At the Seismic Monitoring Bureau, every employee stared fixedly at the seismograph readings.
Ever since the Eleventh Apocalypse Rule was announced, this department, which had originally had few staff, had immediately seen a massive influx of personnel.
Their task was simple: work around the clock in shifts, ensure they located the epicenter as soon as an earthquake struck, and report it upward.
At 6:20 that evening, the five staff members on duty suddenly noticed abnormal readings on the instruments, followed by an automatic alert.
"An earthquake has occurred!"
"It's a minor tremor. It should be the Rule's Level 1 earthquake. Report the epicenter immediately!"
The staff on duty reported the situation at once. Less than ten seconds later, the phone on Gao Liangwei's desk rang.
Based on the epicenter's location, he immediately contacted the commander of the nearest Armed Forces stationed there and ordered them to reach the point directly above the source as quickly as possible. That was the epicentral area.
At the same time, he instructed the personnel heading there to find the "Earth Vein Pillar" before the earthquake ended and attempt to make contact with it.
The earthquakes caused by the Rules lasted only five minutes each, which was undoubtedly a huge test of deployment capabilities.
Without adequate deployment capabilities, even if there was a group of Ascendants willing to sacrifice themselves by touching the Earth Vein Pillar, they might not make it to the epicenter in time.
Therefore, at Gao Liangwei's suggestion, the higher-ups agreed to establish Rapid Deployment Points across the country, equipped with the fastest helicopters. As long as the earthquake source was near a human settlement, they could arrive at maximum speed.
After receiving the order, the Armed Forces near the epicenter immediately set off and reached the target coordinates in less than