Chapter 1 The Countdown

The red Arabic numerals on the display screen were jumping rapidly. From this countdown timer, it could be clearly seen that there were only six hours, forty-eight minutes, and thirty-seven seconds left until the end of the world.

Of course, this countdown was based on the numbers given by Fang Senyan.

As far as the science on Earth was concerned, there was no way to prove that this number was real. Most people looked at this data with nervous, complex, and even contradictory feelings, their hearts as heavy as if they were weighed down by a stone.

The sky was azure, the white clouds drifted, and the sun shone brightly. There was no sign that in six hours this beautiful world would be turned upside down and transformed into a desperate hell. Most people hoped that the damn prophecy was just a clumsy hoax.

But some people were also faintly looking forward to something, because if that prophecy really happened, then there would undoubtedly be huge opportunities after the disaster. And the investors who funded the construction of the airship were even more thick-skinned. No one liked to see their hard work abandoned in vain, or even lose everything!

After taking a sip of the coffee in front of him, Fang Senyan casually answered the phone:

"Hello, what is it?"

Qin's voice came from the other end:

"There's something I think I need to mention to you."

"What??" Fang Senyan was immediately shocked.

Qin said nonchalantly:

"That Mr. Jackson Krusty you brought seems to have heard something. Then he found out the truth."

Fang Senyan took a deep breath and said:

"And then?"

"Then we confirmed that he left the base an hour ago. It could be said that his departure from the base was full of luck, and it would be difficult for someone else to repeat his departure process," Qin said. "After our verification, he didn't do anything harmful to the base, he just took five first-class tickets, because he was recommended by you, so we didn't pay much attention. But the Professor thinks it's still worth telling you."

Fang Senyan cursed softly and began to count on his fingers:

"Mr. Krusty's ex-wife Kate, daughter Lily, son Noah, and Kate's current husband Gordon, that's four tickets, oh, and Mr. Krusty prepared one for himself."

After receiving this news, Fang Senyan immediately jumped up from his chair, finished his coffee, and began to notify the team members:

"Guys, we have to move out immediately to do something big."

"What?"

"What happened?"

"What went wrong again?"

"……."

Fang Senyan sighed and said:

"We overlooked Mr. Krusty's personal feelings. He doesn't live in this world alone. There are three people he cares about: his ex-wife and a pair of children. So, after learning about the end of the world, for the sake of great love, and of course fatherly love, Mr. Krusty chose to leave to meet them."

"That's insane. How long has he been gone?"

"An hour."

"That's a blessing in disguise. We have to get him to safety before the other contractors find him," Reef said.

"That's what I mean. Meet at the base exit in two minutes," Fang Senyan said.

"Wait," Sanzi said, "Is it possible that the other contractors have already controlled Mr. Krusty's family, using them to threaten him and set a trap?"

"That's unlikely," Reef said. "Krusty is an ordinary protagonist. Apart from his lucky halo, he's just an ordinary person, so the Space must protect him. Unless he goes to find his family himself, any contractors who try to find them with malicious intent should only be able to obtain information about them traveling."

*

Two minutes later, at the gate of the base, Fang Senyan and the others unexpectedly met Qin and Stormeye. Qin said very seriously:

"Professor X asked me to accompany you. According to what you said, that Mr. Krusty seems to be very important?"

Fang Senyan nodded and said:

"He should be, because in future history, this gentleman plays a very important role, similar to the role of Washington or Montgomery. Although the future should have been changed in our hands, he is a very important figure anyway, and there can be no accidents."

Qin sighed and said:

"Why didn't you tell us about such an important thing at the time?"

Fang Senyan took a deep look at her and said:

"Do you think it's a good thing to know too much about the future? The prophets in human history were all tortured when they died!"

Qin felt a chill in her heart from Fang Senyan's look, and after a while, she said:

"If that's the case, then we'll go with you. Professor X is in charge here, so there shouldn't be any major problems. That's what he meant too."

Fang Senyan was about to refuse, but he thought of Qin's superpowers and nodded in agreement.

*

Mr. Krusty was obviously planning to go to Manhattan Beach, California, to pick up his children and get them on the airship. Now that they knew the target and the time of departure, it was not too difficult for the base organization, which was now exceptionally powerful, to find out everything.

Soon, first-hand information was passed over. Sixteen minutes ago, Mr. Krusty appeared at LaGuardia Airport and tried to bribe a pilot with a gold Rolex watch to fly him to Manhattan Beach. The pilot refused, but not because the pilot was principled, but because he thought the watch was fake...

Fang Senyan and the others immediately took a helicopter and rushed over. After landing at LaGuardia Airport, as soon as they got off the plane, Ramtas suddenly twitched his nose a few times and said to Fang Senyan:

"Master, there's a fresh bloody smell."

Just as they feared! Fang Senyan immediately asked Ramtas to lead the way and rushed over. They immediately found a dead person in a hangar that had been rented out. This guy was obviously a plane pilot. He died by being stabbed through the heart, so blood spurted everywhere, splashing on the walls in a very tragic manner.

"The diameter of the wound is less than one centimeter, and the incision is very smooth. It's obviously not caused by a bullet. The murder weapon should be a medieval European rapier, or something slender and sharp," Fang Senyan made a judgment after pressing on the wound.

"According to the degree of blood coagulation, the murderer hasn't been gone for more than ten minutes. And in this world, there shouldn't be many ordinary people who can use this weapon. It looks like the worst has happened. Mr. Krusty has been targeted by the contractors."

As if to confirm the correctness of Fang Senyan's judgment, gunshots and screams suddenly came from the airport office building not far away. The group immediately rushed over quickly and saw the airport guards firing frantically, but they didn't know what they were shooting at.

But suddenly, a guard crashed through the window and flew straight out. His body was strangely almost folded in half! Simply put, the back of his head touched his heels, and he was twisted like a pretzel. He twitched a few times on the ground and then became stiff and motionless.

Immediately afterwards, the building seemed to shake, and then seven or eight more people were thrown out one after another. In this situation, the guards were greatly demoralized and retreated far away, not daring to approach.

Faced with this situation, Fang Senyan accelerated his feet and rushed straight over, only putting his arms in front of his body as a symbolic protective action! Then he jumped and crashed through the window on the first floor, successfully breaking in. The anti-theft bars installed on the first-floor window were like dried branches to him, with no ability to stop him!

After rolling and landing, Fang Senyan saw several dead people, all of whom had died from their bodies being twisted into pretzels. This kind of death would naturally directly cause blood to be squeezed out like a squeezed towel, but the blood left at the scene was far less than it should have been.

As soon as he rushed to the second floor of the office building, he felt the building vibrate violently again. He looked up and saw a thick, heavy leg the size of a washbasin collapsing and leaking from the ceiling on the third floor. It seemed that the foot had actually shattered the concrete floor of the third floor, which was nearly half a meter thick, directly penetrating it.

By the time Fang Senyan ran to the ceiling where the hole appeared, the giant foot had already been retracted. Gravel rustled down. From the hole, he could see that a sturdy anti-theft door seemed to have been impacted by some terrifying force. The heavy steel door directly "banged" and flew out. The door was twisted and deformed like a ball of waste paper, and from the screams, he could hear that it had also injured several airport employees hiding behind the door.

"Interesting," Fang Senyan's mouth revealed a cold smile: "Someone actually came to snatch food from the tiger's mouth??"

He took a running start, then grabbed the edge of the hole on the third floor and nimbly flipped up. He immediately saw a huge, gray-white back. The skin was thick and had layers of wrinkles, giving people a feeling of oppression, just like the first time he saw the Tyrant in Resident Evil.

It occasionally turned its head, revealing a long, bloody fang, which was very terrifying. Then, as if it had heard something, it swayed and walked towards the upper floor! How could Fang Senyan let this guy go? He immediately exerted his strength and rushed forward.

But suddenly, there was a loud chirping sound in the air! The doors on the left and right of the adjacent room actually jumped out of two calf-sized black shadows and attacked Fang Senyan!

Fang Senyan moved his body to the side, dodging the pounce of one black shadow, and at the same time, he slammed his elbow fiercely from top to bottom on the head of the other black shadow, smashing it with a miserable "squeak" as it rolled, struggled, and flew out.

At this time, Fang Senyan could see clearly that these two black shadows were actually two amazingly large gray-white rats!