Chapter 4 The Second Treasure

7 p.m.

Yang Fan felt a little hungry and started to eat dinner.

He touched the mark on his left wrist with his right hand, and his consciousness extended into the Space Pearl, locking onto a pile of packaging boxes, his mind moving slightly.

Five packaging boxes appeared out of thin air on the table.

Turn it on.

It was exactly three dishes, one soup, plus a big box of rice.

This is actually the meal I packed yesterday.

Since the Space Pearl has a powerful heat preservation function, after a day, the food is still hot, just like it was just out of the pot.

Yang Fan swallowed his saliva and started to eat it all up.

His physical fitness has improved a lot recently, his food intake has increased visibly, and his appetite has also become much better.

He placed his phone on a stand and happily watched videos.

After a while.

Most of the rice is done.

A new video appears on the phone screen.

Yang Fan took a look and stopped using his chopsticks.

"Crack! Crack!"

A dense sound came out from the speaker.

I saw large hailstones falling like raindrops, and a thick layer of broken ice had accumulated on the ground.

"It's over. We just planted the rice not long ago. This hailstorm must have frozen all the seedlings to death."

The voice of the photographer was trembling noticeably.

There is a location address below the video with a line of words written on it - Dong Liao Province.

An idea suddenly popped up in Yang Fan's mind: "If the hail is a large-scale phenomenon, then the price of food will definitely rise!"

The Sanliao region where the Eastern Liao Province is located, namely the three major provinces of Eastern Liao, Western Liao and Liaohe, is one of the three major rice producing areas of Daxia.

The climate in the Sanliao area is relatively cold, and only one rice crop can be grown each year, usually sown in May and harvested in October.

If all the seedlings are frozen to death, even if they are replanted immediately, it will be almost impossible for the rice to fill and mature before the temperature drops in October.

and so.

This is a very bad thing!
Yang Fan put down his chopsticks, not caring about eating anymore, picked up his phone and started searching.

Nowadays, short video platforms are rampant. Anyone with a mobile phone can shoot videos anytime and anywhere. Video search is also an effective way to obtain information.

The more he searched, the more frightened he became.

Not only Dongliao, but the other two "Liao" were also hit by hail.

No one in the Three Liaos was spared!

Yang Fan shook his head and sighed, "A significant reduction in production is inevitable, and everyone has to tighten their belts."

of course.

This "everyone" does not include him.

Supply relations determine prices. The consequences of hail are not difficult to predict. For many people, life will only become more difficult.

Yang Fan muttered again: "Central Agriculture's stock will soar tomorrow!"

Central Agriculture not only controls a large number of farms, but also has huge reserves of supplies. Now that disaster is approaching, prices are bound to skyrocket.

Although this meant that his wealth skyrocketed, he was not happy at all.

The world is about to fall into chaos, who can be happy?

Yang Fan sighed a few times, sat down to finish his meal, and threw the lunch box into the trash can.

He checked the time on his phone - seven twenty-five.

Yang Fan's face was serious: "There are still eighteen minutes."

Last night's dream indicated that something would happen in Linjiang City tonight.

He walked to the distribution box in the living room and pulled the main switch with a "click".

The room suddenly became dark.

Yang Fan pulled a chair and sat on the balcony, quietly looking at the lights of thousands of homes.

He looked around and his eyes were fixed on a living room in the residential building opposite.

Amid the bright lights, a little girl was dancing, and her young parents were sitting on the sofa, clapping their hands, looking very happy.

Yang Fan was deeply touched: "Every day I see such a scene, there will be fewer days."

We don’t cherish what we have until we lose it.

This seems to be a common problem among humans.

After a while.

Yang Fan looked at his phone again - 7:42.

One minute countdown.

He quickly turned off his phone and stuffed it into the Space Pearl.

Yang Fan silently counted for dozens of seconds, then slowly stood up and muttered, "Everyone should go to bed early tonight!"

The word "bar" has just been said.

An astonishing sight appeared.

Hundreds of lightning bolts, of a strange red color, fell rapidly to every corner of the city.

Yang Fan saw with his own eyes that a large burst of sparks suddenly jumped out of the TV in the little girl's house opposite.

Subsequently.

It was dark in the little girl's house.

at the same time.

The lights of all the houses disappeared. "Boom!"

Then a loud thunder came late.

Yang Fan was so frightened that his heart skipped a beat.

Last night's dream foreshadowed the coming of red lightning.

The destructive power of lightning is beyond imagination, causing damage to a large number of substations and transformers, which in turn led to a major power outage in Linjiang City.

Besides.

Many households' electrical appliances were damaged, many people's mobile phones broke down, and some cars also broke down.

It was precisely to avoid this tragedy that Yang Fan cut off the power at home in advance and put his mobile phone into the space bead.

According to experts, lightning causes the voltage of the chip's microcircuit to rise abnormally, thereby breaking down the transistors and damaging the chip.

I don’t know whether other people believe it or not, but Yang Fan doesn’t believe a word of it.

He took the mobile phone out of the space, turned it on smoothly, and successfully connected to the network.

The base station is not down.

Because there is a backup power supply.

But the internet speed became very slow.

Yang Fan sighed, "It's so boring when the power is out."

He turned on the flashlight on his cell phone and prepared to go to the bathroom to take a shower.

at this time.

Yang Fan suddenly felt a slight chill in his chest.

He was stunned for a moment, then quickly rushed to the bathroom, stood in front of the mirror, and unzipped his shirt.

What you see.

A faint gray mark, shaped like a branch, emerged from the surface of the skin on the chest.

Yang Fan was pleasantly surprised: "Is this thing moving?"

This was another rare item he had obtained, and its origin was similar to that of the Space Pearl.

Half a year ago, he dreamed that a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and hit a dead tree.

A branch on the dead tree emitted a faint light and floated in the air spontaneously, lasting for a few seconds before falling down.

Yang Fan decisively flew from Hedong Province to Xiling Province, covering more than a thousand kilometers, and wandered in the wilderness for nearly ten days before finally finding the branch.

In short.

It came easily.

It's totally free.

Yang Fan gave it a name - Thunder Branch.

After he dripped blood, the branch hit his chest and disappeared without leaving any trace, and it was completely undetectable, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.

He never expected that today the branches would appear in the form of marks.

Yang Fan blurted out: "I understand, this must be related to the red lightning!"

Although the red lightning that just erupted caused a major power outage in Linjiang City, it also accidentally activated a dormant magical object.

He touched the mark with his finger and instantly sensed the presence of the Thunder Branch.

Yang Fan moved his fingers, and a red light emerged from his chest.

It's the branches.

Originally this was a dead branch with a dark brown surface, but now it has turned into a striking red color.

"Zi~Zi~"

Many electric flashes flowed on the surface of the branches, constantly making tiny sounds.

Yang Fan suddenly realized: "The Thunder Branch is not dormant, but lacks energy, just like a mobile phone automatically shuts down when it runs out of battery.

"Red lightning broke out in Linjiang City. The Thunder Branch quietly absorbed enough energy before waking up."

He touched the Thunder Branch with his finger, and a stream of information instantly appeared in his mind, and he naturally understood how to use the branch.

Yang Fan was immediately surprised: "This thing is useful!"

He tossed the Thunder Branch over and over again, and suddenly exclaimed, "Why do I feel like the branch has grown a little bit?"

Yang Fan thought of the changes in the Space Pearl, and he seemed to understand something: "The strange things will grow automatically. The Thunder Branch absorbed the red lightning, so it grew a little bigger?"

He wondered, "If this thing continues to grow, will it become a tree?"

It seems possible!
*
Go to the capital.

Inside the underground base.

The mermaid Jana is lazing in her underwater lair.

The way she builds the nest is very interesting. She spits out a milky liquid that reacts with water to turn into a gel, which is used to build the nest.

There is a large disk on the ceiling of the nest, nearly two meters in diameter.

A vague human figure appeared on it.

Behind the figure stands a large red patch, which looks a bit like a short tree, and around the figure are large red lines.

The mermaid gazed at the short tree and whispered, “A red tree?”

She looked at the figure again, her pretty face full of confusion: "Why did the Holy High Priest predict that the savior of our Mega Civilization would appear on Canglan Star?
Originally, Jana had complete faith in the Holy High Priest.

But since she came to Canglan Star and learned about the various situations of the Canglan people, she began to have deep doubts.

"The Meijia civilization is so powerful, and the Canglan civilization is so weak. How could our savior be born here?"

This is like a huge elephant looking for a savior who can save the herd among a group of small ants.

This sounds absolutely ridiculous!

The mermaid sighed and said, "The will of the Holy High Priest cannot be violated. I hope we can find it."

(End of this chapter)