Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 132

Chapter 132: Chapter 132: Ashes to Ashes

The eruption also triggered massive mudslides, which surged down the valleys for over a hundred kilometers, engulfing all the villages and towns in their path.

Even more terrifying than the mudslides and lava were the pyroclastic flows generated by the eruption. Composed of superheated gas, rock fragments, and volcanic ash, they descended from the sky like an avalanche at speeds of at least one hundred kilometers per hour.

The flows had no open flames, but their temperature was terrifying, capable of reaching over 600 degrees Celsius. The people who had refused to evacuate, convinced the volcano would not erupt, were now buried under tons of volcanic ash. It was impossible to know if they had choked, suffocated, or been burned to death first.

Beneath the blanket of pyroclastic debris, all life was equal. The flowers, grass, and trees that had barely survived the long drought and scorching heat, along with every bird and beast, were all annihilated. Not a single living thing had the chance to escape.

The news updated nonstop, pushing real-time disaster reports. The government was desperately trying to stabilize the situation and reassure the evacuated residents.

The eruption of Skyfire Volcano affected dozens of surrounding towns and villages, impacting a total of over one million people.

On camera, the faces of those who had evacuated their homes were dazed and hopeless as they witnessed the cataclysmic eruption.

The year-long drought had already exhausted everyone’s spirits. To think that now they had to face such a devastating catastrophe.

Many couldn’t bear it any longer, collapsing to the ground and sobbing uncontrollably.

A thousand years ago, massive volcanic eruptions could destroy multiple ancient civilizations overnight. Today, a millennium later, despite countless technological advancements, humanity remains just as insignificant in the face of nature’s wrath.

This was the second time in her two lifetimes that Melody Summers had experienced this, and seeing these scenes, she still felt a sense of bewilderment.

The eruption of Celestial Volcano felt like the beginning of a nightmare. It was followed by a chain of major eruptions from five of the country’s largest volcanoes:

3:00 AM on the 6th, Gryphon Volcano erupted! The Five Calderas erupted!

4:00 AM on the 6th, Mount Mirovia erupted!

7:00 AM on the 6th, Vipera Volcano erupted!

12:00 PM on the 6th, Northryde Volcano erupted!

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In less than a week, hundreds of volcanoes erupted across the globe, many of them on the scale of a once-in-a-millennium super-eruption.

Billions of tons of volcanic ash produced by the eruptions gradually filled the atmosphere, blanketing the entire planet in a layer of gray clouds.

Sunlight could not penetrate the layer of ash, and the entire globe slowly sank into twilight. Solar radiation decreased, and the year of scorching, unrelenting sun officially came to an end.

*

Though darkness shrouded the world outside, the Sutton Villa was still brightly lit. But the family’s once-peaceful atmosphere had been utterly shattered over the past few days.

"My son... My son... How could he be gone just like that!" Mrs. Sutton sobbed, leaning on Ethan Sutton’s shoulder. "How am I supposed to go on living!"

Elias Sutton had planned on returning to the country a while ago. But he had just gotten his hands on a new stash and was afraid he wouldn’t have a chance to do drugs once he was back home. So, he postponed his flight, determined to get his fill before he left.

During that time, Mr. and Mrs. Sutton called him countless times, urging him to return at once, but he brushed them off every time.

Elias Sutton thought his family was making a mountain out of a molehill. He had seen plenty of volcanic eruptions abroad and often went to eruption sites to take photos.

That viscous lava flowed so slowly, even an eighty-year-old could get out of the way in time.

Mr. and Mrs. Sutton even had one of Elias’s friends call to persuade him to come home immediately, but Elias still paid it no mind.

On the contrary, he shamelessly bragged to his friends back home that life there couldn’t compare to the thrill of his life abroad. If his parents weren’t constantly nagging him, he said he’d rather die overseas than go back.

So he fooled around in the villa with a few girls from the red-light district. The group of them got so high they couldn’t feel a thing. The hallucinogens made them lose all track of day and night, unable to tell if they were in heaven or on earth.

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