What Alvin meant by "meteor shower" was still beyond most people...
A few dozen minutes later, the school's temporary coach, Bucky, finished the team's training and rushed over to lend a hand, bringing a large arsenal of weapons with him...
A crowd of curious players and daring students gathered near the Space Gate. Standing beside the dragon's head, they admired the school's trophy, slapping it appreciatively as they listened to Nick boast grandly...
Just as Bucky shoved past a few tall players and was about to step through the Space Gate, a child suddenly looked up at the sky over the Air Force base and shouted, "Look! What's that?"
Bucky instinctively glanced up—and saw a sight he would never forget...
A massive hole had suddenly appeared in the clear sky near the Himalayas...
A gigantic fireball, hundreds of meters in diameter and blazing with flames, broke through the atmosphere and hurtled toward the ground dozens of kilometers away with world-ending force...
Bourne stood on a hillside beyond the protective barrier. Through his binoculars, he saw the enormous fireball chase after their principal and strike the front of the Yayu pack...
The instant it hit the ground, the entire Gravel Plain shuddered rhythmically, like a body of water struck by a pebble...
The earth was doing what it could, in its own way, to absorb the immense impact from beyond the sky!
A thunderous BOOM rang out...
From the meteor's point of impact, heat and tremors spread outward across the "water's surface."
The earth was like a raging sea, sending up "waves" a hundred meters high that began to surge outward...
The savage Yayu ran in terror across the "churning waves" of ground, but unused to the water, they were soon swallowed by the "waves," which stretched for several kilometers...
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