Looking at the brilliant and magnificent red aurora outside the window, Councilor Li swallowed slightly.

The breathtakingly beautiful scene before him, however, gave him a strong sense of suffocation.

The aurora predicted by Lü Yongchang has already appeared, along with the red giant phase ten years later and the helium flash fifteen years later...

Representative Li shook his head, not daring to think about the future scenario any further.

...

Xia Kingdom.

Shanghai.

Zhao Zijie sat on the balcony, quietly gazing at the bright moon in the sky.

The early summer evening breeze brought a slight chill to my skin.

He took out his phone from his pocket, opened QQ Groups, and skillfully found the chat group where his friends chatted and joked.

"I'm so bored..."

Zhao Zijie's fingers trembled slightly as he typed a line of text on his phone.

He then raised his phone and recorded a video of the surrounding environment.

"I'm all alone on the open-air balcony, sigh... so boring!"

Zhao Zijie's Versailles-style words instantly drew everyone's contempt.

"Holy crap! If I remember correctly, Lao Zhao should be in Shanghai! Such a huge open-air balcony... I'm so jealous!"

"Tsk! I can even picture Old Zhao's face when he says that!"

"Damn it! Is this the world of the rich?! I'm not envious at all!"

"Hey bro! What do you think of this keychain I'm wearing?!"

"..."

As he watched the barrage of negative comments flooding his screen, Zhao Zijie smiled faintly.

Just as he was about to type a few words with his friends in the group, a comment caught his attention.

"Old Zhao, there's something wrong with the video you filmed!"

Zhao Zijie's expression stiffened slightly, and a chill instantly ran down his spine!

He typed furiously on the keyboard, exclaiming, "Holy crap! Don't scare me like that in the middle of the night!"

It would have been better if these words hadn't been spoken. Once they were, those who had spoken earlier in the group started chiming in with their own comments, as if they wanted to stir up trouble.

"Old Zhao, turn on your phone's front camera and look behind you. I think I just saw a face!"

"What do you mean a human face? It's clearly a white figure!"

Zhao Zijie swallowed slightly.

Although he is an atheist, seeing these comments at around 10 p.m. still made him feel a little uneasy.

Just as he was about to leave the balcony and return to his room, the person who had spoken earlier spoke again.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I just watched the video carefully. At 28 seconds, the moon you filmed had a reddish glow. If you don't believe me, take a look for yourself!"

The QQ group was silent for a few seconds, then a flood of messages appeared.

"A blood moon has descended, and chaos will ensue!"

"Oh no, I'm not going to say anything more. I'm going to go stock up on several years' worth of dry rations right now!"

Despite the jeering, some people, driven by curiosity, clicked on the video again to watch it.

"Wait a minute! The moon in the video does indeed appear somewhat reddish!"

"I saw it too!"

Zhao Zijie frowned as he looked at his phone, and subconsciously opened the video he had just recorded.

As the playback reached 28 seconds, his pupils contracted slightly.

He saw it too!

A faint red glow seemed to appear on the surface of the moon!

The next moment, he suddenly raised his head and looked up at the sky.

No!

It wasn't the moon emitting a red light!

The entire sky emitted a faint red glow!

With trembling hands, he picked up his phone and filmed another video.

"Look outside, why is the sky over Shanghai starting to glow red?!"

A few seconds after the message was sent.

"Holy crap! Me too! I'm in Hangzhou!"

"Mountain City too!"

"The sky over the land of cherry blossoms is also glowing red!"

"..."

"As time went on, the red light in the sky grew brighter and brighter."

Gradually, a dazzling red "ribbon" appeared before Zhao Zijie's eyes.

"Bang!"

A loud bang was heard.

The brightly lit city of Shanghai was instantly plunged into darkness.

At the same time, screams came from all around.

Zhao Zijie hurriedly took out his phone.

22:50.

The phone has no signal at all.

...

That night, Zhao Zijie fell asleep in panic and unease.

The next morning, as soon as he opened his eyes, he grabbed the phone that was on the bedside table.

Thank goodness, we have a signal!

He tentatively pressed the switch for the bedside lamp.

It's powered on!

He turned on the TV while trying to search online for what had happened last night.

"According to the latest report from the Xia Guo Astronomical Observatory, a solar flare suddenly erupted at around 22:42 last night, bringing with it an extremely powerful solar wind. As a result, at 22:50 last night, auroras of varying sizes were observed around the world..."

"This solar flare has caused enormous damage to the Xia Kingdom, starting with the power system..."

The host's voice rang in Zhao Zijie's ears.

He instinctively opened the penguin spawn.

999+ unread messages.

"Holy crap! It's the aurora borealis!"

"That's not scientific! Aren't auroras only visible in the Arctic and Antarctic?!"

"Look, we told you to study, but you insisted on herding cattle. Now you know you were wrong, right? There was a huge red aurora event in 1958, but according to the description, it shouldn't have been as exaggerated as this one!"

"Logically speaking, this year shouldn't be a period of high solar activity, so how could this happen..."

"How would I know? You'll have to ask the scientists at the observatory!"

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