Angeles began to vibrate up and down like a spring installed. The up and down vibration lasted for five seconds, and the buildings in the city began to collapse, and a large number of people were buried under the ruins in their sleep.

The seismic waves that spread to the ground were transverse waves, so the entire city of Los Angeles began to shake violently from front to back to left and right. This time the transverse wave was very destructive. Under its destruction, in less than five seconds, more buildings in downtown Los Angeles began to collapse, and more people were buried under the ruins.

Then these two seismic waves that reached the ground began to meet, so they excited each other and generated mixed waves. After the mixed wave was generated, it began to quickly advance along the surface, and its destructive power was the strongest. On the way of rapid advancement of the mixed wave, a large number of buildings on the surface collapsed, causing more people to be buried under the ruins.

The strong earthquake lasted for thirty seconds. After thirty seconds, the entire city of Los Angeles had become a ruin. The sky was filled with all kinds of dust and fires caused by earthquakes everywhere. The landmark buildings in the former city had been destroyed. There were all at a loss of Los Angeles citizens. Some of them were yelling at a loss, while others were snatching the ruins around them, trying to rescue their relatives from the ruins, while more people looked blank and had not yet woken up from their previous fears.

Just after the super earthquake occurred in Los Angeles, the earthquake network located on the west coast of the United States immediately detected the huge earthquake in Los Angeles. During their inspection, they found that the magnitude of the earthquake actually reached an unprecedented magnitude of 10 in Richmond, and the epicenter was located twenty kilometers below the center of Los Angeles. The surveillance officer thought that the equipment had a malfunction and immediately checked the equipment. The conclusion was still that a magnitude 10 earthquake occurred in Los Angeles. He woke up and immediately reported the conclusion to his superiors. His superiors did not dare to neglect and immediately reported to his superiors.

So the news that a magnitude 10-magnitude earthquake occurred on the west coast of the United States was reported to the White House office in a short time. It was just that because the US president was watching their military operation in the Pentagon, the news was sent to Smith by Cia's intelligence personnel, and then transferred to the US president by Smith.

The US President stood up, his face pale and said in a trembling voice: "Gentlemen, a magnitude 10 earthquake occurred in Los Angeles, and all our military operations were suspended. The planes and troops at our overseas bases, except for those that must be retained, were transferred back to the United States, and at the same time, the nationwide mobilization order began. Everyone, the United States has reached the most difficult time now. I hope you can help me save more American lives in this catastrophe."

This super earthquake occurred in the downtown area of ​​Los Angeles, the most prosperous city on the western coast. Its magnitude reached the strongest magnitude ever. It is still late at night, and most citizens in Los Angeles are resting at home. It is conceivable how heavy casualties will happen, so the US president said that the United States has reached its most difficult time.

The generals immediately stood up and expressed their loyalty to the president with serious expressions. No matter what they think of the US president, the United States is indeed at its most dangerous time. These American generals decided to abandon the contradictions and work together to help the United States overcome this difficulty.

Director Smith reminded: "Mr. President, what should I do with that Star Group? We are still in a state of war with them!"

The US president said: "State of War? Have we declared war with them?"

Smith shook his head and said, "No, this is just us..."

The US President said: "Since there has been no declaration of war, the matter between us and them is a small problem, and it is not yet to be dead. Send some personnel to negotiate with them immediately. Our focus is not on war, but on the lives of our compatriots in our country."

Compared with this super earthquake in the United States, the trouble of Starry Sky Group is a small problem, which is not worth mentioning in comparison. What the US president is now worried about is that a magnitude ten-magnitude earthquake occurred in downtown Los Angeles, and he didn't know how huge casualties would occur. Before this, citizens did not receive any earthquake forecasts and warnings, which made these Los Angeles citizens prepare for any preparations to prevent earthquakes. How long can their presidential position last in such a situation?

At 2:30 p.m., late at night in Western Time, and at 5:30 p.m., Hong Kong time, Liu Hui was closely watching the incident of pirates hijacking freight ships in Guam's waters. Then he finally waited for the good news brought to him by Wu Yuanjia. "Starry Sky One" had successfully rescued two cargo ships of Starry Sky Logistics Company in Guam's waters, sank the broken warships of the "pirates" and captured 30 armed personnel from the other side.

In this melee, Starry Sky One first used electromagnetic cannons to destroy the broken warships on the sea surface, and then took the opportunity to float up and captured the "pirates" who jumped into the sea and the cargo ships.

However, in this firefight, the Star Group's preservation personnel were two dead and three injured, and one of the crew members on the cargo ship was also one dead and one injured. This result made Liu Hui very depressed. In the previous battle between the Persian Gulf and the US military, no one died on his side, but he did not expect that after meeting some "pirates", there would be three deaths and four injuries. However, what made Liu Hui feels a little comforted was that those "pirates" were five deaths and ten injuries, and at least in terms of casualties, he still took advantage of them.

Fortunately, the cargo ship had been rescued, so Liu Hui ordered Starry Sky One to officially return and escort the two cargo ships back to Hong Kong. In the war in the Middle East, the US military suffered extremely heavy losses, and their two aircraft carrier battle groups had been killed by Xiao Hei, so they would not have the power to continue attacking the seawater desalination ships for the time being. Therefore, the harassing actions carried out by the US military in other aspects would be terminated. After all, these harassing things are only for the main battlefield of the Middle East. If the battlefield in the Middle East cannot be fought in a short period of time, they will naturally stop.

The Starry Sky Group was able to restrain the high-tech weapons of the US military in the frontal confrontation because of several high-tech weapons developed by the Starry Sky Science Institute. For example, laser weapons that can attack from a distance, electromagnetic cannons that can defend in the near future, "spiritual wave radars" that can scan enemy targets without interference, "Starry Sky" observers that can temporarily act as satellites to observe battlefield situations within a large range, such as super submarine "Starry Sky II" that can quietly and quickly transport large amounts of supplies, and high-speed aircraft that can float. It is precisely with the existence of these things that Ahuo can repel the US attack in the Persian Gulf and cause the US military to suffer a big loss.

Of course, there is also the reason why Xiao Hei is completely retreating, but the new weapons of the Starry Sky Group have made great contributions, so when things were temporarily calmed down, Liu Hui decided to go to the Starry Sky Science Institute to comfort the scientists there.

When Liu Hui came to Chen Changsheng's office, he found that Chen Changsheng was not there. Then Liu Hui inquired and found out that Chen Changsheng had gone to Anqi's laboratory. So Liu Hui had to bite the bullet and find Anqi's laboratory.

When Liu Hui pushed the door and went in, he found that An Qi was doing a strange experiment in his laboratory. Chen Changsheng next to him looked at An Qi's various operations with interest and started for her. When he saw Liu Hui coming in, he called out, "Hello, boss!"

An Qi also found that Liu Hui had come in. She temporarily stopped the experiment and looked at Liu Hui like this.

Liu Hui found a dark circle next to Anqi's eyes. He felt a little distressed in his heart for some reason, so he said, "Anqi, have you not had a rest for a long time? You have dark circles? You must know that your body is..."

An Qi smiled and said, "Liu Hui, you must know that scientific research is my way of survival. Without scientific research, I will be nothing. But I also know the principle of combining work and rest. I took a nap at noon before coming to work from home, so I am very energetic and have no problems with my body. The dark circles you see in my eyes are actually not dark circles, but a kind of smoky makeup I painted. Don't you think this kind of makeup is very trendy?"

Liu Hui's face was full of darkness. Unexpectedly, An Qi would actually wear such strange makeup. But why did she suddenly feel pitiful and want to take her into her arms with such makeup?

"Ahem, didn't your parents come to Hong Kong to see you? Why don't you spend more time with them?" Liu Hui began to say nothing.

Just as An Qi was about to answer Liu Hui's question, the door of An Qi's laboratory was opened. A researcher hurriedly walked in and said to Liu Hui: "Boss, a big thing happened in the United States. It is being broadcast live on TV. You can take a look!"
Chapter completed!