The sudden Seaquake disrupted Yang Yi and Su Na's plans and threw the Shelter into chaos. Some people even thought the end of the world had come.
But more observant players would notice that this Seaquake's amplitude was clearly smaller than the previous two, so it was more likely a localized phenomenon or a precursor to the third Seaquake.
Su Na immediately checked the Collapse Clock's reading. It had indeed risen considerably, but it was still nowhere near triggering a major crisis.
Yet when Su Na looked toward where Yang Yi had been, she found him gone. Then a violent shock wave hit, far stronger than the earlier small-scale Seaquake, and it had come from the nearby sea.
The impact even tipped the Shelter sideways. The Inner Harbor churned with seawater and descended into chaos as ships and unsecured supplies collided. Only after a dozen seconds did things gradually settle.
"...Yang Yi!"
Su Na immediately sensed something was wrong. Something seemed to have happened outside, and she immediately tried to contact Yang Yi, only to unexpectedly fail when she tried to bring up the system.
Nothing appeared before her eyes. Su Na froze, finding it hard to believe, and tried several more times, all without success.
Realizing something was wrong, Su Na rushed toward the exit.
A short while earlier.
The moment the Seaquake struck, Yang Yi sensed malice arriving almost simultaneously with it, which caught his attention.
This was highly unusual, especially since it was connected to the Seaquake, so Yang Yi immediately went outside to investigate. He then noticed that large numbers of Black Blocks had appeared on the sea. Some had even made contact with the Shelter and Sweet Island, merging with one another and spreading across an ever-growing area.
"What exactly is this...?"
Yang Yi