"This disaster is terrifying. This year has been full of calamities."
"Ever since the Investigation Bureau started announcing Special Items to the public, I've begun to suspect that a Special Item caused this Great Earthquake."
"Here are photos from the scene. All the high-rises in Koi City have collapsed."
"That's horrifying. How many people must have died?"
"Don't panic, everyone. Headquarters is in Koi City. When the high-rises collapsed, someone rescued the people trapped inside."
Ke Meng had no idea how things were in Koi City, but the online comments gave him a rough picture.
Ke Meng quickly browsed through the photos.
Meanwhile, it was still the middle of the night for overseas users, who were asleep.
Only the night owls staying up for their "cultivation" frantically spread the news, hoping to get everyone to safety.
After all, this earthquake posed a global threat. They had to take precautions.
In particular, earthquake monitoring agencies in the coastal cities across the sea from the Koi Continent had already detected seismic waves spreading from the continent into the geological structures beneath the ocean.
A monstrous tsunami was inevitable.
Overseas users could no longer stay calm. Air-raid sirens sounded throughout the coastal cities, and lights quickly came on in darkened homes. Within minutes, families piled into cars and fled the cities.
But there were too many cars fleeing for their lives, and highway traffic jams the likes of which had not been seen in a decade unfolded overseas.
Ke Meng put away his phone. He had gathered enough information.
He stood there thinking, then let White Sugar and Shirley out to help him review what had gone wrong.
"Was it really a low-probability event? The odds of an earthquake happening were far too high."
Shirley helped Ke Meng think it through, but she