pjbooks Chapter 383 This is truly thorough
Chapter 383 This is truly thorough
The giant tree's thousands of branches intertwined and wove together to form a massive black net, desperately trying to keep up with the falling meteorite.
It looked as if they wanted to use it to stop the disaster.
However, faced with this cataclysmic disaster... even the Homelanders would probably have to shake their heads.
A kilometer may seem like a long distance, but in the face of that falling meteorite, it was only a matter of a few breaths.
In an instant, the meteorite made contact with the giant tree branch without any cushioning.
The black net woven by the giant tree couldn't even hold for a second when it touched the surface of the meteorite.
Those tough branches, in the face of the meteorite, were as brittle as dried noodles, instantly turning into dust.
Even the giant tree didn't even have time to scream before it was crushed head-on by the meteorite.
The enormous canopy was visibly cracked.
The thick trunk has even broken apart.
In the end, even the roots that were deeply embedded in the soil could not escape the ravages.
They were all pressed into the soil, into the earth's crust, and then directly vaporized and carbonized under extreme temperatures...
And just like that, the eerie, enormous black tree vanished completely beneath the meteorite in less than two seconds in front of Lin Fan.
Those shadowy figures sheltered by the giant tree fared even worse—or rather, they didn't even deserve to be considered miserable.
Those that were close to the meteorite were vaporized by the high temperature before the meteorite even hit the ground.
Those further away were also torn to shreds by the fiery red flames.
The moment the giant meteorite struck the ground, the entire Black Forest seemed to fall silent.
It wasn't the kind of silence that comes from animals being silenced, but rather a kind of...
It was as quiet as if nothing had happened.
boom--
But the silence lasted only a moment.
As the meteorite made full contact with the ground, the entire earth seemed to be folded in half.
Lin Fan, who was floating in mid-air, narrowed his pupils slightly and saw a visible ripple spreading out from the point of impact.
Immediately afterwards, the ground within a radius of several kilometers visibly collapsed, gradually forming a giant crater.
As the giant crater appeared, he also saw vivid red and black bubbling up from within it...
That was the churning lava and flying debris caused by the meteorite impact.
Immediately afterwards, the soil and rock layers around the giant pit surged outward like waves.
Those once towering black trees were snapped off like matchsticks the instant the shockwave passed, then swept into the sky and burned to ashes in the intense heat.
The entire dark forest transformed into a fiery inferno at that moment.
"..."
In mid-air, Lin Fan, in his soul form, looked at the scene below and remained silent for a long while.
"The effect is huge."
He scratched the back of his head, which wasn't actually there, and looked at the huge crater, which was at least three or four kilometers in diameter, and the impact that was pushing outwards. His lips twitched.
"It's unimaginable how big the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs must have been."
Although the effect was terrifying, the result was so satisfying that he couldn't help but smile.
But he soon stopped laughing.
Because the shockwave was still spreading.
The visible ring of air was radiating outwards at an alarming speed.
Wherever they went, the ground was leveled, trees were uprooted, and large rocks were thrown into the air.
The direction covered by the shockwave was precisely towards Raccoon City Base.
"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap—"
Lin Fan's soul panicked instantly.
"No, that's enough already! That's my hometown!"
……
Meanwhile, inside the underground bunker in Raccoon City.
Most of the people have already evacuated to shelters.
Lin Jianguo stood at the entrance of the bunker, a cigarette dangling from his lips, staring intently outside.
"Mr. Lin, all personnel have been evacuated..."
The owl ran over to report the situation.
But before he could finish speaking, Lin Jianguo, whose expression had changed, grabbed him by the collar and threw him inside.
"Damn it, get inside now!"
"Ouch."
Night Owl, looking completely bewildered, clutched his backside and yelled, but before he could say anything, Lin Jianguo abruptly slammed the bunker door shut.
Bang.
The heavy iron gate closed.
next second.
The entire bunker began to shake violently.
The overhead light tubes swayed a few times, and two of them even exploded on the spot, with shards of glass scattering all over the ground.
"ah--"
At the same time, screams echoed from inside the bunker.
Some people fell down, others crouched down covering their heads. Several children were so frightened that they cried loudly.
The vibration lasted for about ten seconds.
Then it slowly returned to calm.
The huge bunker was packed with panicked people, but everyone felt an eerie silence around them.
Everyone held their breath and looked at each other.
"……it's over?"
It wasn't until quite a while later that someone tentatively asked a question.
"No, this is too sudden, Mr. Lin. Is this all in the past?"
Only then did Night Owl realize that Lin Jianguo had just saved his life.
Lin Jianguo leaned against the wall and glanced at him.
"it's over."
His voice was calm, but his expression was very solemn.
"Well, this impact... isn't so bad!"
The owl got up from the ground and dusted himself off.
"Nothing?"
Lin Jianguo rolled his eyes and pointed to the iron gate.
"Why don't you go out and take a look now?"
"...Uh...never mind, I was just saying."
Night Owl quickly shook his head.
Are you kidding me? Get out now?
Do you really think he's ignorant?
Even from several meters away, he could feel the heat emanating from the iron gate. Should he go out?
What are you going out for?
Are you preparing to hang cured meat?
However, he soon realized a crucial problem.
"Mr. Lin, is Young Master Lin alright?"
"Nothing's wrong, my foot!"
Lin Jianguo ground his molars.
"If he were in trouble, would he make such a fuss?"
"That's good."
Hearing this, Night Owl breathed a sigh of relief, but quickly realized what was happening.
"No, what do you mean by that?"
He looked at Lin Jianguo, completely unable to understand what the other had just said.
After all, only Lin Jianguo and his wife, along with some high-ranking officials in China, knew about the disaster that would follow Lin Fan's death.
Night Owl and his group always believed that Lin Fan simply had a special ability, possessing a terrifyingly powerful defense.
"Alright, stop thinking about it."
Lin Jianguo, however, did not explain, but instead gave the order.
"Once the outside temperature drops, we should send someone to check the extent of the damage as soon as possible."
"Yes."
Night Owl nodded, then couldn't help but ask another question.
"Mr. Lin, is this meteorite from the sky your ultimate move?"
Lin Jianguo glanced at him, initially unwilling to explain, but seeing the other's inquisitive expression, he could only offer a perfunctory reply:
"You could say that, that's how you understand it."
"...What? My goodness, does it really have such a terrifying ability?"
Having gotten the answer he wanted, Night Owl was once again shocked.
Meteorite falling from the sky?
Isn't this just a walking humanoid nuclear bomb?
No wonder, no wonder...
……
Time passed slowly, and after nearly half an hour of holding their breath inside the bunker, they finally opened the heavy iron door.
When everyone inside the bunker returned outside, they were all stunned as they looked at the street.
It wasn't that Raccoon City suffered great losses, but rather that they never imagined they would witness two completely different urban landscapes in less than forty minutes.
If Raccoon City was once a thriving place...
Now, it's a perfectly post-apocalyptic wasteland without any need for embellishment.
The temporary housing built by those big guys is now being blown about and is leaning to one side by the wind. The entire city is covered with a thick layer of dust.
But none of these things were what made them stunned.
What truly shocked them was the sky.
The sky that once shrouded the Black Forest was no longer dark.
Of course, it wasn't bright either.
It was an indescribable fiery red, a blazing brightness.
Looking into the distance, half the sky was bathed in orange-red light.
"Oh My God……"
……
Above the Dark Forest.
Or rather, the skies above what was once a dark forest.
Because there are no forests here anymore.
Lin Fan's soul floated in mid-air, looking down at the giant pit that was still steaming, his expression complex.
The pit is huge. Extremely huge.
At the bottom of the pit, lava was still flowing slowly, emitting a dark red light.
The surrounding land was burned to a charred black, and not a single blade of grass could grow.
The giant tree, the shadows, the fog... all vanished completely.
"Alright."
Lin Fan took a deep breath.
"This is truly a complete solution."