"Wow! I didn't expect it to be real! I thought what I saw online yesterday was just special effects!"
"What on earth is going on? How can a huge fire rise into the sky by itself? This is too unbelievable!"
"Who cares if it's fake or not, I'll just take the picture first, hahaha, I'm going to go viral!"
"Incredible! A flame just starting to burn out of thin air like this? Could this be a paranormal event that experts would call a natural phenomenon?"
...
It was still nighttime, but the time had already come to the next day, and it wasn't the same location.
But the only thing that's the same.
The fire at the scene suddenly went out and floated into the air, eventually falling as a rain of fire.
This scene left many people at the scene speechless, and of course, many people immediately raised their phones to take pictures.
Xu Lu was the instigator.
After seeing the number of valid uses on his mental panel change from '2' to '1', he quietly flew away from the scene again.
That's right! This must have been done by our CEO Xu!
Yesterday, after discovering that extinguishing fires consumes 'valid uses', he immediately decided to use this method to permanently solidify his current skill.
Because it was a very simple task for him, and putting out fires was something he had been doing frequently lately.
The only difference from before is that the methods of extinguishing the fire have changed slightly.
Before acquiring the skill 'Mastery of Minor Five Elements Spells', he used technological means to extinguish fires.
After acquiring this skill, he temporarily abandoned technological means.
Instead, they resorted to methods from the fantasy genre.
It must be said that although the two are based on different principles, they are equally effective.
With a single 'fire control' spell, all the flames were instantly drawn away, becoming like a tree without roots or water without a source.
There's not even a concern about potential hazards.
The effect of the fire control technique is to draw all the flames away from the fire scene.
As for why Xu Lu didn't use water-based magic when extinguishing the fire, but instead used fire-based magic which shares the same origin as fire, there is actually a reason for that.
In general, people believe that "water controls fire," so water is the first thing to use to extinguish a fire.
However, based on Xu Lu's testing of the skill 'Mastery of Minor Five Elements Spells'...
He discovered that creating water out of thin air in a waterless environment is far more difficult than controlling water in a place with water.
At the scene of the fire, there was naturally no readily available water.
If water is to be used to extinguish the fire, Xu Lu needs to first use the 'Water Gathering Technique' before he can control the water to extinguish the fire.
This consumes a lot of mana, so it's not worth it!
However, if you happen to use the 'fire control' technique, it will be quite easy.
Once the flames at the source of the fire are removed, the fire will naturally stop.
This explains why Xu Lu unexpectedly used fire magic when he encountered two fires in succession.
As a result, people witnessed the strange phenomenon of fire raining down from the sky.
If Xu Lu had used water to extinguish the fire, ordinary people would not have been able to see this amazing phenomenon.
...
The fact that another fire mysteriously disappeared has still attracted considerable attention.
Especially in today's internet age, news spreads extremely quickly.
The relevant departments even formed a special investigation team to investigate the cause of the incident at these two locations.
Unfortunately, they probably never would have guessed that this was caused by someone using a newly acquired spell.
"Professor Liu, we couldn't find anything of value. The fire scene was also quite ordinary. We've determined that the fire was caused by the improper use of household appliances."
The fire had already engulfed the entire room and was spreading to the surrounding areas, but suddenly all the flames disappeared, leaving us with what we see now!
A capable-looking young man began to introduce himself.
A middle-aged man in his forties opposite him nodded slightly, his eyes flickering, revealing a thoughtful expression.
As the leader of this investigation team, Liu Qilong has already led his team to investigate two sites.
Unfortunately, the conclusions are all the same: the fire was accidental, and its extinguishing was sudden.
Just then, the young man suddenly said something that made Li Qilong's eyes light up.
"Professor, there is no news of similar incidents elsewhere. The fires that were extinguished yesterday and the day before were less than 20 miles apart."
If it weren't so incredible, I would even suspect that some magical person or being is protecting this area..."
The young man said it casually.
"To protect?"
Liu Qilong offered no comment on this baseless speculation, but instead muttered something under his breath.
However, his next move surprised everyone under his command:
"Arrange a fire? Professor Liu, isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
"Yes, if it gets out of control and really catches fire, and we don't put it out in time, that would be a real problem."
"The key question is whether the fire will extinguish itself like it did the previous two times. That would be too risky."
...
Liu Qilong paid no attention to the discussions among the crowd and was determined to do it.
Left with no other choice, everyone had to comply.
Thus, a pre-arranged fire, prepared by this group, broke out in the night.
The same thick smoke, the same flow of people rushing out of the building, the same initial stage of the fire.
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