Chapter 91: Global Nuclear Explosion 3
Run!
That was the only thought left in Chu Yian’s mind.
She sprinted wildly towards the front of the Subway Tunnel, sweat pouring down her back.
She checked her phone: 20:54.
Only 6 minutes remained until the global nuclear detonation!
At this moment, all communication signals worldwide were interrupted.
People at the subway stations were being evacuated to the surface, while those on the roads were stranded.
Everyone was still complaining about the inconvenience caused by communication companies due to the sudden signal blackout.
Meanwhile, those near the launch sites had already witnessed a multitude of rockets ascending simultaneously 20 minutes earlier.
They roared into the sky, leaving bright trails of flame…
Inside the Subway Tunnel.
Chu Yian stopped.
She looked around, front and back, in the pitch-black tunnel, then took out her treasure box.
It was 20:57.
She took out all the supplies stored inside the treasure box, and in the last two minutes, she crawled inside herself.
Waiting, torment, fear.
These last two minutes felt both very short and incredibly long.
Bang—
A super explosion, unlike anything she had ever heard, erupted.
Chu Yian quickly placed her hands behind her head and opened her mouth.
She had learned this online a few hours ago, to prevent her ears and lungs from rupturing due to the immense power of a nuclear explosion.
But even so, she could still feel the intense pressure on her ears and internal organs.
Even at a depth of ten meters underground, the subway station shook violently.
Thumping sounds echoed around her; it was debris, shattered by the explosion, falling sparsely.
At this very moment, in the City Center of X City, a fireball approximately 1.6 kilometers in diameter swept through and devoured everything.
The temperature inside the fireball reached over 5 million degrees Celsius, instantly incinerating anyone it touched.
The explosive fireball was like the interior of the sun; everything within it was cremated.
The screams in the City Center vanished instantly.
And what about the people outside the fireball’s range?
People trapped on the highway tried to hide inside their cars, but the explosive pressure generated by the fireball’s periphery hurled various objects at them.
The high-rise buildings in the city instantly toppled, collapsed, and disintegrated.
Impacts from heavy objects caused fractures, and even worse, shattered metal fragments and glass instantly stripped the skin off an adult man.
“Ah—!”
Heart-wrenching screams erupted, and everyone fled on the highway, desperately trying to avoid the flying objects.
This was just the beginning.
The next wave of heat was coming!
The heat generated by a nuclear explosion was enough to cause varying degrees of burns to people within seven to eight kilometers.
And what about people further away, ten to twenty kilometers out?
Even if they were outside the range of the explosion and high temperature, looking directly at the blast could instantly blind them with its intense light.
The light produced by a nuclear bomb explosion was simply too strong; it could cause the retina to stop functioning.
Although the blindness would only last a few minutes, X City was not hit by just one nuclear bomb.
The Dead Hand system was officially activated, and explosions followed one after another, forming mushroom clouds.
There were no structures left standing, only scattered rubble.
Explosion, chaos, death, destruction—this was hell.
Millions perished directly in the explosions!
Escape!
The survivors began to look for places to flee, but not everyone could find a place to escape.
Many died during their escape for various reasons, while the lucky ones began to search for hiding spots in subway stations, air-raid shelters, basements, underground parking garages, and various surviving buildings.
The explosions continued for a full half-hour!
Chu Yian waited until the ground stopped trembling and shaking, and the terrifying whistling of shells overhead ceased, before she tremblingly crawled out of the treasure box.
This section of the tunnel still held only her.
A lot of debris, shaken loose by the explosion, had fallen around her, burying some of her supplies.
But this was already good; if the debris had fallen directly onto the treasure box, it would have buried her alive.
Chu Yian turned on her flashlight and began to pick up the supplies on the ground.
Water, food, medicine, tools…
Just as she was trying to salvage things buried in the dirt, people on the surface were about to face the next round of attacks after the nuclear explosion.
Radioactive fallout generated by surface explosions, also known as radioactive dust, had already been launched into the air, forming massive black clouds.
These deadly radioactive dust clouds were drifting towards population centers…
Mineral water: She recovered two and a half boxes, totaling 58 bottles.
Food: The iron barrel containing compressed biscuits had been flattened.
Chu Yian only salvaged 8 compressed biscuits, 6 cans of meat, a bag of white sugar, and a bag of edible salt.
Her thick clothes and three gas masks were all fine, which made her greatly relieved.
Two flashlights and a radio were also intact, along with five pairs of universal AA batteries.
Besides these, there was medicine!
3 boxes of Tremella Polysaccharide Capsules (36 pills total), 2 boxes of Potassium Iodide Tablets (24 pills total), 1 box of Aluminum Phosphate Gel (10 sachets total), 1 bag of Compound Soy Protein Powder (5kg), and 2 boxes of Vitamin Tablets (24 tablets total).
Chu Yian’s life was saved, but she had lost quite a few things.
However, compared to those outside who had already lost their lives or were still struggling on the surface, her current situation was already very good.
One hour after the global nuclear detonation.
The nuclear strikes were still ongoing!
All major nuclear-armed nations began to deploy their remaining operational fighter jets and submerged nuclear submarines, continuing to attack cities that had survived the initial war!
Nations that had lost their capitals, governments, and large territories had turned into rabid dogs.
Given the choice between their military bases being hit by nuclear bombs or launching their remaining nuclear bombs to perish together, all major powers chose the latter!
Death was everywhere.
Tens of thousands of square kilometers of once-standing cities and military bases were burning.
Charred remains were everywhere, and the air was filled with the smell of death and destruction—an unprecedented scent of despair.
Chu Yian took a sip of water and sat down where she was.
She took out the small notebook she had used at the internet cafe, which contained methods for survival after a nuclear explosion.
Escaping the explosion did not mean safety.
If the outside radioactive dust was inhaled or landed on the skin, it could cause illness or even death.
The radiation levels on the ground would only gradually decrease 48 hours after the nuclear explosion; 72 hours after the nuclear explosion, the fallout would lose 90% of its radioactivity.
So, she had to stay underground for at least 72 hours.
Chu Yian hadn’t been idle during this time; she began to tune the radio.
However, the nuclear explosion had caused air ionization, and a large electromagnetic pulse rendered all equipment, including the radio, inoperable.
She tried tuning it for a long time, but it had no effect.
She finally gave up trying to find information at that moment and turned to look at her treasure box—she still hadn’t opened the first blind box from entering the game.
