Chapter 1284: The Greatest Disaster in American History
The explosion destroyed the New York Stock Exchange in an instant, 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 tall buildings standing in between, 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 surrounding buildings. Whether it was a large bank, securities company, stock exchange or insurance company, they all turned into ruins in an instant.
"Boom!"
The shock wave was still spreading outward.
The glass of the buildings within a radius of a kilometer shattered and shook violently, just like the end of the world. The originally beautiful buildings were instantly left with only frames, just like a pheasant that had lost its feathers and became riddled with holes.
"Boom!"
Almost all the buildings within a radius of several thousand meters were affected, and few pieces of glass were intact.
After hearing a loud noise that shook the earth, people in the distance saw a red mushroom cloud rising from Manhattan Island, rolling up into 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 scruples. He used his Qinggong skills and stepped on the roofs of cars on the street to fly forward at the fastest speed. He had just run two or three hundred meters when the explosion shock wave behind him caught up.
"Boom!"
The flames rolled towards Jiang Hao and swallowed him in an instant. At this time, his body protection golden light was turned to the maximum. The huge shock wave blew Jiang Hao directly into the air and was pushed out like a cannonball.
"Puff!"
The body was subjected to a violent shock wave, making Jiang Hao feel like he was about to be torn apart. His internal organs were injured. Jiang Hao spit out a mouthful of blood, flew out dozens of meters away, and hit the wall of a building hard.
"Boom!"
The 100-meter-high building suffered a huge shock wave and collapsed in an instant. It fell down with a rumble. Jiang Hao was buried underneath. Perhaps the peace blessing worked. The collapsed part of the wall where he was located just formed an angle, giving Jiang Hao a place to stay.
Jiang Hao had encountered this situation before, but he was not too panicked. He immediately took out an oxygen bottle and then took out an intermediate healing talisman and slapped it on his body.
When he calmed down, Jiang Hao was relieved. As long as he avoided the first wave of explosions, surviving later would not be a problem.
At this moment, he was still in shock. The Iron Blood Warrior was really cruel. He would self-destruct at any time. Now the whole Wall Street was probably finished.
This explosion could be said to be the most serious crisis Jiang Hao had encountered since he started the mission. The Iron Blood Warrior's self-destruction bomb was as powerful as a super-small nuclear bomb, but even a super-small nuclear bomb was amazingly powerful.
Without thinking too much, Jiang Hao quickly practiced and recovered his body as soon as possible. He was buried in the ruins. Although he would not die for a while, he could guess that the whole Manhattan was probably in a mess now, and it was probably unrealistic to wait for the police to rescue him.
It is said that after 9/11, it took more than a year to clean up the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. That was just two buildings. If there were dozens of buildings, how much time would it take? It would take several years. Jiang Hao didn't want to wait for several years in this dark place.
He sat cross-legged, breathing, using talismans, and circulating spiritual power.
It was dark in the ruins. I don't know how long it took. Jiang Hao woke up and felt that his injuries had completely healed. The saying that the body is the capital of the revolution is absolutely correct.
The next step is how to save himself.
Go up?
A hundred-meter-high building, there is no idea how much ruins are piled up on the top, and the structure is unstable. If he digs it himself, it is very likely to destroy the structure and cause a secondary collapse, so he decided to go down.
There is a dense sewer system underground in New York City, and it is more than ten meters away from the ground. It is very solid. I believe that the explosion cannot completely destroy the sewer. As long as the sewer is found, you can escape as soon as possible.
Jiang Hao did not dig blindly, but closed his eyes and found a comprehensive map of New York in his mind. At this moment, it was as if there was a holographic map in his mind. Jiang Hao began to calculate.
He had just escaped from the New York Stock Exchange, which is located at 18 Broadway Street, on the south side of the corner of Wall Street. He had just run towards the South Office, ran about 200 meters, and was pushed out 40 to 50 meters by the shock wave. So he should have hit the east wall of the Merrill Lynch Insurance Building.
The structural diagram of the Merrill Lynch Building and the 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 to his east.
Jiang Hao immediately made up his mind and took that sewer as the first target.
Start work!
Dig a hole.
Jiang Hao was digging a hole to save himself, but he didn't know that the world outside had turned upside down. The 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 military had activated the highest level of defense.
There were various speculations, and many people thought that the Soviet Union had declared war on the United States.
As time went by, people finally figured out that it was not the Soviet Union that had declared war, but a violent explosion at the New York Stock Exchange, which was as powerful as a super-small nuclear bomb, and Wall Street was engulfed. The world was shocked when the news came out.
Wall Street is the financial center of the United States and the world. It can be said that it affects the economic nerves of the whole world. The previous stock market crash has caused the entire world stock market to plummet.
Japan's Nikkei index fell 620 points, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 420 points, Brazil and Mexico's stock markets plummeted by more than 20%, and France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Singapore's stock markets all fell by more than 10%.
Now hearing that Wall Street was bombed, it immediately caused greater panic, and the stock futures market fell in a diving manner. This stock market crash is darker than the stock market crash in history, and can even be described as a collapse.
Major media around the world reported it one after another.
Reuters, "Now we have received news that the center of the explosion is the New York Stock Exchange. The explosion is as powerful as a small nuclear bomb. Wall Street in the United States has been almost razed to the ground. All buildings within 200 meters of the New York Stock Exchange center have collapsed, and buildings within a kilometer have been completely damaged. Buildings within a range of 5 kilometers are basically unable to work normally. The real cause of the explosion is still under investigation."
French News Agency: "The explosion site is the most prosperous Wall Street in New York, and the time is the busiest noon. So far, it is known that more than 20 buildings have collapsed, more than 100 buildings have been damaged, and the number of casualties is expected to exceed 100,000. This is the largest disaster in the United States since its founding, and it is also a disaster for all mankind."
TASS reported: "New York, USA The nuclear bomb attack has occurred. The cause of this disaster has not been found yet. We will continue to pay attention to it. "
German News Agency, "Affected by the explosion on Wall Street, it is expected that the global economy will be severely impacted in the future, with huge losses. The United States will lose more than trillions of dollars. The stock market crash sweeping the world is inevitable."
The Associated Press reported to the outside world, "The United States has launched a full state of emergency. Affected by the explosion, the stock market will be temporarily closed. When it will be opened depends on the development of the situation. President Reagan has rushed to New York, and the New York State National Guard has been dispatched to participate in the rescue."
The headlines of other media are all about the news of the New York explosion. Of course, the reports of these media are not as formal as the official ones, and some alternative news also appeared during the period.
Before the explosion, Jiang Hao and the Iron Blood Warriors fought in the trading hall. Many people saw it, and many people ran away. A few people escaped far away and survived the explosion. They revealed some of the situation at that time to the outside world.
"The truth behind the explosion at the New York Stock Exchange: aliens attack the Earth!"
"Witnesses saw several fully armed monsters falling from the sky, suspected to be aliens."
"Who stopped the aliens in the battle at the New York trading hall?"
All kinds of news were flying around, and it was hard to tell the truth from the false.
The FBI and the police quickly went out to find these witnesses and took them for detailed questioning. They soon learned a lot of information. When those people described an Asian fighting those aliens, Pullman was stunned for a moment and quickly took out Jiang Hao's photo to show those witnesses.
"Do you recognize this person?" Pullman asked.
"Ah, it's him, this Asian. After those monsters appeared, it was this person who rushed up to fight with them. The fight was very fierce, and then we ran away." A young man wearing glasses said.
Several other people also recognized Jiang Hao and said it was this person.
Pullman took out the portrait of Tiexue again. This was drawn by Jiang Hao before, with the purpose of letting people know about Tiexue. This time it came in handy. After seeing the portrait of Tiexue, those people pointed at the portrait and shouted that it was this kind of monster.
Pullman knew that the real reason had been found this time, aliens, or should we say the Iron Warriors in Jiang Hao's mouth.
Pullman immediately reported to President Reagan. President Reagan had received the FBI's report on the Iron Warriors before, so he naturally knew of their existence. He frowned and said, "I didn't expect that this disaster was caused by aliens. What are they going to do? Are they going to invade the earth in an all-out way?"
"I don't know. No one knows what they are thinking. In this world, the one who knows them best is Jon Jiang." Pullman said.
"Where is Jon Jiang?" Reagan asked.
Pullman shook his head helplessly, "Those people saw Jiang Hao fighting those alien monsters at the time, and there was an explosion. I'm afraid he was also killed by the explosion."
President Reagan frowned and pondered, muttering, "How should I tell the outside world now? This is a question that needs to be thought through."
The explosion on Wall Street is such a big thing that the whole world is paying attention to it. The loss of the United States is already doomed, but a reasonable explanation must be given. It can't be said that it was done by robbers. This is absolutely unexplainable.
Should we announce the existence of aliens to the outside world? But once such news is announced, it may cause greater panic among the people. I don't know what the world will become?
After thinking for a while, Reagan ordered, "Immediately convene the Speaker of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of State, the Director of the FBI, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for an emergency meeting."