As if it had nothing to do with you!
You looked like you had everything under control just now. Just as you finished talking about enjoying the nightlife, there was an explosion outside.
Furthermore, as an Extraordinaire, no matter how weak you are, you can easily feel the huge amount of aether that flowed out from that bolt of lightning. Don't act like you don't know what's going on!
Fei Qi couldn't help but shout in his heart. He almost wanted to put it into practice, but he held himself back in the end.
After all, as long as he saw that seemingly innocent and kind face, he would be able to recall how this guy had lured him into a trap step by step, allowing him to perform like a clown, and finally mercilessly shattering all his self-righteousness. He was simply a demon who toyed with people's hearts and spread fear.
Lin Jie spread his hands, feeling very innocent from the bottom of his heart.
Although he did seem to have a tendency to jinx things, for example … the last time Doris visited, she said that she hoped everyone would get better and better. The next day, half the street was gone because of a gas explosion.
However, such a situation usually didn't happen, so the previous incident must have been a probabilistic one.
Boss Lin said helplessly, "Although I do tend to jinx things sometimes, this … lightning, this is completely a weather phenomenon. Furthermore, this place is thousands of miles away from where it happened. You can't blame it on an ordinary person like me just because of one sentence. Otherwise, I'll sue you for slander."
Fitch swallowed all the words in his throat. Then, he laughed dryly and said, "I'm sorry … You're right. However, the timing is really too coincidental. I was just casually saying it as a joke …"
It looked like … this Mr. Lin was probably enjoying the process of secretly controlling everything and scheming something at the same time. It was better for him not to be tactless and disturb him. The first website was m.9biquge. com
A16 Manor's banquet was indeed full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons. Why did he have to run into it?
Fei Qi was still secretly annoyed at himself for being so nosy.
"It's fine. I didn't think it would be so coincidental that there would be a bolt of lightning right after I finished speaking. Fortunately, I was only talking about the nightlife and didn't swear anything."
Lin Jie smiled and waved his hand. He looked at the gradually calming chaos and the sudden appearance of some black-clothed men in charge of maintaining order. He said, "But after such a small disturbance, I'm sure that Mr. Ji will appear. This is the best time to show his authority as the banquet's host."
"Indeed …"
Fitch nodded. Just as he was about to agree, a brown-haired lady in a red dress suddenly interrupted in a low voice, "Lightning? Do you really think that's lightning? "
Fitch said in his mind, Of course I don't think so. No, this is fucking lightning.
But this ordinary bookstore owner in front of me said that it was lightning, so it was lightning, and it could only be lightning.
In order to express his firm stance, Fitch countered with a question, "If this isn't lightning, then what is it? Don't tell me it's a battle between superhumans like the ones on TV? "
He deliberately gestured exaggeratedly as he mumbled onomatopoeic words, "Like this?"
Hmm … When he thought about it carefully, it was indeed better to hide his identity. Even though the purpose of his trip was to find other superhumans and join them so that he could find an organization that belonged to him …
However, no one could be sure what kind of supernatural being they would encounter, so it was better to be cautious and observe.
… At the very least, he shouldn't be like Lin Jie!
The brown-haired lady snickered, then covered her mouth and restrained her laughter. She tried her best to put on a serious expression and said, "But I saw it clearly just now. That 'lightning' shot from the ground to the sky, and it was very straight. Actually, it didn't look like lightning, but more like … the gleam of a sword?"
She frowned and said, "The time was too short, but I'm sure I didn't see wrongly. Besides, the earthquake happened at the same time just now, so the two must be related."
"Even though it might not be … a battle between superhumans." She paused and could not help but reveal a hint of a smile. "Ahem, but it's definitely unusual."
Fitch thought to himself that this woman was pretty sharp. However, it had always been rumored in Nuo Jin that superhumans were behind the gas explosion cases. Thinking about it, it was probably because there were sharper witnesses like her …
He could not help but feel a little curious. He wondered how supernatural beings handled such situations.
At this moment, Fitch heard Lin Jie say, "No, no, no, I was just about to say that. Actually, there's nothing unusual about this, so there's no need to make such a big deal out of it."
The brown-haired lady turned to look at this young man who looked very friendly and calm. She was a little puzzled. "Oh? Why do you say that? A lot of people clearly saw that lightning … "
Lin Jie shook his head and felt that it was necessary for him to explain this to her. Even though he did not know much about meteorology, he still knew a thing or two about such simple phenomena.
He smiled and said, "Although under normal circumstances, lightning does strike the ground from above, not all lightning is so obedient."
"Under special circumstances, some lightning will shoot from the top of the thunderstorm clouds into the ionosphere at high altitudes, resulting in what's known as' reverse lightning. 'In other words, it looks like lightning extending from the bottom to the sky, just like what happened just now.
"Moreover, this type of lightning is much more powerful than normal lightning. It releases a large amount of high-energy electric charges, so it looks a little like a straight beam of light being ejected from the sky instead of being curved like normal lightning."
Lin Jie spread his hands and shrugged. "Such a phenomenon doesn't mean that there's some sort of 'whoosh whoosh' superpower battle going on. It only means that … a storm is coming, and it's time to go home and pack up your clothes."
Fitch and the brown-haired lady were stunned for a moment.
Ah, this … Even though they did not have much knowledge in this area, Lin Jie's confident and calm manner as he spoke had a power that made people involuntarily believe in him.
It was just like when they listened to their teachers in class when they were young, they would not have any doubts about it.
Moreover, it did sound very reasonable.
The brown-haired lady choked for a moment, and her momentum instantly weakened. However, she still tried to refute, "Then, then what about earthquakes …?"
Lin Jie smiled faintly. "That's also very easy to explain. For there to be such a scale of reverse lightning just now, it definitely wasn't a storm that just started, but a super storm that has been going on for quite a while. Large amounts of rain over a large area will cause water to seep down, and there's a chance that it will change the geological structure and loosen the faults in the earth's crust, thus causing earthquakes."
"…"
The brown-haired lady was completely speechless. After a moment of silence, she sighed and smiled helplessly. "As expected of someone who can attend the banquet at A16 Manor. As expected, you are very knowledgeable. Although I don't know much about these things, but … what you said seems very reasonable."
She extended her hand to Lin Jie. "Eleanor Yeda. Just call me Yeda."
Lin Jie reached out and shook the other party's hand. "Lin Jie."
Fitch mentioned his name in passing, which attracted Yeda's surprise and sidelong glance. Clearly, the title of "wandering genius" had finally come into play.
The two of them exchanged a few words, and Lin Jie learned that Yeda originally came from a family that forged high-end silverware. Moreover, it had been a family that had specialized in serving those aristocrats for generations. Of course, now they would often make some exquisite metal ornaments and collectible swords and the like.
This time, she was representing her family to attend the banquet in place of her sick mother.
As they spoke, the commotion around them finally subsided completely.
A middle-aged gentleman in a black suit was slowly walking down the spiral staircase to the left at the front of the hall. His hair was grizzled, and his iron-gray eyes, the same color as his daughter's, were scrutinizing everyone.
The host of this banquet, the owner of A16 Manor, the richest man in all of Nuo Jin, the chairman of the Rohr Resources Development Group, Ji Bonong, had finally made his appearance.
Facing these gazes, he calmly walked to the center of the front of the hall and smiled. "I'm very sorry to have kept everyone waiting. I just received some news. Please don't be alarmed."
He raised his cane slightly and pointed into the distance. "A storm is making its sound. Our meteorologists have recorded a rare phenomenon that has never been captured before. They have named it 'reverse lightning.' At the same time, this storm has also caused a small fault in the ground, which led to everything that happened just now."
"The banquet will continue as usual. Everyone, let's start the party …"
Ji Bonong's voice was drowned out by the applause, but Fitch and Yeda were stunned.
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