As the U.S. and Russia dealt with their own disasters, Japan faced a nightmare of its own.
For seven days, an earthquake rumbled beneath Hokkaido. It began as a barely detectable 0.3 tremor deep within a forest, but steadily grew stronger, eventually reaching a 5.6 on the Richter scale.
As the tremors intensified, the Japanese government took action, ordering a full-scale evacuation. However, moving seven million people was an immense challenge. Instead, emergency shelters were built to keep citizens safe while they waited for evacuation.
On the seventh day, as thousands huddled inside shelters, a new sensation spread through the island. The ground beneath them trembled violently, growing so intense that standing became impossible. Panic erupted as cracks split open beneath their feet, swallowing everything in their path. People ran, scrambled, and clawed for safety, but it was futile.
Just when it seemed the worst had come, an eerie silence fell.
Every person in Hokkaido at that moment felt a fleeting sense of relief until the roar shattered the stillness.
"RARRRRRRRRRRRR!"
The deafening, inhuman sound erupted from deep within the forest, sending a wave of sheer terror across the island. And then, from the distance, something emerged.
"Nine..."
That was the final word uttered by the sole survivor of Hokkaido's five million residents before he took his own life.
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As four F-22 fighter jets approached the site where an entire town had once stood, the pilots knew something was wrong.
The meteor storm had disabled most telecommunication satellites, making them the first to see what had truly happened. Where homes, roads, and people had once been, there was now only a massive crevice. It was so vast that from the ground, it would have seemed like nothing more than a shadow. But from the sky, the horrifying scale of the destruction became clear.
The pilots quickly reported their findings and requested further instructions. With permission granted, they followed the crevice's path, tracing it across the barren landscape.
It led them toward one of the most well-known landmarks in the U.S. the Grand Canyon.
As they neared their target, something strange came into view. Instead of the familiar shades of brown and green that should have covered the canyon, they saw nothing but black.
A darkness so deep that the very light around it seemed to fade.
Then two seconds.
That was all the time between the pilots' last transmission and the moment all communication was lost.
At that same instant, people across the region reported an inexplicable phenomenon
A second red sun had appeared in the sky.