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Chapter 455
Chapter 455
Chapter 455: Flooding Los Angeles
“What exactly is Typhon trying to do?”
In the Pentagon, the US top brass was staring at the monster on a large screen. Their hearts and minds were filled with apprehension.
After ‘eating’ the nuclear material and the strange metal canister, Typhon stood in place, but the lava flowing around it increased in speed and viscosity.
“According to the detection instruments we left in the base, the heat of the whole base is on the rise. The energy being released by Typhon is also rising dramatically.”
An American general frowned at the data displayed by the computer. The bizarre sight of the columns in one of the tables made him feel a pang of unease in his heart.
“Wait a minute, the terrain here!”
The general seemed to have noticed something. He quickly pulled up a map of Los Angeles and measured the terrain. It didn’t take long for his face to change dramatically.
“General, what’s wrong?”
The personnel next to him watched the general go about with his business until his expression changed. Only then did people ask in a nervous voice.
“Mr. President, this is the map around the military base. It is positioned at a very high elevation and quite close to Los Angeles. As the highest point… if… I mean if Typhon’s lava continues to flow down, it’s likely to flow down into Los Angeles.”
The general wrote and drew on the map with a pencil. Soon, multiple long lines formed a river and they all happened to be roads leading to Los Angeles.
“NO, it can’t be… Would Typhon do such a thing? We only noticed the connection between the military base and the city of Los Angeles. With its intelligence, it shouldn’t be able to pull off such a sophisticated maneuver!”.
Several individuals thought that the general was worrying about nothing and shook their heads.
“You can’t say it like that. Typhon is not just a monster. In Greek mythology, it’s one of the Titans. As one of the strongest Titans, its intelligence is definitely not low even if it has been behaving like a beast.”
A certain expert in the study of mythology retorted.
“No, take a look at the screen. It’s just as the general said. It’s… it’s storing the liquid!”
The observer’s shout pulled everyone’s attention back to the video. The top brass of the United States discovered in horror that Typhon was indeed using their base as a reservoir, except what was being stored was not water by lava!
The buildings of the military base had already been submerged in lava and melted into nothing in that huge lava lake.
“If it was just a normal volcanic eruption, we would not have to worry as the distance wouldn’t be enough for the lava to hit Los Angeles, but lava made by Typhon is not ordinary lava. Even with liquid nitrogen, it takes some time to cool it down. It will not solidify as quickly!”
The general pointed his hand to the ‘lake’ in the video that was being filled up with lava. It was like a giant furnace that emitted incredible heat. He took a deep breath and said, “Mr.President, please issue an order for the citizens of Los Angeles to evacuate. Soon, Los Angeles will become the first large city of the United States to be engulfed by lava.”
The President’s hands and feet were cold. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he laughed dryly, “Since liquid nitrogen works, can’t we have our soldiers use it to just freeze the lava that will flow down?”
“I’m sorry, Mr. President! The temperature of the lava is too high. Its surrounding temperature reached over a thousand degrees. Trying to freeze it would require a close distance. If the protective suits are insufficient to handle the heat, then a large number of casualties would appear among the troops. Moreover, we can’t intercept all the lava. The range is simply too large and trying to stop it is just a delusion that will never happen.”
The general’s words made the president of the United States of America cover his face and ground, “God damn it! It’s Los Angeles, the city of Los Angeles! That is the second-largest city in the United States of America. If it gets flooded by lava, do you know how much economic damage it will cause?”
“Mr. President, even if Los Angeles is destroyed and causes huge losses, it’s better than having millions of civilian casualties. Now that that economy has been globalized, our economy has long been linked to the major countries of the world. We can do what we did in the past and transfer out our losses.”
“Other countries such as those in Europe and Asia would not just watch us have an economic collapse. That would just cause a worldwide financial crisis, which would cause the world’s financial system’s collapse. Typhon would not even need to make a move anymore as humans will die on the collapsed economy.”
The knowledgeable economist spoke up. He came up with an extremely dangerous idea. It was to view the current human society as one huge global village. Every country was too close to each other and if one house collapses, the others would follow like a domino effect. It also shows how the human world was extremely fragile.
If countries such as China and the United States had an economic collapse in times of peace, it would be a disaster of epic proportions that could even trigger World War III. Countries would transfer the pressure of internal conflicts and change it into a war of plunder.
In this era with supernatural powers, World War III occurring would cause the demise of the human race. Anyone knowledgeable would not doubt this fact and would never agree to its occurrence.
The economist was using this as an excuse to take the world hostage to help pay off the problem of the United States.
“This method is somewhat inhumane, but I have no choice at this moment. Listen to my orders, have the army near Los Angeles mobilize to help the millions of people evacuate Los Angeles! We have to give up on Los Angeles!”
This time the President showed his boldness. He waved his hand and gave a ruthless order.
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“Go and inform the Emperor and the Prime Minister that now is the time.”
While Typhon was preparing to flood Los Angeles, at Ise Grand Shrine in the Mie Prefecture, the grand priest who had been sitting quietly suddenly opened his eyes. He immediately spoke to an officer beside him.
The official immediately kneeled on the ground and agreed to do what he was told. He slowly withdrew from the shrine hall.
The emperor who had received the message from the grand priest came in a hurry with his family and the prime minister. In truth, they had been staying near the Ise Grand Shrine in preparation for the grand priest’s call.
It could be said that Louie did everything to take advantage of Japanese cultural tradition and the national trait of worshiping the strong. He easily played the Japanese government in the palm of his hand.