Gao Ang wanted to speak, but he couldn't open his mouth; it was as if something was blocking it.
It was much harder to open my eyes, and breathing was also difficult. I felt like I was about to suffocate, but I didn't feel any stuffiness in my breathing.
As his senses gradually returned, he slowly regained control of his body and realized that his current position was a little off.
"Why do I feel like I'm upside down?"
It wasn't until he pulled himself up from the ground that he realized how embarrassing it had been to faint.
"Fortunately, there were no outsiders, otherwise my reputation would have been completely ruined."
"Meow."
Seeing Ang Gao stand up from the ground, Xiao Hua also happily exclaimed.
"Oh, Xiaohua, you're here too. You didn't see anything, did you?"
Even now, he's still worried about his image...
"Meow."
"Fine, you saw it, so be it. You can't tell anyone anyway, so I'll just pretend you didn't see it."
He waved his hand and began to recall the situation he had encountered last night.
Start running, jump, and then get struck by lightning...
That's roughly the process.
Fortunately, his physical strength was sufficient, otherwise he would have been directly killed by the chop. If it were a normal person, he would have been turned into a mummy long ago.
"Xiaohua, let's hurry up and leave. The commotion here is too loud. Someone might come. We need to get home quickly."
He didn't have time to figure out why he was struck by lightning; what he was worried about now was that the commotion last night might have been discovered by the forestry workers.
The camera was destroyed, and there was such a loud thunder... It would be really abnormal if no one noticed that something was wrong.
Thunder is one thing, a natural phenomenon, but cameras are usually monitored by dedicated personnel. One camera breaking down might be an isolated incident, but so many breaking down in succession must have a special reason.
After determining the direction, Gao Ang picked up the small flower on the ground, hugged it to his chest, and sped away from the place.
Back in the cave, they packed up their belongings and carefully checked the area to make sure there wasn't a single hair on their head or any excrement. Only then did they cautiously leave their temporary camp.
As she walked and dressed, Xiaohua followed behind at a similar pace.
"Let me put my clothes on first, and I'll ask you for help later."
By this time, the weather had completely cleared up. June weather is so strange; last night it was sunny, and today it's bright and sunny.
The scorching sun felt incredibly comfortable on Gao Yang's body, especially on his scalp, where he could clearly feel the warmth of the sunlight.
"Hmm? Something's not right?"
Touching his scalp, Gao Ang was shocked: "What?! I'm bald now?"
"Meow."
Xiaohua looked at him with dissatisfaction, as if to say: I warned you a long time ago, but you ignored me...
Ignoring Xiaohua, he looked at his arms again. Fortunately, the body hair was still there, and the pubic hair was still there too.
The issue now isn't whether he's bald or not, or whether he's losing hair or not. The key is to get out of this mess as soon as possible. As for why he became bald, it's not hard to guess.
Being struck by lightning, the instantaneous temperature or other energy from the lightning destroyed the material composition of his hair.
The other parts of the body are far from the top of the head and are not the primary 'crime scene'. In addition, the human body has electrical resistance, and his mutated body may have even greater resistance. Therefore, the other parts of the body are basically intact.
As for whether there was any hair he left behind at the scene, Gao Ang thought it was unlikely. He had experimented with his own hair before, and ordinary lighters couldn't burn it at all.
Now that he's been struck by lightning and is bald, there's a high chance that the hair that fell out was simply evaporated.
This was the result he most hoped for, and it was also the most ideal.
He recalled that when he got up from the ground, he did not notice any furry matter around him or in the pit. His observation ability had become strong enough after the mutation. If he could not find it, then it must be even more difficult for ordinary humans or instruments to find it.
He chose a route with no one around and proceeded methodically. At the same time, he took out his phone, turned on the front camera, and saw himself in the picture. He immediately forced an ugly, bitter smile.
"Damn it, they chopped off my eyebrows too..."
That means all the hair on his head was gone, and he completely became a 'no-eyebrow hero'.
In ancient times there were heroes with white eyebrows; now there are heroes without eyebrows. It must be a wonderful thing, right? That's all he could say to console himself.
They made it back to the rural road without incident. There weren't many vehicles on the road, and they didn't see a single one for several minutes, which dispelled Gao Feng's idea of hitchhiking back to the district.
Come to think of it, it just rained, most people are just getting out of bed at this time, and there are also some other factors, so there are fewer tourists. Who would come to this place at this time?
Unleashing his senses and taking long strides, he began to run along the country lanes.
This time he didn't dare to go too fast, breaking the sound barrier all the time. That wasn't showing off; it was just making himself uncomfortable.
After the rain, the sky cleared, and there was no obstruction overhead. Given the commotion last night, especially in a world-class protected area, he would never believe that no one would come to investigate. Perhaps some satellites overhead had already started to rotate.
With today's advanced technology, let alone a living person, we can track the movements of even a wild rabbit running on the ground.
Maintaining a speed of about 20 kilometers per hour, running steadily on the small road, Xiaohua squatted in the backpack, her two cat paws pried open a hole, and her cat head popped out stupidly, curiously looking at everything around her.
As it strides along, it rises and falls with it. Occasionally, the bright sun overhead will peek through the gaps and dart across its head. At these moments, it will squint its cat eyes, yawn impatiently, and continue its sightseeing adventure.
As we got closer to the city, there were more and more cars on the road. Every now and then, curious people would open their car windows and look at Gao Gao suspiciously, probably wondering in their minds: Is this guy a little abnormal?
People usually go for a morning run before sunrise, but at this hour the sun is already high in the sky. Calling it a morning run here would be laughable...
Despite the curious stares along the way, Gao Ang returned to the hotel where he had parked his car. He checked the car first and found it intact. He hadn't encountered any car thieves, and the cat food he had bought was still there.
He let Xiaohua frolic in the car, while he went back to his room to take a shower, change his clothes, check out the front desk, and left immediately.
When he went to pay, the receptionist looked at him suspiciously for a long time and checked the bill on the computer several times before letting him leave.
He could completely understand what the young lady was doing. Not to mention her, even he himself almost didn't recognize himself.
The ID card shows a head of flowing hair styled in a 3/7 part. The eyebrows, while not exactly arched, are still quite thick and bushy, giving off a very casual and easygoing vibe.
Now that he has no hair or eyebrows, even his family members would probably have a hard time recognizing him if they suddenly saw him with this look.
While refueling the car, Gao Ang was once again subjected to a curious scrutiny by the gas station attendant. He sighed helplessly, not knowing what to say, and obediently paid the bill. He then stepped on the gas and sped away with Xiao Hua, who was struggling with dried fish.
Within 24 hours of Gao Feng's return to Shanghai, the SNJL district was flooded with visitors.
The first group to arrive were forest rangers whose job was to repair the damaged surveillance equipment and cameras.
But when they saw the broken pieces, which were beyond repair, they all felt as if they had eaten shit: What kind of bastard did this?
Their first suspicions weren't about the adorable animals, but rather about poachers deliberately trying to cause trouble for them.
They haven't encountered poaching for a long time. On the one hand, this place is inland, with convenient transportation, making it easy for poachers to escape and for the police to set up a timely operation. On the other hand, there are no particularly large animals in Shennongjia, and the animals worth poaching are too rare for them to commit.
The leader cursed a few times, then took out his phone and made a call.
Before they could finish their work, another group of people arrived, including Engineer Wang from the meteorological bureau, who all carried some kind of equipment.
They were just passing by observers, purely curious about their work, and after exchanging a brief greeting, they went on to their own destination.
Their destination was the place where Gao Ang was struck by lightning. Based on the latitude and longitude feedback from the geomagnetic storm data, they quickly arrived at the cave where Gao Ang and Xiao Hua had stayed before.
"Nuclear radiation is normal, magnetic field induction is normal..."
Only after making sure there were no problems did everyone dare to take off their bulky hazmat suits. This was just in case, and it was also a necessary procedure for them when they were on site. If they really had any doubts about this area, they would have issued a notice long ago, and those observers would not have had the chance to come and clean up those pieces of scrap metal.
The cave was man-made and looks like it was recently dug out; the soil is still fresh, and there are traces of large animals inside.
Not far away, there is a forest road that starts from the cave and runs through the entire forest, stretching as far as the eye can see. If I'm not mistaken, it must have been made by this large animal.
"Stop, everyone. It seems this job is no longer our responsibility."
With this kind of commotion and capability, their small meteorological bureau simply couldn't get involved. As for whether it was the Academy of Sciences or other departments, that was none of their business. What they could confirm was that there were no abnormalities in the magnetic field here, and that was enough. Everyone has their own expertise, so they wouldn't meddle.
Wang sent the general situation here to his supervisor through audio and video materials. The instruction he received was to stay put and wait for colleagues from other departments.
More than three hours later, another group of people arrived. These people were wearing white lab coats with the circular logo of the Chinese Academy of Sciences printed on their chests, and their boxes were labeled "Key Laboratory of Animal Evolution and Research".
“Living in caves must have led to the evolution of a certain level of intelligence.”
"Traces of campfires were found by the lake, it seems they've evolved to the point of cooking food..."
Based on the existing clues, several researchers who appeared to be graduate students began to state their judgments with recording pens, and they did so in a very professional and confident manner.
But when they saw the irregular finger marks on the cave ceiling, they were speechless.
"The unknown creature is suspected of possessing extremely strong destructive capabilities, capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks..."
When they saw the trees smashed to pieces, with broken branches scattered all over the ground, and even large trees as thick as waists snapped in half, they began to stammer:
"The unknown creature is suspected of possessing extremely strong destructive capabilities and physical strength, capable of... destroying trees with a diameter of approximately 60 centimeters..."
When they looked through their binoculars at the forest path, their tone had become calm and indifferent, as if they were either utterly devastated or resignedly accepting their fate.
"The unknown creature possesses extraordinary endurance, capable of running continuously for over 20 kilometers without apparent stopping, and its whereabouts are unknown..."
By the time they noticed the crater caused by the high altitude landing, they were numb and unable to determine what kind of monster this unknown creature was.
"The unknown creature appears to possess extremely high surface and bone hardness. Due to unknown reasons, it collided violently with the ground, but it seems to have suffered no damage. An oval-shaped crater with a diameter of about 20 centimeters was formed on the ground, and human-like footprints were found around it..."
These people then discovered two sets of pits at the top of the cliff, as well as footprints...
The leader of the Academy of Sciences was already wiping his sweat: "Give me all these materials, you can go back now. Remember, you didn't see anything today..."
Two hours later, another group of people arrived. These people were different from the previous ones because they were wearing Zhongshan suits.
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