Chapter 234 Sandstorm (1/2)

The sandstorm is really coming!

The urgent alarm sounded throughout the streets and alleys of New York. The storm came without any signs. In this era without satellite cloud maps, weather forecasts are based on changes in atmospheric pressure, but this method rarely provides early warnings before the flying sand and dust.

The sandstorm rushed all the way and was not noticed until it reached the edge of the city, and then a warning was given in the alarm.

"... The sandstorm is coming, everyone hurry home and take protective measures!"

On the radio, the soap opera came to an abrupt end, and the announcer made an appeal in a hurried tone.

The newsboys grabbed the newspapers in their hands, covered their faces with cloth, and ran towards the shelter in the direction of Jimmy's hoarse shouts.

"Hurry, go to the nearby church!"

He hid in the church with a group of panicked people. The moment he stepped in, Jimmy's eyes caught a glimpse of the purple in the sky, as if the sky was sick.

Just a moment ago, the sky was still a normal color, but in the blink of an eye, everything became different.

Huddled up in a corner of the church with the newsboys, Jimmy covered his face with the cloth given by Mr. Colin, and heard the uneasy conversations of the people in the church.

"I didn't expect it to be true..."

"I always thought it was just a rumor."

"Sandstorm, I've never seen such a climate, and I don't know what's going on at home?"

"Yesterday's Daily Courier has issued a warning. I've made preparations in advance and have taken out all the discarded sheets. It should be able to withstand the damage of sand and dust."

"Daily Courier, I also read that report, but I didn't expect the sandstorm to come so quickly."

The harm of sandstorms in the newspaper and the description of disasters in the Superman story touched many people's hearts.

But no one expected that the sandstorm mentioned in the comics would appear in front of them in such an unexpected way.

"Do you feel that the temperature has dropped a little?"

Tightening their clothes, many people in the church felt a chill.

The newsboys huddled together in the corner to keep each other warm.

"Here it comes!"

A sandstorm swept in as the temperature dropped sharply.

Standing in front of the church's glass, people could see an irregular-topped object moving in the northwest, covering the horizon.

The electric charges in the air crackled, snapped, snapped, snapped.

The birds screamed and swooped down to find shelter.

"..."

"Is this a sandstorm?"

Looking at the black wall that was constantly approaching the city, the people in the church fell silent.

Many of them had read reports about sandstorms in the Daily Courier, but neither the photos in the news nor the portrayals in the cartoons could clearly present the scene in front of them.

This is a natural disaster, a terrible force that humans cannot resist.

In the church, the priest led the pastors in prayer, and many people who were nervous in their hearts seemed to join the prayer team.

They prayed that God would bless themselves and their families.

"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name... Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. ...Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors...Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil..."

In the corner, Jimmy listened to the prayers of the crowd, but his eyes fell on the newspaper in his hand.

The mark on the upper right corner of the page of the Daily Courier is the classic pose of Superman with his hands on his hips.

Looking at Superman, Jimmy seemed to feel great courage from it.

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Click, click--

The Courier Newspaper, accompanied by a sound effect click.

The static electricity formed by the sandstorm interfered with the signal of the radio, making the already vague sound in the broadcast lose the last sound.

On the road outside the newspaper office, some cars also stopped.

Colin, who was standing in the newspaper office, could clearly see that this was because the ignition device of the car was short-circuited.

Running down from the car that lost power, the people covered their mouths and noses and tried to rush to a place where they could take cover.

"It's terrible!" Standing behind Colin, Little John and others watched the huge dust storm sweeping across the sky. Although they had seen the power of this disaster from the photos in the news, Little John was still terrified when he personally felt the power of the sandstorm. He looked at his father, Old John, and could clearly see his trembling fingers. Looking at the black wall formed by the dust at the end of the city, Colin knew very well that this was not the whole picture of the sandstorm. Unlike the vast and deserted roads and small towns, New York is a big city with tall buildings after all. The surrounding towns and buildings blocked most of the power of the sandstorm for people, and now only part of the sandstorm came to New York. "Jenny, Jenny, where are you?!" However, in the newspaper office, everyone was silently watching the natural disaster that covered the sky. Suddenly, on the street next to them, there was a hurried shout, and a panicked woman rushed to the street, shouting loudly. "Baby, where are you? Come out!"

Looking at the crazy woman on the street, everyone in the newspaper office looked at each other, and Little John opened his mouth to say something.

Old John, who was standing by, reached out to stop him, shook his head and pointed at the sandstorm outside.

This is not a rainstorm or a heavy snow, but a natural disaster that is deadly enough.

"Go home quickly, the sandstorm is coming soon!"

"Rather than looking for someone at this time, you should protect yourself first..."

"Maybe your child is at home!"

On both sides of the street, someone noticed the woman on the street and shouted at her.

However, the woman continued to shout at the top of her lungs nearby without hearing anything. She had searched everything in the house and found no trace of her daughter.

Withdrawing his eyes from the almost crazy woman on the street, Colin's eyes swept along the wall of the newspaper office to the nearby blocks.

Although many of his abilities were restricted by the suppression of the positive world, with the cooperation of [Super Perspective] and [Super Hearing], Colin quickly saw a curled up figure next to a trash can not far from the street.

"Be prepared for protection, especially the fragile parts such as windows."

Withdrawing his eyes, Colin turned his head and gave instructions to the people behind him.

"Boss!"

"It's too dangerous, the sandstorm is coming soon..."

Hearing Colin's words, Old John opened his mouth to persuade them.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine."

Shaking his head, the ability he unlocked in the positive world may be suppressed, but it is still very powerful compared to ordinary people.

Although the sandstorm is dangerous, it will not harm him.

"Boss, I'll go with you."

Looking at Colin's figure behind the door, Little John mustered up the courage to say.

"No, I'm enough."

His eyes stayed on Little John's face for a while, Colin rejected the other party's kindness, and then reminded them: "Protect everything in the newspaper office, I don't want to see only the ruins of the newspaper office when I come back later."

After speaking, Colin used his feet to move the wet sheets behind the door and opened the locked door of the newspaper office.

Hoohoo~

As the door of the newspaper office was opened, the first thing that hit him was the fierce wind brought by the sandstorm.

The fine dust in the air whistled across Colin's face. He closed the newspaper office door behind him, covered his nose with his hand, and walked through the whistling wind.

Walking into the street, the wind caused by the sandstorm became more violent. Colin could see the woman in the distance who was blown like a reed by the wind.

With superhuman strength, the wind brought by the sandstorm could not stop Colin's pace. He turned his head and looked at the black wall that was advancing in the distance. He walked towards the trash can without any hesitation.

"Kid, what are you doing here?"

"I'm playing hide-and-seek, sir."

"This is not a good place to play hide-and-seek."

Reaching out and picking up the girl next to the trash can, Colin took off his coat and covered her head. He held the girl in one hand and walked into the street.

Whoosh~ Whoosh~

Just as he was looking for the girl, the sandstorm became bigger.

With superhuman vision, Colin could see the sand waves that were like the sea water flooding over the road, and cars rushed into the ditch one after another, like the bow of a ship submerged by the sea.

"I found the child, here."

Under the huge sandstorm, the visibility around the street became extremely low.

If it weren't for the ability of [Super Perspective], Colin might not be able to see the figure of the woman in the dust.

He shouted to the woman who was frantically searching in the sandstorm. The wind caused by the surrounding sand was extremely strong, but Colin's voice seemed to fall into the woman's ears as if it was not affected.

Hearing this figure, the woman who had already fallen into madness could not help but sober up a little. She approached the direction where Colin was against the increasingly fierce sand and dust around her.

"Be careful!"

Just as she was about to approach, a gust of sand and dust swept by the wind blew her already thin body.

Seeing that the woman was about to be blown down by the sandstorm, the next second Colin had stepped to her side and reached out to grab her tightly.

From Colin's palm, the woman felt an unprecedented strong force, holding her firmly in place.

"Did you really find my child, my Jenny?"

Looking at Colin's face in the dust, the woman opened her mouth and asked with expectation and anxiety.

She was afraid that all this was just an excuse for the other party to deceive her to come back.

"If there is no second child lost in the sandstorm."

Lifting the body covered by the coat in his other arm, Colin smiled and gestured to the woman.

...

"Jenny, my baby!"

"Mom..."

In the woman's home, the huge sandstorm was blocked outside the door. The woman looked at her daughter who was intact under the coat, and hurriedly hugged her tightly in her arms, sobbing softly.

After a while, when the excitement subsided, the woman reacted and thanked Colin in front of her.

"Thank you, sir. If it weren't for you, I really, really..."

"No need to be so, ma'am. I just happened to see your daughter."

Although Colin said so, the woman knew very well that it was not easy to help an unrelated person in a sandstorm.

After calming down, the woman reached out and wiped her cheeks, and then she noticed that her hair and face were already covered with dust.

In fact, standing at Colin's angle, he could see the woman's appearance more clearly at the moment, as if she was dug out of the dust.

"Sorry, sir."

Reacting to her embarrassed posture at the moment, the woman apologized to Colin and hurried to the kitchen to wipe her dusty face with tap water.

"Sir, maybe you can..."

After washing the dust off her face, the woman turned her head and was about to invite Colin to wash the dust off his face.

However, she soon noticed that although Colin had passed through the dust like herself, he looked unexpectedly neat.

"Maybe it's because I didn't stay in the dust for a long time."

In the surprised eyes of the woman, Colin explained.

With the ability of [Super Strong Defense] upgraded to [Bronze], Colin seemed to have some super stance abilities, but the effect of this stance was not obvious in the positive world.

The reason why he could still maintain a clean appearance in the rolling dust was due to the ability of [Super Housework].

This ability is more useful than expected.

The woman didn't dwell on Colin's problem for too long. She simply washed the dust off her face, and with Colin's help, she used a wet sheet to block the gaps between the doors and windows. Then she hugged her daughter, who knew nothing, and sat on the sofa.

Crackling, crackling--

Outside the house, the sweeping sandstorm seemed to shake the whole house, and the dust kept blowing on the glass like a knife.

The lights above the head were flickering and crackling under the influence of static electricity.

"We come here to start a new life."

The woman said to Colin while comforting her frightened daughter in her arms.

From the woman's description, he knew the other party's name, Louise Walton, a Broadway dancer and actor. Because of the Great Depression, many Broadway actors lost their jobs, and Louise was one of them. The hard life in Los Angeles forced her to give up her career and come to New York.

However, this sudden huge sandstorm made Louise fall into great confusion.

She could not imagine what she would become if her daughter really disappeared in the sandstorm.

This huge sandstorm made everything difficult.

She came to New York for a new life, but now they even had difficulty breathing.

The sandstorm not only destroyed the environment, but anyone who inhaled the sandstorm would be affected for life and suffer from pneumoconiosis and brown plague.

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