Like the Level 1 earthquake, the Level 2 earthquake was also classified as a "microquake." Since it occurred late at night, ordinary people felt nothing while asleep.
But starting with the next Level 3 quake, people would begin to feel the earthquakes, and the sensation would only grow stronger each time.
After the UHC meeting ended, some of its contents, with the bickering and arguments removed, were made public online.
Since its founding, the UHC had advocated transparent cooperation and information sharing. Therefore, aside from a small amount of classified intelligence, most discussion contents were disclosed to the public. This was also so the public could understand the reasons behind certain policies and be more willing to cooperate with official actions.
When the public learned that Fahuo Nation's data collection mission had failed because cultists obstructed it, many found it unbelievable.
The people of Fahuo Nation were even more dissatisfied. They took to the streets in protest, demanding that the authorities wipe out the cultists with force. Unlike previous protests, this one concerned everyone's survival, so the situation was extremely intense.
Based on what was circulating online, several major cities in Fahuo Nation had seen massive marches involving hundreds of thousands of people. Besides protesting against the authorities, the marchers voluntarily shared clues about cultists and carried out civilian arrests.
Yet strangely, although black uniforms were found in many cultists' homes, along with new Bible-like books containing the Apocalypse Rules and called the Fire Thief's Revelation, those arrested all claimed they had no idea what was happening and insisted they were innocent.
The furious marchers naturally did not believe them. Some of those caught were handed over to official agencies, while others were beaten to death by enraged crowds—if countries around the world had developed one shared trait after entering