Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies
Chapter 456 - 452: New Natural Disaster: Magnetic Pole Reversal!

Chapter 456: Chapter 452: New Natural Disaster: Magnetic Pole Reversal!

Jiang Yan raised an eyebrow and glanced at Hua Bao in the distance. "The innocent man bears guilt for his treasures?"

"Exactly." Mo Jingsheng finished his sentence, then solemnly looked at her and said,

"But don’t worry, I will keep your secret and won’t let the authorities or anyone else harm you."

As Mo Jingsheng said this, Jiang Yan unexpectedly felt a strange sensation rise within her.

Previously, after she gave Kong Wu some Spiritual Spring Water, he had a similar vibe whenever he spoke to her afterward.

She had the ability to discern the truth in Mo Jingsheng’s words!

Not just Mo Jingsheng. She could assess the honesty of anyone who had drunk the Spiritual Spring Water.

However, the more they drank, the more obvious their behavior became.

Besides detecting truth from lies, those who drank the Spiritual Spring Water seemed to align their thoughts more closely with her.

Similarly, the more they drank, the more pronounced this tendency became.

Ever since Kong Wu recovered, he had practically been pouring his heart out to Jiang Yan day and night.

Yet, Jiang Yan didn’t particularly like this feeling.

After all, everyone is an independent and free individual. She preferred not to rely on this unless absolutely necessary.

Seeing her silent, Mo Jingsheng grew a bit concerned. "What’s wrong, Jiang Yan?"

"Nothing. Thank you." Jiang Yan withdrew from her thoughts and smiled faintly.

Li Haoyang’s voice came from the side. "The sharks are gone! Those eight-legged insects and unknown aggressive creatures have also vanished!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan and Mo Jingsheng instinctively turned around.

From an ordinary person’s perspective, the distant waters, once teeming with dorsal fins, were now deathly calm.

No sharks were in sight. No other aggressive creatures, either.

However, the water’s surface was littered with the floating corpses of eight-legged insects.

Zhang Yongliang exclaimed in amazement, "An ant shakes the tree! Who would’ve thought these insects are truly the nemesis of sharks!"

"This discovery could be a monumental breakthrough for the biological sciences. If verified, it could have won a Nobel Prize before the apocalypse," another elderly professor said with lingering fear.

Everyone let out a sigh of relief.

But from Jiang Yan’s perspective, Hua Bao, now "full and satisfied," was already swimming back with the current.

She had no idea how Hua Bao had managed it; those creatures, stripped of blood and flesh, left not a single trace of gore.

Hua Bao extended its vine and hooked it around the boat’s rope, shrinking its body in a few swift moves before leaping onto Jiang Yan’s shoulder. "Mom, I threw the shark skeletons into the seabed as you instructed."

"Also, I detonated the remaining hidden bombs and those ugly insects with nano-bombs in their bodies."

"Well done, Hua Bao!" Jiang Yan praised telepathically.

Mo Jingsheng cast a glance at Jiang Yan. Seeing her relaxed brows and faint smile, he secretly exhaled in relief as well.

At this moment, nearly an hour had passed.

Though the aggressive creatures were now gone, the water was still murky from the explosion, reducing visibility to almost zero.

Li Haoyang approached and asked, "Captain, Doctor, it’s three hours until nightfall. Do we proceed with the operation?"

Song Haitao furrowed his brows deeply and looked at Mo Jingsheng. "What’s your take?"

Each day of delay added another layer of unpredictability.

However, continuing the operation now also entailed considerable risk.

Mo Jingsheng gazed into the distance, contemplated for a moment, and then made up his mind. "Delay for one day."

That night, everyone involved in the operation carried a heavy heart.

That such a desolate place could harbor such immense danger was something no one had foreseen.

Before bedtime, a few special operations divers scouting the area returned.

"A deep pit has been blasted out in front of the warehouse door. We’ve found fragments of ID tags belonging to official warriors. The warehouse’s metal door has sustained minor cracks, but the interior seems unaffected."

"However, this also means neither side has any personnel left. These explosives were pre-planted by the enemy as they retreated."

"Only skeletal remains of the mutated sharks are left, and the seabed is scattered with eight-legged insect carcasses..."

"The grooves around the warehouse door intended to connect with the pumping module have been deliberately damaged."

"..."

Once the report was delivered, Mo Jingsheng gathered Song Haitao and the others to develop a new plan overnight.

Jiang Yan did not participate.

She returned to her room early and entered the Space with Hua Bao.

During this period, the room had been very safe, and with Ye Qing and Song Qian taking turns to stand guard, she had no need to leave Hua Bao outside "on watch."

The next day, as dawn broke, Jiang Yan woke up.

After finishing breakfast in the Space, she stepped outside, drew the curtains as usual, and glanced at the scenery outside. Jiang Yan’s pupils suddenly contracted:

"What!"

Outside, the once glimmering waves were nowhere to be seen. In their place was a stretch of black mud, scattered with mutated creatures and debris entrenched in the muck.

Crabs, variously sized fish, sea snakes, and half-submerged eels...

Some opened and closed their gaping mouths, struggling at the brink of death. Some were already dead, their bodies blackened like charred coal.

A faint mist hung in the air, rapidly evaporating.

Jiang Yan thought she was hallucinating. She rubbed her eyes and looked again—still the same sight.

Hua Bao was equally startled. "Oh gosh! Mom, where’s the seawater? Where’s the seawater??!!"

Hurriedly, Jiang Yan opened the door and knocked on her neighbors’ doors.

"Captain?"

"Dr. Song?"

Mo Jingsheng’s and Song Haitao’s rooms were tightly shut, with no response.

Outside, the sound of hurried footsteps occasionally echoed.

"Jiang Yan, you’re awake?" Hearing her voice, Ye Qing walked in with his usual composure.

He carried a serving of space fruit paste, compressed rations, and a freshly brewed cup of instant coffee. "I brought you breakfast."

"Thank you." Jiang Yan reached for the coffee, and seeing his calm demeanor, some of her anxiety began to dissipate. "What’s happened out there?"

"How could everything outside be—" Jiang Yan struggled to find the words.

If it weren’t for the half-shark skeleton visible in the muddy distance, she might have thought the entire fleet had been transported via Qiankun Great Relocation in her sleep.

No, even the Qiankun Great Relocation from novels wasn’t this bizarre...

"Dr. Song and Mo Jingsheng are already handling it." Ye Qing handed her a compressed ration bar. "Eat something first, and I’ll explain."

Jiang Yan had already eaten in the Space, but still reached out, tearing open the packet and taking a small bite.

"There’s been a magnetic pole reversal on the planet."

Jiang Yan was so shocked that she almost spat out the cracker she had just bitten into. "Magnetic pole reversal?!"

"Yes. Typically, it only happens every 42,000 years, but this one occurred suddenly. To be precise, it started around six in the morning. It was too early, and you were quite exhausted yesterday, so Mo Jingsheng and the others didn’t wake you." Ye Qing explained while offering a compass to Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan hesitated for a moment.

On the dial, the needle, which originally pointed to the Southern Pole, now pointed to the North Pole instead.

Jiang Yan instantly understood. "So, the sudden disappearance of seawater is because of this?"

"Exactly." Ye Qing unscrewed the cap of the space fruit paste and handed it to her. "Fortunately, it wasn’t instantaneous. The ships hadn’t been affected much."

"I can’t eat anymore." Jiang Yan pushed the paste away. "Then won’t reaching the warehouse now be a piece of cake?"

Previously, they had required diving and pumping modules, but now, they could just walk over.

The distance between the ships and the warehouse wasn’t far. With the equipment and construction materials on board, building a makeshift safe path wouldn’t pose an issue.

"It’s somewhat easier than before, but the pole reversal has caused ultraviolet radiation to intensify dozens of times. Today’s temperature has also shot up to over 30 degrees. Our operations must be postponed until evening."

"With the pole reversal, the days are likely to shorten while nights grow longer. This should leave us with more time overall."

Ye Qing paused briefly. "One more thing—this magnetic reversal seems to have originated from the Catastrophe Simulation Laboratory. Its duration remains unknown. Dr. Song and the others are currently in the conference room estimating potential scenarios and corresponding strategies."

Jiang Yan blinked in surprise. "So, you’re saying if the poles reverse again, the vanished seawater might return?"

"Yes. And if it comes back, it likely won’t be as gentle as when it disappeared. We may face tsunamis or other secondary disasters."

Jiang Yan: "..."

She picked up her radio, ready to ask about Mo Jingsheng’s whereabouts, but Ye Qing interjected, "All electronic devices have failed due to the magnetic reversal."

Jiang Yan: "..."

She stood up, gazing out of the window, her brows furrowing deeply.

The fish that had still been gasping when she left the Space earlier had now completely stilled.

Everywhere she looked was desolation, not a hint of vitality.

The black mud continued to harden as water evaporated swiftly.

It seemed that the creatures that had endured the extreme cold were now on the brink of extinction from this new disaster...