Chapter 1289: The Greatest Disaster in American History
The explosion instantly destroyed the New York Stock Exchange, but it did not end. The power of the explosion continued to spread outward. This is the prosperous Wall Street, the nerve center of international finance, with buildings standing among them, many of which are close together.
"boom!"
With the New York Stock Exchange as the center, the power of the explosion instantly destroyed dozens of buildings around it. Whether it was a large bank, a securities company, a stock exchange or an insurance company, it all turned into ruins in an instant.
"boom!"
The shock wave is still spreading outward.
The glass of the building with a radius of 1,000 meters burst into pieces and shaking violently, just like the end of the world. The originally beautiful building was instantly left with only a frame, just like a pheasant with hair peeled off, becoming riddled with holes.
"boom!"
Almost all buildings with a radius of several thousand meters were affected, and few pieces of glass were intact.
After hearing a earth-shaking loud noise, people in the distance saw a cloud of red mushrooms rising from Manhattan Island, rolling up towards the sky.
This explosion almost destroyed the entire Wall Street.
Jiang Hao rushed out of the New York Stock Exchange in advance. In order to escape, he had no worries. He used his light skills and flew forward as fast as possible on the roof of the street. He had just run out 200 to 300 meters, and the explosion shock wave behind him chased after him.
"boom!"
The flames rolled towards Jiang Hao, and instantly swallowed him. At this time, his body protection light opened to the maximum, and the huge shock wave exploded Jiang Hao directly flew up and was pushed out like a cannonball.
"puff!"
The body was subjected to a violent shock wave, which made Jiang Hao feel like he was about to be torn apart. His internal organs were injured. Jiang Hao spewed out a mouthful of blood, flew out dozens of meters away, and then smashed hard on the wall of a building.
"Boom!"
The 100-meter-high building suffered a huge shock wave and collapsed in an instant, rumbling down. Jiang Hao was buried below. Perhaps Ping Anfu played a role. The collapse of the wall where he was, forming an angle, giving Jiang Hao a place to live.
Jiang Hao had encountered this situation before. He was not too panicked. He immediately took out an oxygen bottle and took it with him, then took out an intermediate healing talisman and patted it on his body.
When he calmed down, Jiang Hao felt relieved. As long as he avoided the first wave of explosions, it would be basically no problem to survive later.
At this moment, he was still in a state of fear. The iron-blooded warrior was so cruel that he would explode at any time. Now the whole Wall Street is probably finished.
This explosion can be said to be the most serious crisis that Jiang Hao has encountered since his mission. The self-destructive bomb of the Iron Defeater is as powerful as a super-small nuclear bomb, but even a super-small nuclear bomb is as powerful as an amazing one.
Without thinking about so much, Jiang Hao quickly started to practice and recover as soon as possible. He is now buried in the ruins. Although he will not die for a while, he can guess that the whole of Manhattan is probably in chaos now, and it is probably unrealistic to wait for the police to rescue him.
It is said that after the September 11th, it took more than a year to clean the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. It was just two buildings. If it were dozens of buildings, how long would it take? It would take a few years. Jiang Hao didn't want to wait in this dark place for a few years.
Meditation cross-legged, breathing and breathing, using spiritual talismans, and circulating spiritual power.
There was no sun in the ruins. I don’t know how long it took. When Jiang Hao woke up, he could feel that his physical injuries had completely healed. The saying that the body was the capital of the revolution was absolutely correct.
The next step is how to save yourself.
Go up?
A 100-meter-high building has no idea how many ruins are piled up above his head, and the structure is unstable. If he digs himself, it is very likely to destroy the structure and cause a secondary collapse, so he decided to go down.
New York City has a dense sewer system underground, and it is more than ten meters away from the ground. It is very strong. I believe that the explosion cannot completely destroy the sewer. As long as the sewer is found, you can escape as soon as possible.
Instead of exploring blindly, Jiang Hao closed his eyes and found a comprehensive map of New York in his mind. At this moment, it seemed like there was a holographic map in his mind, and Jiang Hao began to calculate.
I just escaped from the New York Stock Exchange. The New York Stock Exchange is located at 18 Broadway Street, on the south side of the corner of Wall Street. I just ran towards the South Office. I ran out about 200 meters, and was pushed out forty or fifty meters by the shock wave. The one I bumped into should be the wall on the east side of the Merrill Lynch Insurance Building.
The structural diagram of the Merrill Lynch Building and surrounding supporting facilities immediately appeared in Jiang Hao's mind. There were dense underground pipelines around the Merrill Lynch Insurance Building. Jiang Hao calculated that there should be a sewer passage about 10 to 15 meters east of him.
Jiang Hao immediately made up his mind and made the first goal to make the sewer.
start!
Dig a hole.
......
Jiang Hao was digging a hole to save himself, but he didn't know that the outside world had turned upside down. Americans thought they had suffered a nuclear bomb attack. President Reagan immediately announced that the United States had entered a state of full emergency and the army activated the highest level of defense.
There are constant speculations, and many people think that the Soviet Union went to war against the United States.
After time, people finally understood that it was not the Soviet Union's war, but the violent explosion on the New York Stock Exchange, which was as powerful as a super-small nuclear bomb. Wall Street was swallowed up, and the world shook as soon as the news came out.
Wall Street is the financial center of the United States and the world's financial center. It can be said that it affects the economic nerves of the whole world. The previous stock market crash has caused the entire world's stock market to fall sharply.
Japan's Nikkei index fell 620 points, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 420 points, Brazil and Mexico stock markets plummeted more than 20%, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Singapore stock markets all fell more than 10%.
Now that I heard that Wall Street was bombed, it caused even greater panic. The stock futures market fell more like a plunge. This stock market crash is even darker than the stock market crash in history, and it can even be described as a collapse.
Major media around the world reported on it.
Reuters, UK, "Now we get the news that the explosion center is the New York Stock Exchange, and the power of the explosion is comparable to a small nuclear bomb. Wall Street in the United States was almost razed to the ground. All buildings in the New York Stock Exchange center collapsed 200 meters, and all buildings in the kilometer range were damaged. Buildings within 5,000 meters were basically unable to work normally. The real cause of this explosion is still under investigation."
French News Agency: "The explosion site is the busiest Wall Street in New York, and the time is the busiest noon. So far, it has been known that more than 20 collapsed buildings, more than 100 damaged buildings, and the number of casualties is expected to exceed 100,000. This is the biggest disaster in the United States since its founding and a disaster for all mankind."
TASS reported: "New York, USA was attacked by a nuclear bomb. The disaster has not been found yet, but the cause is that we will continue to pay attention to it."
Deutsche News Agency, "Affected by the Wall Street explosion, it is expected that the global economy will be severely impacted in the future, with huge losses. The United States will suffer more than a few trillion US dollars, and the stock market crash is unavoidable."
According to the Associated Press, "The United States has launched a state of emergency. Due to the impact of the explosion, the stock market will temporarily close. When it will start depends on the development of the situation. President Reagan has arrived in New York, and New York State dispatched the National Guard to participate in the rescue."
The headlines of other media were all about the New York explosion. Of course, the reports of these media were not as formal as the official, and some alternative news also appeared during this period.
Before the explosion, Jiang Hao and the Iron-Devoured Warriors fought in the trading hall. Many people saw it. Many people ran out. Some of them escaped far away. They survived the big explosion. They revealed some of the situation at that time to the outside world.
"The truth about the explosion on the New York Stock Exchange, aliens attacked the earth!"
"Witnesses saw several heavily armed monsters descending from the sky, suspected of aliens."
"Who is stopping aliens in the battle in the trading hall of New York?"
All kinds of news are flying all over the sky, and it is difficult to tell whether it is true or false for a moment.
The FBI and the police quickly dispatched to find these witnesses and took them to ask in detail. They quickly learned a lot of content. When the people described an Asian man fighting with the aliens, Pullman was stunned for a moment and quickly took out Jiang Hao's photos to show the witnesses.
"Do you recognize this person?" Pullman asked.
"Ah, it's him, it's this Asian. After those monsters appeared, this man rushed up to fight them. The two sides fought very fiercely, and then we ran away." said a young man wearing glasses.
Several other people also recognized Jiang Hao and said that it was this person.
Pullman took out the portrait of Tiexue. This was painted by Jiang Hao before. The purpose was to let people understand the situation of Tiexue. This time it came in handy. After seeing the portrait of Tiexue, those people pointed at the portrait and shouted that it was such a monster.
Pullman knew that the real reason was found this time, the alien, or the iron-blooded warrior in Jiang Hao's mouth.
Pullman immediately reported to President Reagan. President Reagan had received a report from the FBI about the Predators, so he naturally knew their existence. He frowned and said, "I didn't expect that this disaster was created by aliens. What do they want to do? Will they have to fully invade the earth?"
"I don't know, no one knows what they think. In this world, Jon Jiang knows the most about them." Pullman said.
"Where is Jon Jiang?" Reagan asked.
Pullman shook his head helplessly, "Those people saw that Jiang Hao was fighting with those alien monsters at that time, and an explosion occurred. I'm afraid he was killed too."
President Reagan frowned and murmured: "How to say to the outside world now? This is a question that needs to be thought clearly."
The Wall Street explosion, such a big thing, the whole world is paying attention to it. The United States' losses are already destined, but a reasonable statement must be given. It cannot be said that it was done by the robbers, which is absolutely incomprehensible.
Is it necessary to announce the existence of aliens to the outside world? But once such news is announced, it may cause greater panic among the people. I wonder what the world will become?
After pondering for a while, Reagan ordered, “Immediately convene the Speaker of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Secretary of State, the FBI Director, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to attend the emergency meeting.”
Chapter completed!