Lord of Worms (Second Update)

The mild earthquakes came and went. According to intelligence from the other end of the phone call and satellite survey results, the epicenter was not far from Yarmouth. Salomon abandoned the car door and, after hurriedly bidding the priest farewell, grabbed Wanda and rushed toward the epicenter. Before leaving, he rapidly instructed the priest to organize the residents and shelter them in sufficiently spacious reinforced concrete buildings that could withstand earthquakes. Though extremely flustered, the priest immediately agreed to contact First Church of the Holy Savior (Eastern Orthodoxy), First Parish Congregational Church, First Baptist Church, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Royal Baptist Church, Cousins Island Chapel, and the local police, relocating the community's worshippers to nearby shelters. At the same time, towns close to the epicenter, such as Baldwin, Freeport, Harpswell, and Scarborough, also received official earthquake warnings.

Salomon floored the accelerator and sped down Gilman Road toward Cousins Island. The three Helicarriers that had joined up not long ago also turned their thrusters and advanced toward Casco Bay on the US East Coast. Many psychics with some minor ability living along the US East Coast vaguely saw blood-red sunlight spreading across the sky. An enormous black moon blocked out the sun, its scarlet halo so thick it seemed ready to drip blood. The psychics who did not know how to resist the darkness went mad in an instant and began using any tool at hand to kill themselves. Even without tools, they smashed their heads violently into nearby hard objects. Later autopsies showed that they had already died before committing suicide—their brains had melted into mush, as though someone had thrust a spoon into their skulls and stirred viciously. Every cat in town howled miserably in unison. Wanda and Salomon were affected to varying degrees as well, but the witch