Chapter 339

Although he did not know what had caused the explosion.

But one thing he could be certain of: this time, it was all over.

No need to guess; one could imagine that at the very least, quite a few people would die.

As for the economic losses, those were secondary.

Originally, because of the earthquake, the higher-ups had specifically called him to offer praise.

A magnitude 6 earthquake with zero casualties could be called unprecedented.

Taking such an achievement out into the world was definitely a great merit.

But before he could be happy for long, an explosion suddenly occurred; for anyone, their heart would turn cold.

In fact, ten merits could not make up for one major mistake.

The secretary beside him, seeing the mayor sweating profusely and looking tense, was also somewhat panicked and hurriedly comforted him: "Mayor, looking at that direction, it seems to be the military side; perhaps they are conducting exercises."

Upon hearing this, the mayor laughed directly: "Exercises? Have you ever seen anyone use a nuclear bomb for exercises? Aside from a nuclear bomb, I really can't think of anything else that could cause such an explosion!"

The secretary was instantly speechless and unable to respond.

At this moment, Xiang Fangyang also began to walk toward the small town, while simultaneously hearing the sirens of fire trucks, ambulances, police cars, and others intermingling in the distance.

But they all merely stopped at the entrance of the small town and did not go in.

They had all witnessed the explosion just now with their own eyes.

If one looked closely, they would find that the glass on many of the specialized vehicles that had arrived had already been shattered.

Even now, they were still terrified.

If it weren't for their duty, they would absolutely not dare to approach this place.

But even having arrived at the town entrance, they dared not go in further.

On one hand, they were truly afraid.

On the other hand, the inside was already a ruin; even if they rushed in to fight the fire, it wouldn't have much meaning.

Protecting one's own personal safety was the most important thing.

At this moment, twenty minutes had passed since the explosion.

The massive mushroom cloud still stood there, towering into the clouds.

At the same time, Xiang Fangyang, the residents, the military, the rescue teams, and the mayor were all surging toward this massive, brown, sky-piercing pillar.

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Everyone far away in the city center also felt that powerful explosion.

It could be said that everyone in Xihe City could see that massive mushroom cloud.

Having just experienced an earthquake yesterday and another incident today, people were panicked for a time, all thinking another earthquake was coming, and many people ran out of their rooms.

Moments, discussion groups, and local forums had already exploded.

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——【Holy crap! What is this? Resident Evil? Did you guys hear that explosion just now?】

——【Nonsense, even a deaf person could feel such a big commotion. By the way, what is this brownish-red thing? It looks creepy.】

——【Could it be that war is about to start? It looks like a mushroom cloud.】

——【Is it real or fake? This can't be made up. No, I have to go hoard more food; if war starts, I won't be able to buy any.】

——【Forget it, spreading rumors is a crime. It's already been confirmed, okay? It was a fireworks factory explosion over at Xiang Fangyang's side.】

——【Damn, a fireworks factory explosion has such power? Also, why is it related to Xiang Fangyang again? This guy is definitely a jinx.】

——【Ignorant. Such an explosion didn't cause a single casualty. Without Xiang Fangyang, they would all have suffered. Just like yesterday's earthquake, without Xiang Fangyang, whether you and I could be alive here chatting would be a question.】

Over at the small town, the fire trucks waited for a while, and then military vehicles arrived at the scene one by one.

However, when they saw the unrecognizable small town and the scene where no one was left.

Many people's eyes turned red.

There were many of their family members inside.

Especially Battalion Commander Zhang, who was in the lead; his wife and family were all here.

When he saw the fire trucks parked on the side of the road not going in to fight the fire, his anger instantly rushed to his head, and he rushed over directly to start cursing.

"Where are the people! Where are the people! Why aren't you going in to put out the fire! Why aren't you going in to save people?..."

The fire brigade members were left confused.

After the commander got out of the car and tried to explain several times, Battalion Commander Zhang simply couldn't listen.

Many of the accompanying soldiers were losing control of their emotions.

While they were pulling at each other, Xiang Fangyang appeared with the residents.

At this moment, Battalion Commander Zhang froze.

The soldiers behind were also completely dumbfounded.

When they saw their family members, their entire state completely changed, and they all became excited.

If they weren't still executing a mission, they probably would have rushed up to give them a hug.

After Xiang Fangyang arrived, looking at the state of both sides, he also roughly guessed what had happened.

"Rest assured, all the residents have already evacuated in advance; they are all very safe. By the way, it was I who didn't let the fire brigade go in. You saw the explosion just now; going in to fight the fire would be equivalent to suicide."

At this moment, Battalion Commander Zhang saw his family members waving at him, and the embarrassed look on his face reached its peak.

He hurriedly bowed to the commander and shouted loudly: "I'm sorry!"

The soldiers behind him bowed and apologized one after another.

At this moment, the fire brigade commander and the firefighters felt both grateful and moved.

Grateful that Xiang Fangyang had saved their lives.

Also, because Xiang Fangyang's appearance resolved the misunderstanding, they had originally felt very wronged for not going to fight the fire.

Xiang Fangyang's appearance cleared their grievances and also earned them an apology from others.

The commander hurriedly waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, it was all a misunderstanding, I understand, I understand."

Immediately after, Battalion Commander Zhang turned around and bowed to Xiang Fangyang again, shouting loudly: "Thank you!"

Swish~~

Many soldiers behind also bowed and shouted at the same time: "Thank you!"

Xiang Fangyang was so embarrassed that his toes were almost digging out a house.

"No, no! I have responsibility for this matter too; saving people is what should be done."

Although he explained it this way, many younger residents behind suddenly also shouted: "Xiang Fangyang, thank you!"

With the first person, others followed suit one after another.

The sounds of thanks at the scene were incessant, very noisy, but also very sincere.

Just when he was embarrassed and didn't know what to do, a "thump-thump-thump" sound came from the sky.

Two minutes later, Brigade Commander Cui got off the helicopter.

When he had seen the scene of the small town in ruins from high altitude earlier, he couldn't help but gasp.

Such a scene was almost never seen in the modern peaceful era.

At that moment, his heart also skipped a beat, feeling a great sense of foreboding.

But when he saw Xiang Fangyang's side, the mountain in his heart suddenly dissipated, and even a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Judging from the situation at the scene and his understanding of Xiang Fangyang, there shouldn't have been any casualties this time.

As a leader of the military, the safety of his subordinates' families was also within his scope of responsibility.

If there really were major casualties, he wouldn't have an easy time either.

But now, he couldn't wait to approach Xiang Fangyang, completely letting go of his status, and bowed deeply to him.

"Thank you!"

Wow~~

All the soldiers behind echoed again.

At this moment, not only them, but even the residents behind, including everyone in the fire brigade, all bowed and shouted.

"Thank you!"

The mayor, who was in a car in the distance, was dumbfounded after hearing the commotion here.

He hurriedly instructed the driver: "Quick, quick! Hurry over and see what happened."

As a result, after making a turn, seeing the scene of everyone bowing, he was completely dumbfounded.

"What is the situation!"