Pohnpei Island is located in the western Pacific, close to the equator, so it is difficult for typhoons to occur under normal circumstances.
Because the causes of typhoons include the geostrophic deflection force, also called the Coriolis force, which is the force that causes the vortex to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise.
The higher the latitude, the stronger the geostrophic deflection force, while the geostrophic deflection force at the equator is the smallest.
Under normal circumstances, typhoons will not occur in areas within five latitudes of the equator, and Pohnpei Island is located near six degrees north latitude. In historical records, it has encountered only a handful of typhoons, and more It is an equatorial tropical cyclone. Although it can also cause heavy rains, compared with typhoons, it is difficult to form an obvious eye, the pressure and temperature changes are not significant, and the destructive power is much less.
However, in October and November last year, a rare huge typhoon appeared in the Western Pacific. At that time, according to satellite cloud images, the huge cyclone stretched across the vast sea area between the Solomon Islands and Hawaii, bringing great damage to this area. A once-in-a-millennium storm.
At that time, even the largest cargo ships could not withstand the violent storm. More than 90% of the shipping routes in the Pacific were suspended, and the number of ships that suffered shipwrecks far exceeded the total number of ships in the past ten years. In comparison, the accident of the Stars It is already considered small.
"The typhoon is coming, so close the windows."
The hotel owner sighed, probably because he had gained experience after what happened last year and would not make a fuss.
Lu Tian first spoke to Qin Tiantian in China, told her about the situation here, and asked her to continue to look at the employees. Although Qin Tiantian assured her that they were fine, Lu Tian turned on the live broadcast just in case. , I saw Qin Tiantian playing a participatory APEX, and several of the IDs in it were very familiar to Lu Tan.
"Forget it, as long as it can get the job done."
According to the current progress, the final production work will definitely be completed before September, which will be in time to bring a big gift to people around the world around Christmas, and Lu Jian is not in a hurry.
The call signal was getting worse and worse. Lu Jian looked at the news. The eye of the typhoon was clearly visible. The huge storm was worse than last year. Before noon, heavy rain fell.
Lu Jian has never seen such a heavy rain.
The huge rain curtain hit the glass, making a clanging sound like bullets. Even if the window was closed tightly, the wind would get in along the only gap, making a high-pitched roar, filling the air with Amid the wet smell of sea water, from time to time you can see something being blown away in the sky, towards the infinitely high sky.
A little further away, the rain curtain has blocked most of the sight. The falling rain is like a waterfall, isolating the entire island. Occasionally, a loud noise can be heard, which is the sound of trees being blown down by their roots.
Lu Jian's [True Sight] can see more clearly.
On the beach in the distance, all the tourist facilities have been destroyed, the wooden houses have been blown down, the golden beach has been covered with a deep layer of black, the sea water has become as turbid as ink, and the huge waves are so high that it is breathtaking. I felt the powerful pressure of nature.
When Lu Jian was in school, he looked forward to typhoon days because if a typhoon made landfall, classes might be suspended.
But if he had really faced a typhoon like he did now, he would definitely not feel that typhoon days were so refreshing.
In the distant sky, the speed of the clouds flowing can be seen with the naked eye. The black clouds wrapped with bright silver lightning are fleeting. The heavy rain falls from the clouds, dyeing the sea and the sky the same color together with the tide.
It would be insane to leave the house and go outside during a storm like this.
Lu Jian looked at the port. Most of the ships had moved to the shore, and a few of the larger ones had been anchored at the port. However, the waves were too big, and the ships were floating up and down, hitting the pier at the pier from time to time, as if they were ready at any time.
They will all sink due to flooding.
As for the Nanmadol ruins on the mountain, they exude a green brilliance in this dark and profound world.
The green light was so conspicuous in the storm, like an ancient city coming to life at this moment.
No, that's not an illusion.
Lu Jian carefully observed those buildings and immediately discovered that the density of these buildings seemed to have increased compared to before, as if the buildings had split, grown and replicated under the baptism of the storm.
"Time is up."
Feng Yu stood beside Lu Tan and looked out the window at the green buildings.
I don't know if it was Lu Tan's illusion, but Feng Yu looked a little pale at this moment, with a different feeling of vulnerability than before.
"Did you hear that?"
Feng Yu looked at Lu Jian. Her originally dark eyes turned a little red at this moment, like blood that had not yet solidified. The shape of the pupils was definitely not human, but more like some kind of ancient being with an ancient history and a long life.
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Lu Tan was startled, then listened carefully.
Amidst the whimpering sound like a baby crying caused by the storm hitting the windows, there was a murmur of some kind.
It was like a prayer from a primitive tribe, soft and unrecognizable, with a certain feeling of sublimity and eerieness.
Lu Tan quickly realized that the sound was not an illusion, but came from downstairs.
He immediately took Laika downstairs. The short-legged dog fluttered down the stairs. Lu Tan followed behind it and soon witnessed the change.
The hotel owner, who was still working normally, was now in a twisted posture. He stood at the door of the hotel, worshiping in the direction of the ruins amid the heavy wind and rain. His head hit the ground, blood and water.
The rain mixed with it, and what he murmured was exactly the murmur that Lu Jian heard.
"■■■■■!"
That murmuring sound that no one could hear actually took on a solemn and holy meaning in the world with the storm as the background sound.
Lu Tan pressed the hotel owner's shoulder, and he turned around.
On his face that turned livid due to the cold, his eyes had no whites, and the two dark holes reflected Lu Jiao's figure. He didn't open his mouth, but he kept making that kind of murmuring sound in his throat, which made people wonder, even if he is being raped now.
If you kill him by slitting his throat and become a corpse, you will probably continue to pray.
"The people on this island are usually normal humans. It's not until this time that the marks left by their ancestors are revealed."
Feng Yu didn't know when she came down behind Lu Tiao. Her voice was very soft, but it covered up the rhythm of the storm, allowing Lu Tiao to hear it clearly.
Looking over the shoulder of the hotel owner, Lu Jian saw that the people on the island were standing in the storm. No matter how the strong wind and rain beat on their bodies, they did not react at all and only continued to worship the architectural ruins in the center of the island.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and hit the building in the center of the island.
However, there was no damage to those broken walls. On the contrary, Lu Jian saw that the green light became even brighter. In addition, he also saw something.
No, it's some people.
Where the lightning fell just now, three people appeared.
Accompanied by lightning, they appeared in the ruins!