The Return Of Cambrian Period - Shui Quian Cheng

[Book 1 - Global Evolution] Chapter 1

"At 4:27 pm, Beijing time, an 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Golmud of ​​Qinghai province, China. The waves of the earthquake spread hundreds of kilometers..."

"This afternoon, an 8.3-magnitude earthquake occurred in Golmud of ​​Qinghai province. Currently, the impact of the earthquake is still immeasurable. Hundred miles of surrounding area of the epicenter of the earthquake, which has an altitude of more than 4,000 meters above the sea level, has no one residing in. At present, there has been no report of casualties..."

Cong Xia quickly browsed through the news about the earthquake that had been constantly emerging, even those gamers in the game that he was playing also posted comments to discuss about the earthquake, his fingers were quickly moving on the keyboard.

(So it really was an earthquake, I could still feel it although it was so far away. I was even waken up by it!)

(Fortunately, it happened in a no-man's land in Golmud. The earthquake was 8.3-magnitude. If it occurred in other cities then there must be many casualties. How scary!)

(Yeah, fortunately that's a no-man land, I could even feel it in Yunnan.)

(Psst, Yunnan was nothing. I could feel it even in Beijing.)

(I also felt it in Henan...)

[Note: Yunnan and Henan are provinces of China, and Beijing is the capital of China... Compared to Yunnan and Henan, Beijing is quite far away from Qinghai.]

Seeing those gamers discussing the topic excitedly, Cong Xia found it hard to join in the conversation. He looked at the watch. It was already past 6 pm. Yesterday was his day-off, so he stayed up late to play DOTA, only until four in the morning that he went to sleep. He was in his sleep when he was wakened up by the earthquake. Because the vibration was weak, he even thought that it was just his imagination. However, when he got up and surfed the internet, it turned out that there really was an earthquake.

[Note: DOTA (Defense of the Ancients) is a multiplayer online battle arena mod for the video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.]

However, this earthquake seemed to have nothing to do with him, so he just stop paying any attention to it.

Cong Xia ruffled his messy hair, took a shower in the bathroom, then quickly made two dishes and one soup for himself and enjoyed his meal while watching cartoon.

As he was just halfway through his meal, his cell phone rang. When he picked it up and had a look at the screen, he suddenly lost his appetite. It was his female boss. Whenever she called during these times, then it was definitely not good thing. He sighed and received the call.

"Hello, Chief Jiang."

"Xiao Cong, are you at home?"

[Note: Xiao (小), which literally means SMALL, is added before someone's surname regardless of their genders when Chinese want to address someone who is younger than them in an informal and casual way. The formula is XIAO + SURNAME. You will know this fact if you watched Karate Kid featuring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith...]

"No, I'm hanging out with a group of friends outside."

"Don't lie, my ears are very good, just by listening to the sound of your surroundings and I have already known that you are at home. You have no girlfriend, why would you go with a group of friends to such a quiet place?"

Cong Xia wryly smiled and said.

"Chief Jiang, I surrender. I am heading to the company now."

"I'm sorry for taking away your day-off, but be hurry, the customer just told me that there were some loopholes in the website. You quickly come here and fix it."