"power failure?"
Gao Ang was still a little curious about this phenomenon.
He Guo is a developed country, and it even has nuclear power plants and other facilities. Its electricity generation not only meets its own needs, but it also exports some of its power.
"Any clues?"
"Zhuo zhuo." Gao Ang tidied himself up a bit, turned his chair around, looked at Qian Sui, and asked.
“There are no clues on the surface, and the local power supply bureau doesn’t seem to be doing anything unusual. Based on my judgment, there might be some kind of secret base that’s directly diverting power from the power plant.”
“If that’s the case, then it makes sense. The Bethel family are old hands in this business. It’s not difficult for them to place their own people in the power bureau or the power plant… Well, I’m just killing time anyway, I’ll go see what’s going on.”
Gao Ang stood up from the chair, picked out a coat to put on, and after thinking for a moment, also put on a hat.
It's already mid-November, and it's already snowing in some parts of the west.
If you happen to run into someone with a completely bald head, it just feels a bit odd, even though his baldness isn't exactly standard.
When Gao Ang arrived at the headquarters of the Aoli Group, it was still early morning.
Doing bad things in the early hours of the morning seems to be a tacit understanding among everyone?
The Skynet system, though long-standing, didn't provide many clues, only mentioning a power outage.
"Since there are no obvious clues, let's look for them one by one."
If it were someone else, they might feel completely clueless.
But for Gao Yuan, it's just a matter of spending a little time.
The location of each power plant was imprinted in his mind, and he followed each power plant to trace the positive and negative charges.
If someone wants to steal electricity, these positive and negative charges can show them the correct path.
The capital of He Guo is not very large, not even as large as Shanghai.
After several rounds, Gao Ang had sketched out the movement trajectory of positive and negative charges throughout the entire city.
"Since it caused a power outage in the city, it must have required a very large amount of electricity, which means the movement of positive and negative charges would be very obvious... These positive and negative charges will definitely converge at one location... The number of outlets in the power plant is not important, as long as we find the final direction in which these currents converge..."
Within the full-force field, these currents resemble a swarm of fireflies in the night, charting out very clear routes.
These clear routes, traversing a chaotic network of underground power grids, all converge in one place: Bethel Castle.
"How did it get here?"
It hovered high above Bethel Castle, frowning as it observed every blade of grass and tree below.
The changes since he left are remarkable.
The castle is basically abandoned, with only two or three living people, all of whom are normal elderly people.
The remains of those old monsters are still there, deep underground where he once shattered the earth.
There were no signs of damage from the rescue efforts on the stone wall; it remained untouched, just as it had been before.
"It seems they've abandoned this place..."
That's true. They've already driven us all the way to our hometown, so we're bound to be exposed. Since we're already exposed, why are we still staying here, waiting for them to wipe us out in one fell swoop?
The current that converges here through various cables is quite enormous.
However, Gao Feng did not detect much electricity in the basement of Bethel Castle.
It's not that there isn't any, but it's not as big as he expected.
In numerical terms, if the total current collected from other parts of the country is 100, then there is at most only 10 units of electricity here.
The losses in all areas are negligible; the real question is, where did all that electricity go?
"Energy is conserved, and electricity is also a form of energy... Could it be that they convert electrical electricity into another form of energy that I've never seen before?"
Gao Feng stroked his chin and began a brainstorming session.
The electricity collected from various sources is stored in a large, transparent container that looks very much like a futuristic Rubik's Cube from a movie.
It made a crackling sound, which was quite frightening to watch.
But there was no one around, and no special equipment.
If we're talking about anything special, it's just a few radar-like gadgets.
Energy is conserved. Just like himself, whether it's solar energy or other forms of energy, it is eventually transformed into unknown energy within his body through various means, enabling him to fly or have abnormal physical characteristics, etc.
If the Bethel family also discovered a similar energy conversion, then the disappearance of electricity could be explained.
Electricity doesn't just disappear for no reason, let alone 90% of it disappearing in such a short time; that's not scientifically possible.
"If I haven't seen the new energy that the Bethel family has created before, then this is going to be troublesome!"
Based on his investigation, Gao Feng has already made a rough estimate of the energy of those electrical charges.
The combined energy equivalent of such a large-scale power outage, the energy stored in power plants, and the energy stored in nuclear power plants, is comparable to, or even exceeds, the energy of an atomic bomb.
"Since these people have the ability to convert electricity into other forms of energy, does that mean they can store that energy in a very small place or space?"
Thinking about this, Gao Ang suddenly felt that things might be getting complicated.
The development of world civilization can also be seen as a process of energy evolution.
From the initial practice of eating raw meat and drinking blood to the use of fire, it represents a fundamental utilization of thermal energy.
Even the steam engine of the First Industrial Revolution was considered to be powered by heat.
With the development of technology, the sources of heat energy have gradually diversified.
From the earliest timber, to later coal and oil, natural gas, and now nuclear energy.
Nuclear energy sounds very sophisticated, but ultimately it is still a form of thermal energy.
Nuclear reactor fission generates heat, which then drives a generator to produce electricity...
However, Gao did not feel much heat here, which means that the electrical energy here was not converted into much heat energy.
Gao Ang suddenly remembered himself: spatial energy?
A few days ago in Death Valley, he didn't sense any unusual energy, but he was definitely suppressed by that thing.
And what about the biological components he worked on before? Couldn't they convert solar energy into unknown energy and then create an anti-gravity space?
He couldn't sense the energy within him, but it was undeniably there.
"In other words, there are many energies in this world that humanity has not yet discovered, or that are beyond the detection of current human technology, yet they truly exist?"
Good heavens, if the Bethel family really finds this thing, won't they be invincible? *chuckles*
Gao Yang was even a little impulsive, and also a little envious.
He really wanted to rush straight to Sajir, grab him by the collar, and demand an explanation: Tell me, what exactly is this energy?
However, Chisai clearly told him that Sagil had never left his office and had been working and resting inside, which ruled him out as a suspect.
"Sir, there's a situation. There's an unusual daytime phenomenon on the sea to the northwest. You need to go and check it out right away."
Upon hearing the warning from the Thousand-Year-Old, Gao Ang jumped up and disappeared from the spot with a "whoosh".
Northwest? Isn't that the waters of some country?
If I remember correctly, there used to be several small islands, but after hundreds of years of land reclamation, a sizable wetland has been formed.
The coordinates that Chisui indicated were not even within the scope of this wetland; they were much farther away, practically in international waters.
When Gao Ang reached the high seas, he finally understood what Qian Sui meant by the unusual daylight.
"This white light seems familiar... Wait, isn't that the one from Qingshan Province?"
Gao Ang suddenly remembered that the white light he encountered during his road trip was exactly the same as the white light on the sea.
It was blindingly white, yet felt very soft, unlike a laser; it was more like... the light emanating from someone's open eyes.
This is a very fantastical statement, but after much thought, Gao Ang could only use this metaphor to describe these white lights.
After his experience in Death Valley, he became more cautious.
Although the source of the white light was only a breath's time away from him, he still cautiously probed it little by little with the edge of his full power field.
"Aside from a small amount of known energy, no abnormal fluctuations were detected... Wow, this is interesting. It really does have something to do with Qingshan Province..."
At the edge of the full-force field, Gao Feng discovered that the place emitting white light was a small island.
Moreover, it is a volcanic island, and the volcano is clearly active.
Those white lights were coming from the crater. If you replaced the white with any other color, people would probably believe that the volcano had erupted.
However, Gao Ang knew that although the volcano was active, these white lights had absolutely nothing to do with it.
These white lights were coming from a hole halfway up the mountain outside the volcano. This hole was neither naturally formed nor man-made, but was penetrated by these white lights.
Gao Feng even saw that the white light was gradually corroding the volcano's rock layers, and the opening was getting bigger and bigger.
The thing emitting this white light was actually a very inconspicuous little box.
The small box was constructed in a similar manner to the item he had found in Qingshan Province, but it appeared to be more refined.
It's like... it was made after being scaled down to a certain size.
The thing Gao Ang discovered in Qingshan Province last time was identified by both the general and the 303 Bureau as a component of a synthetic device.
Ang Gao found a miniature version of the same component in a box inside a cave halfway up the volcano.
"In that case, the deduction is as follows: the Bethel family has mastered a technology that can convert electrical energy into a new type of energy. The effects of this new energy are unknown, but its destructive power should not be underestimated. It even created a hole in a volcano, and such a large one at that. What if it were an ordinary building? But then another question arises: why was something similar discovered in Qingshan Province of the Eastern Kingdom in the first place?"
Gao Yuan was a little puzzled.
He didn't rush to examine the box up close, but instead carefully searched the surrounding sea.
There were no suspicious individuals, but there were some suspicious communication signals.
Based on the directions of these communication signals, he quickly located the various cameras and monitoring instruments scattered around the island.
He was quite interested in the box, so he didn't intend to cause any damage. He wanted to see what would happen next.
But he had no affection for these cameras; he smashed their heads off one by one.
These cameras are all wireless, and their signals are transmitted directly to satellites in the sky.
If he wanted to track these signals, there were two ways: either he could control all the satellites in the sky, or his flight speed could match that of the signals...
The former would be extremely controversial and cannot be done; the latter would require him to fly at the speed of light... which is simply impossible.
He feels comfortable at around 10 kilometers per hour; beyond that speed, energy consumption increases exponentially.
After setting up all the monitoring equipment, Gao Ang discovered that the box seemed to be entering a period of decline.
Because the white light weakened and became softer, just like when eyes slowly close and the light inside disappears.
A few more minutes passed before all the white light disappeared, and everything returned to its original state.
The volcano is still rumbling at its base, as if it has been influenced by some unknown energy, making it more active than before.
The sea breeze picked up and the waves rose higher in the surrounding area.
Whether it was the plankton-rich waters or the medium to large-sized fish, they all went crazy and hurriedly left this dangerous place.
Animals are the most intelligent species, and they often have an unusually keen sense of foresight regarding certain disasters.
"No way, really?"
When Gao Ang saw the fish scattering and fleeing for their lives, he was initially somewhat skeptical.
But when he mustered his courage and flew a little further to carefully observe the bottom of the volcano, which was also the bottom of the small island, he realized what was about to happen.
"This volcano is about to erupt!"
This was his first impression, because the magma at the bottom of the volcano had already begun to boil.
The magma surface he initially observed has risen nearly 20 meters higher than before, and this rate is increasing.
"Boom!"
Gao Feng was certain that this was the first time he had heard such a sound; there had definitely been no such sound before.
The sound wasn't from lava, nor from a volcano.
He descended again, eager to find out where the sound was coming from.
"Wait a minute, this rumbling sound seems to be two different sounds, one above and one below, but the frequencies are very similar..."
Above, below?
Ang looked up at the sky before dawn. A few scattered stars were visible in the sky, but a dark mass seemed to be gradually blocking them out.
"What is that?"
He really wanted to go up and take a look, but he couldn't be in two places at once.
Once you've looked at the top, you can't look at the bottom anymore.
The distance between the two sides, one above the other, doesn't seem far, but he's not exactly in the middle of them; he's looking at them sideways.
"Your Excellency, you use Mountain Eagle No. 1 to observe the area above, and I will observe the area below."
Gao Ang did not receive a response from Qian Sui immediately; a second later, there was still no response.
"A thousand years old?"
"Sir... the signal... is weak, it might be... being interfered with... please be careful..."
Gao Feng was stunned. Was the signal blocked?
But there was nothing in that dark, indistinct thing that could block the signal.
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