By mid-May, as earthquake levels gradually rose, people's sense of crisis grew ever stronger.
Almost no one had felt the earlier Level 1 to 4 earthquakes. But during the Level 5 quake, people in cities near the epicenter had all felt the tremors, and some who had been asleep were even jolted awake.
This made people realize that the calm first half of the month had ended.
The latter half, which truly represented disaster and destruction, had begun.
Just like the intervals between the earlier low-level earthquakes, the intervals between the Level 7, Level 8, Level 9, and even the final Level 10 earthquakes remained seventy-two hours.
How many seventy-two-hour periods would it take to complete rescue efforts after a Level 8 earthquake?
Imagine that the devastation caused by a Level 8 quake had not even been dealt with before a Level 9 quake arrived, followed immediately by a Level 10 one... With the situation this dire, it was no wonder that many countries had produced so many believers in inevitable destruction. They felt resistance was futile, so they simply began one last carnival and did whatever they wanted.
But ordinary people could hold such pessimistic views. The governments of every nation would still make preparations to fight the disaster at any cost.
Any country that had survived until now after the descent of the Apocalypse Rules had a relatively responsible government.
As for irresponsible governments, most of their countries had perished early on. Quite a few important figures from small nations had even fled with their families to other major countries for protection the moment the Apocalypse Rules descended. With such countries left leaderless, how could they avoid being swiftly destroyed by the Apocalypse Rules?
North Star's confidence had greatly increased after working with Guan Tong to neutralize the