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1、TheNextCataclysmWitharumblesolowastobeinaudible,growing,throbbing,thenfumingintoathunderingroat,theearthquakesstarts.onlyit,snotlikeanyearthquakeinrecordedhistory.InCaliforniathemountainsshakelikefernsinabreeze;themightypacificrearsbackandpilesupintoamountainofseawatermorethantwomileshigh.thenstarts
2、itsraceeastword.Withtheforceofathousandarmiesthewindattacks,ripping,shreddingeverythinginitssupersonicbombardment.Theunbelievablemountainofpacificseawaterfollowsthewindeastword,buryingLosAngelesandSanFranciscoasiftheywerebutgrainsofsand.Nothing-butnothing-stopstherelentless,overwhelmingonslaughtofwi
3、ndandocean.Acrossthecontinentthethousandnile-er-hourwindwreaksitshell,itsunholyvengeance,everywhere,mercilessly,unceasingly.Everylivingthingisrippedintoshredswhilebeingblownacrossthecountryside;andearthquakesleavenoplaceuntouched.Inmanyplacetheearth,smoltensublayerbreaksthroughandspeadsaseaofwhite-h
4、otliquidfiretoaddtotheholocaust.Withinthreehoursthefantasticwallofseawatermovesacrossthecontinent,buryingtheWindravagedlandundertwomilesofseethingwatercaost-to-coast.Inafractionofadayallvestigesofcivilizationaregone,andthegraetcities-LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,Dallas,NewYork,Boston-arenothingbu
5、tlegends,barelyastoneisleftwheremillionswalkedjustafewhoursbefore.Afewluckyoneswhomanagetofindshelterfromthescreamingwindontheleesideofahighmountainpeak-suchasMt.Massive-watertheseaofmoltenfirebreakingthroughthequakingvalleysbelow.Theragingwatersfollowatsupersonicspeeds,pilinghigherandhigher,steamin
6、goverthemoltenearth-fire,andrisingalmosttotheirfeet.Onlygreat,highmountainssuchasthisonecanwithstandthecataclysmiconslaught.NorthAmericaisnotaloneinherdeaththroes.CentralAmericasuffersthesamecannonade-wind,earth-fire,andinundation.SouthAmericafindstheAndesnothighenoughtostopthecataclysmicviolencepou
7、ndedoutbynatureinherberserkrage.Inlessthanaday,Ecauador,Peru,andwesternBrazilareshakenmadlybtthedevastatingearthquake;theAndesarepiledhigherandhigherbythePacificssupersoniconslauhtasitsurgesoveritselfafainstthemountains.Theentirecontinentisburnedbymoltenearth-fire,buriedundercubicmilesofcatastrophic
8、allyviolentseas,thenturnedintoafrozenhell.Everythingfreezes.Man,beast,plant,andmudareallrock-hardinlessthanfourhours.Europecannotescapetheonslaught.TheragingAtlanticpileshigherandhigheronitself,followingthescreechingwindeastward.TheAlps,Pyrenees,Urals,andAcandinavianmountainsareshakeen,thenheavedene
9、nhigherwhenthewallofseawaterstrikes.WrastemAfricaandthesandsoftheSaharavanishinnature,swrath,undersavageattackbywindandocean.TheareaboundedbyZaire,SouthAfrica,andKenyasuffersonlyseverearthquakesandwinds-littleinundation.SurvivorstheremarvelattheSun,standingstillintheskyfornearlyhalfaday.EasternSiber
10、iaandtheOrientsufferastrangefateindeed-asthoughagiantsubterraneanscythesweepsawaytheearth,sfoundations,accompaniedbythewindinitsscreamingsymphonyofsupersonicdeathanddestruction.AstheArcticbasinleavesitspolarhome,easternSiberia,Manchuria,ChinaandBurmaaresubjectedtothesameannihilationasSouthAmerica:wi
11、nd,earth-fire,inundation,andfreezing.Jungleanimasareshreddedtoribbonsbythewind,piledintomountainsoffleshandbone,andburiedunderavalanchesofhomogenizedseawaterandmud.Thencomesthesudden,seeminglyinfinitesupplyofterrible,instantlyparalyzingtemperaturedropof180degreesEnotman,beast,plant,muck,earth,norwat
12、erisleftunfrozenintheentireeasternAsiancontinenr,mostofwhichremainsbelowsealevel.AntarcticaandGreenland,withtheiricecaps,nowrotatearoundtheearthintheTorridZone;andthefuryofwindandinundationmarchesonforsixdays.Duringthesixthdaytheoceansstarttosettleintheirnewhomes,runningoffthehighgrounds.Ontheseveth
13、daythehorrendousrampageisover.TheArcticIceAgeisended-andanewstoneagebegins.Theoceans-thegreathomogenizers-havelaiddownanotherdeeplayerofmudovertheexistingStrarainthegraetplains,asexposedintheGrandCanyon,PaintedDesert,MonumentValley,andtheBadlands.TheBayofBengalbasin,justeastofIndia,isnowattheNorthPo
14、le.ThePacificOcean,justwestofPeru,iaattheSouthPole.GreenlandandAntarctica,nowrotatingequatorially,findtheiricecapsdissolvingmadlyinthetropicalheat.Massivewallsofwaterandicesurgetowardtheoceans,takingeverything-frommountainstoplains-ingushing,heavungpaths,whilecreatingimmenseseasonalmoraines.Inlessth
15、antwenty-fiveyearstheicecapsaregone,andtheoceansaroundtheworldriseovertwohundredfeetwiththenew-foundwater.TheTorridZonewillbeshroudedinafogforfenerationsfromtheenormousamountsofmoisturepouredintotheatmospherebtthemeltingicecaps.Newicecapsbegintoforminthenewpolarareas.GreenlandandAntarcticaemergewith
16、verdant,tropicalfoliage.Australiaisthenew,unexploredcontinentintheNorthTemperateZone,withonlyafewhandfulsofsurvivorspopulatingitsvastness.NewYorkliesatthebottomoftheAtlantic,shattered,meltedbyearth-fire,andcoveredbyunbelievableamountsofmud.OfSanFrancisco,LosAngles,Chicago,DallasandBoston,notatraceis
17、left.TheyallwilljointhelegendsofthesevencitiesofCibola.What,sleftofEgyptemergesfromitsMediter-raneaninundationgnewandhigher-stillthelandoftheages.ThecommonplaceofourtimebecomesthemysteriousBaalbekofthenewear.Anewera!Yes,thecataclysmhasdoneitsworkwell.Thegreatestpopulationregulatorofalldoesnocemoreformanwhatherefusestodofoehimselfandtheplanetonwhichhelives,anddrivesthepitifulfewwhosurviveintoanewstoneage.AfterthiscataclysmWejoinNoah,AdmandEve,Atlantis,Mu,andOlympus-andJesusjoinsOsiris,Ta,aroa,Zeus,andVishnu.
