"Evacuate! Go to the rendezvous point!" The soldier waved his hand, asking Clovis to move forward.
Clovis and Luci were able to maintain their calm, but the situation was looking bad.
While rushing out of the building, Clovis asked, "Has sothing like this happened before?"
"No." Luci shook her head. "This place is not prone to earthquakes, so I'm not sure what it is. The only thing I'm sure of is that the earthquake should be quite big!"
As Luci said those words, the ceiling suddenly fell down. Clovis imdiately grabbed her and ca to a halt, stopping her.
Right after they dropped, Clovis continued moving forward, this ti taking the lead. His reaction speed was much faster, so it would be better to have him in the front.
Even though they were running straight, their bodies kept going left and right. They even had to support their bodies by placing their hands on the wall.
Clovis suddenly stopped as the ceiling collapsed. It wasn't just a single cell that collapsed, but the entire ceiling. The only thing remaining above them was just the roof with a hole in it.
"We're blocked." Clovis clicked his tongue and turned to the side. Without hesitation, he opened one of the doors but didn't see a window.
"We're stuck!" Clovis turned to Luci.
"There is no other way. We have to go back. There is another pathway to that side, so we won't find the window." Luci shook her head.
"Then, let's go!" Clovis didn't expect that the earthquake would be this powerful and last for this long.
As they ca back, he kept waving to the soldiers while shouting, "Not good. This path is blocked!"
With Luci's help, the soldiers believed them and imdiately inford the others.
They could see so walls collapsed and hit three people.
Looking at Luci's expression, Clovis imdiately ca to them and started grabbing away the rubble, knowing that the roof on top of him might fall at any mont.
Luci also dropped her box and started helping them.
Fortunately, several soldiers also lent a hand, allowing them to rescue all three of them. The soldiers retreated together with Clovis and Luci as they finally reached the corner where the commander's office was located.
They noticed that the path had been blocked by a lot of rubble. Not planning to risk it, Clovis slamd open the door of the commander's office and saw the window leading to the outside.
Without hesitation, he shattered the window with a kick and used his sword to scrape away the window.
After that, he ca out and started helping the people out.
As soon as all of them ca out, the soldiers imdiately led them to the evacuation point where they wouldn't have to deal with the collapsing building.
It was there he actually found what was happening. The building was in shambles. He could see so parts collapsing all over the place. The people were panicking, so Clovis imdiately said, "Luci."
"I know. I will start treating them." Luci gritted her teeth.
"How long does this earthquake last?" Clovis clicked his tongue.
While looking around, he saw the commander panicking. As soone at his level, the earthquake shouldn't be enough to make him in disarray, so it must be sothing else.
After 3 minutes and 48 seconds, the earthquake finally stopped.
Nathan imdiately called Kanaria. "What is the condition on your side?"
"We hang on, but the Reolf is becoming uncontrollable. The earthquake is so big that he is having a hard ti remaining calm. Where are you?"
"We are at the evacuation point. Tell Jay to lead the team to safety over there and try to find out what is happening."
"lody is already on it. There is an earthquake. The scale is…" Kanaria paused for a mont, as if she were asking lody about it. "The magnitude is 8.2. There is news all around the Skynet. We are unsure about what is going on as well because this does not normally happen.
The last earthquake recorded, according to Skynet, was 40 years ago."
Clovis bit his lips. "Take care of that side for now. We'll regroup once the situation calms down."
"Alright." Kanaria hung up.
Clovis' expression turned pale. "With such a magnitude, won't there be an aftershock?"
Luci was still too focused on the patients, so Clovis had to figure out the situation. The commander should know about this, but he shouldn't bother him in this situation. Hence, he ca a bit closer so that he could listen to what he was saying to his subordinates.
"Gather up the troops. We need the reinforcent from the rest of the military base. No matter what, we have to stop the beasts!"
"!!!" Clovis widened his eyes in shock. The earthquake was so big that even Reolf was rampaging, so it wouldn't be weird if the rest of the beasts would also co toward them.
"The 1st battalion will form the defense line. The 2nd battalion will help with the evacuation of the civilians. Ask the explorers if necessary. Tell them that right now, the base is the most dangerous place as well as their safest place. Tell the 3rd battalion to set up the periter."
The commander kept giving orders after orders as he needed. Eventually, he asked, "What about the headquarters? Have they sent reinforcent?"
"They are splitting their army. This place is not the only one affected."
"For fuck sake. Do they know this base is the most important front line right now? If we collapse, those areas will be impacted as well." The commander gnashed his teeth in frustration. "Tell them to co here quickly. If they don't, we won't be able to stop them. There is a chance that the Tier 7 beast will also be coming."
"Yes, sir!"
The people were running back and forth. Even though he had given all kinds of orders, there was one thing that he hadn't said. "Sir… What about the people on the way here?"
"We don't have enough manpower to do that." The commander gritted his teeth. "We have to focus our troops here if we want to even hold out the enemies."
Clovis' expression turned grim after hearing that answer.
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