Doomsday Bunker Upgrade Chapter 422: Toba Volcano
When Chen Xin and Qin Lan returned to the shelter, the atmosphere here was quite tense.
The construction on the site has been temporarily stopped, and all the workers are at a loss, and they gather together and don't know what to do.
The soldiers of the special forces stood up, maintaining order, but also guarding the surroundings, guarding against possible dangers.
Noticing the return of Chen Xin and Qin Lan, the commander and political commissar of the special forces hurried over and asked Chen Xin, "Academician Chen, do you know what happened? Was it an earthquake just now?"
"I don't know the specific situation. Did the shock just now have any effect? Did it cause no casualties?" Chen Xin asked the commander.
While asking, Chen Xin walked quickly to the special forces station, where there is a communication device that can communicate with the outside world. If you want to know what happened, asking the outside world through the communication device is the fastest way at present.
"Two workers accidentally fell off the scaffolding. Fortunately, they fell on the snow, which is not a big problem." The commander replied to Chen Xin.
The worker fell from the scaffolding, which is of course a safety accident. It stands to reason that the cause should be traced, responsibilities should be identified, and potential safety hazards should be investigated.
It's just that it's more important than that to figure out what just happened.
Came to the barracks and contacted other places through communication equipment. Chen Xin hurriedly asked what happened to the vibration just now.
If the quake is felt only in this city, it may be a small earthquake or something, but if it is felt in many places, it is likely to be a larger earthquake, or even something more serious.
However, while Chen Xin and the commander waited anxiously, the reply they received was a very bad answer.
"The earthquake was obviously felt in the area south of the Yangtze River in the whole country. The Seismic Network has detected that an earthquake with a magnitude of 9 on the Richter scale or above occurred in Southeast Asia. The epicenter was located in the Sumatra Island area. Chen Xin looked at the reply, but his face turned pale.
The commander on the side didn't seem to know what was going on, and was still rejoicing: "Fortunately, the earthquake didn't happen in our country, and if it was Sumatra, a magnitude-9 earthquake wouldn't affect our country. The sea should be frozen, not even a tsunami..."
However, before the commander's words were finished, Qin Lan noticed the terrifying expression on Chen Xin's face, and hurriedly asked with concern: "A Xin, is there anything wrong with this?"
"This is probably not an earthquake..." Chen Xin shook his head, although he thought of a very terrifying possibility, he still didn't want such a thing to happen: "No, before it's confirmed, don't blindly Judge, and wait until specific information comes out to judge what is going on.”
Chen Xin shook his head and didn't say anything, but waited before using the communication equipment, as if to wait for the result.
The commander and the political commissar didn't quite understand what was going on with Chen Xin at this time, but seeing the solemn and worried expression on Chen Xin's face, the two seemed to realize that the matter seemed to be more serious than expected, so they both stayed. , and wait with Chen Xin.
Time is just waiting for every minute to pass. Chen Xin, who was standing in front of the communication device, always had a cold face, and even whispered prayers that it would not be the worst outcome, which undoubtedly affected the Others, so that other people can't help but worry and become nervous, and they don't dare to let out the air.
In such a depressed atmosphere, although the wait was less than half an hour, it was as long as half a century had passed.
Finally, the communication device rang again, and a new message was sent.
"It was confirmed that the magnitude of the earthquake was 9.2 on the Richter scale, the epicenter was between 2.5 degrees north latitude and 98.4 degrees east longitude, and the epicenter was located in Lake Toba, Sumatra Island..." The political commissar read this message, but before it was finished, Chen beside him Xin but the whole person seemed to be stunned by the blow, and slumped on the chair.
Noticing Chen Xin's strange appearance, Qin Lan hurriedly asked with concern: "A Xin, what's wrong with you? What the **** is going on? Is there something big happened?"
The political commissar and commander on the side also hurriedly expressed their concern to Chen Xin: "Academician Chen, what's going on here? Is there anything special about this place called Lake Toba? Why did you get such a reaction? "
After being repeatedly questioned, Chen Xin took a deep breath, and then explained to the three in a low voice: "Lake Toba, the largest volcanic lake in the world, was born more than 70,000 years ago. Formed by the huge crater left after the eruption of Mount Toba, the eruption of Mount Toba..."
Speaking of this, the three of Chen Xinjian still didn't seem to understand what was going on, but they were all listening carefully to their explanations and sighed before continuing: "Mount Toba is the second largest volcano in the world~ IndoMTL.com~ There have been four eruptions in history. The one that was more than 70,000 years old was the fourth eruption of Mount Toba, and it was also the most violent one. It was also the most intense one for Blue Star in the past 25 million years. Volcanic eruption.
The entire eruption lasted for several weeks, and more than 3,000 cubic kilometers of eruption was ejected from the volcano. In just three days, the volcanic ash had spread all over the world, the sky was gray, and the temperature was lowered. The entire Blue Star It also entered the ice age, leading to the extinction of a large number of species, and the number of early humans at that time dropped to less than 2,000 people. "
"Ah?" After listening to Chen Xin's explanation, the three of them could not help but let out a cry of surprise. They didn't expect it to be so serious.
"Maybe it's just a simple earthquake, not a volcanic eruption? And this Toba volcano has become a volcanic lake. It has become an extinct volcano for more than 70,000 years, right?" The commander said optimistically , he also began to like Chen Xin just now, hoping that things would not change so badly.
However, Chen Xin shook his head and said helplessly: "Toba Volcano is not an extinct volcano, its magma reservoir still contains a huge amount of magma, and it is in danger of erupting once it is hit by an earthquake, even if it is not this time. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes of magnitude 9 or higher will still trigger the eruption of this volcano, so Mount Toba must have entered the eruption stage.
And the most important thing now is not whether this volcano erupted, but whether its eruption was caused by a previous meteorite impact.
If the geological activity caused by the meteorite impact caused the eruption of Mount Toba, then several other volcanoes are likely to erupt along with it. You must know that on the Blue Star, it is an eighth-level supervolcano on the same level as Mount Toba. There are seven in total, and if they erupt together, the world is really over. "