Chapter 424 of 835
Chapter 424: Doba volcano
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When Chen Xin and Qin Lan returned to the refuge, the atmosphere here also
seemed quite tense.
The construction on the construction site has temporarily stopped, and all the
workers are at a loss and they don't know what to do when they gather
together.
The soldiers of the special forces stepped forward, maintaining order and at
the same time guarding the surroundings to guard against possible dangers.
Noting that Chen Xin and Qin Lan came back, the commander and political
commissar of the special forces hurriedly found him and asked Chen Xin:
"Academician Chen, do you know what happened? Was that an earthquake just
now?"
"I don't know the specifics. Did the shock have any impact? Didn't it cause
casualties?" Chen Xin asked the commander.
While asking, Chen Xin walked quickly to the station of the special forces,
where there are communication equipment that can communicate with the outside
world. If you want to know what happened, it is the fastest way to ask outside
through communication equipment.
"Two workers accidentally fell off the scaffolding. Fortunately, they fell on
the snow. It was nothing serious." The commander replied to Chen Xin.
Workers fell off the scaffolding. This is of course considered a safety
accident. It stands to reason that the cause should be traced,
responsibilities should be clarified, and potential safety hazards should be
investigated.
It's just that it's more important to figure out what happened just now.
After arriving at the barracks and contacting other places through
communication equipment, Chen Xin hurriedly asked what was going on with the
shock just now.
If the earthquake is felt in this city, it may be a small-scale earthquake or
something else, but if the earthquake is felt in many places, it is likely to
be a larger-scale earthquake, or even a more serious matter.
However, as Chen Xin and the commander waited anxiously, the reply they
received was a very bad answer.
"There are obvious tremors in the area south of the Yangtze River in the
country. Seismic networks have detected earthquakes with a magnitude of 9 on
the Richter scale in Southeast Asia. The epicenter is located in Sumatra. The
specific magnitude and detailed epicenter location are still being
calculated..." Chen Xinkan With the reply content, his face turned pale after
brushing.
The commander on the side seemed to have not yet realized what was going on,
and he was still grateful: "Fortunately, the earthquake did not occur in our
country. If the island of Sumatra, a magnitude 9 earthquake should not affect
our country. Now the sea should be covered. It's frozen, not even a
tsunami..."
However, before the commander finished speaking, Qin Lan noticed the terrible
expression on Chen Xin's expression, and hurriedly asked concerned: "Axin, is
there anything wrong with this?"
"This is probably not an earthquake..." Chen Xin shook his head. Although he
thought of a terrible possibility, he still didn't want something like that to
happen: "No, you can't judge blindly before it's confirmed, wait. Specific
information can be used to determine what is going on."
Chen Xin shook his head, did not say anything, but guarded before being used
for communication equipment, as if waiting for the results to come out.
The commander and political commissar still didn’t quite understand what
happened to Chen Xin at this time, but seeing the solemn and worried
expressions of Chen Xin’s expression, the two seemed to have noticed that
things seemed more serious than they thought, so they both stayed. Waiting for
the new together.
Time is waiting for every minute and every second. Chen Xin, who is standing
in front of the communication device, always has a cold face, and even prays
in a low voice not to be the worst result, and this undoubtedly affects other
people. Other people couldn't help but become worried and nervous.
In such a depressed atmosphere, even though I waited 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 is confirmed that the magnitude is 9.2 on the Richter scale. The epicenter
is located between 2.5 degrees north latitude and 98.4 degrees east longitude.
The epicenter is located at Lake Toba, Sumatra..." Everyone seemed to be
shocked and slumped on the chair.
Noting Chen Xin's strange appearance, Qin Lan hurriedly asked concerned:
"Axin, what's wrong with you? What is going on? Is something serious?"
The political commissar and commander on the side also hurriedly expressed
their concern to Chen Xin: "Academician Chen, what is going on? Is there
anything special about this place called Lake Toba? Why does it cause you to
react so much?"
After being repeatedly questioned, Chen Xin took a deep breath, and then
explained to the three people in a low voice: "Lake Toba is the largest
volcanic lake in the world. It was born more than 70,000 years ago by Doba.
Formed by the huge crater left after the eruption, the eruption of Mount
Toba..."
Having said that, the three of Chen Xinjian still didn't seem to understand
what was going on, but they all listened carefully to their own explanations,
and sighed before continuing: "Mount Toba is the second largest volcano in the
world~www.mtlnovel .com~ There have been four eruptions in history. The
eruption in more than 70,000 years was the fourth eruption of Mount Toba and
the most violent, and it was the strongest volcano for Blue Star in 25 million
years. Eruption.
The entire eruption lasted for several weeks. More than 3,000 cubic kilometers
of eruption erupted from the volcano. In just three days, the volcanic ash has
spread all over the world. The sky is dark and the temperature is reduced
because of this. The entire Blue Star is even more so. Entering the ice age,
leading to the extinction of a large number of species, the number of early
humans at that time dropped to less than two thousand people. "
"Huh?" After hearing Chen Xin's explanation, the three of them couldn't help
but let out a cry of surprise. They didn't expect that the matter would 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 in more
than 70,000 years, right?" The commander said optimistically, and he also At
the beginning, like Chen Xin just now, I hope that things won't change so bad.
However, Chen Xin shook his head and said helplessly: "Volcano Toba is not an
extinct volcano. Its magma library still contains a huge amount of magma. Once
it suffers an earthquake, it will erupt, even if it is not a volcanic eruption
this time. Earthquakes with magnitude 9 and above will still trigger the
eruption of this volcano, so Mount Doba must have entered the eruption phase.
And the most important thing now is not that the volcanic eruption did not
erupt, but whether its eruption was caused by previous meteorite impacts.
If the geological activity caused by the impact of a meteorite caused the
eruption of Mount Doba, then several other volcanoes are likely to erupt with
it. You must know that there are a total of seven supervolcanoes of the same
level as Mount Doba on Blue Star. Seat, if they erupt together, this world
will really be over. "