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Chapter 62: The Second Team

作者: DadieT
last update 公開日: 2026-07-02 19:30:42

The vibration beneath the earth lasted only a second.

Then...

Nothing.

The six security men stood motionless, their eyes fixed on the patch of soaked ground.

Rainwater continued flowing gently across the grass as though nothing had happened.

Moses slowly raised a clenched fist.

No one spoke.

One of the younger guards whispered,

"Was it an earthquake?"

Moses shook his head.

"No."

He crouched again, pressing both palms against the wet soil.

Earthquakes didn't stop that abruptly.

This...

Had rhyth
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