Chapter 233 First Class Merit

Chapter 233 First Class Merit

Oh my god, everyone was stunned.

How was this done? Xu Xuan said it was the work of a master craftsman at the train station. He said that if there had not been such extreme snow and ice weather, the lightning release would not have been so stable.

All I can say is that everyone has their own expertise and they all do it in a unique way.

So everyone lay dormant and waited quietly.

If the strange beast was attracted by the brightly lit train station, it would definitely not be able to resist tasting this "lightning special effect".

This is inaccessible to humans, as they will be electrocuted if they approach. But for the strange beast, it is a rare delicacy.

It is much more attractive and delicious than the "spark snacks" it eats in the zoo.

You know, high-speed railways are big consumers of electricity, and the stored electricity here is very abundant.

There are rumors online that it consumes 10,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per kilometer.

In fact, it is not that exaggerated. Someone may have confused the concepts of unit time and unit mileage.

According to official data, China's high-speed trains consume an average of 21.4 kWh of electricity per kilometer. Specifically, a high-speed train running at a speed of 350 km/h consumes about 9,600 kWh of electricity per hour, while the energy consumption at a speed of 250 km/h is about 4,800 kWh.

This means that for a distance of about 1,300 kilometers from the imperial capital to the magic capital, the entire journey would consume about 50,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity based on the maximum speed.

This is just one trip for one train, but China has so many high-speed trains. Such a large amount of electricity consumption is one of the reasons why some countries are unable to develop high-speed rail.

Power generation can’t keep up.

Electricity is one of the most important cornerstones of modern industry.

Of course, we need to look at the issue dialectically. Although high-speed rail is a large consumer of electricity, the social benefits it brings far outweigh its economic costs.

It was freezing cold, snowing heavily, and the wind was howling like a knife.

Even extraordinary people like Yao Yao and Zhang Youyou felt the cold. They were relatively weak and wore less.

And someone like Lei Xiaohui, who has fire-attributed spiritual power, is naturally not afraid of the cold.

As for Luo Feifei, it's not that she is not afraid of the cold, but she likes this kind of cold. In the world of water, the world of ice and snow, she feels very happy and comfortable.

Li Xiang is naturally not afraid of the cold.

However, many of the special police soldiers had their lips turned blue from the cold, but they still stayed at their posts, which is very rare.

Many of them had been out hunting wild animals since before daybreak and had been busy until now without any change of shifts.

These special police soldiers who followed to the train station all signed a confidentiality agreement. They didn't know what the mission was. They were originally responsible for catching wild animals, but were transferred here with live ammunition to cooperate in waiting for the opportunity.

However, no one complained.

No one dared to speak, for fear of exposing their whereabouts and scaring off the target.

Of course, many SWAT soldiers were curious about what they were hunting. Li Xiang was actually under a lot of pressure. He was the one who came up with the idea and mobilized a large number of troops. The superiors also cooperated. However, if they didn't wait for the little alien beast and didn't catch it, it would be embarrassing.

Fortunately, although his plan was simple and crude, it still worked, especially for deceiving a baby who was just born not long ago.

Li Xiang's ears moved, and Luo Feifei also perked up.

"Here they come, pay attention." Li Xiang whispered into the intercom, and everyone suddenly started to get nervous.

But no one moved.

Li Xiang and the others restrained their breath, and although the other ordinary people did not move, it was estimated that the strange beast could smell the scent. However, even so, the little thing was attracted by the lightning on the high-speed rail car and could not help but turn into a black light and run towards this side.

Even if it knew there were people here, so what? It didn't take these ordinary people seriously. In its eyes, these humans were all food, but they didn't have the energy and deliciousness that they had on the high-speed train. It had to eat the energy first, and then find a closed eyed human to parasitize and hibernate.

"Whoosh~" There was a slight sonic boom, and a black shadow struck the lightning above the high-speed rail car.

It was quite excited, it was much more powerful than the electric fence in the zoo.

Li Xiang was the fastest, and only he could keep up with the little guy. But as long as the little guy appeared, with Li Xiang's current strength, there was no way he could let it escape.

Li Xiang flashed and came to the side of the little guy. He swung out the white jade golden hook stick and hit the little guy.

"Squeak~" This extremely ugly little thing screamed in fear. Only then did everyone see its true appearance, which was indescribably ugly.

Li Xiang is a seventh-level extraordinary person with a maximum speed of Mach 5 and a strength of 100,000 pounds. He has also mastered soft power and has practiced stick techniques for a long time to perfection. With one strike of his stick, he covered all the directions in which the beast could evade. Even though the beast dodged left and right, it was not able to avoid it completely and was hit directly by Li Xiang's stick.

“clang~”

There was a sound of metal clashing, and the little thing's head seemed to be made of cast iron. It was knocked dizzy, its head was deformed, and mucus splattered everywhere, but it did not die. It knew it was powerful, so it turned around and ran away in another direction.

Li Xiang gently turned the white jade golden hook stick, and with another hook, he immediately hooked its tail. He pulled it suddenly, trying to hook it back.

As a result, its tail fell off automatically, and Li Xiang was left empty-handed. The little creature escaped.

However, it was seriously injured by Li Xiang and its tail was broken, so its speed was no longer as fast as before.

Before, it was a beam of black light, accompanied by a slight sonic boom, and its speed was about a few Machs. But now, its speed is at most two-tenths of that, about 0.2 Mach, or about sixty meters per second.

Although it was still fast, far exceeding the speed of the special police soldiers, in the eyes of extraordinary people like Lei Xiaohui, it was not uninterceptable.

The direction the little thing fled was exactly towards Lei Xiaohui. Lei Xiaohui immediately jumped out, waved her hand, and a long flaming whip appeared, rolling towards the little guy.

The little guy was actually afraid of the flames and quickly fled in another direction.

Zhao Xueqing screamed, and the thorny vines grew into a wall, blocking the way.

The little guy changed direction again, but this time his luck was worse. He panicked and ran to Luo Feifei's side.

Luo Feifei smiled gently, stretched out her finger and pointed, and the little guy was immediately frozen.

Li Xiang had already put away his stick and was watching everyone's actions with a smile on his face.

Because this is a great opportunity for everyone to practice. Unfortunately, this little thing is still a cub after all, less than a day after hatching, too weak, once it reveals its whereabouts, it will be easily captured by everyone.

Naturally, Li Xiang contributed the most among them. If he hadn't hit the little creature with a stick, severely injuring it, and hooked off its tail, with the little creature's speed, no one except Luo Feifei could have stopped it.

Li Xiang picked up the little thing, examined it carefully, then asked Xu Xuan to fetch the alloy box that had been prepared long ago and put the little thing in it.

Afterwards, Xu Xuan closed the door, locked it, and went to hand in the spoils under the escort of a group of special police officers.

It's rare to catch a live one, so naturally it would be more valuable to lock it up for research.

Although this alien beast that loves to eat electricity is not the most powerful alien beast race in the apocalypse, it is definitely among the top ten and is worth studying.

After the battle tonight, Li Xiang and his men were exposed.

But it doesn’t matter. Li Xiang is now strong enough and qualified to have an equal conversation.

At the same time, in a central location in Rongcheng, Xu Xuan’s grandfather sat together with several elderly people. Looking at the information in front of them, even Xu Xuan’s grandfather looked surprised.

That stack of information was naturally about Li Xiang’s team.

Especially Li Xiang, the introduction was very detailed.

"His speed can actually reach Mach 5? Is this calculation correct?"

"Yes, this is the data collected by 815A at sea not long ago. Although we didn't know what the target was at the time, now that we have combined all the information, we can conclude that the mysterious man is Li Xiang."

"In addition, there is a lot of information showing that his cruising speed is about Mach 2-3. He is very restrained and low-key in China, but he was exposed abroad. And the satellites in the sky are orbiting the entire earth."

"It turns out that the rumors on the Internet that the mysterious man is Chinese are true. It seems that Xiaorizi understands us best." An old man laughed.

Xu Xuan's grandfather said: "The surrounding countries have all been harvested, but our country is peaceful. Isn't that obvious?"

"Haha." Everyone laughed.

What reassures them is that, from this point of view alone, Li Xiang still has a sense of family and country, and such people are easy to communicate with.

"In a few days, I will go to the capital and report it in person." Xu Xuan's grandfather stood up and his expression became serious again. After all, this was a serious matter.

Because, Li Xiang thought, since it has been "exposed", there is no need to hide it. He compiled a copy of the information about the end of the world and the strategies to deal with it, and asked Xu Xuan to pass it to his grandfather.

Li Xiang didn't care about the rest, and he couldn't care either. After all, he was not the master of this country.

The original plan was to provide a five-year advance warning, but plans could not keep up with changes, and he never expected that the space monster would arrive ahead of schedule.

However, the subsequent reaction was within Li Xiang's expectations.

That is, there was no movement for the time being, and their identities as extraordinary people were still kept secret and not publicized. Some special police soldiers who knew about it were called in for a private talk and signed a confidentiality agreement again.

The little strange beast was sent to a mysterious underground research institute located deep in the mountains with very strict guards.

As for how to research and what to research, Li Xiang would not participate. He only knew how to fight and kill, not how to do research. Only when Jiang Caier graduated with a doctorate, would he have a chance to occupy a position in such a research institute.

A week later, CCTV News Channel suddenly broadcast a strange news story with no beginning or end. No one could understand it. The general meaning was that one person won first-class merit, three people won second-class merit, and four people won third-class merit.

This is a military medal, and the highest-ranking person signed the approval order.

However, these award winners have no military status at all.

This is very strange and does not make sense. There are many different opinions and all kinds of gossip.

These eight people are naturally: first-class merit: Li Xiang; second-class merit: Luo Feifei, Zhao Xueqing, Lei Xiaohui; third-class merit: Xu Xuan, Zhang Youyou, Lei Jiaming, Yao Yao.

Although Xu Xuan, Zhang Youyou, Lei Jiaming, and Yao Yao participated in the hunt, they were unable to intercept, so they were awarded third-class merit. Then the rest of the special police soldiers, including the railway worker who "ingeniously" arranged the "lightning special effect", were all awarded.

"What the hell? Luo Feifei is a star, an actor, how come she only got a second-class award? Are you sure it's that Luo Feifei, not someone with the same name?"

"That Li Xiang is just an internet celebrity blogger. Why?"

"If she's with Li Xiang, then that Luo Feifei is definitely that Luo Feifei. After all, the couple Xiang Rufeifei is still very popular."

"Zhao Xueqing, Yao Yao, and Lei Xiaohui are all anchors of Yongye Media and employees under Li Xiang, and that Lei Jiaming is the security team leader." Someone dug up the past of Li Xiang and the others.

"Oh my god, what on earth did they do? Did they catch a spy?"

"I guess only if you catch a spy and it involves the military, you can enjoy this kind of merit, right?"

"The authorities are the same, they just report it without explaining the reason."

"You don't understand. These are all classified, so it's like this. It will probably take another ten or eight years for the truth to be revealed after it's declassified."

"I heard a piece of news that they helped capture the wild animal that escaped from the Chengdu Wildlife Park last time, so they received this medal."

"How is that possible? Catching wild animals is not a big deal. It's impossible. Why do I say that? Because my team and I also participated in catching wild animals. We caught three tigers, two lions, and a brown bear. We were only rewarded with a few thousand yuan and a useless certificate."

No matter what people discuss online, after this incident, Li Xiang and his team became more famous, and their online sales increased even more.

(End of this chapter)

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