At the moment the hydrogen bomb was detonated, a sense of alarm rose in the hearts of everyone in the kerosene city.
The camels pulling the carts lowered their bodies one after another, anxiously trying to break free from the ropes...
This is the dangerous instinct of living things.
Even the sleeping MUTO suddenly opened his eyes and jumped up from the ground...
The evening sun had gradually sunk into the horizon, but a stronger light emerged from the end of everyone's sight.
"The sun... the sun has risen again!" Susan, who was in the crowd, said in horror. In her sight, a terrifyingly huge 'sun' was hanging high in the void. Even at a distance of more than ten kilometers, it was still clearly visible.
This huge "fiery sun" had a diameter of more than one kilometer. It condensed in the air for a full minute before the surging flames suddenly exploded and turned into a pillar of fire that shot up into the sky...
In an instant, an area covering hundreds of kilometers was bright as day.
Everyone stared in amazement at the scene of the sun collapsing.
The terrifying energy wave began to spread rapidly in all directions. Wherever it reached, the earth turned into rolling magma. Countless pieces of gravel and soil were swept into the flames and burned to ashes under the high temperature of hundreds of millions of degrees...
And this strong flame is approaching the kerosene city at a very fast speed.
This doomsday scene, which was like dark clouds pressing down and the earth cracking, made the wizards standing on the city wall tremble.
"It's coming, it's coming!" Raphael couldn't help but swallow his saliva, his legs slightly weakened. If the speakers and Master Lin En who cast the spell were not here, he would have run away long ago.
Lin En was not very nervous. The moment he saw the pillar of fire, he knew that this experiment was a success. The alchemical array they set up suppressed the power of the hydrogen explosion to a certain extent - it contained it for about a minute.
This minute was also the time when the explosion was the most violent and the energy wave spread the fastest! Just as Lin En expected, the energy wave that was originally propagating at supersonic speed began to slow down rapidly after crossing the ten-kilometer boundary. By the time it reached their visible range, the energy contained had been reduced to one ten-millionth of the original, and it collided with the magic barrier that protected the City of Kerosene.
Ripples continued to rise on the virtual magic barrier, and it only lasted for three seconds before it burst open with a bang! The faces of the several great wizards present suddenly changed, and they wanted to take action to stop the aftermath, but when they saw that the several speakers did not make any moves, they gave up the idea.
In just a few moments, a violent hurricane swept across the entire city, and the ground beneath the feet began to shake violently. However, it was only a few aftershocks that did not cause any damage. However, it allowed the residents of the Kerosene City to come back to their senses from the spectacle of the sun soaring in the sky and the pillars of fire burning the sky.
Several vendors fell to the ground with their limbs limp, and they were so scared that they wet their pants. The rest of the people did not have the slightest intention of laughing at them. At the moment when the "scorching sun" rose, they almost thought that the end of the world had come!
"Is this the Great Nuclear Explosion Technique? What a terrifying magic!"
As a wizard, Ivana naturally had the right to stand on the city wall. She witnessed the entire process of hydrogen explosion from manufacturing, delivery to explosion, and her face turned pale.
During the two years of fighting against wizards and evil gods in the North, Ivana witnessed the wonder and weirdness of magic, but no matter how powerful the enemy was, she could always fight against it with her outstanding swordsmanship and a body that had taken divine potions.
Even though it was an evil god, Ivana knew she was no match for him but she was not afraid at all. However, after witnessing the power of a hydrogen explosion, this notion was completely shattered.
Ivina realized that her swordsmanship, which she was so proud of, was completely meaningless in the face of such power!
Monroe on the side had an even more pale face. He watched with the last glimmer of hope, just to expose the "lies" of those wizards.
However, right in front of him, the messenger of doom, Lin En, reproduced the so-called "big nuclear explosion technique", and the power was even more powerful than before, and the aftermath spread directly to the city of kerosene!
His only hope at this moment is that the smugglers sent by the Pope have not yet set foot in the land of death, otherwise the information he provided will become a death warrant that sends them to hell!
Because time was too urgent, Monroe couldn't even notify the spies in the city and pass the news back to the Holy City! The other imperial spies, wealthy businessmen and nobles who had ill intentions were also in a state of panic.
It’s horrible, it’s so horrible!
Magic could actually be so powerful. Even though they had witnessed the horror of the Land of Death and heard countless terrible rumors before, fantasy was no match for the shocking feeling of facing such power directly!
Our revenge plan, or... let's just forget it?
A businessman who went completely bankrupt because of the food war looked pale and winked at his colleague beside him.
The latter also nodded hurriedly.
Because the parliament had marked the price of grain to a valueless level, many merchants who had speculated on grain prices suffered huge losses and could only hold their noses and sell back the wheat they had bought for hundreds of copper coins at the price of one copper.
Many angry merchants secretly formed a small group and secretly planned this revenge action, such as sabotaging the railway, or simply surrendering to the empire! However, before this plan was even started, most of the grain merchants had already retreated. In their opinion, the empire was probably in danger...
Who can stop this electromagnetic cannon that travels thousands of meters per second? Who can resist such a terrible attack? I'm afraid it won't be long before the wizards can control the entire continent. By then, no matter where they run to, they will be caught and brought back...
Lin En's figure slowly descended from the sky above the Kerosene City. Raphael and others immediately surrounded him, and all kinds of compliments were heard.
Even Harov was impressed and said, "What an amazing magic! I didn't expect that the power of your nuclear explosion could be increased even more."
When Harov heard Lin En say that he had improved the nuclear explosion technique and increased the power by eight times, he was still a little skeptical. Now it seems that this is more than eight times? The power has obviously increased by more than ten times! If they had not set up a magic circle to bind energy in the Land of Death in advance, which slightly blocked it, the entire Kerosene City would have been reduced to ruins! Lin En smiled and did not explain much. What he said was that the mass loss rate caused by the explosion of a hydrogen bomb is about eight times higher than that of an atomic bomb, not just referring to the maximum power.
After all, there is theoretically no upper limit to the power of a hydrogen bomb. If one is willing, it is not impossible to produce a hydrogen bomb with an equivalent of hundreds of millions of tons. However, the maximum equivalent of an atomic bomb is only a pitiful 500,000 tons.
This land of death was "plowed" twice by the energy waves of the nuclear explosion, destroying it thoroughly. Originally, you could still see charred trees or half-melted armor and iron swords on the periphery, but this time they were all blown into pieces without leaving any debris.
The terrain of the entire area also changed from high to low. The closer to the center, the more serious the depression. In the end, what appeared in front of everyone was a bottomless abyss with a diameter of three kilometers! The river flowing from the west was constantly pouring into it along the terrain. Because the heat brought by the nuclear explosion had not completely dissipated, the alternation of cold and heat caused billowing steam to rise continuously, gradually covering the area.
"A new lake should be formed here in the future!" The great wizard Arad said in amazement. It was hard to imagine that the magic star was actually a great wizard like them, changing the terrain with just one blow.
"Let's call it - Falling Star Lake!" Lin En touched his chin and gave a name to this landmark lake in the future kerosene city.
In fact, using hydrogen bombs to open up lakes was not a new thing in the past. People had liked to do this a long time ago! However, it is still a trendy thing in the other world...
In addition, Lin En also gave this hydrogen explosion magic a name - it was called [Skyfall]! Previously, he used the firing principle of the atomic bomb to create the Great Nuclear Explosion. This time he created a hydrogen bomb. He couldn't call it the Great Hydrogen Explosion again, right? This would inevitably make him look like he was exposing his past as soon as he met someone - although the fusion reaction used hydrogen isotopes [deuterium] and [tritium], it was better to be cautious.
"Let's test it and see how much radiation is in the air now." Lynn turned to look at Raphael beside him and reminded him.
Raphael then remembered the important matter and hurriedly took out a disc-shaped alchemical instrument. Due to their limited technical level, they could only use the property of fluorescent materials to emit light after absorbing high-energy rays to detect the amount of nuclear radiation. They could not get a very accurate value, but fortunately it was enough.
About a minute later, Raphael solemnly stated that the radiation level had returned to normal levels.
Lin En was very satisfied. It seemed that the cleaning was very thorough. Now the oil extraction work could be put on the agenda!
This hydrogen bomb test was successfully completed! "Wait... that's over there..."
Just as Lin En and the others were preparing to return to the Kerosene City, the sharp-eyed Aurora seemed to have discovered something. She suddenly called out to everyone and then flew to the other side of the Falling Star Lake.
About five minutes later, Aurora stopped on a piece of glass wasteland. In front of her was a silver condensed "river". It was not until they got closer that they saw clearly that it was not a river at all, but a large amount of melted and condensed molten iron! Harov realized something in an instant and said playfully. "It seems that your magic is not without success!"
Lin En couldn't help but frowned, muttering to himself.
Could anyone really be that unlucky? You have to know that the Land of Death has long been known in the Kingdom and the Empire, and the rumors are as terrifying as they can be. Normally, no one should approach this place.
Could it be that they were a group of stowaways who were not afraid of death and wanted to smuggle goods? In Lin En's mind, only businessmen who were blinded by the trend of profit would do such a stupid thing.
The curious crowd flew in the direction of the molten iron for a while, and a large number of weapons that had not been completely destroyed and half-melted armor soon appeared before their eyes, and their owners had obviously turned into ashes in the terrible high temperature.
"There are so many people who want to sneak through the Land of Death..." Lin En took a quick look and judging from the distribution of the wreckage, the number of people who died in the hydrogen explosion should be more than ten thousand!
Moreover, it is impossible for a caravan to possess so many weapons and armor.
"This seems to be the church's border legion..." Raphael picked up a hot, half-melted badge from the ground. One could vaguely see the Holy Light Emblem engraved on it!
"But how come they happened to be here?"
Harof and others were completely puzzled. Are these people crazy? They actually plan to invade from the Land of Death. Which warrior came up with this idea?
Lin En was a little amused and helpless for a moment. He seemed to have wiped out an imperial border army for no apparent reason. The most important thing was that he had not figured out why.
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Just as Lin En and others were checking the "results of the battle", the impact of the hydrogen explosion was sweeping across the entire empire at an extremely fast speed.
The destructive power was so huge that even the holy city 300 kilometers away could feel a slight vibration!
Pope Alvis stood on the Sky Tower, gazing at the aurora that suddenly erupted in the distance. The uneasiness in his heart had accumulated to the extreme. After hesitating for a moment, he took out the communication crystal ball, ready to contact Monroe who was far away in the City of Kerosene again.
Although it had been less than half a day and the communication device had not yet fully stored energy, emergency contact could still be made!
However, Alvis stood there and waited for three minutes, but there was no response from the other end!
The faint light from the crystal ball made his thoughts gradually sink to the bottom...
At this moment, the door of the prayer room was suddenly opened, and an archbishop reported anxiously, "Your Holiness, this is top-secret intelligence from the City of Kerosene!"
"Go ahead!" Alvis suppressed his anxiety and spoke calmly.
"Those wizards...the evil minions have used doomsday magic again. Just...just half an hour ago, many people saw another sun rising in the sky." The archbishop said in horror.
Not only that, dozens of cities in the western border of the empire felt the ground shaking violently at the same time.
Alves' back was immediately soaked with cold sweat, and he asked hastily, "Answer me, where did those wizards cast this magic?"
The archbishop replied cautiously. "It seems...it seems to be in the land of death..."
(End of this chapter)