At this heart-stopping moment, accompanied by a deafening roar, rolling thick smoke rose into the air like a black dragon. It spread rapidly, instantly shrouding the entire sky and turning the previously bright day into sudden, pitch-black darkness.
At the same time, scorching lava, like floodwaters bursting through a dam, surged out from the crater and flowed slowly down the hillside.
Everywhere the fiery red magma passed, everything was ruthlessly swallowed and incinerated; neither lush trees nor hard rocks could halt its advance. Looking from afar, it was as if the earth had been torn open, revealing a massive wound from which blood-like lava continuously poured out—a scene both spectacular and terrifying.
The evacuating crowds at the foot of the mountain noticed the deafening commotion.
They turned their heads to look, and at a single glance, they were instantly terrified, their hair standing on end.
That earth-swallowing, sky-consuming scene could be seen clearly even from several miles away.
At this, the complaints they had originally held in their hearts vanished completely.
If they hadn't evacuated, they really would have been buried by the volcanic eruption.
"Stop looking!"
"We haven't fully escaped yet! If we don't hurry and leave, we'll still end up taking a bath in the lava."
"Everyone, continue to leave in an orderly fashion."
At the reminder from the security personnel, everyone came back to their senses and continued the evacuation.
However, compared to their previous speed, it was significantly slower.
Because this time, they knew that if they didn't leave quickly, they would die a miserable death.
And so, the scene of people crowding together appeared.
"Who stepped on me!"
"Don't push, don't push, those behind, slow down!"
"If we don't push, are we just waiting to die? Move faster, or don't blame me for what happens."
"Those in front, hurry up and move! I don't want to die, I'm still young!"
At this moment, the previously orderly line began to fall apart.
This volcanic eruption was completely different from previous ones; this was clearly just a small volcano, but the scale was unexpectedly large.
Most people wanted to leave quickly, causing some who were originally moving slowly to be knocked down one after another.
"Everyone, evacuate in an orderly manner."
"Don't crowd over there; that will only make things slower."
"That person, stop! Don't shove, follow along in an orderly way and don't panic."
Beads of sweat broke out on the foreheads of those leading the team, and their originally calm expressions showed some anxiety.
The current situation was not optimistic at all; the incident happened too suddenly, and no one had expected it.
Although they had started organizing the evacuation in advance, the progress was not ideal.
At first, no one expected that the volcano would actually erupt suddenly without any warning.
One can only hope they make it in time.
...
...
The moment the volcano erupted, Yang Ge, who was closest, felt it clearly.
The people in the live stream were also stunned at this moment.
(Th-th-this... the volcano actually erupted!)
(How is this possible? Why did it suddenly erupt when everything was fine!)
(The Streamer's previous prediction actually came true!)
(Damn it! Run, Yang Ge!)
(It's over! At this distance, the Streamer won't be able to escape even with wings!)
(It's all that so-called expert's fault! How could they not warn us earlier about something so dangerous!)
(Are you brainless fans sick or something?)
(They clearly warned with good intentions, but you didn't listen. And you even encouraged the Streamer to keep going.)
(I really can't watch this anymore. These people are just mindlessly stirring up trouble, and now they're shifting the blame onto others!)
...
The argument in the chat was very intense, but it was one-sided.
Everything had now been confirmed, but it was at the cost of lives.
This scene was naturally seen by the two women who had returned to the live stream.
Since the volcano had erupted, they were naturally drawn to it.
However...
"This guy! He's courting death himself and still wants to blame us? Once you're gone, I won't be satisfied unless I go step on your grave."
Lin Siyu was so angry her cheeks flushed red; she had only come back to check out of kindness.
As a result, the moment she entered the live stream, she was shocked by these brainless comments.
Meng Xi, who was beside her, wasn't doing much better, her eyes filled with coldness.
But she noticed a detail in the live stream footage.
"Siyu, look, is there a black shadow here?"
Meng Xi pointed out that there seemed to be a shadow within the pitch-black smoke on the live stream screen.
"It's true! Could it be..."
"Pokémon!" × 2
At this moment, both of them saw the shock in each other's eyes.
Could a Pokémon be living inside the volcano?
...
"Damn it, damn it!"
Yang Ge's face was twisted, his mind almost entirely consumed by rage.
He noticed that those two women were in the live stream.
"Hurry and think of a way! This is all your fault! If I die, you won't be able to escape responsibility!"
At this moment, he still wouldn't give up, fleeing rapidly while recklessly slandering the two.
The temperature behind him became increasingly terrifying as time passed; his death was only a matter of time.
But his luck was surprisingly good; at such a distance, he hadn't been buried immediately at the moment of the eruption.
Because the slope wasn't steep, the lava flow was slow, and it shouldn't be able to swallow him in the short term.
"Screee!"
At this critical moment of life and death, a bird's cry suddenly rang out across the world.
Yang Ge didn't stop running, but he couldn't help but look back.
This sound was completely unlike the Growl of an ordinary large bird, and it couldn't help but instill fear in his heart.
With his dark eyes, he could only see what appeared to be the shadow of a giant bird in the obscured sky.
But the next second, he suddenly had an illusion.
It seemed as if the giant bird's shadow had noticed him.
The panic and fear in his heart made him dare not look back easily.
He just wanted to run away quickly now; he just wanted to survive.
However... at this instant, he stopped running.
He stood there dumbfounded, his eyes wide open, his face filled with unprecedented panic.
"Screee!"
Because before him was a large bird with its body burning in raging flames.
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