I used a little too much effort while running, and accidentally ran out of the forest area?

After scanning the area and finding no pedestrians or cameras, Gao Ang immediately retraced his steps.

Fortunately, not much time has passed. The footprints he left behind, as well as the broken branches and tree trunks, should still be there, so finding Xiaohua's location shouldn't be difficult.

He was so engrossed in the pleasure of venting that he paid little attention to anything along the way or to his own senses.

On the way back, he was also very curious about what he had just done.

He originally thought there would be traces when he returned, but he didn't expect the traces to be so obvious. It could no longer be called a trace; it should be described as a forest path plowed out by the plane that caused the accident.

Tree trunks as thick as a bowl are nothing compared to what's to come. Even large trees as thick as a waist were often snapped in half. Some of the occasional stone pillars were completely leveled and shattered into stones scattered on the ground. Along the way, you could also see the carcasses of some animals, including birds, rabbits, and even some that he couldn't name. Fortunately, there were no golden monkeys.

The carcasses of these animals were a truly gruesome sight, as if they had been crushed by something, resembling meat patties. Some were completely reduced to bones, with flesh and blood scattered everywhere, leaving only a pile of feathers.

"Did I do this?"

Otherwise, it seems like I'm the only one here right now...

"It seems like I went silent while running. Could it be... that I broke the sound barrier?"

If you run fast enough, the sound can't keep up with you... The 'whoosh' in your ears is the speed of sound. When your speed exceeds the speed of sound, these sounds can't keep up with your speed, so you become 'deaf'?

When you slow down and return to the speed of sound or below the speed of sound, you can hear the sound again.

That seems to make sense, but when did my speed become so abnormal?

"It seems this trip was quite fruitful."

Currently, two more mutation capabilities have been verified, or rather, put into practice.

One is physical strength comparable to that of diamond, which can be used to carve caves with the body; the other is supersonic running speed, which can be used to create a 'forest passage'.

Following the 'forest path', we quickly returned to the cave we had just dug. Little Flower nestled on top of the backpack, staring intently at Gao Ang as he crawled in, as if asking: What are you doing?

Outside the cave, the rain continued to patter, but inside it was rather quiet. Although it was sheltered from the heat and cold, it didn't mean that one couldn't feel the warmth or coldness. After all, this was a deep mountain forest, and the temperature was naturally a bit lower than outside. In addition, it was a rainstorm with howling winds, so the temperature had probably dropped to around 20 degrees Celsius.

Perhaps Xiao Hua hadn't mutated as fully as herself; at this moment, she was curled up on the backpack, shivering slightly.

Are you cold?

"Meow." The voice lacked strength and wasn't as cheerful as before.

Gao Ang didn't bring any extra clothes on this trip, not even a change of clothes. Since Xiao Hua was cold, he could only cover him with his own clothes.

He wrapped it up tightly in a T-shirt and jeans, leaving only the cat's head sticking out, and Gao clapped his hands in satisfaction:

Is it any warmer now?

"Meow." The tone was somewhat cheerful, so she must be feeling much better.

"You go to sleep first, I'm going out for a walk."

I patted its little head, and it proudly emerged from the cave and climbed up the small hill.

"It seems we can't stay here anymore. With such a commotion, the forest rangers will find out sooner or later."

Sitting atop the cliff, I looked up at the sky. Dark clouds covered the sky, and the rain poured down without any sign of stopping.

The purpose of this trip was to see where my limits were. As for endurance, there's no need to mention it. With the existence of 'photosynthesis-like' technology, the energy supply is inexhaustible. The strength of my physical body is also abnormally high beyond expectations. My speed limit has already broken the sound barrier. The only thing I haven't verified is my jumping ability.

I was so frightened that I jumped up on the spot, probably more than two meters.

He got up from the ground, squatted down, and concentrated his strength in his lower limbs. This time, he wanted to test how high he could jump.

"boom!"

The instant he jumped, an incredibly thick, blazing white bolt of lightning struck down, accompanied by a deafening, abnormal clap of thunder.

Holy crap!

Gao Ang stared wide-eyed at the lightning bolt that was getting closer and closer to him, his heart pounding with fear: Damn it, is it going to strike me?

Fortunately, he hadn't done anything wrong and was considered an upright person. He was willing to help an old lady cross the road, something others wouldn't dare to do, so the lightning didn't strike him like a madman.

He stood tall and straight up, aiming straight for the sky. Only when he felt a distinct sense of suspension in the air did he look down to see how high he had jumped.

It wasn't too outrageous; I'd estimate it to be about 10 meters high.

With a loud bang, he vanished from mid-air and crashed heavily onto the ground at the top of the cliff, creating a small crater. Having lost his balance, he landed hard on his backside this time...

Gao Ang could clearly feel a dent under his buttocks. The landing point was slightly different from where he jumped. There were two small dents there as well. It seemed that the force exerted during the jump was too great and caused some damage to the ground.

Forces are reciprocal. To jump to a certain height, there must be a reaction force from the ground. However, the ground was not hard enough, so it was damaged by his footing. If the ground were hard enough, his 10-meter height would not be the limit.

After all, when the ground is damaged by being stepped on, a certain amount of reaction force is consumed.

"You jumped from a standing position just now, try jumping faster this time."

After retreating more than ten meters and carefully assessing the distance to the edge of the cliff, Gao Ang began to run faster.

"Run, proud young man!"

With a rather dramatic shout, he once again pierced the sky.

"boom!"

Another clap of thunder followed, accompanied by a bolt of lightning even thicker than the previous one.

The wind whistled in his ears, and with this acceleration, he could clearly feel that his jump was higher than the previous one.

Just as he was about to look down to observe the distance from the ground, he suddenly felt a bright white light in front of him.

"No way, not again?"

Suddenly I looked up and all I could see was a blinding white.

"Oh no..." These were Gao's last thoughts before he lost consciousness.

Just as Gao Ang was struck, Xiao Hua let out a scream of fear.

After the thunder, everything returned to calm. The torrential rain seemed to have been turned off, turning into a light drizzle, then gradually lessening until only a few raindrops occasionally leaked from the sky.

Ang Gao, struck by the lightning, fell freely from the sky and crashed heavily more than a hundred meters away from the cave.

During its descent, it broke countless tree branches and killed countless small animals before finally 'planting' itself headfirst into the mud in a comical, upside-down position.

Beihu Provincial Meteorological Bureau.

"Engineer Wang, there seemed to be a severe geomagnetic storm in Shennongjia just now."

"Shennongjia? The satellite image doesn't seem to show anything unusual." Engineer Wang turned on the instrument, examined it carefully for a while, and said with a frown.

"There was no record of this in the previous satellite images, but the remote sensing instrument did receive a particularly strong signal just now, but it's gone now."

The employee who raised the question shrugged and showed the recorded data and images to Engineer Wang.

"A chance geological phenomenon? Show me the geological structure map and the distribution map of classified units near Shennongjia."

If it's a random geomagnetic storm, and on such a large scale, then they need to take it seriously.

However, this is on the premise of ruling out the possibility of human intervention, such as certain experiments conducted by classified units. But if such an experiment were to take place, they would usually be notified in advance to shut down the equipment.

"By the way, let's communicate with the relevant local authorities tomorrow and take our instruments to take a look," Engineer Wang said after looking at the geological map for a while.

He couldn't see anything special about this place on the geological map. Based on his experience, the natural cause of the geomagnetic storm was basically ruled out. It must be accidental or sudden, and he had to conduct an on-site investigation.

"Understood."

The meteorological bureau had already planned to go to Shennongjia during the day, but Gao Ang was still stuck in the ground and hadn't woken up, so they didn't know if he was dead or alive.

After the heavy rain stopped, Xiaohua broke free of her tightly wrapped clothes and staggered off in the direction of the fall.

Seeing the human-shaped object stuck in the ground, Xiao Hua could hardly believe her cat eyes. If it weren't for the smell or something else proving that this was Gao Long, she wouldn't have believed that this strangely shaped object was the person she felt so close to.

"Meow." The tone was very sad and worried, but not overly dejected.

I went over and tried to pull it out, but I couldn't. It was buried too deep, and it was too small to pull out.

"Meow meow".

Xiao Hua shouted a few times, hoping to wake the man with her voice, but it was no use.

It was late at night, and the air temperature had dropped again. Little Flower was reluctant to leave this man. She would rather stay here than go back to her warm cat bed.

It simply felt that this human was a close individual to it, and it understood much of what he said. Other humans, on the other hand, were different; their words were just babbling and their meows seemed to lack any meaning, and it couldn't understand them at all.

Unlike this human, who can understand some of its meaning even without being called out, such as asking if it is cold or hungry.

It's a bit cold, but I can still bear it. Back when I lived in that place, I could get through the dead of winter on my own. The weather here is much better than it was then.

The high level of the fainting state made me feel like I had just taken a nap, until I felt warm all over and slowly opened my eyes.

"Holy crap, why is it so dark all around?"

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