Ye Lingfeng felt his heart pounding.

"Xiao Nai, Lao Mu, the Academy of Sciences is flooded. I have a bad feeling about it. Why don't we go out and see if we need any help?"

"Okay, we can't just stay out of it either, let's bring Nanxing 123 along too."

Old Mu had already put on his raincoat; in fact, he had been thinking about this for a while.

Ye Lingfeng and his two companions, along with Blue Star 123, rushed into the rain.

Meanwhile, in Dean Wang's villa, a storm raged, and the windows of his bedroom were damaged.

He jolted awake from his dream and sat up abruptly.

"Oh no! That girl warned me about the severe convective weather when she left work today, and it actually happened!"

Just then, the security captain called.

"It's terrible, Dean! The compound is flooded! Many basements are flooded, and windows in many parts of the building have been blown away!"

"What?" The storm that swept into the bedroom couldn't suppress his shock and fear at that moment.

Did you call 119 for help?

"I can't get through; no one answers the phone."

"I'm coming right away!"

Dean Wang scrambled to get dressed and out of bed, ignoring the mess in his house, and drove his BMW to the Academy of Sciences despite the wind and rain.

Fortunately, the villa was located near the Academy of Sciences, and what should have been a ten-minute drive took him half an hour.

He saw the broken trees on the road in the wind and rain, and lightning, like beams of dazzling light, ripped through the dark sky.

They danced like silver snakes, instantly illuminating the night and bringing a brief but breathtaking light. The lightning was so intense that it seemed to illuminate the entire world.

Dean Wang's heart sank to the bottom. No wonder no one answered when he dialed 119. There must be dangers everywhere in Shanghai now, and the fire brigade has been mobilized in full force. How could they possibly save the Academy of Sciences?

He knew that the heavy rain had flooded many basements, including one that housed the intelligent research group's laboratory, where all the equipment and research results had been lost.

Their academy's flood control emergency measures failed to withstand severe testing, causing huge losses to the country.

Dean Wang was suddenly overwhelmed with regret.

If only I had listened to that girl sooner, if only I had known it wasn't just a regular downpour but severe convective weather, I should have had everyone work overtime this afternoon to move the equipment in time.

He got out of the car and braved the wind and rain to arrive at the front of Research Building No. 2, where the windows were severely damaged.

The entire Academy of Sciences was plunged into a power outage, and the faint light emitted by the stored energy was barely audible.

"Quickly salvage the computer data in each department!" Dean Wang shouted urgently.

At this time, no one knew that Professor Dong and more than a dozen other elites were trapped in the basement; they were all in Building 2 rescuing supplies.

The torrential rain continued to pour down, plunging the world into darkness.

Suddenly, several bright beams of light flickered in the rain, and several figures darted through the downpour.

In the rain, their figures were firm and resolute, their raincoats were blown wildly by the wind, but their steps did not falter in the slightest.

It turned out that Ye Lingfeng, Xiao Nai, and Mu Hao had arrived.

Mu Hao shouted, "The basement here is flooded too! I can sense someone inside!"