The two ran as fast as they could for about a hundred paces when suddenly Lin Kunlun called out, "Wait a minute!"
He quickly ran a few steps to the side, then grabbed a person's foot from a pile of mud, and pulled hard, pulling a person out of the mud. The person was covered in dirt and dust, and it was the sea god who had fallen into the mountains after being exhausted from fighting the peacock!
Poseidon is also unconscious. She was buried in the earth after the mountain collapsed. If Lin Kunlun hadn't seen her bare foot, she would probably have been buried alive.
Old Tian recognized the Sea God and sighed, "Let's rescue them together." Lin Kunlun also gave a wry smile, carrying the Peacock in one hand and the Sea God in the other.
The two martial arts masters looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Five S-level experts—that was already the strongest lineup that could be gathered in the entire world right now, yet they ended up looking so humiliated…
Thick smoke and flames shot thousands of meters into the sky. Above, dark volcanic ash spread through the atmosphere, forming a thick cloud that quickly covered an area of tens of square kilometers, and the area was still spreading rapidly.
The massive plumes of flame erupting from the crater formed countless shimmering parabolas across the sky, transforming into a myriad of shooting stars that descended from the heavens with roaring flames.
The ground beneath my feet was still trembling, shaking, and groaning, with muffled thunderclaps that seemed to come from the heavens or from hell.
Visibly, on the distant mountaintop, the cone-shaped pass seemed to have been blasted open by the first wave of explosions, creating a huge gap. Soon, large swathes of red lava gushed out, rushing down the gap and turning the snow and trees on the mountaintop into a sea of fire!
The snow on the mountaintop evaporated instantly under such extreme heat, turning into thick fog, while the sea of fire quickly spread down the mountain...
The scene at this moment is like the end of the world!
The thick dust cloud in the sky spread larger and larger, with large plumes of gray dust sweeping in, filling the air with a pungent smell of sulfur. In the distance, around the mountaintop, burning fireballs falling from the sky crashed into the surrounding forests, instantly igniting large swathes of fire, while at the foot of the distant mountains, a light gray "snow" could be felt falling from the sky.
That wasn't snow, it was volcanic ash!!
The gray volcanic ash quickly fell, covering the foot of the mountain layer by layer. At some tourist spots at the foot of the mountain, people had already fled in panic. People in small towns were frantically evacuating. Cars crashed together in disarray, and some even ran amok, knocking down utility poles and causing new fires. Amidst the cries and screams, the sound of explosions from who-knows-where kept pushing people to the brink of collapse!
At that moment, everyone's only thought was: escape!
The thick volcanic ash falling from the sky quickly accumulated on the roofs of houses and cars, as if they were covered with a thick layer of gray goose feathers. Some of the volcanic ash was even sucked into the engines, causing cars to break down one after another. These broken-down cars further blocked the already congested roads, and the roads were full of cars that had collided with each other. The shouts and cries were indistinguishable.
A private helicopter took off in a disarray, attempting to escape the dense volcanic ash. However, the increasingly dense ash was sucked into the helicopter's engine. Soon, the helicopter had only flown a few hundred meters when it began to lose its balance in mid-air. After wobbling and struggling for a while, it crashed headfirst into a three-story building amidst screams, like a drunkard. The explosion instantly engulfed half the street, and the flying debris caused numerous deaths and injuries, completely blocking the road. Dozens of cars behind the road were rammed into a heap, but they could no longer escape this lifeline.
In a corner of the town, inside a motorhome with an antenna device resembling a giant pot mounted on its roof, Shi Gaofei opened the window, and the smell of volcanic ash outside made him sneeze violently.
Wearing a pair of glasses-style detectors, Shi Gaofei adjusted his headset, and the telescope mode quickly appeared in the lenses. Shi Gaofei was also full of surprise, looking at the eruption of Mount Kami of Japan, which had been dormant for centuries, and at the giant pillar of fire thousands of meters high...
"Damn it, how did it become such a big scene..." Shi Gaofei swallowed hard and quickly rolled up the car window.
The car's sophisticated soundproofing meant that the explosion could no longer be heard from inside the car, and the cries and shouts of the crowd outside were also kept out.
"This is quite a scene." Shi Gaofei smiled wryly, quickly opened a computer on a workbench in the carriage, did a few calculations on the computer, and then Shi Gaofei's face turned as if he had swallowed an egg, his eyes wide open.
The specially designed signal receiving device on the roof of the car quickly transmitted the magnitude of the earthquake after the volcanic eruption, as well as the observed energy spread of the eruption, and the data on the fluctuations in geomagnetism and geoelectricity. After being analyzed on the computer, it produced a result that surprised Shi Gaofei!
The mad scientist's face was no longer filled with arrogance; instead, it was serious. His fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed a few keystrokes. Finally, he let out a long breath and slumped back in his chair.
At that moment, another earthquake struck. The car shook violently a few times, and the equipment inside the car made a creaking sound. Shi Gaofei suddenly stood up, raised his wrist, and quickly set a timer on his watch. Then he rushed to the back of the car, opened the door of a tool shed, and quickly took out a box. He then put on a specially made black anti-electromagnetic leather suit. Underneath the box, he opened it and found several rows of black tubular objects arranged in a special position, as well as several palm-sized, propeller-like sheet-like objects.
Shi Gaofei sat down, his face calm. He quickly assembled the tubes one by one, and finally finished assembling the propeller. He then installed the two specially made black boxes at the bottom.
A portable, single-person flying vehicle appeared right in front of them!
After doing all this, Shi Gaofei lifted the chassis of the car, pulled out an electric wire, and directly conducted the ground power of the battery hidden under the car chassis into the single-person aircraft. He glanced at the timer on his watch and frowned: "If those guys don't come back soon, I can't wait any longer."
Finally, at that moment, several loud banging sounds came from outside the carriage.
Shi Gaofei glanced at the display screen at the door, breathed a sigh of relief, and pressed the button to open the door. The steel car door opened, and outside he saw the disheveled Lao Tian and the others.
To Shi Gaofei's surprise, there were three people when they went, but five people came back.
Old Tian was in the best condition, still able to stand up, but he was carrying Prince, who was covered in blood—Prince had lost half of his wing—in one hand, and a woman’s hair in the other. The woman’s eyes were tightly closed, and her face was covered in volcanic ash, making it impossible to see her true appearance. Lin San followed behind Old Tian, also carrying a woman in his arms.
The group of guys were all covered in a thick layer of volcanic ash, looking as if they had just been pulled out of the stove.
Shi Gaofei was stunned for a moment, then quickly stepped aside to let Lao Tian and the others in. He saw that as soon as Lao Tian entered the carriage, he immediately collapsed to the ground, wiped his face hard, and revealed a pale face. Lin San seemed to be only half a breath longer than him.
"What happened to you guys?" Shi Gaofei frowned. "You look like you've been beaten up pretty badly."
"More or less." Old Tian struggled to open a cabinet next to him, took out a row of metal tubes, pulled them open, took a swig himself, and handed one to Lin San.
After the two of them drank a vial of cell repair fluid in one go, they breathed a slight sigh of relief—although the cell repair fluid was miraculous, it didn't show results so quickly, but it did provide more psychological comfort.
Old Tian gave a wry smile: "Five S-class heroes, five against one and still a crushing defeat, that kid has truly become a god!"
He glanced at Lin San, whose face was also ashen. Lin San's previous arrogance had vanished completely. After Old Tian poured another bottle of cell repair fluid down Prince's throat, he looked at Shi Gaofei and said, "We almost didn't make it back, sigh..."
"If you don't come back soon, I can't wait any longer and I'm going to run away first."
Shi Gaofei's expression was very serious. He looked at Lao Tian and the others and said in a deep voice, "What exactly did you do? How did you manage to blow up Mount Fuji?"
Old Tian gave a wry smile and pointed at Lin Kunlun: "Ask him."
Lin Kunlun didn't have the strength to explain at the moment, and simply asked, "What's wrong?"
"What's wrong?" Shi Gaofei chuckled twice and pointed to the computer screen next to him: "I did a preliminary assessment of the energy signal from the volcanic eruption that I just received, and the result... hehe, it's quite surprising!"
He pointed out the window, where the transparent car window was now covered with a layer of gray ash, making it impossible to see outside. Shi Gaofei opened the car's windshield wipers and managed to clear a patch of light from the windshield.
“Normally, a volcanic eruption of this magnitude would cause landslides, lava to damage the geological surface, resulting in geological disasters, fires, and large amounts of lava ejected into the sky, causing atmospheric reactions… As you can see, the volcanic ash is already falling like snow. This volcanic ash will disrupt machinery, rendering cars, airplanes, and other means of transportation inoperable. For example, our car is already immobile. Moreover, soon, volcanic gases will permeate the surrounding area. These gases contain large amounts of toxic substances, which will cause humans to suffocate and die if inhaled! Furthermore, based on my assessment of the current eruption's intensity and calculations of the distance to this area…” At this point, Shi Gaofei quickly glanced at his watch: “In about forty-six minutes, the lava from the mountaintop will flow here, turning the surrounding area into a sea of fire. And within about two hours, volcanic gases will engulf this area along with the spreading lava! Including our current location! Once enveloped by these toxic gases, no living thing can survive!”
At this eruption's intensity, large amounts of lava are ejected into the sky, merging with moisture in high-altitude clouds to form a thick 'volcanic cloud.' This volcanic cloud spreads rapidly, reaching distances of hundreds of kilometers and covering thousands or even tens of thousands of square kilometers of land! In areas covered by the volcanic cloud, volcanic ash, resembling heavy snowfall, falls. This ash not only causes machinery malfunctions but also disrupts the respiratory system of living organisms, potentially leading to death. Furthermore… it's not just ash; terrifying mud rain also occurs! Simultaneously, the thick ash cloud blocks sunlight, causing a sharp drop in regional temperatures… This devastating impact can last for several months!
Unfortunately, according to my initial calculations, the energy level of this volcanic eruption you triggered is at the red level! That is, the highest level! Damn it, I have no idea what you did! Did you detonate a nuclear bomb right at the mouth of Mount Fuji?!
Given its current magnitude, the eruption will likely trigger an earthquake, and the resulting changes in the geological strata will in turn cause another wave of volcanic eruptions, releasing further energy! The subsequent changes will then be unpredictable!
Given that the Japanese mainland itself is a geologically relatively fragile island, if the energy from a volcanic eruption exceeds the continental shelf's tolerance limit... Hmph!!