Although Gao Ang only touched the edge of that dark lump, he was certain that there was no thunderstorm or electromagnetic pulse inside.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, the communication signal should be normal.

But the truth is, there was indeed a problem with his communication with Chitose.

"Could it be... spatial energy?"

Gao Feng put forward a very bold guess.

Space is a very mysterious thing.

At least for now, Earth Star Technology has not even come into contact with this field. All the speculation and conjecture about space are just in movies or on Earth.

Things like the Bermuda Triangle and the Lop Nur Jade Pendant are all somehow related to space in this story.

If what he's currently experiencing is merely a disruption of communication signals, then that's far too simplistic.

Is this all the space can offer?

Although it was just speculation, Gao Feng had already made a bold conclusion: the white light in Qingshan Province and the white light on the small island in the outer sea of ​​Hehai were probably caused by the spatial energy generated by some instrument.

The specific purpose and the specific effects are unknown.

After that incident in Qingshan Province, nothing unusual happened in Dongguo.

It's not that there aren't any, but those are all normal phenomena that can be explained scientifically. They can't be compared to the fact that this small island is about to erupt a volcano.

This volcano should theoretically never erupt. Although it is still active, no scientific research institution in any country or the world has issued a warning to prevent a volcanic eruption.

Therefore, it is very likely that the volcanic eruption was triggered by that box.

In other words, the box was used as a triggering device, similar to a firecracker.

Firecrackers are finished products; their core ingredient is gunpowder.

This box is also a finished product; its essence is a new energy transformed from other energies.

While Gao Ang was lost in thought, the volcano finally couldn't hold back and roared.

The power of nature is truly irresistible.

If I had to describe this volcanic eruption in one word, it would be "earth-shattering."

The dark mass above the fire finally revealed its fangs, tearing a gash in the pre-dawn sky.

The silver snakes danced wildly, and the blazing white lightning dragon claws slashed directly down towards the volcano's crater.

This was accompanied by deafening thunderclaps and torrential rain.

As if in response to the lightning, the volcano finally began to move.

The bubbling lava was churning like boiling water, about to explode.

The underwater part of the island also cracked open, and the seawater was directly heated by the scalding magma, causing steaming heat to rise from the surface.

When this white, hot vapor merged with the torrential rain above, it seemed as if something momentous was about to happen in the entire world.

Finally, with a loud bang, the crater spewed out its first plume of thick black smoke.

Along with the black smoke came scorching red lava and rocks shattered by the lava.

The stones flew into the air, making various movements in the air before crashing into the sea, further increasing the concentration of white water vapor.

After the first loud bang, there was a second, a third...

"This scene is too exciting. If this were in China, wouldn't people be saying that a fellow cultivator is undergoing tribulation?"

Seeing this scene reminded Gao Ang of the incident at the Oriental Pearl Tower a while ago.

That time it was also a thunderstorm, and a lightning bolt struck the Oriental Pearl Tower.

Although there were no other unusual news reports, some busybodies photoshopped an image onto the video, making it look like someone was undergoing tribulation under lightning.

Tribulation...

This word gave Gao Ang an impulse to rush under the lightning and undergo a tribulation himself.

After he was struck by lightning in Shennongjia, he felt like he had instantly evolved.

Recently, whenever he has consumed too much energy or suffered a serious injury, he has shown a significant improvement after recovery.

"Could it be that there really is such a thing as tribulation?"

It wasn't that Gao Feng was particularly eager to improve his strength, but rather that the Death Valley incident made him realize that he was still not strong enough.

He never imagined that after gaining extraordinary strength, he would become someone who would conquer the world or someone who would commit all kinds of evil.

He simply wanted to compete with those shady individuals or organizations.

Currently, he still lacks strength.

"The so-called tribulation should be the process of converting the power of lightning into the energy one needs. If that's the case, then the concept of immortals and heroes might not be nonexistent..."

Regardless of whether the world of immortals and heroes truly exists, Gao Feng still decided to venture into the lightning.

It's currently winter in most parts of the world, and thunderstorms are extremely rare. It would be a real shame to miss this one.

After making up his mind, Gao Ang found a place to hide his phone and other belongings, and then flew over alone, completely naked.

These clothes were bought by Lao Wan; if they're gone, it'll be hard to explain.

Gao Ang flew over, but he wasn't foolish enough to just plunge in headfirst.

He first tested the edge, and thankfully, the intensity was acceptable; at least it didn't knock him unconscious like it did in Shennongjia.

A bolt of lightning as thick as a bowl struck my body, causing a slight tingling sensation.

It's like electrotherapy; you might feel a jolt all over your body after you've had your ears cleaned and then you touch a certain spot.

Yes, the intensity of lightning in the edge areas is really insufficient.

Shall we try going in another direction?

"Let's give it a try," Gao Ang said, taking a deep breath and flying a little further inside.

This time it wasn't a tingling sensation, but a burning pain.

This feeling was similar to when he was a child and accidentally got an electric shock while changing a light bulb.

I looked down at my skin; there hadn't been much change yet.

He remembered the time he was electrocuted as a child; the tip of his index finger was burned and a huge blister formed...

"In other words, the effect of lightning now is not as strong as the 220V household electricity back then."

Of course not, but this explanation makes it easier to understand.

"I wonder if it will be effective in the core area..."

He's taking this adventure to seek a breakthrough in his personal abilities, not to suffer.

If the edge and center effects don't work, then we can only go deeper inside.

He took a deep breath, mustered his spirits, tensed his skin and muscles, and charged forward.

From the central region to the core area, the entire route is connected by power grids.

The edges are as thick as a bowl, the middle is as thick as a water bucket, and the core area is as thick as a jar opening.

Just as they reached the core area, a bolt of lightning as thick as a cylinder struck down.

"What the hell, are you that impatient with me? I only took a puff of your breath..."

After testing the edges and center, Gao Ang had a general idea of ​​what was going on, so he wasn't particularly afraid of the lightning in the core area.

With a loud "boom," lightning struck him directly on the forehead.

This strike made Gao Ang feel a little dizzy.

I was really dizzy, my mind went completely blank, like a short circuit.

If outsiders could see it, they would see a kite flying high like a broken string, swaying in the wind in the heart of the thunderstorm.

It went up and down, and was constantly struck by lightning.

In the core area, he was the only superconductor, and like flies attracted to a cracked rotten egg, the lightning bolts relentlessly swarmed around him.

After a brief short circuit, Gao Ang finally regained consciousness.

"Wow, this is pretty refreshing! Much better than getting my ears cleaned."

If it was ear cleaning before, this time it's back massage, and a really strong one at that, with a 200-pound man massaging his back...

His bones and skin felt as if they were about to be crushed and shattered, and he felt that under this pain, there was a tiny bit of sour pleasure.

"No, something's not right."

Having regained his footing and endured the onslaught of thunderstorms for some time, Gao Feng suddenly felt something was amiss.

Because the pain is increasing, the pleasant, sour feeling is gone!

In other words, the surface damage caused to him by these lightning strikes is real, but whether there will be any subsequent benefits is still unknown.

We can't keep playing like this, or something bad might happen!

Taking a deep breath, Gao Ang left the core area of ​​the thunderstorm, flying over the central and peripheral regions until he reached a place free of lightning. Watching the silver snakes dance wildly in the distance, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He didn't care about his cracked skin, nor did he care that in some places the bones were even exposed—no, some of the bones were almost charcoal black.

He first touched his head, "Thank goodness, my hair is still there!"

He was terrified that this lightning strike would destroy the hair that had finally grown back.

Although this injury appeared to be much more serious than the one in Death Valley, Gao Feng knew in his heart that this time the injury had not been fundamentally damaged.

Whether it's the skin or the bones, they've received too much external energy in a short period, assimilating their own energy.

His core, that is, his internal organs, were not greatly damaged, or rather, were not damaged at all.

The time in Death Valley was different; that time he was torn apart by spatial energy, which meant they wanted to kill him from the root.

"Judging from this, this thunderstorm is different from the one in Shennongjia!"

The Shennongjia incident was indeed like a meal to him, but this time it was like the medicine Pan Jinlian fed to Wu Dalang—it was poison.

But here's the question: why are there thunderstorms, one of which is beneficial and the other harmful?

Dragging his battered and bruised body, Gao Ang retrieved his phone and clothes.

The clothes can't be worn yet; if they were, they'd definitely get dirty...

Looking back at the still-erupting volcano and the thunderstorm area spewing lightning, Gao Ang shook his head. "Since this was man-made, it must have left some clues. We'll settle the score once I've recovered."

...

When Gao Gao finally returned to Changying Island with great difficulty, took a shower, and collapsed on the bed to rest, the news of the volcanic eruption off the coast of He finally made the news.

However, it was several orders of magnitude less popular than Toutiao (a Chinese news aggregator), with only a very few small media outlets reporting on it, while major media outlets didn't make a sound at all.

It's just a run-down little island, the kind with no reputation whatsoever, and it didn't cause any financial losses or casualties... It didn't generate any buzz at all.

During the two days he rested at home, Gao Ang had refined his guesses to a point where they were almost entirely correct.

He carefully examined the component he had retrieved in Qingshan Province, and combined it with the internal structure of the box at the entrance of the volcano's waist, he formed a rough guess:

November 18th, Cheung Ying Island, cloudy;

After this period of research, I can be quite certain that the part in Qingshan Province and the box in Hewaihai were made by the same person or the same organization.

The components have similar structures and shapes, and the core circuits are practically identical, except that one is slightly larger and the other is slightly smaller.

How electricity is converted is currently unknown, but the box's use of new energy is likely related to weather or geological changes.

The role of new energy is to disrupt the original geological balance or the normal flow of meteorological factors, and to artificially interfere with or trigger natural disasters according to a predetermined rhythm.

For example, earthquakes, rain and snow, drought, etc.

The small island in the outer sea of ​​He was hit by a short-frequency, fast-energy impact, which caused the eruption of a not very active volcano, as well as thunderstorms and even a small tsunami in a very short time.

The attack in Qingshan Province was a premeditated weather weapon attack... Since that white light incident, the weather in Qingshan Province has clearly changed abnormally.

It can be said to be the coldest weather since the founding of the People's Republic of China, or even in the last two hundred years;

The scientific community has also been unable to provide a specific explanation, because meteorological satellites have not detected any anomalies at all;

If these assumptions hold true, then it can only mean one thing: this is a premeditated and ambitious organization or individual with huge ambitions.

This kind of experiment is definitely not unique to Qingshan Province. Could we attribute all the abnormal weather or geological disasters of previous years to this approach?

"Your Majesty, pull up for me the locations, times, and all other data on geological and meteorological disasters in the Eastern Kingdom over the past ten years, no, the past twenty years. I need the most comprehensive information. If there are any unusual news reports like the white light, that would be even better."

If it's a weather weapon, then it definitely needs to be launched or detonated; it's impossible for it to leave no trace.

"Sir, an unusual meteorological disaster occurred in Guangzhou in 2016. Not only Guangzhou, but also Hunan Province experienced it. According to media reports, similar eclipses were recorded in both places two months before the rain and snow disaster. However, I have checked the records of the meteorological bureau and the observatory, and theoretically, there could not have been any solar eclipses in either place during that period until today."

"So, that eclipse-like phenomenon was actually man-made. It wasn't a solar eclipse at all, but rather a black light phenomenon resembling white light. Contact the general for me and tell him I have something important to report to him."

If his guess is correct, there must be a hidden conspiracy behind the white and black lights.

The dangers of this conspiracy are even more terrifying than the "immortality plan".

...

While Gao Feng was making his own deductions, a similar conversation was taking place in an underground base in a distant country:

"How is the experiment going?"

"The macro-level predictions are pretty much accurate. Whether it's an earthquake, snowstorm, or tsunami, the outcomes are generally similar to our forecasts, or even better than bad."

What about at the micro level?

"You saw the effect of that volcano, right? Its power is comparable to an atomic bomb, hahaha. And it's a controlled atomic bomb, a seemingly normal one that can be explained by natural science, hahahaha." (Yan Gang LOL)

"Okay, that's good. Will there be any problems with the next steps of the plan?"

"There shouldn't be any problem. It's just a small island. If it sinks, it sinks. Besides, it's just an alluvial island. It shouldn't attract too much attention."

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