bookrebus Chapter 1152
Chapter 1152
Xiao Sheng kept his head down the whole time and didn't say a word.
But he ate every last drop of the fish soup in his bowl.
This is an astonishing amount of food.
After finishing their meal, Zhang Jia prepared to take Xiao Sheng back home.
Zhong Tiyun packed another bag of fried fish pieces and a few steamed buns, and stuffed them into Zhang Jia's hand: "Take this, give it to Xiao Sheng when you get back. This child doesn't seem to have eaten much good food."
Zhang Jia smiled gratefully.
She patted Xiao Sheng's head and went back with Tao Zheng.
As He Chengshi's matter came to an end, the survivors gradually got used to their current pace of life and slowly entered a more comfortable and familiar state.
However, half a month later, Zhang Jia noticed that Xiao Sheng, who was beside him, suddenly looked outside with a look of surprise in his eyes.
Zhang Jia, puzzled, looked outside and asked, "Xiao Sheng, what's wrong?"
Xiao Sheng remained silent, lowering his eyes without uttering a sound.
Zhang Jia looked outside a few times but didn't find anything unusual.
Looking at the sun in the sky, she sighed inwardly, "The temperature is getting hotter and hotter. I wonder how high it will eventually reach!"
It's unclear whether the combination of the aerial fortress and solar power equipment will allow them to weather such extreme weather!
Unbeknownst to her, Zhou Shuwan, separated by two or three walls, also suddenly looked into the distance.
Qi Mingyu was wiping his submachine gun when he immediately noticed something was wrong with her and looked at her: "Wanwan, what's wrong?"
Zhou Shuwan's expression turned serious: "Something's not right!"
She stood up and looked out the window.
Qi Mingyu also stood at the window with her.
From his perspective, the sea outside looked the same as usual, with nothing unusual about it.
Zhou Shuwan couldn't quite explain what she saw, but her expression was extremely grave: "There's danger. We must prepare immediately!"
She and Qi Mingyu lived between Zhou Jianghai, Zhong Tiyun, and Mu Mu, so she immediately went out and knocked on both doors.
Have everyone gather in her room.
When her family gathered in her room, she said solemnly, "There are white gases sweeping in from the distant sea and the sky. I wonder if it's heat!"
"We need to immediately close the doors and windows, put on air-conditioned suits, and then..."
Before he could finish speaking, a sharp whistle suddenly broke the silence.
Immediately afterwards, the patrol team's emergency communication channel blared through the fortress's loudspeakers, the voice punctuated by obvious panting and anxiety: "Alert! Alert! Anomaly detected in the sea to the northwest! Repeat, anomaly detected in the sea to the northwest!"
Everyone's hearts sank.
Zhou Shuwan immediately stood up, walked to the window, and looked towards the northwest.
At this moment, within the range of human vision, the once calm sea surface now appears as if a red-hot iron has been thrown into it, and the air in the distance begins to distort and sway.
The once clear horizon became blurred, as if shrouded in a layer of flowing heat.
"Is this the heat of the sea?" Zhong Tiyun stared blankly at the distant heatwave.
How stupid!
At that moment, she couldn't think of anything else; she only had one thought in her mind.
They had always believed that building the mid-air fortress would allow them to safely weather the Boiling Sea Catastrophe, but how could they possibly survive such a thick layer of heatwave sweeping in...?
Captain Chen's calm voice soon came through the loudspeaker, though it couldn't hide a hint of urgency: "Attention all personnel! Immediately cease all outdoor operations and return to your quarters for shelter! Repeat, immediately return to your quarters, close doors and windows, and shut off outdoor ventilation!"
The alarm sounded again, this time sharper than when He Chengshi's fleet was discovered last time, carrying a sense of urgency that pierced the heart.
People on the main road of the fortress panicked. The construction teams, who had been busy, dropped their tools and ran frantically toward their dormitories.
The children's laughter stopped abruptly, and they all ran back to their dormitories.
Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu quickly closed the window and lowered the alloy protective plate on the inside of the window to completely shut out the scorching outside heat.
Mu Mu got up and went out: "I'm going to lock those two rooms now!"
"Be careful! Mu Mu!" Zhong Tiyun hurriedly warned.
Mu Mu nodded and went out.
Tao Zheng and Zhi Peng, who were standing nearby, also came out to see what was going on. When they saw Mu Mu come out, they asked him what was happening.
Mu Mu shook her head: "It's not clear yet. You all should quickly close the doors and windows of your houses tightly, put on your air-conditioning clothes, and don't go out!"
"Okay!" The others were also very experienced, so they didn't ask any more questions and immediately began to take action.
Inside the house, Zhou Jianghai asked in a low voice, "Is it a tsunami? But the sea level has been dropping, how could there suddenly be a tsunami?"
Zhou Shuwan shook her head. She concentrated her mind to try to perceive the situation outside, but she only felt a strong heat flow rapidly accumulating. The air seemed to have turned into viscous magma, and every breath was accompanied by a scorching and oppressive feeling.
“It’s not a tsunami,” she said in a low voice, “it’s the air that’s acting strangely, the temperature is rising rapidly.”
Inside the central control room, members of the research team were gathered around a huge monitoring screen, their fingers flying across the keyboard.
On the screen, various data are fluctuating wildly: the air temperature has soared from 52°C to 63°C and is still rising at a rate of 1°C per minute, while the sea surface temperature has exceeded 60°C.
"Captain Chen," an elderly researcher wearing thick glasses said solemnly, "this is not an ordinary weather change, it's a thermal convection storm!"
"A thermal convection storm?" Captain Chen frowned. "Detailed explanation!"
Because there is currently no equipment to observe changes in airflow in the sky, the veteran researcher, based on his experience, stated with certainty:
"The continuous daylight has caused the sea surface and air to accumulate a large amount of heat energy over a long period of time. The current sea temperature is 60°C, the air temperature is 58°C, while the temperature inside our fortress is 35°C, forming a huge temperature gradient."
In addition, recent frequent seafloor crustal activity has released geothermal energy, further heating the seawater and disrupting the stable state of the atmosphere.
He paused, then continued, "The hot air on the high-temperature sea surface has a low density and rises rapidly, while the relatively cool air above the fortress sinks, creating a strong convection cycle."
If the convection velocity has already reached 20 meters per second and is still accelerating, the rising air currents, carrying large amounts of hot water vapor and salt particles, will quickly form strong winds, hot rain, and salt spray, with immense destructive power!
"How long will this storm last? What impact will it have on the fortress?" Captain Chen asked, his eyes fixed on the approaching white shockwaves outside.
The old researcher shook his head: "It's hard to say for sure, Captain. This is just a guess based on my past experience. Right now, we should urgently notify the survivors on the fortress not to go out. Wear air-conditioned clothing or other well-sealed clothing if possible, and stay indoors!"